Jeremias 22:17
But thy eyes and thy heart are set upon covetousness, and upon shedding innocent blood, and upon oppression, and running after evil works.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Tui vero oculi et cor ad avaritiam, et ad sanguinem innocentem fundendum, et ad calumniam, et ad cursum mali operis.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἰδοὺ οὐκ εἰσὶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου οὐδὲ ἡ καρδία σου καλή, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς τὴν πλεονεξίαν σου καὶ εἰς τὸ αἷμα τὸ ἀθῷον τοῦ ἐκχέειν αὐτό, καὶ εἰς ἀδίκημα καὶ εἰς φόνον τοῦ ποιεῖν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין עֵינֶ֨יךָ֙ וְלִבְּךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם עַל בִּצְעֶ֑ךָ וְעַ֤ל דַּֽם הַנָּקִי֙ לִשְׁפּ֔וֹךְ וְעַל הָעֹ֥שֶׁק וְעַל הַמְּרוּצָ֖ה לַעֲשֽׂוֹת
The Fathers on this verse
St Irenaeus Against Heresies: Book IV, Chapter XVIII. Concerning sacrifices
3. For at the beginning God had respect to the gifts of Abel, because he offered with single-mindedness and righteousness; but He had no respect unto the offering of Cain, because his heart was divided with envy and malice, which he cherished against his brother, as God says when reproving his hidden [thoughts], “Though thou offerest rightly, yet, if thou dost not divide rightly, hast thou not sinned? Be at rest;” since God is not appeased by sacrifice. …
St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom, Matthew XXIII. 14
Therefore the prophet also blaming thee, said, “Thine eyes are not good, neither is thine heart.”