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If you take advantage of them at all, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry;
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God, the Avenger of the Weak
Commentators highlight that this law lacks a specific human-enforced penalty. Instead, God himself promises to intervene directly when the vulnerable—strangers, widows, and orphans—are mistreated. This places oppression among the most serious sins in God's eyes, as He personally takes up their cause.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
The juxtaposition of laws against oppression with three of the gravest crimes seems intended to indicate that oppression is among the sins which ar…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If you afflict them in any wise. In any way, or by any means whatever; whether in their minds (by reproaches, censures, insults), t…
Presbyterian
The people of God should ever be ready to show mildness and mercy, according to the spirit of these laws. We must answer to God, not only for what …
