Jeremiah 22:17
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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.“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
In other translations
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.“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
Hebrew words
כִּיkithatH3588אֵין'ein[are] notH369עֵינֶיךָ'eineikhaeyes yourH5869וְלִבְּךָvelibekhaand heart yourH3820כִּיkithatH3588אִם־'im-exceptH518עַל־'al-onH5921בִּצְעֶךָbitz'ekhaunjust gain yourH1215וְעַלve'aland onH5921דַּם־dam-[the] blood ofH1818הַנָּקִיhanakithe innocent [person]H5355לִשְׁפּוֹךְlishpokhto shed [it]H8210וְעַל־ve'al-and onH5921הָעֹשֶׁקha'oshek<the> oppressionH6233וְעַל־ve'al-and onH5921הַמְּרוּצָהhamerutzah<the> extortionH4835לַעֲשׂוֹת׃ סla'asotto do [it]H6213
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