Ezekiel 22:3
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.
KJV
Et ostendes ei omnes abominationes suas, et dices : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Civitas effundens sanguinem in medio sui, ut veniat tempus ejus : et quæ fecit idola contra semetipsam, ut pollueretur.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐρεῖς Τάδε λέγει κύριος Κύριος Ὦ πόλις ἐκχέουσα αἵματα ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν καιρὸν αὐτῆς, καὶ ποιοῦσα ἐνθυμήματα καθ’ αὑτῆς τοῦ μιαίνειν αὐτήν.
LXX
And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that maketh idols against herself to defile her!
ASV
וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֗ כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֔ה עִ֣יר שֹׁפֶ֥כֶת דָּ֛ם בְּ/תוֹכָ֖/הּ לָ/ב֣וֹא עִתָּ֑/הּ וְ/עָשְׂתָ֧ה גִלּוּלִ֛ים עָלֶ֖י/הָ לְ/טָמְאָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 22:27 — Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
- Ezek 23:7 — Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
- Ps 106:38 — And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.