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Jeremiah 6:6
For this is what the Lord of armies says:“ Cut down her trees And pile up an assault ramp against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression.
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Isaiah 59:13
Offending and denying the Lord, And turning away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.
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Malachi 3:5
“ Then I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, those who oppress the wage earner in his wages or the widow or the orphan, and those who turn away the stranger from justice and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of armies.
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Isaiah 30:12
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says:“ Since you have rejected this word And have put your trust in oppression and crookedness, and have relied on them,
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Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of armies is the house of Israel, And the people of Judah are His delightful plant. So He waited for justice, but behold, there was bloodshed; For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.
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Zechariah 7:10
and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’
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Micah 2:2
They covet fields, so they seize them; And houses, so they take them. They exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.
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Ezekiel 22:7
They have treated father and mother with contempt among you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst; they have oppressed the orphan and the widow among you.
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Leviticus 1:16
He shall also remove its craw with its feathers and throw it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the fatty ashes.
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Jeremiah 22:17
“ But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood, And on practicing oppression and extortion.”
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Ezekiel 23:30
These things will be done to you because you have adulterously pursued the nations, because you have defiled yourself with their idols.
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Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery, and they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger without justice.
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Amos 3:9
Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say,“ Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria and see the great panic within her and the oppressions in her midst.
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Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who exploit the poor, who oppress the needy, And say to their husbands,“ Bring now, that we may drink!”
