nkjv Ezekiel:22:2-22 SEEK
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Now ,
son of man ,
will you judge ,
will you judge the bloody city ?
Yes ,
show her all her abominations !
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Then say , "
Thus says the Lord GOD : "
The city sheds blood in her own midst ,
that her time may come ;
and she makes idols within herself to defile herself .
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You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed ,
and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made .
You have caused your days to draw near ,
and have come to the end of your years ;
therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations ,
and a mockery to all countries .
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Those near and those far from you will mock you as infamous and full of tumult .
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Look ,
the princes of Israel :
each one has used his power to shed blood in you .
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In you they have made light of father and mother ;
in your midst they have oppressed the stranger ;
in you they have mistreated the fatherless and the widow .
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You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths .
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In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed ;
in you are those who eat on the mountains ;
in your midst they commit lewdness .
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In you men uncover their fathers '
nakedness ;
in you they violate women who are set apart during their impurity .
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One commits abomination with his neighbor '
s wife ;
another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law ;
and another in you violates his sister ,
his father '
s daughter .
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In you they take bribes to shed blood ;
you take usury and increase ;
you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion ,
and have forgotten Me ,"
says the Lord GOD .
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Behold ,
therefore ,
I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made ,
and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst .
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Can your heart endure ,
or can your hands remain strong ,
in the days when I shall deal with you ?
I ,
the LORD ,
have spoken ,
and will do it .
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I will scatter you among the nations ,
disperse you throughout the countries ,
and remove your filthiness completely from you .
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You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations ;
then you shall know that I am the LORD .""'
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The word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
the house of Israel has become dross to Me ;
they are all bronze ,
tin ,
iron ,
and lead ,
in the midst of a furnace ;
they have become dross from silver .
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : "
Because you have all become dross ,
therefore behold ,
I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem .
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As men gather silver ,
bronze ,
iron ,
lead ,
and tin into the midst of a furnace ,
to blow 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 .
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Yes ,
I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath ,
and you shall be melted in its midst .
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As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace ,
so shall you be melted in its midst ;
then you shall know that I ,
the LORD ,
have poured out My fury on you ."'