Study it in the app“The people of the land have practiced exploitation and committed robbery, and the poor and the needy they have oppressed, and the resident alien they have exploited without justice.”
The peopleעַםof the landהָאָרֶץhave practicedעָשְׁקוּexploitationעֹשֶׁקand committedוְגָזְלוּrobbery,גָּזֵלand the poorוְעָנִיand the needyוְאֶבְיוֹןthey have oppressed,הוֹנוּand the resident alienוְאֶת הַגֵּרthey have exploitedעָשְׁקוּwithout justice.בְּלֹא מִשְׁפָּט
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsoppress, defraud
Oppress, defraud: take advantage of someone by taking what is his; crush.
Where else “ashku” appearsoppression, extortion
Oppression; what is gained by taking advantage of another.
Where else “oshek” appearsseize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “gazlu” appearsrobbery
Robbery, what is taken by force.
Where else “gazel” appearspoor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “ani” appearsneedy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyon” appearsmistreat, oppress
Mistreat, oppress; take advantage of someone weaker.
Where else “honu” appearsresident alien
Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.
Where else “ger” appearsjustice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears28And her prophets have plastered for them with whitewash, seeing emptiness and divining for them a lie, saying, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH,’ when YHWH has not spoken.
29 · This verse (above)
30And I sought among them a man who would build up a wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I did not find one.
