Ezekiel 22:4

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.

Thou art become guilty {H816} in thy blood {H1818} that thou hast shed {H8210}; and hast defiled {H2930} thyself in thine idols {H1544} which thou hast made {H6213}; and thou hast caused thy days {H3117} to draw near {H7126}, and art come {H935} even unto thy years {H8141}: therefore have I made {H5414} thee a reproach {H2781} unto the heathen {H1471}, and a mocking {H7048} to all countries {H776}.

you are guilty because of the blood you have shed, you are defiled by your idols that you have made. You have shortened your days, you have completed your years; therefore I have made you an object of scorn for the nations and a laughingstock for every country.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 21:16 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Psalms 44:13 (3 votes)

    Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

  • Psalms 44:14 (3 votes)

    Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

  • Ezekiel 5:14 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Ezekiel 5:15 (3 votes)

    So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that [are] round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken [it].

  • Ezekiel 16:57 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Ezekiel 22:2 (3 votes)

    Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.