3 This is what Jehovah says: “Uphold justice and righteousness. Rescue the one being robbed from the hand of the defrauder. Do not mistreat any foreign resident, and do not harm any fatherless child* or widow.+ And do not shed any innocent blood in this place.+

 8 He has told you, O man, what is good.

And what is Jehovah requiring* of you?

16 “‘These are the things you should do: Speak the truth with one another,+ and the judgments in your gates must promote truth and peace.+