"In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: …" — Ezekiel 22:7

Ezekiel 22:7 · KJV

“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. {oppression: or, deceit}”

— Ezekiel 22:7

Verse 6

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. {power: Heb. arm}

Verse 8

Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

Ezekiel 22 — Context

{Those that be} near, and {those that be} far from thee, shall mock thee, {which art} infamous {and} much vexed. {infamous...: Heb. polluted of name, much in vexation}

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. {power: Heb. arm}

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. {oppression: or, deceit}

Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. {that...: Heb. of slanders}

Cross References

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed {be} he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Exodus 22:21-22

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 20:9

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood {shall be} upon him.

Matthew 15:4-6

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

Zechariah 7:10

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Jeremiah 7:6

{If} ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in {his} wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger {from his right}, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. {oppress: or, defraud}