1 A nd the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

2 A nd thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? Yea, cause her to know all her abominations,

`And thou, son of man, dost thou judge? dost thou judge the city of blood? then thou hast caused it to know all its abominations,

3 a nd say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in her midst, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.

and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The city is shedding blood in its midst, For the coming in of its time, And it hath made idols on it for defilement.

4 T hou art become guilty by thy blood which thou hast shed, and hast defiled thyself with thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking unto all countries.

By thy blood that thou hast shed thou hast been guilty, And by thine idols that thou hast made thou hast been defiled, And thou causest thy days to draw near, And art come in unto thine years, Therefore I have given thee a reproach to nations, And a derision to all the lands.

5 T hose that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, who art infamous full of tumult.

The near and the far-off from thee scoff at thee, O defiled of name -- abounding in trouble.

6 B ehold, the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.

Lo, princes of Israel -- each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed blood.

7 I n thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed in thee.

8 T hou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

My holy things thou hast despised, And My sabbaths thou hast polluted.

9 I n thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness;

Men of slander have been in thee to shed blood, And on the mountains they have eaten in thee, Wickedness they have done in thy midst.

10 i n thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her separation.

The nakedness of a father hath one uncovered in thee, The defiled of impurity they humbled in thee.

11 A nd one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

And each with the wife of his neighbour hath done abomination, And each his daughter-in-law hath defiled through wickedness, And each his sister, his father's daughter, hath humbled in thee.

12 I n thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!

13 A nd behold, I have smitten mine hand at thine overreaching which thou hast done, and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee.

And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.

14 S hall thy heart endure, shall thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I Jehovah have spoken, and will do.

Doth thy heart stand -- are thy hands strong, For the days that I am dealing with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done.

15 A nd I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

And I have scattered thee among nations, And have spread thee out among lands, And consumed thy uncleanness out of thee.

16 A nd thou shalt be polluted through thyself in the sight of the nations, and thou shalt know that I Jehovah.

And thou hast been polluted in thyself Before the eyes of nations, And thou hast known that I Jehovah.'

17 A nd the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man,

18 S on of man, the house of Israel is become dross to me: they are all copper, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace: they are become the dross of silver.

The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,

19 T herefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your all becoming dross, Therefore, lo, I am gathering you unto the midst of Jerusalem,

20 t hey gather silver, and copper, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it, so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will lay you on and melt you.

A gathering of silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, Unto the midst of a furnace -- to blow on it fire, to melt it, So do I gather in Mine anger and in My fury, And I have let rest, and have melted you.

21 Y ea, I will collect you, and blow upon you the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.

And I have heaped you up, And blown on you in the fire of My wrath, And ye have been melted in its midst.

22 A s silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have poured out my fury upon you.

As the melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, So are ye melted in its midst, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, I have poured out My fury upon you.'

23 A nd the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:

24 S on of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

`Son of man, say to it, Thou a land, It not cleansed nor rained on in a day of indignation.

25 T here is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they devour souls; they take away treasure and precious things; they increase her widows in the midst of her;

A conspiracy of its prophets in its midst, as a roaring lion tearing prey; The soul they have devoured, Wealth and glory they have taken, Its widows have multiplied in its midst.

26 h er priests do violence to my law, and profane my holy things: they put no difference between the holy and profane, neither do they make known between the unclean and the clean, and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Its priests have wronged My law, And they pollute My holy things, Between holy and common they have not made separation, And between the unclean and the clean they have not made known, And from my sabbaths they have hidden their eyes, And I am pierced in their midst.

27 H er princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Its princes in its midst as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.

28 A nd her prophets have daubed for them with untempered, seeing vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah! and Jehovah hath not spoken.

And its prophets have daubed for them with chalk, Seeing a vain thing, and divining for them a lie, Saying, `Thus said the Lord Jehovah:' And Jehovah hath not spoken.

29 T he people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.

The people of the land have used oppression, And have taken plunder violently away, And humble and needy have oppressed, And the sojourner oppressed -- without judgment.

30 A nd I sought for a man among them, that should make up the fence, and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none.

And I seek of them a man making a fence, And standing in the breach before Me, In behalf of the land -- not to destroy it, And I have not found.

31 A nd I will pour out mine indignation upon them; I will consume them in the fire of my wrath: their own way will I recompense upon their head, saith the Lord Jehovah.

And I pour out on them mine indignation, By fire of My wrath I have consumed them, Their way on their own head I have put, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'