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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 .