Ezekiel 22 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And the word of Jehovah will be to me, saying, And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, The word of the LORD came to me:
2 Thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the city of bloods, and make her to know 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 said the Lord Jehovah: The city poured out blood in the midst of her, for her time to come; and she made blocks for herself to be defiled. 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 thy blood which thou didst pour out thou went guilty; and by thy blocks which thou didst make thou wert defiled; and thou wilt cause thy days to draw near, and thou wilt come even to thy years: for this, I gave thee a reproach to the nations, and a derision to 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 being near and those being far off from thee will scoff at thee; thou wert defiled of name and much in consternation. 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 they were a man to his arm to pour out blood in thee. “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 They made light of father and mother in thee: they did with violence to the stranger in the midst of thee: they oppressed the orphan and the widow in thee. 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 Thou didst despise my holy place, and thou didst profane my Sabbaths. You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths. You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.
9 Men of slander were in thee to pour forth blood: and they ate upon the mountains in thee: they did wickedness 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 Thy father's nakedness was uncovered in thee: they humbled her set apart for uncleanness in thee. 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 did abomination with his neighbor's wife; and a man defiled his daughter-in-law in wickedness; and a man humbled his sister, his father's daughter, in thee. 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 took a gift in thee to pour out blood; thou tookest usury and interest, and thou wilt plunder thy neighbors by violence, and thou didst forget me, says the Lord Jehovah. 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 behold, I struck my hand at thy plunder which thou madest, and at thy blood which was 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 Will thy heart stand, or will thine hands be strong for the day which I do with thee? I Jehovah spoke, and I did. 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 scattered thee in the nations, and I dispersed thee in the lands, and I consumed thy uncleanness 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 thou didst inherit in thee before the eyes of the nations, and thou knewest that I am Jehovah. 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 Jehovah will be 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 became to me for dross: all they brass and alloy, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they were drosses 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 For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: because all of them were for drosses, for this, behold me gathering 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 silver and brass and iron and lead and alloy to the midst of the furnace to blow the fire upon it, to melt; so will I gather in mine anger and in my wrath, and I put down and melted 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 gathered you and blew upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye were melted in her 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 being melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in her midst; And ye knew that I Jehovah 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 Jehovah will be 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 a land not being cleansed; it was not rained upon 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 A conspiracy of her prophets in her midst as a roaring lion rending the prey; they consumed the soul; they will take the wealth and the precious thing; they multiplied her 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 did violence to my law, and they will profane my holy place: between the holy to the profane they separated not, and they did not make known between the unclean to the clean, and from my Sabbath they hid their eyes, and I shall be 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 chiefs in her midst as wolves rending the prey, to pour out blood, to destroy souls, for the sake of plundering plunder. 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 plastered plaster upon them, seeing vanity, and divining to them falsehood, saying Thus said the Lord Jehovah; and Jehovah spoke not. 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 oppressed with violence and stripped off robbery, and oppressed the poor and needy, and did violence to the stranger without judgment. 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 to wall in the wall, and to stand in the breach before my face for the land, not to destroy it: and I found 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 I will pour out my wrath upon them; I consumed them in the fire of mine anger: I gave their way upon their head, says the Lord Jehovah. 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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