Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6Behold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.
8Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Exodus 22:21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 5:16Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Psalms 94:6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
Proverbs 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted 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 →