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Ezekiel 22:30

I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.

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ASV

And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

KJV

And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וָאֲבַקֵּ֣שׁva.'a.va.Keshand I soughtH1245 →
מֵהֶ֡םme.Hemfrom them
אִ֣ישׁ'isha personH376 →
גֹּֽדֵר־go.der-[who will] buildH1443 →
גָּדֵר֩ga.Dera wallH1447 →
וְעֹמֵ֨דve.'o.Medand [who will] standH5975 →
בַּפֶּ֧רֶץba.Pe.retzin the breachH6556 →
לְפָנַ֛יle.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440 →
בְּעַ֥דbe.'AdforH1157 →
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
לְבִלְתִּ֣יle.vil.Tito notH1115 →
שַׁחֲתָ֑הּsha.cha.Tahto destroy itH7843 →
וְלֹ֖אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
מָצָֽאתִי׃ma.Tza.tiI found [anyone]H4672 →

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Isaiah 59:16He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.Jeremiah 5:1“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.Psalms 106:23So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.Genesis 18:23–32Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?Isaiah 63:5I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.Ezekiel 13:5You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.Exodus 32:10–14Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”Jeremiah 15:1Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.1 John 5:16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.Isaiah 64:7No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.Genesis 18:22And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.Amos 4:12“Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!Genesis 18:26So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”John 4:23But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.Psalms 94:16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?2 Kings 13:14When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”Hosea 7:7All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.Jeremiah 27:18If they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.

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