Ezekiel 22:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 22:7

5 Those near and those far from you will mock you as¹ infamous and full of tumult.

6 “Look, ^athe princes of Israel: each one has used his¹ power to shed blood in you.

7 In you they have ^amade light of father and mother; in your midst they have ^boppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the¹ fatherless and the widow.

8 You have despised My holy things and ^aprofaned My Sabbaths.

9 In you are ^amen who slander to cause bloodshed; ^bin you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.

10 In you men ^auncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are ^bset apart during their impurity.

11 One commits abomination ^awith his neighbor’s wife; ^banother lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; and another in you violates his sister, his father’s ^cdaughter.

12 In you ^athey take bribes to shed blood; ^byou take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and ^chave forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.

13 “Behold, therefore, I ^abeat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.

14 ^aCan your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? ^bI, the Lord, have spoken, and will do it.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 22:7

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American Standard Version
In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Amplified® Bible
In you have they treated father and mother lightly; in the midst of you they have dealt unjustly {and} by oppression in relation to the stranger; in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Contemporary English Version
None of you honor your parents, and you cheat foreigners, orphans, and widows.

Darby English Version
In thee have they made light of 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.

Good News Bible
None of you in the city honor your parents. You cheat foreigners and take advantage of widows and orphans.

King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
"They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.

New International Version
In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the alien and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

New King James Version
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.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"They have treated father and mother lightly within you The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.

Revised Standard Version
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.

Young's Literal Translation
Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.

New English Translation
They have treated father and mother with contempt¹ within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow² within you.

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