Jeremiah 22:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

Young's Literal Translation
But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

King James Bible
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].

Hebrew
“But
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

your eyes
עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ (‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

and heart
וְלִבְּךָ֔ (wə·lib·bə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

[are set on] nothing
אֵ֤ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

except
כִּ֖י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

your own dishonest gain,
בִּצְעֶ֑ךָ (biṣ·‘e·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1215: Gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit

on shedding
לִשְׁפּ֔וֹךְ (liš·pō·wḵ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out

innocent
הַנָּקִי֙ (han·nā·qî)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt

blood,
דַּֽם־ (dam-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

on practicing
לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

extortion
הָעֹ֥שֶׁק (hā·‘ō·šeq)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6233: Injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain

and oppression.”
הַמְּרוּצָ֖ה (ham·mə·rū·ṣāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4835: A crushing, an oppression

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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