22:1 And the word of the Lord came to me,
saying,
22:2 And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, declare
thou to her all her iniquities.
22:3 And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord God: O city that sheds blood in
the midst of her, so that her time should come, and that forms devices
against herself, to defile herself;
22:4 in their blood which thou hast shed, thou hast transgressed; and in thy
devices which thou hast formed, thou hast polluted thyself; and thou hast
brought nigh thy days, and hast brought on the time of thy years: therefore
have I made thee a reproach to the Gentiles, and a mockery to all the
countries,
22:5 to those near thee, and to those far distant from thee; and they shall
mock thee, [thou that art] notoriously unclean, and abundant in iniquities.
22:6 Behold, the princes of the house of Israel have conspired in thee each
one with his kindred, that they might shed blood.
22:7 In thee they have reviled father and mother; and in thee they have
behaved unjustly toward the stranger: they have oppressed the orphan and
widow.
22:8 And they have set at nought my holy things, and in thee they have
profaned my sabbaths.
22:9 [There are] robbers in thee, to shed blood in thee; and in thee they
have eaten upon the mountains: they have wrought ungodliness in the midst of
thee.
22:10 In thee they have uncovered the father's shame; and in thee they have
humbled her that was set apart for uncleanness.
22:11 They have dealt unlawfully each one with his neighbor's wife; and each
one in ungodliness has defiled his daughter-in-law: and in thee they have
humbled each one his sister, the daughter of his father.
22:12 In thee they have received gifts to shed blood; they have received in
thee interest and usurious increase; and by oppression thou hast brought thy
wickedness to the full, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord.
22:13 And if I shall smite my hand at [thine iniquities] which thou hast
accomplished, which thou hast wrought, and at thy blood that has been shed
in the midst of thee,
22:14 shall thy heart endure? shall thine hands be strong in the days which
I bring upon thee? I the Lord have spoken, and will do [it].
22:15 And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the
countries, and thy uncleanness shall be removed out of thee.
22:16 And I will give heritages in thee in the sight of the nations, and ye
shall know that I am the Lord.
22:17 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
22:18 Son of man, behold, the house of Israel are all become to me [as it
were] mixed with brass, and iron, and tin, and lead; they are mixed up in
the midst of the silver.
22:19 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have become one
mixture, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
22:20 As silver, and brass, and iron, and tin, and lead, are gathered into
the midst of the furnace, to blow fire into it, that they may be melted: so
will I take [you] in my wrath, and I will gather and melt you.
22:21 And I will blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be
melted in the midst thereof.
22:22 As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall ye be melted
in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my
wrath upon you.
22:23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
22:24 Son of man, say to her, Thou art the land that is not rained upon,
neither has rain come upon thee in the day of wrath;
22:25 whose princes in the midst of her are as roaring lions seizing prey,
devouring souls by oppression, and taking bribes; and thy widows are
multiplied in the midst of thee.
22:26 Her priests also have set at nought my law, and profaned my holy
things: they have not distinguished between the holy and profane, nor have
they distinguished between the unclean and the clean, and have his their
eyes from my sabbaths, and I was profaned in the midst of them.
22:27 Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood,
that they may get dishonest gain.
22:28 And her prophets that daub them shall fall, that see vanities, that
prophesy falsehoods, saying, Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord has not
spoken.
22:29 That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit
robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the
stranger.
22:30 And I sought from among them a man behaving uprightly, and standing
before me perfectly in the time of wrath, so that I should not utterly
destroy her: but I found [him] not.
22:31 So I have poured out my wrath upon her in the fury of mine anger, to
accomplish [it]. I have recompensed their ways on their own heads, saith the
Lord God. |
22:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying,
22:2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city?
yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
22:3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the
midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to
defile herself.
22:4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast
defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused
thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I
made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
22:5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee,
which art infamous and much vexed.
22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to
shed blood.
22:7 In thee have they set light by 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.
22:8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
22:9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat
upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
22:10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have
they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
22:11 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.
22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and
increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and
hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
22:13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which
thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
22:14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that
I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
22:15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the
countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
22:16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the
heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
22:17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
22:18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are
brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are
even the dross of silver.
22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross,
behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
22:20 As they gather silver, and brass, 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 leave you there, and
melt you.
22:21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and
ye shall be melted in the midst therof.
22:22 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 the LORD have poured out my
fury upon you.
22:23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
22:24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor
rained upon in the day of indignation.
22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a
roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken
the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the
midst thereof.
22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things:
they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they
shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes
from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to
shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing
vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when
the LORD hath not spoken.
22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery,
and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger
wrongfully.
22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and
stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I
found none.
22:31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have
consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed
upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. |