Revised Version 1895

Ezekiel 22:3-12

3And thou shaltsayH559,Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136: Acityעִ֣יר'irH5892that sheddethbloodדָּ֛םdamH1818in themidstבְּתוֹכָ֖הּbe.to.KhahH8432ofherH5921, thatherH5921time maycomeלָב֣וֹאla.Vo'H935, and that makethidolsגִלּוּלִ֛יםgi.lu.LimH1544againstH5921herselfH5921todefileלְטָמְאָֽה׃le.ta.me.'AhH2930herH5921!

4Thou artbecomeטָמֵ֔אתta.MetH2930guiltyאָשַׁ֗מְתְּ'a.ShamtH816in thybloodבְּדָמֵ֨ךְbe.da.MekhH1818that thou hastshedשָׁפַ֜כְתְּsha.FakhtH8210, and artdefiledH2930in thineidolsוּבְגִלּוּלַ֤יִךְu.ve.gi.lu.La.yikhH1544whichH834thou hastmadeH6213; and thou hastcausedנְתַתִּ֤יךְne.ta.TikhH5414thydaysיָמַ֔יִךְya.Ma.yikhH3117todrawH7126nearH7126, and artcomeוַתָּב֖וֹאva.ta.Vo'H935evenעַד־'ad-H5704unto thyyearsשְׁנוֹתָ֑יִךְshe.no.Ta.yikhH8141: therefore have ImadeH6213thee areproachחֶרְפָּה֙cher.PahH2781unto thenationsלַגּוֹיִ֔םla.go.YimH1471, and amockingוְקַלָּסָ֖הve.ka.la.SahH7048toallלְכָל־le.kholH3605thecountriesהָאֲרָצֽוֹת׃ha.'a.ra.TzotH776.

5ThoseH4480that benearהַקְּרֹב֛וֹתha.ke.ro.VotH7138, andthoseH4480that befarוְהָרְחֹק֥וֹתve.ha.re.cho.KotH7350from thee, shallmockיִתְקַלְּסוּ־yit.ka.le.su-H7046thee, thou infamous one andfullרַבַּ֖תra.BatH7227oftumultהַמְּהוּמָֽה׃ha.me.hu.MahH4103.

6Beholdהִנֵּה֙hi.NehH2009, theprincesנְשִׂיאֵ֣יne.si.'EiH5387ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,everyH376oneaccordingH376to hispowerלִזְרֹע֖וֹliz.ro.'OH2220, have been in thee toshedשְׁפָךְ־she.fokh-H8210bloodדָּֽם׃DamH1818.

7In thee have theysetעָשׂ֥וּ'a.SuH6213lightהֵקַ֣לּוּhe.Ka.luH7043byfatherאָ֤ב'avH1andmotherוָאֵם֙va.'EmH517; in themidstבְּתוֹכֵ֑ךְbe.to.KhekhH8432of thee, have they dealt byoppressionבַעֹ֖שֶׁקva.'O.shekH6233with thestrangerלַגֵּ֛רla.GerH1616: in thee have theywrongedה֥וֹנוּHo.nuH3238thefatherlessיָת֥וֹםya.TomH3490and thewidowוְאַלְמָנָ֖הve.'al.ma.NahH490.

8Thou hastdespisedבָּזִ֑יתba.ZitH959mineholyקָדָשַׁ֖יka.da.ShaiH6944things, and hastprofanedחִלָּֽלְתְּ׃chi.La.letH2490mysabbathsשַׁבְּתֹתַ֖יsha.be.to.TaiH7676.

9Slanderousרָכִ֛ילra.KhilH7400menH376have been in thee toshedשְׁפָךְ־she.fokh-H8210bloodדָּ֑םDamH1818: and in thee they haveeatenאָ֣כְלוּ'A.khe.luH398uponהָ֥יוּHa.yuH1961themountainsהֶֽהָרִים֙he.ha.RimH2022: in themidstבְתוֹכֵֽךְ׃ve.to.KhekhH8432of thee they havecommittedעָשׂ֥וּ'a.SuH6213lewdnessזִמָּ֖הzi.MahH2154.

10In thee have they discovered theirfathers’אָ֖ב'avH1nakednessעֶרְוַת־'er.vat-H6172: in thee have they humbledherH1540that wasuncleanטְמֵאַ֥תte.me.'AtH2931inherH1540separation.

11And one hathcommittedעָשָׂה֙'a.SahH6213abominationתּֽוֹעֵבָ֔הto.'e.VahH8441with his neighbour’swifeאֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shetH802; andanotherH7453hathlewdlyבְזִמָּ֑הve.zi.MahH2154defiledטִמֵּ֣אti.Me'H2930hisdaughterבַת־vat-H1323in law; andanotherH7453in thee hath humbled hissisterאֲחֹת֥וֹ'a.cho.ToH269, hisfather’sאָבִ֖יו'a.VivH1daughterH1323.

12In thee have theytakenH3947bribesשֹׁ֥חַדSho.chadH7810toshedשְׁפָךְ־she.fokh-H8210bloodדָּ֑םDamH1818; thou hasttakenH3947usuryH8636andincreaseH8636, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours byoppressionבַּעֹ֔שֶׁקba.'O.shekH6233, and hastforgottenשָׁכַ֔חַתְּsha.Kha.chatH7911meH3947, saith theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODH136.

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