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Eze 22:1	Strong Concordance	Moreover the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
	King James	Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The fourth word of judgment Ezek. 22:1-16. The sins which have brought ruin upon Jerusalem are the sins which disgraced the pagan inhabitants of Canaan, whom the Israelites were to cast out (compare Lev. 18). The commission of like sins would insure like judgment.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The fourth word of judgment Ezek. 22:1-16. The sins which have brought ruin upon Jerusalem are the sins which disgraced the pagan inhabitants of Canaan, whom the Israelites were to cast out (compare Lev. 18). The commission of like sins would insure like judgment.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Blood-guiltiness of Jerusalem and the burden of its sins. Eze 22:1-5 contain the principal accusation relating to bloodshed and idolatry; and Eze 22:6-16 a further account of the sins of the people and their rulers, with a brief threatening of punishment. - Eze 22:1. And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Eze 22:2. And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge? wilt thou judge the city of blood-guiltiness? then show it all its abominations, Eze 22:3. And say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, City, which sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols within itself for defilement. Eze 22:4. Through thy blood which thou hast shed hast thou made thyself guilty, and through thine idols which thou hast made hast thou defiled thyself, and hast drawn thy days near, and hast come to thy years; therefore I make thee a scorn to the nations, and ridicule to all lands. Eze 22:5. Those near and those far off from thee shall ridicule thee as defiled in name, rich in confusion. - The expression 'התשׁפּט וגו proves this address to be a continuation of the reproof of Israel's sins, which commenced in Eze 20:4. The epithet city of blood-guiltiness, as in Ezekiel Eze 24:6, Eze 24:9 (compare Nah 3:1), is explained in Eze 22:3. The apodosis commences with והודעתּהּ, and is continued in Eze 22:3 (ואמרתּ). לבוא עתּהּ, that her time, i.e., her time of punishment, may come: עתּהּ, like יומו in Eze 21:30. ועשׂתּה is not a continuation of the infinitive לבוא, but of the participle שׁפכת. עליה, of which different renderings have been given, does not mean "over itself," i.e., as a burden with which it has laden itself (Hvernick); still less "for itself" (Hitzig), a meaning which על never has, but literally "upon," i.e., in itself, covering the city with it, as it were. ותּקריבי, thou hast brought near, brought on thy days, that is to say, the days of judgment, and hast come to, arrived at thy years, sc. the years of visitation and punishment (cf. Jer 11:23). This meaning is readily supplied by the context. טמאת ה, defiled, unclean with regard to the name, i.e., having forfeited the name of a holy city through capital crimes and other sinful abominations. מהוּמה is internal confusion, both moral and religious, as in Amo 3:9 (cf. Psa 55:10-12). In Eze 22:6-12 there follows an enumeration of a multitude of sins which had been committed in Jerusalem. - Eze 22:6. Behold, the princes of Israel are every one, according to his arm, in thee to shed blood. Eze 22:7. Father and mother they despise in thee; toward the foreigner they act violently in the midst of thee; orphans and widows they oppress in thee. Eze 22:8. Thou despisest my holy things, and desecratest my Sabbaths. Eze 22:9. Slanderers are in thee to shed blood, and they eat upon the mountains in thee; they practise lewdness in thee. Eze 22:10. They uncover the father's nakedness in thee; they ravish the defiled in her uncleanness in thee. Eze 22:11. They take gifts in thee to shed blood; interest and usury thou takest, and overreachest thy neighbours with violence, and thou forgettest me, is the saying of the Lord Jehovah. - By the repetition of the refrain, to shed blood (Eze 22:6, Eze 22:9, and Eze 22:12), the enumeration is divided into three groups of sins, which are placed in the category of blood-guiltiness by the fact that they are preceded by this sentence and the repetition of it after the form of a refrain. the first group (Eze 22:6-8) embraces sins which are committed in daring opposition to all the laws of morality. By the princes of Israel we are to understand primarily the profligate kings, who caused innocent persons to be put to death, such, for example, as Jehoiakim (Kg2 24:4), Manasseh (Kg2 21:16), and others. The words אישׁ are rendered by Hitzig and Kliefoth, they were ready to help one another; and in support of the rendering they appeal to Psa 83:9. But in that case אישׁ לזרעו would stand for לזרע אישׁ rof dnat, or rather for אישׁ זרוע לאישׁ, - a substitution which cannot be sustained. Nor can they be taken in the sense proposed by Hvernick, every one relying upon his arm, i.e., looking to physical force alone, but simply every one according to his arm, i.e., according to his strength or violence, are they in thee. In this case היוּ does not require anything to be supplied, any more than in the similar combination in Eze 22:9. Followed by למען with an infinitive, it means to be there with the intention of doing anything, or making an attempt, i.e., to direct his efforts to a certain end. In Eze 22:7 it is not the princes who are the subject, but the ungodly in general. הקלּוּ is the opposite of כּבּד (Exo 20:12). In the reproofs which follow, compare Exo 22:20.; Lev 19:13; Deu 24:14. With insolence and violence toward men there is associated contempt of all that is holy. For Eze 22:8, see Eze 20:13. - In the second group, Eze 22:9-11, in addition to slander and idolatry, the crimes of lewdness and incest are the principal sins for which the people are reproved; and here the allusion to Lev 18 and 19 is very obvious. The reproof of slander also points back to the prohibition in Lev 19:16. Slander to shed blood, refers to malicious charges and false testimony in a court of justice (vid., Kg1 21:10-11). For eating upon the mountains, see Eze 18:6. The practice of zimmâh is more specifically described in Eze 22:10 and Eze 22:11. For the thing itself, compare Lev 18:7-8; Lev 19:15 and Lev 19:9. The threefold אישׁ in Eze 22:11 does not mean every one, but one, another, and the third, as the correlative רעהוּ shows. - The third group, Eze 22:12, is composed of sins of covetousness. For the first clause, compare the prohibition in Exo 23:2; for the second, Eze 18:8, Eze 18:13. The reproof finishes with forgetfulness of God, which is closely allied to covetousness. Eze 22:13-16 The Lord is enraged at such abominable doings. He will interfere, and put an end to them by scattering Judah among the heathen. - Eze 22:13. And, behold, I smite my hand because of thy gain which thou hast made, and over thy bloodguiltiness which is in the midst of thee. Eze 22:14. Will thy heart indeed stand firm, or will thy hands be strong for the day when I shall deal with thee? I Jehovah have spoken it, and also do it. Eze 22:15. I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the lands, and will utterly remove thine uncleanness from thee. Eze 22:16. And thou wilt be desecrated through thyself before the eyes of the nations, and know that I am Jehovah. - Eze 22:13 is closely connected with the preceding verse. This serves to explain the fact that the only sins mentioned as exciting the wrath of God are covetousness and blood-guiltiness. הכּה , as Kg2 11:12 clearly shows, is a contracted expression for הכּה כּף אל (Eze 21:19), and the smiting of the hands together is a gesture indicative of wrathful indignation. For the form דּמך, contracted from דּמיך, see the comm. on Eze 16:45. - As Eze 22:13 leads on to the threatening of judgment, so does Eze 22:14 point in anticipation to the terrible nature of the judgment itself. The question, "will thy heart stand firm?" involves a warning against security. עמד is the opposite of נמס (cf. Eze 21:12), as standing forms the antithesis to passing away (cf. Psa 102:27). עשׂה אותך, as in Eze 16:59 and Eze 7:27. The Lord will scatter them (cf. Eze 12:15; Eze 20:23), and remove the uncleanness of sin, namely, by purifying the people in exile (cf. Isa 4:4). התם, from תּמם, to cause to cease, with מן, to take completely away. נחלתּ, Niphal of חלל fo lahpiN ,נחלתּ ., connected with לעיני גּוים, as in Eze 20:9, not from נחל, as many of the commentators who follow the Septuagint and Vulgate suppose. בּך, not in te, in thyself, but through thee, i.e., through thy sinful conduct and its consequences.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Blood-guiltiness of Jerusalem and the burden of its sins. Eze 22:1-5 contain the principal accusation relating to bloodshed and idolatry; and Eze 22:6-16 a further account of the sins of the people and their rulers, with a brief threatening of punishment. - Eze 22:1. And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Eze 22:2. And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge? wilt thou judge the city of blood-guiltiness? then show it all its abominations, Eze 22:3. And say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, City, which sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols within itself for defilement. Eze 22:4. Through thy blood which thou hast shed hast thou made thyself guilty, and through thine idols which thou hast made hast thou defiled thyself, and hast drawn thy days near, and hast come to thy years; therefore I make thee a scorn to the nations, and ridicule to all lands. Eze 22:5. Those near and those far off from thee shall ridicule thee as defiled in name, rich in confusion. - The expression 'התשׁפּט וגו proves this address to be a continuation of the reproof of Israel's sins, which commenced in Eze 20:4. The epithet city of blood-guiltiness, as in Ezekiel Eze 24:6, Eze 24:9 (compare Nah 3:1), is explained in Eze 22:3. The apodosis commences with והודעתּהּ, and is continued in Eze 22:3 (ואמרתּ). לבוא עתּהּ, that her time, i.e., her time of punishment, may come: עתּהּ, like יומו in Eze 21:30. ועשׂתּה is not a continuation of the infinitive לבוא, but of the participle שׁפכת. עליה, of which different renderings have been given, does not mean "over itself," i.e., as a burden with which it has laden itself (Hvernick); still less "for itself" (Hitzig), a meaning which על never has, but literally "upon," i.e., in itself, covering the city with it, as it were. ותּקריבי, thou hast brought near, brought on thy days, that is to say, the days of judgment, and hast come to, arrived at thy years, sc. the years of visitation and punishment (cf. Jer 11:23). This meaning is readily supplied by the context. טמאת ה, defiled, unclean with regard to the name, i.e., having forfeited the name of a holy city through capital crimes and other sinful abominations. מהוּמה is internal confusion, both moral and religious, as in Amo 3:9 (cf. Psa 55:10-12).

