Eze 22:9 | NETfull | STEP | Slanderous men shed blood within you. Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; they commit obscene acts among you.

Ezekiel 22:9

9 Slanderous men shed blood within you. ^{▼▼ Heb “men of slander are in you in order to shed blood.”} Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; ^{▼▼ Heb “and on the mountains they eat within you.” The mountains mentioned here were the site of pagan sacrifices. See 18:6.} they commit obscene acts among you. ^{▼▼ This statement introduces vv. 10–11 and refers in general terms to the sexual sins described there. For the legal background of vv. 10–11, see Lev 18:7–20; 20:10–21; Deut 22:22–23, 30; 27:22.}