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Ezekiel 22:15
15I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will destroy your filthiness.
Ezekiel 22:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
- New International Version (NIV)I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an end to your uncleanness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and remove your filthiness completely from you.
Context of Ezekiel 22:15
13“Behold, therefore, I strike My hands [together] at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you. 14Can 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. I 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.” ’ ” 17And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Read all of Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 22:15 word by word
וַהֲפִיצוֹתִ֤י אוֹתָךְ֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם וְזֵרִיתִ֖יךְ בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹת וַהֲתִמֹּתִ֥י טֻמְאָתֵ֖ךְ מִמֵּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:15
- Ezekiel 5:12One third of you will die of virulent disease or be consumed by famine among you; one third will fall by the sword around you; and one third I will scatter to all the winds, and I will unsheathe a sword behind them.
- Ezekiel 12:14I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them.
- Ezekiel 34:6My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the face of the earth and no one searched or sought them.” ’ ”
- Ezekiel 36:19Also I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the countries. I judged and punished them in accordance with their conduct and their [idolatrous] behavior.
- Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations and draw out the sword [of your enemies] after you; your land will become desolate and your cities will become ruins.
- Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter and disperse you among the peoples (pagan nations), and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.
- Deuteronomy 28:25“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will go out against them one way, but flee before them seven ways, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth [when they see your destruction].
- Nehemiah 1:8Please remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful and violate your obligations to Me I will scatter you [abroad] among the peoples;
- Jeremiah 15:4I will make them an object of horror to all nations of the earth because of Manasseh [the despicable] son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for the [evil and detestable] things which he did in Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 7:14“but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after they had gone, so that no one passed through or returned, for they [by their sins] had made the pleasant land desolate and deserted.”
- Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross (metallic waste) to Me. All of them are (useless) bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
- Ezekiel 20:38And I will separate from you the rebels and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the land where they temporarily live, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Thus you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 23:47And the horde will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and their daughters and burn down their houses with fire.
- Ezekiel 24:6‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Woe (judgment is coming) to the bloody city, To the pot in which there is rust And whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece by piece, Without making any choice.
- Isaiah 1:25And I will turn My hand against you, And will [thoroughly] purge away your dross as with lye And remove all your tin (impurity).
- Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will listen and answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:15
- 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. 1515. consume thy filthiness out of thee--the object of God in scattering the Jews.Read the comment
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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
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