Ezekiel 22:17

17 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

Ezekiel 22:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 22:17

And the word of the Lord came unto me
The word of prophecy from the Lord, as the Targum: saying;
as follows:

Ezekiel 22:17 In-Context

15 I will scatter you among the nations, and I will disperse you through the countries, and I will purge your uncleanness from you.

16 And I will be profaned by you before [the] eyes of [the] nations, and you will know that I [am] Yahweh." '"

17 And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},

18 "Son of man, the house of Israel has become as silver dross to me; all of them [are as] bronze and tin and iron and lead in the midst of a furnace, [even] [as] silver dross, silver [dross] they became!

19 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Because all of you have become [as] silver dross, therefore look! I [am] gathering you to the midst of Jerusalem,

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "was"
• [b] Literally "to say"