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if you don`t oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don`t shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
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Justice for the Vulnerable
Commentators stress that God's measure of a righteous society is how it treats its most vulnerable members: the immigrant ('sojourner'), the orphan, and the widow. These groups, lacking natural protectors, were a litmus test for the nation's justice. True faith must be demonstrated through active compassion and fairness.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A summary of the conditions indispensable on humanity's part, before they can plead the terms of the covenant in their favor.
([Reference Je…
19th Century
Anglican
The stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. —Grouped together, as in Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 24:19–21, as the t…
Baptist
Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. For if ye thoroughly am…
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16th Century
Protestant
Interpreters do not agree regarding the meaning of this passage. Some translate כי אם, ki am, as "But rather," or "But." I indeed acknowle…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, &c.] Who have none to help them, and who ought to have me…
No observances, professions, or supposed revelations will profit, if people do not amend their ways and their actions. None can claim an interest i…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here, the prophet excludes the third means of assistance on which the people might have relied: the practice of their religion. He addres…
