"Thisis the mannerof remission:everycreditorshall releasewhathe has loanedto his neighbor;he shall not exactit of his neighborand his brother,becausethe LORD'Sremissionhas been proclaimed.
As for the peoplesof the landwho bringwaresor anygrainon the sabbathdayto sell,we will not buyfrom them on the sabbathor a holyday;and we will forego[the crops] the seventhyearand the exactionof everydebt.
Whyhave we fastedand You do not see?[Why] have we humbledourselvesand You do not notice?'Behold,on the dayof your fastyou find[your] desire,And drivehardallyour workers.
And forgiveus our debts,as we alsohave forgivenour debtors.
"When they were unableto repay,he graciously forgavethem both.Sowhichof them will lovehim more?"
"At the endof [every] sevenyearsyou shall granta remission[of debts].
"From a foreigneryou may exact[it], but your handshall releasewhateverof yours is with your brother.
Then Mosescommandedthem, saying,"At the endof [every] sevenyears,at the timeof the yearof remissionof debts, at the Feastof Booths,
For judgment[will be] mercilessto one who has shownnomercy;mercytriumphs overjudgment.
