Jeremiah 2:34
34Also on your skirts is foundathe lifeblood of the guiltless poor;
you did not find them bbreaking in.
Yet in spite of all these things
Jeremiah 7:6
6if you cdo not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, dor shed innocent blood in this place, eand if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,Jeremiah 22:17
17But you have eyes and heartonly for your dishonest gain,
ffor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
Hosea 4:2
2 gthere is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;they break all bounds, and hbloodshed follows bloodshed.
Micah 2:2
2They covet fields and iseize them,and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
Micah 7:2
2 jThe godly has perished from the earth,and kthere is no one upright among mankind;
lthey all lie in wait for blood,
and meach hunts the other with a net.
Zephaniah 3:3-4
3 nHer officials within herare roaring lions;
her judges are oevening wolves
that leave nothing till the morning.
4 pHer prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
qher priests rprofane what is holy;
they do violence to the law.
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