Jeremiah 22:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.”
הוּא
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
עָנִי
the poor
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עָנִי
Poor, afflicted, humble. Aniy. The Spirit of the LORD is on Me to proclaim good news to the poor. Jesus came for those who know they have nothing without God.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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דִּין
the cause of
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דִּין
judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife
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טוֹב
was well
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טוֹב
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
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דִּין
he defended
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דִּין
a straight course, i.e. sail direct
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נְאֻם
the utterance of
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נְאֻם
an oracle
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