# bible

book: Ezek
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<verse num="7">And the house of Israel, they are not willing to listen to you, for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not willing to listen to me, for all of the house of Israel is hard of forehead, and they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> hard of heart.</verse>


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<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">But</transChange> look, I have made<note>Or "set"</note> your face hard {against}<note>Literally "to correspond <transChange type="added">to</transChange>"</note> their faces and your forehead hard {against}<note>Literally "to correspond <transChange type="added">to</transChange>"</note> their forehead.</verse>


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<verse num="9">Like a diamond {harder than flint}<note>Literally "hard more than flint"</note> I have made your forehead; you must not fear them, and you must not be dismayed {on account of them},<note>Literally "from the face of them"</note> for they {are a rebellious house}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">are</transChange> a house of rebellion"</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">And he said to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> all of my words that I shall speak to you, receive into<note>Hebrew "in"</note> your heart and hear with your ears.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And come, go to the exiles,<note>Hebrew "exile"</note> to the children<note>Or "sons"</note> of your people, and you must speak to them, and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh!' whether they listen or whether they fail <transChange type="added">to listen</transChange>."</verse>


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<verse num="12">And the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the sound of a great earthquake when the glory of Yahweh rose from its place.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> the sound of the wings of the living creatures touching lightly<note>Or "brushing against"</note> {one against the other},<note>Literally "each against each <transChange type="added">its sister</transChange></note> and the sound of the wheels beside them and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sound of a great earthquake.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Spirit lifted me and took me, and I went <transChange type="added">in</transChange> bitterness in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Yahweh <transChange type="added">was</transChange> strong on me.</verse>


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<verse num="15">And I went to the exiles<note>Hebrew "exile"</note> <transChange type="added">at</transChange> Tel Abib, who <transChange type="added">were</transChange> dwelling near the {Kebar River},<note>Literally "river of Kebar"</note> and I sat <transChange type="added">where</transChange> they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> dwelling. I sat there seven days in the midst of them, stunned.</verse>


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<verse num="16">And then it happened<note>Or "was"</note> at <transChange type="added">the</transChange> end of seven days, {the word of Yahweh came}<note>Literally "and it was the word of Yahweh to me to say <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>"</note> to me, saying,</verse>


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<verse num="17">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> I have appointed you <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me.</verse>


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<verse num="18">{When I say}<note>Literally "at/in my saying"</note> to the wicked, 'Surely you will die,' and you do not warn him and you do not speak to warn <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked from his wicked way {so that he may live},<note>Literally "so that <transChange type="added">you</transChange> let him live"</note> that wicked <transChange type="added">person</transChange> will die because of his guilt, and from your hand I will seek his blood.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And you, if you do warn <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness and from his wicked way, on account of his guilt he will die, and you yourself will have saved your life.<note>Or "soul," or "self"</note></verse>


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<verse num="20">And {when the righteous turns from his righteousness}<note>Literally "and at <transChange type="added">the</transChange> to turn of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous from his righteousness"</note> and does injustice, and I place<note>Or "give"</note> a stumbling block {before him},<note>Literally "to the face of him"</note> he will die, for you did not warn him. Because of his sin he will die, and his righteousness<note>Or "righteous deeds"</note> that he did will not be remembered, and his blood I shall seek from your hand.</verse>


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<verse num="21">And if you warn him, the righteous, not to sin, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous does not sin, surely he will live, for he heeded a warning. And you will have saved your life."<note>Or "soul," or "self"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="22">And the hand of Yahweh was on me there, and he said to me, "Rise up, go out to the valley, and there I will speak with you."</verse>


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<verse num="23">And I rose up, and I went to the valley, and, look, there the glory of Yahweh <transChange type="added">was</transChange> standing, like the glory that I saw near the {Kebar River},<note>Literally "river of Kebar"</note> and I fell on my face.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Spirit<note>Or "<transChange type="added">a</transChange> spirit"</note> came into me, and it made me stand on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, "Come, shut yourself {inside your house},<note>Literally "in the midst of your house"</note></verse>


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<verse num="25">and you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> look, they will place<note>Or "give"</note> cords on you, and they will tie you up with them. Then you will not go out into the midst of them.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silenced, and you will not be a reproving man for them, for they {are a rebellious house}.<note>Literally "a house of rebellion"</note></verse>


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<verse num="27">And when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The <transChange type="added">one</transChange> hearing him, let him hear, and the <transChange type="added">one</transChange> failing <transChange type="added">to hear</transChange>, let him fail," ' for they {are a rebellious house}.<note>Literally "a house of rebellion"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="1">"Now,<note>Or "And"</note> son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> take for yourself a brick, and you must put it {before you},<note>Literally "to the face of you"</note> and you must portray on it a city, Jerusalem.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And you must build against it siege works, and you must build against it <transChange type="added">a</transChange> bulwark, and you must heap against it a siege ramp, and you must set up against it camps and put against it a battering ram all around.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And take for yourself a plate of iron, and you must place it <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a wall of iron between you and the city, and you must set your face against it, and it must be {under siege},<note>Literally "in the siege"</note> and you must lay the siege against it; it is a sign for the house of Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And you, lie down on your left side, and you must put<note>Or "you will put"</note> the guilt of the house of Israel on it. You will carry their guilt the number of days that you will lie on it.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And I will give to you the years of their guilt according to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> number of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> days, three hundred and ninety days, and you must bear the guilt<note>Or "punishment"</note> of the house of Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="6">When you have completed these, then you must lie a second <transChange type="added">time</transChange> on your right side; and you must bear the guilt<note>Or "punishment"</note> of the house of Judah forty days, a day for each year, a day for each year I give it to you.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And toward the siege of Jerusalem you must set your face and your bared arm; then you must prophesy against it.</verse>


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<verse num="8">Now<note>Or "and"</note> look! I <transChange type="added">will</transChange> put on you cords, and you may not turn yourself from <transChange type="added">one</transChange> side to your <transChange type="added">other</transChange> side until you complete the days of your siege. </verse>


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<verse num="9">"And you, take for yourself<note>Hebrew "you"</note> wheat and barley and beans and lentils and millet<note>Or "sorghum"</note> and spelt, and you must put them in one vessel, and you must make them for yourself<note>Hebrew "you"</note> into a food <transChange type="added">during</transChange> the number of days that you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> lying on your side; three hundred and ninety days you shall eat it.</verse>


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<verse num="10">And your food that you will eat<note>Hebrew "will eat it"</note> <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> according to weight; twenty shekels for each day {at fixed times}<note>Literally "from time to time"</note> you shall eat it.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And {an amount of water}<note>Literally "water by amount"</note> you shall drink, a sixth of a hin; {at fixed times}<note>Literally "from time to time"</note> you shall drink <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And <transChange type="added">as a</transChange> bread-cake of barley you shall eat it, and {with human excrement}<note>Literally "with human dung of the excrement of the human"</note> you shall bake it before their eyes."</verse>


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<verse num="13">And Yahweh said, "Thus shall the {Israelites}<note>Literally "sons/children of Israel"</note> eat their unclean food among the nations {where I will scatter them}."<note>Literally "which I will scatter them there"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">And I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Look! I have not been defiling myself, and a dead body and mangled carcass I have not eaten from my childhood until now, and {unclean meat}<note>Literally "flesh of unclean meat"</note> has not come into my mouth!"</verse>


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<verse num="15">And he said to me, "See I will give you {cattle manure}<note>Literally "the manure of cattle"</note> in the place of the feces of a human, and you may prepare your food on it."</verse>


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<verse num="16">And he said to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> look, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> going to break the {supply}<note>Literally "staff"</note> of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight, {anxiously},<note>Literally "and with worry"</note> and {rationed water},<note>Literally "and water by amount"</note> and they will drink with horror,</verse>


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<verse num="17">so that they will lack food and water, and they will be appalled {with one another},<note>Literally "a man and his brother"</note> and they will waste away because of their guilt.<note>Or "punishment"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="1">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> take for yourself<note>Hebrew "you"</note> a sword, sharp <transChange type="added">as</transChange> {a barber's razor}.<note>Literally "the razor of the barbers"</note> Take it for yourself, and you must cause <transChange type="added">it</transChange> to pass over your head and over your beard, and you must take for yourself a set of scales for weighing, and you must divide them.<note>That is, the hairs</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">A third you must burn with fire in the midst<note>Or "middle"</note> of the city at {the completion}<note>Literally "the completing"</note> of the days of the siege, and you must take a third, and you must strike <transChange type="added">it</transChange> with the sword around it, and a third you must scatter to the wind, and I will draw a sword behind them.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And you must take from these a few in number, and you must tuck them in your hem.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And from them again you shall take <transChange type="added">some</transChange>, and you must throw them in the middle of the fire, and you must burn them with fire; from it a fire will go out to all of the house of Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="5">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Jerusalem in the midst of the nations <transChange type="added">where</transChange> I have put her, and countries <transChange type="added">are</transChange> around her.</verse>


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<verse num="6">But she has rebelled against my regulations to the point of wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> around her; for they rejected my regulations, and <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> my statutes, they did not walk in them.</verse>


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<verse num="7">Therefore, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because of your commotion more than the nations that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> around you--you did not walk in my statutes, and you did not do my regulations, and according to the regulations of the nations that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> around you, you did not do.</verse>


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<verse num="8">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Look! I, {even I},<note>Literally "surely I"</note> am against you, and I will execute judgment in the midst of you before the eyes of the nations,</verse>


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<verse num="9">and I will do with you <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which I have not done, and which I will not do again, because of all of your detestable things.</verse>


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<verse num="10">Therefore<note>Literally "to thus"</note> parents<note>Or "fathers"</note> will eat children<note>Or "sons"</note> in the midst of you, and children<note>Or "sons"</note> will eat their parents,<note>Or "fathers"</note> and I will execute judgment in you, and I will scatter your entire remnant to every wind.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Therefore {as surely as I live},<note>Literally "alive I <transChange type="added">am</transChange>"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, {Surely}<note>Literally "If not"</note> because you have defiled my sanctuary with all of your vile idols and with all of your detestable things, {now indeed I}<note>Literally "and also I"</note> will reduce, and my eye will not take pity, and surely I will show no compassion.</verse>


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<verse num="12">A third of you will die because of the plague, and because of the famine they will perish in the midst of you, and a third will fall through the sword around you, and a third I will scatter to every direction of the wind, and I will draw <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword behind them.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And my anger will come to an end, and I will place my rage on them, and I will relent, and they will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my passion {when I fully vent my rage against them}.<note>Literally "at my finishing my anger against them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">And I will make you into a desolate place and into a disgrace among the nations that surround you before the eyes of {every one who passes by}.<note>Literally "every one of passing by"</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">And it will be<note>Or "and you will be"</note> <transChange type="added">an</transChange> object of taunting<note>Hebrew "taunt"</note> and <transChange type="added">an</transChange> object of mockery, a warning and a horror to the nations that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> around you whenever I execute judgments against you in anger and in wrath and in furious punishments! I, Yahweh, have spoken!</verse>


