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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/22.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/22.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220&#8217I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, then, I strike with My hand your profit which you have made and the bloodshed which is among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Now behold, I have struck My hand at your greedy gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, therefore, I strike My hands [together] at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘Now look, I clap my hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now look, I clap My hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I will shake my fist in anger at your violent crimes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'I will use my power against you because of the excessive profits you have made and the murders you have committed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"I will bring my fist down on your robberies and murders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Watch out! I'm vehemently angry about the unjust gains that you've earned, and about the blood that has been shed among you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'"Look, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, therefore I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘“Behold, therefore I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been shed within you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And behold, I have struck My hand, "" Because of your dishonest gain that you have gained, "" And for your blood that has been in your midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And behold, I struck my hand at thy plunder which thou madest, and at thy blood which was in the midst of thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold, I have clapped my hands at thy covetousness, which thou hast exercised and at the blood that hath been shed: In the midst of thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Behold, I have clapped my hands over your avarice, which you have worked, and over the blood that has been shed in your midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />See, I am clapping my hands because of the profits you extorted and the blood shed in your midst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest gain you have made, and at the blood that has been shed within you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, therefore I will strike my hands together with anger because of the iniquity which you have done and because of the blood which has been shed in the midst of you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also I struck my hand against my hand over the evil that you have done, and over the blood that has been shed within you<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, therefore, I have smitten My hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if I shall smite my hand at <i>thine iniquities</i> which thou hast accomplished, which thou hast wrought, and at thy blood that has been shed in the midst of thee,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=6123" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/22.htm">The Sins of Jerusalem</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Now look,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: hik·kê·ṯî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">I strike</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: ḵap·pî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">My hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">together against</a> <a href="/hebrew/1215.htm" title="1215: biṣ·‘êḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit. From batsa'; plunder; by extension, gain.">your unjust gain</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śîṯ (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">and against</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: dā·mêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">the blood you have shed</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8432.htm" title="8432: bə·ṯō·w·ḵêḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2fs) -- Midst. From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. the centre.">in your midst.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Jeremiah 6:6-7</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; there is nothing but oppression in her midst. / As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10</a></span><br />“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-2.htm">Micah 2:2</a></span><br />They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6-8</a></span><br />Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands. / Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. / The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-9.htm">Zephaniah 1:9</a></span><br />On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">Habakkuk 2:9-12</a></span><br />Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster! / You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life. / For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-19.htm">Proverbs 1:19</a></span><br />Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-17.htm">Jeremiah 22:17</a></span><br />“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Isaiah 33:15</a></span><br />He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Hosea 12:7-8</a></span><br />A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands. / And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-39.htm">Luke 11:39</a></span><br />Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-6</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a></span><br />Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, therefore I have smitten my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the middle of you.</p><p class="hdg">I have</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/21-14.htm">Ezekiel 21:14,17</a></b></br> Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite <i>thine</i> hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it <i>is</i> the sword of the great <i>men that are</i> slain, which entereth into their privy chambers… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/24-10.htm">Numbers 24:10</a></b></br> And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed <i>them</i> these three times.</p><p class="hdg">thy dishonest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Ezekiel 22:27</a></b></br> Her princes in the midst thereof <i>are</i> like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, <i>and</i> to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/28-8.htm">Proverbs 28:8</a></b></br> He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Isaiah 33:15</a></b></br> He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;</p><p class="hdg">and at</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Ezekiel 22:2-4</a></b></br> Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-36.htm">Acquired</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Bloodshed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-13.htm">Dishonest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-15.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Force</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Gained</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-9.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-6.htm">Overreaching</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-17.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-7.