Ezekiel 22:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 Within you, father and mother are dishonored; they extort the resident alien in your midst; within you, they oppress orphans and widows.(A) 8 What I consider holy you have rejected, and my sabbaths you have desecrated. 9 [a]In you are those who slander to cause bloodshed; within you are those who feast on the mountains; in your midst are those whose actions are depraved.(B)
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- 22:9–11 The charges against Jerusalem echo the commandments of Lv 20:10–18.
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