King James Version
Ezekiel 22:13 in the King James Version says “Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been ...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.”
Ezekiel 22:13 · KJV
And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. one: or, every one another: or, every one lewdly: or, by lewdness
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Behold therefore I have smitten”
H5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
“mine hand”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which thou hast made”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“and at thy blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“which hath been in the midst”
H8432a bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
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