Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops its ear;

But they refused to hearken, and shrugged the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

He that gives unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse.

If there be among you a poor man of one of your brethren within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother:

Beware that there be not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries unto the LORD against you, and it be sin in you.

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide unto your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy grain, because of the famine.

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.

And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yea, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

Learn to do good; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.

But you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had set at liberty, at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

Therefore thus says the LORD; You have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, everyone to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, says the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother:

But they refused to hearken, and shrugged the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Therefore it has come to pass, that just as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, says the LORD of hosts:

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you again.

And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O you wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you desired me:

And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the jailers, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and you visited me not.

Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Since you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me.

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; and mercy triumphs over judgment.

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

When once the Master of the house is risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know not where you come from: