Catholic Public Domain Version
"How can your heart endure, or your hands prevail, in the days that I will bring upon you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will act. "
— Ezekiel 22:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.”
“Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I, Jehovah, have spoken it, and will do it. ”
“Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken it, and will do it.”
“Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it!”
“Shall thy heart endure, or shall thy hands prevail in the days which I will bring upon thee: I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.”
“Will your heart be high or your hands strong in the days when I take you in hand? I the Lord have said it and will do it.”
“Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.”
And each one has committed abomination with the wife of his neighbor. And the father-in-law has heinously defiled his daughter-in-law. The brother has oppressed his sister, the daughter of his father, within you.
They have accepted bribes among you to shed blood. You have received usury and superabundance, and in avarice you have oppressed your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.
Behold, I have clapped my hands over your avarice, which you have worked, and over the blood that has been shed in your midst.
How can your heart endure, or your hands prevail, in the days that I will bring upon you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will act.
And I will disperse you among the nations, and I will scatter you among the lands, and I will cause your uncleanness to fade away from you.
And I will possess you in the sight of the Gentiles. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: