Ezekiel 7:23 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 7:23

Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.

BSB

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ASV

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

KJV

Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Verse 23.) Make a conclusion, for the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of wickedness. LXX: And I will bring disturbance, for the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of iniquities. The Hebrew word Arethich () is interpreted by Aquila as conclusion, and by Symmachus and Theodotion as καθήλωσιν, meaning crucifixion. For this reason, the Septuagint uses φυρμὸν, which we translate as disturbance.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The indictment drawn up against the prisoner: The land is full of bloody crimes, full of the judgments of blood (so the word is), that is, of the guilt of blood which they had shed under colour of justice and by forms of law, with the solemnity of a judgment.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Therefore translate as the Hebrew requires, "the chain," namely, that usually employed on such occasions. CALVIN explains it, that the Jews should be dragged, whether they would or no, before God's tribunal to be tried as culprits in chains. The next words favor this: "bloody crimes," rather, "judgment of bloods," that is, with blood sheddings deserving the extreme judicial penalty.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֲשֵׂ֖ה	'a.Seh	make	H6213 →
הָֽרַתּ֑וֹק	ha.ra.Tok	the chain	H7569 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
הָאָ֗רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
מָֽלְאָה֙	mal.'Ah	it is full	H4390 →
מִשְׁפַּ֣ט	mish.Pat	judgment of	H4941 →
דָּמִ֔ים	da.Mim	blood<s>	H1818 →
וְהָעִ֖יר	ve.ha.'Ir	and the city	H5892 →
מָלְאָ֥ה	mal.'Ah	it is full	H4390 →
חָמָֽס׃	cha.Mas	violence	H2555 →

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Through
Ezekiel 9:9
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken…
leads to
- Job 22:13
  Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
- Ezekiel 8:12
  “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are…
- 2 Chronicles 36:14–16
  Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in…
Through
Hosea 4:2
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
leads to
- Hosea 6:9
  Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15
  who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
- Micah 7:2
  The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
Through
Ezekiel 11:6
You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
leads to
- Ezekiel 22:12
  In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 22:27
  Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.

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