Bible Strands
Ezekiel 22:30
I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks in a prophetic indictment against the city (Ezekiel 22), declaring that He searched for an intercessor among the people and found none.
The words — פֶּרֶץ (pérêts, "breach") names the gap in a wall; it is the same word used in Psalm 106:23, where Moses stands in the breach before God.
The thread — The same search-and-failure pattern appears in Jeremiah 5:1 (no one found in Jerusalem) and Isaiah 59:16 (God sees no man to intercede, so His own arm brings salvation).
Why it lands — The verse is a statement of absence, not a call to action; it asks the reader to sit with what "no one" costs when judgment is the alternative.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 59:16 He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
- Jeremiah 5:1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
- Psalms 106:23 So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- Genesis 18:23 Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
- Isaiah 63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
- Ezekiel 13:5 You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
- Exodus 32:10 Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
- Jeremiah 15:1 Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!