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Ezekiel 22:6

See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.

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ASV

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

KJV

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִנֵּה֙hi.Nehhere!H2009 →
נְשִׂיאֵ֣יne.si.'Ei[the] princes ofH5387 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אִ֥ישׁ'isheachH376 →
לִזְרֹע֖וֹliz.ro.'Oto strength hisH2220 →
הָ֣יוּHa.yuthey have beenH1961 →
בָ֑ךְVakhin you
לְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anso asH4616 →
שְׁפָךְ־she.fokh-to shedH8210 →
דָּֽם׃DambloodH1818 →

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Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.Ezekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.2 Chronicles 36:14Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.Ezekiel 33:25Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?Jeremiah 3:5Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”Nehemiah 9:34Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.Micah 3:1–3Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?Jeremiah 32:32because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.Micah 3:9–11Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,Jeremiah 2:26–27As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophetsMicah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.Zechariah 3:3Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.Daniel 9:8O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.Jeremiah 26:10When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.Job 31:39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,

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