Ezekiel 22
1. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying * ,
2. Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge * , wilt thou judge * the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew * her all her abominations.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock * thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
6. Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed * blood.
7. 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.
8. Thou hast despised * mine holy things,and hast profaned * my sabbaths.
9. 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.
10. In thee have they discovered * their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled * her that was set apart for pollution.
11. And one hath committed * abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled * his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled * his sister, his father's daughter.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. And I will scatter * thee among the heathen, and disperse * thee in the countries, and will consume * thy filthiness out of thee.
16. And thou shalt take thine inheritance * in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know * that I am the LORD.
17. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying * ,
18. 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.
19. Therefore thus saith * the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather * you into the midst of Jerusalem.
20. 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.
21. Yea, I will gather * you, and blow * upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted * in the midst thereof.
22. 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.
23. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying * ,
24. Son of man, say * unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed * , nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening * the prey, to shed * blood, and to destroy * souls, to get * dishonest gain.
28. 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 * .
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. 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, saith * the Lord GOD.
