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Zephaniah 3:1
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Zephaniah 3:1
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Jerusalem’s Rebellion and Redemption
3 What sorrow awaits rebellious, polluted Jerusalem,
the city of violence and crime!
Zephaniah 3:1
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Zephaniah 3:1
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Jeremiah 6:6
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Jeremiah 6:6
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6 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
“Cut down the trees for battering rams.
Build siege ramps against the walls of Jerusalem.
This is the city to be punished,
for she is wicked through and through.
Jeremiah 6:6
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Jeremiah 6:6
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6 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
Isaiah 59:13
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Isaiah 59:13
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13 We know we have rebelled and have denied the Lord.
We have turned our backs on our God.
We know how unfair and oppressive we have been,
carefully planning our deceitful lies.
Isaiah 59:13
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Isaiah 59:13
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Isaiah 30:12
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Isaiah 30:12
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12 This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you despise what I tell you
and trust instead in oppression and lies,
Isaiah 30:12
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Isaiah 30:12
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12 Therefore this is what the Holy One(A) of Israel says:
Malachi 3:5
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Malachi 3:5
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(A) adulterers(B) and perjurers,(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(D) who oppress the widows(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(F) among you of justice, but do not fear(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.
Zechariah 7:10
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Zechariah 7:10
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10 Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.
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Zechariah 7:10
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Zechariah 7:10
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10 Do not oppress the widow(A) or the fatherless, the foreigner(B) or the poor.(C) Do not plot evil against each other.’(D)
Ezekiel 22:7
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you.
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Ezekiel 22:7
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt;(A) in you they have oppressed the foreigner(B) and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.(C)
Micah 2:2
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Micah 2:2
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2 When you want a piece of land,
you find a way to seize it.
When you want someone’s house,
you take it by fraud and violence.
You cheat a man of his property,
stealing his family’s inheritance.
Micah 2:2
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Micah 2:2
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Jeremiah 22:17
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Jeremiah 22:17
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17 “But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty!
You murder the innocent,
oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”
Jeremiah 22:17
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Jeremiah 22:17
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Isaiah 5:7
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Isaiah 5:7
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7 The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
The people of Judah are his pleasant garden.
He expected a crop of justice,
but instead he found oppression.
He expected to find righteousness,
but instead he heard cries of violence.
Isaiah 5:7
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Isaiah 5:7
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Leviticus 1:16
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Leviticus 1:16
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16 The priest must also remove the crop and the feathers[a] and throw them in the ashes on the east side of the altar.
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- 1:16 Or the crop and its contents. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Leviticus 1:16
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Leviticus 1:16
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16 He is to remove the crop and the feathers[a] and throw them down east of the altar where the ashes(A) are.
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- Leviticus 1:16 Or crop with its contents; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Amos 4:1
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Amos 4:1
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Israel’s Failure to Learn
4 Listen to me, you fat cows[a]
living in Samaria,
you women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
and who are always calling to your husbands,
“Bring us another drink!”
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- 4:1 Hebrew you cows of Bashan.
Amos 3:9
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Amos 3:9
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9 Announce this to the leaders of Philistia[a]
and to the great ones of Egypt:
“Take your seats now on the hills around Samaria,
and witness the chaos and oppression in Israel.”
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- 3:9 Hebrew Ashdod.
Amos 3:9
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Amos 3:9
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