Ezekiel 22:12

Ezekiel 22:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
• New International Version (NIV)In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.

Context of Ezekiel 22:12

10In you they have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who was unclean in her menstrual impurity. 11One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter. In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God. 13“Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you. 14Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken and will act.

Ezekiel 22:12 word by word

שֹׁ֥חַד לָֽקְחוּ־בָ֖ךְ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁפָךְ־דָּ֑ם נֶ֧שֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּ֣ית לָקַ֗חַתְּ וַתְּבַצְּעִ֤י רֵעַ֙יִךְ֙ בַּעֹ֔שֶׁק וְאֹתִ֣י שָׁכַ֔חַתְּ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃Read the interlinear

• takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• bribesשֹׁ֫חַדshachad · bribeH7810
• to shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• interestנֶ֫שֶׁךְneshek · interestH5392
• and profitsתַּרְבִּיתtarbîyth · incrementH8636
• and you have injuredבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut off: to gainH1214
• your neighborsרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• for gainבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut off: to gainH1214
• oppressionעֹ֫שֶׁק‛ôsheq · oppressionH6233
• forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• Me,” declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:12

• Exodus 23:7Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.
• Deuteronomy 16:19You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
• Deuteronomy 27:25‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
• Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.
• Micah 7:2The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.
• Zephaniah 3:3Her princes within her are roaring lions, Her judges are wolves at evening; They leave nothing for the morning.
• Ezekiel 18:8if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man,
• Exodus 22:25“If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
• Leviticus 25:35‘Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
• Deuteronomy 23:19“You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest.
• Nehemiah 5:1Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
• Psalms 15:5He does not put out his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
• Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors.
• Isaiah 56:11And the dogs are greedy, they are not satisfied. And they are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.
• Matthew 23:14[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]
• Luke 3:13And he said to them, “Collect no more than what you have been ordered to.”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:12

• 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. 1212. forgotten me--(De 32:18; Jr 2:32; 3:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 22:12

• Bribery
• Covetousness
• Crime
• Extortion
• Interest
• Jerusalem
• Usury

In the dictionaries

• God
• Debt
• Endure
• Furnace
• Gain
• Gap
• Raven
• Tale
• Bribery
• Covetousness

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