Jeremiah 22:15-17

Good News Translation

¹⁵ Does it make you a better king
    if you build houses of cedar,
    finer than those of others?
Your father enjoyed a full life.
    He was always just and fair,
    and he prospered in everything he did.
¹⁶ He gave the poor a fair trial,
    and all went well with him.
That is what it means to know the Lord.
¹⁷ But you can only see your selfish interests;
    you kill the innocent
    and violently oppress your people.
The Lord has spoken.