oppressed

¶ So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done vnder the sunne; & behold the teares of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter: and on the side of their oppressours there was power, but they had no comforter.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hand.

1611 marginal noteChap.5.7. &c.

Learne to doe well, seeke iudgement, relieue the oppressed, iudge the fatherlesse, plead for the widow.

1611 marginal noteOr, righten.

And the people shall be oppressed, euery one by another, and euery one by his neighbour: the childe shall behaue himselfe proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

And he said, Thou shalt no more reioice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, passe ouer to Chittim, there also shalt thou haue no rest.

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourne as a doue: mine eyes faile with looking vpward: O LORD, I am oppressed, vndertake for me.

1611 marginal noteOr, ease me.

For thus saith the LORD God, My people went downe aforetime into Egypt to soiourne there, and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

1611 marginal noteGen.46.6.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lambe to the slaughter, and as a sheepe before her shearers is dumme, so he openeth not his mouth.

1611 marginal noteMatth.26.63. and 27.12. mar. 14.61. and 15.6.

1611 marginal noteActes 8.32.

Is not this the fast that I haue chosen? to loose the bandes of wickednesse, to vndoe the heauie burdens, and to let the oppressed goe free, and that ye breake euery yoke?

1611 marginal noteHeb. the bundles of the yoke.

1611 marginal noteHeb. broken.

¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Iudah were oppressed together, and all that tooke them captiues, held them fast, they refused to let them goe.

And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtourhis pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath giuen his bread to the hungrie, and hath couered the naked with a garment,

1611 marginal noteExod.22.21. leuit.19.15. and 25.14.

1611 marginal noteDeut.24.12. exod. 22.20.

1611 marginal noteDeu.15.7. isai.58.7. mat 25.35