Then say thou, Thussaith the Lord GOD, The citysheddethblood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and makethidolsagainstherself to defileherself.
Thou art becomeguilty in thy bloodthatthouhastshed; and hastdefiledthyself in thineidolswhichthouhastmade; and thouhastcaused thy days to drawnear, and art comeevenunto thy years: thereforehave I madethee a reproachunto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
In theehavethey set light by father and mother: in the midst of theehavetheydealt by oppressionwith the stranger: in theehavetheyvexed the fatherless and the widow.
And one hathcommittedabominationwith his neighbour’swife; and anotherhathlewdlydefiled his daughter in law; and another in theehathhumbled his sister, his father’sdaughter.
In theehavetheytakengifts to shedblood; thouhasttakenusury and increase, and thouhastgreedilygained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hastforgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me becomedross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
As theygathersilver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fireupon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mineanger and in my fury, and I willleave you there, and melt you.
As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midstthereof; and ye shallknowthat I the LORDhavepoured out my furyupon you.
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midstthereof, like a roaringlionravening the prey; theyhavedevouredsouls; theyhavetaken the treasure and preciousthings; theyhavemade her manywidows in the midstthereof.
Her priestshaveviolated my law, and haveprofanedmineholythings: theyhave put no differencebetween the holy and profane, neitherhavetheysheweddifferencebetween the unclean and the clean, and have hid theireyesfrom my sabbaths, and I am profanedamongthem.
And her prophetshavedaubedthemwithuntemperedmorter, seeingvanity, and diviningliesuntothem, saying, Thussaith the Lord GOD, when the LORDhath not spoken.
And I sought for a man amongthem, thatshouldmake up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I foundnone.
Thereforehave I poured out mineindignationuponthem; I haveconsumedthemwith the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensedupontheirheads, saith the Lord GOD.