Ezekiel 22:9

Ezekiel 22:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.

Context of Ezekiel 22:9

7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed. 8You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths. Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency. 10In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity. 11One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.

Ezekiel 22:9 word by word

אַנְשֵׁ֥י רָכִ֛יל הָ֥יוּ בָ֖ךְ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁפָךְ־דָּ֑ם וְאֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ אָ֣כְלוּ בָ֔ךְ זִמָּ֖ה עָשׂ֥וּ בְתוֹכֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• areהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• slanderousרָכִילrâkîyl · slanderH7400
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• bent onמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
• ·שָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
• bloodshedדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• are those who eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• onאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• and commitעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• acts of indecencyזִמָּהzimmâh zammâh · wickednessH2154
• ·תָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432

Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:9

• Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
• Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
• 1 Kings 21:10But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
• Psalms 50:20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
• Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
• Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
• Proverbs 18:8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
• Proverbs 26:22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
• Jeremiah 6:28All are hardened rebels, walking around as slanderers. They are bronze and iron; all of them are corrupt.
• Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
• Jeremiah 37:13But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
• Jeremiah 38:4Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
• Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
• Acts 6:11Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
• Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,

Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9In thee are men that carry tales - Witnesses that will swear any thing, even where life is concerned. They eat upon the mountains - Sacrifice to idols, and celebrate their festivals.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-12The charges against the people of Judah and their leaders came from God's law, especially from Leviticus 18–20; 25:1–55. Israel's many sins showed a failure to honor and trust the Lord and his commands. This unfaithfulness to their covenant with the Lord could lead to only one outcome: The people of Israel would face the covenant curses (Deuteronomy 8:19–20; 28:15–68).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. men that carry tales--informers, who by misrepresentations cause innocent blood to be shed (Le 19:16). Literally, "one who goes to and fro as a merchant."Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 22:9

• Adultery
• Crime
• Falsehood
• Gossip
• Homicide
• Idolatry
• Jerusalem
• Slander

In the dictionaries

• Endure
• Furnace
• Gain
• Gap
• Raven
• Tale
• Lewd; Lewdness
• Slander

Commentaries on Ezekiel 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings