Prophet Pearls #29 – Acharei Mot (Ezekiel 22:1-19)

This episode of Prophet Pearls, is on the Prophets portion of Acharei-Mot covering Ezekiel 22:1-19. Nehemia Gordon and Keith Johnson discuss the root of the God’s Holy Name, and how the Hebrew word for inheritance provides the finale to the crucible … Continue reading →

This episode of Prophet Pearls, is on the Prophets portion of Acharei-Mot covering Ezekiel 22:1-19. Nehemia Gordon and Keith Johnson discuss the root of the God's Holy Name, and how the Hebrew word for inheritance provides the finale to the crucible theme of exile, redemption and resettlement.

This relatively short portion yields many pearls and not one, but three, words-of-the-week. The first appears in the very first verse as three letters forming the root of the Tetragrammaton (hei-yud-hei) reveal how the Word of Yehovah came to Ezekiel—“and it was.”

For the second word of the week (kalas / kuf-lamed-samach), Gordon provides examples where the woeful prophecy of a defiled name has been fulfilled across continents and centuries. A list of the abominations noted in this portion is provided along with references for comparative lists in the Tanakh.

The game-changing pearl and third word-of-the-week appears in verse 16. Nachal (nun-chet-lamed), “take thine inheritance” provides the finale to the crucible theme of exile, redemption and resettlement. Johnson closes with a prayer of thankfulness to God for choosing the perfect language to reveal his will, for access to tools for understanding, and for giving the desire and focus to interact with the holy tongue.

"You shall take your inherited portion of land in the sight of the nations and you will know that I am Yehovah." Ezekiel 22:16

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Prophet Pearls #29 – Acharei Mot (Ezekiel 22:1-19)

You are listening to Prophet Pearls with Nehemia Gordon and Keith Johnson. Thank you for supporting Nehemia Gordon's Makor Hebrew Foundation. Learn more at NehemiasWall.com.

Nehemia: Shalom and welcome to Prophet Pearls face-to-face in the city of the prophets, recorded live from the safe house in Jerusalem with Keith Johnson and Nehemia Gordon. That’s me. That’s it. That’s my intro.

Keith: Okay. All right.

Nehemia: Previously on Prophet Pearls, “I will find you!” No. Come on. Let’s just do it.

Keith: When are you taking the hat off is what I want to know?

Nehemia: No, I love the hat. You’re making fun of my hat. Can I tell the people? [laughing]

Keith: [laughing] No, you can’t. No, folks, we’re going to get started. We’re in Ezekiel. Nehemia, every time we go to do Ezekiel, I always have to be reminded of the opening of the phrase. Now before we get to Ezekiel…

Nehemia: Opening of what phrase?

Comments

Louis KorkamesApril 25, 2026 at 8:36 AM

Shall insult each other through you. So true. I grew up in Dallas, a white southerner. We used that as a racial or cultural slur, as someone who was cheap or conniving. After hearing this prophet Pearl, I realized how prejudiced I was. I apologize to all of Jewish heritage and culture for myself and all humanity for our anti-semitic prejudice and hatred.

MinaSeptember 14, 2023 at 3:54 PM

Hi, pray to God to conform to you? As a believer it’s very obvious to me from the Scriptures who Yeshua is but for those who don’t believe, ask the things of God to God and not men. That was certainly how I found about the real Yeshua. Through fear and trembling and prayers. God will reply because He wants everyone saved. May the holy gospel of Christ be upon you very soon.

huasonshineApril 29, 2023 at 4:22 PM

hey Kevin I remember as a kid hearing the term Jew used as a verb, but I understood it not to mean to cheat but to haggle for the best price, which made sense because the stereotype of “Jews” was to be shrewd business men, as the chinese say “very smart, very rich” It never occurred to me that it was negative slang, because it seemed to be a positive phrase. Only being negative to those who wanted the price advantage to swing in their own favor. Similarly the term “goody two shoes” was supposed to make someone feel embarrassed about being good and following the rules…

Dinu StanciuleteApril 27, 2023 at 3:17 PM

Hello
Mi question is:
A lot of people are certainly and convinced, Jesus from New Testament is Jehovah from Old Testament.
How you coment this?
What proves you have if is not true?
I am convinced is not true,but how can i explain to them?

Aryeh FrançoisApril 23, 2022 at 9:17 AM

Abortion is not a child sacrifice. Burning children to Molokh was a common practice among the K’naanim and apparently still the Bnéi Yisraël during the first temple times. Y’all need to remember that for Tana’’kh and still in Judaïsmes an embryon is not a person worthy of saving over the life of the mother until the head has crowned at birth (10cm).
Instead of deciding what you want to call a sin and see everything else through that filter, how about learning the Bible first and learn what really are sins.

