Ezekiel 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And the word of YHWH came to me, saying: And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, The word of the LORD came to me:
2 “And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge this city of blood? Then make known to her all her abominations, “And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominations. “Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices
3 and say, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘O city, pouring out blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and she makes idols upon 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! and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,
4 By the blood that you have poured out, you have become guilty, and by the idols that you have made, you have defiled yourself; and your days you have brought near, and you have come to your years! Upon thus I have made you a reproach for the nations, and of derision for all the lands. You 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. you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.
5 Those near and those far from you will mock you, O unclean of name, full of turmoil. Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; your name is defiled; you are full of tumult. Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.
6 Behold, the princes of Israel, each man to his arm, have come to be among you in order to pour out blood! “Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood. “’See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.
7 The father and mother they have belittled among you; against the sojourner they have acted with oppression in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have mistreated among you. 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. In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
8 My holy things you have despised, and My Sabbaths you have profaned. You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths. You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.
9 Men of slander are among you in order to pour out blood, and on the mountains they eat among you, and wickedness they do in your midst. 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 you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.
10 The nakedness of their fathers they uncover among you; the impurity of the women they violate among you. In you men uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity. In you are those who dishonor their father’s bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean.
11 And a man with the wife of his neighbor commits an abomination, and another man his daughter-in-law defiles in wickedness; and a man violates his sister, the daughter of his father, among you. 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 you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor’s wife, another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law, and another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
12 They take Bribes among you in order to pour out blood; usury and increase you take, and you cut off your neighbors by extortion, and Me you have forgotten, a declaration of the Lord YHWH. In 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. In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
13 So behold, I strike My hands against your dishonest gain that you have made, and over the bloodshed that has come to be in your midst! “Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst. “’I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.
14 Can your heart stand or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I will be dealing with you? I, YHWH, have spoken, and I will act. 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. Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.
15 And I will disperse you among the nations, and I will scatter you among the lands, and I will finish off your uncleanness from you. I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you. I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an end to your uncleanness.
16 And you will profane yourself before the eyes of the nations, and you will know that I am YHWH.’” And you shall be profaned by your own doing in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the LORD.” When you have been defiled in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the LORD.’”
17 And the word of YHWH came to me, saying: And the word of the LORD came to me: Then the word of the LORD came to me:
18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become to Me as dross; they are all bronze, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of a furnace; they have 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. “Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.
19 Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: ‘Because all of you⁺ have become as dross, therefore, behold, I am going to 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. Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem.
20 The gathering of silver, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow on it fire to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you and I will 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. As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.
21 And I will gather you⁺ and will blow on you⁺ with the fire of My wrath, and you⁺ will be melted in its midst. I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it. I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.
22 As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so will you⁺ be melted in its midst. And you⁺ will know that I, YHWH, 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.” As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the LORD have poured out my wrath on you.’”
23 And the word of YHWH came to me, saying, And the word of the LORD came to me: Again the word of the LORD came to me:
24 “Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that is not cleansed, nor is rain on her, in the day of anger.’ “Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation. “Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’
25 The conspiracy of her princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured the soul; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 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. There is a conspiracy of her princes within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her.
26 Her priests have done violence to My law, and have profaned My holy things; between the holy and the profane they do not separate, and between the unclean and the clean they do not discern; and from My Sabbaths they have hidden their eyes, and I am profaned in their midst! 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 priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
27 Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, and to break off dishonest gain. Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain.
28 And her prophets have covered them with whitewash, seeing falsehood and divining for them a lie, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord YHWH,’ and YHWH has 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. Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says’—when the LORD has not spoken.
29 The people of the land with oppression have oppressed, and with robbery have robbed, and the poor and the needy they have mistreated; and the sojourner they oppress without justice. 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. The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.
30 And I sought from them a man walling up the wall and standing in the breach before Me, on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it, and no one did I find. 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. “I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.
31 And I have poured out on them My anger; with the fire of My wrath I have consumed them; their deeds have I recompensed on their own heads! An utterance of the Lord YHWH.” 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.” So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
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