Thematic Bible
Ezekiel 22:1 (show verse)
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 22:2 (show verse)
“And you, son of man [Ezekiel], will you judge, will you judge the city of bloodshed? Then make her recognize all her repulsive acts.
Ezekiel 22:3 (show verse)
You shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time [of doom] will come, and makes idols to defile her, contrary to her interest!
Ezekiel 22:4 (show verse)
You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols which you have made. Thus you have caused your day [of judgment and punishment] to approach and have arrived at [the completion of] your years; therefore, I have made you an object of scorn to the [pagan] nations and a thing to be mocked by all countries.
Ezekiel 22:5 (show verse)
Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you [infamous one] of ill repute, full of turmoil.
Ezekiel 22:6 (show verse)
“Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been intending to shed blood in you.
Ezekiel 22:7 (show verse)
In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Ezekiel 22:8 (show verse)
You have despised and scorned My sacred things and have profaned My Sabbaths.
Ezekiel 22:9 (show verse)
In you are men who slander for the purpose of shedding blood, and in your presence they have eaten [food offered to idols] at the mountain shrines; in your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.
Ezekiel 22:10 (show verse)
In you men have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness [the nakedness of mother or stepmother]; in you they have violated women who are [set apart as ceremonially] unclean during their menstrual impurity [or after childbirth].
Ezekiel 22:11 (show verse)
In you one has committed a shameful act with his neighbor’s wife, another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law, and another has violated his sister, his father’s daughter.
Ezekiel 22:12 (show verse)
In you they have accepted bribes to shed blood; you have taken [forbidden] interest and [a percentage of] profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression and extortion, and you have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 22:13 (show verse)
“Behold, therefore, I strike My hands [together] at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.
Ezekiel 22:14 (show verse)
Can your heart (courage) endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and will act.
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 22:15 (show verse)
I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will destroy your filthiness.
Ezekiel 22:16 (show verse)
You will defile yourself in the sight of the [Gentile] nations, and you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”’”
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 22:17 (show verse)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 22:18 (show verse)
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross (metallic waste) to Me. All of them are (useless) bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
Brass » Characterized by » Fusibility
Dross » Figurative
Lead » Purified by fire
Lead » Lead foundry
Metals » Freed from dross by fire
Silver » Symbolical
Silver » Refining of
Silver » Illustrative » (dross of,) of the wicked
Wicked people » Compared with » Dross
Wicked people » Compared with » Bronze and iron
Wicked, the, are compared to » Dross
Wicked, the, are compared to » Brass and iron, &c
Dross » Figurative
Lead » Purified by fire
Lead » Lead foundry
Metals » Freed from dross by fire
Silver » Symbolical
Silver » Refining of
Silver » Illustrative » (dross of,) of the wicked
Wicked people » Compared with » Dross
Wicked people » Compared with » Bronze and iron
Wicked, the, are compared to » Dross
Wicked, the, are compared to » Brass and iron, &c
Ezekiel 22:19 (show verse)
Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you [O Israel] into the midst of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 22:20 (show verse)
As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath, and I will put you there and melt you.
Brass » Smelted
Brass » Characterized by » Fusibility
Fire » As a purifier
Furnace » For melting lead and tin
Iron » Described as » Fusible
Iron » First recorded use of » Melted
Lead » Purified by fire
Lead » Lead foundry
Metals » Freed from dross by fire
The poor » The wicked » Vex
Silver » Refining of
Silver » Described as » Fusible
Brass » Characterized by » Fusibility
Fire » As a purifier
Furnace » For melting lead and tin
Iron » Described as » Fusible
Iron » First recorded use of » Melted
Lead » Purified by fire
Lead » Lead foundry
Metals » Freed from dross by fire
The poor » The wicked » Vex
Silver » Refining of
Silver » Described as » Fusible
Ezekiel 22:21 (show verse)
I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it.
Ezekiel 22:22 (show verse)
As silver is melted in the furnace, so will you be melted in the midst of it; and you will know [without any doubt] that I the Lord have poured out My wrath on you [O Israel].’”
Ezekiel 22:23 (show verse)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 22:24 (show verse)
“Son of man, say to her, ‘You [Israel] are a land that is not pronounced clean or rained on in the day of indignation.’
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 22:25 (show verse)
There is a conspiracy of her [false] prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured [human] life; they have taken [in their greed] treasure and precious things; they have made many widows among her.
Ezekiel 22:26 (show verse)
Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy (sacred) and the profane (secular), they have not taught [people] the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Jerusalem » Catalogue of abominations in
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
Priest » Miscellaneous facts concerning » Corrupt
priests » Corrupt
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
The sabbath » The wicked » Hide their eyes from
Separation » Pharisaic separation condemned » Of the clean and unclean things in their use
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Priests, corrupt
Leaders » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
Priest » Miscellaneous facts concerning » Corrupt
priests » Corrupt
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
The sabbath » The wicked » Hide their eyes from
Separation » Pharisaic separation condemned » Of the clean and unclean things in their use
The wicked » Causes of failure in » Priests, corrupt
Ezekiel 22:27 (show verse)
Her princes within her are like wolves tearing and devouring the prey, shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.
Ezekiel 22:28 (show verse)
Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God’—when the Lord has not spoken.
Ezekiel 22:29 (show verse)
The people of the land have practiced oppression and extortion and have committed robbery; they have wronged the poor and needy and they have oppressed the stranger without justice.
Aliens » To be treated with justice
Aliens » Oppressed
Crime » Partial lists of
Jerusalem » Catalogue of abominations in
Oppression » Examples of
The poor » Punishment for » Oppressing
Strangers » Instances of oppression of
Strangers in israel » The jews condemned for oppressing
Theft » Brings the wrath of God upon those who commit it
Aliens » Oppressed
Crime » Partial lists of
Jerusalem » Catalogue of abominations in
Oppression » Examples of
The poor » Punishment for » Oppressing
Strangers » Instances of oppression of
Strangers in israel » The jews condemned for oppressing
Theft » Brings the wrath of God upon those who commit it
Ezekiel 22:30 (show verse)
I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for [the sake of] the land, that I would not destroy it, but I found no one [not even one].
Ezekiel 22:31 (show verse)
Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; I have repaid their way [by bringing it] upon their own heads,” says the Lord God.