Verse 7
Ezekiel 22:7
Bible in Basic English
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In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אָ֤ב וָ/אֵם֙ הֵקַ֣לּוּ בָ֔/ךְ לַ/גֵּ֛ר עָשׂ֥וּ בַ/עֹ֖שֶׁק בְּ/תוֹכֵ֑/ךְ יָת֥וֹם וְ/אַלְמָנָ֖ה ה֥וֹנוּ בָֽ/ךְ
English Translation
Father and mother have defrauded you; they have wronged the foreigner, orphan, and widow in your midst.
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Chapter 22 Context
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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And you, son of man, will you be a judge, will you be a judge of the town of blood? then make clear...
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And you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: A town causing blood to be drained out in her st...
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You are responsible for the blood drained out by you, and you are unclean through the images which y...
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Those who are near and those who are far from you will make sport of you; your name is unclean, you...
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See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.
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In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a...
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You have made little of my holy things, and have made my Sabbaths unclean.
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In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with th...
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In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at t...
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And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his...
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12
In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and...
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See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and aga...
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Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have sa...
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And I will send you in flight among the nations and wandering among the countries; and I will comple...
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And you will be made low before the eyes of the nations; and it will be clear to you that I am the L...
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, the children of Israel have become like the poorest sort of waste metal to me: they are...
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For this cause the Lord has said: Because you have all become waste metal, see, I will get you toget...
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As they put silver and brass and iron and lead and tin together inside the oven, heating up the fire...
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Yes, I will take you, breathing on you the fire of my wrath, and you will become soft in it.
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As silver becomes soft in the oven, so you will become soft in it; and you will be certain that I th...
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, say to her, You are a land on which no rain or thunderstorm has come in the day of wrath...
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Her rulers in her are like a loud-voiced lion violently taking his food; they have made a meal of so...
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Her priests have been acting violently against my law; they have made my holy things unclean: they h...
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Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the...
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And her prophets have been using whitewash, seeing foolish visions and making false use of secret ar...
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The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on...
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And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken...
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And I let loose my passion on them, and have put an end to them in the fire of my wrath: I have made...
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