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Jeremiah 22:17

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.

KJV

Tui vero oculi et cor ad avaritiam, et ad sanguinem innocentem fundendum, et ad calumniam, et ad cursum mali operis.

Vulgate

ἰδοὺ οὐκ εἰσὶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου οὐδὲ ἡ καρδία σου καλή, ἀλλ’ εἰς τὴν πλεονεξίαν σου καὶ εἰς τὸ αἷμα τὸ ἀθῷον τοῦ ἐκχέειν αὐτό, καὶ εἰς ἀδίκημα καὶ εἰς φόνον τοῦ ποιεῖν.

LXX

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

ASV

כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ֙ וְ/לִבְּ/ךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם עַל בִּצְעֶ֑/ךָ וְ/עַ֤ל דַּֽם הַ/נָּקִי֙ לִ/שְׁפּ֔וֹךְ וְ/עַל הָ/עֹ֥שֶׁק וְ/עַל הַ/מְּרוּצָ֖ה לַ/עֲשֽׂוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
בָּ֑צַע
bts'
noun · 23×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
י
y
noun · 591×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מְּרוּצָ֖ה
mrvtsh
noun · 1×
נָקִ֔י
nqy
adjective · 42×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹ֣שֶׁק
'shq
noun · 14×
שְׁפָךְ
shpk
verb · 115×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Concerning sacrifices and oblations, and those who truly offer them. 1. The oblation of the Church, therefore, which the Lord gave instructions to be offered throughout all the world, is accounted with God a pure sacrifice, and is acceptable to Him; not that He stands in need of a sacrifice from us, but that he who offers is himself glorified in what he does offer, if his gift …

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 24:4 — And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
  • 2Pet 2:14 — Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
  • Exod 20:17 — Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
  • Ezek 19:6 — And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
  • Ezek 33:31 — And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth
  • Isa 56:11 — Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
  • Jer 6:13 — For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
  • Jer 17:11 — As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
  • Jer 22:3 — Thus saith the LORD; 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, ne
  • Jer 22:3 — Thus saith the LORD; 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, ne
  • Job 20:18 — That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
  • Luke 12:15 — And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
  • Matt 6:21 — For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
  • Mic 2:2 — And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
  • Prov 1:19 — So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
  • Prov 27:20 — Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
  • Ps 10:3 — For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
  • Ps 10:8 — He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
  • Ps 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
  • Zeph 3:1 — Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!