| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, | 1The word of the LORD came to me: |
| 2“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations | 2"Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices |
| 3and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself, | 3and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols, |
| 4you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. | 4you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries. |
| 5Those near and far will mock you, O infamous city, full of turmoil. | 5Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil. |
| 6See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood. | 6"'See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood. |
| 7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed. | 7In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow. |
| 8You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths. | 8You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths. |
| 9Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency. | 9In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts. |
| 10In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity. | 10In you are those who dishonor their father's bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean. |
| 11One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter. | 11In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor's wife, another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law, and another violates his sister, his own father's daughter. |
| 12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. | 12In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD. |
| 13Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst. | 13"'I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst. |
| 14Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act. | 14Will 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. |
| 15I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness. | 15I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an end to your uncleanness. |
| 16And when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’ ” | 16When you have been defiled in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the LORD.'" |
| 17Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, | 17Then the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 18“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver. | 18"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. |
| 19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem. | 19Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem. |
| 20Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you. | 20As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you. |
| 21Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city. | 21I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her. |
| 22As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’ ” | 22As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the LORD have poured out my wrath on you.'" |
| 23And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, | 23Again the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 24“Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’ | 24"Son of man, say to the land, 'You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.' |
| 25The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her. | 25There is a conspiracy of her princes within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her. |
| 26Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. | 26Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. |
| 27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain. | 27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain. |
| 28Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken. | 28Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says'--when the LORD has not spoken. |
| 29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice. | 29The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice. |
| 30I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one. | 30"I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one. |
| 31So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.” | 31So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD." |
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