Ezekiel 22:12

Money and wealth Sin

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

¹¹ One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.

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.

¹³ Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

¹⁴ Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
WEB: In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord GOD.
ASV: In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
DARBY: In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BLB: They take Bribes among you in order to pour out blood; usury and increase you take, and you cut off your neighbors by extortion, and Me you have forgotten, a declaration of the Lord YHWH.

ÅB: Gaver tok de hos deg for å utøse blod; rente og overmål tok du, og mot din neste gjorde du urett og vold, og meg glemte du, sier Herren, Israels Gud.
OTB: I deg er det folk som tar imot bestikkelser for å begå vold; du tar renter og gjør profitt fra de fattige. Du utpresser urettferdig vinning fra dine naboer. Og du har glemt meg, sier Herren Gud.
B1930: Gaver tok de hos dig for å utøse blod; rente og overmål tok du, og mot din næste gjorde du urett og vold, og mig glemte du, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 23:35
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”
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Deuteronomy 27:25
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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Micah 7:2–3
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
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Psalms 106:21
They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
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Psalms 15:5
who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
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Leviticus 25:35–36
Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
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Ezekiel 18:8
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
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Deuteronomy 23:19
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
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