Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 22:5
i. e., Countries near and afar oft shall mock thee, saying, “Ah! defiled in name; Ah! full of turbulence!” read more
i. e., Countries near and afar oft shall mock thee, saying, “Ah! defiled in name; Ah! full of turbulence!” read more
Ezekiel 22:2-5. Wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? Wilt thou plead for it? Or rather, Wilt thou not judge? see note on Ezekiel 20:4. The expression is doubled to awaken the prophet more fully, and to quicken him to his work. Jerusalem is termed the bloody city, Hebrew, עיר הדמים , the city of bloods, because of the blood of innocent persons, of children sacrificed to Moloch, and of prophets and righteous men shed in her, and that by courts of justice under colour of... read more
National decay (22:1-31)With Jerusalem’s end approaching, God again told Ezekiel to show the city its sins and the humiliating judgment that these sins would bring upon it (22:1-5). Powerful people exploited others, without any respect for the laws of God or the dignity of their fellow human beings (6-8). The corrupt city was characterized by lies, violence, idolatry, bribery, oppression and sexual sins of the worse kind (9-12). God warned that in punishment for its wickedness, he would destroy... read more
days. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the judgment inflicted in them. come even unto. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "hast entered the time of". have I made thee a reproach . . . mocking . Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:37 ). These words occur nowhere else. App-92 . heathen = nations. read more
those : i.e. those cities, much vexed = full of confusion. read more
Ezekiel 22:4. Thou hast caused thy days to draw near— "Thou hast advanced the time of thy punishment, by heaping up the measure of thine iniquities." Instead of Thou art become guilty in thy blood, at the beginning of this verse, Houbigant reads, Thou art become obnoxious to the blood which thou hast shed, &c. read more
Ezekiel 22:5. Which art infamous, &c.— Infamous of character, mighty in broils. Ezekiel 22:6. Every one were in thee, &c.] Every one to their power have joined with, or helped thee to shed blood. read more
4. thy days—the shorter period, namely, that of the siege. thy years—the longer period of the captivity. The "days" and "years" express that she is ripe for punishment. read more
5. infamous—They mockingly call thee, "Thou polluted one in name (Margin), and full of confusion" [FAIRBAIRN], (referring to the tumultuous violence prevalent in it). Thus the nations "far and near" mocked her as at once sullied in character and in actual fact lawless. What a sad contrast to the Jerusalem once designated "the holy city!" read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 22:4
Thy days, - i. e., of judgment; “thy years,” i. e., of visitation (compare Ezekiel 20:25, Ezekiel 20:39).A reproach ... a mocking - Judah shall be like the Ammonites Ezekiel 21:28. read more