Ezekiel 22:9

Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness among you.

World English Bible

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 despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.

10In you have they uncovered their fathers’ nakedness. In you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.

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Cross References

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

Leviticus 19:16“‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

1 Samuel 24:10Behold, today your eyes have seen how the LORD had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s anointed.’

Psalms 50:20You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.

Psalms 106:28They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

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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