2:2 They confiscate the fields they desire,
and seize the houses they want. 1
They defraud people of their homes, 2
and deprive people of the land they have inherited. 3
2:10 But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! 4
For this land is not secure! 5
Sin will thoroughly destroy it! 6
6:4 In fact, I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I delivered you from that place of slavery.
I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you. 7
1 tn Heb “they desire fields and rob [them], and houses and take [them] away.”
2 tn Heb “and they oppress a man and his home.”
3 tn Heb “and a man and his inheritance.” The verb עָשַׁק (’ashaq, “to oppress”; “to wrong”) does double duty in the parallel structure and is understood by ellipsis in the second line.
4 tn Heb “Arise and go!” These imperatives are rhetorical. Those who wrongly drove widows and orphans from their homes and land inheritances will themselves be driven out of the land (cf. Isa 5:8-17). This is an example of poetic justice.
5 tn Heb “for this is no resting place.” The
6 tn Heb “uncleanness will destroy, and destruction will be severe.”
7 tn Heb “before you.”