Lexicon :: Strong's H6041 - ʿānî

Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim!

Listen, Laishah!

Anathoth is miserable.

What answer will be given to the messengers from that nation?

The LORD has founded Zion,

and his oppressed people find refuge in her.

Feet trample it,

the feet of the humble,

the steps of the poor.

The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive;

he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,

even when the poor person says what is right.

The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched with thirst.

I will answer them.

I am the LORD, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.

Shout for joy, you heavens!

Earth, rejoice!

Mountains break into joyful shouts!

For the LORD has comforted his people,

and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

So listen to this, suffering

and drunken one ​— ​but not with wine.

“Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted,

I will set your stones in black mortar,[fn]

and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli.

“Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,

to bring the poor and homeless into your house,

to clothe the naked when you see him,

and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?[fn]

My hand made all these things,

and so they all came into being.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

I will look favorably on this kind of person:

one who is humble, submissive[fn] in spirit,

and trembles at my word.

He took up the case of the poor and needy;

then it went well.

Is this not what it means to know me?

This is the LORD’s declaration.

“Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support[fn] the poor and needy.

“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,

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

Hear this, you who trample on the needy

and do away with the poor of the land,

You pierce his head

with his own spears;

his warriors storm out to scatter us,

gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.

I will leave

a meek and humble people among you,

and they will take refuge in the name of the LORD.

“Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the resident alien or the poor, and do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!

Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!

Look, your King is coming to you;

he is righteous and victorious,[fn]

humble and riding on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

So I shepherded the flock intended for slaughter, the oppressed of the flock.[fn] I took two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.