Ezekiel 22:26

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
priests	כֹּהֲנֶ֜יהָ ko.ha.Nei.ha	H3548	literally one officiating · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
violated	חָמְס֣וּ cha.me.Su	H2554	to be violent · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
law	תוֹרָתִי֮ to.ra.Ti	H8451	a precept or statute · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
profaned	וַיְחַלְּל֣וּ vay.cha.le.Lu	H2490	properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
things	קָדָשַׁי֒ ka.da.Shai	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
difference	הִבְדִּ֔ילוּ hiv.Di.lu	H914	to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural
holy	קֹ֤דֶשׁ Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular absolute
profane	לְחֹל֙ le.Chol	H2455	properly · preposition + adjective, masculine singular absolute
shewed	הוֹדִ֑יעוּ ho.Di.'u	H3045	to know (properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural
unclean	הַטָּמֵ֥א ha.ta.Me'	H2931	foul in a religious sense · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
clean	לְטָה֖וֹר le.ta.Hor	H2889	pure (in a physical · preposition + adjective, masculine singular absolute
hid	הֶעְלִ֣ימוּ he'.Li.mu	H5956	to veil from sight · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural
eyes	עֵֽינֵיהֶ֔ם 'ei.nei.Hem	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
sabbaths	וּמִשַׁבְּתוֹתַי֙ u.mi.sha.be.to.Tai	H7676	intermission · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix
profaned	וָאֵחַ֖ל va.'e.Chal	H2490	properly · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular
among	בְּתוֹכָֽם be.to.Kham	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Leviticus 10:10 And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
Ezekiel 22:8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Ezekiel 44:23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
Malachi 2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hos…
1 Samuel 2:12-17 Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
Jeremiah 2:8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophet…
Micah 3:11-12 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean up…
1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tab…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:23–end

Here is, I. A general idea given of the land of Israel, how well it deserved the judgments coming to destroy it and how much it needed these judgments to refine it. Let the prophet tell her plainly, "Thou art the land that is not cleansed, not refined as metal is, and therefore needest to be again put into the furnace. Means and methods of reformation have been ineffectual; thou art not rained upon in the day of indignation." This was one of the judgments which God brought upon them in the day of his wrath, he withheld the rain from them, Jer 14:4. Or, "When thou art under the tokens of God's displeasure, even in the day of indignation thou art not rained upon; thou hast not received instruc…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests--whose "lips should have kept knowledge" (Mal 2:7). violated--not simply transgressed; but, have done violence to the law, by wresting it to wrong ends, and putting wrong constructions on it. put no difference between the holy and profane, &c.--made no distinction between the clean and unclean (Lev 10:10), the Sabbath and other days, sanctioning violations of that holy day. "Holy" means, what is dedicated to God; "profane," what is in common use; "unclean," what is forbidden to be eaten; "clean," what is lawful to be eaten. I am profaned among them--They abuse My name to false or unjust purposes.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests - Even they whose lips should preserve knowledge, have not instructed the people: they have violated my law, not only in their private conduct, but in their careless and corrupt manner of serving in my temple.

John Gill on Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests have violated my law,.... Or, "forced it" (i); they gave a wrong explanation of it, made it speak what it should not; they wrested the sense and meaning of it, and did and taught things contrary to it; they broke it themselves, who should have instructed others in it, and exhorted them to have kept it, and encouraged them by their own example: and have profaned my holy things; sacrifices and oblations, which were only to be offered and eaten by holy persons; they made them common to others who should not have partook of them: they have put no difference between the holy and the profane; between holy persons and things, and profane persons and things; they made no difference in…

Dictionary and topics

Gap — A rent or opening in a wall (Ezek. 13:5; comp. Amos 4:3). The false prophets did not stand in the gap (Ezek. 22: 30), i.e., they did nothing to stop the outbreak of wickedness.
Sabbath, The · The wicked: Hide their eyes from — The wicked: Hide their eyes from

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 22:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:23–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 22:26

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 22:26

John Gill on Ezekiel 22:26

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 22:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:23–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 22:26

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 22:26

John Gill on Ezekiel 22:26

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 22:23–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 22:25-29

Rashi on Ezekiel 22:26