{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T22:06:06.724Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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 it."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 22 (KJV)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 22](https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/22 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}