Ezekiel 22:15

15 " ' "I will scatter you among the nations. I will send you to other countries. I will put an end to your 'uncleanness.'

Ezekiel 22:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 22:15

And I will scatter thee among the Heathen, and disperse thee
in the countries
Not only cause them to be carried captive to some one place, as Babylon; but to be scattered and dispersed throughout the various provinces of it, and in other nations, as chaff is by the winds; signifying hereby the power by which it would be done; their weakness, who would not be able to hinder it; and the uncomfortable condition they would be in: and will consume thy filthiness out of thee;
by destroying some filthy persons, and reforming others; by bringing them by means of those afflictions to a sense of their sins, and to forsake them; and so would be refined as silver from its dross in a furnace: it may have a particular reference to their idolatry, that filthy sin, which they were cured of, and purged from, by their captivity, and to which they returned no more.

Ezekiel 22:15 In-Context

13 " ' "I will clap my hands because I am so angry. You got rich by cheating others. You spilled blood inside the walls of your city.

14 Will you be brave on the day I deal with you? Will you be strong at that time? I have spoken. I will do it. I am the Lord.

15 " ' "I will scatter you among the nations. I will send you to other countries. I will put an end to your 'uncleanness.'

16 You will be polluted in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am the Lord." ' "

17 A message came to me from the Lord. He said,