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Ezekiel 18:7

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18:7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, 1  does not commit robbery, 2  but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

Ezekiel 22:29

Context
22:29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice. 3 

1 tn Heb “restores to the debtor his pledge.” The root occurs in Exod 22:25 in reference to restoring a man’s garment as a pledge before nightfall.

2 tn The Hebrew term refers to seizure of property, usually by the rich (Isa 3:14; 10:2; Mic 2:2 [see Lev 5:21, 22]).

3 tn Heb “and the foreigner they have oppressed without justice.”



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