Others snatch an (A)orphan from the breast,
And they seize it as a pledge against the poor.

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The fatherless(A) child is snatched(B) from the breast;
    the infant of the poor is seized(C) for a debt.(D)

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14 The murderer (A)arises at dawn;
He (B)kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is like a thief.

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14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(A) the poor and needy,(B)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(C)

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He lurks in secret like (A)a lion in his [a]lair;
He (B)lurks to catch (C)the needy;
He catches the needy when he pulls him into his (D)net.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:9 Or thicket

    like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;(A)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.(B)

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14 There is a [a]kind of person whose (A)teeth are like swords
And his (B)jaw teeth like knives,
To (C)devour the poor from the earth
And the needy from among mankind.

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  1. Proverbs 30:14 Or generation

14 those whose teeth(A) are swords
    and whose jaws are set with knives(B)
to devour(C) the poor(D) from the earth
    and the needy from among mankind.(E)

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Assyria Is God’s Instrument

10 Woe to those who (A)enact unjust statutes
And to those who constantly record [a]harmful decisions,
So as (B)to [b]deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor among My people of their rights,
So (C)that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the [c]orphans.

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

10 Woe(A) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,(B)
to deprive(C) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(D)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.(E)

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12 oppresses the (A)poor and needy, (B)commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but raises his eyes to the idols and (C)commits abomination,

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12 He oppresses the poor(A) and needy.
He commits robbery.
He does not return what he took in pledge.(B)
He looks to the idols.
He does detestable things.(C)

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But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and [a]personally (A)drag you into [b]court?

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:6 Lit they themselves
  2. James 2:6 Lit courts

But you have dishonored the poor.(A) Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?(B)

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