Bible Strands
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
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Ezekiel delivers Yahweh’s indictment to the people of Jerusalem during a period of systemic covenant violation. The words — רָכִ֛יל (ra.Khil) translates to slander, and שְׁפָךְ־ דָּ֑ם (she.fokh- Dam) means to shed blood. The thread — The text connects to Leviticus 19:16 regarding slander and endangering neighbors, Hosea 4:2 on rampant bloodshed, and Hosea 4:14 concerning sexual immorality. Why it lands — The passage demands immediate recognition of internal corruption and a cessation of slander, violence, and idolatrous sexual practices.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Hosea 4:14 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 people without understanding will come to ruin.
- Leviticus 19:16 You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
- Hosea 4:2 Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Hosea 4:10 They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves
- Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Psalms 50:20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
- Proverbs 10:18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
- Ezekiel 16:43 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 your other abominations?
- Ezekiel 18:6 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 though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.