Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 22:27-30

27HerH7130princesשָׂרֶ֣יהָsa.Rei.haH8269in themidstבְקִרְבָּ֔הּve.kir.BahH7130thereof are likewolvesכִּזְאֵבִ֖יםkiz.'e.VimH2061raveningטֹ֣רְפֵיTo.re.feiH2963thepreyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964; toshedלִשְׁפָּךְ־lish.pokh-H8210bloodדָּם֙damH1818, and todestroyלְאַבֵּ֣דle.'a.BedH6soulsנְפָשׁ֔וֹתne.fa.ShotH5315, that they maygetבְּצֹ֥עַbe.Tzo.a'H1214dishonestH1215gainבָּֽצַע׃Ba.tza'H1215.

28Andherאֹמְרִ֗ים'o.me.RimH559prophetsוּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָu.ne.vi.'Ei.haH5030have daubed for them with untempered mortar, seeingvanityשָׁ֔וְאShav'H7723, anddiviningוְקֹסְמִ֥יםve.ko.se.MimH7080liesכָּזָ֑בka.ZavH3577unto them,sayingאָמַר֙'a.MarH559,Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saith theLordH3068GODH3068, when theLORDH3068hathnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808spokenדִבֵּֽר׃di.BerH1696.

29Thepeopleעַ֤ם'amH5971of thelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776have usedoppressionעֹ֔שֶׁק'O.shekH6233, and exercisedrobberyגָּזֵ֑לga.ZelH1498; yea, they have vexed thepoorוְעָנִ֤יve.'a.NiH6041andneedyוְאֶבְיוֹן֙ve.'ev.yOnH34, and haveoppressedH6231thestrangerהַגֵּ֥רha.GerH1616wrongfully.

30And Isoughtוָאֲבַקֵּ֣שׁva.'a.va.KeshH1245for amanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376among them, that shouldmakeH5975upH5975thefenceגָּדֵר֩ga.DerH1447, andstandוְעֹמֵ֨דve.'o.MedH5975in thegapבַּפֶּ֧רֶץba.Pe.retzH6556beforeH6440meH6440for thelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776, that I shouldnotH3808destroyשַׁחֲתָ֑הּsha.cha.TahH7843it: but Ifoundמָצָֽאתִי׃ma.Tza.tiH4672noneH3808.

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