Jeremiah 22:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ Are you any better a king
    because your cedar is so splendid?
Did not your father have enough to eat and drink?
    But because he did what was right and just,
    all went well with him.
¹⁶ Because he dispensed justice to the poor and needy
    things continued to go well for him.
Is this not what it means to know me?
    asks the Lord.
¹⁷ But your eyes and your heart
    are concerned only with your own interests;
you do not hesitate to shed innocent blood
    and to perpetrate oppression and violence.