Ezekiel 22:15
13 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.
14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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.
Compare
- 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 beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
Read in contextEzekiel 22:22
As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:27
And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
Read in contextZechariah 7:14
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:19
And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:33
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:25
The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Read in contextMalachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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