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Ezekiel 22 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:1 - And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:2 - And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, declare thou to her all her iniquities.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:3 - And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord God: O city that sheds blood in the midst of her, so that her time should come, and that forms devices against herself, to defile herself;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:4 - in their blood which thou hast shed, thou hast transgressed; and in thy devices which thou hast formed, thou hast polluted thyself; and thou hast brought nigh thy days, and hast brought on the time of thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach to the Gentiles, and a mockery to all the countries,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:5 - to those near thee, and to those far distant from thee; and they shall mock thee, thou that art notoriously unclean, and abundant in iniquities.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:6 - Behold, the princes of the house of Israel have conspired in thee each one with his kindred, that they might shed blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:7 - In thee they have reviled father and mother; and in thee they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger: they have oppressed the orphan and widow.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:8 - And they have set at nought my holy things, and in thee they have profaned my sabbaths.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:9 - There are robbers in thee, to shed blood in thee; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: they have wrought ungodliness in the midst of thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:10 - In thee they have uncovered the father's shame; and in thee they have humbled her that was set apart for uncleanness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - They have dealt unlawfully each one with his neighbour's wife; and each one in ungodliness has defiled his daughter-in-law: and in thee they have humbled each one his sister, the daughter of his father.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:12 - In thee they have received gifts to shed blood; they have received in thee interest and usurious increase; and by oppression thou hast brought thy wickedness to the full, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:13 - And if I shall smite my hand at thine iniquities which thou hast accomplished, which thou hast wrought, and at thy blood that has been shed in the midst of thee,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:14 - shall thy heart endure? shall thine hands be strong in the days which I bring upon thee? I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:15 - And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the countries, and thy uncleanness shall be removed out of thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:16 - And I will give heritages in thee in the sight of the nations, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:17 - And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:18 - Son of man, behold, the house of Israel are all become to me as it were mixed with brass, and iron, and tin, and lead; they are mixed up in the midst of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:19 - Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have become one mixture, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - As silver, and brass, and iron, and tin, and lead, are gathered into the midst of the furnace, to blow fire into it, that they may be melted: so will I take you in my wrath, and I will gather and melt you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:21 - And I will blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:22 - As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:23 - And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:24 - Son of man, say to her, Thou art the land that is not rained upon, neither has rain come upon thee in the day of wrath:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:25 - whose princes in the midst of her are as roaring lions seizing prey, devouring souls by oppression, and taking bribes; and thy widows are multiplied in the midst of thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - Her priests also have set at nought my law, and profaned my holy things: they have not distinguished between the holy and profane, nor have they distinguished between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I was profaned in the midst of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27 - Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may get dishonest gain.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - And her prophets that daub them shall fall, that see vanities, that prophesy falsehoods, saying, Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord has not spoken.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:29 - That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30 - And I sought from among them a man behaving uprightly, and standing before me perfectly in the time of wrath, so that I should not utterly destroy her: but I found him not.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:31 - So I have poured out my wrath upon her in the fury of mine anger, to accomplish it. I have recompensed their ways on their own heads, saith the Lord God.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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