Habakkuk 2:12
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12 “Alas for you who build a town by bloodshed
and found a city on iniquity!”(A)
Jeremiah 50:13
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13 Because of the wrath of the Lord, she shall not be inhabited
but shall be an utter desolation;
everyone who passes by Babylon shall be appalled
and hiss because of all her wounds.(A)
Ezekiel 18:7
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7 does not oppress anyone but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,(A)
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Amos 2:8
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8 they lay themselves down beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge;
and in the house of their God they drink
wine bought with fines they imposed.(A)
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