Ezekiel 22:1–13

Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ²Now, thou son of man, ^awilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the ^bbloody city? yea, thou shalt ^bbshew her all her abominations. ³Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, ^cThe city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that ^dher time may come, and maketh idols against herself ^eto defile herself. ^4fThou art become guilty ^cin thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and ^dthou hast caused thy days to draw near, and ^gart come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee ^ha reproach unto the heathen, and ⁱa mocking to all countries. ⁵Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. ⁶Behold, ^lthe princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their ^mpower ^cto shed blood. ⁷In thee ⁿhave they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they ^odealt by ^poppression with the stranger: in thee ^pphave they ^qvexed the fatherless and the widow. ^8rThou hast despised mine holy things, and ^shast profaned my sabbaths. ⁹In thee are ^tmen that carry tales ^cto shed blood: and in thee ^uthey eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee ^vthey commit lewdness. ¹⁰In thee ^whave they discovered their father’s nakedness: in thee have they humbled ^xher that was ^jset apart for pollution. ¹¹And one ^yhath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another ^zhath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee ^ahath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter. ¹²In thee ^bhave they taken gifts ^bbto shed blood; ^cthou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by ^dextortion, and ^ehast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. ¹³Behold therefore, ^fI have smitten mine hand at ^gthy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at ^bbthy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.