A moment in scripture
Ezekiel 22:7
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- Ezekiel 22:5
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
- Ezekiel 22:6
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
- Ezekiel 22:8
Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
- Ezekiel 22:9
In 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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.