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Jeremiah 6:6
This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:“ Cut down the trees for battering rams. Build siege ramps against the walls of Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, for she is wicked through and through.
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Isaiah 59:13
We know we have rebelled and have denied the Lord. We have turned our backs on our God. We know how unfair and oppressive we have been, carefully planning our deceitful lies.
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Malachi 3:5
“ At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Isaiah 30:12
This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel:“ Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in oppression and lies,
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Isaiah 5:7
The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. The people of Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.
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Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.
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Micah 2:2
When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone’s house, you take it by fraud and violence. You cheat a man of his property, stealing his family’s inheritance.
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Ezekiel 22:7
Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you.
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Leviticus 1:16
The priest must also remove the crop and the feathers and throw them in the ashes on the east side of the altar.
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Jeremiah 22:17
“ But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”
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Ezekiel 23:30
You brought all this on yourself by prostituting yourself to other nations, defiling yourself with all their idols.
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Ezekiel 22:29
Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.
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Amos 3:9
Announce this to the leaders of Philistia and to the great ones of Egypt:“ Take your seats now on the hills around Samaria, and witness the chaos and oppression in Israel.”
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Amos 4:1
Listen to me, you fat cows living in Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, and who are always calling to your husbands,“ Bring us another drink!”
