Bible in 90 Days
God’s Anger over Israel
2 How the Lord has (A)covered the daughter of Zion
With a cloud in His anger!
He has (B)cast from heaven to earth
The (C)glory of Israel,
And has not remembered His (D)footstool
In the day of His anger.
2 The Lord has (E)swallowed up; He has not spared
All the habitations of Jacob.
In His wrath He has (F)thrown down
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has (G)brought them down to the ground;
He has (H)profaned the kingdom and its princes.
3 In fierce anger He has cut off
[a]All the (I)strength of Israel;
He has (J)drawn back His right hand
From before the enemy.
And He has (K)burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
Consuming round about.
4 He has bent His (L)bow like an enemy;
He has set His right hand like an adversary
And slain all that were (M)pleasant to the eye;
In the tent of the daughter of Zion
He has (N)poured out His wrath like fire.
5 The Lord has become like an (O)enemy.
He has (P)swallowed up Israel;
He has swallowed up all its (Q)palaces,
He has destroyed its strongholds
And (R)multiplied in the daughter of Judah
Mourning and moaning.
6 And He has violently treated His [b]tabernacle like a garden booth;
He has (S)destroyed His appointed [c]meeting place.
The Lord has (T)caused to be forgotten
The appointed feast and sabbath in Zion,
And He has (U)despised king and priest
In the indignation of His anger.
7 The Lord has (V)rejected His altar,
He has abandoned His sanctuary;
He (W)has delivered into the hand of the enemy
The walls of her palaces.
They have made a (X)noise in the house of the Lord
As in the day of an appointed feast.
8 The Lord [d]determined to destroy
The wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has (Y)stretched out a line,
He has not restrained His hand from [e]destroying,
And He has (Z)caused rampart and wall to lament;
They have languished together.
9 Her (AA)gates have sunk into the ground,
He has destroyed and broken her bars.
Her king and her princes are among the nations;
The (AB)law is no more.
Also, her prophets find
(AC)No vision from the Lord.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion
(AD)Sit on the ground, they (AE)are silent.
They have thrown (AF)dust on their heads;
They have girded themselves with (AG)sackcloth.
The (AH)virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.
11 My (AI)eyes fail because of tears,
My [f](AJ)spirit is greatly troubled;
My [g](AK)heart is poured out on the earth
(AL)Because of the [h]destruction of the daughter of my people,
When (AM)little ones and infants faint
In the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers,
“(AN)Where is grain and wine?”
As they faint like a wounded man
In the streets of the city,
As their (AO)life is poured out
On their mothers’ bosom.
13 How shall I admonish you?
To what (AP)shall I compare you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
To what shall I liken you as I comfort you,
O (AQ)virgin daughter of Zion?
For your [i]ruin is as vast as the sea;
Who can (AR)heal you?
14 Your (AS)prophets have seen for you
False and foolish visions;
And they have not (AT)exposed your iniquity
So as to restore you from captivity,
But they have (AU)seen for you false and misleading [j]oracles.
15 All who pass along the way
(AV)Clap their hands in derision at you;
They (AW)hiss and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem,
“Is this the city of which they said,
‘(AX)The perfection of beauty,
(AY)A joy to all the earth’?”
16 All (AZ)your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They hiss and (BA)gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have (BB)swallowed her up!
Surely this is the (BC)day for which we waited;
We have reached it, we have seen it.”
17 The Lord has (BD)done what He purposed;
He has accomplished His word
Which He commanded from days of old.
He has thrown down (BE)without sparing,
And He has caused the enemy to (BF)rejoice over you;
He has (BG)exalted the [k]might of your adversaries.
18 Their (BH)heart cried out to the Lord,
“O (BI)wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let your (BJ)tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief,
Let [l]your eyes have no rest.
19 “Arise, cry aloud in the (BK)night
At the beginning of the night watches;
(BL)Pour out your heart like water
Before the presence of the Lord;
Lift up your hands to Him
For the (BM)life of your little ones
Who are (BN)faint because of hunger
At the head of every street.”
20 See, O Lord, and look!
With (BO)whom have You dealt thus?
Should women (BP)eat their [m]offspring,
The little ones who were [n]born healthy?
Should (BQ)priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 On the ground in the streets
Lie (BR)young and old;
My (BS)virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the sword.
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered, (BT)not sparing.
22 You called as in the day of an appointed feast
My (BU)terrors on every side;
And there was (BV)no one who escaped or survived
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Those (BW)whom I [o]bore and reared,
My enemy annihilated them.
Jeremiah Shares Israel’s Affliction
3 I am the man who has (BX)seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.
2 He has driven me and made me walk
In (BY)darkness and not in light.
3 Surely against me He has (BZ)turned His hand
Repeatedly all the day.
4 He has caused my (CA)flesh and my skin to waste away,
He has (CB)broken my bones.
5 He has (CC)besieged and encompassed me with (CD)bitterness and hardship.
6 In (CE)dark places He has made me dwell,
Like those who have long been dead.
7 He has (CF)walled me in so that I cannot go out;
He has made my [p](CG)chain heavy.
8 Even when I cry out and call for help,
He (CH)shuts out my prayer.
9 He has (CI)blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.
10 He is to me like a bear lying in wait,
Like a lion in secret places.
11 He has turned aside my ways and (CJ)torn me to pieces;
He has made me desolate.
12 He (CK)bent His bow
And (CL)set me as a target for the arrow.
13 He made the [q]arrows of His (CM)quiver
To enter into my [r]inward parts.
14 I have become a (CN)laughingstock to all my people,
Their mocking (CO)song all the day.
15 He has (CP)filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drunk with wormwood.
16 He has (CQ)broken my teeth with (CR)gravel;
He has made me cower in the (CS)dust.
17 My soul has been rejected (CT)from peace;
I have forgotten [s]happiness.
18 So I say, “My strength has perished,
And so has my (CU)hope from the Lord.”
Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy
19 Remember my affliction and my [t]wandering, the (CV)wormwood and bitterness.
20 Surely (CW)my soul remembers
And is (CX)bowed down within me.
21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have (CY)hope.
22 The Lord’s (CZ)lovingkindnesses [u]indeed never cease,
(DA)For His compassions never fail.
23 They are new (DB)every morning;
Great is (DC)Your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my (DD)portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I (DE)have hope in Him.”
25 The Lord is good to those who (DF)wait for Him,
To the [v]person who (DG)seeks Him.
26 It is good that he (DH)waits silently
For the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke in his youth.
28 Let him (DI)sit alone and be silent
Since He has laid it on him.
29 Let him [w]put his mouth in the (DJ)dust,
Perhaps there is (DK)hope.
30 Let him give his (DL)cheek to [x]the smiter,
Let him be filled with reproach.
31 For the Lord will (DM)not reject forever,
32 For if He causes grief,
Then He will have (DN)compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness.
33 For He (DO)does not afflict [y]willingly
Or grieve the sons of men.
34 To crush under His feet
All the prisoners of the [z]land,
35 To [aa]deprive a man of (DP)justice
In the presence of the Most High,
36 To [ab](DQ)defraud a man in his lawsuit—
Of these things the Lord does not [ac]approve.
37 Who is [ad]there who speaks and it (DR)comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That [ae](DS)both good and ill go forth?
39 Why should any living [af]mortal, or any man,
Offer (DT)complaint [ag]in view of his sins?
40 Let us (DU)examine and probe our ways,
And let us return to the Lord.
41 We (DV)lift up our heart [ah]and hands
Toward God in heaven;
42 We have (DW)transgressed and rebelled,
You have (DX)not pardoned.
43 You have covered Yourself with (DY)anger
And (DZ)pursued us;
You have slain and (EA)have not spared.
44 You have (EB)covered Yourself with a cloud
So that (EC)no prayer can pass through.
45 You have made us mere (ED)offscouring and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.
46 All our enemies have (EE)opened their mouths against us.
47 (EF)Panic and pitfall have befallen us,
Devastation and destruction;
48 My [ai](EG)eyes run down with streams of water
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 My eyes pour down (EH)unceasingly,
Without stopping,
50 Until the Lord (EI)looks down
And sees from heaven.
51 My eyes bring pain to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.
52 My enemies (EJ)without cause
Hunted me down (EK)like a bird;
53 They have silenced [aj]me (EL)in the pit
And have [ak](EM)placed a stone on me.
54 Waters flowed (EN)over my head;
I said, “I am cut off!”
55 I (EO)called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.
56 You have (EP)heard my voice,
“(EQ)Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,
From my cry for help.”
57 You (ER)drew near when I called on You;
You said, “(ES)Do not fear!”
58 O Lord, You (ET)have pleaded my soul’s cause;
You have (EU)redeemed my life.
59 O Lord, You have (EV)seen my oppression;
(EW)Judge my case.
60 You have seen all their vengeance,
All their (EX)schemes against me.
61 You have heard their (EY)reproach, O Lord,
All their schemes against me.
62 The (EZ)lips of my assailants and their whispering
Are against me all day long.
63 Look on their (FA)sitting and their rising;
(FB)I am their mocking song.
