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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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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 ."'
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And the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
say to her : "
You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation .'
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The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey ;
they have devoured people ;
they have taken treasure and precious things ;
they have made many widows in her midst .
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Her priests have violated My law and profaned My holy things ;
they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy ,
nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean ;
and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths ,
so that I am profaned among them .
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Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey ,
to shed blood ,
to destroy people ,
and to get dishonest gain .
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Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar ,
seeing false visions ,
and divining lies for them ,
saying , "
Thus says the Lord GOD ,'
when the LORD had not spoken .
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The people of the land have used oppressions ,
committed robbery ,
and mistreated the poor and needy ;
and they wrongfully oppress the stranger .
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So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall ,
and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land ,
that I should not destroy it ;
but I found no one .
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Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them ;
I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath ;
and I have recompensed their deeds on their own heads ,"
says the Lord GOD .
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The word of the LORD came again to me ,
saying :
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Son of man ,
there were two women ,
The daughters of one mother .
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They committed harlotry in Egypt ,
They committed harlotry in their youth ;
Their breasts were there embraced ,
Their virgin bosom was there pressed .
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Their names :
Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister ;
They were Mine ,
And they bore sons and daughters .
As for their names ,
Samaria is Oholah ,
and Jerusalem is Oholibah .
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Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine ;
And she lusted for her lovers ,
the neighboring Assyrians ,
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Who were clothed in purple ,
Captains and rulers ,
All of them desirable young men ,
Horsemen riding on horses .
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Thus she committed her harlotry with them ,
All of them choice men of Assyria ;
And with all for whom she lusted ,
With all their idols ,
she defiled herself .
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She has never given up her harlotry brought from Egypt ,
For in her youth they had lain with her ,
Pressed her virgin bosom ,
And poured out their immorality upon her .
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Therefore I have delivered her Into the hand of her lovers ,
Into the hand of the Assyrians ,
For whom she lusted .
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They uncovered her nakedness ,
Took away her sons and daughters ,
And slew her with the sword ;
She became a byword among women ,
For they had executed judgment on her .
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Now although her sister Oholibah saw this ,
she became more corrupt in her lust than she ,
and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister '
s harlotry .
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She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians ,
Captains and rulers ,
Clothed most gorgeously ,
Horsemen riding on horses ,
All of them desirable young men .
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Then I saw that she was defiled ;
Both took the same way .
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But she increased her harlotry ;
She looked at men portrayed on the wall ,
Images of Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion ,
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Girded with belts around their waists ,
Flowing turbans on their heads ,
All of them looking like captains ,
In the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea ,
The land of their nativity .
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As soon as her eyes saw them ,
She lusted for them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea .
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Then the Babylonians came to her ,
into the bed of love ,
And they defiled her with their immorality ;
So she was defiled by them ,
and alienated herself from them .
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She revealed her harlotry and uncovered her nakedness .
Then I alienated Myself from her ,
As I had alienated Myself from her sister .
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Yet she multiplied her harlotry In calling to remembrance the days of her youth ,
When she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt .
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For she lusted for her paramours ,
Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys ,
And whose issue is like the issue of horses .
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Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth ,
When the Egyptians pressed your bosom Because of your youthful breasts .
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Therefore ,
Oholibah ,
thus says the Lord GOD : "
Behold ,
I will stir up your lovers against you ,
From whom you have alienated yourself ,
And I will bring them against you from every side :
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The Babylonians ,
All the Chaldeans ,
Pekod ,
Shoa ,
Koa ,
All the Assyrians with them ,
All of them desirable young men ,
Governors and rulers ,
Captains and men of renown ,
All of them riding on horses .
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And they shall come against you With chariots ,
wagons ,
and war-horses ,
With a horde of people .
They shall array against you Buckler ,
shield ,
and helmet all around . "
I will delegate judgment to them ,
And they shall judge you according to their judgments .
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I will set My jealousy against you ,
And they shall deal furiously with you ;
They shall remove your nose and your ears ,
And your remnant shall fall by the sword ;
They shall take your sons and your daughters ,
And your remnant shall be devoured by fire .
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They shall also strip you of your clothes And take away your beautiful jewelry .
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Thus I will make you cease your lewdness and your harlotry Brought from the land of Egypt ,
So that you will not lift your eyes to them ,
Nor remember Egypt anymore .'
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For thus says the Lord GOD : "
Surely I will deliver you into the hand of those you hate ,
into the hand of those from whom you alienated yourself .
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They will deal hatefully with you ,
take away all you have worked for ,
and leave you naked and bare .
The nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered ,
both your lewdness and your harlotry .
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I will do these things to you because you have gone as a harlot after the Gentiles ,
because you have become defiled by their idols .
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You have walked in the way of your sister ;
therefore I will put her cup in your hand .'
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Thus says the Lord GOD : "
You shall drink of your sister '
s cup ,
The deep and wide one ;
You shall be laughed to scorn And held in derision ;
It contains much .
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You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow ,
The cup of horror and desolation ,
The cup of your sister Samaria .
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You shall drink and drain it ,
You shall break its shards ,
And tear at your own breasts ;
For I have spoken ,'
Says the Lord GOD .
