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You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/22.htm">New Living Translation</a> you are guilty because of the blood you have shed. You are defiled because of the idols you have made. Your day of destruction has come! You have reached the end of your years. I will make you an object of mockery throughout the world. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/22.htm">English Standard Version</a> You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought your days near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/22.htm">New King James Version</a> You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all countries. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and you have become defiled by your idols which you have made. So you have brought your days closer and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a disgrace to the nations, and an object of mocking to all the lands. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the lands. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols which you have made. Thus you have caused your day [of judgment and punishment] to approach and have arrived at [the completion of] your years; therefore, I have made you an object of scorn to the [pagan] nations and a thing to be mocked by all countries. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your judgment days near and have come to your years of punishment. Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your judgment days near and have come to your years of punishment. Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/22.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled 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 nations, and a mocking to all the countries. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Those crimes have made you guilty, and the idols have made you unacceptable to me. So your final punishment is near. Other nations will laugh at you and make insulting remarks, <a href="/erv/ezekiel/22.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled 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 nations, and a mocking to all the countries. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You are guilty because of the people you have killed. You are dishonored because of the disgusting idols you have made. You have brought an end to your days, and you have come to the end of your years. That is why I will make you a disgrace to the nations and a joke in every land. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/22.htm">Good News Translation</a> You are guilty of those murders and are defiled by the idols you made, and so your day is coming, your time is up! That is why I have let the nations make fun of you and all the countries sneer at you. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/22.htm">International Standard Version</a> "'"You're guilty because of the blood that you've shed. You were defiled by the idols that you've made. You've caused your judgment day to draw near and have even come to the end of your life. Therefore, I've made you an object of derision among the nations and to other lands. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. <a href="/net/ezekiel/22.htm">NET Bible</a> you are guilty because of the blood you shed and defiled by the idols you made. You have hastened the day of your doom; the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations, an object to be mocked by all lands. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and have come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself by thy idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even to thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach to the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. <a href="/web/ezekiel/22.htm">World English Bible</a> You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made! You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> You have been guilty by your blood that you have shed, "" And you have been defiled by your idols that you have made, "" And you cause your days to draw near, "" And have come to your years, "" Therefore I have given you [for] a reproach to nations, "" And a derision to all the lands. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> By thy blood that thou hast shed thou hast been guilty, And by thine idols that thou hast made thou hast been defiled, And thou causest thy days to draw near, And art come in unto thine years, Therefore I have given thee a reproach to nations, And a derision to all the lands. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In thy blood which thou didst pour out thou went guilty; and by thy blocks which thou didst make thou wert defiled; and thou wilt cause thy days to draw near, and thou wilt come even to thy years: for this, I gave thee a reproach to the nations, and a derision to all the lands.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou art become guilty in thy blood which thou hast shed: and thou art defiled in thy idols which thou hast made: and thou hast made thy days to draw near, and hast brought on the time of thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach to the Gentiles, and a mockery to all countries. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You have offended by your blood, which you shed from yourself. And you have been defiled by your idols which you yourself made. And you have caused your days to approach, and you have brought on the time of your years. Because of this, I have made you a disgrace to the Gentiles, and a derision to all the lands. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/22.htm">New American Bible</a> By the blood you shed you have become guilty, and by the idols you made you have become defiled. You have brought on your day, you have come to the end of your years. Therefore I make you an object of scorn for the nations and a laughingstock for all lands. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made; you have brought your day near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a disgrace before the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> You have become guilty in the blood which you have shed, and have defiled yourself by the idols which you have made; now your days have drawn near, and the time of your years has come; therefore I have made you a reproach to the Gentiles and a derision to all cities. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> By the blood which you shed you are condemned, and by the idols that you have made you have been defiled. Your days have come and the time of your years has arrived; because of this I have given you as a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all cities<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled 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 nations, and a mocking to all the countries! <a href="/sep/ezekiel/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> in their blood which thou hast shed, thou hast transgressed; and in thy devices which thou hast formed, thou hast polluted thyself; and thou hast brought nigh thy days, and hast brought on the time of thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach to the Gentiles, and a mockery to all the countries, <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=6025" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/22.htm">The Sins of Jerusalem</a> …3and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself, 4<a href="/hebrew/816.htm" title="816: ’ā·šamt (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To offend, be guilty. Or mashem; a primitive root; to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish.">you are guilty</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: bə·ḏā·mêḵ (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2fs) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">of the blood</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/8210.htm" title="8210: šā·p̄aḵt (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">you have shed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: ṭā·mêṯ (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">and you are defiled</a> <a href="/hebrew/1544.htm" title="1544: ū·ḇə·ḡil·lū·la·yiḵ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2fs) -- An idol. Or gillul; from galal; properly, a log; by implication, an idol.">by the idols</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.">you have made.