“ ‘ “Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
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“ ‘ “Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
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Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
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Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his might, have been in thee to shed blood.
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Passages linked to Ezekiel 22:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 1:23 Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
- Ezekiel 22:27 Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
- Nehemiah 9:34 Also our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.
- Jeremiah 2:26-27 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so the house of Israel is ashamed: they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, who tell wood, ‘You are my father,’ and a stone, ‘You have given birth to me,’ for they have turned their back to me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us!’
- Jeremiah 5:5 I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God.” But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
- Jeremiah 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, their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- Daniel 9:8 Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.
- Micah 2:1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Micah 3:1-3 I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice? You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones; who also eat the flesh of my people, and peel their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as meat within the cauldron.
- Micah 3:9-11 Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity. They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”
- Zechariah 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one…
Eze 22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
Ver. 6. Behold the princes of Israel.] Here beginneth the black bill or bed roll. And as in a fish corruption beginneth at the head, so in a nation at the rulers.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He was in Eze 23:2 commanded to show the…
He was in Eze 23:2 commanded to show the Jews all their abominations. Now he is directed to begin with the greatest first, either those of the royal family, or else such as adhered close to the interest of them, and were advanced to places of great trust; or, who were heads of families.
Every one; not one to be found of a juster or more merciful temper.
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To their power; according to their ability and opportunity.
To shed blood; for murdering all they hated, or that stood in their way.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Behold, the princes of Israel,.... Those that belonged to…
Behold, the princes of Israel,.... Those that belonged to the royal family, or the nobles of the land, or the members of the grand sanhedrim of the nation:
everyone were in thee to their power to shed blood; everyone exerted himself to the uttermost, according to his ability, to shed blood, or cause it to be shed; everyone strove, as it were, who should shed most, to exceed each other in this abominable sin.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Everyone - Not one to be found of a…
Everyone - Not one to be found of a more merciful temper. To their power - According to their ability.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. Behold, the princes] Ye are a vile…
Verse 6. Behold, the princes] Ye are a vile and murderous people, and your princes have been of the same character. Like people, like prince.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Eze 22:6-12. Behold, the princes of Israel, &c. —…
Eze 22:6-12. Behold, the princes of Israel, &c. — Probably the members of the great sanhedrim, or the king’s counsellors and chief officers, are here intended; every one in thee — Not one to be found of a more merciful temper; to their power — According to their ability; to shed blood — Every one of the princes committed acts of violence, and shed blood, as far as he had it in his power to do it. In thee have they set light by father and mother — Disobedience to, or slighting of parents, is unnatural and brutish in itself, and had, in particular, a curse denounced against it by God’s law, Deu 27:16; so that it is here placed next to murder in the catalogue of their sins. Thou hast despised my holy things, &c. — Thou hast paid no proper regard to my holy temple, mine altars, sacrifices, feasts, and other things consecrated to my service, nor to the pure worship I appointed; but hast defiled and profaned them all by worshipping of idols together with me, and mingling heathen rites with the forms of worship which I ordered. The sabbaths, which I appointed to be set apart for my honour, thou hast, in great measure, employed in the worship and to the honour of false gods. In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood —
Who raise calumnies and depose falsehoods even so far as to take away the lives of innocent persons. In thee they eat upon the mountains — Thy inhabitants sacrifice, and feast upon the sacrifices, in the mountains, in honour of idols or false gods. In the midst of thee they commit lewdness — And that in the most scandalous instances. In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness — Have defiled their fathers’ beds, or taken their mothers-in-law for wives, called by St. Paul, such fornication as is not named among the Gentiles. In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood — Thy judges have taken bribes, not only to pervert justice, but even to take away the lives of the innocent.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Render it: Behold the princes of Israel, each according…
Render it: Behold the princes of Israel, each according to his might (literally “arm”) have been in thee in order to shed blood. They looked to might not right.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Hath. Septuagint, "was mixed with his relations," ver. 10.,…
Hath. Septuagint, "was mixed with his relations," ver. 10., &c., (Haydock) fighting against them. (Theodoret)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Rather, "The princes . . . each according to…
Rather, "The princes . . . each according to his power, were in thee, to shed blood" (as if this was the only object of their existence). "Power," literally, "arm"; they, who ought to have been patterns of justice, made their own arm of might their only law.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. To their power — Literally, each according to…
6. To their power — Literally, each according to his arm.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6–12. Particular enumeration of Jerusalem’s sins
6–12. Particular enumeration of Jerusalem’s sins
6. The “princes” are those of the royal house.
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were … to their power] have been high-handed in thee, to shed. The meaning is not that they shed blood to the utmost of their power, but that they were arbitrary; their power, lit. arm, was the only law.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) Were in thee to their power.—The tense is…
(6) Were in thee to their power.—The tense is the same with that of the verbs in Eze_22:7, and both should be translated alike; the order of the words should also be changed: “The princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.” The rulers, who should have preserved order and administered justice, were foremost in deeds of violence. (See the instances of Manasseh, 2Ki_21:16, and of Jehoiakim, 2Ki_24:4.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Behold, the princes of Judah, etc. For the "bloodshed,"…
Behold, the princes of Judah, etc. For the "bloodshed," which was conspicuous among the sins, comp. Eze_9:9 Eze_16:38 Eze_23:37, Eze_23:45; and for special instances of that sin among its princes, those of Manasseh (2Ki_21:16) and Jehoiakim. (2Ki_24:4) To their power; Hebrew, each man according to his arm, i.e. his strength. There was no restraint upon the doer of evil other than the limitation of his capacity.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Yahweh speaking about the ruler of Israel in Jerusalem.
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Behold
"Look" or "Listen" or "Pay attention to what I am about to tell you"
each one by his own power, have come
"have each used their authority to come to you."
come to you ... in your midst
"come to your city ... within your city." The words "you" and "your" refer to Jerusalem.
to pour out blood
This speaks of murdering people as pouring out blood. AT: "to murder people" (See: Metaphor)
They have dishonored fathers and mothers within you
"The people of Jerusalem have dishonored their fathers and mothers." The word "they" refers to the people in Jerusalem.
performed oppression
"oppressed"
they eat on the mountains
Here "the mountains" refer to the altars on the mountains that are dedicated to idols. They men eat meat that has been sacrificed to the idols in order to be have the blessing of false gods. AT: "they eat the meat that has been sacrificed to idols" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
perform wickedness in your midst
"do evil things among you"
translationWords
rule
Israel
power
dishonor
oppress
alien
holy
profane
Sabbath
slander
evil
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:6-12 These charges against the people of Judah and…
22:6-12 These charges against the people of Judah and their leaders were all drawn from God’s law, especially from Lev 18–20; 25:1-55. Israel’s many sins represented a wider failure to honor and trust the Lord and his commands. Such unfaithfulness to their covenant with the Lord could have only one result: The people of Israel would experience the covenant curses (Deut 8:19-20; 28:15-68).
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