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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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GOD's Message came to me:
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The word of the LORD came to me:
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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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Now this message came to me from the LORD:
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Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
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"Son of man, are you going to judge this bloody city or not? Come now, are you going to judge her? Do it! Face her with all her outrageous obscenities.
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"Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices
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"Now, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her abominations!
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"Son of man, are you ready to judge Jerusalem? Are you ready to judge this city of murderers? Denounce her terrible deeds in public,
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Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
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Tell her, "This is what GOD, the Master, says: You're a city murderous at the core, just asking for punishment. You're a city obsessed with no-god idols, making yourself filthy.
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and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,
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Then say, "Thus says the Lord GOD: "The city sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may come; and she makes idols within herself to defile herself.
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and give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: O city of murderers, doomed and damned--city of idols, filthy and foul--
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Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself 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 heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
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In all your killing, you've piled up guilt. In all your idol-making, you've become filthy. You've forced a premature end to your existence. I'll put you on exhibit as the scarecrow of the nations, the world's worst joke.
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you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.
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You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.
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you are guilty of both murder and idolatry. Your day of destruction has come! You have reached the end of your years. I will make you an object of mockery throughout the world.
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Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
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From far and near they'll deride you as infamous in filth, notorious for chaos.
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Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil.
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Those near and those far from you will mock you as infamous and full of tumult.
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O infamous city, filled with confusion, you will be mocked by people both far and near.
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Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
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Your leaders, the princes of Israel among you, compete in crime.
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"'See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.
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"Look, the princes of Israel: each one has used his power to shed blood in you.
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"Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder.
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In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
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You're a community that's insolent to parents, abusive to outsiders, oppressive against orphans and widows.
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In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the alien and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
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In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
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Fathers and mothers are contemptuously ignored. Resident foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed.
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Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
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You treat my holy things with contempt and desecrate my Sabbaths.
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You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.
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You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.
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Inside your walls you despise my holy things and violate my Sabbath days of rest.
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In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
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You have people spreading lies and spilling blood, flocking to the hills to the sex shrines and fornicating unrestrained.
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In you are slanderous men bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.
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In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.
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People accuse others falsely and send them to their death. You are filled with idol worshipers and people who take part in lewd activities.
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In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
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Incest is common. Men force themselves on women regardless of whether they're ready or willing.
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In you are those who dishonor their fathers' bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean.
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In you men uncover their fathers' nakedness; in you they violate women who are set apart during their impurity.
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Men sleep with their fathers' wives and have intercourse with women who are menstruating.
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And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
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Sex is now anarchy. Anyone is fair game: neighbor, daughter-in-law, sister.
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In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor's wife, another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law, and another violates his sister, his own father's daughter.
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One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; and another in you violates his sister, his father's daughter.
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Within your walls live men who commit adultery with their neighbors' wives, who defile their daughters-in-law or who rape their own sisters.
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In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
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Murder is for hire, usury is rampant, extortion is commonplace. And you've forgotten me. Decree of GOD, the Master.
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In you men accept bribes to shed blood; you take usury and excessive interest and make unjust gain from your neighbors by extortion. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
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There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere! They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign LORD.
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Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
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Now look! I've clapped my hands, calling everyone's attention to your rapacious greed and your bloody brutalities.
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"'I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.
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"Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.
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"But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed.
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Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
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Can you stick with it? Will you be able to keep at this once I start dealing with you? I, GOD, have spoken. I'll put an end to this.
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Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.
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Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and will do it.
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How strong and courageous will you be in my day of reckoning? I, the LORD, have spoken! I will do what I have said.
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And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
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I'll throw you to the four winds. I'll scatter you all over the world. I'll put a full stop to your filthy living.
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I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an end to your uncleanness.
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I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and remove your filthiness completely from you.
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I will scatter you among the nations and purge you of your wickedness.
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And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
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You will be defiled, spattered with your own mud in the eyes of the nations. And you'll recognize that I am GOD.'"
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When you have been defiled in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the LORD.'"
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You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations; then you shall know that I am the LORD.""'
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And when you have been dishonored among the nations, you will know that I am the LORD."
