Ezekiel
Ezekiel 22:7–8
7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
8You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.
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Ezekiel 22:7
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Father | אָ֤ב | ’āḇ | Noun - masculine singular | H1 father |
| and mother | וָאֵם֙ | wā·’êm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H517 mother |
| are treated with contempt | הֵקַ֣לּוּ | hê·qal·lū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | H7043 be slight, swift, trifling |
| Within your walls | בָ֔ךְ | ḇāḵ | Preposition; second person feminine singular | |
| the foreign resident | לַגֵּ֛ר | lag·gêr | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1616 sojourner |
| is exploited | עָשׂ֥וּ | ‘ā·śū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H6213 do, make |
| the fatherless | יָת֥וֹם | yā·ṯō·wm | Noun - masculine singular | H3490 orphan |
| and the widow | וְאַלְמָנָ֖ה | wə·’al·mā·nāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H490 widow |
| are oppressed | ה֥וֹנוּ | hō·w·nū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | H3238 suppress (?), oppress, maltreat |
Ezekiel 22:8
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You have despised | בָּזִ֑ית | bā·zîṯ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H959 despise |
| My holy things | קָדָשַׁ֖י | qā·ḏā·šay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H6944 sacred, sanctity |
| and | וְאֶת־ | wə·’eṯ- | Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker | H853 mark of the accusative |
| profaned | חִלָּֽלְתְּ׃ | ḥil·lā·lət | Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person feminine singular | H2490 bore, pierce |
| My Sabbaths | שַׁבְּתֹתַ֖י | šab·bə·ṯō·ṯay | Noun - common plural construct; first person common singular | H7676 Sabbath |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ezekiel 22:7 Deuteronomy 27:16 · Exodus 22:21–22 · Leviticus 20:9 · Mark 7:10 · Malachi 3:5 · Zechariah 7:10 · Jeremiah 7:6 · Matthew 15:4–6
Ezekiel 22:8 Ezekiel 23:38–39 · Ezekiel 20:13 · Ezekiel 22:26 · Ezekiel 20:21 · Ezekiel 20:24 · Malachi 1:6–8 · Leviticus 19:30 · Malachi 1:12 · Amos 8:4–6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.