o.sheq denotes exploitative oppression, whether practiced against people, voiced, or endured.

The occurrences portray oppressive, exploitative wrongdoing: it is practiced against neighbors, the poor, the needy, and the sojourner; it can characterize a place, be trusted in, or be spoken. The same noun also names the burden from which a person seeks rescue and the harm that can unsettle a wise person.

1. Exploitative oppression and its harmful presence · dominant

   In Ezekiel 22:29 the noun occurs amid extortion, robbery, and injustice toward the poor, needy, and sojourner; the APB renders the clause "they have oppressed the poor and needy and have wronged the sojourner without justice." In Ezekiel 22:12 it is connected with cutting off neighbors, while Psalm 119:134 presents it as a burden "of man" from which the speaker asks to be ransomed. Isaiah 59:13 and Psalm 73:8 show it in speech, and Jeremiah 6:6 portrays it as pervasive within the city.

   Ezekiel 22:29Ezekiel 22:12Psalm 119:134Isaiah 59:13Psalm 73:8Jeremiah 6:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB often uses "oppression" or "oppressively," while Ezekiel 18:18 and Ezekiel 22:29 use "extortion" in clauses containing the noun. Because the APB translates whole verses rather than aligning each word, these renderings indicate the verse context rather than a fixed one-to-one English equivalent.