Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 22:16
Thou shalt take ... - Better as in the margin. Thou shalt by thine own fault forfeit the privileges of a holy nation.
Thou shalt take ... - Better as in the margin. Thou shalt by thine own fault forfeit the privileges of a holy nation.
Verse Ezekiel 22:16. _THOU SHALT KNOW THAT I_ AM _THE LORD._] I shall so deal with and punish thee, that thou shalt be obliged to own the vindictive hand of a sin-avenging God....
Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 23:1. Before the sharpened sword of justice and retribution does its dreadful work, the Lord uncovers the guilt and vileness of the city and lays bare the corruption of her proph...
EZEKIEL 22. THE SINS OF THE CLASSES AND THE MASSES. The doom which has just been described in such fiercely vivid terms contains only one allusion to the sins which justified it (Ezekiel 21:23 f.). Th...
SHALT TAKE THINE INHERITANCE. shalt be profaned in thyself (or on thine own account)....
_take thine inheritance_ According to the points: and thou shalt be profaned in (through) thyself. The idea that Jehovah "profanes" his people by casting them out of their land is not uncommon, Isaiah...
AND WILL COME THY FILTHINESS, &C.— _And I will bring the fame of thy filthiness whither thou hopedst not:_ Ezekiel 22:16. _And thou shalt be profaned,_ or _defiled by it, in the sight of the heathen,...
CHAPTER ELEVEN THE DEFILEMENT OF ISRAEL 22:1-24:27 Chapter s 22-24 form the conclusion of a lengthy section of the Book of Ezekiel which began back in chapter 12. In these Chapter s Ezekiel has been...
And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. THOU SHALT TAKE THINE INHERITANCE IN THYSELF - formerly thou wast mine inherita...
TAKE THINE INHERITANCE] RV 'be profaned.'...
ANOTHER INDICTMENT OF JERUSALEM The various religious and social evils that prevail in the city are recited (Ezekiel 22:1). Their coming punishment is then predicted, first in direct terms (Ezekiel 22...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 22 * God told Ezekiel to declare judgement against Jerusale...
SHALT TAKE THINE INHERITANCE. — Rather, _thou shalt be profaned by thyself._ The same word occurs in Ezekiel 7:24, and is there rendered “shall be defiled;” it admits of either sense, according to its...
וְ נִחַ֥לְתְּ בָּ֖ךְ לְ עֵינֵ֣י גֹויִ֑ם וְ
FINAL ORACLES AGAINST JERUSALEM Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 24:1 THE close of the first period of Ezekiel's work was marked by two dramatic incidents, which made the day memorable both in the private life...
The next movement described the utter evil of the city. Its fundamental sins of bloodshed and idolatry were named and denounced, and the resultant evils were described. These consisted of the oppressi...
And thou shalt take thy (i) inheritance in thyself in the sight of the nations, and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD. (i) You will be no more the inheritance of the Lord, but forsaken....
_Possess, "as an inheritance:" (Septuagint; Haydock) "I will defile:" (Aquila) "wound thee." (Symmachus) Hebrew is very different: (Calmet) "thou hast inherited in thyself," (Haydock) being no longer...
The opening of this chapter, in the words of the Lord, is put into the form of a question, not only of judging, but it seems as if the Lord condescended to ask His servant, whether he had ought to say...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23. Chapter 22 recapitulates the sin of Jerusalem, of her prophets, her priests, and her princes. The eye of God sought for some one to stand in the ga...
AND THOU SHALT TAKE THINE INHERITANCE IN THYSELF IN THE SIGHT OF THE HEATHEN,.... No longer be the inheritance of God, but their own; and not have God to be their portion and inheritance, but themselv...
And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD. Ver. 16. _And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself,_] _q.d., _ I will a...
_Therefore I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain,_ &c. Therefore I have expressed my indignation against thy avarice and unjust practices: I have called for punishment to come upon thee, and ha...
And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, literally, "thou shalt be profaned in thyself before the eyes of time heathen," all of them being witnesses of the shamefu...
THE WEIGHT OF JERUSALEM'S GUILT...
SHALT TAKE THINE INHERITANCE: Or, shalt be prophaned...
1-16 The prophet is to judge the bloody city; the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called, because of her crimes. The sins which Jerusalem stands charged with, are exceeding sinful. Murder, idolatry,...
Whereas I was thine inheritance, and thou enjoyedst all riches, delight, safety, peace, and honour in me, so long as thou wert a holy, obedient people; now that you are polluted, a very sink of all fi...
Ezekiel 22:16 defile H2490 (H8738) (H8676) H5157 (H8765) sight H5869 nations H1471 know H3045 ...
“And I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your filthiness out of you, and you will be profaned in yourself in the sight of the nations, and...
CONTENTS: Sins of Israel enumerated. Parable of the dross in the furnace. Sins of priests, prophets and people. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Whatever God's wrath inflicts upon a people, it...
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: Ezek...
_Thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself._ INHERITANCE IN THYSELF Man, as a moral being, cannot have happiness or misery independently of his inner life. Each man in some sense farms his own na...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:1 This chapter includes three distinct but thematically related oracles. Each convicts Jerusalem of practicing vile impurities that God refuses to tolerate. The first descri...
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; a...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 22:1, EZEKIEL 22:2 MOREOVER, etc. The word connects what follows with THE WORD OF THE LORD which began in Ezekiel
Now, 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 so...
1 Kings 20:13; 1 Kings 20:28; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 4:32; Exodus 8:22;...
In thyself — Whereas I was thine inheritance so long as thou wert a holy, obedient people; now be an inheritance to thyself, if thou canst....