Jeremiah 22:17
But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מְרֻצָהmᵉrutsâhoppression
- עֹשֶׁקʻôsheqinjury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust gain
- בֶּצַעbetsaʻplunder; by extension, gain (usually unjust)
- נָקִיnâqîyinnocent
- שָׁפַךְshâphakto spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also
- דָּםdâmblood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of
- לֵבlêbthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the in
- עַיִןʻayinan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.