Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts. New Living Translation People accuse others falsely and send them to their death. You are filled with idol worshipers and people who do obscene things. English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency. King James Bible 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 King James Version In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness. New American Standard Bible Slanderous men have been among you for the purpose of shedding blood, and among you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed outrageous sin. NASB 1995 “Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness. NASB 1977 “Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness. Legacy Standard Bible Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have done acts of lewdness. Amplified Bible In you are men who slander for the purpose of shedding blood, and in your presence they have eaten [food offered to idols] at the mountain shrines; in your midst they have committed acts of lewdness. Christian Standard Bible There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood. People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines; they commit depraved acts within you. Holman Christian Standard Bible There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood. People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines; they commit immoral acts within 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And men merchants were among you that they would shed blood, and they ate upon the mountains among you and they did sin within you Brenton Septuagint Translation There are robbers in thee, to shed blood in thee; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: they have wrought ungodliness in the midst of thee. Contemporary English Version Some of your own people tell lies, so that others will be put to death. Some of you eat meat sacrificed to idols at local shrines, and others never stop doing vulgar things. Douay-Rheims Bible Slanderers have been in thee to shed blood, and they have eaten upon the mountains in thee, they have committed wickedness in the midst of thee. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Some of your people slander. They want to kill people. People who live in you eat food sacrificed to idols at the worship sites on the hills, and they sin sexually. Good News Translation Some of your people tell lies about others in order to have them put to death. Some of them eat sacrifices offered to idols. Some are always satisfying their lusts. International Standard Version Slanderous men live among you, intent on shedding blood. They've eaten at the top of mountain shrines. They've crafted plans to do evil things among you. JPS Tanakh 1917 In thee have been talebearers to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness. Literal Standard Version Men of slander have been in you to shed blood, | And they have eaten on the mountains in you, | They have done wickedness in your midst. Majority Standard Bible Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency. New American Bible In you are those who slander to cause bloodshed; within you are those who feast on the mountains; in your midst are those whose actions are depraved. NET Bible Slanderous men shed blood within you. Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; they commit obscene acts among you. New Revised Standard Version In you are those who slander to shed blood, those in you who eat upon the mountains, who commit lewdness in your midst. New Heart English Bible Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood; and in you they have eaten on the mountains: in the midst of you they have committed lewdness. Webster's Bible Translation 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. 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Sins of Jerusalem…8You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths. 9Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency. 10In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.… Cross References 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. Ezekiel 11:6 You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead. 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 23:29 They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity 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 stopped obeying the LORD. Hosea 6:9 Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities. Treasury of Scripture In you are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in you they eat on the mountains: in the middle of you they commit lewdness. Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Leviticus 19:16 Thou 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. they eat Ezekiel 18:6,11,15 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, … Psalm 106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 1 Corinthians 10:18-21 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? … they commit Ezekiel 16:43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations. Ezekiel 24:13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. Judges 20:6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. Jump to Previous Acts Bent Blood Carry Causing Commit Committed Death Designs Eat Eaten Evil Flesh Food Lewdness Midst Mountain Mountains Others Purpose Shed Shedding Shrines Slander Slanderous Streets Tales WickednessJump to Next Acts Bent Blood Carry Causing Commit Committed Death Designs Eat Eaten Evil Flesh Food Lewdness Midst Mountain Mountains Others Purpose Shed Shedding Shrines Slander Slanderous Streets Tales WickednessEzekiel 22 1. A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem, and the dispersion of the Jews in consequence17. God will burn them as dross in his furnace 23. The general corruption of prophets, priests, princes, and the people Verse 9. - Men that carry tales, etc. Hebrew, men of slanders (comp. Exodus 23:1; Leviticus 19:16). The sin of the informers, ever ready to lend themselves to plots against the life or character of the innocent, was then, as at all times, the besetting evil of corrupt government in the East. Compare the story of Naboth (1 Kings 21:10) and of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 37:13). (For eating on the mountains, see note on Ezekiel 18:6; and for lewdness, that on Ezekiel 16:43.) What the lewdness consisted in is stated in the following verses. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Among youבָ֖ךְ (ḇāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew are הָ֥יוּ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be slanderous רָכִ֛יל (rā·ḵîl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7400: A scandal-monger men אַנְשֵׁ֥י (’an·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 582: Man, mankind bent on לְמַ֣עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Conjunction Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent bloodshed; דָּ֑ם (dām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed within you בָ֔ךְ (ḇāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew are those who eat אָ֣כְלוּ (’ā·ḵə·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 398: To eat on וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the mountain [shrines] הֶֽהָרִים֙ (he·hā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country and commit עָשׂ֥וּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make acts of indecency. זִמָּ֖ה (zim·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2154: A plan, device, wickedness Links Ezekiel 22:9 NIVEzekiel 22:9 NLT Ezekiel 22:9 ESV Ezekiel 22:9 NASB Ezekiel 22:9 KJV Ezekiel 22:9 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 22:9 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 22:9 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 22:9 French Bible Ezekiel 22:9 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 22:9 Slanderous men have been in you (Ezek. 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