John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 22:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood, &c.] Innocent blood, as the Targum; such who go from house to house, as pedlars do, with their wares or spices, as the wordf333 signifies; hence the Syriac version renders it “merchants”; and carry tales and lies of innocent persons, and stir up others against them to wrath and revenge, and shed their blood; or that go to the courts of judicature, and there accuse innocent persons, and bear false witness against them, to the taking away of their lives. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it “thieves”: who commonly are murderers: and in thee they eat upon the mountains; that is, there were such in Jerusalem who used to go to the mountains where idols were worshipped, and eat the things that were sacrificed to them; or partook of the feast made to the honour of them. So the Targum, “in thee they served idols on the mountains:” in the midst of thee they commit lewdness; a general word for all manner of uncleanness, as adultery, fornication, incest, &c. of which some particulars follow.

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