Ezekiel 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, The word of the LORD came to me:
2 And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, declare thou to her all her iniquities. “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 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; 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 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, 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 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. 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 the house of Israel have conspired in thee each one with his kindred, that they might shed 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 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. 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 And they have set at nought my holy things, and in thee they have profaned my sabbaths. You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths. You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.
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. 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 In thee they have uncovered the father's shame; and in thee they have humbled her that was set apart for uncleanness. 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 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. 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 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. 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 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, “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 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 . 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 scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the countries, and thy uncleanness shall be removed out of thee. 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 I will give heritages in thee in the sight of the nations, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 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 the Lord 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, 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. “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 say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have become one mixture, therefore I will 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 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. 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 blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. 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 shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath 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 the Lord 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, Thou art the land that is not rained upon, neither has rain come upon thee in the day of wrath; “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 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. 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 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. 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 in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may get 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 that daub them shall fall, that see vanities, that prophesy falsehoods, saying, Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord 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 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. 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 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. 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 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. 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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