Ezekiel 22:14

Ezekiel 22:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.
• New International Version (NIV)Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Can your courage endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and will do it.

Context of Ezekiel 22:14

12In 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. 13“Behold, therefore, I strike My hands [together] at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you. 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. 15I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will destroy your filthiness. 16You will defile yourself in the sight of the [Gentile] nations, and you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.” ’ ”

Ezekiel 22:14 word by word

הֲיַעֲמֹ֤ד לִבֵּךְ֙ אִם־תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה יָדַ֔יִךְ לַיָּמִ֕ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י עֹשֶׂ֣ה אוֹתָ֑ךְ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי וְעָשִֽׂיתִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Can thine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• endureעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• or can thine handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• be strongחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• in the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that I shall dealעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• with thee? I the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• have spokenדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:14

• Ezekiel 21:7And when they say to you, ‘Why do you sigh and groan?’ you shall answer, ‘Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt and all hands will be frail, and every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,’ says the Lord God.”
• Ezekiel 28:9Will you still say, “I am a god,” In the presence of him who kills you? But you are [only] a man [made of earth] and not God, In the hands of those who wound and profane you.
• Job 40:9Have you an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His?
• Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are men and not God, And their horses are flesh and not spirit; And the Lord will stretch out His hand, And he (Egypt) who helps will stumble, And he (Judah) who is helped will fall, And all of them will perish together.
• Isaiah 45:9“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker— A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]! Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?
• Jeremiah 13:21What will you say [O Jerusalem] when the Lord appoints [foreign nations to rule] over you— Those former friends and allies whom you have encouraged [to be your companions]— Will not pain seize you Like [that of] a woman in childbirth?
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Do we [really] provoke the Lord to jealousy [when we eat food sacrificed to handmade “gods” at pagan feasts]? Are we [spiritually] stronger than He? [Certainly not! He knows that the idols are nothing. But we deeply offend Him.]
• Hebrews 10:31It is a fearful and terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God [incurring His judgment and wrath].
• Ezekiel 5:13‘Thus My anger will come to an end and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be appeased; then they will know [without any doubt] that I the Lord have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath on them.
• Ezekiel 17:24All the trees of the field will know that I the Lord bring down the tall tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will fulfill it.”
• Ezekiel 24:14I the Lord have spoken; it is coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not have compassion and I will not be sorry; in accordance with your ways and in accordance with your deeds I will judge and punish you,” says the Lord God.’ ”
• 1 Samuel 15:29Also the Splendor and Glory and Eminence of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind.”
• Mark 13:31Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:14

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-16God first showed his anger with the image of clapping his hands. This action expressed strong displeasure. Then he announced that he would pour out judgment. The first judgment was exile. God would scatter the people of Judah among other nations. Through this scattering, God would remove their wickedness and cleanse them from sin.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. (Eze 21:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 22:14

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Endure
• Furnace
• Gain
• Gap
• Raven
• Tale
• Day

Commentaries on Ezekiel 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings