The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Ezekiel 22:6 (WEB)
Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.

 

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Ezekiel 22:7 (NIV)

In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner
and ill-treated the fatherless and the widow.

 

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Ezekiel 22:8 (NIV)

You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths

 

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Ezekiel 22:9 (NASB)

Slanderous men have been among you for the purpose of shedding blood, and among you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed outrageous sin.

 

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Ezekiel 22:10 (NASB)

Among you they have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; among you they have abused her who was unclean
in her menstruation.

 

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Ezekiel 22:11 (CSB)

One man within you commits a detestable act with his neighbor’s wife; another defiles his daughter-in-law with depravity; and yet another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

 

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Ezekiel 22:12 (CSB)

People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood. You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort
your neighbors. You have forgotten me. This is the declaration of the Lord God.

 

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Ezekiel 22:13 (NIV)

‘“I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.

 

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Ezekiel 22:14 (NIV)

Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.

 

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Ezekiel 22:15 (BSB)
I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.

 

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Ezekiel 22:16 (NKJV)
You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations; then you shall know that I am the LORD.” ’ ”

 

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Ezekiel 22:17 (NIV)

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

 

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Ezekiel 22:18 (NIV)

‘Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead
left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.

 

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Ezekiel 22:19 (NKJV)

Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into
the midst of Jerusalem.

 

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Ezekiel 22:20 (NKJV)

As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it;
so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you.

 

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Ezekiel 22:21 (CSB)

Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of my fury, and you will be melted within the city.

 

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Ezekiel 22:22 (CSB)

As silver is melted inside a furnace, so you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I, the Lord,
have poured out my wrath on you.”

 

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Ezekiel 22:23 (CSB)

The word of the Lord came to me:

 

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Ezekiel 22:24 (CSB)

“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed, that has not received rain in the day of indignation.’

 

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Ezekiel 22:25 (NKJV)
The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured people; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.