What Does Ezekiel 22:9 Mean?

“In thee are men”

properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)

“that carry tales”

a scandal-monger (as travelling about)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“to shed”

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

“blood”

blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe

near, with or among; often in general, to

“upon the mountains”

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

“and in thee they eat”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“lewdness”

a plan, especially a bad one

“of thee they commit”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“in the midst”

a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center