In Eze 22:6-12 there follows an enumeration of a multitude of sins which had been committed in Jerusalem. - Eze 22:6. Behold, the princes of Israel are every one, according to his arm, in thee to shed blood. Eze 22:7. Father and mother they despise in thee; toward the foreigner they act violently in the midst of thee; orphans and widows they oppress in thee. Eze 22:8. Thou despisest my holy things, and desecratest my Sabbaths. Eze 22:9. Slanderers are in thee to shed blood, and they eat upon the mountains in thee; they practise lewdness in thee. Eze 22:10. They uncover the father's nakedness in thee; they ravish the defiled in her uncleanness in thee. Eze 22:11. They take gifts in thee to shed blood; interest and usury thou takest, and overreachest thy neighbours with violence, and thou forgettest me, is the saying of the Lord Jehovah. - By the repetition of the refrain, to shed blood (Eze 22:6, Eze 22:9, and Eze 22:12), the enumeration is divided into three groups of sins, which are placed in the category of blood-guiltiness by the fact that they are preceded by this sentence and the repetition of it after the form of a refrain. the first group (Eze 22:6-8) embraces sins which are committed in daring opposition to all the laws of morality. By the princes of Israel we are to understand primarily the profligate kings, who caused innocent persons to be put to death, such, for example, as Jehoiakim (Kg2 24:4), Manasseh (Kg2 21:16), and others. The words אישׁ are rendered by Hitzig and Kliefoth, they were ready to help one another; and in support of the rendering they appeal to Psa 83:9. But in that case אישׁ לזרעו would stand for לזרע אישׁ rof dnat, or rather for אישׁ זרוע לאישׁ, - a substitution which cannot be sustained. Nor can they be taken in the sense proposed by Hvernick, every one relying upon his arm, i.e., looking to physical force alone, but simply every one according to his arm, i.e., according to his strength or violence, are they in thee. In this case היוּ does not require anything to be supplied, any more than in the similar combination in Eze 22:9. Followed by למען with an infinitive, it means to be there with the intention of doing anything, or making an attempt, i.e., to direct his efforts to a certain end. In Eze 22:7 it is not the princes who are the subject, but the ungodly in general. הקלּוּ is the opposite of כּבּד (Exo 20:12). In the reproofs which follow, compare Exo 22:20.; Lev 19:13; Deu 24:14. With insolence and violence toward men there is associated contempt of all that is holy. For Eze 22:8, see Eze 20:13. - In the second group, Eze 22:9-11, in addition to slander and idolatry, the crimes of lewdness and incest are the principal sins for which the people are reproved; and here the allusion to Lev 18 and 19 is very obvious. The reproof of slander also points back to the prohibition in Lev 19:16. Slander to shed blood, refers to malicious charges and false testimony in a court of justice (vid., Kg1 21:10-11). For eating upon the mountains, see Eze 18:6. The practice of zimmâh is more specifically described in Eze 22:10 and Eze 22:11. For the thing itself, compare Lev 18:7-8; Lev 19:15 and Lev 19:9. The threefold אישׁ in Eze 22:11 does not mean every one, but one, another, and the third, as the correlative רעהוּ shows. - The third group, Eze 22:12, is composed of sins of covetousness. For the first clause, compare the prohibition in Exo 23:2; for the second, Eze 18:8, Eze 18:13. The reproof finishes with forgetfulness of God, which is closely allied to covetousness.

