Bible verse
He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 22:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 22.
12 but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never see this land again.”
13 “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
14 who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.
15 Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.
16 He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
17 “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
18 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
19 He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.
KJV
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.
ASV
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
ERV
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
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