Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Ezekiel 22

Eze 22:4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.

blood that thou hast shed

2Ki 21:16.

therefore have I made thee a reproach

Eze 5:14; Deu 28:37; 1Ki 9:7; Dan 9:16.

heathen [See also Eze 22:15, 16.]

i.e. nations.

Eze 22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

the princes

Isa 1:23; Mic 3:1-3; Zep 3:3.

Eze 22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

set light by father and mother

Deu 27:16.

Eze 22:10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

her that was set apart for pollution

Eze 18:6; Lev 18:19; 20:18.

Eze 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

have they taken gifts to shed blood

Exo 23:8; Deu 16:19; 27:25.

hast forgotten me

Eze 23:35; Deu 32:18; Jer 3:21.

Eze 22:18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

house of Israel is to me become dross

Psa 119:119; Isa 1:22; Jer 6:28.

Eze 22:21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

blow upon you in the fire of my wrath

Eze 22:20-22.

Eze 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.

poured out my fury upon you

Eze 22:31; Eze 20:8, 33.

Eze 22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

There is a conspiracy of her prophets

Mic 3:11; Zep 3:3, 4.

Eze 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

my law

Law (of Moses). Dan 9:8-13. (Exodus 19:1; Galatians 3:1-29).

profaned mine holy things

Lev 22:2; 1Sa 2:29.

Eze 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Her princes

Eze 22:6; Isa 1:23; Mic 3:2, 3, 9-11; Zep 3:3.

Eze 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

stand in the gap before me

Psa 106:23.