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Ezekiel 22:4

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you 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.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 4

Here are three separate messages which God entrusts the prophet to deliver concerning Judah and Jerusalem, and all to the same purport, to show them their sins and the judgments that were coming upon them for those sins. I. Here is a catalogue of their sins, by which they had exposed themselves to shame and for which God would bring them to ruin (v. 1-16). II. They are here compared to dross, and are condemned as dross to the fire (Eze 22:17-22). III. All orders and degrees of men among them are here found guilty of the neglect of the duty of their place and of having contributed to the national guilt, which therefore, since none appeared as intercessors, they must all expect to share in the punishment of (Eze 22:23-31).

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Strong's Concordancev. 4

אָשַׁם (ʼâsham, H816) — to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish דָּם (dâm, H1818) — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice… שָׁפַךְ (shâphak, H8210) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also… טָמֵא (ṭâmêʼ, H2930) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated) גִּלּוּל (gillûwl, H1544) — properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, H6213) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application יוֹם (yôwm, H3117) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to… קָרַב (qârab, H7126) — to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose בּוֹא (bôwʼ, H935) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) שָׁנֶה (shâneh, H8141) — a year (as a revolution of time) נָתַן (nâthan, H5414) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) חֶרְפָּה (cherpâh, H2781) — contumely, disgrace, the pudenda גּוֹי (gôwy, H1471) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight… קַלָּסָה (qallâçâh, H7048) — ridicule

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II Kings 21:16rank 4

Moreover, 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 LORD.

Ezekiel 22:2rank 3

“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

Ezekiel 16:57rank 3

before 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.

Deuteronomy 28:37rank 2

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Ezekiel 21:28rank 2

Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—

Jeremiah 24:9rank 2

I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

Jeremiah 18:16rank 2

They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.

I Kings 9:7rank 2

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

I Thessalonians 2:16rank 2

hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

Daniel 9:16rank 2

O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.

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