Ezekiel 7:23 “Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the…”

Ezekiel 7:23

Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

World English Bible

“‘Make chains, for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

American Standard Version

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Geneva Bible 1599

Make a chaine: for the lande is full of the iudgement of blood, and the citie is full of crueltie.

Darby Translation

Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

Young's Literal Translation

Make the chain; for the land Hath been full of bloody judgments, And the city hath been full of violence.

Bible in Basic English

Make the chain: for the land is full of crimes of blood, and the town is full of violent acts.

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Cross references

“a chain”

Jeremiah 27:2 Ezekiel 19:3–6 Jeremiah 40:1 Lamentations 3:7 Nahum 3:10

Jeremiah 27:2 · BSB

This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

Ezekiel 19:3–6 · BSB

She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

Jeremiah 40:1 · BSB

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had released him at Ramah, having found him bound in chains among all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled…

Lamentations 3:7 · BSB

He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

Nahum 3:10 · BSB

Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

“for”

Ezekiel 9:9 Ezekiel 11:6 2 Kings 21:16 Hosea 4:2 Ezekiel 22:3–6 Ezekiel 22:9

Ezekiel 9:9 · BSB

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 · BSB

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

2 Kings 21:16 · BSB

Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

Hosea 4:2 · BSB

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Ezekiel 22:3–6 · BSB

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 22:9 · BSB

Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency.

Also

Ezekiel 8:17

Ezekiel 8:17 · BSB

“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to an…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22I will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.

24So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.

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