eSee Ex. 22:21, 22
lSee Isa. 43:14
Exodus 22:22-24
22 aYou shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. 23If you do mistreat them, and they bcry out to me, I will surely chear their cry, 24and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and dyour wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.Deuteronomy 27:19
19 e“‘Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Psalms 12:5
5 “Because fthe poor are plundered, because the needy groan,gI will now arise,” says the Lord;
“I will place him in the hsafety for which he longs.”
Proverbs 22:23
23for ithe Lord will plead their causeand rob of life those who rob them.
Jeremiah 50:33-34
33“Thus says the Lord of hosts: jThe people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah with them. All who took them captive have held them fast; kthey refuse to let them go. 34 lTheir Redeemer is strong; mthe Lord of hosts is his name. nHe will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.Jeremiah 51:36
36Therefore thus says the Lord:“Behold, oI will plead your cause
and take vengeance for you.
pI will dry up her sea
and qmake her fountain dry,
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