KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Ezekiel 22:22 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “As silver” | כֶּ֙סֶף֙ | Silver (from its pale color); by implication, money | silver |
| “is melted” | כְּהִתּ֥וּךְ | A melting | melted |
| “in the midst” | בְּת֣וֹךְ | A bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center | midst |
| “of the furnace,” | כּ֔וּר | A pot or furnace (as if excavated) | furnace |
| “so” | כֵּ֖ן | Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) | so |
| “shall ye be melted” | תֻּתְּכ֣וּ | To flow forth (literally or figuratively); by implication, to liquify | melted |
| “in the midst” | בְתוֹכָ֑הּ | A bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center | midst |
| “thereof; and ye shall know” | וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ | To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) | thereof know |
| “that” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | that |
| “I” | אֲנִ֣י | I | I |
| “the Lord” | יְהוָ֔ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “have poured out” | שָׁפַ֥כְתִּי | To spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out | poured out |
| “my fury” | חֲמָתִ֖י | Heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever) | fury |
| “upon” | עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “you.” | עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | you |
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20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you.
23 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
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