I thought over this in my heart, and then I quarreled with the nobles and the prefects. I said to them, "You yourselves are taking interest from your own brother!" So I called the great assembly against them,

He does not lend his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against [the] innocent. He who does these [things] will never be shaken.

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

[and] {he does not charge interest} and he takes no usury, [and] he holds back his hand from injustice [and] he executes judgment of fairness between {persons},

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.

Fear

And you must not oppress {one another}, but you shall revere your God, because I [am] Yahweh, your God.

So I said, "The thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God [to prevent] the disgrace from the nations, our enemies?

General references

" 'If you lend money [to] my people, [to] the needy with you, you will not be to him as a creditor; you will not {charge him interest}.

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