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11 And each with the wife of his neighbour hath done abomination, And each his daughter-in-law hath defiled through wickedness, And each his sister, his father's daughter, hath humbled in thee.

12 A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!

13 And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.

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11 In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor’s wife,(A) another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law,(B) and another violates his sister,(C) his own father’s daughter.(D) 12 In you are people who accept bribes(E) to shed blood; you take interest(F) and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors.(G) And you have forgotten(H) me, declares the Sovereign Lord.(I)

13 “‘I will surely strike my hands(J) together at the unjust gain(K) you have made and at the blood(L) you have shed in your midst.(M)

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