Ezekiel 18:7
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"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;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשַׁק
ʻâshaq
to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
חָבַל
châbal
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturi...
גָּזַל
gâzal
to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
חָמָס
châmâç
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
עָרוֹם
ʻârôwm
nude, either partially or totally
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
Key Terms in This Verse
חָבַל châbal
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
Study H2254 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →Cross References
Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, ne...
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttet...
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his...
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