Ezekiel 22:9-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 22:1-16

In these verses the prophet by a commission from Heaven sits as a judge upon the bench, and Jerusalem is made to hold up her hand as a prisoner at the bar; and, if prophets were set over other nations, much more over God's nation, Jer. 1:10. This prophet is authorized to judge the bloody city, the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called, not only because she had been guilty of the particular sin of blood-shed, but because her crimes in general were bloody crimes (Ezek. 7:23), such as polluted... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:9

In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood ,.... Innocent blood, as the Targum; such who go from house to house, as pedlars do, with their wares or spices, as the word F1 אנשי רכיל "homines mercaturae, vel aromatis"; so Ben Melech observes. signifies; hence the Syriac version renders it "merchants"; and carry tales and lies of innocent persons, and stir up others against them to wrath and revenge, and shed their blood; or that go to the courts of judicature, and there accuse... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:10

In thee have they discovered their father's nakedness ,.... Or, "he discovered" F2 גלה "revelavit", Montanus; "discooperuit", Vatablus; "retegit", Junius & Tremellius, Polanus; " sub. filius", Piscator. , or "uncovered", it being in the singular number; though the Targum, Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, read in the plural; this, though committed, was done but by a few; it being a sin not so much as named among men, as for a man to lie with his father's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:11

And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife ,.... The sin of adultery, which is an abominable sin; it is so to God, and it should be so to man: or, "a man hath committed" F3 ואיש־עשה "et vir fecit"; Cocceius. ; some man of note, a great man; for this sin prevailed among the princes and nobles: or "everyone"; it being a general vice, which obtained among all ranks, high and low, rich and poor: and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law ; his wife's... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 22:9

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. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 22:10

In thee have they discovered - They are guilty of the most abominable incest and unnatural lust. On thee have they humbled - In their unholy and unnatural connexions, they have not abstained from those set apart because of their infirmities. The catalogue of crimes that follow is too plain to require comment. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 22:1-12

The reproach of Jerusalem. Patriot as he was, Ezekiel was not, like some sincere patriots, blind to his country's faults. His conscience and judgment were enlightened, and his emotional nature was rendered especially sensitive, so that a just and deep impression was made upon his mind by the contemplation of his countrymen's errors and iniquities. Leaders of public opinion, teachers of the time, are ever in danger of flattering those among whom their lot is cast, with whom their interests... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 22:1-16

The prophet on the judgment-seat. As among men there occurs, now and again, a great assize, when flagitious deeds are examined and flagrant offenders judged, so God has his seasons when high-handed crime is arrested, and the offenders feel the reality of Divine justice. Penalties are not awarded in the dark. Good men see clearly the equity of the proceeding and the extreme patience of the Judge. God places his doings in the public light. I. THE INDICTMENT . It is a long indictment,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 22:1-16

An appalling indictment and a just judgment. "Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city?" etc. "This chapter," says Fairbaim, "stands closely related to the last chapter, and may fitly be regarded as supplementary to it; the former having presented a striking delineation of the Lord's purpose to execute the severity of his displeasure upon the people of Jerusalem, while this returns to lay open the fearful... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 22:9

Men that carry tales , etc. Hebrew, men of slanders (comp. Exodus 23:1 ; Le Exodus 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... read more

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