Therefore thus saith the Lord God - There was no human redress. The oppressor was mighty, but mightier the Avenger of the poor. Man…

An adversary.— This rendering is preferable to “affliction” (Chaldean, Syriac). It is the subject of the following verb “bring dow…

The Prophet here announces the punishment God would inflict on the Israelites. An enemy, he says, and indeed one around you, and …

Therefore thus says the Lord God

Because of these tumults and riots, oppression and injustice, violence and robber…

That power which is an instrument of unrighteousness will justly be brought down and broken. What is obtained and kept wrongfully will not be kept …