64 You will (FC)recompense them, O Lord,
According to the work of their hands.
65 You will give them [al](FD)hardness of heart,
Your curse will be on them.
66 You will (FE)pursue them in anger and destroy them
From under the (FF)heavens of the Lord!
Distress of the Siege Described
4 How (FG)dark the gold has become,
How the pure gold has changed!
The sacred stones are poured out
At the [am]corner of every street.
2 The precious sons of Zion,
Weighed against fine gold,
How they are regarded as (FH)earthen jars,
The work of a potter’s hands!
3 Even (FI)jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has become (FJ)cruel
Like (FK)ostriches in the wilderness.
4 The (FL)tongue of the infant cleaves
To the roof of its mouth because of (FM)thirst;
The little ones (FN)ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.
5 Those who ate (FO)delicacies
Are desolate in the streets;
Those [an]reared in purple
Embrace ash pits.
6 For the [ao]iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the [ap](FP)sin of Sodom,
Which was (FQ)overthrown as in a moment,
And no hands were [aq]turned toward her.
7 Her [ar]consecrated ones were (FR)purer than snow,
They were whiter than milk;
They were more ruddy in [as]body than corals,
Their polishing was like [at](FS)lapis lazuli.
8 Their appearance is (FT)blacker than soot,
They are not recognized in the streets;
Their (FU)skin is shriveled on their bones,
It is withered, it has become like wood.
9 Better are those [au](FV)slain with the sword
Than those [av]slain with hunger;
For they [aw](FW)pine away, being stricken
For lack of the fruits of [ax]the field.
10 The hands of compassionate women
(FX)Boiled their own children;
They became (FY)food for them
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 The Lord has (FZ)accomplished His wrath,
He has poured out His fierce anger;
And He has (GA)kindled a fire in Zion
Which has consumed its foundations.
12 The kings of the earth did not believe,
Nor did any of (GB)the inhabitants of the world,
That the adversary and the enemy
Could (GC)enter the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Because of the sins of her (GD)prophets
And the iniquities of her priests,
Who have shed in her midst
The (GE)blood of the righteous;
14 They wandered, (GF)blind, in the streets;
They were defiled with (GG)blood
So that no one could touch their (GH)garments.
15 “Depart! (GI)Unclean!” [ay]they cried of themselves.
“Depart, depart, do not touch!”
So they (GJ)fled and wandered;
Men among the nations said,
“They shall not continue to dwell with us.”
16 The presence of the Lord has scattered them,
He will not continue to regard them;
They did not [az](GK)honor the priests,
They did not favor the elders.
17 Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for [ba]help was (GL)useless;
In our watching we have watched
For a (GM)nation that could not save.
18 They (GN)hunted our steps
So that we could not walk in our streets;
Our (GO)end drew near,
Our days were [bb]finished
For our end had come.
19 Our pursuers were (GP)swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
20 The (GQ)breath of our nostrils, the (GR)Lord’s anointed,
Was (GS)captured in their pits,
Of whom we had said, “Under his (GT)shadow
We shall live among the nations.”
21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of (GU)Edom,
Who dwells in the land of Uz;
But the (GV)cup will come around to you as well,
You will become drunk and make yourself naked.
22 The punishment of your iniquity has been (GW)completed, O daughter of Zion;
He will exile you no longer.
But He (GX)will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom;
He will expose your sins!
A Prayer for Mercy
5 Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
Look, and see our (GY)reproach!
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to (GZ)strangers,
Our (HA)houses to aliens.
3 We have become orphans (HB)without a father,
Our mothers are like widows.
4 [bc]We have to pay for our drinking (HC)water,
Our wood comes to us at a price.
5 [bd]Our pursuers are at our necks;
We are worn out, there is (HD)no rest for us.
6 We have [be]submitted to (HE)Egypt and Assyria [bf]to get enough bread.
7 Our (HF)fathers sinned, and are no more;
It is we who have borne their iniquities.
8 (HG)Slaves rule over us;
There is (HH)no one to deliver us from their hand.
9 We get our bread [bg]at the (HI)risk of our lives
[bh]Because of the sword in the wilderness.
10 Our skin has become as (HJ)hot as an oven,
Because of [bi]the burning heat of famine.
11 They ravished the (HK)women in Zion,
The virgins in the cities of Judah.
12 Princes were hung by their hands;
[bj](HL)Elders were not respected.
13 Young men [bk](HM)worked at the grinding mill,
And youths (HN)stumbled under loads of wood.
14 Elders [bl]are gone from the gate,
Young men from their (HO)music.
