Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 22:15
15I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you among the countries; I will purge your uncleanness.
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“‘Now look, I clap my hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you. 14Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the days when I deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will act. I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you among the countries; I will purge your uncleanness. 16You will be profaned in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” 17The word of the Lord came to me:
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וַהֲפִיצוֹתִ֤י אוֹתָךְ֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם וְזֵרִיתִ֖יךְ בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹת וַהֲתִמֹּתִ֥י טֻמְאָתֵ֖ךְ מִמֵּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:15
- Ezekiel 5:12A third of your people will die by plague and be consumed by famine within you; a third will fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter a third to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
- Ezekiel 12:14I will also scatter all the attendants who surround him and all his troops to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
- Ezekiel 34:6My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or seeking for them.
- Ezekiel 36:19I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered among the countries. I judged them according to their conduct and actions.
- Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.
- Deuteronomy 4:27The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you.
- Deuteronomy 28:25The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Nehemiah 1:8Please remember what you commanded your servant Moses: “If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples.
- Jeremiah 15:4I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 7:14I scattered them with a windstorm over all the nations that had not known them, and the land was left desolate behind them, with no one coming or going. They turned a pleasant land into a desolation.”
- Ezekiel 22:18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become merely dross to me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are just dross from silver.
- Ezekiel 20:38I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against me. I will bring them out of the land where they live as foreign residents, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 23:47The assembly will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses.
- Ezekiel 24:6“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot that has corrosion inside it, and its corrosion has not come out of it! Empty it piece by piece; lots should not be cast for its contents.
- Isaiah 1:25I will turn my hand against you and will burn away your dross completely; I will remove all your impurities.
- Zechariah 13:9I will put this third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our 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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