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Ezekiel · Chapter 22

Ezekiel 22:7

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.

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Before · Ezekiel 22:5–6

5Those 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.

7In 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.

After · Ezekiel 22:8–9

8You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths. 9Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness among you.

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  • FootnoteLiterally, made light of father and mother.

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