Quotes about Oppression
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
— Jeremiah 22:17
The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
— Jeremiah 37:15
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.
— Jeremiah 50:33
They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
— Jeremiah 50:42
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
— Lamentations 3:7
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
— Lamentations 3:34
Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
— Lamentations 3:52
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
— Lamentations 5:8
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
— Lamentations 5:12
He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
— Ezekiel 18:12
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
— Ezekiel 22:7
Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
— Ezekiel 22:13