Dual Panel1The word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> me:
2“As for you <0859>, son <01121> of man <0120>, are you willing to pronounce judgment <08199>, are you willing to pronounce judgment <08199> on the bloody <01818> city <05892>? Then confront <03045> her with all <03605> her abominable deeds <08441>!
3Then say <0559>, ‘This is what <03541> the sovereign <03069> Lord <0136> says <0559>: O city <05892>, who spills <08210> blood <01818> within <08432> herself (which brings <0935> on her doom <06256>), and who makes <06213> herself idols <01544> (which <05921> results in impurity <02930>),
4you are guilty <0816> because <0834> of the blood <01818> you shed <08210> and defiled <02930> by <0834> the idols <01544> you made <06213>. You have hastened <07126> the day <03117> of your doom <0935>; the end <05704> of your years <08141> has come. Therefore <03651> I will make <05414> you an object of scorn <02781> to the nations <01471>, an object to be mocked <07048> by all <03605> lands <0776>.
5Those both near <07138> and far <07350> from <04480> you will mock <07046> you, you with your bad <02931> reputation <08034>, full <07227> of turmoil <04103>.
6“‘See <02009> how each <0376> of the princes <05387> of Israel <03478> living within you has used <01961> his authority <02220> to <04616> shed <08210> blood <01818>.
7They have treated <07043> father <01> and mother <0517> with contempt <07043> within you; they have oppressed <06233> <06213> the foreigner <01616> among <08432> you; they have wronged <03238> the orphan <03490> and the widow <0490> within you.
8You have despised <0959> my holy things <06944> and desecrated <02490> my Sabbaths <07676>!
9Slanderous <07400> men <0582> shed <08210> blood <01818> within you. Those who live within <0413> you eat <0398> pagan sacrifices on the mountains <02022>; they commit <06213> obscene acts <02154> among <08432> you.
10They have sex <01540> <06172> with their father’s <01> wife within you; they violate <06031> women during their menstrual period <05079> within you.
11One <0376> commits <06213> an abominable act <08441> with <0854> his neighbor’s <07453> wife <0802>; another <0376> obscenely <02154> defiles <02930> his daughter-in-law <03618>; another <0376> violates <06031> his sister <0269>– his father’s <01> daughter <01323>– within you.
12They take <03947> bribes <07810> within you to <04616> shed <08210> blood <01818>. You engage in usury <05392> and charge <03947> interest <08636>; you extort <01214> money from your neighbors <07453>. You have forgotten <07911> me, declares <05002> the sovereign <03069> Lord <0136>.
13“‘See <02009>, I strike <05221> my hands <03709> together at <0413> the dishonest profit <01215> you have made <06213>, and at <05921> the bloodshed <01818> they have done <01961> among <08432> you.
14Can your heart <03820> endure <05975>, or <0518> can your hands <03027> be strong <02388> when <0834> <03117> I <0589> deal <06213> with <0854> you? I <0589>, the Lord <03068>, have spoken <01696>, and I will do <06213> it!
15I will scatter <06327> you among the nations <01471> and disperse <02219> you among various countries <0776>; I will remove <08552> your impurity <02932> from <04480> you.
16You will be profaned <02490> within yourself in the sight <05869> of the nations <01471>; then you will know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03068>.’”
17The word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> me:
18“Son <01121> of man <0120>, the house <01004> of Israel <03478> has become slag <05509> to me. All <03605> of them are like bronze <05178>, tin <0913>, iron <01270>, and lead <05777> in <08432> the furnace <03564>; they are the worthless slag <05509> of silver <03701>.
19Therefore <03651> this is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says <0559>: ‘Because <03282> all <03605> of you have become <01961> slag <05509>, look <02005> out!– I am about to gather <06908> you in <0413> the middle <08432> of Jerusalem <03389>.
20As silver <03701>, bronze <05178>, iron <01270>, lead <05777>, and tin <0913> are gathered <06910> in <08432> <0413> a furnace <03564> so that the fire <0784> can melt <05413> them, so <03651> I will gather <06908> you in my anger <0639> and in my rage <02534>. I will <03240> deposit you there and melt <05413> you.
21I will gather <03664> you and blow <05301> on <05921> you with the fire <0784> of my fury <05678>, and you will be melted <05413> in it <08432>.
22As silver <03701> is melted <02046> in <08432> a furnace <03564>, so <03651> you will be melted <05413> in <08432> it, and you will know <03045> that <03588> I <0589>, the Lord <03068>, have poured out <08210> my anger <02534> on <05921> you.’”
23The word <01697> of the Lord <03068> came <01961> to <0413> me:
24“Son <01121> of man <0120>, say <0559> to her: ‘You <0859> are a land <0776> that receives no <03808> rain or showers <01656> in the day <03117> of my anger <02195>.’
25Her princes <05030> <07195> within <08432> her are like a roaring <07580> lion <0738> tearing <02963> its prey <02964>; they have devoured <0398> lives <05315>. They take <03947> away riches <02633> and valuable things <03366>; they have made many <07235> women widows <0490> within <08432> it.
26Her priests <03548> abuse <02554> my law <08451> and have desecrated <02490> my holy things <06944>. They do not <03808> distinguish <0914> between <0996> the holy <06944> and the profane <02455>, or <03808> recognize <03045> any distinction between <0996> the unclean <02931> and the clean <02889>. They ignore <05869> <05956> my Sabbaths <07676> and I am profaned <02490> in their midst <08432>.
27Her officials <08269> are like wolves <02061> in her midst <07130> rending <02963> their prey <02964>– shedding <08210> blood <01818> and destroying <06> lives <05315>– so <04616> they can get dishonest profit <01215> <01214>.
28Her prophets <05030> coat <02902> their messages with whitewash <08602>. They see <02374> false visions <07723> and announce <07080> lying <03577> omens <07080> for them, saying <0559>, ‘This is what <03541> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069> says <0559>,’ when the Lord <03068> has not <03808> spoken <01696>.
29The people <05971> of the land <0776> have practiced extortion <06233> <06231> and committed robbery <01498> <01497>. They have wronged <03238> the poor <06041> and needy <034>; they have oppressed <06231> the foreigner <01616> who lives among them and denied <03808> them justice <04941>.
30“I looked <01245> for a man <0376> from among them <01992> who would repair <01443> the wall <01447> and stand <05975> in the gap <06556> before <06440> me on behalf <01157> of the land <0776>, so that I would not <01115> destroy <07843> it, but I found <04672> no <03808> one.
31So I have poured <08210> my anger <02195> on <05921> them, and destroyed <03615> them with the fire <0784> of my fury <05678>. I hereby repay <05414> them for what they have done, declares <05002> the sovereign <0136> Lord <03069>.”