Ezekiel 11:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

You have killed a great many in this city, and you have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
Douay-Rheims

הִרְבֵּיתֶ֥ם חַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם בָּעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וּמִלֵּאתֶ֥ם חוּצֹתֶ֖יהָ חָלָֽל׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

God declares that you have transformed the city into a place of desolation, populated by countless dead. Therefore, your aspirations will not come to pass, nor will your life’s conclusion be one of ease. Instead, you will soon fall into the hands of the adversaries you dreaded, becoming a target for their weapon.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Ezek 7:23Make a shutting up: for the land is full of the judgment of blood, and the city is full of iniquity.
Ezek 22:2And thou son of man, dost thou not judge, dost thou not judge the city of blood?
Ezek 22:6Behold the princes of Israel, every one hath employed his arm in thee to shed blood.
Isa 1:15And when you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away my eyes from you: and when you multiply prayer, I will not hear: for your hands are full of blood.
Ezek 22:9Slanderers have been in thee to shed blood, and they have eaten upon the mountains in thee, they have committed wickedness in the midst of thee.
Ezek 22:12They have taken gifts in thee to shed blood: thou hast taken usury and increase, and hast covetously oppressed thy neighbours: and thou hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
Ezek 22:27Her princes in the midst of her, are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood, and to destroy souls, and to run after gains through covetousness.
Jer 7:9To steal, to murder, to commit adultery, to swear falsely, to offer to Baalim, and to go after strange gods, which you know not.