Jer 5:26-29, 6:6, 7:6, Eze 22:7, 12, 27, 29, Mic 2:1-3, 3:1-3 | ESV | STEP | For wicked men are found among my people ; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait . They set a trap ; they catch men .

26 For wicked men are found among my people;
^athey lurk like fowlers lying in wait. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
^cThey set a trap;
they catch men.
27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;
28 ^dthey have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
^ethey judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
29 ^fShall I not punish them for these things?

declares the Lord,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?”

Jeremiah 6:6

6 For thus says the Lord of hosts:
^g“Cut down her trees;
^hcast up a siege mound against Jerusalem.
This is the city that must be ⁱpunished;
there is nothing but oppression within her.

Jeremiah 7:6

6 if you ^jdo not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, ^kor shed innocent blood in this place, ^land if you do not go after other gods to your own harm,

Ezekiel 22:7

7 Father and mother ^mare treated with contempt in you; the sojourner ⁿsuffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow ^oare wronged in you.

Ezekiel 22:12

12 In you ^pthey take bribes to shed blood; ^qyou take interest and profit ^{▼▼That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor (compare Leviticus 25:36)} and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but ^sme you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:27

27 ^tHer princes in her midst are like wolves ^utearing the prey, ^vshedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 22:29

29 The people of the land ^whave practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and ^xhave extorted from the sojourner without justice.

Micah 2:1-3

Woe to the Oppressors

1 ^yWoe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil ^zon their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.
2 They covet fields and ^aaseize them,
and houses, and take them away;
they oppress a man and his house,
a man and his inheritance.
3 Therefore thus says the Lord:
behold, against ^abthis family I am devising disaster, ^{▼▼The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context}
from which you cannot remove your necks,
and you ^adshall not walk haughtily,
^aefor it will be a time of disaster.

Micah 3:1-3

Rulers and Prophets Denounced

1 And I said:
^afHear, you heads of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel!
^agIs it not for you to know justice?—
2 you ^ahwho hate the good and love the evil,
^aiwho tear the skin from off my people ^{▼▼Hebrew from off them}
and their flesh from off their bones,
3 ^akwho eat the flesh of my people,
and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
and chop them up like meat in a pot,
like flesh in a cauldron.