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耶路撒冷的罪行

22 耶和華的話又臨到我說: “人子啊,你要審判嗎?你要審判這流人血的城嗎?你要使這城知道它一切可憎的事。 你要說:‘主耶和華這樣說:這城中有流人血的事,它製造偶像,玷污自己,以致它受審判的時候來到。 因你流了人的血,你就有罪了;因你做了偶像,你就玷污了自己;這樣,你使你受罰的日子臨近,遭報的年日來到,我使你成為列國辱罵、列邦譏笑的對象。 你這混亂喧嚷、名被玷污的城啊!那些離你近的和離你遠的,都必譏笑你。 看哪!以色列的領袖們恃著自己的能力,在你裡面流人的血。 在你裡面輕視父母的;在你中間有壓迫寄居的和欺負孤兒寡婦的。 你藐視了我的聖物,褻瀆了我的安息日。 在你裡面有好讒謗的人,他們要流人的血;在你的山上吃祭肉;又在你中間行淫亂的事。 10 在你裡面有暴露父親下體的;有污辱在經期中不潔的婦人的。 11 在你裡面,這人與鄰舍的妻子行可憎的事;那人行淫亂,玷污自己的兒媳;還有人污辱自己的同胞姊妹。 12 在你裡面有接受賄賂而流人血的;你借錢給人,收取利息,並且多要;你用欺壓手段向你的鄰舍榨取不義之財;你更忘記了我。這是主耶和華的宣告。

13 “‘看哪!因你所得的不義之財,又因在你中間所流的血,我就拍掌。 14 到了我懲治你的日子,你的心還能受得住嗎?你的手還有力嗎?我耶和華說了,就必實行。 15 我要把你分散在列國,四散在萬邦;我要從你中間消除你的污穢。 16 你在列國眼前被玷污的時候,你就知道我是耶和華。’”

渣滓必遭熔化的比喻

17 耶和華的話臨到我說: 18 “人子啊!以色列家在我看來已成了渣滓;他們都是爐中的銅、錫、鐵和鉛;就是銀的渣滓。 19 因此,主耶和華這樣說:‘你們既然都成了渣滓,所以,我要把你們集合在耶路撒冷城中。 20 人怎樣把銀、銅、鐵、鉛、錫,集合在爐中,吹火使它們熔化,我也照樣在我的怒氣、我的烈怒中,把你們集合起來,放在城中,使你們熔化。 21 我必集合你們,把我烈怒的火吹在你們身上,你們就必在城中熔化。 22 銀子怎樣在爐中熔化,你們也必照樣在城中熔化;你們就知道我耶和華把我的烈怒倒在你身上。’”

全國上下的罪行

23 耶和華的話臨到我說: 24 “人子啊!你要對這地說:‘在忿怒的日子,你是沒有雨水(“沒有雨水”這譯法是根據古譯本,原文作“未得潔淨”),沒有甘霖之地’。 25 其中的先知叛逆,像吼叫的獅子撕碎獵物;他們把人吞吃,搶奪財物和珍寶,使其中寡婦的數目增多。 26 這地的祭司違反我的律法,褻瀆我的聖物;他們不分別聖俗,也不教導人分辨甚麼是潔淨的和不潔淨的,又掩目不理我的安息日,以致我在他們中間被褻瀆。 27 其中的官長好像撕碎獵物的豺狼,流人的血,滅人的命,為要得不義之財。 28 這地的先知用灰泥給他們粉刷牆壁,為他們見虛假的異象,行騙人的占卜,說:‘主耶和華這樣說’,其實當時耶和華並沒有說話。 29 這地的人民常常欺壓人,慣行搶掠,虧待困苦窮乏的人,毫無公理地去欺壓寄居的人。 30 我在他們中間尋找一人重修牆垣,在我面前為這地站在破口之處,使我不毀滅這地,我卻找不到一個。 31 所以我把我的忿怒倒在他們身上,用我烈怒之火消滅他們,把他們所行的報應在他們的頭上。這是主耶和華的宣告。”

Sins of Jerusalem

22 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Now, son of man, (A)will you judge, will you judge (B)the bloody city? Yes, show her all her abominations! Then say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “The city sheds (C)blood in her own midst, that her time may come; and she makes idols within herself to defile herself. You have become guilty by the blood which you have (D)shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years; (E)therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all countries. Those near and those far from you will mock you as [a]infamous and full of tumult.

