Ezekiel 22
1 Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
2 “You human, are you ready to condemn the people of Jerusalem? It is [RHQ] a city full of murderers [MTY]. Remind them of all the detestable things that they have done.
and you(m. s.) son: child man to judge to judge [obj] city [the] blood and to know her [obj] all abomination her
3 [Then] say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: By your murdering people and by (defiling yourselves/making yourselves unacceptable to God) by making idols, you people of this city [APO] have brought to yourselves the time when you [will be destroyed].
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
4 You have become guilty by doing both of those things [DOU]. You have brought to an end your time [to remain alive] [DOU]. Therefore I will cause you to become a group whom the [people of other] nations will scorn; they will all laugh at you [DOU].
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
5 People in countries that are near you and people who live far from you will make fun of you, because your city is full of lawless people and full of confusion.
[the] near and [the] distant from you to mock in/on/with you unclean [the] name many [the] tumult
6 Think about how each of your Israeli kings have used their power to cause people to be murdered [MTY].
behold leader Israel man: anyone to/for arm his to be in/on/with you because to pour: kill blood
7 Your people do not respect/honor their parents; they have oppressed foreigners; they mistreat orphans and widows.
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
8 You despise my sacred places and (dishonor/do not respect) the Sabbath days.
holiness my to despise and [obj] Sabbath my to profane/begin: profane
9 Among you are men who tell lies in order to cause others to be executed [MTY]. There are those who [food offered to idols] at the hilltop [shrines], and they perform disgusting sexual acts.
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
10 There are men who have sex with their father’s wives [EUP], and men who have sex with women during their monthly menstrual periods.
nakedness father to reveal: uncover in/on/with you unclean [the] impurity to afflict in/on/with you
11 There are men who have sex with someone else’s wife. Some men have sex with their daughters-in-law or with their sisters or half-sisters.
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
12 There are among you men who accept bribes in order to cause someone to be executed [MTY]. You charge high interest when you lend people money. You become rich by forcing people to give you money. [the worst thing is that] you have forgotten me, Yahweh the Lord.
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
13 So I will shake my fists at you to show that I am angry with you because of your stealing money from people and murdering [MTY] people who live among you.
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
14 When I [punishing] you, you will no longer [RHQ] be courageous/brave [DOU]. I, Yahweh, have said [what I will do to you], and I will do it.
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
15 I will cause you to be scattered among many nations [DOU], and I will cause you to stop your sinful behavior.
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
16 When [the people of other] nations see that you have been humiliated, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”
and to profane/begin: profane in/on/with you to/for eye: seeing nation and to know for I LORD
17 Yahweh [also] said to me,
and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
18 “You human, your Israeli people [MTY] have [useless] to me. They are [like] [MET] dross/slag to me. They are like [SIM] [worthless] copper, tin, iron, and lead that remains after silver is melted in [very hot] furnace.
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
19 Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Because you have all become [like] dross/slag, I will gather you in Jerusalem.
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
20 People [ore containing] silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin in a [very hot] furnace and melt them in a blazing [to burn up the impurities]. Similarly [SIM], I will gather you [inside Jerusalem], and because I am very angry with you, [what I will do will be as though] I am melting you.
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
21 [It will be as though] I will blow on you with a hot breath that shows that I am very angry, [it will be as though] you will be melted,
and to gather [obj] you and to breathe upon you in/on/with fire fury my and to pour in/on/with midst her
22 as though you will be melted like [SIM] silver is melted in a furnace, and then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my punishment [MTY] on you.”
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
23 Yahweh gave me another message. He said,
and to be word LORD to(wards) me to/for to say
24 “You human, say to the Israeli people, ‘[Yahweh] is angry with you, there has been no rain or showers in your country.’
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
25 Your leaders are like [SIM] lions that tear apart the animals that they have killed. Your leaders destroy their people. They steal treasures and [other] valuable things from people, and they cause many women to become [by murdering their husbands].
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
26 Their priests disobey my laws and disrespect my sacred things by saying that there is no difference between things that are sacred and those that are not sacred, and by ignoring my laws about honoring the Sabbath days. As a result, they no [longer] honor me.
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
27 Their officials are like [SIM] wolves that tear apart the animals that they have killed: They murder people [DOU] in order to get their money.
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
28 Their prophets, by falsely saying they have received [from God], and by giving false messages, try to (cover up [MET]/say that it is all right to commit) those sins. They say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ when I have said nothing to them.
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
29 The Israeli people force others to give them money, and they rob people. They oppress poor [DOU] people, and they mistreat foreigners among them by not treating them [in the courts].
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
30 I looked among them to find a man who would cause the people of the city to repent [MET] so that I would not need to get rid of them. But I did not find anyone.
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
31 So because I am very angry with them, I will severely punish them [MTY] for [all] the wicked things that they have done. [That will surely happen because I], Yahweh the Lord, have said it.”
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
