Jer 2:34, 7:6, 22:17, Hos 4:2, Mic 2:2, 7:2, Zep 3:3-4 | ESV | STEP | Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the guiltless poor ; you did not find them breaking in . Yet in spite of all these things

6 if 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

17 But you have eyes and heart
only 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

2 They 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 her
are 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.