Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they (A)cover themselves with their works;
Their (B)works are works of wrongdoing,
And an (C)act of violence is in their [a]hands.
(D)Their feet run to evil,
And they hurry to shed innocent blood;
(E)Their thoughts are thoughts of wrongdoing,
Devastation and destruction are in their paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:6 Lit palms

Their cobwebs are useless for clothing;
    they cannot cover themselves with what they make.(A)
Their deeds are evil deeds,
    and acts of violence(B) are in their hands.
Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.(C)
They pursue evil schemes;(D)
    acts of violence mark their ways.(E)

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This is what the Lord says: “(A)Do justice and righteousness, and save one who has been robbed from the power of his (B)oppressor. And (C)do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not (D)shed innocent blood in this place.

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This is what the Lord says: Do what is just(A) and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor(B) the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow,(C) and do not shed innocent blood(D) in this place.

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17 “But your eyes and your heart
Are intent only upon your own (A)dishonest gain,
And on (B)shedding innocent blood,
And on practicing oppression and extortion.”

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17 “But your eyes and your heart
    are set only on dishonest gain,(A)
on shedding innocent blood(B)
    and on oppression and extortion.”(C)

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23 (A)Make the [a]chain, for the land is full of [b](B)bloody crimes, and the city is (C)full of violence.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:23 I.e., used for imprisonment
  2. Ezekiel 7:23 Lit judgment of blood

23 “‘Prepare chains!
    For the land is full of bloodshed,(A)
    and the city is full of violence.(B)

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and if a man does not oppress anyone, but (A)restores to the debtor his pledge, (B)does not commit robbery, but (C)gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

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He does not oppress(A) anyone,
    but returns what he took in pledge(B) for a loan.
He does not commit robbery(C)
    but gives his food to the hungry(D)
    and provides clothing for the naked.(E)

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16 nor oppressed anyone, nor retained a pledge, nor committed robbery; instead, he (A)gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

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16 He does not oppress anyone
    or require a pledge for a loan.
He does not commit robbery
    but gives his food to the hungry(A)
    and provides clothing for the naked.(B)

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18 As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his guilt.

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18 But his father will die for his own sin, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was wrong among his people.

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