Ezekiel 7 · Verse 23

Ezekiel 7:23

Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel 7:23, King James Version

Ezekiel 7:23 in other translations

BSBForge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
WEB“‘Make chains, for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
ASVMake the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
YLTMake the chain; for the land Hath been full of bloody judgments, And the city hath been full of violence.
DARBYMake the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
BBEMake the chain: for the land is full of crimes of blood, and the town is full of violent acts.
WebsterMake a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

What does Ezekiel 7:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
23. chain--symbol of the captivity (compare Jr 27:2). As they enchained the land with violence, so shall they be chained themselves. It was customary to lead away captives in a row with a chain passed from the neck of one to the other. Therefore translate as the Hebrew requires, "the chain," namely, that usually employed on such occasions. Calvin explains it, that the Jews should be dragged, whether they would or no, before God's tribunal to be tried as culprits in chains. The next words favor this: "bloody crimes," rather, "judgment of bloods," that is, with blood sheddings deserving the extreme judicial penalty. Compare Jr 51:9: "Her judgment reacheth unto heaven."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 23 Make a chain - Point out the captivity; show them that it shall come, and show them the reason: "Because the land is full of bloody crimes," etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 7:23-27
Whoever break the bands of God's law, will find themselves bound and held by the chains of his judgments. Since they encouraged one another to sin, God would dishearten them. All must needs be in trouble, when God comes to judge them according to their deserts. May the Lord enable us to seek that good part which shall not be taken away.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ezekiel 7:23 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.

עֲשֵׂ֖ה'a.SehmakeH6213
הָֽרַתּ֑וֹקha.ra.Tokthe chainH7569
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
הָאָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
מָֽלְאָה֙mal.'Ahit is fullH4390
מִשְׁפַּ֣טmish.Patjudgment ofH4941
דָּמִ֔יםda.Mimblood<s>H1818
וְהָעִ֖ירve.ha.'Irand the cityH5892
מָלְאָ֥הmal.'Ahit is fullH4390
חָמָֽס\׃cha.MasviolenceH2555

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 7:23

  • Jeremiah 27:2

    Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,

  • Ezekiel 9:9

    Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

  • 2 Kings 21:16

    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.

  • Hosea 4:2

    By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  • Ezekiel 11:6

    Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

  • Jeremiah 7:6

    If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

  • Isaiah 1:15

    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  • Ezekiel 22:13

    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.

  • Jeremiah 2:34

    Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

  • Ezekiel 22:9

    In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

  • Micah 2:2

    And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • Ezekiel 22:3-6

    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. 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. Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a chain.
19:3-6; Jer 27:2; 40:1; La 3:7; Na 3:10
for.
9:9; 11:6; 22:3-6,9,13,27; 2Ki 21:16; 24:4; Isa 1:15; 59:3,7
Jer 2:34; 7:6; 22:17; Ho 4:2; Mic 2:2; 7:2; Zep 3:3,4

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Context

  • Ezekiel 7:22

    My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

  • Ezekiel 7:23

    Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

  • Ezekiel 7:24

    Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

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Ezekiel 7:23 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Haz una cadena: porque la tierra está llena de juicios de sangres, y la ciudad está llena de violencia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Fabrique la chaîne; car le pays est plein de coulpe de sang, et la ville est pleine de violence.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Verfertige die Kette! denn das Land ist voll Blutschuld, und die Stadt voll Gewalttat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fac conclusionem, quoniam terra plena est judicio sanguinum, et civitas plena iniquitate.