In you have they treated father and mother with contempt.† Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezekiel 22:7 in context
Ezekiel 22:4–10
4
You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made! You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
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Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.
6
“‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
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Selected verse
In you have they treated father and mother with contempt.† Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
9
Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness among you.
10
In you have they uncovered their fathers’ nakedness. In you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.
Source notes
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- Literally, made light of father and mother.
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