New American Standard Bible 2020
Ezekiel 22:2
2“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then inform her of all her abominations.
Ezekiel 22:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
- New International Version (NIV)“Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices
- English Standard Version (ESV)"And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominations.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Now, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her abominations!
Context of Ezekiel 22:2
1Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then inform her of all her abominations. 3And you shall say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time is coming; and a city that makes idols, contrary to her own good, for defilement! 4You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and you have become defiled by your idols which you have made. So you have brought your days closer and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a disgrace to the nations, and an object of mocking to all the lands.
Read all of Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 22:2 word by word
וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֔ם הֲתִשְׁפֹּ֥ט הֲתִשְׁפֹּ֖ט אֶת־עִ֣יר הַדָּמִ֑ים וְה֣וֹדַעְתָּ֔הּ אֵ֖ת כָּל־תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 22:2
- Ezekiel 20:4Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Make known to them the abominations of their fathers;
- Ezekiel 23:36Moreover, the Lord said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
- Ezekiel 23:45But they, righteous people, will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.
- Ezekiel 24:6‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Woe 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 after piece, Without making a choice.
- 2 Kings 21:16Furthermore, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin into which he misled Judah, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
- 2 Kings 24:3It indeed came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them from His sight due to the sins of Manasseh, in accordance with everything that he had done,
- Jeremiah 2:30“In vain I have struck your sons; They did not accept discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
- Hosea 4:2There is oath-taking, denial, murder, stealing, and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.
- Nahum 3:1Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey does not leave.
- Matthew 23:35so that upon you will fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- Matthew 27:25And all the people replied, “His blood shall be on us and on our children!”
- Luke 11:50so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,
- Acts 7:52Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, and you have now become betrayers and murderers of Him;
- Ezekiel 16:2“Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations,
- Isaiah 58:1“Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their wrongdoing, And to the house of Jacob their sins.
- 1 Timothy 5:20Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 22:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Wilt thou judge the bloody city - Pronounce the sentence of death against the murderers. Show her all her abominations - And a most revolting and dreadful catalogue of these is in consequence exhibited.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. 1-31Repetition of the charges in the twentieth chapter; only that there they were stated in an historical review of the past and present; here the present sins of the nation exclusively are brought forward. 2. See Eze 20:4; that is, "Wilt thou not judge?" &c. (compare Eze 23:36). the bloody city--literally, "the city of bloods"; so called on account of murders perpetrated in her, and sacrifices of children to Molech (Eze 22:3, 4, 6, 9; 24:6, 9).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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