Ezekiel 45:9
in Ezekiel 45For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.
KJV
Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.
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This verse in Ezekiel 45
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The princes are exhorted to execute judgment, and abstain from “exaction” (literally “ejection”) such as that of Naboth by Ahab 1Ki 21:19.
This site's exposition
Enough, O princes of Israel
The Lord turns from the land to a charge on the princes, “Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right.” Henry reads the verse as the standing indictment of the monarchy that lost the land. The single verse carries the book's whole case against unjust rulers.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 9) Thus says the Lord God: Enough for you, princes of Israel: cease iniquity and robberies, and execute judgment and justice, and separate your borders from my people, says the Lord God. For because of robberies they have brought misery upon the seventy; for because of borders, oppression.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thus saith the Lord, let it suffice you, O princes of Israel,....
Note, All princes, but especially the princes of Israel, are concerned to do justice; for of their people God says, They are my people, and they in a special manner rule for God.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Take away your exactions from my people - This is the voice of God to all the rulers of the earth. Take away your exactions; do not oppress the people; they are mine. Abolish all oppressive taxes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּֽה־ | koh- | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֞ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
| רַב־ | rav- | enough | H7227 → | 454 times |
| לָכֶם֙ | lakhem | for you | ||
| נְשִׂיאֵ֣י | nesiei | O princes of | H5387 → | 134 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| חָמָ֤ס | chamas | injustice | H2555 → | 60 times |
| וָשֹׁד֙ | vashod | and violence | H7701 → | |
| הָסִ֔ירוּ | hasiru | remove | H5493 → | 299 times |
| וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט | umishpat | and justice | H4941 → | 422 times |
| וּצְדָקָ֖ה | utzedakah | and righteousness | H6666 → | 157 times |
| עֲשׂ֑וּ | ʾasu | do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הָרִ֤ימוּ | harimu | remove | H7311 → | 190 times |
| גְרֻשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙ | gerushoteikhem | eviction<s> your | H1646 → | |
| מֵעַ֣ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עַמִּ֔י | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| נְאֻ֖ם | neum | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֥י | ʾadonai | [the] Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| יְהוִֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | 306 times |
כֹּֽה־thus
koh-H3541 →577 times
אָמַ֞רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
אֲדֹנָ֣י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 times
רַב־enough
rav-H7227 →454 times
לָכֶם֙for you
lakhem
נְשִׂיאֵ֣יO princes of
nesieiH5387 →134 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
חָמָ֤סinjustice
chamasH2555 →60 times
וָשֹׁד֙and violence
vashodH7701 →
הָסִ֔ירוּremove
hasiruH5493 →299 times
וּמִשְׁפָּ֥טand justice
umishpatH4941 →422 times
וּצְדָקָ֖הand righteousness
utzedakahH6666 →157 times
עֲשׂ֑וּdo
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
הָרִ֤ימוּremove
harimuH7311 →190 times
גְרֻשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙eviction<s> your
gerushoteikhemH1646 →
מֵעַ֣לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
עַמִּ֔יpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
נְאֻ֖ם[the] utterance of
neumH5002 →376 times
אֲדֹנָ֥י[the] Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
יְהוִֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3069 →306 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
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
it leads to
- Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.…
- Psalms 82:3–4
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
- Proverbs 31:9
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
- Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Micah 6:8
Through
Zechariah 8:16These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
it leads to
- Ephesians 4:25
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Ephesians 4:25
Through
1 Peter 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
- Ephesians 5:18
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
Where this verse is studied
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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); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
