New King James Version
Ezekiel 22:4
4You 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.
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 Living Translation (NLT)you are guilty because of the blood you have shed. You are defiled because of the idols you have made. Your day of destruction has come! You have reached the end of your years. I will make you an object of mockery throughout the world.
Context of Ezekiel 22:4
2“Now, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her abominations! 3Then say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “The city sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may come; and she makes idols within herself to defile herself. 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. 5Those near and those far from you will mock you as infamous and full of tumult. 6“Look, the princes of Israel: each one has used his power to shed blood in you.
Read all of Ezekiel 22Ezekiel 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“Now, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her abominations!
- 2 Kings 21:16Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
- Numbers 32:14And look! You have risen in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel.
- Matthew 23:32Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost.
- Ezekiel 5:14Moreover I will make you a waste and a reproach among the nations that are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
- Ezekiel 16:57before your wickedness was uncovered. It was like the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria and all those around her, and of the daughters of the Philistines, who despise you everywhere.
- Ezekiel 31:18‘To which of the trees in Eden will you then be likened in glory and greatness? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the depths of the earth; you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,’ says the Lord God.”
- Leviticus 26:32I will bring the land to desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
- Deuteronomy 28:37And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all nations where the Lord will drive you.
- Deuteronomy 29:24“All nations would say, ‘Why has the Lord done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?’
- 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight. Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house which I have sanctified for My name I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
- Psalms 44:13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
- Psalms 79:4We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and derision to those who are around us.
- Psalms 89:41All who pass by the way plunder him; He is a reproach 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
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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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