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Douay-Rheims Bible

Ezekiel 22:17

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Furnace;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mining and Metals;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lead;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gain;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
And the word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Amplified Bible
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
World English Bible
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said:
Complete Jewish Bible
The word of Adonai came to me:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The word of the Lord came to me. He said,
George Lamsa Translation
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord said to me,
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me, sayenge:
American Standard Version
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me, and he seide,
Update Bible Version
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New English Translation
The word of the Lord came to me:
New King James Version
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Living Translation
Then this message came to me from the Lord :
New Life Bible
The Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
The word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
And the word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,
THE MESSAGE
God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, the people of Israel are slag to me, the useless byproduct of refined copper, tin, iron, and lead left at the smelter—a worthless slag heap. So tell them, ‘ God , the Master, has spoken: Because you've all become worthless slag, you're on notice: I'll assemble you in Jerusalem. As men gather silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into a furnace and blow fire on it to melt it down, so in my wrath I'll gather you and melt you down. I'll blow on you with the fire of my wrath to melt you down in the furnace. As silver is melted down, you'll be melted down. That should get through to you. Then you'll recognize that I, God , have let my wrath loose on you.'"

Contextual Overview

17 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all these are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because you are all turned into dross, therefore behold I will gather you together in the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As they gather silver, and brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace: that I may kindle a fire in it to melt it: so will I gather you together in my fury and in my wrath, and will take my rest, and I will melt you down. 21 And will gather you together, and will burn you in the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst thereof. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be in the midst thereof: and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have poured out my indignation upon you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Amos 4:11 - yet

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.
Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.
Genesis 17:6
And I will make thee increase exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 22:1
After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.
Genesis 22:2
He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision; and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will shew thee.
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together.
Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had shewn him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it; and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood.
Genesis 22:10
And he put forth his hand, and took the sword, to sacrifice his son.
Genesis 22:13
Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw behind his back a ram, amongst the briers, sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the word of the Lord came unto me,.... The word of prophecy from the Lord, as the Targum:

saying; as follows:

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The fifth word of judgment. The furnace. In the besieged city the people shall be tried and purged.

Ezekiel 22:18

Dross - A frequent metaphor which denotes not only the corruption of the people, who have become like base metal, but also a future purification whereby, the “dross” being burned away, the remnant of good may appear.


 
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