Ezekiel 22:9 “Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those w…”

Ezekiel 22:9

Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness among you.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

In thee are men that cary tales to shed blood: in thee are they that eate vpon the mountaines: in ye mids of thee they comit abomination.

Darby Translation

In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness;

Young's Literal Translation

Men of slander have been in thee to shed blood, And on the mountains they have eaten in thee, Wickedness they have done in thy midst.

Bible in Basic English

In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.

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Cross references

“men that carry tales”

Leviticus 19:16 Exodus 20:16 Psalm 50:20 Proverbs 10:18 Matthew 26:59 Exodus 23:1

Leviticus 19:16 · BSB

You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

Exodus 20:16 · BSB

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Psalm 50:20 · BSB

You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

Proverbs 10:18 · BSB

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Matthew 26:59 · BSB

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.

Exodus 23:1 · BSB

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

“they eat”

Ezekiel 18:6 Ezekiel 18:11 1 Corinthians 10:18–21 Ezekiel 18:15 Psalm 106:28

Ezekiel 18:6 · BSB

He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.

Ezekiel 18:11 · BSB

though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.

1 Corinthians 10:18–21 · BSB

Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

Ezekiel 18:15 · BSB

He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

Psalm 106:28 · BSB

They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

“they commit”

Hosea 4:14 Hosea 4:2 Hosea 4:10 Ezekiel 16:43 Ezekiel 24:13 Judges 20:6

Hosea 4:14 · BSB

I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a peo…

Hosea 4:2 · BSB

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Hosea 4:10 · BSB

They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves

Ezekiel 16:43 · BSB

Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all…

Ezekiel 24:13 · BSB

Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.

Judges 20:6 · BSB

Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

10In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.

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