1	Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying# ,
			2	Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge# , wilt thou judge# the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew# her all her abominations. [judge: or, plead for] [bloody...: Heb. city of bloods?] [shew her: Heb. make her know]
			3	Then say# thou, Thus saith# the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth# blood in the midst of it, that her time may come# , and maketh# idols against herself to defile# herself.
			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.
			5	Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock# thee, which art infamous# and much vexed. [infamous...: Heb. polluted of name, much in vexation]
			6	Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed# blood. [power: Heb. arm]
			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. [oppression: or, deceit]
			8	Thou hast despised# mine holy things, and hast profaned# my sabbaths.
			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. [that...: Heb. of slanders]
			10	In thee have they discovered# their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled# her that was set apart for pollution.
			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. [one: or, every one] [another: or, every one] [lewdly: or, by lewdness]
			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.
			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.
			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 .
			15	And I will scatter# thee among the heathen, and disperse# thee in the countries, and will consume# thy filthiness out of thee.
			16	And thou shalt take thine inheritance# # # # in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know# that I am the LORD. [shalt take...: or, shalt be profaned]
			17	And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying# ,
			18	Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. [dross of silver: Heb. drosses, etc]
			19	Therefore thus saith# the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore 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 fury, and I will leave# you there , and melt# you. [As...: Heb. According to the gathering]
			21	Yea, I will gather# you, and blow# upon you in 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 the LORD have poured out# my fury upon you.
			23	And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying# ,
			24	Son of man, say# unto her, Thou art the 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 have taken# the treasure and precious things; they have made her many# widows in the midst thereof.
			26	Her priests have violated# my law, and have profaned# mine holy things: they have put no difference# between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed# difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid# their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned# among them. [violated: Heb. offered violence to]
			27	Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening# the prey, to shed# blood, and to destroy# souls, to get# dishonest gain.
			28	And her prophets have daubed# them with untempered morter , seeing vanity, and divining# lies unto them, saying# , Thus saith# the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken# .
			29	The people of the land have used oppression# # , and exercised# robbery, and have vexed# the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed# the stranger wrongfully. [oppression: or, deceit] [wrongfully: Heb. without right]
			30	And I sought# for a man among them, that should make up# the hedge, 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 recompensed# upon their heads, saith# the Lord GOD.