Ezekiel 7:23
Ezekiel 7:19-27 The Message (MSG)
“‘They throw their money into the gutters. Their hard-earned cash stinks like garbage. They find that it won’t buy a thing they either want or need on Judgment Day. They tripped on money and fell into sin. Proud and pretentious with their jewels, they deck out their vile and vulgar no-gods in finery. I’ll make those god-obscenities a stench in their nostrils. I’ll give away their religious junk— strangers will pick it up for free, the godless spit on it and make jokes. I’ll turn my face so I won’t have to look as my treasured place and people are violated, As violent strangers walk in and desecrate place and people— A bloody massacre, as crime and violence fill the city. I’ll bring in the dregs of humanity to move into their houses. I’ll put a stop to the boasting and strutting of the high-and-mighty, And see to it that there’ll be nothing holy left in their holy places. Catastrophe descends. They look for peace, but there’s no peace to be found— Disaster on the heels of disaster, one rumor after another. They clamor for the prophet to tell them what’s up, but nobody knows anything. Priests don’t have a clue; the elders don’t know what to say. The king holds his head in despair; the prince is devastated. The common people are paralyzed. Gripped by fear, they can’t move. I’ll deal with them where they are, judge them on their terms. They’ll know that I am GOD.’”
Ezekiel 7:23 King James Version (KJV)
Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel 7:23 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
‘Make the chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel 7:23 New Century Version (NCV)
“Make chains for captives, because the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel 7:23 American Standard Version (ASV)
Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel 7:23 New International Version (NIV)
“ ‘Prepare chains! For the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel 7:23 New King James Version (NKJV)
‘Make a chain, For the land is filled with crimes of blood, And the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel 7:23 Amplified Bible (AMP)
‘Prepare the chain [for imprisonment], for the land is full of bloody crimes [murders committed under the pretense of civil justice] and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel 7:23 New Living Translation (NLT)
“Prepare chains for my people, for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes. Jerusalem is filled with violence.