Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Landmarks » Protected from fraudulent removal
'Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
Remove not a border of olden times, And into fields of the fatherless enter not,
Cursed is he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.
Water » Illustrative » (poured out,) of the wrath of God
Princes of Judah have been as those removing a border, On them I do pour out as water My wrath.