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Sins of Israel |
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Ezekiel 22:1
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Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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Ezekiel 22:2
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"And you, son of man, will you judge, will you
judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations. |
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Ezekiel 22:3
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"You shall say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "A
city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols,
contrary to her interest, for defilement! |
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Ezekiel 22:4
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"You have become guilty by the blood which you
have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought
your day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach
to the nations and a mocking to all the lands. |
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Ezekiel 22:5
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"Those who are near and those who are far from
you will mock you, you of ill repute, full of turmoil. |
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Ezekiel 22:6
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"Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according
to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood. |
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Ezekiel 22:7
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"They have treated father and mother lightly
within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the
widow they have wronged in you. |
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Ezekiel 22:8
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"You have despised My holy things and profaned
My sabbaths. |
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Ezekiel 22:9
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"Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose
of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your
midst they have committed acts of lewdness. |
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Ezekiel 22:10
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"In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness;
in you they have humbled her who was unclean in her menstrual impurity. |
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Ezekiel 22:11
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"One has committed abomination with his neighbor's
wife and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you has
humbled his sister, his father's daughter. |
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Ezekiel 22:12
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"In you they have taken bribes to shed blood;
you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain
by oppression, and you have forgotten Me," declares the Lord GOD. |
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Ezekiel 22:13
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"Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest
gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you. |
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Ezekiel 22:14
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"Can your heart endure, or can your hands be
strong in the days that I will deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken and will
act. |
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Ezekiel 22:15
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"I will scatter you among the nations and I
will disperse you through the lands, and I will consume your uncleanness from
you. |
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Ezekiel 22:16
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"You will profane yourself in the sight of the
nations, and you will know that I am the LORD."'" |
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Ezekiel 22:17
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And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, |
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Ezekiel 22:18
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"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 the dross of silver. |
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Ezekiel 22:19
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"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because
all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into
the midst of Jerusalem. |
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Ezekiel 22:20
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'As they gather silver and bronze and iron and
lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will
gather you in My anger and in My wrath and I will lay you there and melt you.
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Ezekiel 22:21
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'I will gather you and blow on you with the
fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it. |
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Ezekiel 22:22
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'As silver is melted in the furnace, so you
will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured
out My wrath on you.'" |
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Ezekiel 22:23
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And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, |
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Ezekiel 22:24
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"Son of man, say to her, 'You are a land that
is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.' |
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Ezekiel 22:25
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"There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her
midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have
taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of
her. |
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Ezekiel 22:26
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"Her priests have done violence to My law and
have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and
the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the
clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
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Ezekiel 22:27
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"Her princes within her are like wolves tearing
the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.
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Ezekiel 22:28
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"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. |
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Ezekiel 22:29
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"The people of the land have practiced oppression
and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed
the sojourner without justice. |
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Ezekiel 22:30
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"I searched for a man among them who would build
up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy
it; but I found no one. |
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Ezekiel 22:31
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"Thus I have poured out My indignation on them;
I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon
their heads," declares the Lord GOD. |
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