Ezekiel 22:4

Ezekiel 22:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought your days near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.

Context of Ezekiel 22:4

2“As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her. 3You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: A city that sheds blood within her walls so that her time of judgment has come and who makes idols for herself so that she is defiled! You are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your judgment days near and have come to your years of punishment. Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. 5Those who are near and those far away from you will mock you, you infamous one full of turmoil. 6“‘Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood.

Ezekiel 22:4 word by word

בְּדָמֵ֨ךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁפַ֜כְתְּ אָשַׁ֗מְתְּ וּבְגִלּוּלַ֤יִךְ אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂית֙ טָמֵ֔את וַתַּקְרִ֣יבִי יָמַ֔יִךְ וַתָּב֖וֹא עַד־שְׁנוֹתָ֑יִךְ עַל־כֵּ֗ן נְתַתִּ֤יךְ חֶרְפָּה֙ לַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְקַלָּסָ֖ה לְכָל־הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou art become guiltyאָשַׁם'âsham 'âshêm · be guiltyH816
• in thy bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• that thou hast shedשָׁפַךְshâphak · to pour: killH8210
• and hast defiledטָמֵאţâmê' · to defileH2930
• thyself in thine idolsגִּלּוּלgillûl gillûl · idolH1544
• which thou hast madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• and thou hast caused thy daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• to draw nearקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• and art comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto thy yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• therefore have I madeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• thee a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• unto the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• and a mockingקַלָּסָהqallâsâh · derisionH7048
• to all countriesאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:4

• Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.
• 2 Kings 21:16Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another. This was in addition to his sin that he caused Judah to commit, so that they did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.
• Numbers 32:14And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your ancestors’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel.
• Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors’ sins!
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16by keeping us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are constantly filling up their sins to the limit, and wrath has overtaken them at last.
• Ezekiel 5:14“I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.
• Ezekiel 16:57before your wickedness was exposed? It was like the time you were scorned by the daughters of Aram and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines — those who treated you with contempt from every side.
• Ezekiel 31:18“‘Who then are you like in glory and greatness among Eden’s trees? You also will be brought down to the underworld to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his hordes. This is the declaration of the Lord God.’”
• Leviticus 26:32I also will devastate the land, so that your enemies who come to live there will be appalled by it.
• Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.
• Deuteronomy 29:24All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this intense outburst of anger?’
• 1 Kings 9:7I will cut off Israel from the land I gave them, and I will reject the temple I have sanctified for my name. Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
• 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the soil that I gave them, and this temple that I have sanctified for my name I will banish from my presence; I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
• Psalms 44:13You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
• Psalms 79:4We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
• Psalms 89:41All who pass by plunder him; he has become an object of ridicule to his neighbors.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thou art become guilty in thy blood - Thou art guilty of blood.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Thy 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Now God called Ezekiel to speak like a prosecutor in a court. He announced the charges against Jerusalem that would lead to its judgment. The people were guilty of sins against other people. They had shed innocent blood (see Genesis 9:5–6). They were also guilty of sins against God. They made idols, which God had forbidden (see Exodus 20:4–6). These two kinds of sin made the city unclean. They made Jerusalem guilty and deserving of judgment. The people…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. thy days--the shorter period, namely, that of the siege. thy years--the longer period of the captivity. The "days" and "years" express that she is ripe for punishment.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 22:4

• Idolatry
• Jerusalem

In the dictionaries

• Endure
• Furnace
• Gain
• Gap
• Raven
• Tale
• Mock; Mocker; Mocking

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