Ezekiel 22:7
They have abused father and mother within you. The new arrival has been oppressed in your midst. They have grieved the orphan and the widow among you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6Behold, the leaders of Israel have each used his arm to shed blood within you.
8You have spurned my sanctuaries, and you have defiled my Sabbaths.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that you may have a long life upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
Exodus 22:21You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 5:16Honor your father and mother, just as the Lord your God has instructed you, so that you may live a long time, and so that it may be well with you in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he who subverts the judgment of the new arrival, the orphan, or the widow. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Psalms 94:6Come, let us adore and fall prostrate, and let us weep before the Lord who made us.
Proverbs 22:22Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at 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 →