Ezequiel 22:7

By father and mother. — Filial respect was one of the most frequently enjoined precepts of the law (see Levítico 19:32; Levítico 20:9, &c.). So the other sins mentioned in this and the following verses are transgressions of special Divine commands. “Dealt by oppression” is “dealt oppressively” (see Levítico 19:10; Êxodo 22:21; Deuteronômio 24:14, &c.); for “the father less and widow” (Êxodo 22:22, &c.). The despising of holy things and the profanation of the sabbaths were the constant subject of the warnings of the law; tale-bearers are forbidden in Levítico 19:16; the “eating upon the mountains” (which means joining in the idol sacrifices) is often reproved by this and the other prophets; and the sins of lewdness enumerated are all specifically forbidden in Levítico 18:20, as well as elsewhere; while the various sins arising from covetousness, mentioned in Ezequiel 22:12, had been constantly denounced both by the law and in the warnings of the prophets. The expression “hast forgotten me” is at once the root of all these sins, and in itself the climax of all.