Jeremiah 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, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 22 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah denounces the royal house: practice justice or this house will become a desolation. Shallum who was taken captive will not return. Jehoiakim who built his palace with unrighteous wages is condemned as a usurper. Coniah the son will be …
Other Translations
Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.
This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.
Cross References
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, …
But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath …
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the …
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the …
For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his …
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither …
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which …
O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out …
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for …
Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy …