6 " 'See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.
6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power
6 "Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
6 "'Your leaders, the princes of Israel among you, compete in crime.
6 "Look, the princes of Israel: each one has used his power to shed blood in you.
6 "Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 22:6
Commentary on Ezekiel 22:1-16
(Read Ezekiel 22:1-16)
The prophet is to judge the bloody city; the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called, because of her crimes. The sins which Jerusalem stands charged with, are exceeding sinful. Murder, idolatry, disobedience to parents, oppression and extortion, profanation of the sabbath and holy things, seventh commandment sins, lewdness and adultery. Unmindfulness of God was at the bottom of all this wickedness. Sinners provoke God because they forget him. Jerusalem has filled the measure of her sins. Those who give up themselves to be ruled by their lusts, will justly be given up to be portioned by them. Those who resolve to be their own masters, let them expect no other happiness than their own hands can furnish; and a miserable portion it will prove.