12<\/strong>. taken gifts<\/em> ] i.e. bribes, said of judges, Exo 23:8<\/span>; Isa 1:23<\/span>; Mic 3:11<\/span> Cf. ch. Eze 18:13<\/span>, Eze 23:35<\/span>.<\/p>\n by extortion<\/em> ] oppression<\/strong>, or violence, as Eze 22:7<\/em><\/span>. The vices here enumerated follow one another without any strict connexion. 1. The despotic conduct of the princes, whose power is their god (Hab 1:11<\/span>), Eze 22:6<\/em><\/span>. 2<\/span>. Irreverence to parents, and want of compassion for the unprotected and helpless, Eze 22:7<\/em><\/span>. 3<\/span>. Irreligion, Eze 22:8<\/em><\/span> ; Eze 9:4<\/em><\/span><\/em>. Immoralities and incest, Eze 22:10-11<\/em><\/span>. And finally, greed of gain that overreaches and oppresses, Eze 22:12<\/em><\/span>. The picture is dark enough, and is unmistakeably that of a people whose decline is incurable, and its time at hand ( Eze 22:3<\/em><\/span>), cf. Jer 5:7<\/span>; Jer 6:13<\/span>; Jer 7:5-6<\/span>; Jer 22:3<\/span>; Hos 7:7<\/span>; Mic 6:10<\/span>.<\/p>\n Judges, who should have saved, have sold the life of innocents; they who sat on Gods tribunal have acted the devil there, and murdered innocents, contrary to Exo 23:8<\/span>. <\/P> Taken usury:<\/B> see Eze 18:8<\/span>. Greedily gained of thy neighbours; with unsatiable thirst of gain torn to pieces and devoured thy neighbour: so hast thou been an oppressing extortioner where thou shouldst not have been a moderate usurer, and thus forgottest thy God. <\/P> <\/p>\n 12. forgotten me<\/B> (Deu 32:18<\/span>;Jer 2:32<\/span>; Jer 3:21<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood<\/strong>….. Innocent blood, as the Targum; judges upon the bench, whose office it is to take the part of the innocent, and clear him from unjust charges; and protect him from the violence of wicked and unreasonable men; that lay things to his charge, which, if true, would require blood; and yet men in such offices took bribes to bring in the innocent guilty, and pass sentence of death on him; which is a most shocking iniquity indeed: to take bribes in pecuniary matters is very wicked; but to do it in cases which affect life is most dreadfully cruel: or if it is to be understood of such persons who take bribes to bear false witness against a man, to the taking away of his life, it is a very heinous and detestable sin; for, as for a set of jurymen bribed to bring in a wrong verdict, which would be equally a most enormous crime; such a custom to try causes to be determined by a jury did not obtain among the Jews:<\/p>\n thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion<\/strong>; not content with moderate usury, and increase, and even that were forbid the Jews among themselves; so greedy were they of gain at any rate, that they extorted it of their neighbours, in the most violent and oppressive manner. Kimchi, by her “friends or neighbours”, understands the Assyrians and Egyptians; to whom she gave gifts, extorted by oppression from her own people, to get help of them:<\/p>\n and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord<\/strong>; to seek for help from me; or they had forgotten his law, which forbids the above sins; they had forgotten the instructions, cautions, and directions he had given them. The Targum is,<\/p>\n “and hast forsook my worship;”<\/p>\n forgetfulness of God is the cause of all sin.<\/p>\n 12<\/strong>. <\/strong> Taken gifts <\/strong> Bribes (Exo 23:8<\/span>; Isa 1:23<\/span>; Mic 3:11<\/span>). <\/p>\n Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors <\/strong> In ancient Babylon the money lenders received twenty-five per cent a month from their victims. Assyriologists have noticed that some of these money lenders had Hebrew names, so that these words of Ezekiel may have been a severe blow to the “elders” in his congregation as to many in the modern Church.<\/p>\n “In you have they taken bribes to shed blood, you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbours by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.”<\/p>\n In Jerusalem the love of money has made men forget God, a common problem through the ages. Here men take bribes so as to bring about another’s death (compare Exo 23:8<\/span>; Isa 1:23<\/span>; Amo 5:12<\/span>; Mic 3:11<\/span>), they take high interest from the poor, they take a high percentage of what the poor earn to cover their own loans, they oppress others so as to gain from them (Exo 22:21-24<\/span>; Exo 23:9<\/span>; Lev 19:33<\/span>; Deu 24:17<\/span>), and all because they have forgotten God. We must all remember that the way we live ever demonstrates whether we remember God or not.