Ezekiel 22:4-15
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4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
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5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
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6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
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7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
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8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
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9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
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10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
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11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
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12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
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13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
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14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
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15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.