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17 Moreover, the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 18 “Son of man, (A)you shall eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety. 19 Then you will say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, “They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with desolation because [a]their very soil will be (B)made desolate of its fullness on account of the violence of all who inhabit it. 20 The inhabited (C)cities will be laid waste, and the (D)land will be a desolation. So you will know that I am Yahweh.”’”

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  1. Ezekiel 12:19 Lit her

17 The word of the Lord came to me: 18 “Son of man, tremble as you eat your food,(A) and shudder in fear as you drink your water. 19 Say to the people of the land: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: They will eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in despair, for their land will be stripped of everything(B) in it because of the violence of all who live there.(C) 20 The inhabited towns will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(D)’”

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