Ezekiel 22:9

Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood: and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

Revised Version 1895

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 profaned my sabbaths.

10In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her separation.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee today into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’S anointed.

Psalms 50:20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

Psalms 106:28They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

Proverbs 18:8The words of a whisperer are as dainty, morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts 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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