Ezekiel 22:9

Maligning 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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

In Context

8You have spurned my sanctuaries, and you have defiled my Sabbaths.

10They have uncovered the nakedness of their father within you. They have debased the uncleanness of the menstruous woman within you.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:16You shall not speak false testimony against your neighbor.

Leviticus 19:16You shall not be a detractor, nor a whisperer, among the people. You shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the Lord.

1 Samuel 24:10And he said to Saul: “Why do you listen to the words of men who say: ‘David seeks evil against you?’

Psalms 50:20Act kindly, Lord, in your good will toward Zion, so that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.

Psalms 106:28And they cried out to the Lord in their tribulation, and he led them out of their distress.

Proverbs 18:8The words of the double-tongued seem simple. And they reach even to the interior of the gut. Fear casts down the lazy, but the souls of the effeminate shall go hungry.

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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