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ezekiel 22:23-31

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Ezekiel 22:23-31

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

23. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24. Son of man, say unto her, Thou [art] the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. 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. 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. 27. Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. 28. And her prophets have daubed them with untempered [morter], seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. 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. 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. 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 the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 22:23-31 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 22:23

Theological / Devotional

The word of the Lord. Verses 23-31 constitute the third section of the chapter (see on v. 1). They contain a further enumeration of the sins of Israel, showing that all classes had been involved.

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