Ezekiel 7:23

Ezekiel 7:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Prepare chains! For the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Forge a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Make a chain, For the land is filled with crimes of blood, And the city is full of violence.

Context of Ezekiel 7:23

21I will allow foreigners and wicked people to take those things from them. They will use those valuable things in a disgusting way. 22Those foreigners and robbers will go into my holy temple. They will cause it to become unclean. But I will look away and I will allow them to do that. Prepare chains to tie my people. The whole land is full of murder and violence. 24I will bring the most wicked people from other nations to attack. They will take the houses of my people and they will live in them. The strong men among my people will no longer boast. Enemies will spoil the holy places where my people worshipped. 25Terrible trouble is coming to my people! When they are afraid, they will look for peace. But they will not find it.

Ezekiel 7:23 word by word

עֲשֵׂ֖ה הָֽרַתּ֑וֹק כִּ֣י הָאָ֗רֶץ מָֽלְאָה֙ מִשְׁפַּ֣ט דָּמִ֔ים וְהָעִ֖יר מָלְאָ֥ה חָמָֽס׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• a chainרַתּוֹקrattôq · chainH7569
• for the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• is fullמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• of bloodyדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• crimesמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• and the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555

Cross-references for Ezekiel 7:23

• Ezekiel 19:3She taught one of her children to catch animals for food. As he grew, he started to eat people.
• Jeremiah 27:2The Lord said to me, ‘Use wood and leather to make a yoke. Tie the yoke around your neck.
• Jeremiah 40:1The Lord spoke to Jeremiah again after Captain Nebuzaradan let him go free at Ramah. Jeremiah was with all the other people of Jerusalem and Judah that Captain Nebuzaradan was taking to Babylon. He was taking them in chains, as his prisoners. But he removed the chains from Jeremiah in Ramah.
• Lamentations 3:7It is as if God has built high walls round me, and I cannot go out. My troubles are very bad. They hold me down like heavy chains.
• Nahum 3:10But the enemies of Thebes took its people away and they made them slaves. They cut their babies to pieces in every street. They played games with the great men from Thebes and they put them in iron chains.
• Ezekiel 9:9He answered me, ‘The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very great. They murder people everywhere in the land. In the city, nobody does what is right. They say, “The Lord has gone away from our land! The Lord does not see what we are doing!”
• Ezekiel 11:6You have killed many people in this city. The streets are full of the dead bodies of people that you have killed.”
• Ezekiel 22:3Say 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.
• 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.
• 2 Kings 24:4Manasseh had murdered people who had not done anything wrong. Their blood was in the streets of Jerusalem. The Lord would not agree to forgive Manasseh for his sins.
• Isaiah 1:15When you lift up your hands to pray to me, I have to look away. Even if you pray very many times to me, I do not listen to you, because your hands are full of blood.
• Isaiah 59:3Your hands are dirty with the blood of murder. They are dirty with all the bad things that you do. Your mouth tells lies, and it says wicked things about other people.
• Jeremiah 2:34You have been cruel to poor people for no reason. Your clothes have their blood on them! They had not robbed you, but you still killed them. You have done all these bad things, but still you say,
• Jeremiah 7:6Do not be cruel to foreigners who are living among you. Do not be cruel to widows, or to children who have no family. You must stop murdering people. You must stop worshipping other gods. If you live like that, it will destroy you.
• Jeremiah 22:17‘But you always want to cheat people, so that you can get more riches for yourself. You make plans to kill people who have not done anything wrong. You hurt people in cruel ways.’
• Hosea 4:2They curse people, they tell lies, they murder people, they rob people. They are guilty of adultery. They continue to kill more and more people.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Make a chain - Point out the captivity; show them that it shall come, and show them the reason: "Because the land is full of bloody crimes," etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Make a chain - Forge the chain, the chain of imprisonment determined for them.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-27Verses 23-27 Whoever break the bands of God's law, will find themselves bound and held by the chains of his judgments. Since they encouraged one another to sin, God would dishearten them. All must needs be in trouble, when God comes to judge them according to their deserts. May the Lord enable us to seek that good part which shall not be taken away.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-27Religious leaders (prophets and priests) and civil leaders (kings or princes) could not bring the peace the people wanted. Both the rich and the poor would be powerless when facing judgment. Without guidance or direction, the people would have no hope.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. chain--symbol of the captivity (compare Jr 27:2). As they enchained the land with violence, so shall they be chained themselves. It was customary to lead away captives in a row with a chain passed from the neck of one to the other. Therefore translate as the Hebrew requires, "the chain," namely, that usually employed on such occasions. Calvin explains it, that the Jews should be dragged, whether they would or no, before God's tribunal to be tried as…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 7:23

• Chains

In the dictionaries

• Counsel
• Devour
• Judge
• Living creatures
• Pour
• Bloody
• Crime; Crimes
• Jerusalem
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• 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