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 poor and needy. He robs. He does not return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things.

Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me. The Lord Jehovah has spoken.

Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner. Remember that you were foreigners in Egypt.

Do not mistreat a foreigner. You know how it feels to be a foreigner. After all you were foreigners in Egypt.

Do no injustice in judgment. Do not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great. Judge your neighbor fairly.

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

Here I am! Testify against me before Jehovah and before his anointed one. Whose bull have I stolen? Whose donkey have I taken? Have I cheated anyone? Have I oppressed any? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make it right.

If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me

Do not be jealous of violent people or decide to act as they do.

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.

Learn to do good (well) (right). Seek justice. Correct oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows.

I am Jehovah of Hosts (All Powerful)! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain from extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes, who stops his ears against plots of murder and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil.

Is this not the fast I choose to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free and break every yoke?

if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,

Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment for (three sins of Israel, even for four) the many transgressions of Israel! They sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes.

Hear this, you who would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).

You hate good and love evil! You rip off their skin and their flesh from off their bones!

Jehovah of Hosts has spoken: Every man should execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion to his brother!

I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence, said Jehovah of Hosts.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

Hath restored

and if he returns the security he took for a loan or gives back what he stole, if he stops sinning and follows the laws that give life, he will not die, but he will live.

If you take someone's cloak as a pledge that he will pay you, you must give it back to him before the sunsets,

If he is a poor man, do not keep the pledged security over night.

You have indeed exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

They drive away the donkey of the orphan. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.

They lie down beside every altar on clothes taken from indebtedness. In the house of their God they drink the wine they have confiscated.

Hath spoiled

Prepare chains for the land is full of bloodshed and the city full of violence.

The earth was corrupt in God's sight. It was full of violence.

Their webs cannot be used for clothes. They cannot cover themselves with their works for their works are evil. Their hands have committed acts of violence.

This is what Jehovah says: Judge fairly, and do what is right. Rescue those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, or widows, and do not oppress them. Do not kill innocent people in this place.

Those who store up violence and robbery in their dwellings do not know how to do what is right, declared Jehovah.

You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

You put far away the evil day and cause the place of violence to come near.

I will punish all who worship false gods and who steal and kill in order to fill their master's house with violence.

Hath given

He does not oppress anyone. He does not keep the security for a loan. He does not rob anyone. He gives food to people who are hungry, and he gives clothes to those who are naked.

This is what you must do whenever there are poor Israelites in one of your cities in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.

If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

([Psalm of David]) Blessed (happy) is the one who has concern for helpless people. Jehovah will rescue (save) him in times of trouble.

Light shines in the darkness for the upright. He is gracious, compassionate, and fair.

There is one who scatters, and yet increases. There is one who withholds what is due and it leads to poverty.

He who becomes wealthy through unfair loans and interest collects them for the one who pitys the poor.

Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into the house? When you see the naked, should you cover him and not hide yourself from your own flesh?

The King will say to those on his right hand: 'Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

He answered: He who has two coats let him give to him who has none. He who has food let him do likewise.

But as you have plenty of everything, in faith, and speech, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love for us, see that you have plenty of this undeserved kindness also.

He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will reap bountifully.

For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment.

By this we know love, because he (Jesus) gave his life for us. We ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

General references

Do not charge interest to your brothers, interest on money, food, anything that may be loaned at interest.

He does not eat at the illegal mountain worship sites or look for help from the idols of the nation of Israel. He does not dishonor his neighbor's wife.

If a brother or sister is without clothes and in lack of daily food,