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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 59:6 Lit palms

Thus says the Lord, “(A)Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his (B)oppressor. Also (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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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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23 (A)Make the chain, for the land is full of [a](B)bloody crimes and the city is (C)full of violence.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:23 Lit judgment of blood

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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16 or oppress anyone, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery, but he (A)gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

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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 iniquity.

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