Dishonest gain, unjust profit — from a root meaning 'to cut off (a piece for oneself).' Jehoiakim's 'eyes and heart are on nothing but your betsa' (22:17): the greed that builds a cedar palace on unpaid labor. It is the disqualifying vice of a ruler (the corrupt judges 'turn aside after betsa,' 1 Samuel 8:3) — the exact opposite of the father who 'judged the cause of the poor and needy' (22:16). KJV 'covetousness.' → first discussed at Jer 22:17