2:6 This is what the Lord says:
“Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions
make that four!
They sold the innocent
the needy for a pair of sandals.
2:7 They trample
they push the destitute away.
A man and his father go to the same girl;
in this way they show disrespect
3:9 Make this announcement in
and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt.
Say this:
“Gather on the hills around Samaria!
Observe the many acts of violence
the oppressive deeds
3:10 “They do not know how to do what is right.” (The Lord is speaking.)
“They store up
5:11 Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops
and exact a grain tax from them,
you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone,
nor will you drink the wine from the fine
8:4 Listen to this, you who trample
and do away with
8:5 You say,
“When will the new moon festival
When will the Sabbath end,
We’re eager
and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!
8:6 We’re eager to trade silver for the poor,
a pair of sandals
We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!”
22:21 “You must not wrong
22:22 “You must not afflict
22:25 “If you lend money to any of
12:5 “Because of the violence done to the oppressed,
because of the painful cries
I will spring into action,”
“I will provide the safety they so desperately desire.”
140:12 I know
and vindicates the poor.
22:22 Do not exploit
and do not crush the needy in court,
22:23 for the Lord will plead their case
and will rob those who are robbing
23:10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone,
or take over
23:11 for their Protector
he will plead their case against you.
4:1 So
This is what I saw:
The oppressed
no one delivers
5:8 If you see the extortion
or the perversion
do not be astonished by the matter.
For the high official is watched by a higher official,
and there are higher ones over them!
1:17 Learn to do what is right!
Promote justice!
Give the oppressed reason to celebrate!
Take up the cause of the orphan!
Defend the rights of the widow!
1:18
“Though your sins have stained you like the color red,
you can become
though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet,
you can become
1:19 If you have a willing attitude and obey,
then you will again eat the good crops of the land.
1:20 But if you refuse and rebel,
you will be devoured
Know for certain that the Lord has spoken.
1:21 How tragic that the once-faithful city
has become a prostitute!
She was once a center of
fairness resided in her,
but now only murderers.
1:22 Your
your beer is diluted with water.
1:23 Your officials are rebels,
they associate with
All of them love bribery,
and look for
They do not take up the cause of the orphan,
or defend the rights of the widow.
1:24 Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies,
the powerful ruler of Israel,
“Ah, I will seek vengeance
I will take revenge against my enemies.
5:8 Those who accumulate houses are as good as dead,
those who also accumulate landed property
until there is no land left,
and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.
58:6 No, this is the kind of fast I want.
I want you
to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke,
to set free the oppressed,
and to break every burdensome yoke.
5:26 “Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people.
They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush.
They set deadly traps
5:27 Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught,
their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit.
That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.
5:28 That is how
There is no limit to the evil things they do.
They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it.
They do not defend the rights of the poor.
5:29 I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the Lord.
“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!
6:6 All of this is because
‘Cut down the trees around Jerusalem
and build up a siege ramp against its walls.
This is the city which is to be punished.
Nothing but oppression happens in it.
2:1 Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead,
those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed.
As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans,
because they have the power to do so.
2:2 They confiscate the fields they desire,
and seize the houses they want.
They defraud people of their homes,
and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
2:3 Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation!
It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck.
You will no longer
for it will be a time of catastrophe.
3:1 I said,
“Listen, you leaders
you rulers of the nation
You ought to know what is just,
3:2 yet you
and love what is evil.
You flay my people’s skin
and rip the flesh from their bones.
3:3 You
strip off their skin,
and crush their bones.
You chop them up like flesh in a pot
like meat in a kettle.
7:11 “But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.
3:5 “I
5:1 Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud