Ezekiel 45:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

Let it

Ezekiel 44:6

1 Peter 4:3

Remove

Take away

Nehemiah 5:1

1 Corinthians 6:7

Exactions

General references

1 Samuel 10:25

Bible References

Let it

And you must say to [the] rebellious, to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Enough for you, house of Israel, of all of your detestable things!

For the time that has passed [was] sufficient {to do what the Gentiles desire to do}, having lived in licentiousness, [evil] desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries,

Remove

Also, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please stop [taking] this interest.

"How long will you judge unjustly and {show favoritism to the wicked}? Selah

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

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.

These [are] the things that you must do: speak truth, each [of you], with his neighbor; practice trustworthy judgment and peace in your gates.

And those who served in the army were also asking him, saying, "What should we also do?" And he said to them, "Extort from no one, and do not blackmail [anyone], and be content with your pay."

Take away

Now there was a great cry of distress of the people and of their wives [against] their Jewish brothers.

Therefore it is already completely a loss for you that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

Exactions

for he has oppressed; he has abandoned [the] poor; he has seized a house but did not build it.

You have sent widows away empty-handed, and [the] arms of orphans were crushed.

They remove border [stones]; they seize flocks, and they pasture [them].

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.

General references

Then Samuel told the people the custom of the kingship, and he wrote [the rules] down on a scroll and laid [it] before Yahweh. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own house.