15 The joy of our hearts has (HP)ceased;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.
16 The (HQ)crown has fallen from our head;
(HR)Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our (HS)heart is faint,
Because of these things our (HT)eyes are dim;
18 Because of (HU)Mount Zion which lies desolate,
(HV)Foxes prowl in it.
19 (HW)You, O Lord, [bm]rule forever;
Your (HX)throne is from generation to generation.
20 Why do You (HY)forget us forever?
Why do You forsake us [bn]so long?
21 (HZ)Restore us to You, O Lord, that we may be restored;
Renew (IA)our days as of old,
22 Unless (IB)You have utterly rejected us
And are exceedingly (IC)angry with us.
The Vision of Four Figures
1 Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the (ID)river Chebar among the exiles, the (IE)heavens were opened and I saw [bo](IF)visions of God. 2 (On the fifth of the month [bp]in the (IG)fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile, 3 the (IH)word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the (II)land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there (IJ)the hand of the Lord came upon him.)
4 As I looked, behold, a (IK)storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like (IL)glowing metal in the midst of the fire. 5 Within it there were figures resembling (IM)four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human (IN)form. 6 Each of them had (IO)four faces and (IP)four wings. 7 Their legs were straight and [bq]their feet were like a calf’s hoof, and they gleamed like (IQ)burnished bronze. 8 Under their wings on their (IR)four sides were human (IS)hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, 9 their wings touched one another; their faces did (IT)not turn when they moved, each (IU)went straight forward. 10 As for the (IV)form of their faces, each had the (IW)face of a man; [br]all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and [bs]all four had the face of an eagle. 11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and (IX)two covering their bodies. 12 And (IY)each went straight forward; (IZ)wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. 13 [bt]In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of (JA)fire, [bu]like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was [bv]flashing from the fire. 14 And the living beings (JB)ran to and fro like bolts of (JC)lightning.
15 Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one (JD)wheel on the earth beside the living beings, [bw]for each of the four of them. 16 The (JE)appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like [bx]sparkling (JF)beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if [by]one wheel were within another. 17 Whenever they [bz]moved, they [ca]moved in any of their four [cb]directions without (JG)turning as they [cc]moved. 18 As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were (JH)full of eyes round about. 19 (JI)Whenever the living beings [cd]moved, the wheels [ce]moved with them. And whenever the living beings (JJ)rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. 20 (JK)Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction[cf]. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living [cg]beings was in the wheels. 21 (JL)Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living [ch]beings was in the wheels.
Vision of Divine Glory
22 Now (JM)over the heads of the living [ci]beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of [cj]crystal, spread out over their heads. 23 Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had (JN)two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other. 24 I also heard the sound of their wings like the (JO)sound of abundant waters as they went, like the (JP)voice of [ck]the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the (JQ)sound of an army camp; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. 25 And there came a voice from above the (JR)expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings.
26 Now (JS)above the expanse that was over their heads there was something (JT)resembling a throne, like [cl](JU)lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a (JV)man. 27 Then I [cm]noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something (JW)like [cn]glowing metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him. 28 As the appearance of the (JX)rainbow [co]in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the (JY)glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I (JZ)fell on my face and heard a voice speaking.
The Prophet’s Call
2 Then He said to me, “Son of man, (KA)stand on your feet that I may speak with you!” 2 As He spoke to me the (KB)Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me. 3 Then He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have (KC)rebelled against Me; (KD)they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. 4 I am sending you to them who are [cp](KE)stubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord [cq]God.’ 5 As for them, (KF)whether they listen or [cr]not—for they are a rebellious house—they will (KG)know that a prophet has been among them. 6 And you, son of man, (KH)neither fear them nor fear their words, though (KI)thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house. 7 But you shall (KJ)speak My words to them (KK)whether they listen or [cs]not, for they are rebellious.
8 “Now you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and (KL)eat what I am giving you.” 9 Then I looked, and behold, a (KM)hand was extended to me; and lo, a [ct](KN)scroll was in it. 10 When He spread it out before me, it was written on the front and back, and written on it were lamentations, mourning and (KO)woe.
Ezekiel’s Commission
3 Then He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find; (KP)eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” 2 So I (KQ)opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll. 3 He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach and (KR)fill your [cu]body with this scroll which I am giving you.” Then I (KS)ate it, and it was sweet as (KT)honey in my mouth.
4 Then He said to me, “Son of man, [cv]go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. 5 For (KU)you are not being sent to a people of [cw](KV)unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel, 6 nor to many peoples of [cx]unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. [cy]But I have sent you to them [cz]who should listen to you; 7 yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are (KW)not willing to listen to Me. Surely the whole house of Israel is [da]stubborn and obstinate. 8 Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. 9 Like [db]emery harder than flint I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, though they are a rebellious house.” 10 Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, take into your heart all My (KX)words which I will speak to you and listen [dc]closely. 11 [dd]Go to the exiles, to the sons of your people, and speak to them and tell them, whether they listen or [de]not, ‘Thus says the Lord [df]God.’”
