Ezekiel 22:15
in Ezekiel 22I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.
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ASV
And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
KJV
And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
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This verse in Ezekiel 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain
on Ezekiel 22:13-16
The Lord answers the catalogue with a gesture of finished patience, I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain, and asks whether the city's heart or hands can hold out against what is coming. Henry reads the clenched hand as the sign of a decision made rather than merely threatened, the same gesture the book uses elsewhere over Jerusalem's fall. Barnes notes the scattering among the heathen answers the covenant curses of the law, so the exile becomes the working out of terms Israel already knew, and even the dispersion ends in the recognition formula, thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 22, Verses 1 onwards) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: And you, son of man, do you not judge the city of blood, and show her all her abominations? And say: Thus says the Lord God: The city that sheds blood within herself, so that her time may come, and that has made idols against herself to defile herself. In your blood that was shed, you have sinned, and you have defiled yourself with your idols that you have made.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
27 ), he will be his judgments consume her filthiness out of her; he will destroy those that are incurably bad and reform those that are inclined to be good.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
that I will deal with you That I will deal with you according to your deeds.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַהֲפִיצוֹתִ֤י | vahafitzoti | and I will scatter | H6327 → | 67 times |
| אוֹתָךְ֙ | ʾotokh | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם | bagoyim | among the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וְזֵרִיתִ֖יךְ | vezeritikh | and I will disperse you | H2219 → | 39 times |
| בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹת | baaratzot | among the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וַהֲתִמֹּתִ֥י | vahatimoti | and I will make an end of | H8552 → | 63 times |
| טֻמְאָתֵ֖ךְ | tumatekh | uncleanness your | H2932 → | 36 times |
| מִמֵּֽךְ׃ | mimekh | from you | H4480 → | 1188 times |
וַהֲפִיצוֹתִ֤יand I will scatter
vahafitzotiH6327 →67 times
אוֹתָךְ֙<obj.> you
ʾotokhH853 →10935 times
בַּגּוֹיִ֔םamong the nations
bagoyimH1471 →561 times
וְזֵרִיתִ֖יךְand I will disperse you
vezeritikhH2219 →39 times
בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹתamong the lands
baaratzotH776 →2504 times
וַהֲתִמֹּתִ֥יand I will make an end of
vahatimotiH8552 →63 times
טֻמְאָתֵ֖ךְuncleanness your
tumatekhH2932 →36 times
מִמֵּֽךְ׃from you
mimekhH4480 →1188 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Nehemiah 1:8Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 4:25–27
After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the…
- Leviticus 26:33–46
But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- 1 Kings 9:6–7
But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship…
- Deuteronomy 28:64
Through
Deuteronomy 4:27Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:62–64
You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Deuteronomy 28:62–64
Through
Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:27
Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Zechariah 7:14
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they…
- Deuteronomy 4:27
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.