1 Veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 2 Tu, pois, ó filho do homem, acaso, julgarás, julgarás a cidade sanguinária? Faze-lhe conhecer, pois, todas as suas abominações 3 e dize: Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Ai da cidade que derrama sangue no meio de si, para que venha o seu tempo, e que faz ídolos contra si mesma, para se contaminar! 4 Pelo teu sangue, por ti mesma derramado, tu te fizeste culpada e pelos teus ídolos, por ti mesma fabricados, tu te contaminaste e fizeste chegar o dia do teu julgamento e o término de teus anos; por isso, eu te fiz objeto de opróbrio das nações e de escárnio de todas as terras. 5 As que estão perto de ti e as que estão longe escarnecerão de ti, ó infamada, cheia de inquietação.

6 Eis que os príncipes de Israel, cada um segundo o seu poder, nada mais intentam, senão derramar sangue. 7 No meio de ti, desprezam o pai e a mãe, praticam extorsões contra o estrangeiro e são injustos para com o órfão e a viúva. 8 Desprezaste as minhas coisas santas e profanaste os meus sábados. 9 Homens caluniadores se acham no meio de ti, para derramarem sangue; no meio de ti, comem carne sacrificada nos montes e cometem perversidade. 10 No teu meio, descobrem a vergonha de seu pai e abusam da mulher no prazo da sua menstruação. 11 Um comete abominação com a mulher do seu próximo, outro contamina torpemente a sua nora, e outro humilha no meio de ti a sua irmã, filha de seu pai. 12 No meio de ti, aceitam subornos para se derramar sangue; usura e lucros tomaste, extorquindo-o; exploraste o teu próximo com extorsão; mas de mim te esqueceste, diz o Senhor Deus.

13 Eis que bato as minhas palmas com furor contra a exploração que praticaste e por causa da tua culpa de sangue, que há no meio de ti. Estará firme o teu coração? 14 Estarão fortes as tuas mãos, nos dias em que eu vier a tratar contigo? Eu, o Senhor, o disse e o farei. 15 Espalhar-te-ei entre as nações, e te dispersarei em outras terras, e porei termo à tua imundícia. 16 Serás profanada em ti mesma, à vista das nações, e saberás que eu sou o Senhor.

17 Veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 18 Filho do homem, a casa de Israel se tornou para mim em escória; todos eles são cobre, estanho, ferro e chumbo no meio do forno; em escória de prata se tornaram. 19 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor Deus: Pois que todos vós vos tornastes em escória, eis que vos ajuntarei no meio de Jerusalém.

20 Como se ajuntam a prata, e o cobre, e o ferro, e o chumbo, e o estanho no meio do forno, para assoprar o fogo sobre eles, a fim de se fundirem, assim vos ajuntarei na minha ira e no meu furor, e ali vos deixarei, e fundirei. 21 Congregar-vos-ei e assoprarei sobre vós o fogo do meu furor; e sereis fundidos no meio de Jerusalém. 22 Como se funde a prata no meio do forno, assim sereis fundidos no meio dela; e sabereis que eu, o Senhor, derramei o meu furor sobre vós.

23 Veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: 24 Filho do homem, dize-lhe: Tu és terra que não está purificada e que não tem chuva no dia da indignação. 25 Conspiração dos seus profetas há no meio dela; como um leão que ruge, que arrebata a presa, assim eles devoram as almas; tesouros e coisas preciosas tomam, multiplicam as suas viúvas no meio dela. 26 Os seus sacerdotes transgridem a minha lei e profanam as minhas coisas santas; entre o santo e o profano, não fazem diferença, nem discernem o imundo do limpo e dos meus sábados escondem os olhos; e, assim, sou profanado no meio deles. 27 Os seus príncipes no meio dela são como lobos que arrebatam a presa para derramarem o sangue, para destruírem as almas e ganharem lucro desonesto. 28 Os seus profetas lhes encobrem isto com cal por visões falsas, predizendo mentiras e dizendo: Assim diz o Senhor Deus, sem que o Senhor tenha falado. 29 Contra o povo da terra praticam extorsão, andam roubando, fazem violência ao aflito e ao necessitado e ao estrangeiro oprimem sem razão. 30 Busquei entre eles um homem que tapasse o muro e se colocasse na brecha perante mim, a favor desta terra, para que eu não a destruísse; mas a ninguém achei. 31 Por isso, eu derramei sobre eles a minha indignação, com o fogo do meu furor os consumi; fiz cair-lhes sobre a cabeça o castigo do seu procedimento, diz o Senhor Deus.

1 Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2 And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations. 3 And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that maketh idols against herself to defile her! 4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled 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 nations, and a mocking to all the countries. 5 Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one and full of tumult.

6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood. 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow. 8 Thou hast despised my holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. 9 Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness. 10 In thee have they uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity. 11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter. 12 In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

13 Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. 14 Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will do it. 15 And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee. 16 And thou shalt be profaned in thyself, in the sight of the nations; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.

17 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto me: all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you. 21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I, Jehovah, have poured out my wrath upon you.

23 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof. 26 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 hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah hath not spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none. 31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.

1 The word of the LORD came to me:

2 "Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices

3 and say: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,

4 you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.

5 Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.

6 "'See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.

7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.

9 In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.

10 In you are those who dishonor their father's bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean.

11 In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor's wife, another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law, and another violates his sister, his own father's daughter.

12 In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

13 "'I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.

14 Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.

15 I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an end to your uncleanness.

16 When you have been defiled "in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the LORD.'"

17 Then the word of the LORD came to me:

18 "Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver.

19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem.

20 As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you.

21 I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.

22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the LORD have poured out my wrath on you.'"

23 Again the word of the LORD came to me:

24 "Son of man, say to the land, 'You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.'

25 There is a conspiracy of her princes "within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her.

26 Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

27 Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain.

28 Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says' —when the LORD has not spoken.

29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

30 "I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.

31 So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD."