EZEKIEL 22:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.”
In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit, and make gain of your neighbors by extortion, but you have forgotten Me, declares the Lord God. Judicial corruption through bribery ensures that murderers escape justice. Economic exploitation through usury and extortion establishes systemic injustice. The connection between all these sins and forgetting God establishes that idolatry and social sin are inseparable.
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