Ezekiel 22:9
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.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Cross References
Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the LORD.
1 Samuel 24:10Behold, this day thy eyes have seen how the LORD hath delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave; and some bade me kill thee: but my eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.
Psalms 50:20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy 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 tale-bearer are as wounds, 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 →