Eze 22:13-16

The Lord is enraged at such abominable doings. He will interfere, and put an end to them by scattering Judah among the heathen. - Eze 22:13. And, behold, I smite my hand because of thy gain which thou hast made, and over thy bloodguiltiness which is in the midst of thee. Eze 22:14. Will thy heart indeed stand firm, or will thy hands be strong for the day when I shall deal with thee? I Jehovah have spoken it, and also do it. Eze 22:15. I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the lands, and will utterly remove thine uncleanness from thee. Eze 22:16. And thou wilt be desecrated through thyself before the eyes of the nations, and know that I am Jehovah. - Eze 22:13 is closely connected with the preceding verse. This serves to explain the fact that the only sins mentioned as exciting the wrath of God are covetousness and blood-guiltiness. הכּה , as Kg2 11:12 clearly shows, is a contracted expression for הכּה כּף אל (Eze 21:19), and the smiting of the hands together is a gesture indicative of wrathful indignation. For the form דּמך, contracted from דּמיך, see the comm. on Eze 16:45. - As Eze 22:13 leads on to the threatening of judgment, so does Eze 22:14 point in anticipation to the terrible nature of the judgment itself. The question, "will thy heart stand firm?" involves a warning against security. עמד is the opposite of נמס (cf. Eze 21:12), as standing forms the antithesis to passing away (cf. Psa 102:27). עשׂה אותך, as in Eze 16:59 and Eze 7:27. The Lord will scatter them (cf. Eze 12:15; Eze 20:23), and remove the uncleanness of sin, namely, by purifying the people in exile (cf. Isa 4:4). התם, from תּמם, to cause to cease, with מן, to take completely away. נחלתּ, Niphal of חלל fo lahpiN ,נחלתּ ., connected with לעיני גּוים, as in Eze 20:9, not from נחל, as many of the commentators who follow the Septuagint and Vulgate suppose. בּך, not in te, in thyself, but through thee, i.e., through thy sinful conduct and its consequences.

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⁹ But I wrought [06213] for my name's [08034] sake, that it should not be polluted [02490] before [05869] the heathen [01471], among [08432] whom they were, in whose sight [05869] I made myself known [03045] unto them, in bringing them forth [03318] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].

⁴ When the Lord [0136] shall have washed away [07364] the filth [06675] of the daughters [01323] of Zion [06726], and shall have purged [01740] the blood [01818] of Jerusalem [03389] from the midst [07130] thereof by the spirit [07307] of judgment [04941], and by the spirit [07307] of burning [01197].

²³ I lifted up [05375] mine hand [03027] unto them also in the wilderness [04057], that I would scatter [06327] them among the heathen [01471], and disperse [02219] them through the countries [0776];

¹⁵ And they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I shall scatter [06327] them among the nations [01471], and disperse [02219] them in the countries [0776].

