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Ezekiel 22:7 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 22 · verse 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.Ezekiel 22:7 · King James Version
Ezekiel 22:7 in context
5Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
6Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
7In 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.
8Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
9In 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- oppressionʻôsheqinjury, fraud, distress, unjust gainH6233 →
- fatherlessyâthôwma bereaved personH3490 →
- strangergêrproperly, a guestH1616 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
- lightqâlalto be light, literally or figurativelyH7043 →
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In these verses the prophet by a commission from Heaven sits as a judge upon the bench, and Jerusalem is made to hold up her hand as a prisoner at the bar; and, if prophets were set over other nations, much more over God's nation, Jer 1:10. This prophet is authorized to judge the bloody city, the city of bloods.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16