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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

"And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then inform her of all her abominations.

Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.

"And you shall say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time is coming; and a city that makes idols, contrary to her own good, for defilement!

Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God , The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.

"You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and you have become defiled by your idols which you have made. So you have brought your days closer and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a disgrace to the nations, and an object of mocking to all the lands.

Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.

"Those who are near and those who are far from you will make fun of you, you of ill repute, full of turmoil.

Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.

"Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been among you for the purpose of shedding blood.

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

"They have treated father and mother with contempt among you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst; they have oppressed the orphan and the widow among you.

In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

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

Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

"Slanderous men have been among you for the purpose of shedding blood, and among you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed outrageous sin.

In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

"Among you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness; among you they have abused her who was unclean in her menstruation.

In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

"And one has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife, another has outrageously defiled his daughter-in-law, and another among you has sexually abused his sister, his father's daughter.

And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

"Among you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest, you have injured your neighbors by oppression, and you have forgotten Me," declares the Lord GOD.

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God .

"Behold, then, I strike with My hand your profit which you have made and the bloodshed which is among you.

Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

"Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong for the days that I will deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken and will act.

Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.

"And I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among the lands, and I will eliminate your uncleanness from you.

And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

"Then you will defile yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will know that I am the LORD."'"

And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord .

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

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

"Son of man, the house of Israel has become waste metal to Me; all of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the smelting furnace; they are the waste metal of silver.

Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

"Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because all of you have become waste metal, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

'As they gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the smelting furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath, and I will place you there and melt you.

As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

'And I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it.

Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof.

'As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath on you.'"

As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you.

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

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

"Son of man, say to her, 'You are a land that is not clean or rained on in the day of indignation.'

Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

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

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

"Her priests have done violence to My Law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have closed their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am defiled among them.

Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

"Her leaders within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to make dishonest profit.

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

"And her prophets have coated with whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, 'This is what the Lord GOD says,' when the LORD has not spoken.

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.

"The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery, and they have oppressed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger without justice.

The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

"I searched for a man among them who would build up a wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

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.

"So I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; I have brought their way upon their heads," declares the Lord GOD.

Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God .