Jeremiah 22:16 - Easy To Read Version Josiah helped the poor and needy people.\par Josiah did that,\par so everything went well for him.\par Jehoiakim, what does it mean\par “to know God?”\par It means living right and being fair.\par That is what it means to know me.\par This message is from the Lord.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He judged and defended the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not [all] this [what it means] to know and recognize Me? says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. Common English Bible He defended the rights of the poor and needy; then it went well. Isn’t that what it means to know me? declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version He judged the case of the poor and the indigent for their good. Was this not because he knew me, says the Lord? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good. Was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord? |
“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father. Serve God with a pure heart. Be happy in your heart (mind) to serve God. Why? Because the Lord knows what is in every person’s heart (mind). The Lord understands everything you think. If you go to the Lord for help, you will get an answer. But if you turn away from the Lord, he will leave you forever.
Why? Because the Lord stands by\par helpless people.\par God saves them from other people\par who try to condemn them to death.\par
Lord, continue to love those people\par that truly know you.\par And do good things for those people\par that are true to you. {\cf2\super [223]} \par
People who know your name\par should trust you.\par Lord, if people come to you,\par you will not leave them without help.\par
Stand up for the things you know are right. And judge all people fairly. Protect the rights of poor people and people that need help.
Learn to do good things. Be fair with other people. Punish the people that hurt others. Help the children that have no parents. Help the women whose husbands are dead.”
They have grown big and fat\par \{from the evil things they have done\}.\par There is no end to the evil things they do.\par They will not plead the case\par of children that have no parents.\par They will not help those orphans.\par They will not let poor people\par be judged fairly.\par
I will scatter the people of Judah\par through other nations.\par They will live in strange nations.\par They and their fathers never knew\par about those countries.\par I will send men with swords.\par Those men will kill the people of Judah.\par They will kill them until the people\par are finished.”\par
But if someone wants to brag,\par then let him brag about these things:\par Let him brag that he learned to know me.\par Let him brag that he understands\par that I am the Lord\par that I am kind and fair and\par that I do good things on earth.\par I love those things.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par
“Those people use their tongues like a bow;\par lies fly from their mouths like arrows.\par Lies, not truth, have grown strong in this land.\par Those people go from one sin to another.\par They don’t know me.”\par The Lord said these things.\par
Man, the Lord told you what goodness is.\par This is what the Lord wants from you:\par Be fair to other people.\par Love kindness and loyalty.\par Live humbly with your God.\par \{Don’t try to impress him with gifts.\}\par
People will do these things because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.
And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that people can know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.
“You gave me some men from the world. I have shown them what you are like. Those men belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They have obeyed your teaching.
Those people say they know God. But the evil things those people do show that they don’t accept God. They are disgusting people. They refuse to obey and are useless for doing anything good.
There is no Holy God like the Lord. There is no God but you! There is no Rock [20] like our God.