Ezekiel 22:9
Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood; and in you they have eaten on the mountains: in the midst of you they have committed lewdness.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
Cross References
Exodus 20:16"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
Leviticus 19:16"'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life of your neighbor. I am the Lord.
1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you; but I spared you; and I said, I will not put forth 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 →