Ezekiel 45:9

Ezekiel 45:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Thus says the Lord God: Enough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease your evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Stop your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Quit robbing and cheating my people out of their land. Stop expelling them from their homes, says the Sovereign Lord.

Context of Ezekiel 45:9

7“The prince shall have a section on one side and the other of the holy district and the city’s property; and bordering on the holy district and the city’s property, extending westward on the west side and eastward on the east side, the length shall be side by side with one of the tribal portions, from the west border to the east border. 8The land shall be his possession in Israel; and My princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes.” ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Enough, O princes of Israel! Remove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness, and stop dispossessing My people,” says the Lord God. 10“You shall have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath. 11The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, so that the bath contains one-tenth of a homer, and the ephah one-tenth of a homer; their measure shall be according to the homer.

Ezekiel 45:9 word by word

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה רַב־לָכֶם֙ נְשִׂיאֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל חָמָ֤ס וָשֹׁד֙ הָסִ֔ירוּ וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה עֲשׂ֑וּ הָרִ֤ימוּ גְרֻשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙ מֵעַ֣ל עַמִּ֔י נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
• Let it sufficeרַבrab · manyH7227
• you, O princesנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• removeסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
• and spoilשֹׁדshôd shôd · violenceH7701
• and executeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• and justiceצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• take awayרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• your exactionsגְרוּשָׁהgerûshâh · evictionH1646
• from my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Ezekiel 45:9

• Ezekiel 44:6“Now say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “O house of Israel, let Us have no more of all your abominations.
• 1 Peter 4:3For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
• Nehemiah 5:10I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury!
• Psalms 82:2How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? Selah
• Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.
• Jeremiah 22:3Thus says the Lord: “Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
• Zechariah 8:16These are the things you shall do: Speak each man the truth to his neighbor; Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace;
• Luke 3:14Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?” So he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.”
• Ezekiel 43:14from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits; the width of the ledge, one cubit; from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits; and the width of the ledge, one cubit.
• Nehemiah 5:1And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren.
• 1 Corinthians 6:7Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?
• Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor, He has violently seized a house which he did not build.
• Job 22:9You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
• Job 24:2“Some remove landmarks; They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 45:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Take away your exactions from my people - This is the voice of God to all the rulers of the earth. Take away your exactions; do not oppress the people; they are mine. Abolish all oppressive taxes.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The princes are exhorted to execute judgment, and abstain from “exaction” (literally “ejection”) such as that of Naboth by Ahab 1 Kings 21:19.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9A clear sign of the Lord's rule was giving land to both the prince and the people. The prince received enough land to meet his needs and support the temple's ministry without oppressing or robbing the people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251. offer an oblation--from a Hebrew root to "heave" or "raise"; when anything was offered to God, the offerer raised the hand. The special territorial division for the tribes is given in the forty-seventh and forty-eighth chapters. Only Jehovah's portion is here subdivided into its three parts: (1) that for the sanctuary (Eze 45:2, 3); (2) that for the priests (Eze 45:4); (3) that for the Levites (Eze 45:5). Compare Eze 48:8-13. five and twenty thousand…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 45:9

• King
• Oppression
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• God
• Israel
• Exaction
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Justice
• Levitical Cities
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Ezekiel 45

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings