Ezekiel 24:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Her blood, innocent blood which she hath shed, is in the midst of her; openly and publicly, without fear, or shame, or reluctance. Set it upon the top of a rock, where it might be long seen, cared not to hide her murders, as the next words clear it. Poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust: with cruelty and inhumanity they did murder, for when the law directed that the blood of beast or fowl killed should be poured on the earth, and covered with dust, Leviticus 17:13, these butchers of innocent ones leave their blood uncovered, whether in a boasting manner, or for terror, I will not say, but this aggravates the sin.

Ezekiel 24:7

7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;