Ezekiel 22:7
In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6“‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
8You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
Cross References
Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Exodus 22:21“You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 5:16“Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Deuteronomy 27:19‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.
Proverbs 22:22Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
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 →