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Ezekiel 22 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:1 - Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:2 - And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:3 - And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that maketh idols against herself to defile her!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:4 - Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:5 - Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one and full of tumult.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:6 - Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:8 - Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:9 - Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:10 - In thee have they uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:12 - In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:13 - Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:14 - Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will do it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:15 - And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:16 - And thou shalt be profaned in thyself, in the sight of the nations; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:17 - And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:18 - Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19 - Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:21 - Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:22 - As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have poured out my wrath upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:23 - And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:24 - Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25 - There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - 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 caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27 - Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah hath not spoken.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30 - And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:31 - Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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