Jeremiah 22:3

  • A Ruler’s Requirements (3)

    This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.  Jeremiah 22:3 NIV No wrong or violence – Do not mistreat (yānâ).  Do not…

  • A Ruler’s Requirements (2)

    This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.  Jeremiah 22:3 NIV    Rescue – Rescue: “to save someone or something from a dangerous or distressing…

  • A Ruler’s Requirements (1)

    This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.  Jeremiah 22:3 NIV   Just and right – mišpāṭ and ṣĕdāqâ.  We know both these concepts.  The first, mišpāṭ, isn’t just about…

  • The Supreme Commandment

    So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.  Matthew 7:12 NIV Do to others – What is the greatest commandment?  The scribe asked Yeshua and received a two-pronged answer.  Love God and do unto others.  The two are essentially equal.  Perhaps…

  • One Day at the Spa

    Thus says the Lord, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place. Jeremiah 22:3 NASB Innocent Blood – We live in a world much like the one that…

  • The Fate of the Nation

    Thus says the Lord, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place. Jeremiah 22:3 NASB Do – The division of ideology…