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1Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2“Now, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her abominations!

2“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominations.

3Then say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “The city sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may come; and she makes idols within herself to defile herself.

3You shall say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!

4You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.

4You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought your days near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.

5Those near and those far from you will mock you as infamous and full of tumult.

5Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; your name is defiled; you are full of tumult.

6“Look, the princes of Israel: each one has used his power to shed blood in you.

6“Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.

7In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

7Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.

8You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.

8You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.

9In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.

9There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.

10In you men uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are set apart during their impurity.

10In you men uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity.

11One commits abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; and another in you violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

11One commits abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

12In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me,” says the Lord GOD.

12In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

13“Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.

13“Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.

14Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do it.

14Can your courage endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.

15I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and remove your filthiness completely from you.

15I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.

16You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations; then you shall know that I am the LORD.” ’ ”

16And you shall be profaned by your own doing in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the LORD.”

17The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

17And the word of the LORD came to me:

18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace; they have become dross from silver.

18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver.

19Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

19Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

20As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you.

20As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.

21Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst.

21I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.

22As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the LORD, have poured out My fury on you.’ ”

22As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the LORD; I have poured out my wrath upon you.”

23And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

23And the word of the LORD came to me:

24“Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’

24“Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation.

25The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured people; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

25The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.

26Her priests have violated My law and profaned My holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

26Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

27Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy people, and to get dishonest gain.

27Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

28Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ when the LORD had not spoken.

28And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

29The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger.

29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.

30So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.

30And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.

31Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord GOD.

31Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.

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