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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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And thou◦, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the city of bloods*? And thou shalt make her know all her abominations.
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Then say thou, Thus says the Lord Jehovih*, The city sheds blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and makes idols against herself to defile herself.
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Thou art held··as··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 come··near, and art come even to◦ thy years; therefore have I given thee a reproach unto the nations, and a scoffing to all lands.
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Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall scoff··at thee, who art unclean of name and much upset.
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Behold, the chiefs of Israel, a man◦ for his own arm, are among thee in··order··to shed blood.
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Father and mother have they reviled in thee; in thy midst have they done things to the sojourner with oppression; in thee have they exploited the orphan and the widow.
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Thou hast despised My holy things, and hast profaned My Sabbaths.
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Men◦ of slander are among◦ thee in··order··to shed blood; and in▵ the mountains they eat with thee; they do crimes in the midst of thee.
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In thee have they revealed their fathers’ nakedness; in thee have they afflicted her that was isolated for being unclean.
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And a man◦ has done abomination with◦ the wife of his companion; and a man◦ has in crime defiled his daughter-in-law; and a man◦ among◦ thee has afflicted his sister, the daughter of his father.
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In thee have they taken a bribe for the sake◦ of shedding blood; thou hast taken usury and interest, and thou hast made··gain of thy companions by oppression, and hast forgotten Me, says◦ the Lord Jehovih.
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And, behold, I have made My palm smite at▵ thy gain which thou hast made, and upon thy blood which is in thy midst.
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Will thy heart stand, if thy hands be··firm, in the days that I◦ shall deal with◦ thee? I◦, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will deal with it.
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And I will scatter thee among◦ the nations, and disperse thee in the lands, and will entirely consume thine uncleanness out··of thee.
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And thou shalt be profaned in thyself in the eyes of the nations, and thou shalt know that I◦ am Jehovah.
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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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Son of man, the house of Israel is to Me become dross; all they are bronze, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
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Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovih; Because you are all become dross, behold, therefore I will bring· you ·together to▵ the midst of Jerusalem.
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As the bringing··together of silver, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and tin, into▵ the midst of the furnace, to breathe fire upon it, to fuse; so will I bring· you ·together in My anger and in My fury, and I will place you there, and fuse you.
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And I will gather· you ·together, and breathe upon you in the fire of My wrath, and you shall be fused in her midst.
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As the fusing of silver in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be fused in her midst; and you shall know that I◦, Jehovah, have spilled··out My fury on you.
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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ me, saying,
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Son of man, say unto her, Thou◦ art the land that is· not ·cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
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There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, as a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured the soul; they have taken what is secure◦ and precious; they have multiplied her widows in her midst.
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Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned My holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and profane, and between the unclean and the clean they have not made known, and from My Sabbaths they have hidden◦ their eyes, and I am profaned in the midst of them.
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Her princes in her midst◦ are as wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, in··order··to make· souls ·perish, gaining gain.
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And her prophets have plastered for them with unfit mortar, beholding◦ vanity, and divining a lie for them, saying, Thus says the Lord Jehovih, and Jehovah has not spoken.
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The people of the land have oppressed with oppression, and robbed with robbery, and have exploited the afflicted and needy, and they have oppressed the sojourner with no◦ judgment.
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And I sought for a man◦ from them◦, that should fence··in with a fence, and stand in the breach before Me for▫ the land, that I should not▵ destroy it; but I found not.
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And I have spilled··out My indignation on them; I have consumed· them ·all with the fire of My wrath; their own way have I given back upon◦ their head, says◦ the Lord Jehovih.
