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Jeremiah 22

Jer. 22:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thus saith
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
; Execute
`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
b ye judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
and righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
, and deliver
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
the spoiled
gazal (Hebrew #1497)
to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob
KJV usage: catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear.
Pronounce: gaw-zal'
Origin: a primitive root
out of the hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
of the oppressor
`ashowq (Hebrew #6216)
oppressive (as noun, a tyrant)
KJV usage: oppressor.
Pronounce: aw-shoke'
Origin: from 6231
: and do no wrong
yanah (Hebrew #3238)
to rage or be violent: by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
KJV usage: destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
Pronounce: yaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
, do no violence
chamac (Hebrew #2554)
to be violent; by implication, to maltreat
KJV usage: make bare, shake off, violate, do violence, take away violently, wrong, imagine wrongfully.
Pronounce: khaw-mas'
Origin: a primitive root
to the stranger
ger (Hebrew #1616)
from 1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
KJV usage: alien, sojourner, stranger.
Pronounce: gare
Origin: or (fully) geyr (gare)
, the fatherless
yathowm (Hebrew #3490)
a bereaved person
KJV usage: fatherless (child), orphan.
Pronounce: yaw-thome'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be lonely
, nor the widow
'almanah (Hebrew #490)
a widow; also a desolate place
KJV usage: desolate house (palace), widow.
Pronounce: al-maw-naw'
Origin: fem of 488
, neither 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)
in this place
maqowm (Hebrew #4725)
also (feminine) mqowmah {mek-o-mah'}; or mqomah {mek-o-mah'}; from 6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
KJV usage: country, X home, X open, place, room, space, X whither(-soever).
Pronounce: maw-kome'
Origin: or maqom {maw-kome'}
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Jer. 21:12• 12O house of David, thus saith Jehovah; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. (Jer. 21:12)

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Blood,
Innocent,
Righteousness,
Stranger,
To Spoil,
Widow

Cross References

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Jer. 5:28• 28{i}They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.{/i} (Jer. 5:28)
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Jer. 9:24• 24{i}but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah{/i}. (Jer. 9:24)
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Jer. 21:12• 12O house of David, thus saith Jehovah; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. (Jer. 21:12)
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Ex. 23:6‑9• 6{i}Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.{/i}
 7{i}Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.{/i}
 8{i}And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.{/i}
 9{i}And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.{/i} (Ex. 23:6‑9)
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Lev. 19:15• 15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shall not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the mighty; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. (Lev. 19:15)
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Deut. 16:18‑20• 18{i}Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment.{/i}
 19{i}Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.{/i}
 20{i}Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.{/i} (Deut. 16:18‑20)
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Deut. 25:1• 1{i}If there be a controversy between men, and they resort to judgment, and they judge their case ; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.{/i} (Deut. 25:1)
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2 Sam. 23:3• 3The God of Israel said,{HR}The Rock of Israel spake to me,{HR}He that ruleth over men must be just,{HR}Ruling in the fear of God. (2 Sam. 23:3)
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Job 29:7‑17• 7When I went out to the gate by the city,{HR}In the open place I established my seat;
 8Youths saw me and hid themselves{HR}And the aged rose — stood up,
 9Princes refrained from words{HR}And laid the hand on their mouth,
 10The voice of nobles was arrested,{HR}And their tongue cleaved to their palate.
 11For the ear heard and praised me,{HR}And an eye saw and testified to me.
 12For I delivered the poor that cried,{HR}And the fatherless that had no helper.
 13The blessing of the perishing came on me,{HR}And the heart of the widow I made sing.
 14Righteousness I put on, and it put me on,{HR}As a robe and a diadem mine equity.
 15I was eyes to the blind,{HR}And feet [was] I to the lame,
 16A father to the needy,{HR}And the cause I knew not I searched.
 17And I broke the jaw of the wicked,{HR}And flung the prey out of his teeth. (Job 29:7‑17)
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Psa. 72:2‑4• 2He shall judge thy people with righteousness{HR}And thine afflicted with judgment.
 3The mountains shall bring peace to the people,{HR}And the hills in righteousness.
 4He will judge the afflicted of the people,{HR}He will save the sons of the needy,{HR}And will crush the oppressor. (Psa. 72:2‑4)
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Mic. 3:11• 11{i}The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.{/i} (Mic. 3:11)
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Zech. 7:9‑11• 9{i}Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying,{/i} Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother,
 10{i}and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.{/i}
 11{i}But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.{/i} (Zech. 7:9‑11)
do no wrong.
Jer. 22:17• 17But 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. (Jer. 22:17)
do no violence.
Deut. 10:18• 18{i}who executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing.{/i} (Deut. 10:18)
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Deut. 24:7• 7{i}If a man be found who hath stolen one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and who hath treated him as a slave and sold him, that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.{/i} (Deut. 24:7)
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Deut. 27:19• 19{i}Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.{/i} (Deut. 27:19)
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Job 22:9• 9Widows didst thou send empty away,{HR}And the arms of the fatherless were broken. (Job 22:9)
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Job 24:9• 9They pluck the orphan from the breast,{HR}And on the poor lay distraint. (Job 24:9)
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Job 29:12• 12For I delivered the poor that cried,{HR}And the fatherless that had no helper. (Job 29:12)
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Psa. 68:5• 5A father of orphans and a judge of widows{HR}[Is] God in the habitation of his holiness. (Psa. 68:5)
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Psa. 94:6• 6They slay the widow and the stranger,{HR}And murder the fatherless. (Psa. 94:6)
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Prov. 23:10• 10Remove not the ancient landmark,{HR}And enter not into the fields of the fatherless; (Prov. 23:10)
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Isa. 1:23• 23Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. (Isa. 1:23)
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Ezek. 22:7• 7{i}In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.{/i} (Ezek. 22:7)
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Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
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James 1:27• 27A religious service pure and undefiled before him that is God and Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:27)
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Jer. 22:17• 17But 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. (Jer. 22:17)
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Jer. 7:6• 6if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: (Jer. 7:6)
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Jer. 26:16• 16Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God. (Jer. 26:16)
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Deut. 19:10‑13• 10{i}that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and blood come not upon thee.{/i}
 11{i}But if a man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and he flee into one of these cities,{/i}
 12{i}then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.{/i}
 13{i}Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.{/i} (Deut. 19:10‑13)
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2 Kings 24:4• 4{i}and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah would not pardon.{/i} (2 Kings 24:4)
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Psa. 94:21• 21They gather themselves against the soul of the righteous,{HR}And condemn the innocent blood. (Psa. 94:21)
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Prov. 6:17• 17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,{HR}And hands that shed innocent blood, (Prov. 6:17)
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Isa. 1:15‑20• 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
 16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes.
 17Cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
 18Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
 19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
 20but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. (Isa. 1:15‑20)
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Joel 3:19• 19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. (Joel 3:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thus 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye 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, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.