In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
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Gill's Exposition
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood,.... Innocent blood, as the Targum; such who go from house to house, as pedlars do, with their wares or spices, as the word (a) signifies; hence the…
Adam Clarke
In thee are men that carry tales - Witnesses that will swear any thing, even where life is concerned.
They eat upon the mountains - Sacrifice to idols, and celebrate their festivals.
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…
Cambridge Bible
Informers and false witnesses, Jer 9:3; Exo 23:1; Lev 19:16. Cf. ch. Eze 18:6; Eze 18:11.
commit lewdness This clause should probably introduce the vices in Eze 22:22. Idolatry is metaphorically…
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