Jeremiah 22:17

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

15Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him. 16He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The Lord says, ‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’ But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression. 18So the Lord has this to say about Josiah’s son, King Jehoiakim of Judah: People will not mourn for him, saying, “This makes me sad, my brother! This makes me sad, my sister!” They will not mourn for him, saying, “Poor, poor lord! Poor, poor majesty!” 19He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.’”

Jeremiah 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• But thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• and thine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• not but for thy covetousnessבֶּ֫צַעbetsa‛ · unjust-gainH1215
• and for to shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
• innocentנָקִיnâqîy nâqîy' · innocentH5355
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• and for oppressionעֹ֫שֶׁק‛ôsheq · oppressionH6233
• and for violenceמְרוּצָהmerûtsâh · oppressionH4835
• to doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:17

• Joshua 7:21I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.”
• Job 31:7If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,
• Psalms 119:36Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly.
• Ezekiel 19:6He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
• Ezekiel 33:31They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
• James 1:14But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.
• 2 Peter 2:14Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!
• 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him,
• Exodus 18:21But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
• Psalms 10:3Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.
• Luke 12:15Then he said to them, “Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
• Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
• Romans 1:29They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
• 1 Corinthians 6:19Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
• Ephesians 5:3But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 22:17

• Covetousness
• Heart
• Jehoiakim
• Oppression
• Rich, the

In the dictionaries

• Captivity
• Ethics
• Genesis
• Jehoiakim
• Oppression
• Uriah; Uruah
• innocent

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