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In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.
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Forgetting God: The Root of Sin
Both commentators strongly agree that the specific sins listed—bribery, extortion, and murder—all stem from a single, foundational failure: the people had forgotten God. Matthew Henry states, "Unmindfulness of God was at the bottom of all this wickedness." This serves as a powerful reminder that a right relationship with God is the only true safeguard against moral and societal collapse.
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Ezekiel
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood . &c.] Innocent blood, as the Targum; judges upon the bench, whose office it …
Presbyterian
The prophet is to judge the bloody city, the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called because of her crimes.
The sins with which Jerusalem stan…
