JEREMIAH 22:3

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“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.”

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Jeremiah 22:3 Translation & Meaning

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Thus כֹּ֣ה׀ Properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now Thus
saith אָמַ֣ר To say (used with great latitude) saith
the Lord; יְהוָ֗ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
Execute עֲשׂ֤וּ To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application Execute
ye judgment מִשְׁפָּט֙ 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 judgment
and righteousness, וּצְדָקָ֔ה Rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) righteousness
and deliver וְהַצִּ֥ילוּ To snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense deliver
the spoiled גָז֖וּל To pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob spoiled
out of the hand מִיַּ֣ד A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] out hand
of the oppressor: עָשׁ֑וֹק Oppressive (as noun, a tyrant) oppressor
and do no אַל Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing do no
wrong, תֹּנוּ֙ To rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat wrong
do no אַל Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing do no
violence תַּחְמֹ֔סוּ To be violent; by implication, to maltreat violence
to the stranger, וְגֵר֩ Properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner stranger
the fatherless, יָת֨וֹם A bereaved person fatherless
nor the widow, וְאַלְמָנָ֤ה A widow; also a desolate place widow
neither אַֽל Not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing neither
shed תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ 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 shed
innocent נָקִ֔י Innocent innocent
blood וְדָ֣ם 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) blood
in this הַזֶּֽה׃ The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that in this
place. בַּמָּק֥וֹם 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) place

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  • 1  Thus saith the Lord; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

  • 2  And say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:

  • 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.

  • 4  For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

  • 5  But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.




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