John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:1
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me ..... The word of prophecy from the Lord, as the Targum, another prophecy: saying ; as follows: read more
Ezekiel 22:1-16 Niv
John Gill
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:2
Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city ?.... Or, "city of bloods" F25 את עיר דמים "civitatem sanguinum", V. L. Munster, Montanus. ? the city of Jerusalem, in which was shed the blood of the prophets sent unto her; the doubling of the word denotes the vehemency with which it was expressed: wilt thou plead for and excuse such a city as this? surely no; so some: or wilt thou do thy work and office as a prophet? hast thou courage enough to do it? will... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:3
Then say thou, thus saith the Lord God ,.... For though the prophet was to sit as judge, yet in the name of the King of kings, under whose authority he acted: the city sheddeth blood in the midst of it ; openly and impudently, in the face of all, and in great abundance; even innocent blood, as the Targum has it: murders were frequent and common, either through quarrels, or through unrighteous judgments in courts of judicature: that her time may come ; to fill up the measure of her... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:4
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed ,.... Not only she contracted guilt by the innocent blood she shed, but she was tried and found guilty; her guilt was notorious, plain, and evident, as well as exceeding great, and much aggravated: and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made : she not only made them, in doing which she sinned; but polluted herself with them, by worshipping them; her mind and conscience were defiled with them; and which brought such... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:5
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee ,.... The neighbouring nations, as the Edomites, Philistines, Moabites, and Ammonites; and distant ones, as the Babylonians, Medes, and Persians; all that either hear of, or see their misery, shall rejoice at it, and triumph over them: which art infamous and much vexed ; or they shall say, O thou of an infamous name and character; who hast defiled thy name, got a blot upon it, and lost thy credit by thy conduct and... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:6
Behold, the princes of Israel ,.... Those that belonged to the royal family, or the nobles of the land, or the members of the grand sanhedrim of the nation: everyone were in thee to their power to shed blood ; everyone exerted himself to the uttermost, according to his ability, to shed blood, or cause it to be shed; everyone strove, as it were, who should shed most, to exceed each other in this abominable sin. read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they set light by father and mother ,.... Through whom they received their being from God; by whom they were brought into the world, brought up and educated; and to whom they owed great respect, honour, and obedience; but, on the contrary, they wanted affection to their persons, showed great disrespect to their commands, and treated them with irreverence and contempt; a sin of a very heinous nature, of the first magnitude; reckoned among the very Heathens as next to contempt of... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:8
Thou hast despised mine holy things ,.... The holy place, the temple, and the worship of it; holy persons, the priests that officiated there; holy sacrifices offered up by them; the holy word of God read and explained; and all holy ordinances there administered. These words are directed to Jerusalem, the holy city, and to the inhabitants of it, who ought to have been holy men: and hast profaned my sabbaths ; by doing their own work, and neglecting the service of God; and which was an... read more
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22:9
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood ,.... Innocent blood, as the Targum; such who go from house to house, as pedlars do, with their wares or spices, as the word F1 אנשי רכיל "homines mercaturae, vel aromatis"; so Ben Melech observes. signifies; hence the Syriac version renders it "merchants"; and carry tales and lies of innocent persons, and stir up others against them to wrath and revenge, and shed their blood; or that go to the courts of judicature, and there accuse... read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 22:1-16
In these verses the prophet by a commission from Heaven sits as a judge upon the bench, and Jerusalem is made to hold up her hand as a prisoner at the bar; and, if prophets were set over other nations, much more over God's nation, Jer. 1:10. This prophet is authorized to judge the bloody city, the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called, not only because she had been guilty of the particular sin of blood-shed, but because her crimes in general were bloody crimes (Ezek. 7:23), such as polluted... read more