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17 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 18 Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with anxiety. 19 And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with carefulness and drink their water with astonishment, because their land shall be desolate from all that is in it, because of the violence of all those who dwell in it. 20 The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

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17 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] 18 “Son of man,[c] you must eat your food with trembling, and your water with shuddering, and with anxiety you must drink. 19 And you must say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the inhabitants of Jerusalem about the land of Israel: “They will eat their food with anxiety and their water they will drink with horror, because their land will be desolate from[d] its fullness because of all the violence of those who are dwelling in it.[e] 20 And the inhabited cites will be desolate,[f] and the land will be a desolation, and you will know that I am Yahweh.”’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 12:17 Literally “was”
  2. Ezekiel 12:17 Literally “to say”
  3. Ezekiel 12:18 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  4. Ezekiel 12:19 Or “of”
  5. Ezekiel 12:19 Literally “the ones dwelling in it”
  6. Ezekiel 12:20 Literally “the being inhabited cities they will be desolate”