Bible Strands
Ezekiel 11:6
You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Ezekiel to the house of Israel at the moment the Spirit of the LORD falls upon the prophet to confront their inner thoughts.
The words — The Hebrew הִרְבֵּיתֶם (hir.bei.Tem) translates as "you have multiplied," directly modifying חַלְלֵיכֶם (cha.lei.khem), "your slain," to quantify the violence.
The thread — The description of a city overflowing with the dead aligns with the bloodshed accusations in Ezekiel 7:23 and Ezekiel 22:2.
Why it lands — The text states that the community’s own actions produced the carnage, which precedes any interpretive conclusion about divine judgment or the city’s moral collapse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 7:23 Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
- Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Ezekiel 22:2 “As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
- Ezekiel 22:12 In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 22:27 Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
- Hosea 4:2 Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Micah 3:2 You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
- 2 Kings 21:16 Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 2:30 “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- Jeremiah 2:34 Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things