Ezekiel 22:7
In thee they have made light of father and mother. In the midst of thee they have dealt with the sojourner by oppression. In thee they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6Behold, the rulers of Israel, each one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
8Thou have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
Exodus 22:21And thou shall not wrong a sojourner, neither shall thou oppress him, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 5:16Honor thy father and thy mother, as LORD thy God commanded thee, that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he who distorts the justice to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.
Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:2-17
The Sins of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 591.) 1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. 3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God , The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. 4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused… Read the whole commentary →