- oppressed:
- "The fruitª of thy land,ª and all¹ thy labours,ª shall a nationª which¹ thou knowestª° not¹ eat up;ª° and thou shalt be¹ only¹ oppressedª° and crushedª° alway:ª¹" {Deu 28:33} + "Then¹ Menahemª smoteª°¹ Tiphsah,ª and all¹ that¹ [were] therein, and the coastsª thereof from Tirzah:ª¹ because¹ they openedª° not¹ [to him], therefore he smoteª° [it; and]¹ all¹ the women therein that were with childª he ripped up.ª° ... And Menahemª exactedª°¹ the moneyª of¹ Israel,ª [even] of¹ all¹ the mighty menª of wealth,ª of eachª manª fiftyª shekelsª of silver,ª to giveª° to the kingª of Assyria.ª So the kingª of Assyriaª turned back,ª° and stayedª° not¹ there¹ in the land.ª" {2Kg 15:16-20} + "In the daysª of Pekahª kingª of Israelª cameª° Tiglathpileserª kingª of Assyria,ª and tookª°¹ Ijon,ª and Abelbethmaachah,ª and Janoah,ª and Kedesh,ª and Hazor,ª and Gilead,ª and Galilee,ª all¹ the landª of Naphtali,ª and carried them captiveª° to Assyria.ª" {2Kg 15:29} + "Forasmuchª therefore¹ as your treadingª° [is] upon¹ the poor,ª and ye takeª° from¹ him burdensª of wheat:ª ye have builtª° housesª of hewn stone,ª but ye shall not¹ dwellª° in them; ye have plantedª° pleasantª vineyards,ª but ye shall not¹ drinkª°¹ wineª of them. ... For¹ I knowª° your manifoldª transgressionsª and your mightyª sins:ª they afflictª° the just,ª they takeª° a bribe,ª and they turn asideª° the poorª in the gateª [from their right]." {Ams 5:11-12}
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