12 Then the (KY)Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great (KZ)rumbling sound behind me, “Blessed be the glory of the Lord [dg]in His place.” 13 And I heard the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another and the sound of the (LA)wheels beside them, even a great rumbling sound. 14 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went embittered in the rage of my spirit, and (LB)the hand of the Lord was strong on me. 15 Then I came to the exiles who lived beside the river Chebar at Tel-abib, and I sat there (LC)seven days where they were living, causing consternation among them.
16 (LD)At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 17 “Son of man, I have appointed you a (LE)watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, (LF)warn them from Me. 18 When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his (LG)blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet if you have (LH)warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have (LI)delivered yourself. 20 Again, (LJ)when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I place an (LK)obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 However, if you have (LL)warned [dh]the righteous man that the righteous should not sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered yourself.”
22 The hand of the Lord was on me there, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will (LM)speak to you.” 23 So I got up and went out to the plain; and behold, the (LN)glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory which (LO)I saw by the river Chebar, and I fell on my face. 24 The (LP)Spirit then entered me and made me stand on my feet, and He spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself up in your house. 25 As for you, son of man, they will (LQ)put ropes on you and bind you with them so that you cannot go out among them. 26 Moreover, (LR)I will make your tongue stick to [di]the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and cannot be a man who rebukes them, for they are a rebellious house. 27 But (LS)when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord [dj]God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; (LT)for they are a rebellious house.
Siege of Jerusalem Predicted
4 “Now you son of man, (LU)get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem. 2 Then (LV)lay siege against it, build a siege wall, [dk]raise up a ramp, pitch camps and place battering rams against it all around. 3 Then get yourself an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that (LW)it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a (LX)sign to the house of Israel.
4 “As for you, lie down on your left side and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; you shall (LY)bear their iniquity for the number of days that you lie on it. 5 For I have assigned you a number of days corresponding to the years of their iniquity, three hundred and ninety days; thus (LZ)you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 6 When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for (MA)each year. 7 Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and (MB)prophesy against it. 8 Now behold, I will (MC)put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
Defiled Bread
9 “But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and (MD)spelt, put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days. 10 Your food which you eat shall be (ME)twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time. 11 The water you drink shall be the sixth part of a hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time. 12 You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked it in their sight over human (MF)dung.” 13 Then the Lord said, “Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread (MG)unclean among the nations where I will banish them.” 14 But I said, “(MH)Ah, Lord [dl]God! Behold, I have (MI)never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what (MJ)died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any (MK)unclean meat ever entered my mouth.” 15 Then He said to me, “See, I will give you cow’s dung in place of human dung over which you will prepare your bread.” 16 Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold, I am going to (ML)break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by (MM)weight and with anxiety, and drink water by (MN)measure and in horror, 17 because bread and water will be scarce; and they will be appalled with one another and (MO)waste away in their iniquity.
Jerusalem’s Desolation Foretold
5 “As for you, son of man, take a (MP)sharp sword; take and [dm]use it as a barber’s razor on your head and beard. Then take (MQ)scales for weighing and divide [dn]the hair. 2 One third you shall burn in the fire at the center of the city, when the (MR)days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take one third and strike it with the sword all around [do]the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will (MS)unsheathe a sword behind them. 3 Take also a few in number from [dp]them and bind them in the edges of your robes. 4 Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will [dq]spread to all the house of Israel.
5 “Thus says the Lord [dr]God, ‘This is (MT)Jerusalem; I have set her at the (MU)center of the nations, with lands around her. 6 But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes (MV)more than the lands which surround her; for they have (MW)rejected My ordinances and have not walked [ds]in My statutes.’ 7 Therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have (MX)more turmoil than the nations which surround you and have not walked in My statutes, nor observed My ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations which surround you,’ 8 therefore, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I, even I, am (MY)against you, and I will (MZ)execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. 9 And because of all your abominations, I will do among you what I have (NA)not done, and the like of which I will never do again. 10 Therefore, (NB)fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on you and (NC)scatter all your remnant to every wind. 11 So as I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have (ND)defiled My sanctuary with all your (NE)detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare. 12 One third of you will die by (NF)plague or be consumed by famine among you, one third will fall by the sword around you, and one third I will (NG)scatter to every wind, and I will (NH)unsheathe a sword behind them.
