Ezekiel 22:6
4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast 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
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Read in contextEzekiel 22:27
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:5
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Read in contextZechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Read in contextMicah 3:9–11
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Read in contextMicah 3:1–3
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Read in contextDaniel 9:8
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:32
Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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