Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֣ה׀ | koh | thus | H3541 → |
| אָמַ֣ר | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| עֲשׂ֤וּ | 'a.Su | do | H6213 → |
| מִשְׁפָּט֙ | mish.Pat | justice | H4941 → |
| וּצְדָקָ֔ה | u.tze.da.Kah | and righteousness | H6666 → |
| וְהַצִּ֥ילוּ | ve.ha.Tzi.lu | and deliver | H5337 → |
| גָז֖וּל | ga.Zul | [one who] has been robbed | H1497 → |
| מִיַּ֣ד | mi.Yad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → |
| עָשׁ֑וֹק | a.Shok | an oppressor | H6216 → |
| וְגֵר֩ | ve.Ger | and sojourner | H1616 → |
| יָת֨וֹם | ya.Tom | fatherless | H3490 → |
| וְאַלְמָנָ֤ה | ve.'al.ma.Nah | and widow | H490 → |
| אַל־ | 'al- | may not | H408 → |
| תֹּנוּ֙ | to.Nu | you maltreat | H3238 → |
| אַל־ | 'al- | may not | H408 → |
| תַּחְמֹ֔סוּ | tach.Mo.su | you treat violently | H2554 → |
| וְדָ֣ם | ve.Dam | and blood | H1818 → |
| נָקִ֔י | na.Ki | innocent | H5355 → |
| אַֽל־ | 'al- | may not | H408 → |
| תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ | tish.pe.Khu | you shed | H8210 → |
| בַּמָּק֥וֹם | ba.ma.Kom | in the place | H4725 → |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
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