Make room for us in your hearts; ¹  we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, ²  we have exploited no one. ³ 

This was the one who exploited ¹  our people ²  and was cruel to our ancestors, ³  forcing them to abandon ⁴  their infants so they would die. ⁵ 

It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor.”

Such women are always seeking instruction, ¹  yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

His children are far ¹  from safety, and they are crushed ²  at the place where judgment is rendered, ³  nor is there anyone to deliver them. ⁴ 

For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; ¹  he has seized a house which he did not build. ² 

“For you took pledges ¹  from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked. ² 

lest strangers devour ¹  your strength, ²  and your labor ³  benefit ⁴  another man’s house.

so that we may not be exploited ¹  by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).

¹ who though he existed in the form of God ²  did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,

מ (Mem) But it happened ¹  due to the sins of her prophets ²  and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.

He will treat the poor fairly, ¹  and make right decisions ²  for the downtrodden of the earth. ³  He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, ⁴  and order the wicked to be executed. ⁵ 

I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!

They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid.

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! ¹  Listen closely, ²  O king! ³  For judgment is about to overtake you! ⁴  For you were like a trap ⁵  to Mizpah, ⁶  like a net ⁷  spread out to catch Tabor. ⁸ 

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. ¹  Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, ²  and I will return it to you!”