Ezekiel 22:1-13 ▼

1 And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying,

2 “And you, son of man, do you judge? Do you judge the city of blood? Then you have caused it to know all its abominations,

3 and you have said, Thus said Lord YHWH: The city is shedding blood in its midst, || For the coming in of its time, || And it has made idols on it for defilement.

4 You have been guilty by your blood that you have shed, || And you have been defiled by your idols that you have made, || And you cause your days to draw near, || And have come to your years, || Therefore I have given you [for] a reproach to nations, || And a derision to all the lands.

5 The near and the far-off from you scoff at you, || O defiled of name—abounding in trouble.

6 Behold, princes of Israel—each according to his arm || Have been in you to shed blood.

7 They have made light of father and mother in you, || They dealt oppressively to a sojourner in your midst, || They oppressed fatherless and widow in you.

8 You have despised My holy things, || And you have defiled My Sabbaths.

9 Men of slander have been in you to shed blood, || And they have eaten on the mountains in you, || They have done wickedness in your midst.

10 One has uncovered the nakedness of a father in you, || They humbled the menstruous woman in you.

11 And each has done abomination with the wife of his neighbor, || And each has defiled his daughter-in-law through wickedness, || And each has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter, in you.

12 They have taken a bribe to shed blood in you, || You have taken usury and increase, || And cut off your neighbor by oppression, || And you have forgotten Me, || A declaration of Lord YHWH!

13 And behold, I have struck My hand, || Because of your dishonest gain that you have gained, || And for your blood that has been in your midst.