16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
16 When you have been defiled
16 And you shall be profaned by your own doing in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the Lord."
16 You will be defiled, spattered with your own mud in the eyes of the nations. And you'll recognize that I am God.'"
16 You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations; then you shall know that I am the Lord." ' "
16 And when I have been dishonored among the nations because of you, you will know that I am the Lord ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 22:16
Commentary on Ezekiel 22:1-16
(Read Ezekiel 22:1-16)
The prophet is to judge the bloody city; the city of bloods. Jerusalem is so called, because of her crimes. The sins which Jerusalem stands charged with, are exceeding sinful. Murder, idolatry, disobedience to parents, oppression and extortion, profanation of the sabbath and holy things, seventh commandment sins, lewdness and adultery. Unmindfulness of God was at the bottom of all this wickedness. Sinners provoke God because they forget him. Jerusalem has filled the measure of her sins. Those who give up themselves to be ruled by their lusts, will justly be given up to be portioned by them. Those who resolve to be their own masters, let them expect no other happiness than their own hands can furnish; and a miserable portion it will prove.