Ezekiel 24:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, the pot whose crud is in it, whose crud has not gone out of it! Empty it piece by piece, making no choice at all. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust and scum are in it and whose rust and scum have not gone out of it! Take out of it piece by piece, without making any choice. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen upon it. Common English Bible The LORD God proclaims: Horror! You bloody city, you corroded pot; pot whose corrosion can’t be removed! Empty it piece by piece. She is rejected Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the city of blood, to the cooking pot that has rust in it, and whose rust has not gone out of it! Cast it out piece by piece! No lot has fallen upon it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is in it, and its rust is not gone out of it. Cast it out piece by piece there hath no lot fallen upon it. |
He also defeated the Moabites and, making them lie down on the ground, measured them off with a cord; he measured two lengths of cord for those who were to be put to death and one length for those who were to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he caused Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, for all that he had committed,
and also for the innocent blood that he had shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to pardon.
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, says the Lord God.
The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed.
This city shall not be your pot, and you shall not be the meat inside it; I will judge you at the border of Israel.
they say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; this city is the pot, and we are the meat.’
In you, they take bribes to shed blood; you take both advance interest and accrued interest and make gain of your neighbors by extortion, and you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.
You, mortal, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to it all its abominable deeds.
Its officials within it are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
You shall say: Thus says the Lord God: A city! Shedding blood within itself; its time has come; making its idols, defiling itself.
And utter an allegory to the rebellious house and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Set on the pot; set it on; pour in water also;
Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile great.
and cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes and sold girls for wine and drunk it down.
On the day that you stood aside, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you, too, were one of them.
The sailors said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, so that we may know on whose account this calamity has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
The faithful have disappeared from the land, and there is no one left who is upright; they all lie in wait for blood, and they hunt each other with nets.
Woe, city of bloodshed, utterly deceitful, full of plunder— no end to the prey!
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; even her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; lots were cast for her nobles; all her dignitaries were bound in fetters.
so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
With your tools you shall have a trowel; when you relieve yourself outside, you shall dig a hole with it and then cover up your excrement.
Then Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring those five kings out to me from the cave.”
And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly amazed.
And in you was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slaughtered on earth.”