Jeremiah 22:15-17

Modern English Version

¹⁵ Do you reign
    because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
    and do justice and righteousness,
    and then it was well with him?
¹⁶ He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
    then it was well with him.
Is not this what it means to know Me?
    says the Lord.
¹⁷ But your eyes and your heart
    are intent only on your covetousness
and on shedding innocent blood
    and on oppression and violence.