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Ezekiel 21:24
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord GOD speaks to the profane and wicked prince of Israel, delivering a declaration of judgment immediately after describing how a false omen will expose the guilt of those who swore allegiance to him.
The words — The Hebrew phrase לָכֵן־כֹּה (lakhen-koh) literally means "therefore thus," formally introducing the divine pronouncement, while יַעַן (ya'an) translates to "because," establishing the causal ground for the coming judgment.
The thread — The theme of exposed guilt runs through Hosea 4:2, which lists rampant transgressions, and Isaiah 3:9, which notes that sinners do not conceal their iniquity. The warning of being seized aligns with Isaiah 22:17, where YHWH declares He will violently take hold of the mighty man.
Why it lands — The text states that open transgression triggers divine intervention, requiring the reader to recognize that unhidden sin inevitably invites accountability.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
Cross-references
- Hosea 4:2 Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Isaiah 3:9 The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
- Isaiah 22:17 Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,
- Jeremiah 2:34 Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
- Jeremiah 3:2 “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
- Jeremiah 5:27 Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- Jeremiah 6:15 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 8:12 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 9:2 If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
- Jeremiah 15:2 If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’