Ezekiel 22:9

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

LXX2012 (US English)

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 nothing my holy things, and in you they have profaned my sabbaths.

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

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Cross References

Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Leviticus 19:16You shall not walk deceitfully among your people; you shall not rise up against the blood of your neighbor: I am the Lord your God.

1 Samuel 24:10And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to the words of the people, saying, Behold, David seeks your life?

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

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

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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