ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהDoעֲשׂוּjusticeמִשְׁפָּטand righteousness,וּצְדָקָהand rescueוְהַצִּילוּthe one who is robbedגָזוּלfrom the handמִיַּדof the oppressor;עָשׁוֹקand the resident alien,וְגֵרthe orphan,יָתוֹםand the widowוְאַלְמָנָהdo notאַלwrong,תֹּנוּdo notאַלtreat with violence;תַּחְמֹסוּand innocentנָקִיbloodוְדָםdo notאַלshedתִּשְׁפְּכוּin this place.בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה
Jeremiah 22:3
Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH: Do justice and righteousness, and rescue the one who is robbed from the hand of the oppressor; and the resident alien, the orphan, and the widow do not wrong, do not treat with violence; and innocent blood do not shed in this place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 22:3, word by word
- saysאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Doעֲשׂוּasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asu” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- and righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka
righteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appears- and rescueהַצִּילוּhatsilu
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hatsilu” appears- the one who is robbedגָזוּלgazul
seize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “gazul” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of the oppressorעָשׁוֹקashok
oppressor
Oppressor, one who oppresses others.
Where else “ashok” appears- and the resident alienגֵרger
resident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appears- the orphanיָתוֹםyatom
fatherless
Orphan; above all one who has lost his father.
Where else “yatom” appears- and the widowאַלְמָנָהalmana
widow
Widow.
Where else “almana” appears- wrongתֹּנוּtonu
mistreat, oppress
Mistreat, oppress; take advantage of someone weaker.
Where else “tonu” appears- treat with violenceתַּחְמֹסוּtachmosu
do violence, wrong
To do violence, to mistreat; to tear away by force.
Where else “tachmosu” appears- and innocentנָקִיnaki
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “naki” appears- bloodדָםdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- shedתִּשְׁפְּכוּtishpchu
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “tishpchu” appears- in this placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears
The context
2and say, ‘Hear the word of YHWH, king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people, who enter by these gates.
3 · This verse (above)
4For if you truly do this word, then there will enter by the gates of this house kings who sit for David on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.