Isaiah 10:2
10:2 to keep the poor from getting fair treatment,
and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice,
so they can steal what widows own,
and loot what belongs to orphans.
Isaiah 13:15-18
13:15 Everyone who is caught will be stabbed;
everyone who is seized will die by the sword.
13:16 Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes;
their houses will be looted
and their wives raped.
13:17 Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them;
they are not concerned about silver,
nor are they interested in gold.
13:18 Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons;
they have no compassion on a person’s offspring,
they will not look with pity on children.
Jeremiah 7:6
7:6 Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands.
Stop killing innocent people
in this land. Stop paying allegiance to
other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
Jeremiah 22:3
22:3 The
Lord says, “Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those
who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows.
Do not kill innocent people
in this land.
Ezekiel 22:7
22:7 They have treated father and mother with contempt
within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow
within you.
Malachi 3:5
3:5 “I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.