Tree of Life Version
Ezekiel 22:7
7Father and mother have been treated with contempt; the outsider has been oppressed in your midst; the orphan and the widow have been mistreated in you.
Ezekiel 22:7 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
Context of Ezekiel 22:7
5Those near and far from you will mock you—with a defiled name and full of turmoil.’ 6“Behold, each prince of Israel has used his own arm’s strength in you to shed blood. Father and mother have been treated with contempt; the outsider has been oppressed in your midst; the orphan and the widow have been mistreated in you. 8You have despised My holy things and profaned My Shabbatot. 9Slanderous men are in you in order to shed blood. They have eaten at the mountain shrines; they commit immoral acts in your midst.
Read all of Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 22:7 word by word
אָ֤ב וָאֵם֙ הֵקַ֣לּוּ בָ֔ךְ לַגֵּ֛ר עָשׂ֥וּ בַעֹ֖שֶׁק בְּתוֹכֵ֑ךְ יָת֥וֹם וְאַלְמָנָ֖ה ה֥וֹנוּ בָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- In thee have they set lightקָלַלqâlal · to lightenH7043
- by fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- and motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
- in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
- of thee have they dealtעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- by oppressionעֹ֫שֶׁק‛ôsheq · oppressionH6233
- with the strangerגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
- in thee have they vexedיָנָהyânâh · to oppressH3238
- the fatherlessיָתוֹםyâthôm · orphanH3490
- and the widowאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490
Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:7
- Exodus 21:17“Whoever curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 20:9“Any man who curses his father or his mother should surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother, and his blood should be on him.
- Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is the one who dishonors his father or mother.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’
- Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in utter darkness.
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
- Matthew 15:4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’
- Matthew 7:10Or when he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
- Ezekiel 22:29“The people of the land have oppressively blackmailed, plundered in robbery, wronged the poor and needy and abused the outsider unjustly.
- Ezekiel 18:12wronged the poor and needy, taken by robbery, not restored the pledge, lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,
- Exodus 22:21“You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
- Deuteronomy 27:19‘Cursed is the one who twists justice for the outsider, orphan and widow.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor person because he is poor, nor crush the needy at the gate,
- Jeremiah 7:6not oppressing the sojourner, orphan and widow nor shedding innocent blood in this place, nor going after other gods to your own ruin—
- Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the outsider or the poor. Furthermore, do not let any of you devise evil against one another in your heart.’
- Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7In thee have they set light - The children do not reverence their parents. Parental affection and filial respect do not exist among you. The stranger is not only not succoured, but he is oppressed. The widows and fatherless are vexed by wrongs and exactions.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7the foreign resident is exploited: Compare Exodus 22:21; 23:9; Leviticus 19:33–34; Deuteronomy 10:18–19.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-127. set light by--Children have made light of, disrespected, father ... (De 27:16). At Eze 22:7-12 are enumerated the sins committed in violation of Moses' law.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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