Ezekiel:22

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* And the word of Jehovah was to me , saying , * And you , son of man , will you judge , will you judge the bloody city ? Then cause her to know all her abominations . * Then you shall say , So says the Lord Jehovah : The city sheds blood in her midst , that her time may come . And she makes idols against herself , to defile herself . * By your blood which you have shed , you are guilty ; and by your idols which you have made , you are defiled . And your days are brought near , and you have come to your years . On account of this , I have made you a reproach to the nations , and a mocking to all the lands . * Those who are near and those far from you shall mock against you , O defiled of name , abounding in tumult . * Behold , the rulers of Israel , each man by his might , have been in you in order to shed blood . * In you they have despised father and mother . In your midst they have dealt with the alien by oppression . In you they oppressed the widow and the orphan . * You have despised My holy things and have profaned My sabbaths . * In you are men of slander in order to shed blood , and in you they eat on the mountains . In your midst they do unchaste acts . * In you he has uncovered the nakedness of the father ; in you they humbled the defiled by her impurity . * And a man has done abomination with his neighbor 's wife , and a man has defiled his daughter-in-law in unchaste acts . And in you a man has humbled his sister , his father 's daughter . * In you they have taken bribes in order to shed blood . You have taken interest and increase , and you have gained by extortion of your neighbor . And you have forgotten Me , declares the Lord Jehovah . * And behold ! I have struck My palm against your unjust gain which you have made , and at your blood which has been in your midst . * Can your heart stand , or can your hands be strong , in the days that I shall deal with you ? I , Jehovah , have spoken , and I will act . * And I will scatter you among the nations and sow you in the lands . And I will destroy your uncleanness out of you . * And you will be profaned in you in the eyes of the nations . And you shall know that I am Jehovah . * And the word of Jehovah was to me , saying , * 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 middle of the furnace ; they are the dross of silver . * So the Lord Jehovah says this : Because all of you have become for dross , therefore , behold , I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem . * As they gather silver , and bronze , and iron , and lead , and tin , into the middle of the furnace , to blow the 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 . * And I will collect you and blow on you in the fire of My wrath , and you shall be melted in its midst . * As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace , so you shall be melted in its midst . And you shall know that I , Jehovah , have poured out My fury on you . * And the word of Jehovah was to me , saying , * Son of man , speak to her : You are a land , she is not being cleansed , you are not rained on in the day of disgust . * A plot by her prophets is in her midst , like a roaring lion tearing prey . They have devoured souls and they have taken the riches and gems . They multiplied her widows in her midst . * Her priests have violated My law and have profaned My holy things . They have not divided between the holy and the common , and between the unclean and clean they have not taught . And they have hidden their eyes from the sabbaths , and I am profaned among them . * Her rulers in her midst are like wolves tearing prey , to shed blood , to destroy souls , in order to gain unjust gain . * And her prophets have daubed themselves with lime , seeing empty visions , and divining lies to them , saying , So says the Lord Jehovah , when Jehovah has not spoken . * The people of the land have used oppression and practiced robbery . And they troubled the poor and the needy , and they have oppressed the stranger without justice . * And I sought among them a man to wall up a wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land , that I should not destroy it , but I found none . * So I have poured out on them My disgust . With the fire of My wrath I consumed them . I have given their way on their heads , states the Lord Jehovah .

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