King James Version
Ezekiel 22:15 in the King James Version says “And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of th...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.”
Ezekiel 22:15 · KJV
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.
And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. shalt take: or, shalt be profaned
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And I will scatter”
H6327to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thee among the heathen”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“and will consume”
H8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
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