Ezekiel 22:9

In thee are men that cary tales to shed blood: in thee are they that eate vpon the mountaines: in ye mids of thee they comit abomination.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

8Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast polluted my Sabbaths.

10In thee haue they discouered their fathers shame: in thee haue they vexed her that was polluted in her floures.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.

Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

1 Samuel 24:10And Dauid saide to Saul, Wherefore giuest thou an eare to mens words, that say, Behold, Dauid seeketh euill against thee?

Psalms 50:20Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mothers sonne.

Psalms 106:28They ioyned themselues also vnto Baalpeor, and did eate the offrings of the dead.

Proverbs 18:8The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels 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 →

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