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17     learn to do good.
Make justice your aim: redress the wronged,
    hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.(A)

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17     learn to do good;
seek justice,
    rescue the oppressed,
defend the orphan,
    plead for the widow.

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17     learn to do good.
Seek justice:
    help the oppressed;[a]
    defend the orphan;
    plead for the widow.

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  1. Isaiah 1:17 LXX, Vulg; MT lead the oppressor

17 Learn to do good;
(A)Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor,
(B)Obtain justice for the orphan,
Plead for the widow’s case.

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17 Learn to do right;(A) seek justice.(B)
    Defend the oppressed.[a](C)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(D)
    plead the case of the widow.(E)

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