Asa was angry with Hanani because of what he said. Asa was so mad that he put Hanani in prison. Asa was very mean and rough with some of the people at that same time.
Leviticus 25:14 - Easy To Read Version “Don’t cheat your neighbor when you sell your land to him. And don’t let him cheat you when you buy land from him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another. American Standard Version (1901) And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another. Common English Bible When you sell something to or buy something from your fellow citizen, you must not cheat each other. Catholic Public Domain Version When you will sell anything to your fellow citizen, or buy anything from him, do not cause your brother grief, but buy from him according to the number of years from the Jubilee, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When thou shalt sell any thing to thy neighbour, or shalt buy of him; grieve not thy brother. But thou shalt buy of him according to the number of years from the jubilee. |
Asa was angry with Hanani because of what he said. Asa was so mad that he put Hanani in prison. Asa was very mean and rough with some of the people at that same time.
Lord, protect the children without parents.\par Don’t let sad people suffer more troubles.\par Make bad people too afraid to stay here.\par
The person that causes trouble for poor people shows that he does not respect God—God made both people. But if a person is kind to poor people, then he shows honor to God.
If a person refuses to help poor people, then there will be no help for him when he needs it.
These two things will make you poor—hurting poor people to make yourself rich, and giving gifts to rich people.
If a ruler is not wise, he will hurt the people under him. But the ruler that is honest and hates cheating will rule for a long time.
If a ruler makes trouble for poor people, he is like a hard rain that destroys the crops.
If you get rich by cheating poor people and charging them high interest rates, then you will lose your wealth. It will go to another person who is kind to them.
In some country you might see poor people that are forced to work very hard. You might see that this is not fair to the poor people. It is against the rights of the poor people. But don’t be surprised! The ruler that forces those people to work has another ruler that forces him. And there is still another ruler that forces both of these rulers.
Learn to do good things. Be fair with other people. Punish the people that hurt others. Help the children that have no parents. Help the women whose husbands are dead.”
Good, honest people that refuse to hurt others for money—\{they will live through that fire\}. Those people refuse to take bribes. They refuse to listen to plans to murder other people. They refuse to look at plans for doing bad things.
The field of grapes that belongs to the Lord All-Powerful is the nation of Israel. The grapevine—the plant the Lord loves—is the man of Judah. {\cf2\super [48]}
“I will tell you the kind of special day I want—a day to make people free. I want a day that you take the burdens off people. I want a day when you make the troubled people free. I want a day when you take the burdens from their shoulders.
“Jehoiakim, your eyes look\par only for what benefits yourself.\par You are always thinking about\par getting more for yourself.\par You are willing to kill innocent people.\par You are willing to steal things\par from other people.”\par
People in Jerusalem don’t respect their parents. They hurt foreigners in that city. They cheat orphans and widows {\cf2\super [170]} in that place.
“You must not do bad things to your neighbor. You must not rob {him}. You must not hold a hired worker’s salary all night until morning. [338]
If you want to buy your neighbor’s land, then count the number of years since the last Jubilee, {and use that number to decide the right price}. Why? Because he is really only selling you the rights for harvesting crops {until the next Jubilee}.
You must not cheat each other. You must honor your God! I am the Lord your God!
People are good at doing bad things\par with both hands.\par Officials ask for bribes.\par Judges take money\par to change their decisions in court.\par “Important leaders” \{don’t make\par good and fair decisions\}.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par
But you yourselves do wrong and cheat! And you do this to other believers \{in Christ\}!
Sisera had 900 iron chariots, and he was very cruel to the people of Israel for 20 years. So they cried to the Lord for help.