13 ‘Thus My anger will be spent and I will [dt]satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be [du](NI)appeased; then they will know that I, the Lord, have (NJ)spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them. 14 Moreover, I will make you a desolation and a (NK)reproach among the nations which surround you, in the sight of all who pass by. 15 So [dv]it will be a reproach, a reviling, a (NL)warning and an object of horror to the nations who surround you when I (NM)execute judgments against you in anger, wrath and raging rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken. 16 When I send against them the [dw]deadly arrows of famine which [dx]were for the destruction of those whom I will send to destroy you, then I will also intensify the famine upon you and break the staff of bread. 17 Moreover, (NN)I will send on you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you of children; (NO)plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, the Lord, have spoken.’”
Idolatrous Worship Denounced
6 And the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face toward the (NP)mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them 3 and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord [dy]God! Thus says the Lord [dz]God to the mountains, the hills, the ravines and the valleys: “Behold, I Myself am going to bring a sword on you, and (NQ)I will destroy your high places. 4 So your (NR)altars will become desolate and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols. 5 I will also lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel in front of their idols; and I will scatter your (NS)bones around your altars. 6 In all your dwellings, (NT)cities will become waste and the high places will be desolate, that your altars may become waste and [ea]desolate, your (NU)idols may be broken and brought to an end, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be blotted out. 7 The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the Lord.
8 “However, I will leave a (NV)remnant, for you will have those who (NW)escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries. 9 Then those of you who escape will (NX)remember Me among the nations to which they will be carried captive, how I have [eb](NY)been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which played the harlot after their idols; and they will (NZ)loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed, for all their abominations. 10 Then they will know that I am the Lord; I have not said in vain [ec]that I would inflict this disaster on them.”’
11 “Thus says the Lord [ed]God, ‘Clap your hand, (OA)stamp your foot and say, “(OB)Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by (OC)sword, famine and plague! 12 He who is (OD)far off will die by the plague, and he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged will die by the famine. Thus will I (OE)spend My wrath on them. 13 Then you will know that I am the Lord, when their (OF)slain are among their idols around their altars, on (OG)every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree and under every leafy oak—the places where they offered soothing aroma to all their idols. 14 So throughout all their habitations I will (OH)stretch out My hand against them and make the land more desolate and waste than the wilderness toward Diblah; thus they will know that I am the Lord.”’”
Punishment for Wickedness Foretold
7 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2 “And you, son of man, thus says the Lord [ee]God to the land of Israel, ‘An (OI)end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land. 3 Now the end is upon you, and I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and bring all your abominations upon you. 4 For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will (OJ)bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will (OK)know that I am the Lord!’
5 “Thus says the Lord [ef]God, ‘A (OL)disaster, unique disaster, behold it is coming! 6 An end is coming; the end has come! It has (OM)awakened against you; behold, it has come! 7 Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The (ON)time has come, the (OO)day is near—tumult rather than joyful shouting on the mountains. 8 Now I will shortly (OP)pour out My wrath on you and spend My anger against you; (OQ)judge you according to your ways and bring on you all your abominations. 9 My eye will show no pity nor will I spare. I will [eg]repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the Lord, do the smiting.
10 ‘Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! Your doom has gone forth; the (OR)rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed. 11 Violence [eh]has grown into a rod of (OS)wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their (OT)wealth, nor anything eminent among them. 12 The (OU)time has come, the day has arrived. Let not the (OV)buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn; for (OW)wrath is against all their multitude. 13 Indeed, the seller will not [ei](OX)regain [ej]what he sold as long as [ek]they both live; for the vision regarding all their multitude will not [el]be averted, nor will any of them maintain his life by his iniquity.
14 ‘They have (OY)blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle, for My wrath is against all [em]their multitude. 15 The (OZ)sword is outside and the plague and the famine are within. He who is in the field will die by the sword; famine and the plague will also consume those in the city. 16 Even when their survivors (PA)escape, they will be on the mountains like (PB)doves of the valleys, all of them [en](PC)mourning, each over his own iniquity. 17 All (PD)hands will hang limp and all knees will [eo]become like water. 18 They will (PE)gird themselves with sackcloth and (PF)shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces and (PG)baldness on all their heads. 19 They will (PH)fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their (PI)silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their [ep]appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.
The Temple Profaned
20 They transformed the beauty of His ornaments into pride, and (PJ)they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things with it; therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them. 21 I will give it into the hands of the (PK)foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it. 22 I will also turn My (PL)face from them, and they will profane My secret place; then robbers will enter and profane it.
