<vn='1'>Moreover the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>Now, <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, wilt thou <sn="8199">judge</s>, wilt thou <sn="8199">judge</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1818">bloody</s><sn="5892">city</s>? yea, thou shalt <sn="3045">show</s> her <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="8441">abominations</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Then <sn="559">say</s> thou, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, The <sn="5892">city</s><sn="8210">sheddeth</s><sn="1818">blood</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of it, that her <sn="6256">time</s> may <sn="935">come</s>, and <sn="6213">maketh</s><sn="1544">idols</s><sn="5921">against</s> herself to <sn="2930">defile</s> herself. </v>
<vn='4'>Thou art become <sn="816">guilty</s> in thy <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="8210">shed</s>; and hast <sn="2930">defiled</s> thyself in thine <sn="1544">idols</s><sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="6213">made</s>; and thou hast caused thy <sn="3117">days</s> to draw <sn="7126">near</s>, and art <sn="935">come</s> even <sn="5704">unto</s> thy <sn="8141">years</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> have I <sn="5414">made</s> thee a <sn="2781">reproach</s> unto the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, and a <sn="7048">mocking</s> to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="776">countries</s>. </v>
<vn='5'> Those that be <sn="7138">near</s>, and those that be <sn="7350">far</s><sn="4480">from</s> thee, shall <sn="7046">mock</s> thee, which art <sn="2931 8034">infamous</s> and <sn="7227">much</s><sn="4103">vexed</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="5387">princes</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, every <sn="376">one</s><sn="1961">were</s> in thee to their <sn="2220">power</s><sn="4616">to</s><sn="8210">shed</s><sn="1818">blood</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>In thee have they set <sn="7043">light</s> by <sn="1">father</s> and <sn="517">mother</s>: in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of thee have they <sn="6213">dealt</s> by <sn="6233">oppression</s> with the <sn="1616">stranger</s>: in thee have they <sn="3238">vexed</s> the <sn="3490">fatherless</s> and the <sn="490">widow</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Thou hast <sn="959">despised</s> mine holy <sn="6944">things</s>, and hast <sn="2490">profaned</s> my <sn="7676">sabbaths</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>In thee <sn="1961">are</s><sn="376">men</s> that carry <sn="7400">tales</s><sn="4616">to</s><sn="8210">shed</s><sn="1818">blood</s>: and in thee they <sn="398">eat</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s>: in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of thee they <sn="6213">commit</s><sn="2154">lewdness</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>In thee have they <sn="1540">discovered</s> their <sn="1">fathers</s> ' <sn="6172">nakedness</s>: in thee have they <sn="6031">humbled</s> her that was set <sn="5079">apart</s> for <sn="2931">pollution</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="376">one</s> hath <sn="6213">committed</s><sn="8441">abomination</s><sn="854">with</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s>; and <sn="376">another</s> hath <sn="2154">lewdly</s><sn="2930">defiled</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3618">daughter</s> -in-law; and <sn="376">another</s> in thee hath <sn="6031">humbled</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="269">sister</s>, his <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="1323">daughter</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>In thee have they <sn="3947">taken</s><sn="7810">gifts</s><sn="4616">to</s><sn="8210">shed</s><sn="1818">blood</s>; thou hast <sn="3947">taken</s><sn="5392">usury</s> and <sn="8636">increase</s>, and thou hast greedily <sn="1214">gained</s> of thy <sn="7453">neighbors</s> by <sn="6233">extortion</s>, and hast <sn="7911">forgotten</s> me, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, therefore I have <sn="5221">smitten</s> mine <sn="3709">hand</s><sn="413">at</s> thy dishonest <sn="1215">gain</s><sn="834">which</s> thou hast <sn="6213">made</s>, and <sn="5921">at</s> thy <sn="1818">blood</s><sn="834">which</s> hath <sn="1961">been</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of thee. </v>
<vn='14'>Can thine <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="5975">endure</s>, <sn="518">or</s> can thine <sn="3027">hands</s> be <sn="2388">strong</s>, in the <sn="3117">days</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="589">I</s> shall <sn="6213">deal</s> with thee? <sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> have <sn="1696">spoken</s> it, and will <sn="6213">do</s> it. </v>
<vn='15'>And I will <sn="6327">scatter</s> thee among the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, and <sn="2219">disperse</s> thee in the <sn="776">countries</s>, and will <sn="8552">consume</s> thy <sn="2932">filthiness</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> thee. </v>
