Then the Lord said, (A)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their (B)taskmasters. I know their sufferings, and (C)I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and (D)to bring them up out of that land to a (E)good and broad land, a land (F)flowing with milk and honey, to the place of (G)the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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The Lord said, “I have indeed seen(A) the misery(B) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned(C) about their suffering.(D) So I have come down(E) to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land,(F) a land flowing with milk and honey(G)—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites(H) and Jebusites.(I)

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16 (A)“Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found (B)in possession of him, shall be put to death.

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16 “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death,(A) whether the victim has been sold(B) or is still in the kidnapper’s possession.

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15 When you (A)spread out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
(B)even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    (C)your hands are full of blood.
16 (D)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(E)cease to do evil,
17     learn to do good;
(F)seek justice,
    correct oppression;
(G)bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow's cause.

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15 When you spread out your hands(A) in prayer,
    I hide(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(C)

Your hands(D) are full of blood!(E)

16 Wash(F) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(G)
    stop doing wrong.(H)
17 Learn to do right;(I) seek justice.(J)
    Defend the oppressed.[a](K)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(L)
    plead the case of the widow.(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor

Behold, (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (B)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (C)the Lord of hosts. (D)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (E)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (F)a day of slaughter. You have condemned and (G)murdered (H)the righteous person. He does not resist you.

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Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(A) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(B) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(C) You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves(D) in the day of slaughter.[a](E) You have condemned and murdered(F) the innocent one,(G) who was not opposing you.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:5 Or yourselves as in a day of feasting