Ezekiel 22:2
New International Version
“Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices

New Living Translation
“Son of man, are you ready to judge Jerusalem? Are you ready to judge this city of murderers? Publicly denounce her detestable sins,

English Standard Version
“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominations.

Berean Standard Bible
“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations

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

New King James Version
“Now, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her abominations!

New American Standard Bible
“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then inform her of all her abominations.

NASB 1995
“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.

NASB 1977
“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Now as for you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the city of blood? Then you shall cause her to know all her abominations.

Amplified Bible
“And you, son of man [Ezekiel], will you judge, will you judge the city of bloodshed? Then make her recognize all her repulsive acts.

Christian Standard Bible
“As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.

American Standard Version
And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“But you, son of man, judge the city of blood, and I shall make known all her uncleanness

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, declare thou to her all her iniquities.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, are you ready to condemn Jerusalem? That city is filled with murderers, so remind the people of their sins

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou son of man, dost thou not judge, dost thou not judge the city of blood?

English Revised Version
And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Will you judge, son of man? Will you judge the city of murderers? Then tell it about all the disgusting things that it has done.

Good News Translation
"Mortal man," he said, "are you ready to judge the city that is full of murderers? Make clear to her all the disgusting things she has done.

International Standard Version
"Now, Son of Man, will you truly judge that blood-stained city? Then make her aware of all of her detestable practices.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Now, thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.

Literal Standard Version
“And you, son of man, do you judge? Do you judge the city of blood? Then you have caused it to know all its abominations,

Majority Standard Bible
“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations

New American Bible
You, son of man, will you judge? will you judge the city of bloodshed? Then make known all its abominations,

NET Bible
"As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!

New Revised Standard Version
You, mortal, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to it all its abominable deeds.

New Heart English Bible
"You, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.

Webster's Bible Translation
Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yes, thou shalt show her all her abominations.

World English Bible
“You, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.

Young's Literal Translation
'And thou, son of man, dost thou judge? dost thou judge the city of blood? then thou hast caused it to know all its abominations,

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Audio Bible



Context
The Sins of Jerusalem
1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations 3and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,…

Cross References
Ezekiel 9:9
He replied, "The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.'

Ezekiel 11:6
You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

Ezekiel 16:2
"Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominations

Ezekiel 20:4
Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Confront them with the abominations of their fathers

Ezekiel 22:1
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 22:3
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,

Ezekiel 23:36
Then the LORD said to me: "Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.


Treasury of Scripture

Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? yes, you shall show her all her abominations.

judge.

Ezekiel 20:4
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:

Ezekiel 23:36
The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;

bloody city [heb] city of bloods

Ezekiel 23:45
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

Ezekiel 24:6,9
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…

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.

thou shalt

Ezekiel 16:2
Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

Isaiah 58:1
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

1 Timothy 5:20
Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

shew her [heb] make her know

Ezekiel 8:9-17
And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here…

Ezekiel 16:1-63
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, …

Ezekiel 23:1-49
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, …

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Ezekiel 22
1. A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem, and the dispersion of the Jews in consequence
17. God will burn them as dross in his furnace
23. The general corruption of prophets, priests, princes, and the people














(2) Wilt thou judge.--The same expression as in Ezekiel 20:4. (See Note there.) The sense of the margin, "plead for," is not appropriate here.

Bloody city.--In Ezekiel 22:2-6 crimes of bloodshed and idolatry are dwelt upon, between which there seems always to have been a close connection. The same words are used in Ezekiel 24:6; Ezekiel 24:9, and in Nahum 3:1. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“As for you,
וְאַתָּ֣ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

son
בֶן־ (ḇen-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of man,
אָדָ֔ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

will you judge her?
הֲתִשְׁפֹּ֥ט (hă·ṯiš·pōṭ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

Will you pass judgment
הֲתִשְׁפֹּ֖ט (hă·ṯiš·pōṭ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

on the city
עִ֣יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5892: Excitement

of bloodshed?
הַדָּמִ֑ים (had·dā·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

Then confront her
וְה֣וֹדַעְתָּ֔הּ (wə·hō·w·ḏa‘·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

with all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

her abominations
תּוֹעֲבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (tō·w·‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol


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