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Prophecy of Ezechiel 1061

and they divine lies: to bring thee upon the necks in thee.
of the wicked that are wounded, whose appointed 8 Thou hast despised my sanctuaries, and pro-
day is come in the time of iniquity. faned my sabbaths.
30 Return into thy sheath. I will judge thee 9 Slanderers have been in thee to shed blood,
in the place wherein thou wast created, in the and they have eaten upon the mountains in thee,
land of thy nativity. they have committed wickedness in the midst of
31 And I will pour out upon thee my indig- thee.
nation: in the fire of my rage will I blow upon 10 They have discovered the nakedness of
thee, and will give thee into the hands of men their father in thee, they have humbled the un-
that are brutish and contrive thy destruction. cleanness of the menstruous woman in thee.
32 Thou shalt be fuel for the fire, thy blood 11 And every one hath committed abomina-
shall be in the midst of the land, thou shalt be tion with his neighbour’s wife, and the father in
forgotten: for I the Lord have spoken it. law hath wickedly defiled his daughter in law, the
brother hath oppressed his sister the daughter of
his father in thee.
Chapter 22 12 They have taken gifts in thee to shed blood:

thou hast taken usury and increase, and hast
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: covetously oppressed thy neighbours: and thou
2 And thou son of man, dost thou not judge, hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
dost thou not judge the city of blood? 13 Behold, I have clapped my hands at thy
3 And thou shalt shew her all her abomina- covetousness, which thou hast exercised: and at
tions, and shalt say: Thus saith the Lord God: the blood that hath been shed in the midst of
This is the city that sheddeth blood in the midst thee.
of her, that her time may come: and that hath 14 Shall thy heart endure, or shall thy hands
made idols against herself, to defile herself. prevail in the days which I will bring upon thee:
4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood which I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.
thou hast shed: and thou art defiled in thy idols 15 And I will disperse thee in the nations, and
which thou hast made: and thou hast made thy will scatter thee among the countries, and I will
days to draw near, and hast brought on the time put an end to thy uncleanness in thee.
of thy years: therefore have I made thee a re- 16 And I will possess thee in the sight of the
proach to the Gentiles, and a mockery to all Gentiles, and thou shalt know that I am the
countries. Lord.
5 Those that are near, and those that are far 17 And the word of the Lord came to me,
from thee, shall triumph over thee: thou filthy saying:
one, infamous, great in destruction. 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is become
6 Behold the princes of Israel, every one hath dross to me: all these are brass, and tin, and
employed his arm in thee to shed blood. iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they
7 They have abused father and mother in thee, are become the dross of silver.
they have oppressed the stranger in the midst of 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Be-
thee, they have grieved the fatherless and widow cause you are all turned into dross, therefore be-