Ezekiel 22:9

22:9 Slanderous men shed blood within you. ¹  Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; ²  they commit obscene acts among you. ³ 

Ezekiel 22:12

22:12 They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; ⁴  you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, ⁵  declares the sovereign Lord. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 22:27

22:27 Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey – shedding blood and destroying lives – so they can get dishonest profit.

¹ tn Heb “men of slander are in you in order to shed blood.”

² tn Heb “and on the mountains they eat within you.” The mountains mentioned here were the site of pagan sacrifices. See 18:6.

³ sn This statement introduces vv. 10-11 and refers in general terms to the sexual sins described there. For the legal background of vv. 10-11, see Lev 18:7-20; 20:10-21; Deut 22:22-23, 30; 27:22.

⁴ tn Heb “usury and interest you take.” See 18:13, 17. This kind of economic exploitation violated the law given in Lev 25:36.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn The second person verb forms are feminine singular in Hebrew, indicating that the personified city is addressed here as representing its citizens.