Ezekiel 22:12
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
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Gill's Exposition
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood..... Innocent blood, as the Targum; judges upon the bench, whose office it is to take the part of the innocent, and clear him from unjust charges; and…
In these verses the prophet by a commission from Heaven sits as a judge upon the bench, and Jerusalem is made to hold up her hand as a prisoner at the bar; and, if prophets were set over other…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
taken gifts i.e. bribes, said of judges, Exo 23:8; Isa 1:23; Mic 3:11 Cf. ch. Eze 18:13; Eze 23:35.
by extortion oppression, or violence, as Eze 22:22. The vices here enumerated follow one another…
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