Quotes about Injustice
The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
- Jeremiah 37:15
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
- Lamentations 3:53
You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
- Lamentations 3:59
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
- Lamentations 5:8
Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
- Lamentations 5:11
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
- Lamentations 5:12
He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
- Ezekiel 18:12
See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
- Ezekiel 22:6
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
- Ezekiel 22:7
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 22:12
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
- Ezekiel 22:27
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
- Ezekiel 22:29