Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and
rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one a
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing ex
And he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He look
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have e
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your
Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great un
have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with the