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 Living Translation (NLT)There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere. They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign Lord.

Context of Ezekiel 22:12

10In you men uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are set apart during their impurity. 11One commits abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; and another in you violates his sister, his father’s daughter. 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. 13“Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst. 14Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and will do it.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• In thee have they takenלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• giftsשֹׁ֫חַדshachad · bribeH7810
• to shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• usuryנֶ֫שֶׁךְneshek · interestH5392
• and increaseתַּרְבִּיתtarbîyth · incrementH8636
• and thou hast greedily gainedבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut off: to gainH1214
• of thy neighboursרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• by extortionעֹ֫שֶׁק‛ôsheq · oppressionH6233
• and hast forgottenשָׁכַחshâkach shâkêach · to forgetH7911
• me, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069

People and places in Ezekiel 22:12

• LORD

Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:12

• Exodus 23:7Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.
• Deuteronomy 16:19You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
• Deuteronomy 27:25‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
• Isaiah 1:23Your princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
• Micah 7:2The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.
• Zephaniah 3:3Her princes in her midst are roaring lions; Her judges are evening wolves That leave not a bone till morning.
• Ezekiel 18:8If he has not exacted usury Nor taken any increase, But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity And executed true judgment between man and man;
• Exodus 22:25“If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.
• Leviticus 25:35‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
• Deuteronomy 23:19“You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest.
• Nehemiah 5:1And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren.
• Psalms 15:5He who does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
• Proverbs 1:19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.
• Isaiah 56:11Yes, they are greedy dogs Which never have enough. And they are shepherds Who cannot understand; They all look to their own way, Every one for his own gain, From his own territory.
• Matthew 23:14Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
• Luke 3:13And he said to them, “Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”

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