27 Her officials(A) within her are like wolves(B) tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people(C) to make unjust gain.(D)

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27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

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27 Her (A)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy [a]people, and to get dishonest gain.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 22:27 Lit. souls

13 Sheba(A) and Dedan(B) and the merchants of Tarshish(C) and all her villages[a] will say to you, “Have you come to plunder? Have you gathered your hordes to loot, to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods and to seize much plunder?(D)”’

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  1. Ezekiel 38:13 Or her strong lions

13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

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13 (A)Sheba, (B)Dedan, the merchants (C)of Tarshish, and all (D)their young lions will say to you, ‘Have you come to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?’ ” ’

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Therefore a lion from the forest(A) will attack them,
    a wolf from the desert will ravage(B) them,
a leopard(C) will lie in wait near their towns
    to tear to pieces any who venture out,
for their rebellion is great
    and their backslidings many.(D)

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Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

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Therefore (A)a lion from the forest shall slay them,
(B)A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them;
(C)A leopard will watch over their cities.
Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many;
Their backslidings have increased.

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23 Can an Ethiopian[a] change his skin
    or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
    who are accustomed to doing evil.(A)

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  1. Jeremiah 13:23 Hebrew Cushite (probably a person from the upper Nile region)

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

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23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots?
Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.

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True and False Prophets

15 “Watch out for false prophets.(A) They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.(B)

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15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

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You Will Know Them by Their Fruits(A)

15 (B)“Beware of false prophets, (C)who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

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Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.(A)

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Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

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Go your way; (A)behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

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