Ezekiel 22:11

11 1One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; 2another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; 3another in you violates his sister, his father's daughter.

Ezekiel 22:11 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 22:11

And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife,
&c.] The sin of adultery, which is an abominable sin; it is so to God, and it should be so to man: or, "a man hath committed" F3; some man of note, a great man; for this sin prevailed among the princes and nobles: or "everyone"; it being a general vice, which obtained among all ranks, high and low, rich and poor: and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law;
his wife's daughter, or his son's wife, contrary to ( Leviticus 18:15 Leviticus 18:17 ) : and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter:
his own sister, begotten of the same father, though it may be not born of the same mother; yet the relation is too near for marriage; and besides, it is a rape that is here intended; and the uncovering of the nakedness of a sister, whether by father or mother's side, whether born at home or abroad, is prohibited, ( Leviticus 18:9 ) , and some have thought that all these acts of uncleanness were committed in honour of their idols, and when they worshipped them on the mountains, ( Ezekiel 22:9 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F3 (hve-vyaw) "et vir fecit"; Cocceius.

Ezekiel 22:11 In-Context

9 There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.
10 In you men uncover their fathers' nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity.
11 One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father's daughter.
12 In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
13 "Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Leviticus 18:20; Jeremiah 5:8; [Ezekiel 18:6]
  • 2. Leviticus 18:15; Leviticus 20:12; [Amos 2:7]
  • 3. Leviticus 18:9; Leviticus 20:17
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