For your lifeblood shall I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I shall require a man's life at the hand of his fellow man.

Moreover he shed innocent blood, and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon [it].

For behold, the Lord is bringing wrath from [His] holy place on those that dwell upon the earth; the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall not cover her slain.

so that on you may come all the righteous blood being shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation,

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.

And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.

And they cried [with] a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, do You not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?"

Because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and You gave them blood to drink. They deserve it."

You see [it]; for You observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into Your hands; the poor has been left to You; You are a helper to the orphan.

The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: Your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

For He has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away His face from Me; but when I cried to Him, He heard Me.

This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions.

He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition.

And the Lord said to Moses, I have surely seen the affliction of My people that is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry [caused] by their taskmasters; for I know their affliction.

And now behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have seen the affliction with which the Egyptians afflict them.

And God, shall He not execute justice for His own elect, who cry out day and night to Him, and yet He is patient with them?

I tell you that He will execute justice for them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"

And they put away the strange gods from the midst of them, and served the Lord only, and His soul was pained for the trouble of Israel.