If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
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Gill's Exposition
If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow,.... Who have none to help them, and who ought to have mercy and compassion shown them, as well as justice done them; and should not be…
A summary of the conditions indispensable on man’s part, before he can plead the terms of the covenant in his favor. Jer 7:6 In this place - i. e., in Jerusalem. The prophet refers to innocent blood…
These verses begin another sermon, which is continued in this and the two following chapters, much to the same effect with those before, to reason them to repentance. Observe,
I. The orders given to…
Cambridge Bible
if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow The foreigner, temporarily resident, as having no legal status, specially needed commendation to the kindness of those around him.…
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