Isaiah 30:12
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12 Therefore the Holy One of Israel says:
“Because you have rejected this message
and have trusted in oppression and deceit,
and have depended on them,
Isaiah 59:9-15
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9 Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not reach us.
We hope for light, but there is darkness;
for brightness, but we live in the night.
10 We grope along a wall like the blind;
we grope like those without eyes.(A)
We stumble at noon as though it were twilight;
we are like the dead among those who are healthy.
11 We all growl like bears
and moan like doves.(B)
We hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our transgressions have multiplied before you,(C)
and our sins testify against us.(D)
For our transgressions are with us,
and we know our iniquities:(E)
13 transgression and deception against the Lord,
turning away from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.
14 Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.
15 Truth is missing,
and whoever turns from evil is plundered.
The Lord saw that there was no justice,
and he was offended.
Jeremiah 6:6
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6 For this is what the Lord of Armies says:
Cut down the trees;(A)
raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem.
This city must be punished.
There is nothing but oppression within her.(B)
Ezekiel 22:7
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7 Father and mother are treated with contempt,(A) and the resident alien is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.(B)
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Ezekiel 22:12
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12 People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood.(A) You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbors.(B) You have forgotten me.(C) This is the declaration of the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 22:29
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29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery.(A) They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the resident alien.
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Micah 3:11
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11 Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,(A)
her priests teach for payment,(B)
and her prophets practice divination for silver.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord(C) among us?
No disaster will overtake us.”
Habakkuk 1:3
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3 Why do you force me to look at injustice?(A)
Why do you tolerate[a] wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.
Footnotes
- 1:3 Lit observe, also in v. 13
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