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Ezekiel 22:9
9There are men among you who tell lies so that they can kill other people. There are people who eat the food of idols on the mountains. They do disgusting things among you.
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
7The people in the city do not respect their parents. They have been cruel to the foreigners who live among you. They have cheated widows and children who have no family. 8You have not respected my holy things. You have not made my Sabbath days special. There are men among you who tell lies so that they can kill other people. There are people who eat the food of idols on the mountains. They do disgusting things among you. 10Some men have sex with their father's wife. Some men have sex with a woman at the time when she bleeds each month and she is unclean. 11One man has sex with another man's wife. Another man has sex with his son's wife. Another man among you has sex with the daughter of his own father. These are disgusting things to do.
Read all of Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 22:9 word by word
אַנְשֵׁ֥י רָכִ֛יל הָ֥יוּ בָ֖ךְ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁפָךְ־דָּ֑ם וְאֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ אָ֣כְלוּ בָ֔ךְ זִמָּ֖ה עָשׂ֥וּ בְתוֹכֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- In thee are menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- that carry talesרָכִילrâkîyl · slanderH7400
- to shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
- bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- and in thee they eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- upon the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- in the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
- of thee they commitעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- lewdnessזִמָּהzimmâh zammâh · wickednessH2154
Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:9
- Exodus 20:16You must not say false things against your neighbour.
- Exodus 23:1Do not make false reports. Do not tell lies in court to help wicked people.
- Leviticus 19:16You must not speak bad words about other people. If somebody is in danger of death, do not keep quiet if you know the truth. I am the Lord.
- 1 Kings 21:10Put two wicked men in seats near him. Tell them to accuse Naboth that he has insulted God and the king. Then take him out. Throw stones at him until he is dead.’
- Psalms 50:20You say bad things about your own brother, and you speak against your own family!
- Psalms 101:5If anyone secretly speaks against his friend, I will destroy them. If anyone is proud and they boast about themselves, I will send them away from me.
- Proverbs 10:18If you hate somebody but you try to hide it, you are telling lies. And if you say false things about other people, you are a fool.
- Proverbs 18:8We love to hear other people's secrets. They seem like good food that we can enjoy.
- Proverbs 26:22We love to hear other people's secrets. They seem like good food that we can really enjoy.
- Jeremiah 6:28They have completely turned against God. They refuse to change their minds. They tell lies against people, and they cheat them.
- Jeremiah 9:4Be careful of your friends. Do not even trust your brothers! They will always try to cheat you. All your friends will speak lies about you.
- Jeremiah 37:13He was going out through the Benjamin gate of the city. Irijah, the son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah, stopped him. Irijah was the captain of the guards at the gate. He took hold of Jeremiah. He said, ‘You are going out of the city to join Babylon's army!’
- Jeremiah 38:4When the officers heard that, they said to the king, ‘You must punish this man with death. He is making our soldiers who remain in the city afraid. The things that he says are making all the people in the city very afraid. He does not want to help our people. He wants to destroy them.’
- Matthew 26:59The leaders of the priests and all the Jewish leaders wanted to punish Jesus with death. So they tried to find some people who would say things against Jesus that were not true.
- Acts 6:11Then those men secretly gave money to some bad men. They told them to say to the Jewish leaders, ‘We heard this man, Stephen, say bad things against Moses and against God.’
- Acts 24:5We know that this man brings trouble everywhere. Anywhere in the world that Jewish people live, he makes them angry. Then they all fight each other. He is the leader of a group called 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
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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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