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Ezekiel 22:14 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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 "
Ezekiel 22:14
Verse in Context
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In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
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
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
And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness
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 22:1
"Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Ezekiel 22:2
"Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations."
Ezekiel 22:3
"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"
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."
Ezekiel 22:5
"Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed."
Ezekiel 22:6
"Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood."
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