Ezekiel 22:6
4 you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.
5 Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
7 Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
8 You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
- KJV
- Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
- WEB
- “‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
- ASV
- Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
- DARBY
- Behold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.
- BLB
- Behold, the princes of Israel, each man to his arm, have come to be among you in order to pour out blood!
- ÅB
- Se, Israels fyrster i deg brukte alle sin arm til å utøse blod.
- OTB
- "Se hvordan hver av Israels fyrster i deg bruker sin makt til å utgyte blod.
- B1930
- Se, Israels fyrster i dig brukte alle sin arm til å utøse blod.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:27
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:5
I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
Read in contextZechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.
Read in contextMicah 3:9–11
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
Read in contextMicah 3:1–3
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
Read in contextDaniel 9:8
O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:32
because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.
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