“Look, (F)the princes of Israel: each one has used his [b]power to shed blood in you. In you they have (G)made light of father and mother; in your midst they have (H)oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the [c]fatherless and the widow. You have despised My holy things and (I)profaned My Sabbaths. In you are (J)men who slander to cause bloodshed; (K)in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness. 10 In you men (L)uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are (M)set apart during their impurity. 11 One commits abomination (N)with his neighbor’s wife; (O)another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; and another in you violates his sister, his father’s (P)daughter. 12 In you (Q)they take bribes to shed blood; (R)you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and (S)have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.

13 “Behold, therefore, I (T)beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst. 14 (U)Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? (V)I, the Lord, have spoken, and will do it. 15 (W)I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and (X)remove your filthiness completely from you. 16 You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations; then (Y)you shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”

Israel in the Furnace

17 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 “Son of man, (Z)the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a (AA)furnace; they have become dross from silver. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 20 As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to (AB)melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you. 21 Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have (AC)poured out My fury on you.’ ”

Israel’s Wicked Leaders

23 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 24 “Son of man, say to her: ‘You are a land that is (AD)not [d]cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’ 25 (AE)The conspiracy of her [e]prophets in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they (AF)have devoured [f]people; (AG)they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in her midst. 26 (AH)Her priests have [g]violated My law and (AI)profaned My holy things; they have not (AJ)distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. 27 Her (AK)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy [h]people, and to get dishonest gain. 28 (AL)Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, (AM)seeing false visions, and divining (AN)lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord had not spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully (AO)oppress the stranger. 30 (AP)So I sought for a man among them who would (AQ)make a wall, and (AR)stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. 31 Therefore I have (AS)poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed (AT)their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God.

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 22:5 Lit. defiled of name
  2. Ezekiel 22:6 Lit. arm
  3. Ezekiel 22:7 Lit. orphan
  4. Ezekiel 22:24 So with MT, Syr., Vg.; LXX showered upon
  5. Ezekiel 22:25 So with MT, Vg.; LXX princes; Tg. scribes
  6. Ezekiel 22:25 Lit. souls
  7. Ezekiel 22:26 Lit. done violence to
  8. Ezekiel 22:27 Lit. souls

Judgment on Jerusalem’s Sins

22 The word of the Lord came to me:

“Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed?(A) Then confront her with all her detestable practices(B) and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood(C) in her midst and defiles herself by making idols, you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed(D) 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.(E) Therefore I will make you an object of scorn(F) to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.(G) Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.(H)

“‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.(I) In you they have treated father and mother with contempt;(J) in you they have oppressed the foreigner(K) and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.(L) You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.(M) In you are slanderers(N) who are bent on shedding blood;(O) in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines(P) and commit lewd acts.(Q) 10 In you are those who dishonor their father’s bed;(R) in you are those who violate women during their period,(S) when they are ceremonially unclean.(T) 11 In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor’s wife,(U) another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law,(V) and another violates his sister,(W) his own father’s daughter.(X) 12 In you are people who accept bribes(Y) to shed blood; you take interest(Z) and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors.(AA) And you have forgotten(AB) me, declares the Sovereign Lord.(AC)

13 “‘I will surely strike my hands(AD) together at the unjust gain(AE) you have made and at the blood(AF) you have shed in your midst.(AG) 14 Will your courage endure(AH) or your hands(AI) be strong in the day I deal with you? I the Lord have spoken,(AJ) and I will do it.(AK) 15 I will disperse you among the nations and scatter(AL) you through the countries; and I will put an end to(AM) your uncleanness.(AN) 16 When you have been defiled[a] in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the Lord.’”

17 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 18 “Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross(AO) to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace.(AP) They are but the dross of silver.(AQ) 19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have all become dross,(AR) I will gather you into Jerusalem. 20 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.(AS) 21 I will gather you and I will blow(AT) on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her.(AU) 22 As silver is melted(AV) in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath(AW) on you.’”(AX)

23 Again the word of the Lord came to me: 24 “Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’(AY) 25 There is a conspiracy(AZ) of her princes[b] within her like a roaring lion(BA) tearing its prey; they devour people,(BB) take treasures and precious things and make many widows(BC) within her. 26 Her priests do violence to my law(BD) and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common;(BE) they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean;(BF) and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned(BG) among them.(BH) 27 Her officials(BI) within her are like wolves(BJ) tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people(BK) to make unjust gain.(BL) 28 Her prophets whitewash(BM) these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations.(BN) They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says’—when the Lord has not spoken.(BO) 29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery;(BP) they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner,(BQ) denying them justice.(BR)

30 “I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall(BS) 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.(BT) 31 So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger,(BU) bringing down(BV) on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.(BW)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 22:16 Or When I have allotted you your inheritance
  2. Ezekiel 22:25 Septuagint; Hebrew prophets