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Ezekiel 22
Ezekiel 22:7
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Ezekiel 22:7
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In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
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Ezekiel 22:7 in Other Translations
KJV
7
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
ESV
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Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
NLT
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Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you.
MSG
7
You're a community that's insolent to parents, abusive to outsiders, oppressive against orphans and widows.
CSB
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Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the foreign resident is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.
Ezekiel 22:7 In-Context
5
Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.
6
“ ‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.
7
In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
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You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.
9
In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.
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Deuteronomy 5:16
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Deuteronomy 27:16
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Micah 7:6
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Exodus 23:9
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Exodus 22:21-22
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