<vn='16'>And thou shalt take thine <sn="2490">inheritance</s> in thyself in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="1471">heathen</s>, and thou shalt <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> am the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1121">Son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> is to me <sn="1961">become</s><sn="5509">dross</s>: <sn="3605">all</s> they are <sn="5178">brass</s>, and <sn="913">tin</s>, and <sn="1270">iron</s>, and <sn="5777">lead</s>, in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="3564">furnace</s>; they <sn="1961">are</s> even the <sn="5509">dross</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; <sn="3282">Because</s> ye are <sn="3605">all</s><sn="1961">become</s><sn="5509">dross</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="3651">therefore</s> I will <sn="6908">gather</s> you <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="8432">midst</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='20'> As they <sn="6910">gather</s><sn="3701">silver</s>, and <sn="5178">brass</s>, and <sn="1270">iron</s>, and <sn="5777">lead</s>, and <sn="913">tin</s>, <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="3564">furnace</s>, to <sn="5301">blow</s> the <sn="784">fire</s><sn="5921">upon</s> it, to <sn="5413">melt</s> it; <sn="3651">so</s> will I <sn="6908">gather</s> you in mine <sn="639">anger</s> and in my <sn="2534">fury</s>, and I will <sn="5117">leave</s> you there, and <sn="5413">melt</s> you. </v>
<vn='21'>Yea, I will <sn="3664">gather</s> you, and <sn="5301">blow</s><sn="5921">upon</s> you in the <sn="784">fire</s> of my <sn="5678">wrath</s>, and ye shall be <sn="5413">melted</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='22'>As <sn="3701">silver</s> is <sn="2046">melted</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="3564">furnace</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> shall ye be <sn="5413">melted</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> thereof; and ye shall <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="589">I</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> have poured <sn="8210">out</s> my <sn="2534">fury</s><sn="5921">upon</s> you. </v>
<vn='23'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1121">Son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="559">say</s> unto her, <sn="859">Thou</s> art the <sn="776">land</s><sn="1931">that</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2891">cleansed</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> rained <sn="1656">upon</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="2195">indignation</s>. </v>
<vn='25'> There is a <sn="7195">conspiracy</s> of her <sn="5030">prophets</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> thereof, like a <sn="7580">roaring</s><sn="738">lion</s><sn="2963">ravening</s> the <sn="2964">prey</s>; they have <sn="398">devoured</s><sn="5315">souls</s>; they have <sn="3947">taken</s> the <sn="2633">treasure</s> and precious <sn="3366">things</s>; they have made her <sn="7235">many</s><sn="490">widows</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='26'>Her <sn="3548">priests</s> have <sn="2554">violated</s> my <sn="8451">law</s>, and have <sn="2490">profaned</s> mine holy <sn="6944">things</s>: they have put no <sn="914 3808">difference</s><sn="996">between</s> the <sn="6944">holy</s> and <sn="2455">profane</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> have they <sn="3045">showed</s> difference <sn="996">between</s> the <sn="2931">unclean</s> and the <sn="2889">clean</s>, and have <sn="5956">hid</s> their <sn="5869">eyes</s> from my <sn="4480 7676">sabbaths</s>, and I am <sn="2490">profaned</s><sn="8432">among</s> them. </v>
<vn='27'>Her <sn="8269">princes</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> thereof are like <sn="2061">wolves</s><sn="2963">ravening</s> the <sn="2964">prey</s>, to <sn="8210">shed</s><sn="1818">blood</s>, and to <sn="6">destroy</s><sn="5315">souls</s>, <sn="4616">to</s><sn="1214">get</s> dishonest <sn="1215">gain</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And her <sn="5030">prophets</s> have <sn="2902">daubed</s> them with <sn="8602">untempered</s> mortar, <sn="2374">seeing</s><sn="7723">vanity</s>, and <sn="7080">divining</s><sn="3577">lies</s> unto them, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>, when the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1696">spoken</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>The <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s> have <sn="6231">used</s><sn="6233">oppression</s>, and <sn="1497">exercised</s><sn="1498">robbery</s>, and have <sn="3238">vexed</s> the <sn="6041">poor</s> and <sn="34">needy</s>: yea, they have <sn="6231">oppressed</s> the <sn="1616">stranger</s><sn="3808 4941">wrongfully</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And I <sn="1245">sought</s> for a <sn="376">man</s><sn="4480">among</s> them, that should make <sn="1443">up</s> the <sn="1447">hedge</s>, and <sn="5975">stand</s> in the <sn="6556">gap</s><sn="6440">before</s> me <sn="1157">for</s> the <sn="776">land</s>, that I should <sn="1115">not</s><sn="7843">destroy</s> it: but I <sn="4672">found</s><sn="3808">none</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>Therefore have I poured <sn="8210">out</s> mine <sn="2195">indignation</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them; I have <sn="3615">consumed</s> them with the <sn="784">fire</s> of my <sn="5678">wrath</s>: their own <sn="1870">way</s> have I <sn="5414">recompensed</s> upon their <sn="7218">heads</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>