Commentary on
Ezekiel 22:17-31

22:17  And the word of Yehuveh came unto me, saying,
22:18  Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
22:19  Therefore thus saith Yehuveh Elohim; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
22:20  As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
22:21  Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
22:22  As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I Yehuveh have poured out my fury upon you.
22:23  And the word of Yehuveh came unto me, saying,
22:24  Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
22:25  There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
22:26  Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
22:27  Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
22:28  And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith Yehuveh Elohim, when Yehuveh hath not spoken.
22:29  The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
22:30  And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
22:31  Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith Yehuveh Elohim.

Commentary on 22:17-31
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Commentary on 22:22 [16 September 2007]: Regarding the expression “shall know that I am Yehuveh” see notes on Ezekiel 6:10.


Gael Bataman
Originally Written:            
16 September 2007
Latest Update:                   16 September 2007


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