Ezekiel 18:7

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Ezekiel 18:7

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Summary

And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Hath not

Hath restored

Hath spoiled

Hath given

General references

Deuteronomy 23:19

Ezekiel 18:15

James 2:15

Bible References

Hath not

Has done wrong to the poor and to him who is in need, and taken property by force, and has not given back to one in his debt what is his, and has given worship to images and has done disgusting things,

In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.

Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.

If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;

Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

Is not this the holy day for which I have given orders: to let loose those who have wrongly been made prisoners, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the crushed go free, and every yoke be broken?

If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given the upright man for silver, and the poor for the price of two shoes;

Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

Hath restored

If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him.

If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:

If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;

For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

By every altar they are stretched on clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking in the house of their god the wine of those who have made payment for wrongdoing.

Hath spoiled

Make the chain: for the land is full of crimes of blood, and the town is full of violent acts.

And the earth was evil in God's eyes and full of violent ways.

Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.

This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.

So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.

You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;

And in that day I will send punishment on all those who come jumping over the doorstep and make their master's house full of violent behaviour and deceit.

Hath given

Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;

If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.

For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:

And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same.

And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.

But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

General references

Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have

Who has not taken the flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel, and has not had connection with his neighbour's wife,

If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,