Then the word of the LORD came to me , saying ,
“ As for you , son of man , will you judge her ? Will you pass judgment - on the city of bloodshed ? Then confront her - with all her abominations
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says : ‘ O city who brings her own doom ... by shedding blood within her walls and making idols vvv to defile herself ,
you are guilty of the blood - you have shed , and you are defiled by the idols - you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to (the) (end) (of) your years. Therefore ... I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.
Those near and far - will mock O infamous (city) ... , full of turmoil.
See how every prince of Israel has used his power to shed blood.
Father and mother are treated with contempt. the foreign resident is exploited ... - , the fatherless and the widow are oppressed
You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.
are slanderous men bent on - bloodshed ; are those who eat on the mountain (shrines) and commit Acts - of indecency -.
they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers ; they violate women during their menstrual impurity ....
One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife ; another - wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law ; and yet another - violates his sister , his own father’s daughter.
they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury , take excess interest , and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten , declares the Lord GOD.
Now look , I strike My hands together against your unjust gain - - and against the blood you have shed - - in your midst.
Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day - I deal with you ? I , the LORD , have spoken , and I will act.
I will disperse - you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands ; I will purge your uncleanness ....
And when you have defiled in the eyes of the nations , then you will know that I am the LORD. ’”
Then the word of the LORD came to me , saying ,
“ Son of man , the house of Israel has become dross All of them are copper , tin , iron , and lead inside the furnace ; they are but the dross of silver.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says : ‘ Because all of you have become dross , vvv behold , I will gather you into ... Jerusalem.
Just as one gathers silver , copper , iron , lead , and tin into ... the furnace to melt with a fiery blast ... , so I will gather you in My anger and wrath , leave (you) (there) , and melt you.
Yes, I will gather you together - and blow on you with the fire of My wrath , and you will be melted within the city.
As silver is melted in a furnace , so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I , the LORD , have poured out My wrath upon you. ’”
And the word of the LORD came to me , saying ,
“ Son of man , say ‘ In the day of indignation , you are a land that has not been cleansed , upon which ... (no) rain has fallen. ’
The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people , seize the treasures and precious things , and multiply the widows within her.
Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common , and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard ... My Sabbaths , so that I am profaned among them.
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey , shedding blood , and destroying lives for dishonest gain ....
Her prophets vvv whitewash by false visions and lying divinations saying , ‘ This is what the Lord GOD says , ’ when the LORD has not spoken.
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery .... They have oppressed - the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
I searched for a man to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land , so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads , declares the Lord GOD. ”