Ezekiel 33:25

Therefore, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You who eat even the blood, and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and who shed blood: will you possess the land as an inheritance?

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In The King James Version

Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

In Context

24“Son of man, as for those who live in these ruinous ways on the soil of Israel, when speaking, they say: ‘Abraham was one man, and he possessed the land as an inheritance. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’

26You stood by your swords, you committed abominations, and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife. And will you possess the land as an inheritance?

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Cross References

Genesis 9:4except that flesh with blood you shall not eat.

Leviticus 7:20If a soul which is polluted will have eaten from the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which is offered to the Lord, he shall perish from his people.

Leviticus 7:26Likewise, you shall not take as food the blood of any animals at all, whether of birds or beasts.

Leviticus 19:26You shall not eat with blood. You shall not practice divination, nor the observation of dreams.

Deuteronomy 12:16Only the blood you shall not eat. Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water.

Psalms 24:4May all those who act unjustly over nothing be confounded. O Lord, demonstrate your ways to me, and teach me your paths.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 33:22-30

Message to Inhabitants of Judah; Rebuke to the Proud Jews. ( b. c. 587.) 21 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. 22 Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. 23 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,… Read the whole commentary →

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