Ezekiel 22:1
Verse 1 of 31. The 22nd of 48 chapters in Ezekiel, in The Major Prophets.
1Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2“You, son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.
3You shall say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “A city that sheds blood within herself, that her time may come, and that makes idols against herself to defile her!
4You have become guilty in your blood that you have shed, and are defiled in your idols which you have made! You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
5Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.