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 Living Translation (NLT)“Prepare chains for my people, for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes. Jerusalem is filled with violence.

Context of Ezekiel 7:23

21I will give it as plunder Into the hands of strangers, And to the wicked of the earth as spoil; And they shall defile it. 22I will turn My face from them, And they will defile My secret place; For robbers shall enter it and defile it. ‘Make a chain, For the land is filled with crimes of blood, And the city is full of violence. 24Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles, And they will possess their houses; I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And their holy places shall be defiled. 25Destruction comes; They will seek peace, but there shall be none.

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 brought up one of her cubs, And he became a young lion; He learned to catch prey, And he devoured men.
• Jeremiah 27:2“Thus says the Lord to me: ‘Make for yourselves bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck,
• Jeremiah 40:1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains among all who were carried away captive from Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon.
• Lamentations 3:7He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.
• Nahum 3:10Yet she was carried away, She went into captivity; Her young children also were dashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound in chains.
• Ezekiel 9:9Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’
• Ezekiel 11:6You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.”
• Ezekiel 22:3Then 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.
• 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.
• 2 Kings 24:4and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon.
• Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; Even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
• Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue has muttered perversity.
• Jeremiah 2:34Also on your skirts is found The blood of the lives of the poor innocents. I have not found it by secret search, But plainly on all these things.
• Jeremiah 7:6if you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt,
• Jeremiah 22:17“Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness, For shedding innocent blood, And practicing oppression and violence.”
• Hosea 4:2By swearing and lying, Killing and stealing and committing adultery, They break all restraint, With bloodshed upon bloodshed.

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

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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