Dual Panel1Then the word<1697> of the LORD<3068> came<1961> to me, saying<559>,
2"And you, son<1121> of man<120>, will you judge<8199>, will you judge<8199> the bloody<1818> city<5892>? Then cause her to know<3045> all<3605> her abominations<8441>.
3"You shall say<559>, 'Thus<3541> says<559> the Lord<136> GOD<3068>, "A city<5892> shedding<8210> blood<1818> in her midst<8432>, so that her time<6256> will come<935>, and that makes<6213> idols<1544>, contrary<5921> to her interest, for defilement<2930>!
4"You have become<816> guilty<816> by the blood<1818> which<834> you have shed<8210>, and defiled<2930> by your idols<1544> which<834> you have made<6213>. Thus you have brought<7126> your day<3117> near<7126> and have come<935> to your years<8141>; therefore<5921><3651> I have made<6213> you a reproach<2781> to the nations<1471> and a mocking<7048> to all<3605> the lands<776>.
5"Those who<7138> are near<7138> and those who<7350> are far<7350> from you will mock<7046> you, you of ill<2931> repute<8034>, full<7227> of turmoil<4103>.
6"Behold<2009>, the rulers<5387> of Israel<3478>, each<376> according to his power<2220>, have been<1961> in you for the purpose<4616> of shedding<8210> blood<1818>.
7"They have treated<7043> father<1> and mother<517> lightly<7043> within you. The alien<1616> they have oppressed<6213><6233> in your midst<8432>; the fatherless<3490> and the widow<490> they have wronged<3238> in you.
8"You have despised<959> My holy<6944> things<6944> and profaned<2490> My sabbaths<7676>.
9"Slanderous<7400> men<376> have been<1961> in you for the purpose<4616> of shedding<8210> blood<1818>, and in you they have eaten<398> at the mountain<2022> shrines. In your midst<8432> they have committed<6213> acts<2154> of lewdness<2154>.
10"In you they have uncovered<1540> their fathers'<1> nakedness<6172>; in you they have humbled<6031> her who<2931> was unclean<2931> in her menstrual<5079> impurity<5079>.
11"One<376> has committed<6213> abomination<8441> with his neighbor's<7453> wife<802> and another<376> has lewdly<2154> defiled<2930> his daughter-in-law<3618>. And another<376> in you has humbled<6031> his sister<269>, his father's<1> daughter<1323>.
12"In you they have taken<3947> bribes<7810> to shed<8210> blood<1818>; you have taken<3947> interest<5392> and profits<8636>, and you have injured<1214> your neighbors<7453> for gain<1214> by oppression<6233>, and you have forgotten<7911> Me," declares<5002> the Lord<136> GOD<3068>.
13"Behold<2009>, then, I smite<5221> My hand<3709> at your dishonest<1215> gain<1215> which<834> you have acquired<6213> and at the bloodshed<1818> which<834> is among<8432> you.
14"Can your heart<3820> endure<5975>, or<518> can your hands<3027> be strong<2388> in the days<3117> that I will deal<6213> with you? I, the LORD<3068>, have spoken<1696> and will act<6213>.
15"I will scatter<6327> you among the nations<1471> and I will disperse<2219> you through the lands<776>, and I will consume<8552> your uncleanness<2932> from you.
16"You will profane<2490> yourself in the sight<5869> of the nations<1471>, and you will know<3045> that I am the LORD<3068>."'"
17And the word<1697> of the LORD<3068> came<1961> to me, saying<559>,
18"Son<1121> of man<120>, the house<1004> of Israel<3478> has become<1961> dross<5509> to Me; all<3605> of them are bronze<5178> and tin<913> and iron<1270> and lead<5777> in the furnace<3564>; they are the dross<5509> of silver<3701>.
19"Therefore<3651>, thus<3541> says<559> the Lord<136> GOD<3068>, 'Because<3282> all<3605> of you have become<1961> dross<5509>, therefore<3651>, behold<2009>, I am going to gather<6908> you into the midst<8432> of Jerusalem<3389>.
20'As they gather<6910> silver<3701> and bronze<5178> and iron<1270> and lead<5777> and tin<913> into the furnace<3564> to blow<5301> fire<784> on it in order to melt<5413> it, so<3651> I will gather<6908> you in My anger<639> and in My wrath<2534> and I will lay<5117> you there and melt<5413> you.
21'I will gather<3664> you and blow<5301> on you with the fire<784> of My wrath<5678>, and you will be melted<5413> in the midst<8432> of it.
22'As silver<3701> is melted<2046> in the furnace<3564>, so<3651> you will be melted<5413> in the midst<8432> of it; and you will know<3045> that I, the LORD<3068>, have poured<8210> out My wrath<2534> on you.'"
23And the word<1697> of the LORD<3068> came<1961> to me, saying<559>,
24"Son<1121> of man<120>, say<559> to her, 'You are a land<776> that is not cleansed<2891> or rained<1652> on in the day<3117> of indignation<2195>.'
25"There is a conspiracy<7195> of her prophets<5030> in her midst<8432> like a roaring<7580> lion<738> tearing<2963> the prey<2964>. They have devoured<398> lives<5315>; they have taken<3947> treasure<2633> and precious<3366> things<3366>; they have made<7235> many<7235> widows<490> in the midst<8432> of her.
26"Her priests<3548> have done<2554> violence<2554> to My law<8451> and have profaned<2490> My holy<6944> things<6944>; they have made<914> no<3808> distinction<914> between<996> the holy<6944> and the profane<2455>, and they have not taught<3045> the difference between<996> the unclean<2931> and the clean<2889>; and they hide<5956> their eyes<5869> from My sabbaths<7676>, and I am profaned<2490> among<8432> them.
27"Her princes<8269> within<7130> her are like wolves<2061> tearing<2963> the prey<2964>, by shedding<8210> blood<1818> and destroying<6> lives<5315> in order<4616> to get<1214> dishonest<1214> gain<1215>.
28"Her prophets<5030> have smeared<2902> whitewash<8602> for them, seeing<2372> false<7723> visions<7723> and divining<7080> lies<3577> for them, saying<559>, 'Thus<3541> says<559> the Lord<136> GOD<3068>,' when the LORD<3068> has not spoken<1696>.
29"The people<5971> of the land<776> have practiced<6231> oppression<6233> and committed<1497> robbery<1498>, and they have wronged<3238> the poor<6041> and needy<34> and have oppressed<6231> the sojourner<1616> without<3808> justice<4941>.
30"I searched<1245> for a man<376> among<4480> them who would build<1443> up the wall<1447> and stand<5975> in the gap<6556> before<6440> Me for the land<776>, so<1115> that I would not destroy<7843> it; but I found<4672> no<3808> one.
31"Thus I have poured<8210> out My indignation<2195> on them; I have consumed<3615> them with the fire<784> of My wrath<5678>; their way<1870> I have brought<5414> upon their heads<7218>," declares<5002> the Lord<136> GOD<3068>.