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

He oppresses [the] needy and [the] poor, [and] {he commits robbery}, [and] he [does] not return pledge for a loan, [and] he lifts his eyes to the idols [so] he does a detestable thing.

They take a bribe among you in order to shed blood; and you take usury, and you make gain [from] your neighbors by extortion, and [so] you have forgotten me, {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

" 'You will not mistreat an alien, and you will not oppress him, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

And you will not oppress an alien; you yourselves know the feelings of the alien, because you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

" 'You shall not do injustice in judgment; {you shall not show partiality to the powerless}; you shall not give preference {to the powerful}; you shall judge your fellow citizen with justice.

And when you sell something to your fellow citizen or [you] buy from your neighbor's hand, you must not oppress {one another}.

Here I am! Testify against me before Yahweh and before his anointed one! Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, that I may shut my eyes {regarding} him?-then I will restore it to you."

"If I have rejected my male or female slave's case when their complaint [was] against me,

Do not envy a man of violence, and do not choose any of his ways,

He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;

Learn to do good! Seek justice! Rescue [the] oppressed! Defend [the] orphan! Plead for [the] widow!

For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the man of Judah [is] the plantation of his delight. [And] he waited for justice, but look! Bloodshed! For righteousness, but look! A cry of distress!

He who walks [in] righteousness and speaks uprightness, who rejects [the] gain of extortion, who {refuses} bribe, who stops up his ears from hearing {bloodshed} and shuts his eyes from seeing evil.

Is this not [the] fast I choose: to release [the] bonds of injustice, to untie [the] ropes of [the] yoke, and to let [the] oppressed go free, and {tear} every yoke to pieces?

you do not oppress [the] alien, [the] orphan, and [the] widow, you do not shed innocent blood in this place, and you do not go after other gods {to your harm},

Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke [the punishment], because they sell the righteous for money and the poor for a pair of sandals!

Hear this, those who trample on [the] poor and who annihilate the afflicted of [the] land,

Woe [to] those who plan wickedness and evil deeds upon their beds! In the light of the morning they did it, because they have power in their hands.

[Those of you who are] haters of good and lovers of evil, [who] tear their skin from them and their flesh from their bones,

"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Judge [with] trustworthy justice, and show steadfast love and compassion {to one another}.

"Then I will approach you for judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers, and against those who swear {falsely}, and against the oppressors of [the] hired worker [with his] wages, [the] widow and [the] orphan, and {the abusers of} [the] alien, and [yet] do not fear me," says Yahweh of hosts.

Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!

Hath restored

[for example], [the] wicked returns a pledge for a loan, he restores {stolen property}, he goes in the statutes of life [so as] not to do injustice--certainly he will live; he will not die.

If indeed you require the cloak of your neighbor as a pledge, you will return it to him at sundown,

And if [he is] a needy man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.

"Indeed, you have required a pledge from your family for nothing, and you have stripped off [the] clothes of [the] naked.

They drive away [the] donkey of orphans; they take [the] widow's ox as a pledge.

They stretch themselves out beside every altar on clothing taken in pledge and they drink wine, bought with fines imposed, in the house of their God.

Hath spoiled

Make a chain for the land; it is full of {bloody crimes} and the city is full of violence.

And the earth [was] corrupted before God, and the earth was filled [with] violence.

Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works [are] works of iniquity, and deeds of violence [are] in their hands.

Thus says Yahweh, "Act [with] justice and righteousness, and deliver [the] one who has been seized from the hand of [the] oppressor. And you must not oppress [the] immigrant, [the] orphan, and [the] widow. And you must not shed innocent blood in this place.

"They do not know [how] to do right," {declares Yahweh}, "those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses."

Therefore, because you trample on [the] poor and you take a grain tax from them, you built houses of dressed stone, but you will not live in them. You built vineyards of delightfulness, but you will not drink their wine.

You that put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence!

And on that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill up the house of their master [with] violence and deceit.

Hath given

And he oppresses no one; he requires no pledge for a loan, and {he does not commit robbery}; he gives his bread to [the] hungry, and he covers the naked person [with] a garment.

If [there] is a poor [person] among you from [among] one of your brothers in one of your {towns} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you shall not harden your heart, and you shall not shut your hand toward {your brother who is poor}.

"If I have withheld [the] desire of [the] poor from [them], or I have caused [the] widow's eyes to fail,

Blessed [is the one who] has regard for [the] poor; in [the] day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.

[His] light rises in the darkness for the upright; [he is] gracious and compassionate and righteous.

There is one who gives yet {grows richer}, but he who withholds {what is right} only [finds] need.

He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, [you] who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!

And he answered [and] said to them, "The one who has two tunics must share with the one who does not have [one], and the one who has food must do likewise."

But just as you excel in everything--in faith and in speaking and in knowledge and with all diligence and in the love from us [that is] in you--so may you excel in this grace also.

Now [the point is] this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

For judgment [is] merciless to the one who has not practiced mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

We have come to know love by this: that {he} laid down his life on behalf of us, and we ought to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers.

General references

"{You shall not charge your brother interest on money}, interest on food, or interest on anything that one could lend on interest

On the mountains he does not eat, and he does not lift [up] his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, [and] the wife of his neighbor he does not defile.

If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacking food for the day,