Ezekiel 22:29 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
27Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
28And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Luke 4:18
Jesus speaks of bringing good news to the poor, contrasting with the oppression described here.
Proverbs 14:31
Proverbs warns against oppressing the poor, echoing the injustices in this verse.
Matthew 25:40
Jesus emphasizes caring for the least of these, contrasting with the oppression mentioned.
Source: Ezekiel 22:29