Ezekiel 22:7
Context22:7 They have treated father and mother with contempt 1 within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow 2 within you.
Ezekiel 22:29
Context22:29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice. 3
[22:7] 1 tn Heb “treated lightly, cursed.”
[22:7] 2 tn Widows and orphans are often coupled together in the OT (Deut 14:29; 16:11, 14; 24:19-21; 26:12-13; Jer 7:6; 22:3). They represented all who were poor and vulnerable to economic exploitation.
[22:29] 3 tn Heb “and the foreigner they have oppressed without justice.”