After thinking it over, I contended with the nobles and the officials; I said to them, “You are all taking interest from your own people.” And I called a great assembly to deal with them
Exodus 22:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And My wrath shall burn; I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless. American Standard Version (1901) and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Common English Bible I’ll be furious, and I’ll kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows, and your children will be orphans. Catholic Public Domain Version And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. |
After thinking it over, I contended with the nobles and the officials; I said to them, “You are all taking interest from your own people.” And I called a great assembly to deal with them
For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
who do not lend money at interest and do not take a bribe against the innocent. Those who do these things shall never be moved.
Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your burning anger overtake them.
But you indeed are awesome! Who can stand before you when your anger is roused?
Who considers the power of your anger? Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
Their widows became more numerous than the sand of the seas; I have brought against the mothers of youths a destroyer at noonday; I have made anguish and terror fall upon her suddenly.
Therefore give their children over to famine; hurl them out to the power of the sword; let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be slain by the sword in battle.
“If any of your kin fall into difficulty and become dependent on you, you shall support them; they shall live with you as though resident aliens.
Do not take interest in advance or otherwise make a profit from them, but fear your God; let them live with you.
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.
give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap, for the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”
On loans to a foreigner you may charge interest, but on loans to another Israelite you may not charge interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your undertakings in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
“If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not postpone fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you would incur guilt.