Ezekiel 22 · Verse 9

Ezekiel 22:9

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.
Ezekiel 22:9, King James Version

Ezekiel 22:9 in other translations

BSBAmong you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.
WEBSlanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness among you.
ASVSlanderous 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.
YLTMen 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.
DARBYIn 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;
BBEIn 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.
WebsterIn 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.

What does Ezekiel 22:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. 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."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 In 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 22:1-16

The sins of Jerusalem. (Ezek 22:1-16) Israel is condemned as dross. (Ezek 22:17-22) As the corruption is general, so shall be the punishment. (Ezek 22:23-31) Verses 1-16 The prophet is to judge the bloody city; the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called, because of her crimes. The sins which Jerusalem stands charged with, are exceeding sinful. Murder, idolatry, disobedience to parents, oppression and extortion…

Read the full comment on Ezekiel 22:1-16 →

Ezekiel 22:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַנְשֵׁ֥י'an.Sheipeople ofH582
רָכִ֛ילra.KhilslanderH7400
הָ֥יוּHa.yuthey have beenH1961
בָ֖ךְvakhin you
לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anso asH4616
שְׁפָךְ\־she.fokh-to shedH8210
דָּ֑םDambloodH1818
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and toH413
הֶֽהָרִים֙he.ha.Rimthe mountainsH2022
אָ֣כְלוּ'A.khe.luthey have eatenH398
בָ֔ךְVakhin you
זִמָּ֖הzi.MahlicentiousnessH2154
עָשׂ֥וּ'a.Suthey have doneH6213
בְתוֹכֵֽךְ\׃ve.to.Khekhin [the] midst of youH8432

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 22:9

  • Hosea 4:14

    I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

  • 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.

  • Hosea 4:10

    For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.

  • Hosea 4:2

    By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  • Psalms 50:20

    Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

  • Revelation 12:9-10

    And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

  • Matthew 26:59

    Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

  • Exodus 20:16

    Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  • Proverbs 10:18

    He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

  • Ezekiel 18:6

    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,

  • 1 Corinthians 10:18-21

    Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
men that carry tales. Heb. men of slanders.
Ex 20:16; 23:1; Le 19:16; 1Ki 21:10-13; Ps 50:20; 101:5; Pr 10:18
Pr 18:8; 26:22; Jer 6:28; 9:4; 37:13-15; 38:4-6; Mt 26:59
Ac 6:11-13; 24:5,13; Re 12:9,10
they eat.
18:6,11,15; Ps 106:28; 1Co 10:18-21
they commit.
16:43; 24:13; Jud 20:6; Ho 4:2,10,14; 6:9; 7:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 22:8

    Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

  • Ezekiel 22:9

    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.

  • Ezekiel 22:10

    In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

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Ezekiel 22:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Calumniadores hubo en ti para derramar sangre; y sobre los montes comieron en ti: hicieron en medio de ti suciedades.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il y a eu au-dedans de toi des hommes calomniateurs pour verser le sang; et au-dedans de toi ils ont mangé sur les montagnes; ils ont commis des infamies au milieu de toi;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Verleumder waren in dir, um Blut zu vergießen; und auf den Bergen in dir haben sie gegessen, sie haben in deiner Mitte Schandtaten verübt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Viri detractores fuerunt in te ad effundendum sanguinem, et super montes comederunt in te: scelus operati sunt in medio tui.