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 wronged the fatherless and the widow.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his might, have been in thee to shed blood.
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 long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Exodus 22:21(22-20) And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 5:16Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that perverteth the justice due to 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 weak, because he is weak, neither crush the poor 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 →