²⁸ lest ^(A)the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

¹⁶ So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither ^[a]cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

²² For we know that the whole creation ^(A)groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.

¹⁷ “Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, ^(A)they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like ^(B)the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity.

²² ‘You shall therefore keep all My ^(A)statutes and all My judgments, and perform them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell ^(B)may not vomit you out.

²⁵ For ^(A)the land is defiled; therefore I ^(B)visit^[a] the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land ^(C)vomits out its inhabitants.

¹³ ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Because they say to you, ^(A)‘You devour men and bereave your nation of children,’