Verse 3
Ezekiel 22:3
Literal Standard Version
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and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: The city is shedding blood in its midst, || For the coming in of its time, || And it has made idols on it for defilement.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֗ כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֔ה עִ֣יר שֹׁפֶ֥כֶת דָּ֛ם בְּ/תוֹכָ֖/הּ לָ/ב֣וֹא עִתָּ֑/הּ וְ/עָשְׂתָ֧ה גִלּוּלִ֛ים עָלֶ֖י/הָ לְ/טָמְאָֽה
English Translation
And you shall say, Thus says my Lord Yahweh: A city that sheds blood within it to come to its time, and has made idols upon it to defile it.
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Chapter 22 Context
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And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
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“And you, son of man, do you judge? Do you judge the city of blood? Then you have caused it to know...
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and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: The city is shedding blood in its midst, || For the coming i...
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You have been guilty by your blood that you have shed, || And you have been defiled by your idols th...
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The near and the far-off from you scoff at you, || O defiled of name—abounding in trouble.
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Behold, princes of Israel—each according to his arm || Have been in you to shed blood.
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They have made light of father and mother in you, || They dealt oppressively to a sojourner in your...
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You have despised My holy things, || And you have defiled My Sabbaths.
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Men of slander have been in you to shed blood, || And they have eaten on the mountains in you, || Th...
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10
One has uncovered the nakedness of a father in you, || They humbled the menstruous woman in you.
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And each has done abomination with the wife of his neighbor, || And each has defiled his daughter-in...
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12
They have taken a bribe to shed blood in you, || You have taken usury and increase, || And cut off y...
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13
And behold, I have struck My hand, || Because of your dishonest gain that you have gained, || And fo...
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14
Does your heart stand—are your hands strong, || For the days that I am dealing with you? I, YHWH, ha...
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And I have scattered you among nations, || And have spread you out among lands, || And consumed your...
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And you have been defiled in yourself || Before the eyes of nations, || And you have known that I am...
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17
And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
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“Son of man, the house of Israel has been for dross to Me, || All of them are bronze, and tin, and i...
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Therefore, thus said Lord YHWH: Because you have all become dross, || Therefore, behold, I am gather...
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A gathering of silver, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and tin, || Into the midst of a furnace—to bl...
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21
And I have heaped you up, || And blown on you in the fire of My wrath, || And you have been melted i...
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22
As the melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, || So you are melted in its midst, || And you ha...
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23
And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,
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“Son of man, say to it, You are a land, || It is not cleansed nor rained on in a day of indignation.
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A conspiracy of its prophets is in its midst, || As a roaring lion tearing prey; They have devoured...
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Its priests have wronged My law, || And they defile My holy things, || They have not made separation...
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Its princes are as wolves in its midst, || Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, || For the...
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And its prophets have coated with chalk for them, || Seeing a vain thing, and divining a lie for the...
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The people of the land have used oppression, || And have taken plunder away violently, || And have o...
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And I seek from them a man making a wall, || And standing in the breach before Me, || In behalf of t...
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And I pour out My indignation on them, || I have consumed them by the fire of My wrath, || I have pu...
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