Ezekiel 22:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.

Sheddeth

Ezekiel 22:27

Ezekiel 24:6

Zephaniah 3:3

That her

2 Peter 2:3

And maketh

2 Kings 21:2

General references

Ezekiel 11:6

Bible References

Sheddeth

“Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,
the pot that has rust inside it,
and whose rust will not come off!
Empty it piece by piece;
lots should not be cast for its contents.

The princes within her are roaring lions;
her judges are wolves of the night,
which leave nothing for the morning.

That her

You are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your judgment days near and have come to your years of punishment. Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.

“Son of man, this is what the Lord God says to the land of Israel:

An end! The end has come
on the four corners of the land.

But I, Yahweh, will speak whatever message I will speak, and it will be done. It will no longer be delayed. For in your days, rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

And maketh

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

General references

You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with the dead.