Catholic Public Domain Version
"He judged the case of the poor and the indigent for their good. Was this not because he knew me, says the Lord? "
— Jeremiah 22:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.”
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. ”
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.”
“He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.’ The LORD says,‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’”
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good: was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord?”
“He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.”
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.”
Woe to one who builds his house with injustice and his upper rooms without judgment, who oppresses his friend without cause and does not pay him his wages.
And he says: ‘I will build a broad house for myself, with spacious upper rooms.’ He makes windows for himself, and he builds the roof out of cedar, and he paints it with red ocher.
Will you reign because you compare yourself to the cedar? Did your father not eat and drink, and act with judgment and justice, so that it would be well with him?
He judged the case of the poor and the indigent for their good. Was this not because he knew me, says the Lord?
Yet truly, your eyes and your heart are toward avarice and the shedding of innocent blood, and toward false accusations and the pursuit of evil deeds.
Because of this, thus says the Lord toward Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him by saying, ‘Alas,’ to a brother, or, ‘Alas,’ to a sister. They will not make a noise for him and say, ‘Alas,’ to a master, or, ‘Alas,’ to a nobleman.
He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, having rotted and been thrown out of the gates of Jerusalem.