Jeremiah 7:6
if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
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Exodus 22:21"You shall not wrong a foreigner, neither shall you oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:14You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you;
Deuteronomy 11:28and the curse, if you shall not listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.
Deuteronomy 27:19'Cursed is he who wrests the justice due the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
2 Kings 24:4and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and the Lord would not pardon.
Psalms 82:3"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless.Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 7:2-16
A Call of Repentance. ( b. c. 606.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Stand in the gate of the Lord 's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord , all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the Lord . 3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord , The temple of the Lord , The temple of the Lord , are… Read the whole commentary →