Book 14 : NEVIIM - EZEKIEL - Chapter 022
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Moreover the word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'Now, thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge
the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations
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And thou shalt say: Thus saith the L-rd GOD: O city that
sheddest blood in the midst of thee, that thy time may come, and that makest
idols unto thyself to defile thee
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thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed,
and art defiled 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 nations, and a mocking to all the countries
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Those that are near, and those that are far from thee,
shall mock thee, thou defiled of name and full of tumult
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Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his
might, have been in thee to shed blood
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In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the
midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they
wronged the fatherless and the widow
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Thou hast despised My holy things, and hast profaned My
sabbaths
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In thee have been talebearers to shed blood; and in thee
they have eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed
lewdness
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In thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in
thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity
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And each hath committed abomination with his neighbour's
wife; and each hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and each in thee hath
humbled his sister, his father's daughter
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In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast
taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by
oppression, and hast forgotten Me, saith the L-rd GOD
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Behold, therefore, I have smitten My hand at thy dishonest
gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of
thee
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Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the
days that I shall deal with thee? I HaShem have spoken it, and will do it
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And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse
thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee
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And thou shalt be profaned in thyself, in the sight of the
nations; and thou shalt know that I am HaShem.
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And the word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto Me;
all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace;
they are the dross of silver
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Therefore thus saith the L-rd GOD: Because ye are all
become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem
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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 cast you in, and melt you
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Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of
My wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof
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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 HaShem have poured
out My fury upon you.
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And the word of HaShem came unto me, saying
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'Son of man, say unto her: Thou art a land that is not
cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation
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There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst
thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls, they
take treasure and precious things, they have made her widows many in the midst
thereof
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Her priests have done violence to My law, and have
profaned My holy things; they have put no difference between the holy and the
common, neither have they taught difference between the unclean and the clean,
and have hid their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them
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Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening
the prey: to shed blood, and to destroy souls, so as to get dishonest gain
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And her prophets have daubed for them with whited plaster,
seeing falsehood, and divining lies unto them, saying: Thus saith the L-rd GOD,
when HaShem hath not spoken
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The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised
robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy, and have oppressed the stranger
unlawfully
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And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the
hedge, and stand in the breach before Me for the land, that I should not destroy
it; but I found none
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Therefore have I poured out Mine indignation upon them; I
have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their own way have I brought upon
their heads, saith the L-rd GOD.
Book 14 : NEVIIM - EZEKIEL - Chapter 022
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