The Poor: Punishment For: Acting Unjustly Towards

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

Therefore snares surround you, and sudden peril terrifies you;

Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, …

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.