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<verse num="16">When I send my arrows of deadly famine against them, which will be as destruction that I will send <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> to destroy you, I will increase famine against you, and I will break {the supply of food}<note>Literally "staff of bread"</note> for you.</verse>


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<verse num="17">And I will send against you famine and fierce animals,<note>Hebrew "animal"</note> and they will make you childless; and plague and blood will pass through you, and I will bring <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword upon you. I, Yahweh, I have spoken!" </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> set your face to the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them,</verse>


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<verse num="3">and you must say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys: "Look, I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> bringing upon you <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword, and I will destroy your high places,</verse>


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<verse num="4">and your altars will be desolate, and your incense altars will be broken, and I will throw down your slain ones {before}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> your idols,</verse>


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<verse num="5">and I will place<note>Or "give"</note> the corpses of the children of Israel {before}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars.</verse>


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<verse num="6">In all of your dwellings, the cities will be desolate and the high places will be ruined, so that your altars will be desolate and will suffer punishment. Your idols will be broken and will come to an end, and your incense altars will be cut down, and your works will be destroyed,</verse>


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<verse num="7">and the slain one will fall in the midst of you, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="8">But<note>Or "And"</note> I will spare <transChange type="added">some</transChange>, {so there will be}<note>Literally "at their being"</note> for you fugitives from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword among the nations {when you are scattered}<note>Literally "at you to be scattered"</note> in the countries.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And your fugitives will remember me among the nations <transChange type="added">to</transChange> which they were taken captive, that I was shattered by {their adulterous heart}<note>Literally "heart their which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> prostituting <transChange type="added">itself</transChange>"</note> which departed from me, and by {their adulterous eyes}<note>Literally "eyes their which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> prostituting"</note> which <transChange type="added">went</transChange> after their idols, and they will feel loathing {for themselves},<note>Literally "for their face"</note> for the evil that they did, for all of their detestable things.</verse>


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<verse num="10">And they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh; not {in vain}<note>Literally "to nothing"</note> I spoke to bring to them this evil." '</verse>


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<verse num="11">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Clap your hand and stamp with your foot, and say, "Alas, for all of the detestable things of the evil of the house of Israel, {because of which}<note>Literally "which"</note> they will fall with the sword, with the famine, and with the plague.</verse>


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<verse num="12">The one who is far <transChange type="added">away</transChange> will die by the plague, and the one who is near will fall by the sword, and the one who is being left behind and being spared will die by the famine, and I will complete my rage on<note>Or "toward"</note> them.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh {when their slain ones are in the midst of their idols}<note>Literally "in the being of their slain ones in the midst of their idols"</note> around their altars at every high hill, on the tops of all the mountains and under every green tree and under every leafy oak--the place <transChange type="added">at</transChange> which they gave <transChange type="added">a</transChange> pleasing scent for all of their idols.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And I will stretch out my hand against them, and I will make the land a desolation and a wasteland from the desert to Riblah in all of their dwellings, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh." '" </verse>


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<verse num="2">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel: '<transChange type="added">The</transChange> end comes, the end on the four corners of the land.</verse>


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<verse num="3">Now the end <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on you, and I will send my anger on you, and I will judge you according to your ways, and I will bring on you all your detestable things.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And my eye will not take pity on you, and I will not show compassion for your ways; on you I will bring your detestable things; they will be in the midst of you, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.'</verse>


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<verse num="5">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Look! Disaster after disaster <transChange type="added">is</transChange> coming!</verse>


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<verse num="6"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> end comes, comes the end! It has awakened against you! Look! <transChange type="added">It</transChange> comes!</verse>


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<verse num="7">Doom is coming against you, the dweller<note>Or "inhabitant"</note> of the land; the time comes, the day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near, panic and not joy <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the mountains.</verse>


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<verse num="8">{Soon}<note>Literally "now from near"</note> I will pour out my rage on you, and I will fully vent my anger on you, and I will judge you according to your ways, and I will bring on you all of your detestable things.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And my eye will not take pity, and I will not show compassion. According to your ways I will {deal with you},<note>Literally "on you I will bring"</note> and your detestable things will be in the midst of you, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh <transChange type="added">who</transChange> strikes.<note>Or "smites"</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">Violence has grown to <transChange type="added">become</transChange> a staff of wickedness; {none}<note>Literally "not <transChange type="added">any</transChange>"</note> from them <transChange type="added">will remain</transChange>, and {none}<note>Literally "not <transChange type="added">any</transChange>"</note> from their abundance nor from their wealth;<note>Or "noise," or "multitude"; the same word appears in each of the next three verses</note> and prominence <transChange type="added">will</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> among them.</verse>


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<verse num="12">The time has come, the day has arrived; let not the buyer rejoice, and let the seller not mourn, for anger <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on all their multitude.</verse>


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<verse num="13">For the seller will not return to the merchandise {while they are still alive},<note>Literally "while still <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the life, their life"</note> for the vision <transChange type="added">is</transChange> about all of its multitude; it will not change, and a man because of his guilt will not be able to hold onto his life.</verse>


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<verse num="14">They shall blow on the trumpet and prepare {everything},<note>Literally "the all"</note> but <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> no <transChange type="added">one</transChange> going to the battle, for my anger <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on all of their multitude.</verse>


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<verse num="15">The sword {is outside},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the outside place"</note> and the plague and the famine {are inside};<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">are</transChange> from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> house</note> <transChange type="added">the one</transChange> who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the field will die by the sword, and <transChange type="added">the one</transChange> who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the city, famine and plague will devour him.</verse>


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<verse num="16">And <transChange type="added">if</transChange> their survivors will escape, they will be on the mountains, like the doves of the valley, all of them groaning, each because of his guilt.</verse>


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<verse num="17">All of the hands will hang limp, and all of {the knees will be wet with urine}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">the</transChange> knees will flow <transChange type="added">with</transChange> water"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">And they will wear sackcloth, and horror will cover them, and on all of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> faces <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> shame, and baldness on all of their heads.</verse>


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<verse num="19">Their silver they will discard on the streets, and filth will be their gold; their silver and their gold will not be able to rescue them on the day of the wrath of Yahweh. They will not satisfy their {hunger}<note>Literally "selves," or "desire"</note> and their stomachs they will not fill, for their guilt will be their<note>Hebrew "the"</note> stumbling block. </verse>


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<verse num="20">" 'And the beauty of its<note>Or "their"</note> ornament {he made into a prideful thing}<note>Literally "to <transChange type="added">a</transChange> prideful <transChange type="added">thing</transChange> he made it"</note> and made with it their detestable things and their vile idols; therefore I will make it into an impure thing for them.</verse>


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<verse num="21">And I will give it into the hand of strangers as plunder and to the wicked people of the earth as spoil, and they will defile it.</verse>


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<verse num="22">And I will turn my face from them, and they will defile my treasured <transChange type="added">place</transChange>, and violent ones will enter and defile it.</verse>


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<verse num="23">Make a chain for the land; it is full of {bloody crimes}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">the</transChange> judgment of blood"</note> and the city is full of violence.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And I will bring <transChange type="added">the</transChange> worst of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> nations, and they will take possession of their houses, and I will put to an end <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pride of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> mighty ones, and their sanctuaries will be defiled.</verse>


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<verse num="25">Anguish comes, and they will seek peace, and <transChange type="added">there will be</transChange> none.</verse>


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<verse num="26">Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor will be upon rumor. And they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction will perish from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> priest and counsel from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> elders.</verse>


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<verse num="27">The king will mourn, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> prince will be dressed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. According to their way I will do to<note>Or "deal with"</note> them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.'" </verse>


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<verse num="1">{And then}<note>Literally "and it happened"</note> in the sixth year, in the sixth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, on the fifth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> sitting {before me}.<note>Literally "to the face of me"</note> And the hand of the Lord Yahweh fell on me there,</verse>


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<verse num="2">and I saw,<note>Or "looked"</note> and look! A figure like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> appearance of a man;<note>Hebrew "fire"; but reading the BHS note 2b, "a man."</note> from the appearance of his waist and below <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fire, and from his waist and {upward}<note>Literally "to above"</note> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> appearance of brightness,<note>Or "shining metal"</note> like the {outward appearance of}<note>Literally "eye"</note> amber.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And he sent out <transChange type="added">the</transChange> form of a hand, and he took me by a lock of hair of my head, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Spirit lifted me between earth and heaven, and it brought me to Jerusalem in visions of God to the doorway of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> inner gate {that faced north},<note>Literally "the <transChange type="added">one</transChange> facing north"</note> <transChange type="added">at</transChange> which there <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the seat of the image of jealousy, which was making jealous.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And look! There <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the glory of the God of Israel like the vision that I saw in the valley.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And he said to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> lift up now<note>Particle of entreaty, "please/ please now"</note> your eyes {toward the north}."<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">to</transChange> the way of the north"</note> And I lifted up my eyes {toward the north},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">to</transChange> the way of the north"</note> and, look, <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> to the north of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy at the entrance.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And he said to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> "{Do you see}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">Are</transChange> you seeing?"</note> what they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> doing--great detestable things that the house of Israel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> committing<note>Or "doing"</note> here <transChange type="added">so as</transChange> to drive <transChange type="added">me</transChange> from<note>Hebrew "from upon"</note> my sanctuary, and yet {you will see again}<note>Literally "you will return you will see"</note> greater<note>Or "worse"</note> detestable things."</verse>


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<verse num="7">And he brought me to the doorway of the courtyard, and I saw, and look! A hole in the wall.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And he said to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> dig now<note>Or "please"</note> through the wall." And I dug through the wall, and look! There was a doorway.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And he said to me, "Come and see the detestable things, the evil that they are doing<note>Or "making"</note> here.</verse>


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<verse num="10">And I came, and I saw, and look, all kinds of creatures<note>Hebrew "creature"</note> and detestable beasts;<note>Hebrew "beast"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all of the idols of the house of Israel <transChange type="added">were</transChange> carved on the wall {all around}.<note>Literally "around around"</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">And seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel, and Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> standing in the midst of them, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> standing {before them}.<note>Literally "to the face of them"</note> Each <transChange type="added">one</transChange> <transChange type="added">had</transChange> his censer in his hand, and the fragrance of the cloud of the incense <transChange type="added">was</transChange> going up.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> what the elders of the house of Israel <transChange type="added">are</transChange> doing in the dark, each in the inner rooms of his idol, for <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> saying, 'Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not seeing us; Yahweh has abandoned the land.'"</verse>


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<verse num="13">And he said to me, "Still {you will see again}<note>Literally "you will return, you will see"</note> greater detestable things that they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> doing."</verse>


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<verse num="14">And he brought me to the doorway of the gate of the house of Yahweh that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> toward the north, and look! There <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the women sitting weeping for Tammuz.</verse>


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<verse num="15">And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man?<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> Still {you will see again}<note>Literally "you will return, you will see"</note> greater detestable things than these."</verse>


