Ezekiel 22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 22

Here are three separate messages which God entrusts the prophet to deliver concerning Judah and Jerusalem, and all to the same purport, to show them their sins and the judgments that were coming upon them for those sins. I. Here is a catalogue of their sins, by which they had exposed themselves to shame and for which God would bring them to ruin, Ezek. 22:1-16. II. They are here compared to dross, and are condemned as dross to the fire, Ezek. 22:17-22. III. All orders and degrees of men among... read more

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 22:17-22

The same melancholy string is still harped upon, and various turns are given it, to make it affecting, that it may be influencing. The prophet must here show, or at least it is here shown him, that the whole house of Israel has become as dross and that as dross they shall be consumed. What David has said concerning the wicked ones of the world is here said concerning the wicked ones of the church, now that it is corrupt and degenerate (Ps. 119:119): Thou puttest away all the wicked of the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 22:23-31

Here is, I. A general idea given of the land of Israel, how well it deserved the judgments coming to destroy it and how much it needed these judgments to refine it. Let the prophet tell her plainly, ?Thou art the land that is not cleansed, not refined as metal is, and therefore needest to be again put into the furnace. Means and methods of reformation have been ineffectual; thou art not rained upon in the day of indignation.? This was one of the judgments which God brought upon them in the day... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 22

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 22 In this chapter a catalogue or list of the sins of the Jews is given; a comparison of them to dross is made, and they are dealt with accordingly; and a complaint is lodged against all ranks and orders of men for their sins; on account of which, there being no intercessor for them, they are threatened with captivity and destruction. The prophet is ordered to judge them, and lay before them their abominable sins, Ezekiel 22:1 , of which a long list is given, as... read more

John Gill

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

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

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