Ezekiel 22 - Introduction

New indictment of Jerusalem

The passage has three divisions:

First, Ezekiel 22:1. The sins of Jerusalem, especially her two crying ones, idolatry and bloodshed (Ezekiel 22:1); along with the dark catalogue of other offences (Ezekiel 22:6).

Secondly, Ezekiel 22:13. Necessity and certainty of her judgment, which is stated first directly (Ezekiel 22:13), and secondly under the figure of a smelting furnace (Ezekiel 22:17).

Thirdly, Ezekiel 22:23. Renewal of the indictment against all classes of the nation, from the prince to the people of the land.