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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 22:4 - Strong Concordance

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Eze 22:4 Strong Concordance Thou art become guilty [0816] in thy blood [01818] that thou hast shed [08210]; and hast defiled [02930] thyself in thine idols [01544] which thou hast made [06213]; and thou hast caused thy days [03117] to draw near [07126], and art come [0935] even unto thy years [08141]: therefore have I made [05414] thee a reproach [02781] unto the heathen [01471], and a mocking [07048] to all countries [0776].
  King James Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
thy days--the shorter period, namely, that of the siege.

thy years--the longer period of the captivity. The "days" and "years" express that she is ripe for punishment.
 
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28 And thou, son [01121] of man [0120], prophesy [05012] and say [0559], Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] concerning the Ammonites [01121] [05983], and concerning their reproach [02781]; even say [0559] thou, The sword [02719], the sword [02719] is drawn [06605]: for the slaughter [02874] it is furbished [04803], to consume [0398] because of the glittering [01300]:
39 As for you, O house [01004] of Israel [03478], thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Go [03212] ye, serve [05647] ye every one [0376] his idols [01544], and hereafter [0310] also, if ye will not hearken [08085] unto me: but pollute [02490] ye my holy [06944] name [08034] no more with your gifts [04979], and with your idols [01544].
25 Wherefore I gave [05414] them also statutes [02706] that were not good [02896], and judgments [04941] whereby they should not live [02421];