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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 22:1-16

THE SINS OF JERUSALEM AND ISRAEL: THE GENERAL CORRUPTION OF PROPHETS, PRIESTS, PRINCES, AND PEOPLE (Chap. 22)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—We have here another description of the sins of Jerusalem and Israel; and thus the judgments predicted in the last chapter are clearly justified. Three words of God are here closely connected together in their substance and design, viz.: (1) The blood-guiltiness and idolatry of Jerusalem hastening the coming of the day of retribution, when the city will be an object of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:1-31

Chapter 22Now, why would God do this? Chapter 22 he now tells us the things that were happening and the sins for which God's judgment was coming.Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt show her all her abominations. Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; The city is filled with murders in the midst of it, the shedding of blood, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 22:1-31

Ezekiel 22:8 . Thou hast profaned my sabbaths, the sabbatical days and years. This is repeated in Ezekiel 23:38, to show that the desecration of holy things filled up the measure of Judah’s sin: Ezekiel 20:12. Ezekiel 22:18 . They are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are even the dross of silver. Both the Vatican and the Alexandrian versions of the Septuagint represent the house of Israel as gold and silver mixed with those baser metals in the midst... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 22:6

Eze 22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. Ver. 6. Behold the princes of Israel. ] Here beginneth the black bill or bed roll. And as in a fish corruption beginneth at the head, so in a nation at the rulers. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezekiel 22:6

the princes: Ezekiel 22:27, Nehemiah 9:34, Isaiah 1:23, Jeremiah 2:26, Jeremiah 2:27, Jeremiah 5:5, Jeremiah 32:32, Daniel 9:8, Micah 3:1-Leviticus :, Micah 3:9-1 Kings :, Zechariah 3:3 power: Heb. arm, Micah 2:1 Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 36:14 - all the chief Job 31:39 - caused the owners thereof to lose their life Psalms 94:21 - condemn Ecclesiastes 5:8 - regardeth Ecclesiastes 7:29 - they Isaiah 3:5 - the people Isaiah 59:7 - and they Jeremiah 3:5 - thou hast spoken Jeremiah 26:10 - the... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.Every one — Not one to be found of a more merciful temper.To their power — According to their ability. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 22:6

6. To their power Literally, each according to his arm. read more

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