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href="/esv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The word of the LORD came to me:</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext5">The word of the LORD came to me: "</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominations.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext5">As for you, son of man, will you pass judgment? Will you pass judgment against the city of blood? Then explain all her detestable practices to her.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">You shall say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"You shall say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her interest, for defilement!</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext5">You are to say: This is what the Lord GOD says: A city that sheds blood within her walls so that her time of judgment has come and who makes idols for herself so that she is defiled! </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought your days near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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 <i>even</i> unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext5">You are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled from the idols you have made. You have brought your judgment days near and have come to your years of punishment. Therefore, I have made you a disgrace to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; your name is defiled; you are full of tumult.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of ill repute, full of turmoil.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext4"><i>Those that be</i> near, and <i>those that be</i> far from thee, shall mock thee, <i>which art</i> infamous <i>and</i> much vexed.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Those who are near and those far away from you will mock you, you infamous one full of turmoil." </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"'See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Look, every prince of Israel within you has used his strength to shed blood. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Father and mother are treated with contempt, and the foreign resident is exploited within you. The fatherless and widow are oppressed in you.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">You have despised my holy things and profaned my Sabbaths.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext5">You despise My holy things and profane My Sabbaths.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext5">There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood. People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines; they commit immoral acts within you. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">In you men uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you they have humbled her who was unclean in her menstrual impurity.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext4">In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Men within you have sexual intercourse with their father's wife and violate women during their menstrual impurity.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">One commits abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father’s daughter.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext5">One man within you commits a detestable act with his neighbor's wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his father's daughter.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me," declares the Lord GOD.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext5">People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood. You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbors. You have forgotten Me." This is the declaration of the Lord GOD." </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"'I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Now look, I clap My hands together against the dishonest profit you have made and against the blood shed among you. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Can your courage endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken and will act.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken <i>it</i>, and will do <i>it</i>.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the days when I deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken, and I will act.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an end to your uncleanness.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your uncleanness out of you.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"I will scatter you among the nations and I will disperse you through the lands, and I will consume your uncleanness from you.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext5">I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you among the countries; I will purge your uncleanness.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When you have been defiled in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the LORD.'"</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And you shall be profaned by your own doing in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the LORD.”</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"You will profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will know that I am the LORD."'"</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I <i>am</i> the LORD.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext5">You will be profaned in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am Yahweh." </span></td></tr></table> <p class="hdg">The Refining Furnace</p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the word of the LORD came to me:</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the word of the LORD came to me:</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext3">And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext5">The word of the LORD came to me: "</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are dross of silver.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they <i>are</i> brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are <i>even</i> the dross of silver.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are the dross of silver. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because all of you have become dross, I am about to gather you into Jerusalem. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext3">As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath and I will lay you there and melt you.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext4"><i>As</i> 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 <i>it</i>; so will I gather <i>you</i> in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave <i>you there</i>, and melt you.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to blow fire on them and melt them, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, put you inside, and melt you. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext3">'I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My fury, and you will be melted within the city. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.'"</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">As silver is melted in a furnace, so you shall be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the LORD; I have poured out my wrath upon you.”</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext3">'As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath on you.'"</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext5">As silver is melted inside a furnace, so you will be melted inside the city. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out My wrath on you." </span></td></tr></table> <p class="hdg">The Sins of Prophets, Priests, Princes</p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Again the word of the LORD came to me:</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And the word of the LORD came to me:</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext3">And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext5">The word of the LORD came to me: "</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"Son of man, say to the land, 'You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.'</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of indignation.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Son of man, say to her, 'You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.'</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Son of man, say unto her, Thou <i>art</i> the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Son of man, say to her: You are a land that has not been cleansed, that has not received rain in the day of indignation. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The conspiracy of her prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext4"><i>There is</i> 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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext5">The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">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 taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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 <i>difference</i> between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Her priests do violence to My instruction and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them." </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/22.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Her princes in the midst thereof <i>are</i> like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, <i>and</i> to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ when the LORD has not spoken.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD has not spoken.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And her prophets have daubed them with untempered <i>morter</i>, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Her prophets plaster with whitewash for them by seeing false visions and lying divinations, and they say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says,' when the LORD has not spoken. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy, and have extorted from the sojourner without justice.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="btext5">The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the foreign resident.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="btext5">I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext1">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."</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Therefore I have poured out my indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath. I have returned their way upon their heads, declares the Lord GOD.”</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads," declares the Lord GOD.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext4">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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="btext5">So I have poured out My indignation on them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their actions down on their own heads." 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