Ezekiel 22:15

I will cause you to be scattered among many nations [DOU], and I will cause you to stop your sinful behavior.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

In Context

14When I finish punishing you, you will no longer [RHQ] be courageous/brave [DOU]. I, Yahweh, have said what I will do to you, and I will do it.

16When the people of other nations see that you have been humiliated, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:27And the rest of you, Yahweh will force you to go and live among the people of many other nations. Only a few of you will ◄survive/remain alive► there.

Deuteronomy 28:64“Yahweh will scatter you among many people-groups, all over the earth, and in those areas/places you will serve other gods that are made of wood or stone, gods which you and your ancestors have never known/worshiped.

Isaiah 1:25I will raise my fist to strike you. I will punish you severely [MET], as though [MET] you were silver and I needed to heat you very greatly to melt you and get rid of the impurities.

Ezekiel 5:10As a result, parents among you will eat their children, and children will eat their parents because there will be nothing else to eat. I will punish you severely, and I will cause those who will still be alive to be scattered in all directions [IDM].’

Ezekiel 12:14I will scatter in all directions [IDM] all those who have been around him—his advisors and his soldiers—and I will cause his enemies to pursue them, with their swords ready to strike them.

Ezekiel 22:18“You human, your Israeli people [MTY] have become useless to me. They are like [MET] dross/slag to me. They are like [SIM] the worthless copper, tin, iron, and lead that remains after silver is melted in a very hot furnace.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:2-17

The Sins of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 591.) 1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. 3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God , The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. 4 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… Read the whole commentary →

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