²⁷ The king [04428] shall mourn [056], and the prince [05387] shall be clothed [03847] with desolation [08077], and the hands [03027] of the people [05971] of the land [0776] shall be troubled [0926]: I will do [06213] unto them after their way [01870], and according to their deserts [04941] will I judge [08199] them; and they shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

⁵⁹ For thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; I will even deal [06213] with thee as thou hast done [06213], which hast despised [0959] the oath [0423] in breaking [06565] the covenant [01285].

²⁷ But thou art the same, and thy years [08141] shall have no end [08552].

¹² Cry [02199] and howl [03213], son [01121] of man [0120]: for it shall be upon my people [05971], it shall be upon all the princes [05387] of Israel [03478]: terrors [04048] by reason of [0413] the sword [02719] shall be upon my people [05971]: smite [05606] therefore upon thy thigh [03409].

¹⁴ Can thine heart [03820] endure [05975], or can thine hands [03027] be strong [02388], in the days [03117] that I shall deal [06213] with thee? I the LORD [03068] have spoken [01696] it, and will do [06213] it.

¹³ Behold, therefore I have smitten [05221] mine hand [03709] at thy dishonest gain [01215] which thou hast made [06213], and at thy blood [01818] which hath been in the midst [08432] of thee.

⁴⁵ Thou art thy mother's [0517] daughter [01323], that lotheth [01602] her husband [0376] and her children [01121]; and thou art the sister [0269] of thy sisters [0269], which lothed [01602] their husbands [0582] and their children [01121]: your mother [0517] was an Hittite [02850], and your father [01] an Amorite [0567].

¹⁹ Also, thou son [01121] of man [0120], appoint [07760] thee two [08147] ways [01870], that the sword [02719] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] may come [0935]: both twain [08147] shall come forth [03318] out of one [0259] land [0776]: and choose [01254] thou a place [03027], choose [01254] it at the head [07218] of the way [01870] to the city [05892].

¹² And he brought forth [03318] the king's [04428] son [01121], and put [05414] the crown [05145] upon him, and gave him the testimony [05715]; and they made him king [04427], and anointed [04886] him; and they clapped [05221] their hands [03709], and said [0559], God save [02421] the king [04428].

¹³ Behold, therefore I have smitten [05221] mine hand [03709] at thy dishonest gain [01215] which thou hast made [06213], and at thy blood [01818] which hath been in the midst [08432] of thee.

¹⁶ And thou shalt take thine inheritance [02490] [05157] in thyself in the sight [05869] of the heathen [01471], and thou shalt know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

¹⁵ And I will scatter [06327] thee among the heathen [01471], and disperse [02219] thee in the countries [0776], and will consume [08552] thy filthiness [02932] out of thee.

¹³ Behold, therefore I have smitten [05221] mine hand [03709] at thy dishonest gain [01215] which thou hast made [06213], and at thy blood [01818] which hath been in the midst [08432] of thee.

¹³ Behold, therefore I have smitten [05221] mine hand [03709] at thy dishonest gain [01215] which thou hast made [06213], and at thy blood [01818] which hath been in the midst [08432] of thee.
¹⁴ Can thine heart [03820] endure [05975], or can thine hands [03027] be strong [02388], in the days [03117] that I shall deal [06213] with thee? I the LORD [03068] have spoken [01696] it, and will do [06213] it.
¹⁵ And I will scatter [06327] thee among the heathen [01471], and disperse [02219] thee in the countries [0776], and will consume [08552] thy filthiness [02932] out of thee.
¹⁶ And thou shalt take thine inheritance [02490] [05157] in thyself in the sight [05869] of the heathen [01471], and thou shalt know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

¹³ Hath given forth [05414] upon usury [05392], and hath taken [03947] increase [08636]: shall he then live [02425]? he shall not live [02421]: he hath done [06213] all these abominations [08441]; he shall surely [04191] die [04191]; his blood [01818] shall be upon him.

