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Thematic Bible
Business life » Dishonesty » Extortion
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So
And that they may plunder the
In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will
I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.
Injustice » Punishment of
saying,
“When will thenew moon be over,
So that we may sell grain,
And thesabbath, that we may open the wheat market,
To make thebushel smaller and the shekel bigger,
And tocheat with dishonest scales,
“When will the
So that we may sell grain,
And the
To make the
And to
Gathers it
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will
And the
And everyone who dwells in it
Indeed, all of it will
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.
and that no man transgress and defraud his brother in the matter because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you before and solemnly warned you.
The poor » The wicked » Tread down
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will
Stones » Houses built of
But we will
The sycamores have been cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will
Tax » Paid in grain
Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing.
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will
Vices » Dishonesty » Extortion
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So
And that they may plunder the
In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will
I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.
Vineyards » The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will
And their houses desolate;
Yes,
And plant vineyards but not drink their wine.”