So as (A)to [a]deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor among My people of their rights,
So (B)that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the [b]orphans.

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  1. Isaiah 10:2 Lit turn the needy aside from
  2. Isaiah 10:2 Or fatherless

to deprive(A) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(B)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.(C)

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28 They are (A)fat, they are sleek,
They also [a]excel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the [b](B)orphan, so that they may be successful;
And they do not [c]defend the rights of the poor.

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  1. Jeremiah 5:28 Lit pass over; or overlook deeds
  2. Jeremiah 5:28 Or fatherless
  3. Jeremiah 5:28 Lit judge

28     and have grown fat(A) and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
    they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;(B)
    they do not defend the just cause of the poor.(C)

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They have (A)treated father and mother with contempt among you. They have oppressed the (B)stranger in your midst; they have oppressed the (C)orphan and the widow among you.

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In you they have treated father and mother with contempt;(A) in you they have oppressed the foreigner(B) and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.(C)

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10 and (A)do not oppress the widow or the [a]orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do (B)not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

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  1. Zechariah 7:10 Or fatherless

10 Do not oppress the widow(A) or the fatherless, the foreigner(B) or the poor.(C) Do not plot evil against each other.’(D)

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