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Jeremiah 22

Jer. 22:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But thine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
and thine heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
are not but for thy covetousness
betsa` (Hebrew #1215)
plunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
KJV usage: covetousness, (dishonest) gain, lucre, profit.
Pronounce: beh'-tsah
Origin: from 1214
, and for to shed
shaphak (Hebrew #8210)
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
KJV usage: cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
Pronounce: shaw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
innocent
naqiy (Hebrew #5355)
from 5352; innocent
KJV usage: blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.
Pronounce: naw-kee'
Origin: or naqiyi (Joel {SI 10004}4{/SI} : {SI 10019}19{/SI}; Jonah 1 : 1{SI 10004}4{/SI}), {naw-kee'}
blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
, and for oppression
`osheq (Hebrew #6233)
injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain
KJV usage: cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing (deceitfully gotten).
Pronounce: o'-shek
Origin: from 6231
, and for ηviolence
mrutsah (Hebrew #4835)
oppression
KJV usage: violence. See also 4794.
Pronounce: mer-oo-tsaw'
Origin: from 7533
r, to do
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
it.

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thine eyes.
Josh. 7:21• 21I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. (Josh. 7:21)
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Job 31:7• 7If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands; (Job 31:7)
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Psa. 119:36‑37• 36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.
37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
(Psa. 119:36‑37)
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Ezek. 19:6• 6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. (Ezek. 19:6)
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Ezek. 33:31• 31And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their dishonest gain. (Ezek. 33:31)
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Mark 7:21‑22• 21For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly;
(Mark 7:21‑22)
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James 1:14‑15• 14But every one is tempted, drawn away, and enticed by his own lust;
15then lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; but sin fully completed brings forth death.
(James 1:14‑15)
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2 Peter 2:14• 14having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse; (2 Peter 2:14)
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1 John 2:15‑16• 15Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;
16because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
(1 John 2:15‑16)
covetousness.
Ex. 18:21• 21But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens, (Ex. 18:21)
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Psa. 10:3• 3For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah. (Psa. 10:3)
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Luke 12:15‑21• 15And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.
16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
17And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not a place where I shall lay up my fruits.
18And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
20But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
21Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
(Luke 12:15‑21)
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Luke 16:13‑14• 13No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will cleave to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.
(Luke 16:13‑14)
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Rom. 1:29• 29being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers, (Rom. 1:29)
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1 Cor. 6:10• 10nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:10)
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Eph. 5:3‑5• 3But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;
4and filthiness and foolish talking, or jesting, which are not convenient; but rather thanksgiving.
5For this ye are well informed of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.
(Eph. 5:3‑5)
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Col. 3:5• 5Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry. (Col. 3:5)
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1 Tim. 6:9‑10• 9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
10For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
(1 Tim. 6:9‑10)
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2 Peter 2:3,14• 3And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
14having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;
(2 Peter 2:3,14)
to shed.
Jer. 22:3• 3Thus saith Jehovah: Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place. (Jer. 22:3)
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Jer. 26:22‑24• 22And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and men with him, into Egypt;
23and they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king; and he slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the children of the people.
24--Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
(Jer. 26:22‑24)
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1 Kings 21:19• 19And thou shalt speak unto him saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him saying, Thus saith Jehovah: In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs lick thy blood, even thine. (1 Kings 21:19)
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2 Kings 24:4• 4and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah would not pardon. (2 Kings 24:4)
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2 Chron. 36:8• 8And the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. (2 Chron. 36:8)
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Ezek. 19:6• 6And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. (Ezek. 19:6)
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Zeph. 3:3• 3Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that leave nothing for the morning. (Zeph. 3:3)
violence.
or, incursion.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Butf thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortiong, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.

JND Translation Notes

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f
Lit. "For."
g
Or "over-reaching," as "covetousness," Ex. 18.21.