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Ezekiel Speaks Against Jerusalem

23 The word of the Lord came to me. He said, 24 “Son of man, speak to Israel. Tell her that she is not pure.[a] I am angry at that country, so that country has not received its rain. 25 The prophets in Jerusalem are making evil plans. They are like a lion—it roars when it begins to eat the animal it caught. They have destroyed many lives. They have taken many valuable things and made widows of many of the women in Jerusalem.

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  1. Ezekiel 22:24 not pure This is a wordplay. The Hebrew word also means “not rained on.”

23 Again the word of the Lord came to me: 24 “Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’(A) 25 There is a conspiracy(B) of her princes[a] within her like a roaring lion(C) tearing its prey; they devour people,(D) take treasures and precious things and make many widows(E) within her.

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  1. Ezekiel 22:25 Septuagint; Hebrew prophets