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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 22 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/22.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Ezekiel 22</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/21.htm" title="Ezekiel 21">◄</a> Ezekiel 22 <a href="../ezekiel/23.htm" title="Ezekiel 23">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/ezekiel/22.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Sins of Jerusalem</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now this message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Son of man, are you ready to judge Jerusalem? Are you ready to judge this city of murderers? Publicly denounce her detestable sins, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: O city of murderers, doomed and damned—city of idols,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> filthy and foul— <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>you are guilty because of the blood you have shed. You are defiled because of the idols you have made. Your day of destruction has come! You have reached the end of your years. I will make you an object of mockery throughout the world. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>O infamous city, filled with confusion, you will be mocked by people far and near.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You despise my holy things and violate my Sabbath days of rest. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>People accuse others falsely and send them to their death. You are filled with idol worshipers and people who do obscene things. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Men sleep with their fathers’ wives and force themselves on women who are menstruating. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Within your walls live men who commit adultery with their neighbors’ wives, who defile their daughters-in-law, or who rape their own sisters. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere. They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>How strong and courageous will you be in my day of reckoning? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do what I said. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I will scatter you among the nations and purge you of your wickedness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And when I have been dishonored among the nations because of you,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> you will know that I am the LORD.”</p><p class="hdg">The LORD’s Refining Furnace</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then this message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Son of man, the people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. They are the dross that is left over—a useless mixture of copper, tin, iron, and lead. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you are all worthless slag, I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Just as silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin are melted down in a furnace, I will melt you down in the heat of my fury. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I will gather you together and blow the fire of my anger upon you, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and you will melt like silver in fierce heat. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out my fury on you.’”</p><p class="hdg">The Sins of Israel’s Leaders</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Again a message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: In the day of my indignation, you will be like a polluted land, a land without rain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Your princes<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> plot conspiracies just as lions stalk their prey. They devour innocent people, seizing treasures and extorting wealth. They make many widows in the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Your priests have violated my instructions and defiled my holy things. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that I am dishonored among them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Your leaders are like wolves who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people’s lives for money! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And your prophets cover up for them by announcing false visions and making lying predictions. They say, ‘My message is from the Sovereign LORD,’ when the LORD hasn’t spoken a single word to them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn’t have to destroy the land, but I found no one. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>So now I will pour out my fury on them, consuming them with the fire of my anger. I will heap on their heads the full penalty for all their sins. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">22:3 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term (literally </span><span class="it">round things</span><span class="ft">) probably alludes to dung; also in 22:4.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">22:16 </span><span class="ft">As in one Hebrew manuscript and Greek and Syriac versions; Masoretic Text reads </span><span class="it">when you have been dishonored among the nations.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">22:25 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">prophets.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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