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Ezekiel 22:15

Sin

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

14 Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.

I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.

16 And when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

17 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.
KJV
And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
WEB
I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries. I will purge your filthiness out of you.
ASV
And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
DARBY
And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
BLB
And I will disperse you among the nations, and I will scatter you among the lands, and I will finish off your uncleanness from you.
ÅB
Jeg vil sprede deg iblant folkene og strø deg omkring i landene, og jeg vil ta bort fra deg all din urenhet.
OTB
Jeg vil spre deg blant folkene og spre deg gjennom landene; og jeg vil rense deg for din urenhet.
B1930
Jeg vil sprede dig iblandt folkene og strø dig omkring i landene, og jeg vil ta bort fra dig all din urenhet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Nehemiah 1:8

    Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,

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  • Ezekiel 22:22

    As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’”

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  • Deuteronomy 4:27

    Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

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  • Zechariah 7:14

    But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”

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  • Ezekiel 36:19

    I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.

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  • Leviticus 26:33

    But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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  • Malachi 4:1

    “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”

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