Jeremiah 22:15-17

The Voice

¹⁵     Do you become king because you have more cedar than another?
        Your father, so different from you, had plenty to eat, plenty to drink.
    Didn’t he live his life as a righteous and fair man?
        And look how well he did.
¹⁶     He stood up for the poor and needy;
        then things went well for him and the people.
    Isn’t this what it means to know Me?
¹⁷     But you are so different: your eyes are focused and your heart is set
        on one goal: deceitful personal gain.
    You make the innocent pay with their blood;
        you violently oppress them and take what is not yours.