Eze 22:7 | NETfull | STEP | They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.

Ezekiel 22:7

7 They have treated father and mother with contempt ^{▼▼ Heb “treated lightly, cursed.”} within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow ^{▼▼ 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.} within you.