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Jeremiah 22 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations prefer to set apart quotations. The ULB and many other English translations indent the lines of 22:6-10, 13-28, 28-30, which are extended quotations.
Special concepts in this chapter
Luxury and oppression
Because the king lived in luxury and oppressed the poor, God was sending him and his mother into captivity unless he repented. The king lacked justice. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/oppress, rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/repent and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/justice)