Ezekiel 22:13
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New International Version (©2011)
"'I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Now look, I clap My hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Watch out! I'm vehemently angry about the unjust gains that you've earned, and about the blood that has been shed among you.

NET Bible (©2006)
"'See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
" 'I will use my power against you because of the excessive profits you have made and the murders you have committed.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Behold, therefore I have struck my hands together at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.

American King James Version
Behold, therefore I have smitten my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the middle of you.

American Standard Version
Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold, I have clapped my hands at thy covetousness, which thou hast exercised and at the blood that hath been shed: In the midst of thee.

Darby Bible Translation
And behold, I have smitten mine hand at thine overreaching which thou hast done, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, therefore I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

World English Bible
Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.

Young's Literal Translation
And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 13. - I have smitten my hand. The gesture, as in Ezekiel 21:14, 17, was one of indignant, and, as it were, impatient command.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, therefore, I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made,.... As one amazed at it; or as filled with indignation against it; or as grieved and distressed at it; so Jarchi and Kimchi: or else as rejoicing at the punishment going to be inflicted on them for it. So the Septuagint renders it,

"I will bring my hand upon them;''

and the Targum,

"behold, I will bring my vengeance upon thee for the sins of mammon, &c.

Jarchi and Kimchi observe from their Rabbins, that four and twenty sins are recited by Ezekiel; but the final sentence of punishment is for rapine or dishonest gain, which is the greatest evil of all, 1 Timothy 6:10,

and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee; the innocent blood shed in the midst of her; not so much by thieves and cutthroats, as under a pretence of justice which was very abominable indeed; against which the Lord expresses just and strong resentment.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

13. smitten mine hand—in token of the indignant vengeance which I will execute on thee (see on [1057]Eze 21:17).

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The Sins of Jerusalem
…12In you have they taken gifts to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten me, said the Lord GOD. 13Behold, therefore I have smitten my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the middle of you. 14Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it. …

Isaiah 33:15 Those who walk righteously and speak what is right, who reject gain from extortion and keep their hands from accepting bribes, who stop their ears against plots of murder and shut their eyes against contemplating evil--
Ezekiel 22:27 Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain.
Ezekiel 33:31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.
Amos 2:6 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Micah 2:2 They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.