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| 22:1 | Moreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying; |
| 22:2 | Now thou sonne of man, wilt thou iudge, wilt thou iudge the bloodie citie? Yea thou shalt shew her all her abominations. |
| 22:3 | Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; The citie sheadeth blood in the middest of it, that her time may come, and maketh idoles against herselfe to defile herselfe. |
| 22:4 | Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and hast defiled thy selfe in thine idoles, which thou hast made, and thou hast caused thy daies to draw neere, and art come euen vnto thy yeeres; therfore haue I made thee a reproch vnto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. |
| 22:5 | Those that be neere, and those that be farre from thee, shall mocke thee which art infamous, and much vexed. |
| 22:6 | Behold the princes of Israel, euerie one were in thee to their power to shead blood. |
| 22:7 | In thee haue they set light by father and mother: in the middest of thee haue they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widow: |
| 22:8 | Thou hast despised mine holy things, & hast prophaned my sabbaths: |
| 22:9 | In thee are men that carie tales to shead blood: and in thee they eate vpon the mountaines: in the middest of thee they commit lewdnesse. |
| 22:10 | In thee haue they discouered their fathers nakednesse: in thee haue they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. |
| 22:11 | And one hath committed abomination with his neighbours wife, and an other hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law, and an other in thee hath humbled his sister, his fathers daughter. |
| 22:12 | In thee haue they taken gifts to shead blood: thou hast taken vsury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. |
| 22:13 | Behold therefore, I haue smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gaine which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath bene in the midst of thee. |
| 22:14 | Can thine heart indure, or can thine hands be strong in the dayes that I shall deale with thee? I the Lord haue spoken it, and will doe it. |
| 22:15 | And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countreys, and will consume thy filthinesse out of thee. |
| 22:16 | And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thy selfe in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. |
| 22:17 | And the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying, |
| 22:18 | Sonne of man, the house of Israel is to me become drosse: all they are brasse, and tinne, and yron, and lead in the midst of the furnace: they are euen the drosse of siluer. |
| 22:19 | Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Because ye are all become drosse, behold therefore I will gather you into the midst of Ierusalem. |
| 22:20 | As they gather siluer, and brasse, and yron, and lead, and tinne into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire vpon it, to melt it: so will I gather you in mine anger, and in my fury, and I will leaue you there, and melt you. |
| 22:21 | Yea, I will gather you, and blow vpon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shalbe melted in the midst thereof. |
| 22:22 | As siluer is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the middest thereof, and ye shall know that I the Lord haue powred out my furie vpon you. |
| 22:23 | And the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying, |
| 22:24 | Son of man, say vnto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained vpon in the day of indignation. |
| 22:25 | There is a conspiracie of her prophets in the middest thereof like a roaring lyon, rauening the praye: they haue deuoured soules: they haue taken the treasure and precious things: they haue made her many widowes in the midst thereof. |
| 22:26 | Her priests haue violated my law, and haue prophaned mine holy things: they haue put no difference betweene the holy and prophane, neither haue they shewed difference between the vncleane and the cleane, and haue hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am prophaned among them. |
| 22:27 | Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolues rauening the praye, to shed blood, and to destroy soules, to get dishonest gaine. |
| 22:28 | And her prophets haue dawbed them with vntempered morter, seeing vanity, and diuining lies vnto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken. |
| 22:29 | The people of the land haue vsed oppression, and exercised robbery, and haue vexed the poore and needie: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger wrongfully. |
| 22:30 | And I sought for a man among them, that should make vp the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. |
| 22:31 | Therefore haue I powred out mine indignation vpon them, I haue consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their owne way haue I recompensed vpon their heads, saith the Lord God. |