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<verse num="16">And he brought me to the inner courtyard of the house of Yahweh, and look, <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the doorway of the temple of Yahweh, between the portico and the altar, <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> about twenty-five men <transChange type="added">with</transChange> their backs to the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east, and they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> bowing down toward the east before the sun.</verse>


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<verse num="17">And he said to me, "Have you seen, son of man?<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> {Was it too small a thing}<note>Literally "was it <transChange type="added">too</transChange> little"</note> for the house of Judah {to do}<note>Literally "from doing"</note> the detestable things that they did here? For they filled up the land <transChange type="added">with</transChange> violence, and {they provoked me to anger again},<note>Literally "they returned to provoke me to anger"</note> and look! They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> putting the branch to their nose.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And so I will act in rage, and my eye will not take pity, and I will not have compassion, and they will cry in my ear <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a loud voice, and I will not hear them." </verse>


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<verse num="1">And he called in my ears <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a loud voice, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> "<transChange type="added">They</transChange> have come near,<note>Or "Come near" (imperative)</note> the punishers of the city, and each <transChange type="added">with</transChange> his weapon of destruction in his hand.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And look! Six men coming from the way of {the upper gate}<note>Literally "the gate of the upper"</note> that faced {northward},<note>Literally "faced north + directive"</note> and each <transChange type="added">with</transChange> his weapon for<note>Or "of"</note> shattering in his hand; and one man <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in the midst of them, dressed in linen, and the<note>Or "his"</note> writing case of the scribe <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at his side. And they came and stood beside the bronze altar.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And the glory of the God of Israel lifted itself up from upon the cherub that he was on<note>Hebrew "which he was on it"</note> <transChange type="added">and went</transChange> to the threshold of the house,<note>That is, the temple</note> and he called to the man who <transChange type="added">was</transChange> clothed in linen {with a scribal writing case at his side}.<note>Literally "whom a writing case of a scribe <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at his side"</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">And Yahweh said to him, "Go through in the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and you must place a mark on the foreheads of the men {who are groaning and lamenting}<note>Literally "the men the groaning and the lamenting"</note> about all of the detestable things {that are being done}<note>Literally "the being done"</note> in the midst of her."</verse>


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<verse num="5">And to the others he said in my hearing, "Go through the city behind him and kill! Your eyes shall not take pity, and you shall not have compassion.</verse>


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<verse num="6">You must kill {totally}<note>Literally "to destruction"</note> old man, young man and young woman, and little children and women, but {concerning}<note>Literally "upon"</note> every man {with the mark on him}<note>Literally "which is on him the mark"</note> you must not approach; and from my sanctuary you must begin." And they began with the old men who {were before}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">were</transChange> to the face of"</note> the house.<note>That is, the temple</note></verse>


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<verse num="7">And he said to them, "Defile the house<note>Or "temple"</note> and fill the courtyards <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the dead; go out! And they went out, and they killed in the city.</verse>


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<verse num="8">{And then}<note>Literally "and it was"</note> {as they were striking},<note>Literally "in their striking"</note> and I <transChange type="added">was</transChange> left behind, I fell on my face, and I cried out, and I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! "<transChange type="added">Will</transChange> you <transChange type="added">be</transChange> destroying all of the remnant of Israel {while you pour out your rage}<note>Literally "when pouring out your rage"</note> on Jerusalem?"</verse>


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<verse num="9">And he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {exceedingly}<note>Literally "with very very"</note> great, and the land is filled with bloodguilt, and the city is full of injustice. For they say Yahweh abandoned the land, and {Yahweh does not see}.<note>Literally "not Yahweh <transChange type="added">is</transChange> seeing</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">And I, my eye will not take pity, and I will not have compassion; their way I will bring on their head."</verse>


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<verse num="11">And look! The man clothed in linen <transChange type="added">and</transChange> {with a writing case at his side}<note>Literally "which/whom the writing-case <transChange type="added">was</transChange> at his side"</note> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> bringing back a word, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> "I have done all that you commanded me." </verse>


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<verse num="1">And I looked, and look! On the expanse that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> above the head of the cherubim <transChange type="added">something</transChange> like a stone of sapphire,<note>Or "lapis lazuli"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> appearance of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> shape of a throne it appeared above them.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And he spoke<note>Or "said"</note> to the man clothed in linen and said, "Go {in among the wheel area under the cherubim}<note>Literally "to between to the wheel to under the cherub"</note> and fill the hollow of your hands <transChange type="added">with</transChange> coals of fire from among the cherubim, and toss <transChange type="added">them</transChange> on the city." And he went <transChange type="added">right</transChange> before my eyes.</verse>


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<verse num="3">Now<note>Or "And"</note> the cherubim <transChange type="added">were</transChange> standing on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> south of the temple {when the man went},<note>Literally "at his coming the man"</note> and the cloud filled the inner courtyard.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And the glory of Yahweh rose up from on the cherub toward<note>Or "onto"</note> the threshold of the house,<note>Or "temple"</note> and the house<note>Or "temple"</note> was filled with the cloud, and the courtyard was filled with the brightness of the glory of Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard {as far as}<note>Literally "up to"</note> the outer courtyard; <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> like the voice of God Shaddai<note>Often translated "Almighty"</note> {when he speaks}.<note>Literally "in his speaking"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="6">And then at his command<note>Or "when he commanded"</note> to the man clothed in linen, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> "Take fire from among the wheel area from among the cherubim," he went and stood beside the wheel.</verse>


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<verse num="7">Then the cherub stretched out his hand from among<note>Or "between"</note> the cherubim toward the fire that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> among<note>Or "between"</note> the cherubim, and he lifted up and gave<note>Or "placed"</note> <transChange type="added">it</transChange> into the hollow of the hand of <transChange type="added">the man</transChange> clothed with linen, and he took <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and he went out. </verse>


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<verse num="8">And <transChange type="added">there</transChange> appeared for<note>Literally "to"</note> the cherubim <transChange type="added">the</transChange> form of {a human hand}<note>Literally "a hand of a man"</note> under their wings.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And I saw, and look, four wheels beside the cherubim, {one wheel beside each cherub},<note>Literally "wheel one beside the cherub one, and wheel one beside the cherub one"</note> and the appearance of the wheels <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> outward appearance of {turquoise stone}.<note>Literally "stone of turquoise"</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">Their appearance<note>That is, of the wheels</note> {was the same for each of the four of them},<note>Literally "likeness one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> for the four of them"</note> as if the wheel was in the midst of a wheel.</verse>


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<verse num="11">{When they went}<note>Literally "In their going"</note> to the four of their directions <transChange type="added">that</transChange> they went, they did not change direction {when they went},<note>Literally "At their going"</note> for the place <transChange type="added">to</transChange> which the head<note>Or "first" or "lead wheel"</note> turned, they went behind him; they did not change direction at their going.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And {their whole body},<note>Literally "the whole of their body"</note> and their rims, and their spokes, and their wings, and the wheels <transChange type="added">were</transChange> full of eyes <transChange type="added">all</transChange> around--{the wheels for the four of them}.<note>Literally "for the four of them their wheels"</note></verse>


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<verse num="13">Concerning the wheels, he <transChange type="added">was</transChange> calling them "the wheelwork" {in my hearing}.<note>Literally "in my ears"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">And {each one had four faces};<note>Literally "four faces <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to each"</note> the face of the one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the face of a cherub, and the face of the second <transChange type="added">was the</transChange> face of a human, and the face of the third <transChange type="added">was the</transChange> face of a lion, and the fourth <transChange type="added">was the</transChange> face of an eagle. </verse>


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<verse num="15">And the cherubim rose; that is, the living creatures<note>Hebrew "creature"</note> that I saw at the {Kebar River}.<note>Literally "river of Kebar"</note></verse>


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<verse num="16">And {when the cherubim went},<note>Literally "at the going of the cherubim"</note> the wheels beside them went; and {when the cherubim lifted their wings to rise up from the earth},<note>Literally "and at the lifting of the cherubim wings their to rise from on the earth"</note> the wheels also did not turn aside from beside them.</verse>


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<verse num="17">{When they stood},<note>Literally "at their standing"</note> they stood, and at their rising, they rose with them, for the spirit of the living creatures <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in them.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And the glory of Yahweh went out from<note>Hebrew "from on"</note> the threshold of the temple, and it stood above the cherubim.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and they rose from the earth before my eyes. At their going out, the wheels <transChange type="added">were</transChange><note>Hebrew "to"</note> beside them. And he stood <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the doorway of the eastern gate of the temple<note>Or "house"</note> of Yahweh, and the glory of the God of Israel {was over them}.<note>Literally "on them from to above"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="20">This <transChange type="added">was</transChange><note>Or "these were"</note> the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel at the {Kebar River},<note>Literally "river of Kebar"</note> and I knew that they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> cherubim.</verse>


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<verse num="21">{Each one had four faces},<note>Literally "four faces <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for one/each"</note> and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> four wings for each, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> likeness of {human hands}<note>Literally "hands of a man"</note> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> under their wings.</verse>


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<verse num="22">And the likeness of their faces, they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the faces that I saw at the {Kebar River};<note>Litearlly "river of Kebar"</note> <transChange type="added">thus was</transChange> their appearance, and they each went {straight ahead}.<note>Literally "to the opposite of face his"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="1">And <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Spirit lifted me up, and it brought me to the eastern gate, the one facing east, of the temple<note>Or "house"</note> of Yahweh. And look, there were twenty-five men in the doorway of the gate, and I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur in the midst of them, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the commanders of the people.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And he said to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the men {who devise mischief},<note>Literally "the ones devising mischief"</note> and <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> offering bad counsel in this city,</verse>


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<verse num="3">who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> saying, "The building of houses <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not near; <transChange type="added">the city</transChange> is the pot, and we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the flesh.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Therefore prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!"<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="5">And the Spirit of Yahweh fell on me, and he said to me, "Say, 'thus says Yahweh: "This is what you think, house of Israel, and I myself know them,<note>Hebrew "it"</note> the thoughts of your spirit.</verse>


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<verse num="6">You made your slain ones numerous in this city, and you have filled its streets <transChange type="added">with</transChange> slain ones." '<note>Hebrew "slain one"</note></verse>


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<verse num="7">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Your slain ones whom you put in its midst, they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the flesh, and it is <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pot, and I<note>Hebrew "he"</note> will bring you out from its midst.</verse>


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<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> sword you have feared, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword I will bring against you!" {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="9">"And I will bring you out from its midst, and I will give you into <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of strangers, and I will execute judgments against you.</verse>


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<verse num="10">By the sword you will fall at the border of Israel; I will judge you, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="11">It will not be as a pot to you, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> you would be<note>Or "will be"</note> in the midst of it as flesh, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> at the border of Israel I will judge you.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh, whose<note>Hebrew "which"</note> rules you did not follow, and whose<note>Hebrew "my"</note> regulations you did not do, but according to the regulations of the nations that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> around you, you acted." '<note>Or "did"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="13">And it happened <transChange type="added">that</transChange> {as I was prophesying},<note>Literally "at my prophesying"</note> Pelatiahu the son of Benaiahu died! And I fell on my face, and I cried <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a loud voice, and I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> making <transChange type="added">a</transChange> complete destruction <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the remnant of Israel!"</verse>


