So this is what the Lord says: “I will defend you, Judah. I will make sure that Babylon is punished. I will dry up Babylon’s sea. And I will make her water springs become dry.
They took advantage of the poor and stole what little they had. But the Lord knows what they did, and he says, “I will rescue those who are poor and helpless, and I will punish those who hurt them.”
“The Levites will say, ‘Cursed is the one who does not give fair judgment for the foreigners, orphans, and widows!’ “Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’