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

Say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough of all your abominable practices, O house of Israel!

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries.

Remove

Even I and my relatives and my associates are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral!

He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!

The Lord says, "Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.

These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.

Then some soldiers also asked him, "And as for us -- what should we do?" He told them, "Take money from no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your pay."

Take away

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

Exactions

For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

General references

Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work. He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes.