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Jeremiah 22:1-5 NWT
22 This is what Jehovah  ( יהוה ) has said: "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and you must speak there this word. 2 And you must say, 'Hear the word of Jehovah  ( יהוה ) , O king of Judah who are sitting on the throne of David, you with your servants and your people, those who are coming in through these gates. 3 This is what Jehovah  ( יהוה ) has said: "Render justice and righteousness, and deliver the one that is being robbed out of the hand of the defrauder; and do not maltreat any alien resident, fatherless boy or widow. Do [them] no violence. And do not shed any innocent blood in this place. 4 For if you will by all means perform this word, there will also certainly come in through the gates of this house the kings sitting for David upon his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, he with his servants and his people."' 5 "'But if you will not obey these words, by myself I do swear,' is the utterance of Jehovah  ( יהוה ) , 'that this house will become a mere devastated place.'

Jeremiah 22:1-5 GW
This is what the LORD  ( יהוה ) says: Go to the palace of the king of Judah, and speak this message there: (2) "Listen to the word of the LORD  ( יהוה ), you officials, you people who come into these gates, and you, king of Judah, the one sitting on David's throne. (3) "This is what the LORD  ( יהוה ) says: Judge fairly, and do what is right. Rescue those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Don't mistreat foreigners, orphans, or widows, and don't oppress them. Don't kill innocent people in this place. (4) If you do what I say, then the kings who sit on David's throne will ride through the gates of this palace in chariots and on horses along with their officials and their people. (5) But if you don't do what I say, I will take an oath on myself," declares the LORD  ( יהוה ), "that this palace will become a pile of rubble.

Jeremiah 22:1-5 LITV
(1) So says Jehovah  ( יהוה ) , Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak this Word there, (2) and say, Hear the Word of Jehovah  ( יהוה ) , O king of Judah who sits on the throne of David, you and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates. (3) So says Jehovah  ( יהוה ) , Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one robbed from the oppressor's hand. And do not oppress the alien, the widow, or the orphan, and do not do violence nor shed innocent blood in this place. (4) For if you indeed do this thing, then there shall enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he and his servants and his people. (5) But if you will not hear these Words, I swear by Myself, says Jehovah  ( יהוה ) , that this house shall become a ruin.

Jeremiah 22:1-5 ASV
(1) Thus said Jehovah  ( יהוה ) : Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, (2) And say, Hear the word of Jehovah  ( יהוה ) , O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates. (3) Thus saith Jehovah  ( יהוה ) : Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place. (4) For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. (5) But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah  ( יהוה ) , that this house shall become a desolation.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation