Ezekiel 45 · Verse 9

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 45:9, King James Version

Ezekiel 45:9 in other translations

BSBFor this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
WEB“‘The Lord GOD says: “Enough, you princes of Israel! Remove violence and plunder, and execute justice and righteousness! Stop dispossessing my people!” says the Lord GOD.
ASVThus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.
YLT‘Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Enough to you--princes of Israel; violence and spoil turn aside, and judgment and righteousness do; lift up your exactions from off My people--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
DARBYThus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel! Put away violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice; take off your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BBEThis is what the Lord has said: Let this be enough for you, O rulers of Israel: let there be an end of violent behaviour and wasting; do what is right, judging uprightly; let there be no more driving out of my people, says the Lord.
WebsterThus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

What does Ezekiel 45:9 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Take away your exactions from my people - This is the voice of God to all the rulers of the earth. Take away your exactions; do not oppress the people; they are mine. Abolish all oppressive taxes.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Ezekiel 45:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַ֞ר'a.Marhe saysH559
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3069
רַב\־rav-enoughH7227
לָכֶם֙la.Khemfor you
נְשִׂיאֵ֣יne.si.'EiO princes ofH5387
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
חָמָ֤סcha.MasinjusticeH2555
וָשֹׁד֙va.Shodand violenceH7701
הָסִ֔ירוּha.Si.ruremoveH5493
וּמִשְׁפָּ֥טu.mish.Patand justiceH4941
וּצְדָקָ֖הu.tze.da.Kahand righteousnessH6666
עֲשׂ֑וּ'a.SudoH6213
הָרִ֤ימוּha.Ri.muremoveH7311
גְרֻשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙ge.ru.sho.tei.Khemeviction<s> yourH1646
מֵעַ֣לme.'Alfrom onH5921
עַמִּ֔י'a.Mipeople myH5971
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3069

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Cross references for Ezekiel 45:9

  • Zechariah 8:16

    These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

  • Jeremiah 22:3

    Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Isaiah 1:17

    Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

  • Ezekiel 44:6

    And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,

  • Micah 2:9

    The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.

  • 1 Peter 4:3

    For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

  • Ezekiel 43:14-16

    And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.

  • Nehemiah 5:1-13

    And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. …

  • Psalms 82:2-5

    How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

  • Job 20:19

    Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

  • Job 24:2-12

    Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. …

  • Luke 3:14

    And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let it.
44:6; 1Pe 4:3
remove.
Ne 5:10; Ps 82:2-5; Isa 1:17; Jer 22:3; Zec 8:16; Lu 3:14
execute.
43:14-16
take away.
Ne 5:1-13; 1Co 6:7,8
exactions. Heb. expulsions.
Job 20:19; 22:9; 24:2-12; Mic 2:1,2,9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 45:8

    In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

  • Ezekiel 45:9

    Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 45:10

    Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

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Ezekiel 45:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así ha dicho el Señor Jehová: Básteos, oh príncipes de Israel: dejad la violencia y la rapiña: haced juicio y justicia; quitad vuestras imposiciones de sobre mi pueblo, dice el Señor Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ainsi dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel: C’en est assez, princes d’Israël! Ôtez la violence et la rapine, et pratiquez le jugement et la justice; cessez d’expulser mon peuple de leur terre, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
So spricht der Herr, Jehova: Laßt es euch genug sein, ihr Fürsten Israels! tut Gewalttat und Bedrückung hinweg, und übet Recht und Gerechtigkeit; höret auf, mein Volk aus seinem Besitze zu vertreiben, spricht der Herr, Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Sufficiat vobis, principes Israël: iniquitatem et rapinas intermittite, et judicium et justitiam facite: separate confinia vestra a populo meo, ait Dominus Deus.