New American Standard Bible 1995
Jeremiah 22:17
17“But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own 1dishonest gain, And on 2shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion.”
Jeremiah 22:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
- New International Version (NIV)“But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence.”
Context of Jeremiah 22:17
15Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. 16He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?” Declares the Lord. “But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion.” 18Therefore thus says the Lord in regard to Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, “They will not lament for him: ‘Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister!’ They will not lament for him: ‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’ 19He will be buried with a donkey’s burial, Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Read all of Jeremiah 22Jeremiah 22:17 word by word
כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ וְלִבְּךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם־עַל־בִּצְעֶ֑ךָ וְעַ֤ל דַּֽם־הַנָּקִי֙ לִשְׁפּ֔וֹךְ וְעַל־הָעֹ֥שֶׁק וְעַל־הַמְּרוּצָ֖ה לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ סRead the interlinear
- But your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- and your heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- onlyכִּיkîy · forH3588
- only[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
- dishonestבֶּ֫צַעbetsa‛ · unjust-gainH1215
- sheddingשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
- innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
- bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- And on practicingעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- oppressionעֹ֫שֶׁק‛ôsheq · oppressionH6233
- and extortionמְרוּצָהmerûtsâh · oppressionH4835
Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:17
- Joshua 7:21when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth inside my tent with the silver underneath it.”
- Job 31:7If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,
- Psalms 119:36Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain.
- Ezekiel 19:6And he walked about among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear his prey; He devoured men.
- Ezekiel 33:31They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their gain.
- Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
- James 1:14But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.
- 2 Peter 2:14having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children;
- 1 John 2:15Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- Exodus 18:21Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.
- Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.
- Luke 12:15Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”
- Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
- Romans 1:29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,
- 1 Corinthians 6:19Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
- Ephesians 5:3But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints;
Commentaries on Jeremiah 22:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Covetousness - literally, gain. Besides exacting forced labor Jehoiakim, to procure the necessary means for the vast expenses he incurred, put innocent people to death on various pretexts, and escheated their property.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Here is a sentence of death upon two kings, the wicked sons of a very pious father. Josiah was prevented from seeing the evil to come in this world, and removed to see the good to come in the other world; therefore, weep not for him, but for his son Shallum, who is likely to live and die a wretched captive. Dying saints may be justly envied, while living sinners are justly pitied. Here also is the doom of Jehoiakim. No doubt it is lawful for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Jehoiakim, unlike his father Josiah, was greedy and dishonest. He ignored the covenant's requirements.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. thine--as opposed to thy father, Josiah.Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Jeremiah 22:17 Jer 6:13; 8:10; Luke 12:15-20 ↩
- 2. Jeremiah 22:17 2 Kin 24:4; Jer 22:3 ↩
Commentaries on Jeremiah 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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