Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery: they afflicted the needy and poor, and they oppressed the stranger by calumny without judgment. people Ezekiel 22:7 They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee. Ezekiel 18:12 That grieveth the needy and the poor, that taketh away by violence, that restoreth not the pledge, and that lifteth up his eyes to idols, that comitteth abomination: Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry. Isaiah 10:2 To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless. Isaiah 59:3-7 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue uttereth iniquity. . . . Jeremiah 5:26-28,31 For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men. . . . Jeremiah 6:13 For from the least of them even to the greatest, all are given to covetousness: and from the prophet even to the priest, all are guilty of deceit. Amos 3:10 And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses. Micah 2:2 Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God. Micah 3:3 You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them and their flesh from their bones? James 5:4 Behold the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which by fraud has been kept back by you, crieth: and the cry of them hath entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. oppression. Ezekiel 22:7 They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee. Exodus 22:21 Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt. Exodus 23:9 Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt. Leviticus 19:33 If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide among you, do not upbraid hin: Psalm 94:6 They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless. Matthew 25:43 I was a stranger and you took me not in: naked and you covered me not: sick and in prison and you did not visit me. wrongfully [heb] Context The Sins of Prophets, Priests, Princes…28And her prophets have daubed them without tempering the mortar, seeing vain things, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the Lord God: when the Lord hath not spoken. 29The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery: they afflicted the needy and poor, and they oppressed the stranger by calumny without judgment.30And I sought among them for a man that might set up a hedge, and stand in the gap before me in favour of the land, that I might not destroy it: and I found none.… Cross References Exodus 23:9 Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt. Psalm 62:10 Trust not in iniquity, and covet not robberies: if riches abound, set not your heart upon them. Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry. Ezekiel 9:9 And he said to me: The iniquity of the house of Israel, and of Juda, is exceeding great, and the land is filled with blood, and the city is filled with perverseness: for they have said: The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not. Ezekiel 22:7 They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee. Amos 3:10 And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses. Lexicon The peopleעַ֤ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of the land הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land have practiced עָ֣שְׁקוּ (‘ā·šə·qū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6231: To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow extortion עֹ֔שֶׁק (‘ō·šeq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6233: Injury, fraud, distress, unjust gain and committed robbery. וְגָזְל֖וּ (wə·ḡā·zə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 1497: To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob They have oppressed הוֹנ֔וּ (hō·w·nū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3238: To rage, be violent, to suppress, to maltreat the poor וְעָנִ֤י (wə·‘ā·nî) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble and needy, וְאֶבְיוֹן֙ (wə·’eḇ·yō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 34: In want, needy, poor and exploited עָשְׁק֖וּ (‘ā·šə·qū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6231: To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow the foreign resident הַגֵּ֥ר (hag·gêr) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1616: A guest, a foreigner without בְּלֹ֥א (bə·lō) Preposition-b | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no justice. מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (miš·pāṭ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style Additional Translations The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and exploited the foreign resident without justice.The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully. That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger. The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have oppressed the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully. The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed -- without judgment. 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