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For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who adistress the righteous and accept bribes And turn aside the poor in the gate.
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Isaiah 1:23, Isaiah 5:23, Amos 2:6
Isaiah 1
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Your arulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone bloves a bribe And chases after rewards. They cdo not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow's plea come before them.
Isaiah 5
23
aWho justify the wicked for a bribe, And btake away the rights of the ones who are in the right!
Amos 2
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Thus says the Lord, "For three transgressions of aIsrael and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they bsell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals.