You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the
They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey an
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the st
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe