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Ezekiel 22:12

The Scriptures 1998

“In you they have taken a bribe to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase. You have cut off your neighbour by extortion. And you have forgotten Me,” declares the Master יהוה.

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And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Yehuḏ

And my heart ruled over me, and I strove with the nobles and with the deputy rulers, and said to them, “You are exacting interest, each one from his brother.” And I called a great assembly against them,

He has not put out his silver at interest, And has not taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these is never moved.

Such are the ways of everyone greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.

Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.

Because you have forgotten the Elohim of your deliverance, and have not remembered the Rock of your stronghold, therefore you shall plant pleasant plants and set out foreign seedlings,

And the dogs have a strong appetite, they never have enough. And they are shepherds! They have not known understanding. All of them look to their own way, every one for his own gain, from his own end, saying,

“Would a maiden forget her ornaments, or a bride her headband? Yet My people have forgotten Me, days without number.

A voice was heard on the bare heights, weeping supplications of the children of Yisra’ĕ

“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, they are all greedy for gain. And from the prophet even to the priest, all act falsely.

Oh, that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, and I would weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

if he has lent on interest or taken increase – shall he live? He shall not live! If he has done any of these abominations, he shall certainly die, his blood is upon him.

if he does not lend on interest or take increase, turns back his hand from unrighteousness, executes right-ruling in truth between man and man,

“Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, ‘Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, therefore you shall bear your wickedness and your whorings.’ ”

“And I shall let men, My people Yisra’ĕ

‘Do not oppress your neighbour or rob him. The wages of him who is hired is not to remain with you all night until morning.

‘Do not lend him your silver on interest, and do not lend him your food for profit.

Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, to do away with the poor of the land,

to buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the chaff of the wheat?”

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are filled with plunder and unrighteousness.

“The Pharisee stood and began to pray with himself this way, ‘Elohim, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men, swindlers, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

But Zakkai stood up and said to the Master, “Look, Master, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have taken whatever from anyone by false accusation, I repay fourfold.”

And he said to them, “Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”

But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone called ‘a brother,’ if he is one who whores, or greedy of gain, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler – not even to eat with such a one.

nor thieves, nor greedy of gain, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers shall inherit the reign of Elohim.

“Do not distort right-ruling. Do not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

“Do not lend at interest to your brother, interest of silver, interest of food, or interest of whatever is lent at interest.

‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent being.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕ

“You neglected the Rock who brought you forth, And forgot the Ě

not given to wine, no brawler, but gentle, not quarrelsome, no lover of money,

Woe to them! Because they have gone in the way of Qayin, and gave themselves to the delusion of Bilʽ




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