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Ezekiel 22:28 Explained in Context

Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.

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Verse 28. And 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.

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Role in This Section

The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus…” at Ezekiel 22:28 as part of “Prophets, Priests, Princes, Officials, and People Share Failure.”

Read It With

  • Ezekiel 22:23–31

Read Ezekiel 22:28 with 22:23–31. By itself, “And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Every leadership group is accused of conspiracy, false vision, legal distortion, violence, dishonest gain, and oppression; no one is found to stand in the breach.

Why It Needs Context

Ezekiel 22:28 performs a local role inside “Prophets, Priests, Princes, Officials, and People Share Failure.” The prophetic word through Ezekiel carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus…” at Ezekiel 22:28 as part of “Prophets, Priests, Princes, Officials, and People Share Failure.” The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.

Continue in Context

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Read Ezekiel 22:23–31 — Prophets, Priests, Princes, Officials, and People Share Failure
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How certain is this explanation? strong

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Ezekiel 22:23–31, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel

Open Scriptures

Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 22:23–31

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