23 ‘(PM)Make the chain, for the land is full of [eq](PN)bloody crimes and the city is (PO)full of violence. 24 Therefore, I will bring the worst of the (PP)nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the (PQ)pride of the strong ones cease, and their (PR)holy places will be profaned. 25 When anguish comes, they will seek (PS)peace, but there will be none. 26 (PT)Disaster will come upon disaster and (PU)rumor will be added to rumor; then they will seek a (PV)vision from a prophet, but the (PW)law will be lost from the priest and (PX)counsel from the elders. 27 The king will mourn, the prince will be (PY)clothed with horror, and the hands of the people of the land will [er]tremble. According to their conduct I will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am the Lord.’”
Vision of Abominations in Jerusalem
8 It came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord [es]God fell on me there. 2 Then I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of [et]a man; from His loins and downward there was the (PZ)appearance of fire, and from His loins and upward the appearance of brightness, like the appearance (QA)of [eu]glowing metal. 3 He stretched out the form of a hand and caught me by a lock of my head; and the (QB)Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the [ev]north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which (QC)provokes to jealousy, was located. 4 And behold, the (QD)glory of the God of Israel was there, like the appearance which I saw in the plain.
5 Then He said to me, “Son of man, (QE)raise your eyes now toward the north.” So I raised my eyes toward the north, and behold, to the north of the altar gate was this (QF)idol of jealousy at the entrance. 6 And He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great (QG)abominations which the house of Israel are committing here, so that I would be far from My sanctuary? But yet you will see still greater abominations.”
7 Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall. 8 He said to me, “Son of man, now (QH)dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall, and behold, an entrance. 9 And He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations that they are committing here.” 10 So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of creeping things and beasts and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around. 11 Standing in front of them were (QI)seventy (QJ)elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them, each man with his (QK)censer in his hand and the fragrance of the cloud of incense rising. 12 Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, ‘(QL)The Lord does not see us; the Lord has (QM)forsaken the land.’” 13 And He said to me, “Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are committing.”
14 Then He brought me to the entrance of the (QN)gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the north; and behold, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz. 15 He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Yet you will see still greater abominations than these.”
16 Then He brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their (QO)backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east; and (QP)they were [ew]prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun. 17 He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have (QQ)filled the land with violence and (QR)provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose. 18 Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare; and (QS)though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them.”
The Vision of Slaughter
9 Then He cried out in my hearing with a loud (QT)voice saying, “Draw near, [ex]O executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand.” 2 Behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his shattering weapon in his hand; and among them was (QU)a certain man clothed in linen with a [ey]writing case at his loins. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.
3 Then the (QV)glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the [ez]temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the writing case. 4 The Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a (QW)mark on the foreheads of the men who (QX)sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst.” 5 But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare. 6 [fa]Utterly (QY)slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not (QZ)touch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall (RA)start from My sanctuary.” So they started with the [fb]elders who were before the [fc]temple. 7 And He said to them, “(RB)Defile the [fd]temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!” Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city. 8 As they were striking the people and I alone was left, I (RC)fell on my face and cried out [fe]saying, “(RD)Alas, Lord [ff]God! Are You destroying the whole remnant of Israel [fg]by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?”
9 Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is (RE)filled with blood and the city is (RF)full of perversion; for (RG)they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’ 10 But as for Me, (RH)My eye will have no pity nor will I spare, but (RI)I will bring their conduct upon their heads.”
11 Then behold, the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the [fh]writing case [fi]reported, saying, “I have done just as You have commanded me.”
Vision of God’s Glory Departing from the Temple
10 Then I looked, and behold, in the [fj](RJ)expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a (RK)sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a (RL)throne, appeared above them. 2 And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, “Enter between the (RM)whirling wheels under the [fk]cherubim and fill your hands with (RN)coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And he entered in my sight.
3 Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the [fl]temple when the man entered, and the cloud filled the (RO)inner court. 4 Then the (RP)glory of the Lord went up from the cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the (RQ)temple was filled with the cloud and the court was filled with the (RR)brightness of the glory of the Lord. 5 Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the (RS)voice of [fm]God Almighty when He speaks.
6 It came about when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he entered and stood beside a wheel. 7 Then the cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire which was between the cherubim, took some and put it into the hands of the one clothed in linen, who took it and went out. 8 The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man’s hand under their wings.