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<verse num="14">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Or "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> your brothers, your brothers, the men of your redemption, and all of the house of Israel, all of it, {who said concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem},<note>Literally "which they said concerning them the inhabitants of Jerusalem"</note> 'They are far from Yahweh, <transChange type="added">therefore</transChange> to us this land was given as a possession.'</verse>


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<verse num="16">Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Though I have removed them <transChange type="added">far away</transChange> among the nations and though I have scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary to them <transChange type="added">for a</transChange> little while in the countries {to which they have gone}.'"<note>Literally "which they came there"</note></verse>


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<verse num="17">Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "And I will assemble you from the peoples, and I will gather you from the countries <transChange type="added">to</transChange> which you were scattered among them, and I will give the land of Israel to you.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And <transChange type="added">when</transChange> they come there, then they will remove all of its vile idols and all of its detestable things from it.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And I will give to them one heart, and a new spirit I will give<note>Or "put"</note> in their inner parts. And I will remove their<note>Hebrew "the"</note> heart of stone from their body, and I will give to them a heart of flesh,</verse>


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<verse num="20">so that they may walk in my statutes, and they will keep my regulations, and they will do them, and they will be to me a people, and I myself will be to them as God.</verse>


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<verse num="21">But to<note>Or "and to"</note> the heart of their abominations and the detestable things their heart is going. I will bring their way on their head," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.'" </verse>


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<verse num="22">Then<note>Or "And"</note> the cherubim lifted up their wings, and their<note>Or "the"</note> wheels <transChange type="added">were</transChange> beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel {was over them}.<note>Literally "from to above"</note></verse>


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<verse num="23">And the glory of Yahweh went up from the midst of the city, and it stood <transChange type="added">still</transChange> on the mountain that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to the east of the city.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Spirit lifted me up, and it brought me to Chaldea, to the exiles,<note>Hebrew "exile"</note> in the vision by the spirit of God; and the vision that I had seen {left me}.<note>Literally "went up from <transChange type="added">being</transChange> upon me"</note></verse>


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<verse num="25">And I spoke to the exiles<note>Hebrew "exile"</note> all of the words of Yahweh that he had shown me. </verse>


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<verse num="1">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> dwelling in the midst of the house of rebellion {who has eyes to see and they do not see};<note>Literally "which eyes <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for them to see and not they see"</note> {they have ears to hear},<note>Literally "ears <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for them to hear"</note> and they do not hear, for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a house of rebellion.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> prepare for yourself<note>Hebrew "you"</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> baggage of an exile, and go into exile by day before their eyes. And you must go into<note>Hebrew "in"</note> exile from your place to another place before their eyes; perhaps they will see that they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a house of rebellion.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And you must bring out your baggage like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> baggage of an exile by day before their eyes, and you must go out in the evening before their eyes like {those who go into exile}.<note>Literally "like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> goers out of an exile"</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">Before their eyes dig through for yourself,<note>Hebrew "you"</note> through the wall, and you must bring <transChange type="added">the baggage</transChange> out through it.</verse>


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<verse num="6">Before their eyes, on your<note>Literally "the"</note> shoulder, you must lift up <transChange type="added">the baggage</transChange> in the dusk, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> your face you must cover, so that you may not see the land, for I make you <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a sign to the house of Israel."</verse>


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<verse num="7">And I did {just as}<note>Literally "so as that"</note> I was commanded; my baggage, like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> baggage of an exile, I brought out by day, and in the evening I dug through for myself<note>Hebrew "me"</note> into<note>Hebrew "in"</note> the wall with my hand in the dusk; I brought <transChange type="added">the baggage</transChange> on <transChange type="added">my</transChange> shoulder; I carried <transChange type="added">it</transChange> before their eyes.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me in the morning, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="9">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> did not they, the house of Israel, the house of rebellion, say to you, 'What <transChange type="added">are</transChange> you doing?'</verse>


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<verse num="10">Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "This oracle <transChange type="added">is about</transChange> the prince in Jerusalem and {the entire}<note>Literally "all of"</note> house of Israel {who are among them}." '<note>Literally "which they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the midst of them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">Say, 'I am your sign, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> {just as}<note>Literally "as that"</note> I did, so will it be done to them in the exile; into<note>Hebrew "in"</note> captivity they will go.'</verse>


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<verse num="12">And the prince who <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst of them, on <transChange type="added">his</transChange> shoulder he will carry <transChange type="added">the baggage</transChange> in the dusk, and<note>Or "in the dusk he will go out"</note> he will go out; {the wall will be dug through}<note>Literally "through the wall they will dig"</note> to bring him through it; and he will cover his face so that he will<note>Or "may"</note> not see the land with his<note>Hebrew "the"</note> eye.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And I will spread out my net on him, and he will be captured in my hunting snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And all who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> around him, his help<note>Or "support"</note> and all of his troops I will scatter {in every direction},<note>Literally "to every direction of the wind"</note> and I will draw<note>Or "unsheathe"</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword behind them.</verse>


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<verse num="15">And they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh {when I scatter them}<note>Literally "at my scattering them"</note> among the nations and I scatter them in the countries.</verse>


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<verse num="16">But<note>Or "And"</note> I will spare from them {a few men}<note>Literally "men of number"</note> from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword, from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> famine and from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> plague, so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations <transChange type="added">to</transChange> which they will go, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh." </verse>


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<verse num="17">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> you must eat your food with trembling, and your water with shuddering, and with anxiety you must drink.</verse>


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<verse num="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<note>Or "of"</note> its fullness because of all the violence of {those who are dwelling in it}.<note>Literally "the ones dwelling in it"</note></verse>


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<verse num="20">And {the inhabited cites will be desolate},<note>Literally "the being inhabited <transChange type="added">cities</transChange> they will be desolate"</note> and the land will be a desolation, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh." '" </verse>


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<verse num="21">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="22">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> this proverb {you people have}<note>Literally "to you"</note> about the land of Israel, {saying},<note>Literally "to you"</note> '{The days are prolonged},<note>Literally "they are long the days"</note> and every vision has come to nothing.'</verse>


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<verse num="23">Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "I will put an end <transChange type="added">to</transChange> this proverb, and they will not quote it as a proverb again in Israel." ' But<note>Hebrew "But if"</note> say to them, 'The days are near, and <transChange type="added">also</transChange> the word of every vision.'</verse>


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<verse num="24">For <transChange type="added">there</transChange> will not be any longer {any false vision}<note>Literally "every vision of falseness"</note> or flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="25">For I, Yahweh, I will speak what I will speak <transChange type="added">as a</transChange> word, and it will be done. It will not prolong <transChange type="added">itself</transChange> any longer, for in your days, house of rebellion, I will speak a word and I will fulfill it!" {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="27">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> look! The house of Israel <transChange type="added">is</transChange> saying, 'The vision that he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> seeing <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for many days <transChange type="added">from now</transChange>, and for distant times he <transChange type="added">is</transChange> prophesying.'</verse>


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<verse num="28">Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "None of my words will <transChange type="added">be</transChange> prolonged any longer that I speak <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a word, and it will be fulfilled!" '" {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="1">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Or "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> prophesy to<note>Or "against"</note> the prophets of Israel {who are prophesying},<note>Literally "the <transChange type="added">ones</transChange> prophesying"</note> and you must say to <transChange type="added">those who are</transChange> prophets out of their own {imagination},<note>Literally "heart"</note> 'Hear the word of Yahweh!'</verse>


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<verse num="3">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Alas, for the foolish prophets who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> going after their <transChange type="added">own</transChange> spirit, {and they did not see anything}!<note>Literally "and not they saw"</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">You did not go up into<note>Hebrew "in"</note> the breaches and repair a wall for the house of Israel to stand <transChange type="added">firm</transChange> in the battle on the day of Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="6">They saw falseness and {a lying divination},<note>Literally "a divination of a lie"</note> the ones saying, 'Declaration of Yahweh!' and Yahweh did not send them, and they wait {for the confirmation of their word}.<note>Literally "to confirm a word"</note></verse>


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<verse num="7">Have you not seen {a false vision}<note>Literally "vision of falseness"</note> and spoken <transChange type="added">a</transChange> {lying divination},<note>Literally "divination of a lie"</note> and <transChange type="added">you</transChange> said, 'Declaration of Yahweh!' but {I myself did not speak}.<note>Literally "I not I spoke"</note></verse>


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<verse num="8">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Because of your speaking falseness and <transChange type="added">because</transChange> you envisioned a lie, therefore, look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against you!" {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="9">"And it will be my hand against the prophets who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> seeing falseness and who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> practicing lying divination. They will not be in the council of my people, and they will not be written <transChange type="added">down</transChange> in the record <transChange type="added">book</transChange> of the house of Israel, and into<note>Hebrew "in"</note> the land of Israel they will not come, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="10">Because, yes, because they led my people astray, {saying}<note>Literally "to say"</note> 'Peace!' And <transChange type="added">there is</transChange> not peace. And <transChange type="added">when</transChange> anyone<note>Hebrew "he"</note> builds a flimsy wall, look, they coat it <transChange type="added">with</transChange> whitewash.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Say to <transChange type="added">those</transChange> covering <transChange type="added">it</transChange> <transChange type="added">with</transChange> whitewash that it will fall; there will be {a torrent of rain},<note>Literally "rain flooding"</note> and I will give stones of hail; they will fall! <note>Or "and I will give great hailstones. They will fall"</note> And a {windstorm}<note>Literally "wind of a storm"; or "with respect/concerning you stones of hail, they will fall"</note> will burst forth!</verse>


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<verse num="12">And look! <transChange type="added">When</transChange> the wall falls, will it not be said to you, 'Where <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the whitewash <transChange type="added">with</transChange> which you covered <transChange type="added">it</transChange>?'</verse>


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<verse num="13">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I will let burst forth a {windstorm}<note>Literally "a wind of storm"</note> in my rage, and {there will be a torrent of rain}<note>Literally "rain flooding there will be"</note> in my anger, and hailstones in <transChange type="added">my</transChange> rage {for complete destruction}.<note>Literally "to complete destruction"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">And I will break down the wall that you covered <transChange type="added">with</transChange> whitewash, and I will knock it to the ground, and its foundation will be revealed, and it will fall, and you will come to an end in the midst of it, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh!</verse>


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<verse num="15">And I will fully vent my rage against the wall and against those covering it <transChange type="added">with</transChange> whitewash, and I will say to you, "{The wall is no more},<note>Literally "not <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the wall"</note> and {the people covering it are no more},<note>Literally "not <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the <transChange type="added">people</transChange> whitewashing him"</note></verse>


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<verse num="16"><transChange type="added">that is</transChange>, the prophets of Israel, the ones prophesying concerning Jerusalem and the ones seeing visions of peace, and there is not peace!'" " {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="17">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> place your face toward the daughters of your people who prophesy from their {imagination},<note>Literally "heart"</note> and prophesy against them!</verse>


