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6They slay{H8799)} the widow and the stranger, and murder{H8762)} the fatherless.
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To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)In these verses we have, I. A solemn appeal to God against the cruel oppressors of his people, Ps. 94:1 , 2 . This speaks terror enough to them, that they have the prayers of God’s people against them, who cry day and night to him to avenge them of their adversaries; and shall he not avenge them speedily? Luke 18:3 , 7 . Observe here, 1. The titles they give to God for the encouraging of their fai…
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