Ezekiel 22:12
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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.In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
In other translations
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.In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
Hebrew words
שֹׁחַדshochada bribeH7810לָקְחוּ־lakechu-they have takenH3947בָךְvakhin youלְמַעַןlema'anso asH4616שְׁפָךְ־shefokh-to shedH8210דָּםdambloodH1818נֶשֶׁךְneshekhinterestH5392וְתַרְבִּיתvetarbitand interestH8636לָקַחַתְּlakachatyou have takenH3947וַתְּבַצְּעִיvatevatze'iand you have made unjust gainH1214רֵעַיִךְre'ayikhneighbor yourH7453בַּעֹשֶׁקba'oshekby <the> oppressionH6233וְאֹתִיve'otiand <obj.> meH853שָׁכַחַתְּshakhachatyou have forgottenH7911נְאֻםne'um[the] utterance ofH5002אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִה׃yahwehYahwehH3069
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ezekiel 23:35Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”
- Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Micah 7:2-32 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.2 The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. 3 Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
- Deuteronomy 23:19Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
- Jeremiah 2:32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
- Ezekiel 18:8He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
- Psalm 106:21They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- Psalm 15:5He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Leviticus 25:35-3635 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. 36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.35 Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you. 36 Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
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