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Ezekiel 45:9–10

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45:9“ ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people,15 declares the sovereign Lord. 45:10You must use just balances,16 a just dry measure (an ephah),17 and a just liquid measure (a bath).18

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Ezekiel 45:9: ...Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.

Footnotes

  1. 15 Evictions of the less fortunate by the powerful are described in 1 Kgs 21:1–16; Jer 22:1–5, 13–17; Ezek 22:25.
  2. 16 Previous legislation regarding this practice may be found in Lev 19:35–36; Deut 25:13–16; Mic 6:10–12.
  3. 17 Heb “ephah,” which was 1/2 bushel.
  4. 18 Heb “bath,” a liquid measure, was 5 1/2 gallons.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.

“You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah and an accurate bath.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“This is what the Lord God says: You have gone too far, princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “You are to have honest scales, an honest dry measure, and an honest liquid measure.

NLTNew Living Translation

“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Stop your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Quit robbing and cheating my people out of their land. Stop expelling them from their homes, says the Sovereign Lord. Use only honest weights and scales and honest measures, both dry and liquid.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Enough of this for you, the princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction and do justice and righteousness; revoke your acts of dispossession from upon my people!” declares the Lord Yahweh. There shall be for you an honest set of scales and an honest ephah and an honest bath.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God. Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.