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Ezekiel 22 Summary
Judgment on Jerusalem's Bloodshed and Idolatry
God pronounces severe judgment on Jerusalem for shedding blood and making idols, revealing the city as full of violence, oppression, and sexual wickedness. Princes, priests, and prophets are indicted for false divinity, abuse of widows and strangers, and profaning God's sanctuary. God declares He finds no one to intercede and will pour out His indignation, consuming the city's filthiness in the fire of His wrath until His fury is exhausted.
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Key verses
Ezekiel 22:3
“Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.”
Ezekiel 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.”
Ezekiel 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.”
Ezekiel 22:31
“Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.”
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