Yechezkel 22:1-16 יחזקאל כ״ב:א׳-ט״ז

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then make known to her all her abominations.

And thou shalt say, Thus says the Lord God, A city that sheds blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and makes idols against herself to defile herself.

Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and art defiled in thy idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come to thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all countries.

Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, infamous as thou art, and full of tumult.

Behold, the princes of Yisra᾽el, each of them amongst thee, putting out his full force, for shedding blood.

Amongst thee, they have made light of father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.

Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

In thee are men that did carry slander to shed blood: and in thee they did eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

In thee they have uncovered their father’s nakedness: in thee they have abused her who is unclean of her menstrual flow.

One has committed a disgusting act with his neighbour’s wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee has abused his sister, his father’s daughter.

In thee they have taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and interest, and thou hast taken unjust gain of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, says the Lord God.

Behold, therefore I have struck my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which has been in the midst of thee.

Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.

And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy uncleanliness out of thee.

And thou shalt be profaned by thyself in the sight of the nations, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.