Jeremiah 22:15-17

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁵ “Shall you reign because you close yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and prosper when he executed judgment and justice?

¹⁶ “When he judged the cause of the afflicted and the poor he prospered. Was not this because he knew Me,” says the LORD?

¹⁷ “But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction.”