The prophet Ezekiel denounced the way the poor were being treated. He said: “The people of the land themselves have carried on a scheme of defrauding and have done a tearing away in robbery, and the afflicted one and the poor one they have maltreated, and the alien resident they have defrauded without justice. ” ​ — Ezekiel 22: 29.
(‏ عاموس ٢ :‏ ٦‏ )‏ وقد شجب النبي حزقيال طريقة معاملة الفقراء في اسرائيل ،‏ قائلا :‏ « شعب الارض كادوا مكيدة للغبن وغصَبوا سالبين ،‏ وأساءوا معاملة البائس والفقير وغَبَنوا الغريب بغير عدل » .‏ —‏ حزقيال ٢٢ :‏ ٢٩‏ .‏