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<verse num="18">And you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Woe to {those who sew}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">the</transChange> sewers of"</note> magic charm bands on all the wrists<note>Or "joints"</note> of the hands of my <transChange type="added">people</transChange> and {those who make the veils}<note>Literally "the makers of the veils"</note> <transChange type="added">that are</transChange> on the head of <transChange type="added">people of</transChange> every height, to ensnare <transChange type="added">people's</transChange> lives!<note>Or "souls"</note> Will you ensnare <transChange type="added">the</transChange> lives<note>Or "souls"</note> of my people {and keep yourselves alive}?<note>Literally "and lives/souls for you, you keep alive"</note></verse>


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<verse num="19">And you defiled me among my people for a handful of barley and for morsels of bread to kill persons who should not die and to keep alive persons who should not live by <transChange type="added">means of</transChange> your lies to my people <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> listening to <transChange type="added">your</transChange> lies." '<note>Hebrew "lie"</note></verse>


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<verse num="20">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Look! I am against your magic charm bands {with which you are ensnaring persons}<note>Literally "which you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ensnaring with them the souls/individuals"</note> as birds; I will tear them from your arms, and I will release the persons that you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> ensnaring, <transChange type="added">treating</transChange> persons as birds.</verse>


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<verse num="21">And I will tear off your veils, and I will deliver my people from your hand, and they will not any longer be in your hand as prey, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="22">Because <transChange type="added">you</transChange> disheartened <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heart of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous <transChange type="added">by</transChange> deception, and I have not<note>Or "did not"</note> caused him pain, and strengthened <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hands of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked <transChange type="added">so that he did</transChange> not turn<note>Or "not to turn"</note> from his wicked way to save his life.</verse>


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<verse num="23">Therefore falseness<note>Or "vanity" or "vain/false visions"</note> you will not see,<note>Or "observe"</note> and divination you will not practice<note>Or "you will indeed not practice divination"</note> any longer, and I will rescue my people from your hand, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh!'" </verse>


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<verse num="1">And men from the elders of Israel came to me, and they sat {before me}.<note>Literally "to the face of me"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="3">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> these men took up their idols into their heart and {they placed before themselves}<note>Literally "they gave before their faces"</note> a stumbling block of their guilt.<note>Or "iniquity"</note> {Should I really let myself be consulted by them}?<note>Literally "Surely I will let me be consulted by them?"</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">Therefore speak with them, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Every person from the house of Israel who brings up his idols into his heart and {places before himself}<note>Literally "they gave before their faces"</note> a stumbling block of his guilt<note>Or "iniquity"</note> and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> he comes to the prophet, I Yahweh, I will respond to him through this act<note>Hebrew "it"</note> with <transChange type="added">respect to</transChange> the multitude<note>According to the Kethib; the Qere reads "I will respond to him, he who comes with the multitude of his idols"</note> of his idols,</verse>


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<verse num="5">so that <transChange type="added">I may</transChange> take hold of the house of Israel by their heart, <transChange type="added">those</transChange> who are estranged from me, all of them, through their idols.'</verse>


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<verse num="6">Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Return,<note>Or "Repent"</note> and turn away from your idols and from all of your detestable things! Turn away your faces!" '</verse>


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<verse num="7">For {each person}<note>Literally "a man, a man" or "each one, each one"</note> from the house of Israel, and from the alien who dwells as an alien in Israel, who separates himself {from following me}<note>Literally "from behind me"</note> and brings up his idols into his heart and {places before himself}<note>Literally "he puts beside his face"</note> a stumbling block of his guilt<note>Or "iniquity"</note>, and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> he comes to the prophet to consult him concerning me, I Yahweh will answer<note>Or "am answering"</note> him myself.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And I will set my face against that person, and I will make him to<note>Or "as"</note> <transChange type="added">be</transChange> a sign and <transChange type="added">make him</transChange> into<note>Hebrew "to"</note> <transChange type="added">the subject of</transChange> proverbs; and I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you will know I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And the prophet, if he is deceived and he speaks a word, I Yahweh, I have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him, and I will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="10">And they will bear their guilt, like<note>Or "as"</note> the guilt of the inquirer so<note>Or "like"</note> the guilt of the prophet will be,</verse>


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<verse num="11">so that the house of Israel will not go astray again {from me},<note>Literally "from behind me"</note> and they will not make themselves unclean again with all of their transgressions, and they will be for me a people, and I will be for them as God," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="12">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="13">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> when a land sins against me by {acting very unfaithfully},<note>Literally "acting unfaithfully doing infidelity"</note> then I will stretch out my hand against it, and I will break for it <transChange type="added">the</transChange> {supply of food},<note>Literally "staff of bread"</note> and I will send against it famine, and I will cut it off, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> human and animal.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And if <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the three of these men were in the midst of it--Noah, Daniel, and Job--they, through their righteousness, would save <transChange type="added">only</transChange> {themselves}!"<note>Literally "their souls"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="15">"If a fierce animal I <transChange type="added">should</transChange> let cross through the land, and it <transChange type="added">should</transChange> make it childless and it will be <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation, so that <transChange type="added">there will</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> one crossing over <transChange type="added">the land</transChange> {due to}<note>Literally "from the face of"</note> the presence of the animal,</verse>


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<verse num="16"><transChange type="added">even if</transChange> these three men <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the midst of it, {as surely as I live},"<note>Literally "live I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, "surely they will not save sons and daughters; {they themselves alone},<note>Literally "they to alone them"</note> they will be saved, but the land will be <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Or, if I bring a sword over that land, and I say, 'Sword, let it cross over into<note>Hebrew "in"</note> the land!' And I will cut off from it <transChange type="added">both</transChange> human and animal.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And <transChange type="added">if</transChange> these three men <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the midst of it, {as surely as I live},"<note>Literally "live I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, "they will not save sons and daughters, but {they alone}<note>Literally "they to alone them"</note> will be saved.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And if I <transChange type="added">were to</transChange> send a plague to that land, and I pour out my rage on it with blood to cut it off, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> human and animal,</verse>


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<verse num="20">and <transChange type="added">if</transChange> Noah, Daniel, and Job <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the midst of her, {as surely as I live},"<note>Literally "live I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, "surely not <transChange type="added">a</transChange> son, surely not <transChange type="added">a</transChange> daughter will they save by their righteousness; they would save {themselves}."<note>Literally "their souls"</note></verse>


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<verse num="21">For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "How much more when I send my four punishments--the evil sword, and famine, and <transChange type="added">a</transChange> fierce animal, and a plague--to Jerusalem to cut it off, <transChange type="added">both</transChange> human and animal!</verse>


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<verse num="22">But<note>Or "And"</note> look! A remnant will be left over in it, sons and daughters {who will be brought out}.<note>Literally "the ones being brought out"</note> Look! They are coming out to you, and you will see their way, and with their deeds you will be consoled with respect to<note>Hebrew "for"</note> the evil that I brought over Jerusalem, all of <transChange type="added">it</transChange> that I brought over<note>Or "upon"</note> it.</verse>


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<verse num="23">And they will console you when you see their way and their deeds, and you will know that not for nothing I did all that I did in it," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man, how will the wood of the vine be {better than}<note>Literally "more than"</note> {any of the wood of}<note>Literally "all of the wood of"</note> the branch which is among the trees of the forest?<note>Or "wood"</note></verse>


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<verse num="3">Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can they take a tent peg from it to hang on it any object?<note>Or "vessel"</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">Look! It is given to the fire as fuel. The fire will consume two of its ends, and its middle will be charred. Is it useful for anything?</verse>


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<verse num="5">Look! {When it is in perfect condition},<note>Literally "In being it perfect"</note> it will not be used for anything, {how much less}<note>Literally "indeed"</note> {when the fire has consumed it}<note>Literally "for <transChange type="added">if</transChange> fire has consumed it"</note> and it is charred; and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> can it be used again for anything?</verse>


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<verse num="6">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: {Just like}<note>Literally "As that"</note> the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest<note>Or "wood"</note> which I gave to the fire for fuel, so I have given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And I will set my face against them. From the fire they <transChange type="added">may</transChange>{escape},<note>Literally "go out"</note> but the fire will <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> consume them, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh {when I set my face against them}.<note>Literally "in to set me my face against them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="8">And I will make the land <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation because {they acted very unfaithfully}!"<note>Literally "they displayed infidelity"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> make known to Jerusalem its detestable things,</verse>


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<verse num="3">and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth <transChange type="added">were</transChange> from the land of the Canaanites,<note>Hebrew "Canaanite"</note> your father <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an Amorite, and your mother <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a Hittite.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> your birth, {on the day you were born}<note>Literally "on the day of being born you"</note> your umbilical cord was not cut, and {you were not thoroughly washed clean with water},<note>Literally "with water not you were cleansed for cleansing"</note> and {you were not thoroughly rubbed with salt},<note>Literally "being rubbed with salt you were not rubbed with salt"</note> and {you were not carefully wrapped in strips of cloth}.<note>Literally "being wrapped in strips of cloth not you were wrapped in strips of cloth"</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">{No eye took pity on you}<note>Literally "not took pity on you an eye"</note> to do to you one of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> to show compassion for you, and you were thrown {into the open field}<note>Literally "to the face of the field"</note> in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> despising of you {on the day you were born}.<note>Literally "on the day of being born you"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="6">" 'And I passed by you, and I saw you kicking about in your blood, and I said to you in your blood, "Live!</verse>


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<verse num="7">Grow up;<note>Or "A myriad <transChange type="added">I have made you</transChange>"</note> I will make you like a plant of the field." And you grew up, and you became tall and {reached full womanhood}.<note>Literally "ornament of ornaments"</note> <transChange type="added">Your</transChange> breasts were formed, and your hair had grown, but you <transChange type="added">were</transChange> naked and bare. </verse>


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<verse num="8">" 'And I passed by you, and I saw you, and look, {your time of lovemaking had come},<note>Literally "your time <transChange type="added">was the</transChange> time of lovemaking"</note> and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I spread out my hem over you, and I covered your nakedness, and I swore to you, and I entered into<note>Hebrew "in"</note> a covenant with you,' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, 'and {you became mine}.<note>Literally "and you were to me"</note></verse>


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<verse num="9">And I washed you with water, and I rinsed off your blood from on you, and I anointed you with oil.</verse>


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<verse num="10">And I clothed you <transChange type="added">with</transChange> beautiful finished cloth, and I put sandals <transChange type="added">on</transChange> you <transChange type="added">of</transChange> fine leather, and I bound you in fine linen, and I covered you <transChange type="added">with</transChange> costly fabric.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And I adorned you <transChange type="added">with</transChange> ornaments,<note>Hebrew "ornament"</note> and I put a bracelet on your arms and a necklace on your neck.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And I put an ornamental ring on your nose and earrings on your ears and a {beautiful crown}<note>Literally "a crown of splendor"</note> on your head.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And you adorned yourself with gold and silver, and your clothing <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fine linen and costly fabric and beautiful finished cloth; you ate finely milled flour and honey and olive oil, and you became exceedingly beautiful; {you were fit to be a queen}.<note>Literally "you could succeed to queenship"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">And a name went out for you among the nations because of your beauty, for it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> perfect because of my majesty that I bestowed on you,' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="15">'And you trusted in your beauty, and you prostituted on account of your name, and you poured out your fornication on every <transChange type="added">one</transChange> passing by, <transChange type="added">saying</transChange>, "Let it be his."</verse>


