Jeremiah
Jeremiah 22:3
3This 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.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This is what | כֹּ֣ה׀ | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Administer | עֲשׂ֤וּ | ‘ă·śū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H6213 do, make |
| justice | מִשְׁפָּט֙ | miš·pāṭ | Noun - masculine singular | H4941 judgment |
| and righteousness | וּצְדָקָ֔ה | ū·ṣə·ḏā·qāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H6666 righteousness |
| Rescue | וְהַצִּ֥ילוּ | wə·haṣ·ṣî·lū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural | H5337 strip, plunder |
| the victim of robbery | גָז֖וּל | ḡā·zūl | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular | H1497 tear away, seize, rob |
| from the hand | מִיַּ֣ד | mî·yaḏ | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3027 hand |
| of his oppressor | עָשׁ֑וֹק | ‘ā·šō·wq | Noun - masculine singular | H6216 oppressor, extortioner |
| Do no | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| wrong | תֹּנוּ֙ | tō·nū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H3238 suppress (?), oppress, maltreat |
| or violence | תַּחְמֹ֔סוּ | taḥ·mō·sū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H2554 treat violently, wrong |
| to the foreigner | וְגֵר֩ | wə·ḡêr | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H1616 sojourner |
| the fatherless | יָת֨וֹם | yā·ṯō·wm | Noun - masculine singular | H3490 orphan |
| or the widow | וְאַלְמָנָ֤ה | wə·’al·mā·nāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H490 widow |
| Do not | אַֽל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| shed | תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ | tiš·pə·ḵū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H8210 pour out, pour |
| innocent | נָקִ֔י | nā·qî | Adjective - masculine singular | H5355 clean, free from, exempt |
| blood | וְדָ֣ם | wə·ḏām | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H1818 blood |
| in this | הַזֶּֽה׃ | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| place | בַּמָּק֥וֹם | bam·mā·qō·wm | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4725 standing, spot, condition |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 21:12 · Micah 6:8 · Jeremiah 22:17 · James 1:27 · Ezekiel 22:7 · Zechariah 7:9–11 · Malachi 3:5 · Isaiah 1:15–20 · Psalm 68:5 · Psalm 72:2–4 · 2 Kings 24:4 · Jeremiah 7:5–6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.