Jeremiah 22:3

Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

כֵּן

kên

H3652

so

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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ye

מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ

H4941

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...

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and

צְדָקָה

tsᵉdâqâh

H6666

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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and

נָצַל

nâtsal

H5337

to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

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the

גָּזַל

gâzal

H1497

to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob

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out of the

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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of the

נָגַשׂ

nâgas

H5065

to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize

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and do no

חָמָס

châmâç

H2555

violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain

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do no

חָמָס

châmâç

H2555

violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain

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to the

גֵּר

gêr

H1616

properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

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the

יָתוֹם

yâthôwm

H3490

a bereaved person

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nor the

אַלְמָנָה

ʼalmânâh

H490

a widow; also a desolate place

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לֹא

lôʼ

H3808

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

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שָׁפַךְ

shâphak

H8210

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....

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נָקִי

nâqîy

H5355

innocent

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דָּם

dâm

H1818

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) bloodshe...

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in this

מָקוֹם

mâqôwm

H4725

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)

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Key Terms in This Verse

oppressor H5065

נָגַשׂ nâgas

to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize

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wrong H2555

חָמָס châmâç

violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain

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Execute H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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innocent H5355

נָקִי nâqîy

innocent

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fatherless H3490

יָתוֹם yâthôwm

a bereaved person

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shed H8210

שָׁפַךְ shâphak

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

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spoiled H1497

גָּזַל gâzal

to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob

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widow H490

אַלְמָנָה ʼalmânâh

a widow; also a desolate place

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violence H2555

חָמָס châmâç

violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain

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stranger H1616

גֵּר gêr

properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

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Cross References

Jeremiah 21:12 cross-reference

O house of David, thus saith the LORD; 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 i...

Micah 6:8 cross-reference

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Jeremiah 22:17 cross-reference

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.

James 1:27 cross-reference

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Ezekiel 22:7 cross-reference

In thee have they set light by 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.

Malachi 3:5 cross-reference

And 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...

Jeremiah 5:28 cross-reference

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Isaiah 1:23 cross-reference

Thy 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.

Deuteronomy 24:7 cross-reference

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

Proverbs 23:10 cross-reference

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

2 Kings 24:4 cross-reference

And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

Joel 3:19 cross-reference

Egypt 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.

Psalm 68:5 cross-reference

A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

Jeremiah 9:24 cross-reference

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I deligh...

Leviticus 19:15 cross-reference

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Deuteronomy 27:19 cross-reference

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Proverbs 6:17 cross-reference

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Jeremiah 26:16 cross-reference

Then 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 the LORD our God.

Psalm 94:21 cross-reference

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Deuteronomy 25:1 cross-reference

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Job 24:9 cross-reference

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

2 Samuel 23:3 cross-reference

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

Psalm 94:6 cross-reference

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

Deuteronomy 10:18 cross-reference

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Job 22:9 cross-reference

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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