Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have exacted oppression, and seized plunder,- Even the afflicted and the needy, have they maltreated, And the sojourner have they oppressed without justice.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

In Context

28And her prophets have coated it for them with whitewash, Seeing visions of falsehood And divining for them lies, Saying, Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, when Yahweh, hath not spoken.

30Then sought I from among them, a man Who could build up a wall And stand in the breach before me in behalf of the land So that I might not destroy her,— But I found none.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:9And a sojourner, shalt thou not drive away,—seeing that, ye yourselves, know the, soul of a sojourner; for sojourners, became ye in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:33And, when there sojourneth with thee a sojourner in your land, ye shall not oppress him:

Isaiah 5:7Surely the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts, is the house of Israel, And, the men of Judah, are the plantation in which he dearly delighted,—And he waited, For equity but lo! murderous iniquity, For the rule of right but lo the cry of the wronged.

Isaiah 59:3For, your hands, are defiled with blood, And, your fingers, with iniquity,—Your lips, have spoken falsehood, and Your tongue, muttereth, perversity.

Jeremiah 5:31The prophets, have prophesied, falsely, And the priests tread down by their means, And, my people, love it, so,—What then can ye do as to her latter end?

Ezekiel 18:12The oppressed and the needy, hath treated with violence, Hath ruthlessly plundered, The pledge, hath not restored, But unto the manufactured gods, hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination, hath wrought;

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 →

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