Verse 9
Ezekiel 22:9
World English Bible
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Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness among you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַנְשֵׁ֥י רָכִ֛יל הָ֥יוּ בָ֖/ךְ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁפָךְ דָּ֑ם וְ/אֶל הֶֽ/הָרִים֙ אָ֣כְלוּ בָ֔/ךְ זִמָּ֖ה עָשׂ֥וּ בְ/תוֹכֵֽ/ךְ
English Translation
Men of gossip were in you for the sake of shedding blood, and on the mountains they ate within you, they committed lewdness in your midst.
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Chapter 22 Context
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Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
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“You, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abo...
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You shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “A city that sheds blood within herself, that her time ma...
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You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you hav...
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Those who are near, and those who are far from you, will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult....
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“‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
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In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Among you they have oppressed the foreigne...
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You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
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Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have co...
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In you have they uncovered their fathers’ nakedness. In you have they humbled her who was unclean in...
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One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-...
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12
In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have gree...
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“‘“Behold, therefore I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your b...
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Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I will deal with you? I, Yahweh...
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I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries. I will consume your fi...
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You will be profaned in yourself, in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”...
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Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
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“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are brass, tin, iron, and lead...
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Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will g...
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As they gather silver, brass, iron, lead, and tin into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire o...
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Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in the mid...
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As silver is melted in the middle of the furnace, so you will be melted in the middle of it; and you...
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Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
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“Son of man, tell her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the day of indignation...
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There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have de...
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Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distin...
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Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that t...
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Her prophets have plastered for them with whitewash, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them...
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The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. Yes, they have troubled the poor...
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“I sought for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the la...
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Therefore I have poured out my indignation on them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath....
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