Psalm 94:5-6

They crush your people, LORD,

    hurting those you claim as your own.

They kill widows and foreigners

    and murder orphans.

They crush your people, LORD, hurting those you claim as your own.

Esther 3:6  He (Haman) had learned of Mordecai's nationality, so he decided it was not enough to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he looked for a way to destroy all the Jews throughout the entire empire of Xerxes.  

(see all chapter 3)

Psalm 74:8  

Then they thought, "Let's destroy everything!"

    So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.  

    (see all Psalm 74)

Psalm 83:4  

"Come," they say, "let us wipe out Israel as a nation.

    We will destroy the very memory of its existence."  (see all Psalm 83)

Isaiah 3:15  

"How dare you crush my people,

    grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?"

    demands the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.  (see all chapter 3)

Jeremiah 14:17  "Now, Jeremiah, say this to them:

    Night and day my eyes overflow with tears.

        I cannot stop weeping,

    for my virgin daughter--my precious people--

        has been struck down

        and lies mortally wounded."  (see all chapter 14)

Deuteronomy 32:9  

"For the people of Israel belong to the LORD;

    Jacob is his special possession."  (see all chapter 32)

Psalm 28:9  

Save your people!

    Bless Israel, your special possession.

Lead them like a shepherd,

    and carry them in your arms forever.  (see all Psalm 28)

Psalm 80:14-15  

Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven's Armies.

    Look down from heaven and see our plight.

Take care of this grapevine

    that you yourself have planted,

    this son that you have raised for yourself.  (see all Psalm 80)

They kill widows and foreigners and murder orphans. 

Isaiah 1:23  

You leaders are rebels,

    the companions of thieves.

All of them love bribes

    and demand payoffs,

but they refuse to defend the cause of orphans

    or fight for the rights of widows.  (see all chapter 1)

Isaiah 5:23  

They take bribes to let the wicked go free,

    and they punish the innocent.  (see all chapter 5)

Isaiah 10:1-2  

What sorrow awaits the unjust judges

    and those who issue unfair laws.

They deprive the poor of justice

    and deny the rights of the needy among my people.

They prey on widows

    and take advantage of orphans.  (see all chapter 10)

 

(parentheses are mine)

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