<\/p>\n They would, of course, have protested that they had not forgotten God. That the daily sacrifices were still offered, that they still gave some recognition to the God of Israel. But God’s point was that they had not remembered Him as He was, a holy and righteous God. The Yahweh they ‘worshipped’ was but a pale, undemanding shadow of what He really was. And that applied to Ezekiel’s listeners as well.<\/p>\n Eze 22:12<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Greedily gained of<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> Made a gain of.<\/em> <\/p>\n Eze 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.<\/p>\n Ver. 12. Thou hast taken usury and increase.<\/strong> ] Usura quasi propter usum rei,<\/em> saith one, and foenus quasi funus.<\/em> Such money to necessity, is like cold water to a hot ague, that for a time refresheth, but prolongeth the disease. It is like the timber worm, which is wonderfully soft to touch, but hath teeth so hard that it eateth the timber. See on Eze 18:13<\/span> . <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And hast greedily gained of thy neighbour.<\/strong> ] Sept., Thou has consummated the consummation of thy wickedness in oppression. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And hast forgotten me.<\/strong> ] All the forementioned evils are resolved into this as the root and origin of them. a<\/em> See the like, Rom 3:18<\/span> . <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Dei oblivio convehit omnem vitiorum catervam.<\/em> – Jerome.<\/p>\n taken gifts, &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Exo 23:8. Deu 16:19; Deu 27:25). <\/p>\n taken usury, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exo 22:25. Lev 26. Deu 23:19). App-92. Compare Eze 18:8. <\/p>\n hast forgotten Me. Reference to Pentateuch (Eze 32:18), <\/p>\n saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai Jehovah’s oracle. <\/p>\n taken gifts: Exo 23:7, Exo 23:8, Deu 16:19, Deu 27:25, Isa 1:23, Mic 7:2, Mic 7:3, Zep 3:3, Zep 3:4 <\/p>\n thou hast: Eze 18:8, Eze 18:13, Exo 22:25, Exo 22:26, Lev 25:35, Lev 25:36, Deu 23:19, Neh 5:1, Neh 5:7, Psa 15:5 <\/p>\n greedily: Pro 1:19, Isa 56:11, Mat 23:14, Mat 23:25, Luk 3:13, Luk 18:11, Luk 19:8, 1Co 5:11, 1Co 6:10, 1Ti 3:3, 1Ti 6:9, 1Ti 6:10, Jam 5:1-4, Jud 1:11 <\/p>\n and hast: Eze 23:35, Deu 32:18, Psa 106:21, Jer 2:32, Jer 3:21 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 18:21 – hating Lev 19:35 – in meteyard Lev 25:14 – General Job 31:39 – caused the owners thereof to lose their life Psa 26:10 – bribes Psa 58:2 – in heart Psa 94:21 – condemn Psa 103:6 – executeth Pro 17:23 – General Isa 3:5 – the people Jer 6:13 – For Jer 17:11 – he that Lam 5:16 – woe Eze 11:6 – General Eze 18:7 – hath not Eze 24:6 – Woe Hos 2:13 – forgat Amo 4:1 – which oppress Mic 2:2 – so Mic 3:11 – heads Zec 7:10 – oppress Rom 2:21 – dost thou steal Rev 18:24 – in her<\/p>\n Eze 22:12. It is bad enough to shed blood in anger or on the spur of the moment, but these men deliberately did so for the sake of bribes. Their greed for gain was so great that they violated the law against usury in order to obtain It. They also took advantage of the urgency of a mans condition to extort money from him.<\/p>\n Taking bribes to kill people, taking interest and making a profit at the expense of a fellow Israelite, and oppressing a neighbor for personal gain also took place there (cf. Exo 23:8; Deu 23:19-20; Deu 24:6; Deu 24:10-12; Deu 27:25). At the heart of all this, the Jerusalemites had forgotten about Yahweh. This was the root problem, and the Lord presented it as the last nail in Jerusalem’s coffin.<\/p>\n "Since God is at the center of all moral relations, all social and moral rights and proprieties are secure only when God is recognized in His sovereign rule." [Note: Feinberg, p. 127.] <\/span><\/p>\n In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. 12. taken gifts ] i.e. bribes, said of judges, Exo 23:8; Isa 1:23; Mic 3:11 Cf. ch. 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