17 Do not deny justice to a foreigner or fatherless child, and do not take a widow’s garment as security.

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17 Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless(A) of justice,(B) or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge.

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but He will judge the poor righteously(A)
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with discipline[a] from His mouth,(B)
and He will kill the wicked(C)
with a command[b] from His lips.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:4 Lit the rod
  2. Isaiah 11:4 Lit with the breath

but with righteousness(A) he will judge the needy,(B)
    with justice(C) he will give decisions for the poor(D) of the earth.
He will strike(E) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(F)
    with the breath(G) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(H)

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16 He took up the case of the poor and needy,
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy,(A)
    and so all went well.
Is that not what it means to know(B) me?”
    declares the Lord.

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