⁸ He that hath not given forth [05414] upon usury [05392], neither hath taken [03947] any increase [08636], that hath withdrawn [07725] his hand [03027] from iniquity [05766], hath executed [06213] true [0571] judgment [04941] between man [0376] and man [0376],

² Thou shalt not follow [0310] a multitude [07227] to do evil [07451]; neither shalt thou speak [06030] in a cause [07379] to decline [05186] after [0310] many [07227] to wrest [05186] judgment:

¹² In thee have they taken [03947] gifts [07810] to shed [08210] blood [01818]; thou hast taken [03947] usury [05392] and increase [08636], and thou hast greedily gained [01214] of thy neighbours [07453] by extortion [06233], and hast forgotten [07911] me, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].

¹¹ And one [0376] hath committed [06213] abomination [08441] with his neighbour's [07453] wife [0802]; and another [0376] hath lewdly [02154] defiled [02930] his daughter in law [03618]; and another [0376] in thee hath humbled [06031] his sister [0269], his father's [01] daughter [01323].

⁹ And when ye reap [07114] the harvest [07105] of your land [0776], thou shalt not wholly reap [03615] the corners [06285] of thy field [07704], neither shalt thou gather [03950] the gleanings [03951] of thy harvest [07105].

¹⁵ Ye shall do [06213] no unrighteousness [05766] in judgment [04941]: thou shalt not respect [05375] the person [06440] of the poor [01800], nor honour [01921] the person [06440] of the mighty [01419]: but in righteousness [06664] shalt thou judge [08199] thy neighbour [05997].

⁷ The nakedness [06172] of thy father [01], or the nakedness [06172] of thy mother [0517], shalt thou not uncover [01540]: she is thy mother [0517]; thou shalt not uncover [01540] her nakedness [06172].
⁸ The nakedness [06172] of thy father's [01] wife [0802] shalt thou not uncover [01540]: it is thy father's [01] nakedness [06172].

¹⁰ In thee have they discovered [01540] their fathers [01]' nakedness [06172]: in thee have they humbled [06031] her that was set apart [05079] for pollution [02931].

⁶ And hath not eaten [0398] upon the mountains [02022], neither hath lifted up [05375] his eyes [05869] to the idols [01544] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478], neither hath defiled [02930] his neighbour's [07453] wife [0802], neither hath come near [07126] to a menstruous [05079] woman [0802],

¹⁰ And set [03427] two [08147] men [0582], sons [01121] of Belial [01100], before him, to bear witness [05749] against him, saying [0559], Thou didst blaspheme [01288] God [0430] and the king [04428]. And then carry him out [03318], and stone [05619] him, that he may die [04191].
¹¹ And the men [0582] of his city [05892], even the elders [02205] and the nobles [02715] who were the inhabitants [03427] in his city [05892], did [06213] as Jezebel [0348] had sent [07971] unto them, and as it was written [03789] in the letters [05612] which she had sent [07971] unto them.

¹⁶ Thou shalt not go [03212] up and down as a talebearer [07400] among thy people [05971]: neither shalt thou stand [05975] against the blood [01818] of thy neighbour [07453]: I am the LORD [03068].

⁹ In thee are men [0582] that carry tales [07400] to shed [08210] blood [01818]: and in thee they eat [0398] upon the mountains [02022]: in the midst [08432] of thee they commit [06213] lewdness [02154].
¹⁰ In thee have they discovered [01540] their fathers [01]' nakedness [06172]: in thee have they humbled [06031] her that was set apart [05079] for pollution [02931].
¹¹ And one [0376] hath committed [06213] abomination [08441] with his neighbour's [07453] wife [0802]; and another [0376] hath lewdly [02154] defiled [02930] his daughter in law [03618]; and another [0376] in thee hath humbled [06031] his sister [0269], his father's [01] daughter [01323].

¹³ But the house [01004] of Israel [03478] rebelled [04784] against me in the wilderness [04057]: they walked [01980] not in my statutes [02708], and they despised [03988] my judgments [04941], which if a man [0120] do [06213], he shall even live [02425] in them; and my sabbaths [07676] they greatly [03966] polluted [02490]: then I said [0559], I would pour out [08210] my fury [02534] upon them in the wilderness [04057], to consume [03615] them.

⁸ Thou hast despised [0959] mine holy things [06944], and hast profaned [02490] my sabbaths [07676].