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : "
Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back ,
Therefore you shall bear the penalty Of your lewdness and your harlotry ."'
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The LORD also said to me : "
Son of man ,
will you judge Oholah and Oholibah ?
Then declare to them their abominations .
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For they have committed adultery ,
and blood is on their hands .
They have committed adultery with their idols ,
and even sacrificed their sons whom they bore to Me ,
passing them through the fire ,
to devour them .
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Moreover they have done this to Me :
They have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and profaned My Sabbaths .
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For after they had slain their children for their idols ,
on the same day they came into My sanctuary to profane it ;
and indeed thus they have done in the midst of My house .
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Furthermore you sent for men to come from afar ,
to whom a messenger was sent ;
and there they came .
And you washed yourself for them ,
painted your eyes ,
and adorned yourself with ornaments .
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You sat on a stately couch ,
with a table prepared before it ,
on which you had set My incense and My oil .
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The sound of a carefree multitude was with her ,
and Sabeans were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort ,
who put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads .
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Then I said concerning her who had grown old in adulteries , "
Will they commit harlotry with her now ,
and she with them ?'
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Yet they went in to her ,
as men go in to a woman who plays the harlot ;
thus they went in to Oholah and Oholibah ,
the lewd women .
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But righteous men will judge them after the manner of adulteresses ,
and after the manner of women who shed blood ,
because they are adulteresses ,
and blood is on their hands .
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For thus says the Lord GOD : "
Bring up an assembly against them ,
give them up to trouble and plunder .
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The assembly shall stone them with stones and execute them with their swords ;
they shall slay their sons and their daughters ,
and burn their houses with fire .
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Thus I will cause lewdness to cease from the land ,
that all women may be taught not to practice your lewdness .
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They shall repay you for your lewdness ,
and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins .
Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD ."'
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Again ,
in the ninth year ,
in the tenth month ,
on the tenth day of the month ,
the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
write down the name of the day ,
this very day--the king of Babylon started his siege against Jerusalem this very day .
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And utter a parable to the rebellious house ,
and say to them , "
Thus says the Lord GOD : "
Put on a pot ,
set it on ,
And also pour water into it .
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Gather pieces of meat in it ,
Every good piece ,
The thigh and the shoulder .
Fill it with choice cuts ;
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Take the choice of the flock .
Also pile fuel bones under it ,
Make it boil well ,
And let the cuts simmer in it ."
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : "
Woe to the bloody city ,
To the pot whose scum is in it ,
And whose scum is not gone from it !
Bring it out piece by piece ,
On which no lot has fallen .
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For her blood is in her midst ;
She set it on top of a rock ;
She did not pour it on the ground ,
To cover it with dust .
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That it may raise up fury and take vengeance ,
I have set her blood on top of a rock ,
That it may not be covered ."
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : "
Woe to the bloody city !
I too will make the pyre great .
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Heap on the wood ,
Kindle the fire ;
Cook the meat well ,
Mix in the spices ,
And let the cuts be burned up .
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Then set the pot empty on the coals ,
That it may become hot and its bronze may burn ,
That its filthiness may be melted in it ,
That its scum may be consumed .
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She has grown weary with lies ,
And her great scum has not gone from her .
Let her scum be in the fire !
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In your filthiness is lewdness .
Because I have cleansed you ,
and you were not cleansed ,
You will not be cleansed of your filthiness anymore ,
Till I have caused My fury to rest upon you .
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I ,
the LORD ,
have spoken it ;
It shall come to pass ,
and I will do it ;
I will not hold back ,
Nor will I spare ,
Nor will I relent ;
According to your ways And according to your deeds They will judge you ,"
Says the Lord GOD ."'
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Also the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
behold ,
I take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke ;
yet you shall neither mourn nor weep ,
nor shall your tears run down .
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Sigh in silence ,
make no mourning for the dead ;
bind your turban on your head ,
and put your sandals on your feet ;
do not cover your lips ,
and do not eat man '
s bread of sorrow ."
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So I spoke to the people in the morning ,
and at evening my wife died ;
and the next morning I did as I was commanded .
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And the people said to me , "
Will you not tell us what these things signify to us ,
that you behave so ?"
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Then I answered them , "
The word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
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Speak to the house of Israel , "
Thus says the Lord GOD : "
Behold ,
I will profane My sanctuary ,
your arrogant boast ,
the desire of your eyes ,
the delight of your soul ;
and your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword .
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And you shall do as I have done ;
you shall not cover your lips nor eat man '
s bread of sorrow .
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Your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet ;
you shall neither mourn nor weep ,
but you shall pine away in your iniquities and mourn with one another .
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Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you ;
according to all that he has done you shall do ;
and when this comes ,
you shall know that I am the Lord GOD ."'
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And you ,
son of man--will it not be in the day when I take from them their stronghold ,
their joy and their glory ,
the desire of their eyes ,
and that on which they set their minds ,
their sons and their daughters :
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on that day one who escapes will come to you to let you hear it with your ears ;
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on that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped ;
you shall speak and no longer be mute .
Thus you will be a sign to them ,
and they shall know that I am the LORD ."'
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The word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,