Ezekiel 22:7
In thee they have reviled father and mother; and in thee they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger: they have oppressed the orphan and widow.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
8And they have set at nought my holy things, and in thee they have profaned my Sabbaths.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.
Exodus 22:21Ye shall hurt no widow or orphan.
Deuteronomy 5:16Honor thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God commanded thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long upon the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee.
Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed is everyone that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Psalms 94:6Come, let us worship and fall down before him; 1 And weep before the Lord that made us. 1
Proverbs 22:22Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: 1 Neither dishonor the helpless man in the gates. 1
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 →