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Jeremiah 22:15–16

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15“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,g

so all went wellh with him.

16He defended the cause of the poor and needy,i

and so all went well.

Is that not what it means to knowj me?”

declares the Lord.

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Cross references

  1. g2 Ki 23:25
  2. hPs 128:2; See Isa 3:10
  3. iPs 72:1–4, 12–13; See 82:3; See Pr 24:23
  4. jSee Ps 36:10

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.