Ezekiel 22:6-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 See! the princes of Israel within you use their power to shed blood.[a] 7 Within you, father and mother are dishonored; they extort the resident alien in your midst; within you, they oppress orphans and widows.(A) 8 What I consider holy you have rejected, and my sabbaths you have desecrated. 9 [b]In you are those who slander to cause bloodshed; within you are those who feast on the mountains; in your midst are those whose actions are depraved.(B)
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- 22:6 To shed blood: a very serious charge in light of the solemn command of God to Noah in Gn 9:6 against human bloodshed.
- 22:9–11 The charges against Jerusalem echo the commandments of Lv 20:10–18.
Ezekiel 22:6-9
New International Version
6 “‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.(A) 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt;(B) in you they have oppressed the foreigner(C) and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.(D) 8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.(E) 9 In you are slanderers(F) who are bent on shedding blood;(G) in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines(H) and commit lewd acts.(I)
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