the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Ezekiel 22:13
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"‘Now look! I will slam my hand down and stop you! I will punish you for cheating and killing people.
"But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed.
"Behold, then, I strike with My hand your profit which you have made and the bloodshed which is among you.
"‘So, Jerusalem, I will shake my fist at you for stealing money and for murdering people.
"‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.
Look, therefore, I have smitten my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.
Behold, therefore I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
"Behold, therefore, I strike My hands [together] at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.
"Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.
Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.
Lo! Y haue smyte togidere myn hondis on thin aueryce, which thou didist, and on the blood which is sched out in the myddis of thee.
Behold, therefore, I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
I will shake my fist in anger at your violent crimes.
Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.
"‘Therefore, I am clapping my hands together because of your ill-gotten gains and the blood shed in you.
And behold, I have smitten mine hand at thine overreaching which thou hast done, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee.
Behold, therefore, I have smitten My hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Behold therefore, I haue smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gaine which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath bene in the midst of thee.
"I will bring My hand down hard upon the money you have made by your sinful ways, and for the blood of those you have killed among you.
See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest gain you have made, and at the blood that has been shed within you.
Beholde, therefore I haue smitten mine hands vpon thy couetousnesse, that thou hast vsed, and vpon the blood, which hath bene in the middes of thee.
Behold, therefore I will strike my hands together with anger because of the iniquity which you have done and because of the blood which has been shed in the midst of you.
Lo! therefore I have smitten my hand, At thine unjust gain which thou hast made - And over thy bloodshed, which they have caused in thy midst.
Behold, I have clapped my hands at thy covetousness, which thou hast exercised: and at the blood that hath been shed in the midst of thee.
"Behold, therefore, I strike my hands together at the dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been in the midst of you.
And if I shall smite my hand at thine iniquities which thou hast accomplished, which thou hast wrought, and at thy blood that has been shed in the midst of thee,
"I will bring my fist down on your robberies and murders.
“‘Now look, I clap my hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you.
Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.
Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
And look! I strike my hand for your ill-gotten gain that you have made and at your blood that was in the midst of you.
And behold! I have struck My hand against your unjust gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in your midst.
And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.
Beholde, I haue smytten my hondes vpo thy couetousnesse, that thou hast vsed, and vpon the bloude which hath bene shed in the.
"‘Now look! I've clapped my hands, calling everyone's attention to your rapacious greed and your bloody brutalities. Can you stick with it? Will you be able to keep at this once I start dealing with you? "‘I, God , have spoken. I'll put an end to this. I'll throw you to the four winds. I'll scatter you all over the world. I'll put a full stop to your filthy living. You will be defiled, spattered with your own mud in the eyes of the nations. And you'll recognize that I am God .'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, the people of Israel are slag to me, the useless byproduct of refined copper, tin, iron, and lead left at the smelter—a worthless slag heap. So tell them, ‘ God , the Master, has spoken: Because you've all become worthless slag, you're on notice: I'll assemble you in Jerusalem. As men gather silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into a furnace and blow fire on it to melt it down, so in my wrath I'll gather you and melt you down. I'll blow on you with the fire of my wrath to melt you down in the furnace. As silver is melted down, you'll be melted down. That should get through to you. Then you'll recognize that I, God , have let my wrath loose on you.'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, tell her, ‘You're a land that during the time I was angry with you got no rain, not so much as a spring shower. The leaders among you became desperate, like roaring, ravaging lions killing indiscriminately. They grabbed and looted, leaving widows in their wake. "‘Your priests violated my law and desecrated my holy things. They can't tell the difference between sacred and secular. They tell people there's no difference between right and wrong. They're contemptuous of my holy Sabbaths, profaning me by trying to pull me down to their level. Your politicians are like wolves prowling and killing and rapaciously taking whatever they want. Your preachers cover up for the politicians by pretending to have received visions and special revelations. They say, "This is what God , the Master, says..." when God hasn't said so much as one word. Extortion is rife, robbery is epidemic, the poor and needy are abused, outsiders are kicked around at will, with no access to justice.' "I looked for someone to stand up for me against all this, to repair the defenses of the city, to take a stand for me and stand in the gap to protect this land so I wouldn't have to destroy it. I couldn't find anyone. Not one. So I'll empty out my wrath on them, burn them to a crisp with my hot anger, serve them with the consequences of all they've done. Decree of God , the Master."
"Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.
"Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.
"Now behold, I have struck My hand at your greedy gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I have: Ezekiel 21:14, Ezekiel 21:17, Numbers 24:10
thy dishonest: Ezekiel 22:27, Proverbs 28:8, Isaiah 33:15, Jeremiah 5:26, Jeremiah 5:27, Jeremiah 7:9-11, Amos 2:6-8, Amos 3:10, Amos 8:4-6, Micah 2:1-3, Micah 6:10, Micah 6:11, 1 Thessalonians 4:6
and at: Ezekiel 22:2-4
Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:35 - in meteyard Leviticus 25:14 - General Deuteronomy 27:25 - General Joshua 7:24 - took Achan Job 31:39 - caused the owners thereof to lose their life Psalms 26:10 - bribes Proverbs 21:7 - robbery Isaiah 23:17 - and she shall Jeremiah 17:11 - he that Ezekiel 7:23 - for Ezekiel 18:7 - hath not Romans 2:21 - dost thou steal 1 Corinthians 6:10 - thieves
Cross-References
And Abraham toke the wood of the burnt offeryng, and layde it vpon Isahac his sonne: but he him selfe toke fire in his hande and a knyfe, and they went both of them together.
Then spake Isahac vnto Abraham his father, and sayd, my father. And he aunswered, here am I, my sonne. He sayde, see here is fyre and wood, but where is the beast for burnt sacrifice?
Abraham aunswered: My God wyll prouide a beast for burnt sacrifice: and so they went both together.
And when they came to ye place which God had shewed him, Abraham buylt an aulter there, and dressed the wood, and bound Isahac his sonne, and layde him on the aulter aboue vpo the wood.
And Abraham stretchyng foorth his hande, toke the knyfe to haue killed his sonne.
So turned Abraham againe vnto his young men: and they rose vp, and went together to Beer seba, and Abraham dwelt at Beer seba.
And after these thynges, one tolde Abraham, saying: beholde Milcha, she hath also borne chyldren vnto thy brother Nachor,
Yea and thyne eare shall heare the talking of him that doth speake behinde thee: This is the way, walke ye in it, turne not aside neither to the right hande, nor to the left.
There hath no temptation taken you, but such as foloweth the nature of man: But God is faythfull, which shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue your strength: but shall with the temptation make away that ye maye be able to beare it.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, therefore, I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made,.... As one amazed at it; or as filled with indignation against it; or as grieved and distressed at it; so Jarchi and Kimchi: or else as rejoicing at the punishment going to be inflicted on them for it. So the Septuagint renders it,
"I will bring my hand upon them;''
and the Targum,
"behold, I will bring my vengeance upon thee for the sins of mammon, c.
Jarchi and Kimchi observe from their Rabbins, that four and twenty sins are recited by Ezekiel but the final sentence of punishment is for rapine or dishonest gain, which is the greatest evil of all, 1 Timothy 6:10:
and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee; the innocent blood shed in the midst of her; not so much by thieves and cutthroats, as under a pretence of justice which was very abominable indeed; against which the Lord expresses just and strong resentment.