Ezekiel 22:9

There are robbers in thee, to shed blood in thee; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: they have wrought ungodliness in the midst of thee.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

8And they have set at nought my holy things, and in thee they have profaned my Sabbaths.

10In thee they have uncovered the father’s shame; and in thee they have humbled her that was set apart for uncleanness.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not walk deceitfully among thy people; thou shalt not rise up against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the Lord your God.

1 Samuel 24:10And David said to Saul, Why dost thou hearken to the words of the people, saying, Behold, David seeks thy life?

Psalms 50:20Do good, O Lord, to Zion in thy good pleasure; 1 And let the walls of Jerusalem be built. 1

Psalms 106:28Then they cry to the Lord in their affliction, 1 And he brings them out of their distresses. 1

Proverbs 18:8Fear casts down the slothful; 1 And the souls of the effeminate shall hunger. 1

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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