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<verse num="16">And you took from your clothes and you made for yourself colorful<note>Or "gaudy"</note> shrines, and you prostituted on them; {this had not happened before},<note>Literally "Not <transChange type="added">were</transChange> happening"</note> and it {will not continue to happen}.<note>Literally "and not it will be"; Hebrew text unclear</note></verse>


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<verse num="17">And you took {your beautiful jewelry}<note>Literally "the jewelry of splendor"</note> <transChange type="added">made</transChange> from my gold and from my silver that I had given to you, and you made for yourself {male images},<note>Literally "images of a male"</note> and you prostituted with them.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And you took the clothes of your beautiful finished cloth, and you covered them and my oil and my incense you set {before them}.<note>Literally "to the face of them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="19">And my bread that I gave to you, finely milled flour and oil and honey <transChange type="added">with which</transChange> I fed you, then you set it {before them}<note>Literally "to the face of them"</note> as a {pleasing odor},<note>Literally "a scent of an incense"</note> and so it was,' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="20">'And you took your sons and your daughters whom you had borne for me, and you sacrificed them to them to be eaten,<note>Or "consumed"</note> {as if your whorings were not enough}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">it was too</transChange> little from your whorings"</note></verse>


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<verse num="21">And you slaughtered my children, and you gave them {to be sacrificed to them}.<note>Literally "to cause them to cross over to them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="22">And <transChange type="added">in</transChange> all of your detestable things and your fornication you did not remember the days of your childhood {when you were naked and bare},<note>Literally "at your being naked and bare"</note> <transChange type="added">when</transChange> you were kicking about in your blood. </verse>


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<verse num="23">" 'And then after all of your evil! Woe, woe, to you!' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="24">'And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> you built for yourself a mound, and you made for yourself a high place in every public square.</verse>


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<verse num="25">At <transChange type="added">the</transChange> head of every street you built your high place and you disgraced your beauty and you spread your feet for every passerby, and you increased your whoring.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And you prostituted with the {Egyptians},<note>Literally "sons/children of Egypt"</note> your neighbors {who were sexually aroused},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">those</transChange> being great of flesh"</note> and you increased your fornication to provoke me.</verse>


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<verse num="27">And look! I stretched out my hand against you, and I reduced your portion, and I gave you into<note>Hebrew "in"</note> the desire of your haters, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed because of your lewd {conduct}.<note>Literally "your way <transChange type="added">of life</transChange>"</note></verse>


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<verse num="28">And you prostituted with the {Assyrians}<note>Literally "sons/children of Assyria"</note> on account of {your insatiable lust},<note>Literally "of no your satisfaction"</note> and you prostituted <transChange type="added">with</transChange> them, and still you were not satisfied.</verse>


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<verse num="29">And you increased your fornication to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land of traders,<note>Hebrew "trader"</note> <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Chaldea, and even with this you were not satisfied.</verse>


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<verse num="30">How hot with fever <transChange type="added">was</transChange> your heart!' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. '{When you did}<note>Literally "at/in you to do"</note> all of these actions {of a headstrong female prostitute},<note>Literally "deeds of a woman prostituting domineering"</note></verse>


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<verse num="31">{when you built}<note>Literally "at/in building your"</note> your mound at <transChange type="added">the</transChange> head of every street and your high place you made on every street, yet<note>Hebrew "and"</note> you were<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> not like a prostitute, <transChange type="added">as you were</transChange> scorning <transChange type="added">your</transChange> harlot's wages.</verse>


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<verse num="33">To all prostitutes they give a fee, but you, you gave your gifts to all of your lovers, and you bribed them to come to you from all around in your whorings!</verse>


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<verse num="34">And it was the opposite with you from the <transChange type="added">other</transChange> women in your whorings; {no one solicited you as a prostitute}.<note>Literally "and after you not he solicited a prostitute"</note> {You gave}<note>Literally "And at your giving"</note> a harlot's wages, and <transChange type="added">a</transChange> harlot's wages <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not given to you, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> it was <transChange type="added">just</transChange> the opposite. </verse>


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<verse num="36">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because of the pouring out of your shame and <transChange type="added">because</transChange> your nakedness was revealed in your whoring with your lovers, and on account of all of the idols of your detestable things, and according to the blood of your children whom you gave to them,</verse>


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<verse num="37">therefore, look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> gathering all of your lovers {whom you were pleased about},<note>Literally "whom you were pleased about them"</note> and all of whom you loved in addition to all of whom you hated, and I will gather them against you from {everywhere},<note>Literally "all around"</note> and I <transChange type="added">will</transChange> uncover your nakedness to them, and they will see all of your nakedness.</verse>


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<verse num="38">And I will judge you <transChange type="added">with the</transChange> judgment of <transChange type="added">women</transChange> committing adultery and shedding blood, and I will give you <transChange type="added">the</transChange> blood of rage and jealousy.</verse>


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<verse num="39">And I will give you into their hand, and they will demolish your mound, and they will break down your high places, and they will strip you of your clothes, and they will take {your beautiful jewelry},<note>Literally "the objects of your splendor"</note> and they will leave you naked and bare.</verse>


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<verse num="40">And they will bring up against you a crowd, and they will stone you with stones,<note>Hebrew "stone"</note> and they will cut you to pieces with their swords.</verse>


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<verse num="41">And they will burn your houses with fire, and they will execute against you judgments {before}<note>Literally "to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> eyes of"</note> many women, and I will stop you from prostitution, and also a harlot's wages you will not give<note>Or "pay"</note> again.</verse>


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<verse num="42">And I will satisfy my rage on you, and my jealousy will turn away from you, and I will be calm, and I will not be angry <transChange type="added">any</transChange> longer.</verse>


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<verse num="43">{Because}<note>Literally "because that"</note> you did not remember<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere) with BHS</note> the days of your childhood and you made me angry with all of these. And in turn I, look, I will return your way upon <transChange type="added">your</transChange> head,' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, 'and did<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere); cf. BHS</note> you not <transChange type="added">do</transChange> wickedness<note>Literally "the wickedness"</note> in addition to all of your detestable things?</verse>


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<verse num="44">Look! Everyone quoting a proverb<note>Literally "proverbing a proverb"</note> against you, he will quote, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> 'Like her mother <transChange type="added">is</transChange> her daughter!'</verse>


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<verse num="45">You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a daughter of your mother <transChange type="added">who</transChange> abhorred her husband and her children, and you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a sister of your sisters who abhorred their husbands and their children. Your mother <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a Hittite, and your father <transChange type="added">was</transChange> an Amorite.</verse>


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<verse num="46">And your elder sister, she <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Samaria, and her daughters, <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> dwelling on your north, and your younger sister <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the one dwelling on your south; <transChange type="added">she</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Sodom and her daughters.</verse>


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<verse num="47">And you have not <transChange type="added">only</transChange> gone in their ways, but<note>Or "and"</note> you <transChange type="added">also</transChange> did according to their detestable things. {In such a short time}<note>Literally "as few little and"</note> you behaved <transChange type="added">more</transChange> corruptly than they in all of your ways.</verse>


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<verse num="48">{As surely as I live},'<note>Literally "live I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, 'surely your sister Sodom and her daughters did not <transChange type="added">do</transChange> as<note>Hebrew "as that"</note> you and your daughters did.</verse>


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<verse num="49">Look! This was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: Pride, abundance of food, and {prosperous ease}<note>Literally "and ease of granting relief"</note> was to her and to her daughters, and {she did not sustain the needy and the poor}.<note>Literally "And <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> needy and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> poor not she did take hold of"</note></verse>


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<verse num="50">And they were proud, and they did a detestable thing {before me},<note>Literally "to the face of me"</note> and I removed them {because}<note>Literally "as that"</note> I saw <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="51">And Samaria did not sin {according to even half of your sins},<note>Literally "about/as/like the half of sins your not did she sin"</note> and you caused your detestable things to increase more than they, and you made your sister righteous <transChange type="added">in comparison</transChange> with all of your detestable things that you did.<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere); cf. BHS</note></verse>


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<verse num="52">Also,<note>Or "indeed"</note> you bear your disgrace, <transChange type="added">by</transChange> which you furnished justification to your sisters<note>Hebrew "sister"</note> through your sins <transChange type="added">by</transChange> which you acted more abominably than they; they were more righteous than you, and also,<note>Or "indeed"</note> you be ashamed and bear your disgrace through your making your sister righteous. </verse>


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<verse num="53">And I will restore their fortune, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters, and <transChange type="added">even</transChange> the fortunes of your captivity in the midst of them,</verse>


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<verse num="54">in order that you may bear your disgrace and you may be put to shame because of all that you did at your consoling them.</verse>


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<verse num="55">And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, they will return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters, they will return to their former state, and you and your daughters will return to your former state.</verse>


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<verse num="56">And was not Sodom, your sister, a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride</verse>


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<verse num="57">{before}<note>Literally "at not yet"</note> your evil was uncovered? <transChange type="added">It was</transChange> like the time of the scorn of the daughters of Aram and all <transChange type="added">those</transChange> around her, and of the daughters of the Philistines, those all around who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> despising you.</verse>


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<verse num="58">Your wickedness and your detestable things, you, you must bear them,' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="59">'For thus says the Lord Yahweh: And I will do it<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> to you {according to what you have done},<note>Literally "as that you have done"</note> who despised <transChange type="added">the</transChange> oath to break covenant.</verse>


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<verse num="60">And I, I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish with you {an everlasting covenant}.<note>Literally "a covenant of eternity"</note></verse>


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<verse num="61">And you will remember your ways, and you will be ashamed when you take your sisters, {both the older and the younger},<note>Literally "the older from you to the younger from you"</note> and I give them to you as daughters, but not on account of your covenant.</verse>


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<verse num="62">And I, I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh,</verse>


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<verse num="63">in order that you will remember, and you will be ashamed, and {you will not open your mouth again}<note>Literally "and not it will be again an opening of mouth"</note> {because of}<note>Literally "from the face of"</note> your disgrace when I forgive you for all that you have done!'" {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> tell a riddle and quote a proverb to the house of Israel,</verse>


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<verse num="3">and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{The great eagle with great wings and long feathers}<note>Literally "the eagle the great great of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wings long of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> feather"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> {full of variegated plumage}<note>Literally "full of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> plumage which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for him <transChange type="added">the</transChange> variegated"</note> came to Lebanon and he took the treetop of the cedar.</verse>


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<verse num="4">He plucked the top of its new plant shoot, and he brought it to the land of Canaan <transChange type="added">and</transChange> put it in a city of merchants,</verse>


