"Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries."
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Verse Ezekiel 22:4. _THOU ART BECOME GUILTY IN THY BLOOD_] Thou art
guilty of blood....
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THY DAYS, - i. e., of judgment; “thy years,” i. e., of visitation
(compare Ezekiel 20:25, Ezekiel 20:39).
A REPROACH ... A MOCKING - Judah shall be like the Ammonites Ezekiel
21:28....
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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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DAYS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the
judgment inflicted in them.
COME EVEN UNTO. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate,
read "hast entered the time of"....
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The "blood" is not only that of her children sacrificed to the idols,
but judicial and other murders, cf. Ezekiel 22:6_; Ezekiel 22:9_. Cf.
Ezekiel 23:37; Ezekiel 24:6; Ezekiel 24:9.
_therefore have...
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THOU HAST CAUSED THY DAYS TO DRAW NEAR— "Thou hast advanced the time
of thy punishment, by heaping up the measure of thine iniquities."
Instead of _Thou art become guilty in thy blood,_ at the beginni...
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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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Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast
defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast
caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years:
th...
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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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THY DAYS... THY YEARS. — Viz., of judgment and visitation. The
Rabbinical commentators interpret the _days_ of the destruction of
Jerusalem, and the _years_ of the captivity in Babylon.
A MOCKING TO A...
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בְּ דָמֵ֨ךְ אֲשֶׁר ־שָׁפַ֜כְתְּ
אָשַׁ֗מְתְּ וּ בְ גִלּוּלַ֤יִךְ
אֲשֶׁר ־עָשִׂית֙ טָמֵ֔את וַ
תַּקְרִ֣יבִי יָמַ֔יִךְ
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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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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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THOU ART BECOME GUILTY IN THY BLOOD THAT THOU HAST SHED,.... Not only
she contracted guilt by the innocent blood she shed, but she was tried
and found guilty; her guilt was notorious, plain, and evide...
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Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast
defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast
caused thy days to draw near, and art come [even] unto thy years:
t...
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_Wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? Wilt thou plead_
for it? Or rather, _Wilt thou not judge?_ see note on Ezekiel 20:4.
The expression is doubled to awaken the prophet more fully, and...
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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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GUILTY IN THY BLOOD; greatly or deeply guilty. THOU HAS SHED, in
abundance, cruelly and perfidiously. DEFILED THY SELF; as a polluted
thing, loathsome to be seen or touched THINE IDOLS; dunghill gods....
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Ezekiel 22:4 guilty H816 (H8804) blood H1818 shed H8210 (H8804)
defiled H2930 (H8804) idols H1544 made H6213 (H8804) days H3117 near
H7126 (H8686) come H935 (H8799) years H8141 made H5414 (H8804)
repr...
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‘And you will say, “Thus says the Lord Yahweh, A city that sheds
blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that makes
idols against herself to defile her. You are become guilty in your
bl...
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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 Kings 9:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Chronicles 7:20; 2 Kings 21:16;
Daniel 9:16; Deuteronomy 28:37; Deuteronomy 29:24; Ezekiel 16:57;
Ezekiel 21:28;...
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Thy days — The days of thy sorrows, and punishment. Art come —
Thou art grown up to the eldest years in sin, beyond which thou art
not to go....