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Moreover the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
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Now, thou son[H1121] of man[H120], wilt thou judge[H8199], wilt thou judge[H8199] the bloody[H1818]city?[H5892] yea, thou shalt shew[H3045] her all her abominations[H8441].
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Then say[H559] thou, Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], The city[H5892]sheddeth[H8210]blood[H1818] in the midst[H8432] of it, that her time[H6256] may come[H935], and maketh[H6213]idols[H1544] against herself to defile[H2930] herself.
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Thou art become guilty[H816] in thy blood[H1818] that thou hast shed[H8210]; and hast defiled[H2930] thyself in thine idols[H1544] which thou hast made[H6213]; and thou hast caused thy days[H3117] to draw near[H7126], and art come[H935] even unto thy years[H8141]: therefore have I made[H5414] thee a reproach[H2781] unto the heathen[H1471], and a mocking[H7048] to all countries[H776].
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Those that be near[H7138], and those that be far[H7350] from thee, shall mock[H7046] thee, which art infamous[H2931] and much[H7227]vexed[H4103].
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Behold, the princes[H5387] of Israel[H3478], every one[H376] were in thee to their power[H2220] to shed[H8210]blood[H1818].
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In thee have they set light[H7043] by father[H1] and mother[H517]: in the midst[H8432] of thee have they dealt[H6213] by oppression[H6233] with the stranger[H1616]: in thee have they vexed[H3238] the fatherless[H3490] and the widow[H490].
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Thou hast despised[H959] mine holy things[H6944], and hast profaned[H2490] my sabbaths[H7676].
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In thee are men[H582] that carry tales[H7400] to shed[H8210]blood[H1818]: and in thee they eat[H398] upon the mountains[H2022]: in the midst[H8432] of thee they commit[H6213]lewdness[H2154].
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In thee have they discovered[H1540] their fathers[H1]' nakedness[H6172]: in thee have they humbled[H6031] her that was set apart[H5079] for pollution[H2931].
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And one[H376] hath committed[H6213]abomination[H8441] with his neighbour's wife[H802]; and another[H376] hath lewdly[H2154]defiled[H2930] his daughter[H1323] in law[H3618]; and another[H376] in thee hath humbled[H6031] his sister[H269], his father's daughter[H1323].
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In thee have they taken[H3947]gifts[H7810] to shed[H8210]blood[H1818]; thou hast taken[H3947]usury[H5392] and increase[H8636], and thou hast greedily gained[H1214] of thy neighbours[H7453] by extortion[H6233], and hast forgotten[H7911] me, saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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Behold, therefore I have smitten[H5221] mine hand[H3709] at thy dishonest gain[H1215] which thou hast made[H6213], and at thy blood[H1818] which hath been in the midst[H8432] of thee.
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Can thine heart[H3820]endure[H5975], or can thine hands[H3027] be strong[H2388], in the days[H3117] that I shall deal[H6213] with thee? I the LORD[H3068] have spoken[H1696] it, and will do[H6213] it.
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And I will scatter[H6327] thee among the heathen[H1471], and disperse[H2219] thee in the countries[H776], and will consume[H8552] thy filthiness[H2932] out of thee.
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And thou shalt take thine inheritance[H2490] in thyself in the sight[H5869] of the heathen[H1471], and thou shalt know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068].
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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
18Son[H1121] of man[H120], the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] is to me become dross[H5509]: all they are brass[H5178], and tin[H913], and iron[H1270], and lead[H5777], in the midst[H8432] of the furnace[H3564]; they are even the dross[H5509] of silver[H3701].
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Because ye are all become dross[H5509], behold, therefore I will gather[H6908] you into the midst[H8432] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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As they gather[H6910]silver[H3701], and brass[H5178], and iron[H1270], and lead[H5777], and tin[H913], into the midst[H8432] of the furnace[H3564], to blow[H5301] the fire[H784] upon it, to melt[H5413] it; so will I gather[H6908] you in mine anger[H639] and in my fury[H2534], and I will leave[H3240] you there, and melt[H5413] you.
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Yea, I will gather[H3664] you, and blow[H5301] upon you in the fire[H784] of my wrath[H5678], and ye shall be melted[H5413] in the midst[H8432] thereof.
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As silver[H3701] is melted[H2046] in the midst[H8432] of the furnace[H3564], so shall ye be melted[H5413] in the midst[H8432] thereof; and ye shall know[H3045] that I the LORD[H3068] have poured out[H8210] my fury[H2534] upon you.
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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
24Son[H1121] of man[H120], say[H559] unto her, Thou art the land[H776] that is not cleansed[H2891], nor rained[H1656] upon in the day[H3117] of indignation[H2195].
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There is a conspiracy[H7195] of her prophets[H5030] in the midst[H8432] thereof, like a roaring[H7580]lion[H738]ravening[H2963] the prey[H2964]; they have devoured[H398]souls[H5315]; they have taken[H3947] the treasure[H2633] and precious things[H3366]; they have made her many[H7235]widows[H490] in the midst[H8432] thereof.
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Her priests[H3548] have violated[H2554] my law[H8451], and have profaned[H2490] mine holy[H6944]things[H6944]: they have put no difference[H914] between the holy[H6944] and profane[H2455], neither have they shewed[H3045]difference[H914] between the unclean[H2931] and the clean[H2889], and have hid[H5956] their eyes[H5869] from my sabbaths[H7676], and I am profaned[H2490]among[H8432] them.
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Her princes[H8269] in the midst[H7130] thereof are like wolves[H2061]ravening[H2963] the prey[H2964], to shed[H8210]blood[H1818], and to destroy[H6]souls[H5315], to get[H1214] dishonest gain[H1215].
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And her prophets[H5030] have daubed[H2902] them with untempered[H8602] morter, seeing[H2374]vanity[H7723], and divining[H7080]lies[H3577] unto them, saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069], when the LORD[H3068] hath not spoken[H1696].
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The people[H5971] of the land[H776] have used oppression[H6231], and exercised[H1497]robbery[H1498], and have vexed[H3238] the poor[H6041] and needy[H34]: yea, they have oppressed[H6231] the stranger[H1616]wrongfully[H4941].
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And I sought[H1245] for a man[H376] among them, that should make up[H1443] the hedge[H1447], and stand[H5975] in the gap[H6556]before[H6440] me for the land[H776], that I should not destroy[H7843] it: but I found[H4672] none.
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Therefore have I poured out[H8210] mine indignation[H2195] upon them; I have consumed[H3615] them with the fire[H784] of my wrath[H5678]: their own way[H1870] have I recompensed[H5414] upon their heads[H7218], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].