Ezekiel 22
1 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2 and you(m. s.) son: child man to judge to judge [obj] city [the] blood and to know her [obj] all abomination her
“You, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.
3 and to say thus to say Lord YHWH/God city to pour: kill blood in/on/with midst her to/for to come (in): come time her and to make idol upon her to/for to defile
You shall say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “A city that sheds blood within herself, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!
4 in/on/with blood your which to pour: kill be guilty and in/on/with idol your which to make to defile and to present: bring day your and to come (in): come till year your upon so to give: make you reproach to/for nation and derision to/for all [the] land: country/planet
You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made! You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
5 [the] near and [the] distant from you to mock in/on/with you unclean [the] name many [the] tumult
Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.
6 behold leader Israel man: anyone to/for arm his to be in/on/with you because to pour: kill blood
“‘“Behold, the princes of Israel, everyone according to his power, have been in you to shed blood.
7 father and mother to lighten in/on/with you to/for sojourner to make: do in/on/with oppression in/on/with midst your orphan and widow to oppress in/on/with you
In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Amongst you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
8 holiness my to despise and [obj] Sabbath my to profane/begin: profane
You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my Sabbaths.
9 human slander to be in/on/with you because to pour: kill blood and to(wards) [the] mountain: mount to eat in/on/with you wickedness to make in/on/with midst your
Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. In you they have eaten on the mountains. They have committed lewdness amongst you.
10 nakedness father to reveal: uncover in/on/with you unclean [the] impurity to afflict in/on/with you
In you have they uncovered their fathers’ nakedness. In you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.
11 and man with woman: wife neighbor his to make abomination and man [obj] daughter-in-law his to defile in/on/with wickedness and man [obj] sister his daughter father his to afflict in/on/with you
One has committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife, and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. Another in you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
12 bribe to take: take in/on/with you because to pour: kill blood interest and increment to take: take and to cut off: to gain neighbor your in/on/with oppression and [obj] me to forget utterance Lord YHWH/God
In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbours by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord GOD.
13 and behold to smite palm my to(wards) unjust-gain your which to make and upon blood your which to be in/on/with midst your
“‘“Behold, therefore I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at the blood which has been shed within you.
14 to stand: stand heart your if: surely yes to strengthen: strengthen hand your to/for day which I to make: do with you I LORD to speak: speak and to make: do
Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I will deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken it, and will do it.
15 and to scatter [obj] you in/on/with nation and to scatter you in/on/with land: country/planet and to finish uncleanness your from you
I will scatter you amongst the nations, and disperse you through the countries. I will purge your filthiness out of you.
16 and to profane/begin: profane in/on/with you to/for eye: seeing nation and to know for I LORD
You will be profaned in yourself in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”’”
17 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
18 son: child man to be to/for me house: household Israel (to/for dross *Q(K)*) all their bronze and tin and iron and lead in/on/with midst furnace dross silver: money to be
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the middle of the furnace. They are the dross of silver.
19 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God because to be all your to/for dross to/for so look! I to gather [obj] you to(wards) midst Jerusalem
Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the middle of Jerusalem.
20 gathering silver: money and bronze and iron and lead and tin to(wards) midst furnace to/for to breathe upon him fire to/for to pour so to gather in/on/with face: anger my and in/on/with rage my and to rest and to pour [obj] you
As they gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there and melt you.
21 and to gather [obj] you and to breathe upon you in/on/with fire fury my and to pour in/on/with midst her
Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in the middle of it.
22 like/as melting silver: money in/on/with midst furnace so to pour in/on/with midst her and to know for I LORD to pour: pour rage my upon you
As silver is melted in the middle of the furnace, so you will be melted in the middle of it; and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my wrath on you.’”
23 and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
24 son: child man to say to/for her you(f. s.) land: country/planet not be pure he/she/it not rain her in/on/with day indignation
“Son of man, tell her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed nor rained on in the day of indignation.’
25 conspiracy prophet her in/on/with midst her like/as lion to roar to tear prey soul: life to eat wealth and preciousness to take: take widow her to multiply in/on/with midst her
There is a conspiracy of her prophets within it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey. They have devoured souls. They take treasure and precious things. They have made many widows within it.
26 priest her to injure instruction my and to profane/begin: profane holiness my between holiness to/for common not to separate and between [the] unclean to/for pure not to know and from Sabbath my to conceal eye their and to profane/begin: profane in/on/with midst their
Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from my Sabbaths. So I am profaned amongst them.
27 ruler her in/on/with entrails: among her like/as wolf to tear prey to/for to pour: kill blood to/for to perish soul: life because to cut off: to gain unjust-gain
Her princes within it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
28 and prophet her to overspread to/for them whitewash to see vanity: false and to divine to/for them lie to say thus to say Lord YHWH/God and LORD not to speak: speak
Her prophets have plastered for them with whitewash, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, ‘The Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
29 people [the] land: country/planet to oppress oppression and to plunder robbery and afflicted and needy to oppress and [obj] [the] sojourner to oppress in/on/with not justice
The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. Yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.
30 and to seek from them man to wall up/off wall and to stand: stand in/on/with breach to/for face: before my about/through/for [the] land: country/planet to/for lest to ruin her and not to find
“I sought for a man amongst them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.
31 and to pour: pour upon them indignation my in/on/with fire fury my to end: destroy them way: conduct their in/on/with head their to give: give utterance Lord YHWH/God
Therefore I have poured out my indignation on them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have brought their own way on their heads,” says the Lord GOD.
