By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out - bursting through every restraint.
And blood toucheth blood - literally, bloods. One act of bloodshed follows another without any interval between. Thus, presently after Shallum murdered Zachariah after a six months' reign, Menahem smote Shallum after reigning a full month: then he attacked Tirzah, and ripped up the women with child (2 Kings 15:8-16; 2 Kings 15:25; Micah 7:2).