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·ma·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">You have brought your days</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: wat·taq·rî·ḇî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">to a close</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wat·tā·ḇō·w (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">and have come</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šə·nō·w·ṯā·yiḵ (N-fpc:: 2fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">the end of your years.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nə·ṯat·tîḵ (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 2fs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I have made you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2781.htm" title="2781: ḥer·pāh (N-fs) -- A reproach. From charaph. contumely, disgrace, the pudenda.">a reproach</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: lag·gō·w·yim (Prep-l, Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">to the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/7048.htm" title="7048: wə·qal·lā·sāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Derision. Intensive from qalac; ridicule.">and a mockery</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: lə·ḵāl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">to all</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the lands.</a> 5Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34-35</a> Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things / you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’ <a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Isaiah 59:3</a> For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. <a href="/lamentations/4-13.htm">Lamentations 4:13-14</a> But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst. / They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments. <a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Hosea 4:2-3</a> Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. / Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/micah/3-10.htm">Micah 3:10-12</a> who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. / Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” / Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge. <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/luke/11-50.htm">Luke 11:50-51</a> As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation. <a href="/romans/3-15.htm">Romans 3:15-18</a> “Their feet are swift to shed blood; / ruin and misery lie in their wake, / and the way of peace they have not known.” ... <a href="/revelation/18-24.htm">Revelation 18:24</a> And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth. <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a> When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. <a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Jeremiah 7:6-7</a> if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm, / then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever. <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Amos 2:6-7</a> This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. / They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. <a href="/zephaniah/3-1.htm">Zephaniah 3:1-4</a> Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! / She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. / Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. ... <a href="/matthew/23-29.htm">Matthew 23:29-32</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous. / And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ / So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. ... <a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a> Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>You are become guilty in your blood that you have shed; and have defiled yourself in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and are come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.that thou<a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Ezekiel 22:2</a> Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.<a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">2 Kings 21:16</a> 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.and thou hast<a href="/numbers/32-14.htm">Numbers 32:14</a> And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.<a href="/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32,33</a> Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers… <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:16</a> Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.have I<a href="/ezekiel/5-14.htm">Ezekiel 5:14,15</a> Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by… <a href="/ezekiel/16-57.htm">Ezekiel 16:57</a> Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about.<a href="/ezekiel/31-18.htm">Ezekiel 31:18</a> To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-43.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-3.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-10.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-63.htm">Mocking</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-41.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-28.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-32.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/22-6.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-5.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-7.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Heathen</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-7.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-10.htm">Mocking</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-6.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-16.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 22</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/22-1.htm">A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem, and the dispersion of the Jews in consequence</a> 17. <a href="/ezekiel/22-17.htm">God will burn them as dross in his furnace</a> 23. <a href="/ezekiel/22-23.htm">The general corruption of prophets, priests, princes, and the people</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>you are guilty of the blood you have shed This phrase highlights the serious sin of bloodshed, which is a violation of God's commandments. In the context of Ezekiel, the shedding of innocent blood refers to acts of violence and injustice prevalent in Jerusalem. The Mosaic Law explicitly condemns murder (<a href="/exodus/20-13.htm">Exodus 20:13</a>), and the prophets often rebuked Israel for their violence and oppression (<a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a>). The guilt of bloodshed is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, emphasizing the sanctity of life and the need for justice.and you are defiled by the idols you have made Idolatry was a significant issue for Israel, leading to spiritual defilement. The making and worshiping of idols violated the first two commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3-4</a>). Idolatry is often equated with spiritual adultery, as it represents unfaithfulness to God. The prophets frequently condemned Israel for turning to idols, which were powerless and led the people away from true worship (<a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm">Jeremiah 2:11-13</a>). This defilement is not just ritual but moral, corrupting the heart and society.You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years This phrase indicates impending judgment and the end of an era for Jerusalem. The prophetic message is that the people's sins have led to their downfall. The "end of your years" suggests a divinely appointed time for judgment, echoing the warnings given by other prophets like Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11</a>). It underscores the concept of divine retribution, where persistent sin leads to inevitable consequences.Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations Israel was meant to be a light to the nations, demonstrating God's holiness and righteousness (<a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a>). However, due to their sins, they became a reproach, a source of scorn and derision among the surrounding nations. This reversal of roles is a common theme in the prophets, where Israel's failure to uphold God's standards results in shame rather than honor (<a href="/lamentations/2-15.htm">Lamentations 2:15-16</a>). It serves as a warning of the consequences of disobedience.and a mockery to all the lands The phrase emphasizes the extent of Israel's disgrace. Being a mockery implies that other nations would ridicule and scorn Israel for their downfall. This fulfills the warnings given in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-37.htm">Deuteronomy 28:37</a>, where disobedience would lead to becoming "an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule." The mockery from other lands highlights the public nature of God's judgment and serves as a sobering reminder of the importance of faithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages of judgment and hope to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation addressed in this passage, specifically the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are being condemned for their sins. 3. <a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a> The worship of idols, which was a significant sin among the Israelites, leading to their spiritual and moral corruption. 4. <a href="/topical/b/bloodshed.htm">Bloodshed</a> Refers to the violence and injustice prevalent in Jerusalem, contributing to their guilt before God. 5. <a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a> The surrounding peoples who would witness Israel's downfall and mock them as a result of their disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Sin, particularly idolatry and violence, leads to spiritual and physical ruin. Just as Israel faced judgment, we must be aware of the consequences of turning away from God. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a> Israel's failure to repent led to their downfall. We are called to examine our lives, repent, and turn back to God to avoid similar judgment. <a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a> While God is just in His judgment, He is also merciful. Understanding His character helps us appreciate the need for holiness and the opportunity for redemption. <a href="/topical/w/witness_to_the_nations.htm">Witness to the Nations</a> Israel's punishment served as a warning to other nations. Our lives should reflect God's holiness, serving as a testimony to those around us. <a href="/topical/a/avoiding_idolatry.htm">Avoiding Idolatry</a> Modern idolatry may not involve physical idols, but anything that takes precedence over God in our lives. We must guard against allowing anything to become more important than our relationship with Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 22</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_child_sacrifice.htm">What does the Bible say about child sacrifice?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_hacking.htm">What does the Bible say about being defiled?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_cite_jerusalem's_violence.htm">In Ezekiel 22:2-5, why does God single out Jerusalem's bloodshed without clear archaeological evidence of such extensive violence?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_wealth.htm">What does the Bible say about wealth?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) Thy days . . . thy years.--Viz., of judgment and visitation. The Rabbinical commentators interpret the days of the destruction of Jerusalem, and the years of the captivity in Babylon.A mocking to all countries.--This is frequently spoken of in Ezekiel, and is the necessary result in all ages of the contrast between high professions and inconsistent performance. Israel's law stood far above the legislation of any other nation of the period, but the habitual conduct of her people was in utter disregard of that law. The effect was the same as at a later day, when St. Paul said, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you" (<a href="/romans/2-24.htm" title="For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.">Romans 2:24</a>), just as the same evils and the same hindrances to the spread of the Gospel now result from the unworthy lives of Christians. But the Jews peculiarly exposed themselves to derision by their claim, as the chosen people of God, to universal and everlasting dominion, contrasted with their present overthrow and desolation; and this desolation was a punishment for the outrageous sins of a people whose whole national existence was based upon a call to peculiar holiness.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - Thou hast caused thy days to draw near, etc. As in Ver. 3, the days and the years are those of God's judgments. The people had made no effort to avert their doom by repentance. They had, as it were, rushed upon their appointed fate. So, though in another sense, the righteous lives of the faithful are said, in <a href="/2_peter/3-12.htm">2 Peter 3:12</a>, to "hasten the coming of the day of God." Exceptional evil and exceptional good alike hasten the approach of the day which is to decide between the two. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>you are guilty אָשַׁ֗מְתְּ (’ā·šamt) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_816.htm">Strong's 816: </a> To be guilty, to be punished, perish of the blood בְּדָמֵ֨ךְ (bə·ḏā·mêḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed you have shed, שָׁפַ֜כְתְּ (šā·p̄aḵt) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out and you are defiled טָמֵ֔את (ṭā·mêṯ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> To be or become unclean by the idols וּבְגִלּוּלַ֤יִךְ (ū·ḇə·ḡil·lū·la·yiḵ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1544.htm">Strong's 1544: </a> A log, an idol you have made. עָשִׂית֙ (‘ā·śîṯ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make You have brought your days יָמַ֔יִךְ (yā·ma·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day to a close וַתַּקְרִ֣יבִי (wat·taq·rî·ḇî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> To come near, approach and have come וַתָּב֖וֹא (wat·tā·ḇō·w) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while [the] [end] [of] your years. שְׁנוֹתָ֑יִךְ (šə·nō·w·ṯā·yiḵ) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year Therefore עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against I have made you נְתַתִּ֤יךְ (nə·ṯat·tîḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set a reproach חֶרְפָּה֙ (ḥer·pāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2781.htm">Strong's 2781: </a> Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda to the nations לַגּוֹיִ֔ם (lag·gō·w·yim) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts and a mockery וְקַלָּסָ֖ה (wə·qal·lā·sāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7048.htm">Strong's 7048: </a> Ridicule to all לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the lands. הָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ (hā·’ă·rā·ṣō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Ezekiel 22:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Ezekiel 22:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Ezekiel 22:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Ezekiel 22:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Ezekiel 22:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Ezekiel 22:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Ezekiel 22:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Ezekiel 22:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Ezekiel 22:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/22-4.htm">Ezekiel 22:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-4.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 22:4 You have become guilty in your blood (Ezek. 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