Ezekiel 22:10

They have uncovered the nakedness of their father within you. They have debased the uncleanness of the menstruous woman within you.

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In The King James Version

In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

In Context

9Maligning men were within you, in order to shed blood, and they have eaten upon the mountains within you. They have worked wickedness in your midst.

11And each one has committed abomination with the wife of his neighbor. And the father-in-law has heinously defiled his daughter-in-law. The brother has oppressed his sister, the daughter of his father, within you.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:22And when he was living in that region, Reuben went out, and he slept with Bilhah the concubine of his father, which was not such a small matter as to be hidden from him. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

Leviticus 18:6No man shall approach her who is a close blood-relative to him, so as to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 18:19You shall not approach a woman who is undergoing menstruation, nor shall you uncover her foulness.

Leviticus 20:18Whoever has sexual intercourse with a woman in her menstrual flow, and has uncovered her nakedness, and she has opened the fountain of her blood, both shall be destroyed from the midst of their people.

Deuteronomy 27:23Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say: Amen.

1 Chronicles 5:1Also, there were the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. For indeed, he was his firstborn, but when he had violated the bed of his father, his right as firstborn was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, and he was not reputed as firstborn.

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 →

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