GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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1 The LORD spoke his word to me. He said,
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The word of the LORD came to me:
2 "Will you judge, son of man? Will you judge the city of murderers? Then tell it about all the disgusting things that it has done.
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“Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices
3 Tell it, 'This is what the Almighty LORD says: [Jerusalem,] you are the city that murders people who live in you. Your time has come. You dishonor yourself with disgusting idols.
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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 are guilty because of the people you have killed. You are dishonored because of the disgusting idols you have made. You have brought an end to your days, and you have come to the end of your years. That is why I will make you a disgrace to the nations and a joke in every land.
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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 near and those far away will mock you. Your name will be dishonored, and you will be filled with confusion.
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Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.
6 "'See how all the princes of Israel who live in you have used their power to murder people.
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“ ‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.
7 People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.
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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 dishonored the day to worship me.
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You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.
9 Some of your people slander. They want to kill people. People who live in you eat food sacrificed to idols at the worship sites on the hills, and they sin sexually.
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In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.
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