Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 22:6
6“‘Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood.
Ezekiel 22:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Look, the princes of Israel: each one has used his power to shed blood in you.
Context of Ezekiel 22:6
4You are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your judgment days near and have come to your years of punishment. Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. 5Those who are near and those far away from you will mock you, you infamous one full of turmoil. “‘Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood. 7Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the resident alien is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you. 8You despise my holy things and profane my Sabbaths.
Read all of Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 22:6 word by word
הִנֵּה֙ נְשִׂיאֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִ֥ישׁ לִזְרֹע֖וֹ הָ֣יוּ בָ֑ךְ לְמַ֖עַן שְׁפָךְ־דָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:6
- Ezekiel 22:27“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.
- Nehemiah 9:34Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors did not obey your law or listen to your commands and warnings you gave them.
- Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.
- Jeremiah 2:26Like the shame of a thief when he is caught, so the house of Israel has been put to shame. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
- Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. However, these also had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
- Jeremiah 32:32because of all the evil the Israelites and Judeans have done to anger me — they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.
- Daniel 9:8Lord, public shame belongs to us, our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, because we have sinned against you.
- Micah 3:1Then I said, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
- Zechariah 3:3Now Joshua was dressed with filthy clothes as he stood before the angel.
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans on their beds! At morning light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Behold, the princes - Ye are a vile and murderous people, and your princes have been of the same character. Like people, like prince.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Render it: Behold the princes of Israel, each according to his might (literally “arm”) have been in thee in order to shed blood. They looked to might not right.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. 66. Rather, "The princes ... each according to his power, were in thee, to shed blood" (as if this was the only object of their existence). "Power," literally, "arm"; they, who ought to have been patterns of justice, made their own arm of might their only law.Read the comment
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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
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