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Verse 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 _fe...
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Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 23:1. Before the sharpened sword of justice and
retribution does its dreadful work, the Lord uncovers the guilt and
vileness of the city and lays bare the corruption of her proph...
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EZEKIEL 22. THE SINS OF THE CLASSES AND THE MASSES. The doom which has
just been described in such fiercely vivid terms contains only one
allusion to the sins which justified it (Ezekiel 21:23 f.). Th...
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MEN. Hebrew, plural _of 'enesh._ App-14. Hebrew men of slander.
CARRY TALES, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:16). App-92.
EAT UPON THE MOUNTAINS: i.e. the idolatries practised on the
mount...
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Informers and false witnesses, Jeremiah 9:3; Exodus 23:1; Leviticus
19:16. Cf. ch. Ezekiel 18:6;...
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IN THEE ARE MEN THAT CARRY TALES, &C.— "Who beat false witness
against men in capital cases." Houbigant reads, _Thy men are
perfidious, that they may shed blood._ The reader, for the best
exposition o...
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE DEFILEMENT OF ISRAEL
22:1-24:27
Chapter s 22-24 form the conclusion of a lengthy section of the Book
of Ezekiel which began back in chapter 12. In these Chapter s Ezekiel
has been...
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In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat
upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
IN THEE ARE MEN THAT CARRY TO SHED BLOOD - informers, who by
mis...
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ANOTHER INDICTMENT OF JERUSALEM
The various religious and social evils that prevail in the city are
recited (Ezekiel 22:1). Their coming punishment is then predicted,
first in direct terms (Ezekiel 22...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 22
* God told Ezekiel to declare judgement against Jerusale...
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אַנְשֵׁ֥י רָכִ֛יל הָ֥יוּ בָ֖ךְ
לְמַ֣עַן שְׁפָךְ...
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FINAL ORACLES AGAINST JERUSALEM
Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 24:1
THE close of the first period of Ezekiel's work was marked by two
dramatic incidents, which made the day memorable both in the private
life...
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The next movement described the utter evil of the city. Its
fundamental sins of bloodshed and idolatry were named and denounced,
and the resultant evils were described. These consisted of the
oppressi...
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_Slanderers, hateful to all, Leviticus xix. 16., and Proverbs xi. 13.
--- Mountains. Chap. xviii. 6._...
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The opening of this chapter, in the words of the Lord, is put into the
form of a question, not only of judging, but it seems as if the Lord
condescended to ask His servant, whether he had ought to say...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23.
Chapter 22 recapitulates the sin of Jerusalem, of her prophets, her
priests, and her princes. The eye of God sought for some one to stand
in the ga...
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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 a signifies; hence the Syriac...
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In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat
upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
Ver. 9. _In thee are men that carry tales._] Heb., Men of slanders....
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_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 mer...
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THE WEIGHT OF JERUSALEM'S GUILT...
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In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood, slanderers, whose
object is to bring harm upon others, preferably death; AND IN THEE
THEY EAT UPON THE MOUNTAINS, some of her inhabitants having become...
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MEN THAT CARRY TALES:
_ Heb._ men of slanders...
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1-16 The prophet is to judge the bloody city; the city of bloods.
Jerusalem is so called, because of her crimes. The sins which
Jerusalem stands charged with, are exceeding sinful. Murder, idolatry,...
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Ezekiel 22:9 men H582 slander H7400 bloodshed H8210 (H8800) H1818 eat
H398 (H8804) mountains H2022 midst...
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“Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood, and in you they have
eaten on the mountains. In the midst of you they have committed
lewdness. In you they have discovered their fathers' nakedness, in...
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CONTENTS: Sins of Israel enumerated. Parable of the dross in the
furnace. Sins of priests, prophets and people.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: Whatever God's wrath inflicts upon a people, it...
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Ezekiel 22:8. _Thou hast profaned my sabbaths,_ the sabbatical days
and years. This is repeated in Ezekiel 23:38, to show that the
desecration of holy things filled up the measure of Judah's sin:
Ezek...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:1 This chapter includes three distinct
but thematically related oracles. Each convicts Jerusalem of
practicing vile impurities that God refuses to tolerate. The first
descri...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:6 IN YOU, that is, in Jerusalem, all the
sins on this long list occur. Every area of life is affected, for
these sins violate God’s laws for the protection of worship,
paren...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:9 To EAT ON THE MOUNTAINS (see Ezekiel
18:6, Ezekiel 18:15)
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THE SINS OF JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL: THE GENERAL CORRUPTION OF PROPHETS,
PRIESTS, PRINCES, AND PEOPLE (Chap. 22)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—We have here another description of the sins of
Jerusalem and Israel; a...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 22:1, EZEKIEL 22:2
MOREOVER, etc. The word connects what follows with THE WORD OF THE
LORD which began in Ezekiel
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Now, why would God do this? Chapter 22 he now tells us the things that
were happening and the sins for which God's judgment was coming.
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Now, thou so...
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1 Corinthians 10:18; 1 Kings 21:10; Acts 24:13; Acts 24:5; Acts
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Carry tales — Informers, or persons that for money, give in false
witness against the innocent. They eat — Offer sacrifice on the
mountains and feast there, in honour of their idols....