Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezekiel 22:6
Render it: Behold the princes of Israel, each according to his might (literally “arm”) have been in thee in order to shed blood. They looked to might not right.
Render it: Behold the princes of Israel, each according to his might (literally “arm”) have been in thee in order to shed blood. They looked to might not right.
Verse Ezekiel 22:6. _BEHOLD, THE PRINCES_] Ye are a vile and murderous people, and your princes have been of the same character. _Like_ _people, like prince_....
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...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asteriemes._ App-6. PRINCES. leaders. TO THEIR. according to their....
Particular enumeration of Jerusalem's sins 6. The "princes" are those of the royal house. _were … to their power_ HAVE BEEN HIGH-HANDED IN THEE, TO SHED. The meaning is not that they shed blood to t...
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...
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. BEHOLD, THE PRINCES OF ISRAEL, EVERY ONE WERE IN THEE TO THEIR POWER TO SHED BLOOD - rather, 'The princes ... each...
TO THEIR POWER] RV 'according to his power.'...
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...
WERE IN THEE TO THEIR POWER. — The tense is the same with that of the verbs in Ezekiel 22:7, and both should be translated alike; the order of the words should also be changed: “The princes of Israel,...
הִנֵּה֙ נְשִׂיאֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִ֥ישׁ לִ זְרֹעֹ֖ו...
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...
_Hath. Septuagint, "was mixed with his relations," ver. 10., &c., (Haydock) fighting against them. (Theodoret)_...
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...
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 SHE...
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 beg...
_Behold, the princes of Israel_, &c. Probably the members of the great sanhedrim, or the king's counsellors and chief officers, are here intended; _every one in thee_ Not one to be found of a more mer...
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one, were in thee to their power, literally, "every one according to his arm," that is, to the best of his ability, TO SHED BLOOD, this being their object and the...
THE WEIGHT OF JERUSALEM'S GUILT...
POWER: _ Heb._ arm...
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,...
He was in EZEKIEL 23:2 commanded to show the Jews all their abominations. Now he is directed to begin with the greatest first, either those of the royal family, or else such as adhered close to the in...
Ezekiel 22:6 princes H5387 Israel H3478 one H376 power H2220 shed H8210 (H8800) blood H1818 the princes -...
“Behold the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in you to shed blood. In you have they treated dismissively the authority of father and mother. In the midst of you they have...
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...
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...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 22:6 IN YOU, that is, in Jerusalem, all the sins on this long list occur. Every area of life is affected, for these sins violate God’s laws for the protection of worship, paren...
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...
Daniel 9:8; Ezekiel 22:27; Isaiah 1:23; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 2:27;...
Every one — Not one to be found of a more merciful temper. To their power — According to their ability....