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Thus says the Lord God: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and do what is just and right! Stop evicting my people!—oracle of the Lord God.

Weights and Measures.[a] 10 (A)You shall have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

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  1. 45:10–12 Besides the land monopoly fostered by royal greed and collusion with the wealthy (Mi 2:2; Is 3:12–15; 5:8–10), one grave social evil of preexilic Israel was dishonesty in business; cf. Hos 12:8; Am 8:5. Ephah, bath: see note on Is 5:10.

Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Cease your evictions of my people, says the Lord God.

Weights and Measures

10 You shall have honest balances, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:10 A Heb measure of volume

The Lord God proclaims: Enough, princes of Israel! Turn aside from violence and oppression. Establish justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people! This is what the Lord God says: 10 You must use fair scales, a fair ephah,[a] and a fair bath.[b]

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  1. Ezekiel 45:10 One ephah is approximately twenty quarts of grain.
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 One bath is approximately twenty quarts of liquid.

‘This is what the Lord [a]God says: “(A)Enough, you princes of Israel; get rid of (B)violence and destruction, and (C)practice justice and righteousness. Revoke your (D)evictions of My people,” declares the Lord God.

10 “You shall have (E)accurate balances, an accurate [b](F)ephah, and an accurate [c](G)bath.

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  1. Ezekiel 45:9 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 I.e., a dry measure, about 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  3. Ezekiel 45:10 I.e., a liquid measure, about 6 gallons or 23 liters

“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression(A) and do what is just and right.(B) Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. 10 You are to use accurate scales,(C) an accurate ephah[a](D) and an accurate bath.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 bushel or about 22 liters.
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 A bath was a liquid measure equaling about 6 gallons or about 22 liters.