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Ezekiel 22:6-8
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6 “‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.[a] 7 They have treated father and mother with contempt[b] within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow[c] within you. 8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!

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  1. Ezekiel 22:6 tn Heb “Look! The princes of Israel, each according to his arm, were in you in order to shed blood.”
  2. Ezekiel 22:7 tn Heb “treated lightly, cursed.”
  3. Ezekiel 22:7 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.
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