Ezekiel 22:4
in Ezekiel 22you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
KJV
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
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This verse in Ezekiel 22
Commentary
10 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Thy days, - i. e., of judgment; “thy years,” i. e., of visitation (compare Eze 20:25, Eze 20:39). A reproach ... a mocking - Judah shall be like the Ammonites Eze 21:28.
This site's exposition
The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it
on Ezekiel 22:3-5
The city sheds blood in her own midst and makes idols to defile herself. Clarke reads the phrase that her time may come as judicial language, blood guilt hastening the very judgment the city fears. JFB notes the mockery from nations near and far answers Jerusalem's earlier fame.
This site's exposition
You have brought your days to a close
Henry calls bloodshed Jerusalem's measure-filling sin, the sin 2 Kings 24:4 says the LORD would not pardon. Barnes reads the days and years as the city's time of judgment arriving. Judah shares the mockery of Ammon.
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 Awakening4 voices
This crime is insisted most upon, for it was Jerusalem's measure-filling sin more than any; it is said to be that which the Lord would not pardon, 2 Kings xxiv. (1.) The princes of Israel, who should have been the protectors of injured innocence, every one were to their power to shed blood,
): I have made thee a reproach to the heathen, both those who are near, who are eye-witnesses of Jerusalem's apostasy and degeneracy, and those afar off, who, though at a distance, will think it worth taking notice of (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed,....
Note, Those who make idols for themselves will be found to have made them against themselves, for idolaters put a cheat upon themselves and prepare destruction for themselves; besides that thereby they pollute themselves, they render themselves odious in the eyes of the just and jealous God, and even their mind and conscience are defiled, so that to them nothing is pure.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
thy days--the shorter period, namely, that of the siege. thy years--the longer period of the captivity. The "days" and "years" express that she is ripe for punishment.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase
Thou art become guilty in thy blood - Thou art guilty of blood.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּדָמֵ֨ךְ | bedamekh | by blood your | H1818 → | 360 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁפַ֜כְתְּ | shafakht | you have shed | H8210 → | 114 times |
| אָשַׁ֗מְתְּ | ʾashamt | you have become guilty | H816 → | 35 times |
| וּבְגִלּוּלַ֤יִךְ | uvegilulayikh | and by idols your | H1544 → | 48 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשִׂית֙ | ʾasit | you have made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| טָמֵ֔את | tamet | you have become unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| וַתַּקְרִ֣יבִי | vatakrivi | and you have brought near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| יָמַ֔יִךְ | yamayikh | days your | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וַתָּב֖וֹא | vatavo' | and you [masc] have come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| שְׁנוֹתָ֑יִךְ | shenotayikh | years your | H8141 → | 877 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | there- | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כֵּ֗ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| נְתַתִּ֤יךְ | netatikh | I have made you | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| חֶרְפָּה֙ | cherpah | a reproach | H2781 → | 73 times |
| לַגּוֹיִ֔ם | lagoyim | to the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וְקַלָּסָ֖ה | vekalasah | and derision | H7048 → | |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ | haaratzot | the lands | H776 → | 2504 times |
בְּדָמֵ֨ךְby blood your
bedamekhH1818 →360 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
שָׁפַ֜כְתְּyou have shed
shafakhtH8210 →114 times
אָשַׁ֗מְתְּyou have become guilty
ʾashamtH816 →35 times
וּבְגִלּוּלַ֤יִךְand by idols your
uvegilulayikhH1544 →48 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשִׂית֙you have made
ʾasitH6213 →2628 times
טָמֵ֔אתyou have become unclean
tametH2930 →162 times
וַתַּקְרִ֣יבִיand you have brought near
vatakriviH7126 →280 times
יָמַ֔יִךְdays your
yamayikhH3117 →2304 times
וַתָּב֖וֹאand you [masc] have come
vatavo'H935 →2568 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
שְׁנוֹתָ֑יִךְyears your
shenotayikhH8141 →877 times
עַל־there-
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כֵּ֗ן-fore
kenH3651 →771 times
נְתַתִּ֤יךְI have made you
netatikhH5414 →2011 times
חֶרְפָּה֙a reproach
cherpahH2781 →73 times
לַגּוֹיִ֔םto the nations
lagoyimH1471 →561 times
וְקַלָּסָ֖הand derision
vekalasahH7048 →
לְכָל־to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃the lands
haaratzotH776 →2504 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
Ezekiel 22:2“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations
it leads to
- Isaiah 58:1
“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Ezekiel 20:4
Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers
- Ezekiel 24:6
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for…
- Ezekiel 24:9
Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.
- 1 Timothy 5:20
But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
- Isaiah 58:1
Through
Ezekiel 16:57before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 16:5–7
Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to wage war against Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not overcome him.
- 2 Chronicles 28:18–23
The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
- 2 Kings 16:5–7
Through
2 Kings 21:16Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the…
it leads to
- Numbers 35:33
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the…
- Numbers 35:33
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.