Lexicon :: Strong's H3238 - yānâ

“You must not exploit a resident alien or oppress him, since you were resident aliens in the land of Egypt.

“When an alien resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

“If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.

“You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am the LORD your God.

“Let him live among you wherever he wants within your city gates. Do not mistreat him.

They said in their hearts,

“Let’s oppress them relentlessly.”

They burned every place throughout the land

where God met with us.[fn]

“I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,

and they will be drunk with their own blood

as with sweet wine.

Then all humanity will know

that I, the LORD, am your Savior,

and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

“This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the resident alien, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

He has left his den like a lion,

for their land has become a desolation

because of the sword[fn] of the oppressor,

because of his burning anger.

He continues to stumble.

Indeed, each falls over the other.

They say, “Get up! Let’s return to our people

and to our native land,

away from the oppressor’s sword.”

Cut off the sower from Babylon

as well as him who wields the sickle at harvest time.

Because of the oppressor’s sword,

each will turn to his own people,

each will flee to his own land.

“He doesn’t oppress anyone but returns his collateral to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

“and when he oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, and does not return collateral, and when he looks to the idols, commits detestable acts,

“He doesn’t oppress anyone, hold collateral, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

“Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the resident alien is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.

“The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the resident alien.

“This will be his land as a possession in Israel. My princes will no longer oppress my people but give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

“The prince must not take any of the people’s inheritance, evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of my people will be displaced from his own property.”

Woe to the city that is rebellious[fn] and defiled,

the oppressive city!