Ezekiel 33:21-29

Jerusalem Has Been Struck Down

21 Now ^ait happened in the ^btwelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, that those who escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “^cThe city has been struck down.” 22 Now the ^ahand of Yahweh had been upon me in the evening, before those who escaped came. And He ^bopened my mouth ¹at the time they came to me in the morning; so my mouth was ^copened, and I was no longer mute.
23 Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 24 “Son of man, they who ^ainhabit these waste places in the land of Israel are saying, ‘^bAbraham was only one, yet he possessed the land; so to ^cus who are many the land has been given as a possession.’ 25 Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “You eat meat with the ^ablood in it and lift up your eyes to your idols as you shed blood. ^bShould you then possess the land? 26 You ^astand on account of your sword, you do abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?”’ 27 Thus you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will ^afall by the sword, and whoever is in the ¹open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the ^bcaves will die of pestilence. 28 I will ^amake the land a desolation and a desecration, and the ^blofty pride of her strength will cease; and the mountains of Israel will be desolate so that no one will pass through. 29 Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I make the land a desolation and a desecration because of all their abominations which they have done.”’

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