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The Sins of Jerusalem
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Israel’s Shedding of Blood
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? Yea, cause her to know all her abominations,
“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominations.
and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in her midst, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
You shall say, Thus says the Lord God: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!
Thou art become guilty by thy blood which thou hast shed, and hast defiled thyself with thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking unto all countries.
Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, who art infamous [and] full of tumult.
Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; your name is defiled; you are full of tumult.
Behold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.
“Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.
In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.
In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness;
There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.
in thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her separation.
In you men uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity.
And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
One commits abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father’s daughter.
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
And behold, I have smitten mine hand at thine overreaching which thou hast done, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee.
“Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.
Shall thy heart endure, shall thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I Jehovah have spoken, and will do [it].
Can your courage endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.
And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.
And thou shalt be polluted through thyself in the sight of the nations, and thou shalt know that I [am] Jehovah.
And you shall be profaned by your own doing in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
The Refining Furnace
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me:
Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: they are all copper, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver.
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver.
Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
[As] they gather silver, and copper, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it, so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will lay you on and melt you.
As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.
Yea, I will collect you, and blow upon you the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.
As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have poured out my fury upon you.
As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord; I have poured out my wrath upon you.”
The Sins of Prophets, Priests, Princes
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me:
Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
“Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation.
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they devour souls; they take away treasure and precious things; they increase her widows in the midst of her;
The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.
her priests do violence to my law, and profane my holy things: they put no difference between the holy and profane, neither do they make known [the difference] between the unclean and the clean, and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered [mortar], seeing vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah! and Jehovah hath not spoken.
And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the fence, and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.
And I will pour out mine indignation upon them; I will consume them in the fire of my wrath: their own way will I recompense upon their head, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord God.”