Ezekiel 22:12
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
שָׁפַךְ
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
רֵעַ
neighbor/ your
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רֵעַ
Friend, companion, neighbour. Rea. A friend loves at all times. True friendship is not circumstantial. It remains constant through every season.
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דָּם
blood
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דָּם
Blood. Dam. The life of a creature is in its blood. The blood of Jesus speaks mercy. It purchased our forgiveness and sealed the new covenant.
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מַעַן
so as
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מַעַן
properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
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שָׁכַח
you have forgotten
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שָׁכַח
to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
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לָקַח
they have taken
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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שַׁחַד
a bribe
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שַׁחַד
a donation (venal or redemptive)
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נֶשֶׁךְ
interest
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נֶשֶׁךְ
interest on a debt
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נְאֻם
the utterance of
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נְאֻם
an oracle
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יְהֹוִה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוִה
{YHWH}
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