Ezekiel 22:1–9
1Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,↗
2“You, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.↗
3You shall say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “A city that sheds blood within herself, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!↗
4You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your 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 mocking to all the countries.↗
5Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.↗
6“‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.↗
7In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.↗
8You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.↗
9Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness among you.↗
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