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Ezekiel 7:23

Judgment

21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.

22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

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

24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

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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
Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, 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.
WEB
“‘Make chains, for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
ASV
Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
DARBY
Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
BLB
Make a chain! For the land is filled with with the judgment of blood, and the city is full of violence.
ÅB
Gjør lenken ferdig[^6]! For landet er fullt av bloddommer, og byen er full av vold.
OTB
‘Forbered lenker! For landet er fylt med blodutgytelse, og byen er full av vold.
B1930
Gjør lenken ferdig! For landet er fullt av bloddommer, og byen er full av vold. / < til tegn på folkets nær forestående fangenskap.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 27:2

    Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

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  • Ezekiel 9:9

    Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.

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  • 2 Kings 21:16

    Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

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  • Hosea 4:2

    By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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  • Ezekiel 11:6

    Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

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  • Jeremiah 7:6

    If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

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  • Isaiah 1:15

    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

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  • Ezekiel 22:13

    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.

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