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Ezekiel 22:1 (show verse)
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 22:2 (show verse)
"You, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.
Ezekiel 22:3 (show verse)
You shall say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her.
Ezekiel 22:4 (show verse)
You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and have come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
Ezekiel 22:5 (show verse)
Those who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, you infamous one and full of tumult.
Ezekiel 22:6 (show verse)
"'"Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
Ezekiel 22:7 (show verse)
In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Ezekiel 22:8 (show verse)
You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
Ezekiel 22:9 (show verse)
Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood; and in you they have eaten on the mountains: in the midst of you they have committed lewdness.
Ezekiel 22:10 (show verse)
In you have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.
Ezekiel 22:11 (show verse)
One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
Ezekiel 22:12 (show verse)
In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,' says the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 22:13 (show verse)
"'"Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.
Ezekiel 22:14 (show verse)
Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken it, and will do it.
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 consume your filthiness out of you.
Ezekiel 22:16 (show verse)
You shall be profaned in yourself, in the sight of the nations; and you shall know that I am the LORD."'"
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 22:17 (show verse)
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 to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of 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 into the midst of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 22:20 (show verse)
As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay 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)
Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst.
Ezekiel 22:22 (show verse)
As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so you will be melted in its midst; and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my wrath on you.'"
Ezekiel 22:23 (show verse)
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 22:24 (show verse)
"Son of man, tell her, 'You are a land that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the day of indignation.'
No Themes for this verse.
Ezekiel 22:25 (show verse)
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in its midst.
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 and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden 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 officials in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
Ezekiel 22:28 (show verse)
Her prophets have plastered for them with whitewash, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD has not spoken.
Ezekiel 22:29 (show verse)
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.
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 sought for a man among them, who should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
Ezekiel 22:31 (show verse)
Therefore have I poured out my indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought on their heads, says the Lord GOD."