Ezekiel 11:6

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 11:6 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
Ezekiel 11:6 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 11

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
6Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, &c.] Had killed many of the prophets of the Lord that had been sent unto them, and had shed much innocent blood; and not only had unjustly condemned many to die, and had put them to death without a cause; but also the death of all those that were slain while the city was besieging, and when it was taken, were owing to their advice and counsel, in encouraging them to hold out, and not deliver up the city; fancying they should be able to defend it, contrary to the declarations of the Lord by the prophet; wherefore their death is laid to such advisers, and they are called their slain: and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain; such numbers…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“your slain--those on whom you have brought ruin by your wicked counsels. Bloody crimes within the city brought on it a bloody foe from without (Eze 7:23-24). They had made it a caldron in which to boil the flesh of God's people (Mic 3:1-3), and eat it by unrighteous oppression; therefore God will make it a caldron in a different sense, one not wherein they may be safe in their guilt, but "out of the midst of" which they shall be "brought forth" (Jer 34:4-5).”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Ye - Many murders have you committed yourselves, and you are accountable to God for all those whom the Chaldeans have slain, seeing you persuaded them, thus obstinately to stand out. Ezekiel 11:7”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Eze 7:23, Eze 9:9, Eze 22:2-6, Eze 22:9, Eze 22:12, Eze 22:27, Eze 24:6-9; Kg2 21:16; Isa 1:15; Jer 2:30, Jer 2:34; Jer 7:6, Jer 7:9; Lam 4:13; Hos 4:2, Hos 4:3; Mic 3:2, Mic 3:3, Mic 3:10, Mic 7:2; Zep 3:3; Mat 23:35 Ezekiel 11:7”
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