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<verse num="5">and he took from the seed of the land and placed it in {fertile soil}<note>Literally "a field of seed"</note> on<note>Or "by"</note> many waters; <transChange type="added">like</transChange> a willow he planted it.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And it sprouted, and {it became a vine spreading out},<note>Literally "he was to vine spreading out"</note> low of height, turning its branches to him, and its roots were under it, and {it became a vine},<note>Literally "and it was to a vine"</note> and it made<note>Or "sprouted"</note> branches, and it sent out foliage. </verse>


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<verse num="7">" '"And there was another great eagle, great of wings and <transChange type="added">with</transChange> abundant plumage, and look! This vine stretched out its roots toward him and extended its branches to him to water it from the garden bed {where it was planted}.<note>Literally "from the garden bed of its planting"</note></verse>


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<verse num="8">It was planted in<note>Or "to"</note> <transChange type="added">a</transChange> good field by<note>Or "to"</note> many waters<note>Hebrew "water"</note> to produce branches<note>Hebrew "branch"</note> and to bear fruit to become<note>Hebrew "be"</note> {a beautiful vine}." '<note>Literally "to a vine of splendor"</note></verse>


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<verse num="9">Say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Will it prosper? Will he not tear out its roots, and will he not make its fruit scaly, and it will wither, and all of the freshness of its vegetation will dry up? And to lift it from its roots {will not require great strength or many people}.<note>Literally "not with strong arm and with many people"</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">And look! <transChange type="added">Though</transChange> it is planted, will it prosper? {When the east wind strikes it},<note>Literally "at striking her/it the wind of the east"</note> will it not dry up completely? On the garden bed of its vegetation it will dry up!" '" </verse>


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<verse num="12">"Say now to the rebellious house of Israel, 'Do you not know what these <transChange type="added">are</transChange>?'<note>Or "mean"</note> Say, 'Look! The king of Babylon will come <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Jerusalem, and he will take its king and its officials, and he will bring<note>Or "take"</note> them to himself,<note>Hebrew "him"</note> <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Babylon.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And he took from the seed of the kingship, and he made with him a covenant, and {he brought him under oath},<note>Literally "and he brought him in<transChange type="added">to</transChange> oath"</note> and he took the rulers of the land,</verse>


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<verse num="14">so that <transChange type="added">they would</transChange> be a humble kingdom and not lift itself up to keep his covenant {in order for it to stand}.<note>Literally "to standing her"; or "to let her stand"</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Egypt to give to him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Will he escape doing these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>, and can he break <transChange type="added">the</transChange> covenant and escape?</verse>


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<verse num="16">{As I live},'<note>Literally "live I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, '{surely}<note>Literally "if not"</note> in the place of the king {who made}<note>Literally "who <transChange type="added">he was</transChange> making"</note> him king, who despised his oath and who broke his covenant with him--in the midst of Babylon he will die.</verse>


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<verse num="17">And not with a great army and with a great crowd will Pharaoh work<note>Or "help/aid"</note> with him in the war, at the pouring out of a siege ramp and the building of siege works to destroy many lives.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And he despised <transChange type="added">the</transChange> oath to break covenant. And, look, he gave his hand <transChange type="added">in pledge</transChange>, and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> he did all of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>. He will not escape.'</verse>


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<verse num="19">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: '{As I live},<note>Literally "live I"</note> {surely}<note>Literally "if not"</note> my oath that he despised and my covenant that he broke I will return upon his head.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my hunting net, and I will bring him <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Babylon, and I will enter into judgment with him there <transChange type="added">about</transChange> his infidelity that he displayed against me.</verse>


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<verse num="21">And all of his choice troops, among all of his troops, they will fall by the sword, and <transChange type="added">those who</transChange> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> remaining,<note>Or "left over"</note> they will be scattered to all <transChange type="added">the directions of the</transChange> wind, and you will know that I, Yahweh, I have spoken.'</verse>


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<verse num="22">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'And I will take, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, from the treetop of the high cedar, and I will plant <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, from the head of its new plant shoot I will pluck a tender one, and I will plant <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> I, on a high and lofty mountain.</verse>


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<verse num="23">On the height of the mountain of Israel I will plant <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and it will carry<note>Or "bear"</note> branches,<note>Hebrew "branch"</note> and it will bear fruit, and {it will become a noble cedar},<note>Literally "he will be to a cedar noble"</note> and all of the birds of all wings<note>Or "kinds"</note> will dwell under it in the shade of its branches.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And all of the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, I will bring low a high tree, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> I will exalt a low, fresh tree, and I will make a dry tree flourish. I, Yahweh, I have spoken, and I will do <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.'" </verse>


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<verse num="2">"{What do you mean by}<note>Literally "What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to you"</note> quoting this proverb about the land of Israel, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> 'The fathers, they ate unripe fruit, and the teeth of the child became blunt.'<note>Or "dull," set on edge"</note></verse>


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<verse num="3">{As I live},<note>Literally "life I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, it will surely not any longer be {appropriate for you}<note>Literally "to you"</note> to quote this proverb in Israel!</verse>


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<verse num="4">Look! {All lives are mine}.<note>Literally "all of the lives <transChange type="added">are</transChange> for me they"</note> {The lives of father and son alike are mine}.<note>Literally "Like the life of the father and like the life of the son <transChange type="added">is</transChange> to me look"</note> The person<note>Or "life," or "soul"</note> sinning will die.</verse>


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<verse num="6">and on the mountains he <transChange type="added">does</transChange> not eat and he <transChange type="added">does</transChange> not lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and the wife of his neighbor he <transChange type="added">does</transChange> not defile and he <transChange type="added">does</transChange> not approach a woman of<note>Or "in"</note> menstruation,</verse>


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<verse num="7">and he oppresses {no one}<note>Literally "a person not"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he returns <transChange type="added">a</transChange> pledge for his loan {and he commits no robbery}<note>Literally "robbed things not he seized"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he gives<note>Or "shares"</note> his bread to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hungry and he covers a naked person <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a garment,</verse>


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<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">and</transChange> {he does not charge interest}<note>Literally "with the interest not he gives"</note> and he takes no usury, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he holds back<note>Or "brings back"</note> his hand from injustice <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he executes <transChange type="added">a</transChange> judgment of fairness between {persons},<note>Literally "man and man"</note></verse>


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<verse num="9"><transChange type="added">and</transChange> in my statutes he goes about and my regulations he keeps,<note>Or "watches"</note> {performing faithfully}<note>Literally "to do with <transChange type="added">with</transChange> faithfulness"</note> --<transChange type="added">then</transChange> he is righteous, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> certainly he will live," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="10">"And <transChange type="added">now</transChange> he has a son, a violent one, {who sheds blood}<note>Literally "shedding of blood"</note> {and does any of these things}<note>Literally "and he does like from one from these"</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">(though<note>Hebrew "And"</note> he<note>That is, the father</note> did not do all of these <transChange type="added">things</transChange>), for <transChange type="added">the son</transChange> also<note>Or "even"</note> eats on the mountains and he defiles the wife of his neighbor.</verse>


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<verse num="12">He oppresses <transChange type="added">the</transChange> needy and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> poor, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> {he commits robbery},<note>Literally "robbed things he seized"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he <transChange type="added">does</transChange> not return <transChange type="added">a</transChange> pledge for a loan, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he lifts his eyes to the idols <transChange type="added">so</transChange> he does a detestable thing.</verse>


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<verse num="13">{He charges interest}<note>Literally "with the interest he gives"</note> and takes usury. Then, shall he live? He shall not live, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> he did all of these detestable things. Surely he will die! His blood will be on him. </verse>


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<verse num="14">"And look! He has a son, and he sees all of the sin of his father that he did, and he sees <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, but he does not <transChange type="added">do</transChange> it.</verse>


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<verse num="15">On the mountains he does not eat, and he does not lift <transChange type="added">up</transChange> his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the wife of his neighbor he does not defile.</verse>


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<verse num="16">And he oppresses no one; he requires no pledge for a loan, and {he does not commit robbery};<note>Literally "robbed things not does he seize"</note> he gives his bread to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hungry, and he covers the naked person <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a garment.</verse>


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<verse num="17">He brings back<note>Or "holds back"</note> his hand from iniquity;<note>Cf. verse 8</note> he does not take interest and usury; he does my regulations; he goes<note>Or "walks"</note> in my statutes. He will not die because of the guilt of his father; he will surely live!</verse>


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<verse num="18">Because his father {oppressed severely};<note>Literally "he oppressed oppression"</note> {he stole from his brother};<note>Literally "he seized robbed things of a brother"</note> <transChange type="added">that</transChange> which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> not good he did in the midst of his people, and look! He will die through<note>Or "in"</note> his guilt. </verse>


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<verse num="19">"Yet<note>Or "And"</note> you say, 'Why <transChange type="added">does</transChange> the son not bear the guilt of the father?' And <transChange type="added">since</transChange> the son does justice and righteousness and he keeps all of my statutes and does them, he shall surely live!</verse>


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<verse num="20">The person,<note>Or "soul," or "life"</note> the <transChange type="added">one</transChange> sinning, will die. A son shall not bear the guilt of the father, and a father shall not bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him; the wickedness of the wicked<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> shall be on him.</verse>


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<verse num="21">But if the wicked returns from all of his sins<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> that he has done and he keeps all of my statutes and he does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die!</verse>


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<verse num="22">All of his transgressions that he committed will not be remembered against<note>Or "for"</note> him. Through<note>Or "By means of"</note> his righteousness that he has done he shall live.</verse>


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<verse num="23">Have I delight by any means<note>Or "in any way"</note> <transChange type="added">in the</transChange> death of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked, {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> not at his turning from his way, {so that}<note>Literally "and"</note> he lives?</verse>


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<verse num="24">And {when the righteous turns}<note>Literally "at turning of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous"</note> from his righteousness, so that<note>Literally "and"</note> he does injustice, and does all of the detestable things that the wicked do, then<note>Or "and"</note> will he live <transChange type="added">because of</transChange> all of his righteousness<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> that he did? <transChange type="added">Those things</transChange> will not be remembered because of his infidelity that he displayed, and because of his {sin that he committed}.<note>Literally "sin that he sinned"</note> Through<note>Or "in/by"</note> them he shall die. </verse>


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<verse num="25">"Yet<note>Or "And"</note> you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' Listen, now, house of Israel, is my way not fair? <transChange type="added">Is it</transChange> not your ways <transChange type="added">that</transChange> are not fair?</verse>


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<verse num="26">When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and he does injustice, then<note>Or "and"</note> he will die because of them; because of his injustice that he did he will die!</verse>


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<verse num="27">And when the wicked turns from his wickedness that he did and he does justice and righteousness, {he will preserve his life}.<note>Literally "his soul/life he will keep alive"</note></verse>


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<verse num="28">And if he sees and he returns from all of his transgressions that he did, surely he will live; he will not die!</verse>