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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GOD's Message came to me:
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Then the word of the LORD came to me:
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The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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Then this message came to me from the LORD:
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Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
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"Son of man, the people of Israel are slag to me, the useless byproduct of refined copper, tin, iron, and lead left at the smelter--a worthless slag heap.
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"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.
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"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace; they have become dross from silver.
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"Son of man, the people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over--a useless mixture of copper, tin, iron, and lead.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
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So tell them, "GOD, the Master, has spoken: Because you've all become worthless slag, you're on notice: I'll assemble you in Jerusalem.
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Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem.
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
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So give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: Because you are all worthless slag, I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem.
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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 fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.
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As men gather silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into a furnace and blow fire on it to melt it down, so in my wrath I'll gather you and melt you down.
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As men gather silver, copper, iron, lead and tin into a furnace to melt it with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.
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As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you.
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I will melt you down in the heat of my fury, just as copper, tin, iron, and lead are melted down in a furnace.
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Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
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I'll blow on you with the fire of my wrath to melt you down in the furnace.
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I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.
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Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst.
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I will gather you together and blow the fire of my anger upon you,
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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 the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.
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As silver is melted down, you'll be melted down. That should get through to you. Then you'll recognize that I, GOD, have let my wrath loose on you.'"
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As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the LORD have poured out my wrath upon you.'"
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As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the LORD, have poured out My fury on you."'
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and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my fury on you."
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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GOD's Message came to me:
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Again the word of the LORD came to me:
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And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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Again a message came to me from the LORD:
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Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
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"Son of man, tell her, "You're a land that during the time I was angry with you got no rain, not so much as a spring shower.
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"Son of man, say to the land, 'You are a land that has had no rain or showers in the day of wrath.'
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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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"Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: In the day of my indignation, you will become like an uncleared wilderness or a desert without rain.
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There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
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The leaders among you became desperate, like roaring, ravaging lions killing indiscriminately. They grabbed and looted, leaving widows in their wake.
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There is a conspiracy of her princes within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her.
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The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured people; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.
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Your princes plot conspiracies just as lions stalk their prey. They devour innocent people, seizing treasures and extorting wealth. They increase the number of widows in the land.
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Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
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Your priests violated my law and desecrated my holy things. They can't tell the difference between sacred and secular. They tell people there's no difference between right and wrong. They're contemptuous of my holy Sabbaths, profaning me by trying to pull me down to their level.
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Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
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Her priests have violated My law and profaned My holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
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Your priests have violated my laws and defiled my holy things. To them there is no difference between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that my holy name is greatly dishonored among them.
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Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
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Your politicians are like wolves prowling and killing and rapaciously taking whatever they want.
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Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain.
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Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy people, and to get dishonest gain.
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Your leaders are like wolves, who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people's lives for profit!
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And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
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Your preachers cover up for the politicians by pretending to have received visions and special revelations. They say, "This is what GOD, the Master, says..." when GOD hasn't said so much as one word.
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Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says'-when the LORD has not spoken.
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Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies for them, saying, "Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD had not spoken.
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And your prophets announce false visions and speak false messages. They say, `My message is from the Sovereign LORD,' when the LORD hasn't spoken a single word to them. They repair cracked walls with whitewash!
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The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
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Extortion is rife, robbery is epidemic, the poor and needy are abused, outsiders are kicked around at will, with no access to justice.'
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The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the alien, denying them justice.
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The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger.
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Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.
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And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
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"I looked for someone to stand up for me against all this, to repair the defenses of the city, to take a stand for me and stand in the gap to protect this land so I wouldn't have to destroy it. I couldn't find anyone. Not one.
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"I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.
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So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.
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"I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn't have to destroy the land, but I found no one.
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Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
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So I'll empty out my wrath on them, burn them to a crisp with my hot anger, serve them with the consequences of all they've done. Decree of GOD, the Master."
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So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD."
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Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed their deeds on their own heads," says the Lord GOD.
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So now I will pour out my fury on them, consuming them in the fire of my anger. I will heap on them the full penalty for all their sins, says the Sovereign LORD."
