Ezekiel 22:9
Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood, and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains. In the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8Thou have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
Cross References
Exodus 20:16Thou shall not bear FALSE witness against thy neighbor.
Leviticus 19:16Thou shall not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people, neither shall thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor. I am LORD.
1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that LORD had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave. And some bade me kill thee, but [I] spared thee. And I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is LORD's anoi
Psalms 50:20Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.
Psalms 106:28They also joined themselves to Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
Proverbs 18:8The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:2-17
The Sins of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 591.) 1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. 3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God , The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. 4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused… Read the whole commentary →