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-17.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/ezekiel/9-7.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-13.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-17.htm">Together</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Unjust</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/28-4.htm">Acquired</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-9.htm">Bloodshed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Dishonest</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-15.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm">Force</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-4.htm">Gained</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm">Goods</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-6.htm">Overreaching</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-15.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-21.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-15.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-21.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-11.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-19.htm">Together</a> <a href="/micah/6-11.htm">Unjust</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-1.htm">A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem, and the dispersion of the Jews in consequence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-17.htm">God will burn them as dross in his furnace</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-23.htm">The general corruption of prophets, priests, princes, and the people</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now look,</b><br>This phrase serves as a call to attention, emphasizing the seriousness of the message. It is a divine summons for the audience to focus on what God is about to declare. In biblical literature, such calls often precede a pronouncement of judgment or a significant revelation.<p><b>I strike My hands together</b><br>The imagery of God striking His hands together is symbolic of anger and impending judgment. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, this gesture could signify frustration or the initiation of action. It underscores the intensity of God's displeasure with the actions of the people. This expression of divine wrath is consistent with other prophetic literature where God expresses His anger towards sin and injustice.<p><b>against your unjust gain</b><br>This phrase highlights the specific sin of acquiring wealth or advantage through dishonest or unethical means. In the context of Ezekiel, the leaders and people of Jerusalem were guilty of exploiting others for personal gain. This echoes the broader biblical theme of God's concern for justice and righteousness, as seen in passages like <a href="/proverbs/11.htm">Proverbs 11:1</a>, which condemns dishonest scales, and <a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Amos 8:4-6</a>, which criticizes those who exploit the needy.<p><b>and against the blood you have shed in your midst.</b><br>The shedding of blood refers to acts of violence and murder, which were prevalent in Jerusalem at the time. This phrase indicates a society marked by lawlessness and disregard for human life. The shedding of innocent blood is a grave sin in biblical teaching, as seen in <a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Genesis 4:10</a> with the story of Cain and Abel. It also connects to the broader biblical narrative of God as the defender of the innocent and the avenger of wrongful death, as seen in <a href="/numbers/35-33.htm">Numbers 35:33</a>, which states that bloodshed defiles the land.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages to the Israelites, often concerning their sin and the need for repentance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation addressed in this passage, specifically the people of Jerusalem, who are being rebuked for their sinful practices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, expressing His anger and judgment against the injustices and violence committed by the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where these injustices and bloodshed are taking place, serving as a focal point for God's judgment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The historical context in which Ezekiel prophesied, a period of punishment and reflection for the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_displeasure_with_injustice.htm">God's Displeasure with Injustice</a></b><br>God is deeply displeased with unjust gain and violence. This displeasure is not just historical but applies to all forms of injustice today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin, particularly injustice and violence, leads to God's judgment. We must be aware of the consequences of our actions and strive for righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Just as God called Israel to repentance, He calls us to turn away from sin and seek His forgiveness and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_justice_and_righteousness.htm">The Importance of Justice and Righteousness</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to pursue justice and righteousness in our lives, reflecting God's character in our actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>God's response to sin demonstrates His sovereignty and commitment to justice. We can trust that He will ultimately right all wrongs.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Smitten mine hand.</span>--See Note on Eze. Vi. 11, and comp. <a href="/ezekiel/22-17.htm" title="And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,">Ezekiel 22:17</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm" title="Behold, therefore I have smitten my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the middle of you.">Ezekiel 22:13</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I have smitten my hand</span>. The gesture, as in <a href="/ezekiel/21-14.htm">Ezekiel 21:14, 17</a>, was one of indignant, and, as it were, impatient command. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now look,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I strike</span><br /><span class="heb">הִכֵּ֣יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(hik·kê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My hands</span><br /><span class="heb">כַפִּ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(ḵap·pî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">together against</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your unjust gain</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּצְעֵ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(biṣ·‘êḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1215.htm">Strong's 1215: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gain made by violence, unjust gain, profit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and against</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַ֨ל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the blood you have shed</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּמֵ֔ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(dā·mêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your midst.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּתוֹכֵֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṯō·w·ḵêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8432.htm">Strong's 8432: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bisection, the centre</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Ezekiel 22:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 22:13 Behold therefore I have struck my hand (Ezek. 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