Ezekiel 22:13

Translations

Modern

Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

Traditional

Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Literal

So behold, I strike My hands against your dishonest gain that you have made, and over the bloodshed that has come to be in your midst!

Latin

Ecce complosi manus meas super avaritiam tuam quam fecisti, et super sanguinem qui effusus est in medio tui.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.

Notes

Ezekiel 22:13–16

God first showed his anger with the image of clapping his hands. This action expressed strong displeasure. Then he announced that he would pour out judgment.

The first judgment was exile. God would scatter the people of Judah among other nations. Through this scattering, God would remove their wickedness and cleanse them from sin.

Ezekiel 22:1–31

Jerusalem was the holy city where God had placed his name. It was the spiritual center of Judah. The city represented God’s presence among his people.

But Jerusalem had become corrupt and unclean. Instead of honoring God, the city was full of violence and bloodshed. Because of this sin, God’s wrath (his just anger against sin) would come upon the city.

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 21:17
I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”
Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
Amos 2:6–8
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Ezekiel 21:14
‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
Ezekiel 22:27
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
Numbers 24:10
Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
Micah 2:1–3
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Amos 3:10
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
Micah 6:10–11
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
Jeremiah 5:26–27
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
Jeremiah 7:9–11
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
Amos 8:4–6
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of Son of Man

Topics

Bribery: General Scriptures Concerning Commerce: Evil Practices Connected With Covetousness: General Scriptures Concerning Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments

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