Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery: they afflicted the needy and poor, and they oppressed the stranger by calumny without judgment.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Exodus 23:9Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 19:33If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide among you, do not upbraid him :
Isaiah 5:7dummy verses inserted by amos
Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity: your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue uttereth iniquity.
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof?
Ezekiel 18:12That grieveth the needy and the poor, that taketh away by violence, that restoreth not the pledge, and that lifteth up his eyes to idols, that committeth abomination:
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:24-31
Charge against Prophets and Priests. ( b. c. 591.) 23 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things:… Read the whole commentary →