37 And (A)it yields much increase to the kings
You have set over us,
Because of our sins;
Also they have (B)dominion over our bodies and our cattle
At their pleasure;
And we are in great distress.

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33 A nation whom you have not known shall eat (A)the fruit of your land and the produce of your labor, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually.

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48 therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in (A)hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He (B)will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.

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24 Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tax, tribute, or custom on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God.

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33 They answered Him, (A)“We are Abraham’s descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will be made free’?”

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And I said to them, “According to our ability we have (A)redeemed our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations. Now indeed, will you even sell your brethren? Or should they be sold to us?”

Then they were silenced and found nothing to say.

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Moreover I issue a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews, for the building of this [a]house of God: Let the cost be paid at the king’s expense from taxes on the region beyond the River; this is to be given immediately to these men, so that they are not hindered.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:8 Temple

13 Let it now be known to the king that, if this city is built and the walls completed, they will not pay (A)tax, tribute, or custom, and the king’s treasury will be diminished.

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51 And they shall eat the increase of your livestock and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed; they shall not leave you grain or new wine or oil, or the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you.

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39 You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the (A)wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

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17 I will [a]set (A)My face against you, and (B)you shall be defeated by your enemies.

(C)Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall (D)flee when no one pursues you.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 26:17 oppose you

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