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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 22:29 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 22:29 |
King James |
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
The people--put last, after the mention of those in office. Corruption had spread downwards through the whole community.
wrongfully--that is, "without cause," gratuitously, without the stranger proselyte giving any just provocation; nay, he of all others being one who ought to have been won to the worship of Jehovah by kindness, instead of being alienated by oppression; especially as the Israelites were commanded to remember that they themselves had been "strangers in Egypt" (Exo 22:21; Exo 23:9). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The people - All that have power or authority have abused it; vexed and oppressed the poor, the needy, and the stranger. |
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.