KevinApril 22, 2021 at 8:49 PM

I wanted to mention that when I was young, now I am dangerously old (in scare-tactic Covid terms), I heard people use jew as a verb, meaning to cheat. I do not believe that the people saying it, said it while thinking of Jews. I believe they were unwitting as to the etymology or history of the practice. I was also, because today I learned the history goes back to Ezekiel. Think of saying “French kissing.” Do you think of the French? Likely not. Of course, there is no negative connotation to contend with in French kissing.
My wife’s father was a Jew (he’s buried in a Munich Jewish Cemetery). He was a Holocaust victim of the Nazis. When my wife “admitted” to me that she was “part Jewish,” she almost assumed a defensive physical position, fearing that I would react negatively, not physically but by rejection. We were in bed together. I already loved her. I told her it did not matter at all. She is not born to a Jewish mother, so in my mind she is not Jewish. It would not bother me if she were. Her parents divorced and she moved to the US when she was 5. At some point, her gentile Aunt told her to hide the fact that she had Jewish ancestry, so she therefore viewed it as something to be afraid of revealing. She had her DNA taken and the closest genetic relatives she has, even including Gentiles, are Jews descended from people stemming from Latvia, Lithuania, Byelorussia. Her father was from Breslau, his recent ancestors from Zulz (now in Poland, then near Bohemia) and, apparently, more distantly in time, from the above regions. You, Nehemia, remind me of my wife’s father. That certain smile and twinkle in the eye in humorous moments (in videos on the internet).

RonnApril 19, 2021 at 1:11 PM

Prophet pearls # 29 is powerful in application!
The list of abominations and the high places align with Bret Hadishaw that o have a tendency to minimize referencing!
Consider the “hands together” matter as a literal consequence to issues being presented! Blessing or Curse!
Shalom

RonnApril 19, 2021 at 1:06 PM

Enriched
Consider the “hands״ matter as the literal execution of consequences!

Nunya BizApril 19, 2021 at 9:41 AM

Rood’s 7 thunders of Revelation, YHVH clapping. How many times in Ezekiel? And isn’t it literally “I am, I was, She will be”? (for YHVH)

Nunya BizJanuary 19, 2021 at 10:45 AM

The Word of YHVH=Yeshuah…Yeshuah came to the prophets n no, they wudnt recognize Him.

MariettaApril 27, 2020 at 9:57 PM

Always glad to hear these pearls! Prayers to you both.

BernardoApril 27, 2020 at 11:12 AM

Wow, these are the statistics I got today 3rd day of 2nd month (27 April 2020) 38,664 people dead by Covid 19. 259, 996 abortions in 2020 in the USA.

LOUIS C KORKAMESApril 27, 2020 at 9:05 AM

These are some translations that portray this verse postively- or explain that the profaning is because YHVH has given the inheritance back!

Ezekiel 22:16
(ABP+)  AndG2532 I will allotG2624.1 amongG1722 youG1473 beforeG2596 the eyesG3788 of theG3588 nations,G1484 andG2532 you shall knowG1097 thatG1360 I am G1473 the lord .G2962
(Brenton)  And I will give heritages in thee in the sight of the nations, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
(DRB)  And I will possess thee in the sight of the Gentiles, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
(ERRB)  And thou shalt take thine inheritance in profane thyself in the sight eyes of the heathen goyim , and thou shalt know that I am the LORD I – Yah Veh .
(Geneva)  And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thy selfe in the sight of the heathen, & thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord.
(GNB)  And so the other nations will dishonor you, but you will know that I am the LORD.”
(JPS)  And thou shalt be profaned in thyself, in the sight of the nations; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.’
(JUB)  And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the Gentiles, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
(KJV)  And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
(KJV+)  And thou shalt take thine inheritanceH2490 in thyself in the sightH5869 of the heathen,H1471 and thou shalt knowH3045 thatH3588 IH589 am the LORD.H3068
(KJV-1611)  And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thy selfe in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

LOUIS C KORKAMESApril 27, 2020 at 8:54 AM

clap my hands – many times I’ve clapped my hands in frustration or anger to get my kids attention

auntgannyApril 17, 2018 at 9:18 PM

Totally agree!

Paula KatipanaMay 6, 2017 at 5:38 AM

Eze.22:19: YHVH takes the ‘leftovers’ from the crucible, the remnant, of Israel and gathers them to the land of inheritance; it’s like He strips them from their own sense of value – the silver -, and shows that He can make them valuable again, like taking the desert and making it bloom again!

Jonathan LeeMay 1, 2016 at 3:12 PM

Hi there Nehemiah, I’ve been reading the book Ezekiel upto this month upto chapter 20, I’m confused as to what statutes eze 20:24-25 refers to, I’ve read elsewhere Cannaite law.
If so do you know any other instances in the tanak similiar to this
Regards Jonathan Lee

0sarah2April 30, 2016 at 7:08 PM

Since the JPS was first translated in 1917 perhaps the translators could not even hope that Israel would in fact be back in the Land so they chose the “been defiled” rather than “divide the land”. So a lack of faith rather than a perverted agenda. And in fact Israel was defiled before the return.

0sarah2April 30, 2016 at 1:17 PM

What was the abomination that caused the shedding of blood in Jerusalem? Was it not child sacrifice? Is not child sacrifice, aka abortion, still practiced? So it isn’t the settlements which are blocking progress toward peace but the continuation of ancient idolatry in Israel. The places of drumming still exist, the victims are just much younger and their cries not heard by their fathers and mothers. But the Mighty One of Israel has ears to hear. We will have no shalom as long as child sacrifice is practiced.

DanielMay 1, 2015 at 9:34 PM

Oh but if we only had a pic of the hat…

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