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Ezekiel 7:23

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezekiel 7:23

Verse 23 of 27

Scripture focus

Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Ezekiel 7:23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezekiel 7:23

Theological / Devotional

[Note: This verse is not in the provided text and thus is not included.]

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Commentary on Ezekiel 7:23

Theological / Devotional

Chain. Heb. rattoq, the meaning of which is uncertain. Rattoq occurs only here in the Bible, although a feminine form, rethuqoth, is translated “chains” in Isa. 40:19. The LXX translates the opening phrase, “and they shall work disorder.” If “chain” is the correct reading here, the prophet was probably foretelling events by actions. As Jeremiah was commanded to make bonds and yokes (Jer. 27:2), so Ezekiel may here have been bidden to make a chain to symbolize the approaching captivity, when king and people should be carried in chains to Babylon (2 Kings 25:7; Jer. 40:1).

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