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Isaiah 1:17
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17     and learn to do good.
Pursue justice and rescue the oppressed;
    listen to the plea of the orphan[a]
    and defend the widow.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:17 Orphan, widow: these were the people most defenseless and most exposed to injustice in the social order of the time. This is why they are constantly mentioned in ethical passages of the Bible.
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