Tree of Life Version
Jeremiah 22:16
16He pled the case of the poor and weak, so it went well. Is not this knowledge of Me?” It is a declaration of Adonai.
Jeremiah 22:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?” declares the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He judged the cause of the poor and needy; Then it was well. Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 22:16
14who says: “I will build myself a big house with spacious rooms and cut out my windows for it, and panel it with cedar, and paint it with vermilion! 15Did you become king just to be striving with cedar? Did your father not eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it went well with him. He pled the case of the poor and weak, so it went well. Is not this knowledge of Me?” It is a declaration of Adonai. 17“But your eyes and your heart are only on your unjust gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and committing extortion and fraud.” 18Therefore thus says Adonai about Jehoiakim son of King Josiah of Judah: “They will not lament for him, ‘Oy , my brother!’ or ‘Oy , sister!’ They will not lament for him, ‘Oy , master!’ or ‘Oy , his majesty!’
Read all of Jeremiah 22Jeremiah 22:16 word by word
דָּ֛ן דִּין־עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֖וֹן אָ֣ז ט֑וֹב הֲלוֹא־הִ֛יא הַדַּ֥עַת אֹתִ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:16
- Jeremiah 5:28They grew fat and sleek. They also overlooked evil deeds. They do not uphold a cause— the cause of an orphan to prosper— nor do they defend the right of the poor.
- Job 29:12for I saved the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no one to help him;
- Psalms 72:1Of Solomon. Give the king Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness to the king’s son.
- Psalms 82:3Give justice to the poor and fatherless. Be just to the afflicted and destitute.
- Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who condemn his soul.
- Proverbs 24:11Rescue those being dragged off to death, hold back those stumbling to slaughter.
- Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good, seek justice, relieve the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.”
- Jeremiah 9:3Beware, everyone, of your neighbor! Don’t even trust a brother. For every brother grabs like Jacob and every neighbor spreads slander.
- Jeremiah 31:33No longer will each teach his neighbor or each his brother, saying: ‘Know Adonai,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.” it is a declaration of Adonai. “For I will forgive their iniquity, their sin I will remember no more.”
- 1 Samuel 2:2There is none holy as Adonai, for there is none besides You, nor is there any rock like our God.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9“Now you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for Adonai searches all hearts and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- Psalms 9:10Adonai is a stronghold for the oppressed, a high tower in times of trouble.
- John 8:19Then they said to Him, “Where is your Father?” Yeshua answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you knew Me, you would also know My Father.”
- John 16:3They will do these things because they have never known the Father or Me.
- John 17:3And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Yeshua the Messiah, the One You sent.
- 1 John 2:3Now we know that we have come to know Him by this—if we keep His commandments.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 22:16
- 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. 15-16If Jehoiakim wanted plenty to eat and drink, he did not need to use corruption and oppression. Compared to his prosperous father, Josiah, Jehoiakim was not a great king. Josiah, on the other hand, was fair and honest in all his actions, serving both God and his people. Because he followed the ancient covenant's rules, God blessed him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. was not this to know me--namely, to show by deeds that one knows God's will, as was the case with Josiah (compare Joh 13:17; contrast Tit 1:16).Read the comment
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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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