| 22:1 | Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, and sayde |
| 22:2 | Thou sonne of man, wylt thou not iudge, wylt thou not iudge this blooddy citie? wylt thou not shewe her all her abhominations |
| 22:3 | And tell them, thus saith the Lorde God, The citie sheddeth blood in the middest of it, that her tyme may come, and maketh idols agaynst her selfe, to defile her selfe |
| 22:4 | Thou hast made thy selfe giltie in the blood that thou hast shed, and defyled thee in the idols which thou hast made: thou hast caused thy dayes to drawe nye, and made the tyme of thy yeres to come: therfore wyll I make thee a reproche among the heathen, and to be a mockyng in all landes |
| 22:5 | Whether they be nye or farre from thee, they shall laugh thee to scorne, thou that hast gotten thee so foule a name, and art full of trouble |
| 22:6 | Beholde the rulers of Israel, euery one in thee was redy to his power to shed blood |
| 22:7 | In thee haue they dispised father and mother, in thee haue they oppressed the straunger, in thee haue they vexed the widowe and the fatherlesse |
| 22:8 | Thou hast dispised my holy thynges, and defiled my Sabbathes |
| 22:9 | Tale tellers are there in thee to shed blood, in thee are such as eate vpon the hylles, and in thee they commit abhomination |
| 22:10 | In thee they discouered their fathers shame, in thee they haue humbled her that was set apart for pollution |
| 22:11 | Euery man hath dealt shamefully with his neighbours wife, and abhominably defiled his daughter in lawe, in thee hath euery man forced his owne sister, euen his fathers daughter |
| 22:12 | Yea giftes haue ben receaued in thee to shed blood, thou hast taken vsurie and encrease, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, saith the Lorde God |
| 22:13 | Beholde, I haue smitten my handes vpon thy couetousnesse that thou hast vsed, and vpon the blood which hath ben shed in thee |
| 22:14 | Is thy heart able to endure? or may thy handes be strenghthened in the dayes that I shal haue to do with thee? Euen I the Lorde that speake it, wyll bryng it also to passe |
| 22:15 | I wyll scatter thee among the heathen, & strawe thee about in the landes, and wyll cause thy filthinesse to ceasse out of thee |
| 22:16 | Yea and thou shalt be thine owne inheritaunce in the sight of the heathen, that thou mayest knowe that I am the Lorde |
| 22:17 | And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying |
| 22:18 | Thou sonne of man, the house of Israel is vnto me as drosse: all they are brasse, tinne, iron, and lead in the middest of the furnace, euen drosse of siluer are they |
| 22:19 | Therfore thus saith the Lorde God, Forasmuch as ye all are turned into drosse, therfore beholde I wyll bryng you together vnto Hierusalem |
| 22:20 | Lyke as they gather siluer, brasse, iron, tinne, and lead, into the middest of the furnace, and the fire is blowne there vnder to melt them: euen so wyll I gather you in mine anger & in my wrath, and let you remayne there and cause you to melt |
| 22:21 | I wyll bryng you together, and blowe the fire of my wrath vpon you, and ye shalbe molten in the middest therof |
| 22:22 | Lyke as the siluer is molten in the furnace, so shall ye also be molten therin, that ye may knowe howe that I the Lord haue powred my wrath vpon you |
| 22:23 | And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying |
| 22:24 | Thou sonne of man, tell her, Thou art an vncleane lande, which is not rayned vpon in the day of wrath |
| 22:25 | There is a conspiracie of her prophetes in the middest therof: as a roring lion rauenyng his pray, they deuour soules, they haue taken the riche and pretious thynges, they haue made her many widowes in the middest therof |
| 22:26 | Her priestes haue broken my lawe, and defiled my holy thynges, they put no difference betweene the holy & vnholy, neither discerne they betweene the cleane & vncleane: they turne their eyes from my Sabbathes, and I am defiled among them |
| 22:27 | Thy rulers in thee are lyke woolues rauenyng the pray, to shed blood, and destroy soules, for their owne couetous lucre |
| 22:28 | As for her prophetes, they daube with vntempered morter, they see vanities, and diuine lyes vnto them, saying, The Lorde saith so: wheras the Lorde hath not spoken |
| 22:29 | The people in the lande vsed wicked extortion and robbery, they vexe the poore and needy, and oppresse the straunger agaynst right |
| 22:30 | And I sought among them for a man that woulde make vp the hedge, and set hym selfe in the gap before me in the landes behalfe, that I shoulde not destroy it: but I coulde fynde none |
| 22:31 | Therfore haue I powred out my cruel displeasure vpon them, and consumed them in the fire of my wrath: their owne wayes wyll I recompence vpon their heades, saith the Lorde God |
| 22:1 | Moreover, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying, |
| 22:2 | Now thou sonne of man, wilt thou iudge, wilt thou iudge this bloody citie? wilt thou shew her all her abominations? |
| 22:3 | Then say, Thus sayth the Lord God, The citie sheddeth blood in the middes of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against her selfe to pollute her selfe. |
| 22:4 | Thou hast offended in thy blood, that thou hast shed, and hast polluted thy selfe in thine idols, which thou hast made, and thou hast caused thy dayes to draw neere, and art come vnto thy terme: therefore haue I made thee a reproch to the heathen, and a mocking to all countreys. |
| 22:5 | Those that be neere, and those that be farre from thee, shall mocke thee, which art vile in name and sore in affliction. |
| 22:6 | Beholde, the princes of Israel euery one in thee was ready to his power, to shed blood. |
| 22:7 | In thee haue they despised father and mother: in the middes of thee haue they oppressed the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widowe. |
| 22:8 | Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast polluted my Sabbaths. |
| 22:9 | In thee are men that cary tales to shed blood: in thee are they that eate vpon the mountaines: in ye mids of thee they comit abomination. |
| 22:10 | In thee haue they discouered their fathers shame: in thee haue they vexed her that was polluted in her floures. |
| 22:11 | And euery one hath committed abomination with his neighbours wife, and euery one hath wickedly defiled his daughter in lawe, and in thee hath euery man forced his owne sister, euen his fathers daughter. |
| 22:12 | In thee haue they taken giftes to shed blood: thou hast taken vsurie and the encrease, and thou hast defrauded thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. |
| 22:13 | Beholde, therefore I haue smitten mine hands vpon thy couetousnesse, that thou hast vsed, and vpon the blood, which hath bene in the middes of thee. |
| 22:14 | Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the dayes that I shall haue to doe with thee? I the Lord haue spoken it, and will doe it. |
| 22:15 | And I wil scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countreys, and will cause thy filthines to cease from thee. |
| 22:16 | And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thy selfe in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord. |
| 22:17 | And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying, |
| 22:18 | Sonne of man, the house of Israel is vnto me as drosse: all they are brasse, and tinne, and yron, and leade in the mids of the fornace: they are euen the drosse of siluer. |
| 22:19 | Therefore, thus sayth the Lord God, Because ye are all as drosse, beholde, therefore I will gather you in the middes of Ierusalem. |
| 22:20 | As they gather siluer and brasse, and yron, and leade, and tinne into the middes of the fornace, to blowe the fire vpon it to melt it, so wil I gather you in mine anger and in my wrath, and wil put you there and melt you. |
| 22:21 | I wil gather you, I say, and blowe the fire of my wrath vpon you, and you shalbe melted in the mids thereof. |
| 22:22 | As siluer is melted in the mids of the fornace, so shall ye be melted in the mids thereof, and ye shall knowe, that I the Lord haue powred out my wrath vpon you. |
| 22:23 | And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying, |
| 22:24 | Sonne of man, say vnto her; Thou art the land, that is vncleane, and not rained vpon in the day of wrath. |
| 22:25 | There is a conspiracie of her prophets in the mids thereof like a roaring lyon, rauening the praye: they haue deuoured soules: they haue taken the riches and precious things: they haue made her many widowes in the mids thereof. |
| 22:26 | Her Priests haue broken my Lawe, and haue defiled mine holy things: they haue put no difference betweene the holy and prophane, neither discerned betweene the vncleane, and the cleane, and haue hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am prophaned among them. |
| 22:27 | Her princes in the mids thereof are like wolues, rauening the praye to shed blood, and to destroy soules for their owne couetous lucre. |
| 22:28 | And her prophets haue dawbed them with vntempered morter, seeing vanities, and diuining lies vnto them, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God, when the Lord had not spoken. |
| 22:29 | The people of the land haue violently oppressed by spoyling and robbing, and haue vexed the poore and the needy: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger against right. |
| 22:30 | And I sought for a man among them, that should make vp the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. |
| 22:31 | Therefore haue I powred out mine indignation vpon them, and consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their owne wayes haue I rendred vpon their heads, sayth the Lord God. |
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