And I said to them, ‘(A)Throw away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and (B)do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; (C)I am the Lord your God.’

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And I said to them, “Each of you, get rid of the vile images(A) you have set your eyes on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols(B) of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.(C)

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And you shall say, ‘This is what the Lord [a]God says: “A city (A)shedding blood in her midst, so that her time is coming; and a city that makes idols, contrary to her own good, for defilement! You have become (B)guilty by [b]the blood which you have shed, and you have become defiled by your idols which you have made. So you have brought your days closer and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a (C)disgrace to the nations, and an object of mocking to all the lands.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 22:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 22:4 Lit your

and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood(A) in her midst and defiles herself by making idols, you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed(B) 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.(C) Therefore I will make you an object of scorn(D) to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.(E)

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I (A)know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me;
Because now, Ephraim, you have been unfaithful,
Israel has defiled itself.

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I know all about Ephraim;
    Israel is not hidden(A) from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
    Israel is corrupt.(B)

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10 In the house of Israel I have seen a (A)horrible thing;
Ephraim’s (B)infidelity is there, Israel has defiled itself.

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10 I have seen a horrible(A) thing in Israel:
    There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
    Israel is defiled.(B)

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