Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 22

96 catchwords794 parallels

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Ezekiel 22 . 1 , A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem , and the dispersion of the Jews in consequence; Ezekiel 22 . 17 , God will burn them as dross in his furnace; Ezekiel 22 . 23 , The general corruption of prophets , priests , princes , and people.

Ezekiel 22:1

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 22:1 · BSB

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Ezekiel 22:2

“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations

Ezekiel 22:2 · BSB

judge2 parallels

or , plead for

bloody city14 parallels

Heb. city of bloods

thou shalt3 parallels

her abominations3 parallels

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show her Heb. make her know

Ezekiel 22:3

and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,

Ezekiel 22:3 · BSB

sheddeth3 parallels

that her5 parallels

and maketh3 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:4

you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.

Ezekiel 22:4 · BSB

that thou2 parallels

and thou hast4 parallels

have I20 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:5

Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.

Ezekiel 22:5 · BSB

infamous and much vexed2 parallels

Heb. polluted of name , much in vexation

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Ezekiel 22:6

See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.

Ezekiel 22:6 · BSB

the princes11 parallels

power1 parallel

Heb. arm

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Ezekiel 22:7

Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

Ezekiel 22:7 · BSB

set8 parallels

dealt10 parallels

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oppression or , deceit

Ezekiel 22:8

You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

Ezekiel 22:8 · BSB

the whole verse10 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:9

Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.

Ezekiel 22:9 · BSB

men that carry tales19 parallels

Heb. men of slanders

they eat5 parallels

they commit8 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:10

In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.

Ezekiel 22:10 · BSB

discovered12 parallels

humbled3 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:11

One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.

Ezekiel 22:11 · BSB

committed15 parallels

hath lewdly3 parallels

or , hath by lewdness

his sister7 parallels

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one or , every one

another or , every one

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 22:12 · BSB

taken gifts9 parallels

thou hast10 parallels

greedily14 parallels

and hast5 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:13

Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

Ezekiel 22:13 · BSB

I have3 parallels

thy dishonest13 parallels

and at1 parallel

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Ezekiel 22:14

Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.

Ezekiel 22:14 · BSB

Thine heart8 parallels

I the5 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:15

I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.

Ezekiel 22:15 · BSB

scatter12 parallels

consume12 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:16

And when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

Ezekiel 22:16 · BSB

take thine inheritance in thyself4 parallels

or , be profaned in thyself

thou shalt know12 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:17

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 22:17 · BSB

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Ezekiel 22:18

“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.

Ezekiel 22:18 · BSB

the house3 parallels

brass4 parallels

in the midst3 parallels

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dross Heb. drosses

Ezekiel 22:19

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:19 · BSB

I will5 parallels

Jerusalem is here represented as the fining pot; all the people , who had become dross , are to be gathered together in it; and the fire of the Chaldeans , blown by the wrath of God , is to melt the whole. No ordinary means will avail to purge their impurities; the most violent must therefore be resorted to

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Ezekiel 22:20

Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you.

Ezekiel 22:20 · BSB

to blow4 parallels

in mine4 parallels

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As they gather Heb. According to the gathering

Ezekiel 22:21

Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.

Ezekiel 22:21 · BSB

and blow15 parallels

and ye5 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:22

As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’”

Ezekiel 22:22 · BSB

ye shall know6 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:24

“Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’

Ezekiel 22:24 · BSB

the whole verse9 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:25

The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.

Ezekiel 22:25 · BSB

a conspiracy9 parallels

like6 parallels

they have devoured8 parallels

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ravening That is , from the Saxon reafian , seizing and devouring it with eagerness and rapacity.

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 22:26 · BSB

priests13 parallels

profaned3 parallels

put no7 parallels

hid their3 parallels

I am profaned2 parallels

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violated Heb. offered violence to

Ezekiel 22:27

Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 22:27 · BSB

princes13 parallels

to get3 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:28

Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

Ezekiel 22:28 · BSB

prophets5 parallels

The prophets employed all their ingenuity to varnish over the crimes of the princes . the antecedent to them to palliate their offences , and to conceal their faults , while they were like ravening wolves , and took bribes to shed innocent blood. By these means they shared the dishonest gains with the princes , or availed themselves of their authority to gratify their avarice or revenge

seeing6 parallels

Thus saith the Lord8 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

Ezekiel 22:29 · BSB

people12 parallels

oppressed7 parallels

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oppression or , deceit

wrongfully Heb. without right

Ezekiel 22:30

I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.

Ezekiel 22:30 · BSB

I sought3 parallels

God , speaking after the manner of men , sought for some Moses , Phinehas , or Samuel , to stand in the gap on this occasion; but as he found none , its destruction was inevitable

make5 parallels

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Ezekiel 22:31

So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 22:31 · BSB

have I poured2 parallels

their own8 parallels

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web5 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Ezekiel 22:26 → Leviticus 10:10, Zephaniah 3:4 → Ezekiel 22:26
Trajectories
Priestly Teaching (Torah Instruction)
Chiasms
Shaped Ezekiel 22:17–22, Ezekiel 22:23–31
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