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

7In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee, have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow. 8Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood: and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness. 10In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her separation. 11And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his 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

• Slanderousרָכִילrâkîyl · slanderH7400
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• eatenאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• uponהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• committedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• lewdnessזִמָּהzimmâh zammâh · wickednessH2154

Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:9

• Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
• Exodus 23:1Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
• Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
• 1 Kings 21:10and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he die.
• Psalms 50:20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
• Psalms 101:5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
• Proverbs 10:18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
• Proverbs 18:8The words of a whisperer are as dainty, morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
• Proverbs 26:22The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
• Jeremiah 6:28They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
• Jeremiah 9:4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will go about with slanders.
• Jeremiah 37:13And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
• Jeremiah 38:4Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
• Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death;
• Acts 6:11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
• Acts 24:5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and 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