THEOSISEzekiel 22:29Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery: they afflicted the needy and poor, and they oppressed the stranger by calumny without judgment.
עַ֤ם הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ עָ֣שְׁקוּ עֹ֔שֶׁק וְגָזְל֖וּ גָּזֵ֑ל וְעָנִ֤י וְאֶבְיוֹן֙ הוֹנ֔וּ וְאֶת־הַגֵּ֥ר עָשְׁק֖וּ בְּלֹ֥א מִשְׁפָּֽט׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ezek 22:7They have abused father and mother in thee, they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow in thee.
- Ex 23:9Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Jer 5:31The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof?
- Ps 94 (93):6
- Ex 22:21Thou shalt not molest a stranger, nor afflict him: for yourselves also were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Isa 5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry.
- Lev 19:33If a stranger dwell in your land, and abide among you, do not upbraid hin:
- Amos 3:10And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.