I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them,
Exodus 22:24 - Revised Standard Version and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And My wrath shall burn; I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless. American Standard Version (1901) and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Common English Bible I’ll be furious, and I’ll kill you with the sword. Then your wives will be widows, and your children will be orphans. Catholic Public Domain Version And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. |
I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them,
For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues.
who does not put out his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Pour out thy indignation upon them, and let thy burning anger overtake them.
But thou, terrible art thou! Who can stand before thee when once thy anger is roused?
Who considers the power of thy anger, and thy wrath according to the fear of thee?
I have made their widows more in number than the sand of the seas; I have brought against the mothers of young men a destroyer at noonday; I have made anguish and terror fall upon them suddenly.
Therefore deliver up their children to famine; give them over to the power of the sword, let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be slain by the sword in battle.
“And if your brother becomes poor, and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall maintain him; as a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.
Take no interest from him or increase, but fear your God; that your brother may live beside you.
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”
To a foreigner you may lend upon interest, but to your brother you shall not lend upon interest; that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are entering to take possession of it.
“When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not be slack to pay it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and it would be sin in you.