Ezekiel 22:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

Young's Literal Translation
Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.

King James Bible
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Hebrew
Father
אָ֤ב (’āḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

and mother
וָאֵם֙ (wā·’êm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

are treated with contempt.
הֵקַ֣לּוּ (hê·qal·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

Within your walls
בָ֔ךְ (ḇāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

the foreign resident
לַגֵּ֛ר (lag·gêr)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1616: A guest, a foreigner

is exploited,
עָשׂ֥וּ (‘ā·śū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

the fatherless
יָת֥וֹם (yā·ṯō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3490: A bereaved person

and the widow
וְאַלְמָנָ֖ה (wə·’al·mā·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 490: A widow, a desolate place

are oppressed.
ה֥וֹנוּ (hō·w·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3238: To rage, be violent, to suppress, to maltreat

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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