Ezekiel 7:23
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
23 Forge the chain,(A)
for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed,
and the city is filled with violence.(B)
Ezekiel 22:2-6
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
2 ‘As for you, son of man, will you pass judgement? Will you pass judgement against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.(A) 3 You are to say, “This is what the Lord God says: A city that sheds blood(B) within her walls so that her time of judgement has come and who makes idols for herself so that she is defiled! 4 You are guilty of the blood you have shed,(C) and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your judgement[a] days near and have come to your years of punishment.[b] Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. 5 Those who are near and those far away from you will mock you, you infamous one full of turmoil.
6 ‘ “Look, every prince of Israel(D) within you has used his strength to shed blood.
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Ezekiel 22:9
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
9 There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood.(A) People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines;[a] they commit depraved acts within you.
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- 22:9 Lit the mountains
Ezekiel 22:12
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
12 People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood.(A) You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbours.(B) You have forgotten me.(C) This is the declaration of the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 22:27
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
27 ‘Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.
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