Thus saith the Lord, execute ye judgment and
righteousness,
&c.] Judge righteous Judgment; give the cause to whom it
belongs, without respect of persons, and without a bribe or
corruption; do no unrighteousness to any, by withholding from
them what is due unto them, which was what this prince was
chargeable with, ( Jeremiah
22:13 ) ; and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of
the oppressor;
that was robbed or wronged of his property by one superior to him
in power or cunning; (See Gill on
Jeremiah 21:12); and do no wrong, do no violence to
the stranger, the fatherless, nor
the widow:
who are not in a situation, and in such a condition and
circumstances, as to defend themselves; and whom God has a
peculiar regard unto; and therefore they who are his deputies and
vicegerents, as kings and civil magistrates are, ought to protect
such persons, and neither grieve and injure them themselves, nor
suffer others to do it: neither shed innocent blood in this
place;
to grieve and wrong the above persons is a very great evil, but
to shed the blood of innocent per tons is a greater still; and
this is aggravated by being committed by such who are set over
men to secure and preserve their properties and their lives; and
such heinous sins as these the present reigning king of Judah was
guilty of; which is the reason of their being mentioned; see (
Jeremiah
22:17 ) .
Jeremiah 22:3
