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1This message came to me from the LORD:

1And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2"Now, Son of Man, will you truly judge that blood-stained city? Then make her aware of all of her detestable practices.

2“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominations.

3"You are to say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "The city keeps on shedding blood within her, hastening her time to be judged. She crafts idols that defile her.

3You 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!

4"'"You're guilty because of the blood that you've shed. You were defiled by the idols that you've made. You've caused your judgment day to draw near and have even come to the end of your life. Therefore, I've made you an object of derision among the nations and to other lands.

4You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought your days near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.

5Those who are both near and far away from you will scoff at you, because your reputation will be infamous and full of turmoil.

5Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; your name is defiled; you are full of tumult.

6"'"Watch out! Each of the princes of Israel has misused his authority to shed blood.

6“Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.

7They've treated mothers and fathers among you with contempt. They've oppressed the foreigner among you. They've maltreated the orphan and the widow among you.

7Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.

8"'"You have despised my sacred things and profaned my Sabbaths.

8You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.

9Slanderous men live among you, intent on shedding blood. They've eaten at the top of mountain shrines. They've crafted plans to do evil things among you.

9There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.

10They've revealed the nakedness of their father in your midst. They've humiliated those among you who were unclean due to their impurity.

10In you men uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity.

11One of you commits detestable practices with his neighbor's wife. Another sexually defiles his daughter-in-law. Another humiliates his sister, his own father's daughter.

11One commits abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

12They take bribes among you to shed blood. You've taken usury and exacted interest. You've gained control over your neighbor through extortion. And you've forgotten me," declares the Lord GOD.

12In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

13"Watch out! I'm vehemently angry about the unjust gains that you've earned, and about the blood that has been shed among you.

13“Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.

14Can your heart stand up to this? Can your hands remain strong when I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken and will fulfill this.

14Can 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.

15I'm going to disperse you among the nations and scatter you to other lands. I'm going to put an end to your uncleanness.

15I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.

16When you've been defiled in the sight of the nations, then you'll know that I am the LORD."'"

16And you shall be profaned by your own doing in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the LORD.”

17This message came to me from the LORD:

17And the word of the LORD came to me:

18"Son of Man, Israel has become like dross to me. All of them are like remnants of bronze, tin, iron, and lead in a furnace—the dross left over from smelting silver.

18“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.

19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, 'Because all of you have become dross, watch out! I'm going to gather all of you at the center of Jerusalem,

19Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

20just like a smelter gathers all the silver, bronze, lead, and tin to the center of a furnace and injects fire in order to melt it, I'm going to gather you in my anger and rage, make you settle down—and then I'm going to melt you down.

20As 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.

21Indeed, I'm going to gather you together and exhale the fire of my fury, and then you'll be melted from the inside out

21I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.

22like melting silver at the center of a furnace. When you've been melted from the center out, then you'll know that I am the LORD. I'll pour out my anger on you.'"

22As 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.”

23This message came to me from the LORD:

23And the word of the LORD came to me:

24"Son of Man, tell her, 'You're a land that hasn't been purified, one that hasn't been rained on in the day of indignation.

24“Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation.

25There's a conspiracy of prophets within her, and like a roaring lion tearing its prey, they've devoured people, and confiscated treasures, and taken precious things. They've added to the population of widows within her.

25The 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.

26Her priests have violated my Law and profaned my sacred things. They didn't differentiate between what's sacred and what's common. They didn't instruct others to discern clean from unclean things. They refused to keep my Sabbaths. "'I'm constantly being profaned among them.

26Her 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.

27Her princes within her are like wolves tearing their prey apart. They shed blood, destroying souls, and make unjust gain.

27Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

28"'Her prophets whitewashed all of these things through false visions and lying divinations. They kept on saying, "This is what the Lord GOD says…", when the LORD has not spoken.

28And 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.

29The people of the land were vigorously oppressive and took possession of plunder by violence. They've afflicted the poor and the needy and unjustly treated the foreigner.

29The 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.

30I sought for a man among them to build the wall and stand in the breach in my presence on behalf of the land so that it won't be destroyed, but I found no one,

30And 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.

31so I poured my indignation over them. With my fierce anger, I've consumed them. I brought the consequences of their behavior upon them,' declares the Lord GOD."

31Therefore 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.”

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