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Ezekiel 22:30 — And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and…
“And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.”
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The verses around Ezekiel 22:30.
28And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.
29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
31Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.
Verse explanation
“I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none” is the image of someone interceding, trying to stop the destruction — the fact that no one was found for that role underscores the scale of the moral collapse described in the chapter.
From the Ezekiel 22 study in Bible in Stories.
Ezekiel 22:30 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E busquei d'entre elles um homem que estivesse tapando o muro, e estivesse na brecha perante mim por esta terra, para que eu não a destruisse; porém a ninguem achei.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E busquei dentre eles um homem que tapasse o muro, e que se pusesse na brecha diante de mim pela terra, para que eu não a destruísse; porém a ninguém achei.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Traté de encontrar a uno de ellos que reparara el muro y defendiera la brecha para que cuando viniera no la destruyera, pero no pude encontrar a nadie.
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