Ezekiel 22:9
In thee have been talebearers to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
8Thou hast despised My holy things, and hast profaned My sabbaths.
Cross References
Exodus 20:16(20-13) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand idly by the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
1 Samuel 24:10(24-11) Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave; and some bade me kill thee; but mine eye spared thee; and I said: I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.
Psalms 50:20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Psalms 106:28They joined themselves also unto Baal of 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 of the belly.
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 →