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Ecclesiastes 5:8

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If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.

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Also he built towers in the desert. He dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plains; he also had farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved the soil.

He gives them security, and they rely on it; Yet His eyes are on their ways.

“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

God stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the gods.

That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth.

For the Lord is the great God, And the great King above all gods.

He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

If you say, “Surely we did not know this,” Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?

I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.

Moreover I saw under the sun: In the place of judgment, Wickedness was there; And in the place of righteousness, Iniquity was there.

Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun: And look! The tears of the oppressed, But they have no comforter— On the side of their oppressors there is power, But they have no comforter.

Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field.

Surely oppression destroys a wise man’s reason, And a bribe debases the heart.

All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”

What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the faces of the poor?” Says the Lord God of hosts.

Then the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.

For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

“As for his father, Because he cruelly oppressed, Robbed his brother by violence, And did what is not good among his people, Behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just and taking bribes; Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.

Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

The women of My people you cast out From their pleasant houses; From their children You have taken away My glory forever.

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, Will it also be marvelous in My eyes?’ Says the Lord of hosts.

And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien— Because they do not fear Me,” Says the Lord of hosts.

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.

And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.

“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!

For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;

Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.




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