¹⁴ Thou shalt not oppress [06231] an hired servant [07916] that is poor [06041] and needy [034], whether he be of thy brethren [0251], or of thy strangers [01616] that are in thy land [0776] within thy gates [08179]:

¹³ Thou shalt not defraud [06231] thy neighbour [07453], neither rob [01497] him: the wages [06468] of him that is hired [07916] shall not abide [03885] with thee all night until the morning [01242].

²⁰ He that sacrificeth [02076] unto any god [0430], save [01115] unto the LORD [03068] only, he shall be utterly destroyed [02763].

¹² Honour [03513] thy father [01] and thy mother [0517]: that thy days [03117] may be long [0748] upon the land [0127] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee.

⁷ In thee have they set light [07043] by father [01] and mother [0517]: in the midst [08432] of thee have they dealt [06213] by oppression [06233] with the stranger [01616]: in thee have they vexed [03238] the fatherless [03490] and the widow [0490].

⁹ Do [06213] unto them as unto the Midianites [04080]; as to Sisera [05516], as to Jabin [02985], at the brook [05158] of Kison [07028]:

¹⁶ Moreover Manasseh [04519] shed [08210] innocent [05355] blood [01818] very [03966] much [07235], till he had filled [04390] Jerusalem [03389] from one end [06310] to another [06310]; beside his sin [02403] wherewith he made Judah [03063] to sin [02398], in doing [06213] that which was evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068].

⁴ And also for the innocent [05355] blood [01818] that he shed [08210]: for he filled [04390] Jerusalem [03389] with innocent [05355] blood [01818]; which the LORD [03068] would [014] not pardon [05545].

⁶ Behold, the princes [05387] of Israel [03478], every one [0376] were in thee to their power [02220] to shed [08210] blood [01818].

¹⁰ In thee have they discovered [01540] their fathers [01]' nakedness [06172]: in thee have they humbled [06031] her that was set apart [05079] for pollution [02931].

⁸ Thou hast despised [0959] mine holy things [06944], and hast profaned [02490] my sabbaths [07676].

⁶ Behold, the princes [05387] of Israel [03478], every one [0376] were in thee to their power [02220] to shed [08210] blood [01818].

¹⁰ Day [03119] and night [03915] they go about [05437] it upon the walls [02346] thereof: mischief [0205] also and sorrow [05999] are in the midst [07130] of it.
¹¹ Wickedness [01942] is in the midst [07130] thereof: deceit [08496] and guile [04820] depart [04185] not from her streets [07339].
¹² For it was not an enemy [0341] that reproached [02778] me; then I could have borne [05375] it: neither was it he that hated [08130] me that did magnify [01431] himself against me; then I would have hid [05641] myself from him:

⁹ Publish [08085] in the palaces [0759] at Ashdod [0795], and in the palaces [0759] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and say [0559], Assemble [0622] yourselves upon the mountains [02022] of Samaria [08111], and behold [07200] the great [07227] tumults [04103] in the midst [07130] thereof, and the oppressed [06217] in the midst [08432] thereof.

²³ And there shall be no remnant [07611] of them: for I will bring [0935] evil [07451] upon the men [0582] of Anathoth [06068], even the year [08141] of their visitation [06486].

³⁰ Shall I cause it to return [07725] into his sheath [08593]? I will judge [08199] thee in the place [04725] where thou wast created [01254], in the land [0776] of thy nativity [04351].

³ Then say [0559] thou, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], The city [05892] sheddeth [08210] blood [01818] in the midst [08432] of it, that her time [06256] may come [0935], and maketh [06213] idols [01544] against herself to defile [02930] herself.

¹ Woe [01945] to the bloody [01818] city [05892]! it is all full [04392] of lies [03585] and robbery [06563]; the prey [02964] departeth [04185] not;

⁹ Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Woe [0188] to the bloody [01818] city [05892]! I will even make the pile [04071] for fire great [01431].

⁶ Wherefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Woe [0188] to the bloody [01818] city [05892], to the pot [05518] whose scum [02457] is therein, and whose scum [02457] is not gone out [03318] of it! bring it out [03318] piece [05409] by piece [05409]; let no lot [01486] fall [05307] upon it.

