Ezekiel 22:9
Slanders, have arisen in thee For the sake of shedding blood,- And unto the mountains, have they eaten in thee, Lewdness, have they practised in the midst of thee:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8My holy things, hast thou despised,- And my sabbaths, hast thou profaned:
Cross References
Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not testify against thy neighbour, with a witness of falsehood.
Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go about talebearing, among thy people Thou shalt not stand by, over the blood of thy neighbour: I, am Yahweh.
1 Samuel 24:10Lo! this day, have thine own eyes seen, how Yahweh had delivered thee up, to-day, into my hand in the cave, and, when one bade me slay thee, I looked with compassion upon thee,—and I said—I will not thrust forth my hand against my lord, for, the Anointed of Yahweh, is he!
Psalms 50:20Thou wouldst sit down—Against thine own brother, wouldst thou speak, Against thine own mother’s son, wouldst thou expose a fault:—
Psalms 106:28Yet they let themselves be bound to Baal-peor,—and did eat sacrifices to the dead:
Proverbs 18:8the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.
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 →