Isaiah 1:15-17
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15 When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.(A)
16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove your evil deeds
from before my eyes;
cease to do evil;(B)
17 learn to do good;
seek justice;
rescue the oppressed;
defend the orphan;
plead for the widow.(C)
Isaiah 58:6
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6 Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of injustice,
to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?(A)
Isaiah 58:9
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9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”
If you remove the yoke from among you,
the pointing of the finger, the speaking of evil,(A)
Zechariah 7:9
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9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another;(A)
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Zechariah 7:13
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13 Just as, when I[a] called, they would not hear, so, when they called, I would not hear, says the Lord of hosts,(A)
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