⁴ Wilt thou judge [08199] them, son [01121] of man [0120], wilt thou judge [08199] them? cause them to know [03045] the abominations [08441] of their fathers [01]:

⁵ Those that be near [07138], and those that be far [07350] from thee, shall mock [07046] thee, which art infamous [02931] [08034] and much [07227] vexed [04103].

⁴ Thou art become guilty [0816] in thy blood [01818] that thou hast shed [08210]; and hast defiled [02930] thyself in thine idols [01544] which thou hast made [06213]; and thou hast caused thy days [03117] to draw near [07126], and art come [0935] even unto thy years [08141]: therefore have I made [05414] thee a reproach [02781] unto the heathen [01471], and a mocking [07048] to all countries [0776].

² Now, thou son [01121] of man [0120], wilt thou judge [08199], wilt thou judge [08199] the bloody [01818] city [05892]? yea, thou shalt shew [03045] her all her abominations [08441].

¹ Moreover the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],

⁶ Behold, the princes [05387] of Israel [03478], every one [0376] were in thee to their power [02220] to shed [08210] blood [01818].
⁷ In thee have they set light [07043] by father [01] and mother [0517]: in the midst [08432] of thee have they dealt [06213] by oppression [06233] with the stranger [01616]: in thee have they vexed [03238] the fatherless [03490] and the widow [0490].
⁸ Thou hast despised [0959] mine holy things [06944], and hast profaned [02490] my sabbaths [07676].
⁹ In thee are men [0582] that carry tales [07400] to shed [08210] blood [01818]: and in thee they eat [0398] upon the mountains [02022]: in the midst [08432] of thee they commit [06213] lewdness [02154].
¹⁰ In thee have they discovered [01540] their fathers [01]' nakedness [06172]: in thee have they humbled [06031] her that was set apart [05079] for pollution [02931].
¹¹ And one [0376] hath committed [06213] abomination [08441] with his neighbour's [07453] wife [0802]; and another [0376] hath lewdly [02154] defiled [02930] his daughter in law [03618]; and another [0376] in thee hath humbled [06031] his sister [0269], his father's [01] daughter [01323].
¹² In thee have they taken [03947] gifts [07810] to shed [08210] blood [01818]; thou hast taken [03947] usury [05392] and increase [08636], and thou hast greedily gained [01214] of thy neighbours [07453] by extortion [06233], and hast forgotten [07911] me, saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
¹³ Behold, therefore I have smitten [05221] mine hand [03709] at thy dishonest gain [01215] which thou hast made [06213], and at thy blood [01818] which hath been in the midst [08432] of thee.
¹⁴ Can thine heart [03820] endure [05975], or can thine hands [03027] be strong [02388], in the days [03117] that I shall deal [06213] with thee? I the LORD [03068] have spoken [01696] it, and will do [06213] it.
¹⁵ And I will scatter [06327] thee among the heathen [01471], and disperse [02219] thee in the countries [0776], and will consume [08552] thy filthiness [02932] out of thee.
¹⁶ And thou shalt take thine inheritance [02490] [05157] in thyself in the sight [05869] of the heathen [01471], and thou shalt know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068].

¹ Moreover the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559],
² Now, thou son [01121] of man [0120], wilt thou judge [08199], wilt thou judge [08199] the bloody [01818] city [05892]? yea, thou shalt shew [03045] her all her abominations [08441].
³ Then say [0559] thou, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], The city [05892] sheddeth [08210] blood [01818] in the midst [08432] of it, that her time [06256] may come [0935], and maketh [06213] idols [01544] against herself to defile [02930] herself.
⁴ Thou art become guilty [0816] in thy blood [01818] that thou hast shed [08210]; and hast defiled [02930] thyself in thine idols [01544] which thou hast made [06213]; and thou hast caused thy days [03117] to draw near [07126], and art come [0935] even unto thy years [08141]: therefore have I made [05414] thee a reproach [02781] unto the heathen [01471], and a mocking [07048] to all countries [0776].
⁵ Those that be near [07138], and those that be far [07350] from thee, shall mock [07046] thee, which art infamous [02931] [08034] and much [07227] vexed [04103].