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‘Son of man, you must warn the people in this city about their punishment. The people are murderers. They have done many disgusting things. Are you ready to tell them that? 3Say to them, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Because you murder people, you have caused your punishment to come. You make idols for yourselves, and that has made you unclean. Because you have murdered people and you have made disgusting idols, you are now guilty. This has brought the time of your punishment very near. Your years of power have come to an end. I will cause the people of other nations to laugh at you. They will all insult you. 5The people of countries that are near to you will laugh at you. Those who live far away will also laugh at you. You will no longer receive any honour because your city is full of trouble. 6Each ruler of Israel that lives in you, Jerusalem, has been a murderer. Each one has used his power to kill people.

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‘Son of man, you must warn the people in this city about their punishment. The people are murderers. They have done many disgusting things. Are you ready to tell them that?
• 2 Kings 21:16Also, Manasseh murdered many people who had not done anything wrong. Their blood was in all the streets of Jerusalem! He caused the people in Judah to do bad things too. He caused them to do things that the Lord said were evil.
• Numbers 32:14Moses continued to say, ‘Now you are turning against God, as your fathers did. You are as bad as them! You will cause the Lord to be even more angry with the Israelites.
• Matthew 23:32Now you must finish the work that your ancestors began to do!
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16because they try to stop us speaking to Gentiles. They do not want God to save anyone from another nation. In this way, they continue to do more and more bad things. When their sins become too many, God has to stop them. He has become so angry that he has punished them completely.
• Ezekiel 5:14I will cause your city to become a heap of stones. People of the other nations around you will laugh at you when they see what has happened to you.
• Ezekiel 16:57But now everyone can see how wicked you are. So the other nations around you laugh at you. The people of Syria and Philistia and the nations near to them all insult you.
• Ezekiel 31:18Yes, Egypt is very strong, like the great trees of Eden. You are as great and powerful as any nation. But you will fall to the ground and go into your grave. It happened to Assyria and the other nations, and it will happen to you. You will lie under the ground among people who do not belong to me and who have died in war. This is a picture of what will happen to Pharaoh and all his people. That is what the Almighty Lord says.” ’
• Leviticus 26:32God will destroy the land. He will cause the enemies who live in your land to hate it.
• Deuteronomy 28:37The Lord will send you away to live among foreign people. When they see what has happened to you, they will all see that it is terrible. They will tell stories about you and they will laugh at you.
• Deuteronomy 29:24The people of all other nations who see this will ask, ‘Why has the Lord destroyed this land? Why was he so angry with the people who lived there?’
• 1 Kings 9:7Then I will remove the Israelite people from the land that I have given to them. I will turn away from this temple that I have made a special place for people to worship me. People from all the other nations will insult the Israelites and they will laugh at them.
• 2 Chronicles 7:20I will remove the people from the land that I have given to them. I will turn away from this temple that I have made a special place for my people to worship me. People from all the other nations will insult them and they will laugh at them.
• Psalms 44:13The people who live in countries near us do not respect us. They laugh at us and they insult us.
• Psalms 79:4The nations that live near to us do not respect us. They laugh at us and they insult us.
• Psalms 89:41Every stranger robs him of his things. His neighbours laugh at him.

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