Three oracles confront Jerusalem, cataloging bloodshed, idolatry, and corrupt leadership before ending with a search for one man to stand in the gap.
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Lyrics
Will you judge will you judge the bloody city Then cause her to know all her abominations A city that sheds blood within herself That makes idols against herself to defile her
You have become guilty in your blood You 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 Those who are near and those who are far Will mock you infamous one full of tumult
The princes of Israel everyone according to his power Have been in you to shed blood In you they have treated father and mother with contempt Amongst you they have oppressed the foreigner
In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow You have despised my holy things Profaned my Sabbaths Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood
In you they have taken bribes to shed blood You have taken interest and increase Greedily gained of your neighbours by oppression Forgotten me says the Lord God Behold I have struck my hand at your dishonest gain
At the blood which has been shed within you Can your heart endure or can your hands be strong In the days that I will deal with you I will scatter you amongst the nations and disperse you
The house of Israel has become dross to me All of them are bronze tin iron and lead In the middle of the furnace I will gather you into the middle of Jerusalem
As they gather silver bronze iron lead and tin Into the middle of the furnace to blow the fire To melt it so I will gather you In my anger and in my wrath I will lay you there and melt you
I will gather you and blow on you With the fire of my wrath You will be melted in the middle of it As silver is melted in the middle of the furnace So you will be melted in the middle of it
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