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You, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
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You shall say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!
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You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and are come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
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Those who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, you infamous one [and] full of tumult.
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Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
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In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
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You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
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Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood; and in you they have eaten on the mountains: in the midst of you they have committed lewdness.
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In you have they uncovered their fathers` nakedness; in you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.
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One has committed abomination with his neighbor`s wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father`s daughter.
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In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.
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Behold, therefore, I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the midst of you.
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Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and will do it.
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I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you through the countries; and I will consume your filthiness out of you.
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You shall be profaned in yourself, in the sight of the nations; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.