Ezequiel 22:30

30 “Procurei entre eles um homem que erguesse o muro e se pusesse na brecha diante de mim e em favor desta terra, para que eu não a destruísse, mas não encontrei nenhum.

Ezequiel 22:30 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 22:30

And I sought for a man among them
among the princes, priests, prophets, and people of the land, who acted the part as above described; for otherwise, no doubt, there were good people in the land, as Jeremiah, Baruch, and others, but not among these: that should make up the hedge;
that was broken down by the transgressions of the people, who exceeded all bounds of law and justice; one that would restrain them from sinning, and reform them, and set them a good example; one, as the Targum has it,

``whose works were good;''

a good man, that would endeavour by his influence to stop the breaking in of sin, and the consequences of it: and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy
it;
in the gap that sin had made, at which the Lord was entering as a man of war to destroy the transgressors; one that should present himself to the Lord on the behalf of the people; seek mercy for them, as the Targum; interpose between God and them, and act the part of an intercessor; pray for them, as Moses did for the people of Israel, that he would not destroy them; see ( Psalms 106:23 ) : but I found none;
no reformer of them, no repairer of the breach, nor restorer of paths, to dwell in; no intercessor for them, as Abraham for Sodom, Moses for Israel; or any, like Aaron, that stood between the living and the dead to stay the plague.

Ezequiel 22:30 In-Context

28 Seus profetas disfarçam esses feitos enganando o povo com visões falsas e adivinhações mentirosas. Dizem: ‘Assim diz o Soberano, o SENHOR’, quando o SENHOR não falou.

29 O povo da terra pratica extorsão e comete roubos; oprime os pobres e os necessitados e maltrata os estrangeiros, negando-lhes justiça.

30 “Procurei entre eles um homem que erguesse o muro e se pusesse na brecha diante de mim e em favor desta terra, para que eu não a destruísse, mas não encontrei nenhum.

31 Por isso derramarei a minha ira sobre eles e os consumirei com o meu grande furor; sofrerão as consequências de tudo o que fizeram. Palavra do Soberano, o SENHOR”.