Ezekiel 22:7

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.

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
7 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
7 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
7 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.
8 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.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 27:16; Micah 7:6
  • 2. S Exodus 23:9
  • 3. S Exodus 22:21-22
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