Jeremiah 7:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

Oppress

And shed

Neither walk

Ezekiel 18:6

General references

Ezekiel 11:6

Bible References

Oppress

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.

"You must not wrong a foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.

Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

"If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

"The Lord who rules over all said, 'Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

And shed

"It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion."

But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

But you should take careful note of this: If you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves and this city and those who live in it the guilt of murdering an innocent man. For the Lord has sent me to speak all this where you can hear it. That is the truth!"

He passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.

They shed innocent blood -- the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted by bloodshed.

They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

(Mem) But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.

Then say, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: O city, who spills blood within herself (which brings on her doom), and who makes herself idols (which results in impurity),

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!"

Neither walk

These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing.

You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples,

Now if you forget the Lord your God at all and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated.

and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known.

does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife, does not have sexual relations with a woman during her period,

General references

"You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless.

Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.'

You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.'