9 Then I looked, and behold, (RT)four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a [fn](RU)Tarshish stone. 10 As for their appearance, all four of them had the same likeness, as if one wheel were within another wheel. 11 When they moved, they went (RV)in any of their four [fo]directions without turning as they went; but they followed in the direction which [fp]they faced, without turning as they went. 12 Their (RW)whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the (RX)wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them. 13 The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. 14 And (RY)each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
15 Then the cherubim rose up. They are the (RZ)living beings that I saw by the river Chebar. 16 Now when the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them; also when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels would not turn from beside them. 17 When [fq]the cherubim (SA)stood still, [fr]the wheels would stand still; and when they rose up, [fs]the wheels would rise with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in them.
18 Then the glory of the Lord departed from the threshold of the temple and stood (SB)over the cherubim. 19 When (SC)the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel [ft]hovered over them.
20 These are the (SD)living beings that I saw beneath the God of Israel by (SE)the river Chebar; so I knew that they were cherubim. 21 (SF)Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands. 22 As for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar. Each one went straight ahead.
Evil Rulers to Be Judged
11 Moreover, the (SG)Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s house which faced eastward. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and (SH)Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. 2 He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and (SI)give evil advice in this city, 3 who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses. [fu]This (SJ)city is the pot and we are the flesh.’ 4 Therefore, (SK)prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!”
5 Then the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and He said to me, “Say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “So you think, house of Israel, for (SL)I know [fv]your (SM)thoughts. 6 You have (SN)multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with [fw]them.” 7 Therefore, thus says the Lord [fx]God, “Your (SO)slain whom you have laid in the midst of [fy]the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but [fz]I will (SP)bring you out of it. 8 You have (SQ)feared a sword; so I will (SR)bring a sword upon you,” the Lord God declares. 9 “And I will bring you out of the midst of [ga]the city and deliver you into the hands of (SS)strangers and (ST)execute judgments against you. 10 You will (SU)fall by the sword. I will judge you to the (SV)border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the Lord. 11 This city will (SW)not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel. 12 Thus you will know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you (SX)executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the (SY)nations around you.”’”
13 Now it came about as I prophesied, that (SZ)Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, “(TA)Alas, Lord God! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
Promise of Restoration
14 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 15 “Son of man, your brothers, your [gb]relatives, [gc]your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from the Lord; this land has been given (TB)us as a possession.’ 16 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a (TC)sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone.”’ 17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “I will (TD)gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.”’ 18 When they come there, they will (TE)remove all its (TF)detestable things and all its abominations from it. 19 And I will (TG)give them one heart, and put a new spirit within [gd]them. And I will take the (TH)heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a (TI)heart of flesh, 20 that they may (TJ)walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be (TK)My people, and I shall be their God. 21 [ge]But as for those whose hearts go after their (TL)detestable things and abominations, I will (TM)bring their conduct down on their heads,” declares the Lord God.
22 Then the cherubim (TN)lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and (TO)the glory of the God of Israel [gf]hovered over them. 23 The (TP)glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and (TQ)stood over the mountain which is east of the city. 24 And the (TR)Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles [gg]in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen [gh](TS)left me. 25 Then I (TT)told the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.
Ezekiel Prepares for Exile
12 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, you live in the (TU)midst of the (TV)rebellious house, who (TW)have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house. 3 Therefore, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; even go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. (TX)Perhaps they will [gi]understand though they are a rebellious house. 4 Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you will go out (TY)at evening in their sight, as those going into exile. 5 Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and [gj]go out through it. 6 Load the baggage on your shoulder in their sight and carry it out in the dark. You shall (TZ)cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a (UA)sign to the house of Israel.”
7 I (UB)did so, as I had been commanded. By day I (UC)brought out my baggage like the baggage of an exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands; I went out in the dark and carried the baggage on my shoulder in their sight.
8 In the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9 “Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the (UD)rebellious house, said to you, ‘(UE)What are you doing?’ 10 Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord [gk]God, “This [gl](UF)burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are [gm]in it.”’ 11 Say, ‘I am [gn]a (UG)sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will (UH)go into exile, into captivity.’ 12 The (UI)prince who is among them will load his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. [go]They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out. He will cover his face so that he can not see the land with his eyes. 13 I will also spread My (UJ)net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will (UK)not see it, though he will die there. 14 I will (UL)scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them. 15 So they will (UM)know that I am the Lord when I scatter them among the nations and spread them among the countries. 16 But I will [gp]spare a few of them from the (UN)sword, the famine and the pestilence that they may tell all their abominations among the nations where they go, and [gq]may (UO)know that I am the Lord.”
17 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me saying, 18 “Son of man, (UP)eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety. 19 Then say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, “They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because [gr]their land will be [gs](UQ)stripped of its fullness on account of the violence of all who live in it. 20 The inhabited (UR)cities will be laid waste and the (US)land will be a desolation. So you will know that I am the Lord.”’”
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