Jeremiah 22:15–17
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15“Jehoiakim, does having more and more cedar boards
make you a king?
Your father Josiah had enough to eat and drink.
He did what was right and fair.
So everything went well with him.
16He stood up for those who were poor or needy.
So everything went well with him.
That is what it means to know me,”
announces the Lord.
17“Jehoiakim, the only thing on your mind
is to get rich by cheating others.
You would even kill people who are not guilty
of doing anything wrong.
You would mistreat them.
You would take everything they own.”
Copyright 1998 International Bible Society
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
then it was well.
Is not this to know me?
declares the Lord.
But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Does it make you a king
to have more and more cedar?
Did not your father have food and drink?
He did what was right and just,
so all went well with him.
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.
“But your eyes and your heart
are set only on dishonest gain,
on shedding innocent blood
and on oppression and extortion.”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Are you a king because you excel in cedar?
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?
Then it went well with him.
He took up the case of the poor and needy;
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
But you have eyes and a heart for nothing
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
But a beautiful cedar palace does not make a great king!
Your father, Josiah, also had plenty to eat and drink.
But he was just and right in all his dealings.
That is why God blessed him.
He gave justice and help to the poor and needy,
and everything went well for him.
Isn’t that what it means to know me?”
says the Lord.
“But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty!
You murder the innocent,
oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Do you reign as king because you are competing in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink,
and he did justice and righteousness,
then it was well with him?
He judged the legal cause of the needy and the poor,
and then it was well.
Is that not what it means to know me?” declares Yahweh.
“But there is nothing in your eyes and your heart
except your unlawful gain,
and on shedding the blood of the innocent,
and on committing oppression and extortion.”
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar?
Did not thy father eat and drink,
And do judgment and justice,
And then it was well with him?
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him:
Was not this to know me? saith the Lord.
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.
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