Ezekiel 22:1-16 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Abominations of Israel

22Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, ²“Now as for you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the city of blood? Then you shall cause her to know all her abominations. ³“And you shall say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “A city ^ashedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come; and she makes idols against herself for defilement! ⁴“You have become ^aguilty by ¹the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your ²day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a ^breproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands. ⁵“Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of unclean name, full of ^aturmoil.

⁶“Behold, the ^aprinces of Israel, each according to his ¹power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood. ⁷“They have ^atreated father and mother with contempt within you. The ^bsojourner they have oppressed in your midst; the ^cfatherless and the widow they have mistreated in you. ⁸“You have ^adespised My holy things and ^bprofaned My sabbaths. ⁹“Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have ^adone acts of lewdness. ¹⁰“In you ¹they have ^auncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who was ^bunclean in her menstrual impurity. ¹¹“One has also done what is an abomination with his ^aneighbor’s wife, and another has lewdly defiled his ^bdaughter-in-law. And another in you has ^cviolated his sister, his father’s daughter. ¹²“In you they have ^ataken bribes for the purpose of shedding blood; you have taken ^binterest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by ^coppression, and you have ^dforgotten Me,” declares Lord Yahweh.

¹³“Now behold, I have struck My hand at your ^agreedy gain which you have acquired and at ¹the bloodshed which is among you. ¹⁴“Can ^ayour heart stand, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will act against you? ^bI, Yahweh, have spoken and will act. ¹⁵“I will ^ascatter you among the nations, and I will disperse you through the lands, and I will ^bput an end to your uncleanness from you. ¹⁶“You will profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will ^aknow that I am Yahweh.”’”