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Jérémie 22:17

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17 Mais tu n'as des yeux et un coeur Que pour te livrer à la cupidité, Pour répandre le sang innocent, Et pour exercer l'oppression et la violence.

Jérémie 22:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 22:17

But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy
covetousness
He was wholly intent upon gratifying that lust; his heart was meditating, contriving, and forming schemes for that purpose; and his eyes were looking out here and there for proper objects and opportunities to exercise it: and for to shed innocent blood;
in order to get their money, goods, and possessions into his hands; avarice often leads to murder: and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it];
by making incursions, and seizing upon the properties of men, and converting them to his own use; so true it is, that covetousness, or the love of money, is the root of all evil, ( 1 Timothy 6:10 ) .

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Jérémie 22:17 In-Context

15 Est-ce que tu règnes, parce que tu as de la passion pour le cèdre? Ton père ne mangeait-il pas, ne buvait-il pas? Mais il pratiquait la justice et l'équité, Et il fut heureux;
16 Il jugeait la cause du pauvre et de l'indigent, Et il fut heureux. N'est-ce pas là me connaître? dit l'Eternel.
17 Mais tu n'as des yeux et un coeur Que pour te livrer à la cupidité, Pour répandre le sang innocent, Et pour exercer l'oppression et la violence.
18 C'est pourquoi ainsi parle l'Eternel sur Jojakim, fils de Josias, roi de Juda: On ne le pleurera pas, en disant: Hélas, mon frère! hélas, ma soeur! On ne le pleurera pas, en disant: Hélas, seigneur! hélas, sa majesté!
19 Il aura la sépulture d'un âne, Il sera traîné et jeté hors des portes de Jérusalem.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.

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