Verse 12
Ezekiel 22:12
English Revised Version
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In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שֹׁ֥חַד לָֽקְחוּ בָ֖/ךְ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁפָךְ דָּ֑ם נֶ֧שֶׁךְ וְ/תַרְבִּ֣ית לָקַ֗חַתְּ וַ/תְּבַצְּעִ֤י רֵעַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ בַּ/עֹ֔שֶׁק וְ/אֹתִ֣/י שָׁכַ֔חַתְּ נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥/י יְהוִֽה
English Translation
You took bribes in order to shed blood, and you took interest and increase; you oppressed your neighbor and forgot my words, says the Lord God.
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Chapter 22 Context
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all h...
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And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord GOD: A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that he...
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Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled in thine idols which thou h...
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In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee, have they dealt by oppressio...
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Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
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Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood: and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in t...
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In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was unclea...
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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 become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and...
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because ye are all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather...
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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 a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indign...
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