Ezekiel 22 · Verse 15

Ezekiel 22:15

And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
Ezekiel 22:15, King James Version

Ezekiel 22:15 in other translations

BSBI will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.
WEBI will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries. I will purge your filthiness out of you.
ASVAnd I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
YLTAnd I have scattered thee among nations, And have spread thee out among lands, And consumed thy uncleanness out of thee.
DARBYAnd I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
BBEAnd I will send you in flight among the nations and wandering among the countries; and I will completely take away out of you everything which is unclean.
WebsterAnd I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

What does Ezekiel 22:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. consume thy filthiness out of thee--the object of God in scattering the Jews.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 22:1-16

The sins of Jerusalem. (Ezek 22:1-16) Israel is condemned as dross. (Ezek 22:17-22) As the corruption is general, so shall be the punishment. (Ezek 22:23-31) Verses 1-16 The prophet is to judge the bloody city; the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called, because of her crimes. The sins which Jerusalem stands charged with, are exceeding sinful. Murder, idolatry, disobedience to parents, oppression and extortion…

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Ezekiel 22:15 in the original Hebrew

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וַהֲפִיצוֹתִ֤יva.ha.fi.tzo.Tiand I will scatterH6327
אוֹתָךְ֙'o.toKh<obj.> youH853
בַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471
וְזֵרִיתִ֖יךְve.ze.ri.Tikhand I will disperse youH2219
בָּאֲרָצ֑וֹתba.'a.ra.Tzotamong the landsH776
וַהֲתִמֹּתִ֥יva.ha.ti.mo.Tiand I will make an end ofH8552
טֻמְאָתֵ֖ךְtum.'a.Tekhuncleanness yourH2932
מִמֵּֽךְ\׃mi.Mekhfrom youH4480

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 22:15

  • Nehemiah 1:8

    Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

  • Ezekiel 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.

  • Deuteronomy 4:27

    And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.

  • Zechariah 7:14

    But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

  • Ezekiel 36:19

    And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

  • Leviticus 26:33

    And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Malachi 4:1

    For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

  • Ezekiel 20:38

    And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 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.

  • Malachi 3:3

    And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

  • Ezekiel 24:6-14

    Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
scatter.
5:12; 12:14,15; 34:6; 36:19; Le 26:33; De 4:27; 28:25,64; Ne 1:8
Jer 15:4; Zec 7:14
consume.
18,22; 20:38; 23:47,48; 24:6-14; Isa 1:25; Zec 13:9; Mal 3:3; 4:1
Mt 3:12; 1Pe 4:12

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Context

  • Ezekiel 22:14

    Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.

  • Ezekiel 22:15

    And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

  • Ezekiel 22:16

    And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 22:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y yo te esparciré por las gentes, y te aventaré por las tierras; y haré fenecer de ti tu inmundicia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je te disperserai parmi les nations, et je te disséminerai dans les pays, et je consumerai du milieu de toi ton impureté.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde dich versprengen unter die Nationen und dich zerstreuen in die Länder und deine Unreinigkeit gänzlich aus dir wegschaffen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dispergam te in nationes, et ventilabo te in terras, et deficere faciam immunditiam tuam a te.