Ezekiel 18:7 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 18:7

He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

BSB

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ASV

and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

KJV

And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

The tenth is: He gives his bread to the hungry. From this we are taught that alms should not be given to the satiated, but to the hungry; and not to those who belch from fullness, but to those who suffer from emptiness. For in bread is contained all food. And it is significantly said, his: so that we do not turn bread acquired from rapine, usury, and ill-gotten gain into mercy; for the redemption of a man's soul (Prov. XIII, 7) is his own riches.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

5. Hath not oppressed any - Has not used his power or influence to oppress, pain, or injure another. 6. Hath restored to the debtor his pledge - Has carefully surrendered the pawn or pledge when its owner came to redeem it. As the pledge is generally of more worth than that for which it is pledged, an unprincipled man will make some pretense to keep it; which is highly abominable in the sight of God. 7. Hath spoiled none by violence - Either by robbery or personal insult. For a man may be spoiled both ways.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

After duties of justice come those of benevolence. It is not enough to refrain from doing a wrong to our neighbor, we must also do him good. The bread owned by a man, though "his," is given to him, not to keep to himself, but to impart to the needy.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאִישׁ֙	ve.'Ish	and anyone	H376 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יוֹנֶ֔ה	yo.Neh	he oppressed	H3238 →
חֲבֹלָת֥וֹ	cha.vo.la.To	pledge his	H2258 →
חוֹב֙	chOv	a debt	H2326 →
יָשִׁ֔יב	ya.Shiv	he returned	H7725 →
גְּזֵלָ֖ה	ge.ze.Lah	robbery	H1500 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִגְזֹ֑ל	yig.Zol	he robbed	H1497 →
לַחְמוֹ֙	lach.Mo	food his	H3899 →
לְרָעֵ֣ב	le.ra.'Ev	to [the] hungry	H7457 →
יִתֵּ֔ן	yi.Ten	he gave	H5414 →
וְעֵירֹ֖ם	ve.'ei.Rom	and [the] naked	H5903 →
יְכַסֶּה־	ye.kha.seh-	he covered	H3680 →
בָּֽגֶד׃	Ba.ged	clothing	H899 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 33:15
if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
leads to
- Ezekiel 20:11
  And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
- Luke 19:8
  But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
- Exodus 22:1–4
  “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
Through
Ezekiel 18:12
He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
leads to
- Ezekiel 8:6
  “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even…
- Ezekiel 8:17
  “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the…
- 2 Kings 21:11
  “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
- Amos 4:1
  Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
Through
Exodus 22:26
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
leads to
- Proverbs 20:16
  Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

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