Ezekiel:22
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Now ,
thou son of man ,
wilt thou judge ,
wilt thou judge the bloody city ?
yea ,
thou shalt shew her all her abominations tow #
ebah #.
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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 .
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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 .
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Those that be near ,
and those that be far from thee ,
shall mock thee ,
which art infamous tame #
and much vexed .
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Behold ,
the princes of Israel Yisra #
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every one were in thee to their power to shed blood .
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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 .
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Thou hast despised mine holy things ,
and hast profaned my sabbaths .
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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 .
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In thee have they discovered their fathers nakedness :
in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution .
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And one hath committed abomination with his neighbours wife ;
and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law ;
and another in thee hath humbled his sister ,
his fathers daughter .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And I will scatter thee among the heathen ,
and disperse thee in the countries ,
and will consume thy filthiness out of thee .
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And thou shalt take thine inheritance (
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in thyself in the sight of the heathen ,
and thou shalt know that I am the LORD .
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And the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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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 .
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Because ye are all become dross ,
behold ,
therefore 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 leave you there ,
and melt you .
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Yea ,
I will gather you ,
and blow upon you in 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 the LORD have poured out my fury upon you .
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And the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
say unto her ,
Thou art the land that is not cleansed ,
nor rained upon in the day of indignation za #
am #.
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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 have taken the treasure and precious things ;
they have made her many widows in the midst thereof .
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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 .
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Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey ,
to shed blood ,
and to destroy souls ,
to get dishonest gain .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 recompensed upon their heads ro #
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saith the Lord GOD .