Ezekiel 22:6

22:6 “‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood. ¹ 

Ezekiel 22:12-13

22:12 They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; ²  you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, ³  declares the sovereign Lord. ⁴ 

22:13 “‘See, I strike my hands together ⁵  at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed ⁶  they have done among you.

[22:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Look! The princes of Israel, each according to his arm, were in you in order to shed blood.”

[22:12]  ² tn Heb “usury and interest you take.” See 18:13, 17. This kind of economic exploitation violated the law given in Lev 25:36.

[22:12]  ³ sn Forgetting the Lord is also addressed in Deut 6:12; 8:11, 14; Jer 3:21; 13:25; Ezek 23:35; Hos 2:15; 8:14; 13:6.

[22:12]  ⁴ tn The second person verb forms are feminine singular in Hebrew, indicating that the personified city is addressed here as representing its citizens.

[22:13]  ⁵ sn This gesture apparently expresses mourning and/or anger (see 6:11; 21:14, 17).

[22:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “the blood which was in you.”