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1. Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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1. Moreover the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. 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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2. Now, thou H859 son H1121 of man H120 , wilt thou judge H8199 , wilt thou judge H8199 H853 the bloody H1818 city H5892 ? yea , thou shalt show H3045 her H853 all H3605 her abominations H8441 .
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3. You shall say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!
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3. Then say H559 thou, Thus H3541 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 H5921 herself to defile H2930 herself.
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4. You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and are come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
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4. Thou art become guilty H816 in thy blood H1818 that H834 thou hast shed H8210 ; and hast defiled H2930 thyself in thine idols H1544 which H834 thou hast made H6213 ; and thou hast caused thy days H3117 to draw near H7126 , and art come H935 even unto H5704 thy years H8141 : therefore H5921 H3651 have I made H5414 thee a reproach H2781 unto the heathen H1471 , and a mocking H7048 to all H3605 countries H776 .
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5. Those who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, you infamous one and full of tumult.
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5. Those that be near H7138 , and those that be far H7350 from H4480 thee , shall mock H7046 thee, which art infamous H2931 H8034 and much H7227 vexed H4103 .
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6. Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
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6. Behold H2009 , the princes H5387 of Israel H3478 , every one H376 were H1961 in thee to their power H2220 to H4616 shed H8210 blood H1818 .
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7. In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
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7. 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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8. You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
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8. Thou hast despised H959 mine holy things H6944 , and hast profaned H2490 my sabbaths H7676 .
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9. Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood; and in you they have eaten on the mountains: in the midst of you they have committed lewdness.
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9. In thee are H1961 men H376 that carry tales H7400 to H4616 shed H8210 blood H1818 : and in thee they eat H398 upon H413 the mountains H2022 : in the midst H8432 of thee they commit H6213 lewdness H2154 .
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10. In you have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.
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10. 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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11. 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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11. And one H376 hath committed H6213 abomination H8441 with H854 his neighbor H7453 's wife H802 ; and another H376 hath lewdly H2154 defiled H2930 H853 his daughter H3618 -in-law ; and another H376 in thee hath humbled H6031 H853 his sister H269 , his father H1 's daughter H1323 .
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12. In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.
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12. In thee have they taken H3947 gifts H7810 to H4616 shed H8210 blood H1818 ; thou hast taken H3947 usury H5392 and increase H8636 , and thou hast greedily gained H1214 of thy neighbors H7453 by extortion H6233 , and hast forgotten H7911 me, saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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13. Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.
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13. Behold H2009 , therefore I have smitten H5221 mine hand H3709 at H413 thy dishonest gain H1215 which H834 thou hast made H6213 , and at H5921 thy blood H1818 which H834 hath been H1961 in the midst H8432 of thee.
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14. Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and will do it.
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14. Can thine heart H3820 endure H5975 , or H518 can thine hands H3027 be strong H2388 , in the days H3117 that H834 I H589 shall deal H6213 with thee? I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it , and will do H6213 it .
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15. I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries; and I will consume your filthiness out of you.
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15. 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 H4480 thee.
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16. You shall be profaned in yourself, in the sight of the nations; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
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16. And thou shalt take thine inheritance H2490 in thyself in the sight H5869 of the heathen H1471 , and thou shalt know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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17. The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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17. And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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18. Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver.
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18. Son H1121 of man H120 , the house H1004 of Israel H3478 is to me become H1961 dross H5509 : all H3605 they are brass H5178 , and tin H913 , and iron H1270 , and lead H5777 , in the midst H8432 of the furnace H3564 ; they are H1961 even the dross H5509 of silver H3701 .
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19. Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you are all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
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19. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Because H3282 ye are all H3605 become H1961 dross H5509 , behold H2009 , therefore H3651 I will gather H6908 you into H413 the midst H8432 of Jerusalem H3389 .
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20. As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
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20. As they gather H6910 silver H3701 , and brass H5178 , and iron H1270 , and lead H5777 , and tin H913 , into H413 the midst H8432 of the furnace H3564 , to blow H5301 the fire H784 upon H5921 it , to melt H5413 it ; so H3651 will I gather H6908 you in mine anger H639 and in my fury H2534 , and I will leave H5117 you there , and melt H5413 you.
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21. Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.
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21. Yea , I will gather H3664 you , and blow H5301 upon H5921 you in the fire H784 of my wrath H5678 , and ye shall be melted H5413 in the midst H8432 thereof.
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22. As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in the midst of it; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on you.
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22. As silver H3701 is melted H2046 in the midst H8432 of the furnace H3564 , so H3651 shall ye be melted H5413 in the midst H8432 thereof ; and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 have poured out H8210 my fury H2534 upon H5921 you.
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23. The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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23. And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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24. Son of man, tell her, You are a land that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the day of indignation.
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24. Son H1121 of man H120 , say H559 unto her, Thou H859 art the land H776 that H1931 is not H3808 cleansed H2891 , nor H3808 rained upon H1656 in the day H3117 of indignation H2195 .
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25. There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of it, 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 of it.
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25. 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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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.
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26. Her priests H3548 have violated H2554 my law H8451 , and have profaned H2490 mine holy things H6944 : they have put no difference H914 H3808 between H996 the holy H6944 and profane H2455 , neither H3808 have they showed H3045 difference between H996 the unclean H2931 and the clean H2889 , and have hid H5956 their eyes H5869 from my sabbaths H4480 H7676 , and I am profaned H2490 among H8432 them.
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27. Her princes in the midst of it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
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27. 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 H4616 get H1214 dishonest gain H1215 .
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28. Her prophets have daubed for them with whitewash, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord Yahweh, when Yahweh has not spoken.
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28. And her prophets H5030 have daubed H2902 them with untempered H8602 mortar , seeing H2374 vanity H7723 , and divining H7080 lies H3577 unto them, saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , when the LORD H3068 hath not H3808 spoken H1696 .
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29. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.
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29. The people H5971 of the land H776 have used H6231 oppression H6233 , and exercised H1497 robbery H1498 , and have vexed H3238 the poor H6041 and needy H34 : yea , they have oppressed H6231 the stranger H1616 wrongfully H3808 H4941 .
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30. I sought for a man among them, who 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.
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30. And I sought H1245 for a man H376 among H4480 them , that should make up H1443 the hedge H1447 , and stand H5975 in the gap H6556 before H6440 me for H1157 the land H776 , that I should not H1115 destroy H7843 it : but I found H4672 none H3808 .
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31. Therefore have I poured out my indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought on their heads, says the Lord Yahweh.
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31. Therefore have I poured out H8210 mine indignation H2195 upon H5921 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 .
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