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CHAPTER 22
Ezekiel 22:1
1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ezekiel 22:2
2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea,
thou shalt shew her all her abominations. Ezekiel 22:3
3 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.
Ezekiel 22:4
4 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. Ezekiel 22:5
5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which
art infamous and much vexed.
Ezekiel 22:6
6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed
blood.
Ezekiel 22:7
7 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.
Ezekiel 22:8
8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. Ezekiel
22:9
9 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. Ezekiel 22:10
10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they
humbled her that was set apart for pollution. Ezekiel 22:11
11 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. Ezekiel 22:12
12 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. Ezekiel 22:13
13 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. Ezekiel 22:14
14 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. Ezekiel 22:15
15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the
countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. Ezekiel 22:16
16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the
heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. Ezekiel 22:17
17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ezekiel 22:18
18 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.
Ezekiel 22:19
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold,
therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. Ezekiel 22:20
20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the
midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather
you in mine anger  and in my fury,  and I will leave  you there, and melt you.
Ezekiel 22:21
21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye
shall be melted in the midst thereof. Ezekiel 22:22
22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in
the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury
upon you.
Ezekiel 22:23
23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ezekiel 22:24
24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained
upon in the day of indignation. Ezekiel 22:25
25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring
lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure
and precious things; they have made her many  widows  in the midst  thereof.
Ezekiel 22:26
26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they
have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed
difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my
sabbaths,  and I am profaned  among  them. Ezekiel 22:27
27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed
blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. Ezekiel 22:28
28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and
divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath
not spoken.
Ezekiel 22:29
29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have
vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Ezekiel 22:30
30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand
in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found
none.
Ezekiel 22:31
31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them
with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads,
saith the Lord GOD.
CHAPTER 23
Ezekiel 23:1
1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Ezekiel 23:2
2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: Ezekiel 23:3
3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their
youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of
their virginity.
Ezekiel 23:4
4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and
they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names;
Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem  Aholibah. Ezekiel 23:5
5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers,
on the Assyrians her neighbours, Ezekiel 23:6
6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable
young men, horsemen riding upon horses. Ezekiel 23:7
7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the
chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she
defiled herself.
Ezekiel 23:8
8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay
with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their
whoredom upon her.
Ezekiel 23:9
9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of
the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. Ezekiel 23:10
10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and
slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had
executed judgment upon her.
Ezekiel 23:11
11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her
inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her
whoredoms.
Ezekiel 23:12
12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed
most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
Ezekiel 23:13
13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, Ezekiel 23:14
14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon
the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, Ezekiel 23:15
15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their
heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of
Chaldea, the land of their nativity: Ezekiel 23:16
16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent
messengers unto them into Chaldea.
Ezekiel 23:17
17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her
with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated
from them.
Ezekiel 23:18
18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind
was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. Ezekiel
23:19
19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her
youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. Ezekiel 23:20
20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses,
and whose issue is like the issue of horses. Ezekiel 23:21
21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy
teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. Ezekiel 23:22
22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy
lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them
against thee on every side;
Ezekiel 23:23
23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all
the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers,
great lords and renowned, all of them riding  upon horses. Ezekiel 23:24
24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with
an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and
helmet round about: and I will set judgment  before  them, and they shall judge
 thee according to their judgments. Ezekiel 23:25
25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with
thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall
by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters;  and thy residue 
shall be devoured  by the fire. Ezekiel 23:26
26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair
jewels.
Ezekiel 23:27
27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought
from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them,
nor remember Egypt any more. Ezekiel 23:28
28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of
them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated:
Ezekiel 23:29
29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour,
and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall
be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. Ezekiel 23:30
30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the
heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. Ezekiel 23:31
31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup
into thine hand.
Ezekiel 23:32
32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and
large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
Ezekiel 23:33
33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of
astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. Ezekiel 23:34
34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds
thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord
GOD.
Ezekiel 23:35
35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast
me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
Ezekiel 23:36
36 The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and
Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; Ezekiel 23:37
37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with
their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom
they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. Ezekiel
23:38
38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the
same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. Ezekiel 23:39
39 For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the
same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the
midst of mine house.
Ezekiel 23:40
40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a
messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself,
paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, Ezekiel 23:41
41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon
thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. Ezekiel 23:42
42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of
the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets
upon their hands, and beautiful crowns  upon their heads. Ezekiel 23:43
43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit
whoredoms with her, and she with them? Ezekiel 23:44
44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the
harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. Ezekiel
23:45
45 And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of
adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are
adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. Ezekiel 23:46
46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will
give them to be removed and spoiled. Ezekiel 23:47
47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their
swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their
houses with fire.
Ezekiel 23:48
48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be
taught not to do after your lewdness. Ezekiel 23:49
49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins
of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. CHAPTER 24
Ezekiel 24:1
1 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month,
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ezekiel 24:2
2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king
of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. Ezekiel 24:3
3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water  into it: Ezekiel
24:4
4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the
shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. Ezekiel 24:5
5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it
boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. Ezekiel 24:6
6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose
scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by
piece;  let no lot  fall  upon it. Ezekiel 24:7
7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she
poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; Ezekiel 24:8
8 That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood
upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. Ezekiel 24:9
9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make
the pile for fire great.
Ezekiel 24:10
10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let
the bones be burned.
Ezekiel 24:11
11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot,
and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum
of it may be consumed.
Ezekiel 24:12
12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of
her: her scum shall be in the fire. Ezekiel 24:13
13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not
purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have
caused my fury to rest upon thee. Ezekiel 24:14
14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will
not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy
ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 24:15
15 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ezekiel 24:16
16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a
stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run
down.
Ezekiel 24:17
17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head
upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat 
not the bread  of men.
Ezekiel 24:18
18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I
did in the morning as I was commanded. Ezekiel 24:19
19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to
us, that thou doest so?
Ezekiel 24:20
20 Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ezekiel
24:21
21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will
profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes,
and that which your soul  pitieth;  and your sons  and your daughters whom ye
have left  shall fall  by the sword. Ezekiel 24:22
22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the
bread of men.
Ezekiel 24:23
23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye
shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn
one toward another.
Ezekiel 24:24
24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye
do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. Ezekiel 24:25
25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them
their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that
whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, Ezekiel 24:26
26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to
hear it with thine ears?
Ezekiel 24:27
27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou
shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they
shall know that I am the LORD.

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