³ Thus says the Lord: ^(A)Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And ^(B)do no wrong or violence ^(C)to the resident alien, ^(D)the fatherless, and the widow, nor ^(E)shed innocent blood in this place.

¹² O house of David! Thus says the Lord:

⁷ Father and mother ^(A)are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner ^(B)suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow ^(C)are wronged in you.

²⁷ Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: ^(A)to visit ^(B)orphans and widows in their affliction, and ^(C)to keep oneself ^(D)unstained from the world.

⁵ “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be ^(A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those ^(B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, ^(C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

⁹ “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ^(A)Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, ^10 (B)do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, ^(C)or the poor, and ^(D)let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.” ¹¹ But ^(E)they refused to pay attention ^(F)and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.^[a]