26:022:003 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord god,
The city sheddeth
blood
in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh
idols
against herself to defile herself.
26:022:004 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that
thou hast shed; and
hast
defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made;
and
thou
hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even
unto
thy
years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto
the
heathen,
and a mocking to all countries.
26:022:005 Those that be near, and those that be far
from thee, shall
mock
thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
26:022:006 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one
were in thee to their
power
to shed blood.
26:022:007 In thee have they set light by 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.
26:022:008 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and
hast profaned my
sabbaths.
26:022:009 In thee are men that carry tales to shed
blood: and in thee
they
eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they
commit
lewdness.
26:022:010 In thee have they discovered their fathers’
nakedness: in thee
have
they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
26:022:011 And 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.
26:022:012 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood;
thou hast taken
usury
and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy
neighbours
by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord
god.
26:022:013 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand
at thy dishonest
gain
which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been
in
the
midst of thee.
26:022:014 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands
be strong, in the
days
that I shall deal with thee? I the lord have
spoken it,
and
will do it.
26:022:015 And I will scatter thee among the heathen,
and disperse thee
in
the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out
of thee.
26:022:016 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in
thyself in the sight
of
the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the lord.
26:022:017 And the word of the lord came unto me, saying,
26:022:018 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me
become dross: all
they
are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst
of
the
furnace; they are even the dross of silver.


