But you have eyes and a heart for nothing except your own dishonest profit, shedding innocent blood and committing extortion and oppression.

惟有你的眼和你的心专顾贪婪，流无辜人的血，行欺压和强暴。

你的眼和你的心却专顾不义之财，流无辜人的血，行欺压和残暴。

你的眼和你的心却专顾不义之财，流无辜人的血，行欺压和残暴。

可是，你一心贪图不义之财，滥杀无辜，横征暴敛。”

“但你的眼你的心什么都不顾，只顾你的不义之财，只知流无辜人的血，施行欺压和迫害的事。”

惟有你的眼和你的心專顧貪婪，流無辜人的血，行欺壓和強暴。

你的眼和你的心卻專顧不義之財，流無辜人的血，行欺壓和殘暴。

你的眼和你的心卻專顧不義之財，流無辜人的血，行欺壓和殘暴。

可是，你一心貪圖不義之財，濫殺無辜，橫徵暴斂。」

“但你的眼你的心甚麼都不顧，只顧你的不義之財，只知流無辜人的血，施行欺壓和迫害的事。”

但你的眼你的心卻不顧別的，只顧你的不義之財，逕流無辜人之血，直行欺壓人壓制人的事。

惟爾心目、專務貪婪、流無辜之血、行強迫暴虐、

惟爾縱心目之欲、貪婪不已、強據虐遇、而殺無辜。

爾貪婪財利、虐待人民、施行強暴、爾目爾心專一於此、

“ But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.”

“ Jehoiakim, the only thing on your mind is to get rich by cheating others. You would even kill people who are not guilty of doing anything wrong. You would mistreat them. You would take everything they own.”

But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”

“ But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”

“ But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood, And on practicing oppression and extortion.”

“ Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence.”

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

But you have eyes and a heart for nothing except your own dishonest profit, shedding innocent blood and committing extortion and oppression.

But thine eyes and thine heart[ are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do[ it].

But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”

and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.

This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the resident alien, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

They have eyes full of adultery that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!

He prowled among the lions, and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey, he devoured people.

So my people come to you in crowds, sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Their mouths go on passionately, but their hearts pursue dishonest profit.

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings; the one who is greedy curses and despises the LORD.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

For from within, out of people’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, self-indulgence, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.

He then told them,“ Watch out and be on guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”Then he told them a parable:“ A rich man’s land was very productive.He thought to himself,‘ What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?I will do this,’ he said.‘ I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones and store all my grain and my goods there.Then I’ll say to myself,“ You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’“ But God said to him,‘ You fool! This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared— whose will they be?’“ That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

But King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and certain other men with him went to Egypt.They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who executed him with the sword and threw his corpse into the burial place of the common people.But Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, five pounds of silver, and a bar of gold weighing a pound and a quarter, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under the cloak.”

Tell him,‘ This is what the LORD says: Have you murdered and also taken possession?’ Then tell him,‘ This is what the LORD says: In the place where the dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick up your blood!’”

No servant can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at him.

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire.Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim, the detestable actions he committed, and what was found against him, are written in the Book of Israel’s Kings. His son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

But sexual immorality and any impurity or greed should not even be heard of among you, as is proper for saints.Obscene and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.For know and recognize this: Every sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, who is an idolater, does not have an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning.

no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom.

If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands,

But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Turn my heart to your decrees and not to dishonest profit.Turn my eyes from looking at what is worthless; give me life in your ways.