Verse Lens · Context pointer
Ezekiel 18:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7And 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;
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence…” at Ezekiel 18:7 as part of “A Just Person Is Described through Worship and Neighbor Conduct.”
Read It With
- Ezekiel 18:5–9
Read Ezekiel 18:7 with 18:5–9. By itself, “And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: The righteous person avoids idolatry and sexual violations, restores pledges, refuses robbery, feeds and clothes people, rejects exploitative interest, judges truly, and walks in God's statutes.
Why It Needs Context
Ezekiel 18:5–9 gives Ezekiel 18:7 its literary owner and outcome. The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence…” at Ezekiel 18:7 as part of “A Just Person Is Described through Worship and Neighbor Conduct.” Application waits until that movement is understood.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Ezekiel 18:5–9 — A Just Person Is Described through Worship and Neighbor ConductSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 18:5–9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 18:5–9
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