Jeremiah 22:15-17

International Standard Version

¹⁵ Are you a king because you try to outdo
    everyone with cedar?
Your father ate and drank and upheld
    justice and righteousness, did he not?
        And then it went well for him.
¹⁶ He judged the case of the poor and needy.
    And then it went well for him.
        Isn’t this what it means to know me?
¹⁷ But your eyes and heart are on nothing but
    your dishonest gain,
shedding the blood of innocent people,
    and practicing oppression and extortion.”