(A)the mighty man and the soldier,
    the judge and the prophet,
    the diviner and the elder,

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    the hero and the warrior,(A)
the judge and the prophet,
    the diviner(B) and the elder,(C)

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(A)I will cut off the ruler from its midst,
    and will kill (B)all its princes[a] with him,”
says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:3 Or officials

I will destroy her ruler(A)
    and kill all her officials with him,”(B)
says the Lord.(C)

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13 (A)And he took one of the royal offspring[a] (B)and made a covenant with him, (C)putting him under oath ((D)the chief men of the land he had taken away),

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 17:13 Hebrew seed

13 Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty(A) with him, putting him under oath.(B) He also carried away the leading men(C) of the land,

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And to (A)the others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him, and strike. (B)Your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity.

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As I listened, he said to the others, “Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity(A) or compassion.(B)

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12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing (A)in the dark, each (B)in his room of pictures? For they say, (C)‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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12 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness,(A) each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see(B) us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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12 (A)Princes are hung up by their hands;
    (B)no respect is shown to the elders.
13 Young men are compelled to (C)grind at the mill,
    and boys stagger (D)under loads of wood.
14 (E)The old men have left the city gate,
    the young men (F)their music.

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12 Princes have been hung up by their hands;
    elders(A) are shown no respect.(B)
13 Young men toil at the millstones;
    boys stagger under loads of wood.
14 The elders are gone from the city gate;
    the young men have stopped their music.(C)

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14 So the Lord cut off from Israel (A)head and tail,
    palm branch and reed in one day—
15 (B)the elder and honored man is the head,
    and (C)the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;

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14 So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
    both palm branch and reed(A) in a single day;(B)
15 the elders(C) and dignitaries(D) are the head,
    the prophets(E) who teach lies(F) are the tail.

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13 against all the (A)cedars of Lebanon,
    lofty and lifted up;
    and against all the (B)oaks of Bashan;
14 against all (C)the lofty mountains,
    and against all the uplifted hills;
15 against every high tower,
    and against every fortified wall;

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13 for all the cedars of Lebanon,(A) tall and lofty,(B)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,(C)
14 for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,(D)
15 for every lofty tower(E)
    and every fortified wall,(F)

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We do not see our (A)signs;
    (B)there is no longer any prophet,
    and there is none among us who knows how long.

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We are given no signs from God;(A)
    no prophets(B) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.

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14 (A)He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, (B)10,000 captives, (C)and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, (D)except the poorest people of the land. 15 (E)And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king's mother, the king's wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, (F)7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war.

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14 He carried all Jerusalem into exile:(A) all the officers and fighting men,(B) and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest(C) people of the land were left.

15 Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin(D) captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother,(E) his wives, his officials and the prominent people(F) of the land. 16 The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand skilled workers and artisans.(G)

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