"In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD."
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Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 23:1. Before the sharpened sword of justice and
retribution does its dreadful work, the Lord uncovers the guilt and
vileness of the city and lays bare the corruption of her proph...
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EZEKIEL 22. THE SINS OF THE CLASSES AND THE MASSES. The doom which has
just been described in such fiercely vivid terms contains only one
allusion to the sins which justified it (Ezekiel 21:23 f.). Th...
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TAKEN GIFTS, &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 16:19;
Deuteronomy 27:25).
TAKEN USURY, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:25.Leviticus 26;
Deuteronomy 23:19). App-92. Compare Ezekie...
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_taken gifts_ i.e. bribes, said of judges, Exodus 23:8; Isaiah 1:23;
Micah 3:11 Cf. ch. Ezekiel 18:13; Ezekiel 23:35.
_by extortion_ OPPRESSION, or violence, as Ezekiel 22:7. The vices
here enumerated...
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GREEDILY GAINED OF— _Made a gain of._...
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE DEFILEMENT OF ISRAEL
22:1-24:27
Chapter s 22-24 form the conclusion of a lengthy section of the Book
of Ezekiel which began back in chapter 12. In these Chapter s Ezekiel
has been...
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In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury
and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by
extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
AND HAST F...
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22:12 oppression, (b-23) Or 'exaction.' so ver. 29. overreached (c-19)
Or 'got dishonest gain from.' see ver. 27, 'dishonest gain.'...
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ANOTHER INDICTMENT OF JERUSALEM
The various religious and social evils that prevail in the city are
recited (Ezekiel 22:1). Their coming punishment is then predicted,
first in direct terms (Ezekiel 2...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 22
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God told Ezekiel to declare judgement against Jerusal...
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שֹׁ֥חַד לָֽקְחוּ ־בָ֖ךְ לְמַ֣עַן
שְׁפָךְ ־דָּ֑ם נֶ֧שֶׁךְ וְ תַרְבִּ֣ית
לָקַ֗חַתְּ וַ תְּבַצְּעִ֤י
רֵעַ֨יִךְ֙ בַּ
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FINAL ORACLES AGAINST JERUSALEM
Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 24:1
THE close of the first period of Ezekiel's work was marked by two
dramatic incidents, which made the day memorable both in the private
life...
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The next movement described the utter evil of the city. Its
fundamental sins of bloodshed and idolatry were named and denounced,
and the resultant evils were described. These consisted of the
oppressi...
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_Increase. Chap. xviii. 18. (Calmet) --- Me. "The remembrance of God
excludes all sins." (St. Jerome)_...
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The opening of this chapter, in the words of the Lord, is put into the
form of a question, not only of judging, but it seems as if the Lord
condescended to ask His servant, whether he had ought to say...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23.
Chapter 22 recapitulates the sin of Jerusalem, of her prophets, her
priests, and her princes. The eye of God sought for some one to stand
in the g...
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IN THEE HAVE THEY TAKEN GIFTS TO SHED BLOOD..... Innocent blood, as
the Targum; judges upon the bench, whose office it is to take the part
of the innocent, and clear him from unjust charges; and prote...
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In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and
increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by
extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Ver. 12. _Tho...
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_Behold, the princes of Israel_, &c. Probably the members of the great
sanhedrim, or the king's counsellors and chief officers, are here
intended; _every one in thee_ Not one to be found of a more mer...
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THE WEIGHT OF JERUSALEM'S GUILT...
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1-16 The prophet is to judge the bloody city; the city of bloods.
Jerusalem is so called, because of her crimes. The sins which
Jerusalem stands charged with, are exceeding sinful. Murder, idolatry,
d...
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Judges, who should have saved, have sold the life of innocents; they
who sat on God's tribunal have acted the devil there, and murdered
innocents, contrary to EXODUS 23:8. TAKEN USURY: see EZEKIEL 18:...
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Ezekiel 22:12 take H3947 (H8804) bribes H7810 shed H8210 (H8800) blood
H1818 take H3947 (H8804) usury H5392 increase H8636 profit H1214
(H8762) neighbors H7453 extortion H6233 forgotten H7911 (H8804)...
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“In you have they taken bribes to shed blood, you have taken usury
and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbours by
oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.”
In Jerus...
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CONTENTS: Sins of Israel enumerated. Parable of the dross in the
furnace. Sins of priests, prophets and people.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: Whatever God's wrath inflicts upon a people, it...
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Ezekiel 22:8. _Thou hast profaned my sabbaths,_ the sabbatical days
and years. This is repeated in Ezekiel 23:38, to show that the
desecration of holy things filled up the measure of Judah's sin:
Ezek...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:1 This chapter includes three distinct
but thematically related oracles. Each convicts Jerusalem of
practicing vile impurities that God refuses to tolerate. The first
descri...
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THE SINS OF JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL: THE GENERAL CORRUPTION OF PROPHETS,
PRIESTS, PRINCES, AND PEOPLE (Chap. 22)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—We have here another description of the sins of
Jerusalem and Israel; a...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 22:1, EZEKIEL 22:2
MOREOVER, etc. The word connects what follows with THE WORD OF THE
LORD which began in Ezekiel 20:2. That connection is, indeed,
sufficiently indicated by the re...
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Now, why would God do this? Chapter 22 he now tells us the things that
were happening and the sins for which God's judgment was coming.
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Now, thou s...
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1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 6:10; 1 Timothy 3:3; 1 Timothy 6:10;
1 Timothy 6:9; Deuteronomy 16:19; Deuteronomy 23:19; Deuteronomy
27:25; Deuteronomy 32:18;