Ezekiel 22:29 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַ֤ם	'am	[the] people of	H5971 →
הָאָ֙רֶץ֙	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
עָ֣שְׁקוּ	'A.she.ku	they have oppressed	H6231 →
עֹ֔שֶׁק	'O.shek	oppression	H6233 →
וְגָזְל֖וּ	ve.ga.ze.Lu	and they have robbed	H1497 →
גָּזֵ֑ל	ga.Zel	robbery	H1498 →
וְעָנִ֤י	ve.'a.Ni	and [the] poor	H6041 →
וְאֶבְיוֹן֙	ve.'ev.yOn	and [the] needy	H34 →
הוֹנ֔וּ	ho.Nu	they have maltreated	H3238 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הַגֵּ֥ר	ha.Ger	the sojourner	H1616 →
עָשְׁק֖וּ	'a.she.Ku	they have oppressed	H6231 →
בְּלֹ֥א	be.Lo'	with not	H3808 →
מִשְׁפָּֽט׃	mish.Pat	justice	H4941 →

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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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
Exodus 22:21
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:19
  So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 23:9
  Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 19:33
  When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
Through
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
leads to
- Ezekiel 13:6
  They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
- Jeremiah 14:14
  “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination,…
Through
Psalms 94:6
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
leads to
- Isaiah 10:2
  to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
Through
Ezekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
leads to
- Malachi 3:5
  “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 27:16
  ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Corinthians 6:10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.Exodus 23:9Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Exodus 22:21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?Psalms 94:6They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.Leviticus 19:33When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.Amos 3:10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.Job 24:4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.Amos 4:1Hear 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.”Leviticus 19:13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

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