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<verse num="29">And <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> they, the house of Israel, say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' <transChange type="added">Are</transChange> not my ways fair, house of Israel? {Are not your ways unfair?}<note>Literally "not ways your not are right"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="30">"Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, each one<note>Hebrew "man"</note> according to his ways," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. "Repent<note>Or "Turn/Return"</note> and turn around from all of your transgression, and it will not be as a stumbling block of iniquity to you.</verse>


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<verse num="31">Throw {away from yourselves}<note>Literally "from on you"</note> all of your transgressions that you committed,<note>Hebrew "committed with them"</note> and make {for yourselves}<note>Literally "to you"</note> a new heart and new spirit, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> why will you die, house of Israel?</verse>


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<verse num="32">For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. "And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> repent<note>Or "turn/return"</note> and live!" </verse>


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<verse num="3">And she raised up one from her cubs; he became a fierce lion, and he learned to tear prey; he ate<note>Or "devoured"</note> humans.<note>Hebrew "human"</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">And nations heard about him; in their pit he was caught, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And she saw<note>Or "realized"</note> that she was waiting <transChange type="added">in vain</transChange>; her hope was destroyed, and she took one from her cubs, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> she made him a fierce lion.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And he walked about in the midst of lions; he became a fierce lion, and he learned to tear prey; he ate<note>Or "devoured"</note> humans.<note>Hebrew "human"</note></verse>


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<verse num="7">And he knew their widows,<note>Or "ravished/raped"; or "he ravaged their strongholds"</note> and he devastated their cities, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land was appalled, and {everyone in it}<note>Literally "its fullness"</note> at the sound of his roar.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And nations set out against him {from the surrounding provinces},<note>Literally "all around from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> provinces"</note> and they spread their net over him, and he was caught in their pit.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And they put him in a collar with hooks, and they brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into<note>Hebrew "in"</note> a prison, so that his voice <transChange type="added">would</transChange> not be heard {any longer}<note>Literally "longer"</note> on the mountains of Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="10">Your mother <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like the vine in your vineyard;<note>Or "in the vineyard"</note> planted {fruitfully}<note>Literally "fruitful"</note> beside water, and it was full of branches from many waters.<note>Or "from waters abundant/many"</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">And {she produced branches of strength}<note>Literally "they became to her branches/rods of strength"</note> to<note>Or "for"</note> scepters of rulers; its height became tall between<note>Or "among"</note> thick foliage, and it was seen<note>Or "visible"</note> because of its tallness among the abundance of its branches.</verse>


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<verse num="12">But it was uprooted in rage; it was thrown to the earth, and the east wind dried up its fruit; they were stripped off, and its strong branch dried up; fire consumed it.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And now <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> planted in the desert, in a {dry and thirsty land}.<note>Literally "a land of dryness and thirst"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> fire has gone out from the stem of its branches; its fruit it has consumed, and <transChange type="added">there</transChange> was not in it {a strong branch},<note>Literally "a branch of strength"</note> a scepter for ruling.'"</verse>


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<verse num="1">And then in the seventh year, in the fifth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, on the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, men from the elders of Israel came to consult Yahweh, and they sat {before me}.<note>Literally "to the face of"</note></verse>


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<verse num="3">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> speak with the elders of Israel, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "<transChange type="added">Are</transChange> you coming to consult me? {As I live},<note>Literally "live I"</note> I will surely not allow myself<note>Or "me"</note> to be consulted by you!" ' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Will you judge them? Will you judge <transChange type="added">them</transChange>, son of man?<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> Make known to them the detestable things of their ancestors.<note>Or "fathers"</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">And you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "On the day of my choosing Israel {I swore}<note>Literally "and I raised my hand"</note> to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and I made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, and {I swore}<note>Literally "and I raised my hand"</note> to them, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> 'I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh your God.'</verse>


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<verse num="6">On that day {I swore}<note>Literally "I raised my hand"</note> to them to bring them out from the land of Egypt to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey--it <transChange type="added">is the most</transChange> beautiful of all of the lands.</verse>


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<verse num="7">Then I said to them, '<transChange type="added">Let</transChange> each <transChange type="added">one</transChange> throw away the detestable things of his eyes, and you must not make yourselves unclean with the idols of Egypt! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh your God.'</verse>


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<verse num="8">But they rebelled against me, and they were not willing to listen to me; each <transChange type="added">one</transChange> {did not throw away}<note>Literally "not they threw away"</note> the detestable things of their eyes; and {they did not abandon}<note>Literally "not they abandoned"</note> the idols of Egypt, and I decided to pour out my rage on them, to fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. </verse>


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<verse num="9">"But<note>Or "And"</note> I acted for the sake of my name {to keep it from being profaned}<note>Literally "not to be profaned before the eyes of"</note> before the eyes of the nations {among whom they lived},<note>Literally "which they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in their midst"</note> where I made known to them before their eyes, to bring them out from the land of Egypt.</verse>


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<verse num="10">And I brought them out from the land of Egypt, and I brought them to the desert,</verse>


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<verse num="11">and I gave my statutes to them, and my regulations I made known to them, which, if a person does them, then he will live by them.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And also my Sabbaths I gave to them to be a sign between me and between them {so they would know}<note>Literally "know"</note> that I, Yahweh, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> <transChange type="added">the one</transChange> sanctifying them. </verse>


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<verse num="13">"But<note>Or "And"</note> in the desert the house of Israel rebelled against me; {they did not walk in my statutes},<note>Literally "in my statutes not they went"</note> and they rejected my regulations, which, if a person does them, he will live by them, and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths, and I decided to pour out my rage on them in the desert to destroy them,</verse>


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<verse num="14">and I acted for the sake of my name, <transChange type="added">that it</transChange> not be profaned before the eyes of the nations {before whom I brought them out}.<note>Literally "which I brought out them before their eyes"</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">And also {I myself swore}<note>Literally "I, I raised my hand"</note> to them in the desert not to bring them into the land that I had given <transChange type="added">to them</transChange>, flowing with milk and honey--it <transChange type="added">is the most</transChange> beautiful of all of the lands--</verse>


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<verse num="16">because they despised my judgments, and {they did not walk in my statutes},<note>Literally "and my statutes not they went in them"</note> and my Sabbaths they profaned, for their heart was going after their idols.</verse>


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<verse num="17">But my eye took pity on them by not destroying them, and {I did not completely destroy them}<note>Literally "and not I make them complete destruction"</note> in the desert. </verse>


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<verse num="18">"And I said to their children in the desert, 'You must not go in the statutes of your parents;<note>Or "fathers"</note> you must not keep their regulations, and you must not make yourself unclean with their idols.</verse>


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<verse num="19">I, Yahweh, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> your God, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> go in my statutes and keep my regulations and do them.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And treat my Sabbaths as holy, and they will be a sign between me and between you {that you may know}<note>Literally "know"</note> that I, Yahweh, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> your God.'</verse>


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<verse num="21">But the children rebelled against me; {they did not walk in my statutes},<note>Literally "in statutes my not they went"</note> and {they did not observe my regulations},<note>Literally "my regulations not they kept to do them"</note> which <transChange type="added">if</transChange> a person does them, then he will live by them. My Sabbaths they desecrated, and I decided to pour out my rage on them, to finish my anger against them in the desert.</verse>


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<verse num="22">But I withheld my hand, and I acted for the sake of my name not to be profaned before the eyes of the nations <transChange type="added">before</transChange> whom I <transChange type="added">had</transChange> brought them out before their eyes.</verse>


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<verse num="23">What is more, {I swore}<note>Literally "I will raise my hand"</note> to them in the desert to scatter them among the nations and to disperse them in the lands,</verse>


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<verse num="24">because they did not <transChange type="added">do</transChange> my regulations, and my statutes they despised, and my Sabbaths they profaned, and their eyes were after the idols of their ancestors.<note>Or "fathers"</note></verse>


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<verse num="25">And in turn I gave to them rules <transChange type="added">that were</transChange> not good and regulations {by which they will not live}.<note>Literally "regulations not they will live by them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="26">And I defiled them through their gifts in sacrificing all of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> first offspring of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> womb, in order that<note>Or "so that"</note> I will cause them to be stunned, so that they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="27">"Therefore speak to the house of Israel, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Again <transChange type="added">in</transChange> this your ancestors blasphemed me {at<note>Or "by"</note> their display of infidelity toward me}." '<note>Literally "at/in acting unfaithfully they against me in/by unfaithfulness"</note></verse>


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<verse num="28">And I brought them to the land that {I swore}<note>Literally "I raised my hand"</note> to give<note>Hebrew "give it"</note> to them, and they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered their sacrifices, and they presented there the provocation of their offering, and they gave there their fragrant incense offering, and they poured out their libations there.</verse>


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<verse num="29">And I said to them, 'What <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the high place<note>Hebrew Bamah, which became its name</note> to which you are going?' And {it is called}<note>Literally "it is called name its"</note> Bamah until this day.</verse>


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<verse num="30">Therefore thus say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "In the way of your ancestors<note>Or "fathers"</note> <transChange type="added">will</transChange> you defile yourself, and after their vile idols <transChange type="added">will</transChange> you prostitute <transChange type="added">yourselves</transChange>?</verse>


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<verse num="31">And {when you lift up your gifts, sacrificing your children}<note>Literally "at to lift up your gifts at causing to pass over your children"</note> through the fire, you are defiling yourself through all of your idols until {today},<note>Literally "the day"</note> and will I let myself<note>Hebrew "me"</note> be consulted by you, house of Israel?" ' {As I live},"<note>Literally "Live I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, "I will not let myself<note>Hebrew "me"</note> be consulted by you!</verse>


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<verse num="32">And {what you are planning},<note>Literally "what is going up on your spirit"</note> surely it will not be--that you are saying, 'Let us be like the nations, like the clans<note>Or "tribes"</note> of the lands, {serving wood and stone}!'<note>Literally "to serve wood and stone"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="33">"{As I live},"<note>Literally "live I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, "{surely}<note>Literally "if not"</note> with <transChange type="added">a</transChange> strong hand and with <transChange type="added">an</transChange> outstretched arm and with {rage pouring forth}<note>Literally "rage poured out"</note> I will reign as king over you!</verse>


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<verse num="34">And I will bring you from the peoples, and I will gather you from the countries <transChange type="added">to</transChange> which you were scattered with <transChange type="added">a</transChange> strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with rage poured out.</verse>


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<verse num="35">Then I will bring you to the desert of the peoples, and I will execute justice on you there face to face.</verse>


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<verse num="36">{Just as}<note>Literally "Like what"</note> I executed justice on your ancestors<note>Or "fathers"</note> in the desert of the land of Egypt, likewise I will execute justice on you!" {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="37">"And I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.</verse>


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<verse num="38">And I will purge the rebels from <transChange type="added">among</transChange> you and the <transChange type="added">ones</transChange> transgressing against me; I will bring them out from the land {where they are living as aliens},<note>Literally "from the land of living as an alien there"</note> but into the land of Israel they will not come, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="39">And you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: "<transChange type="added">Let</transChange> each one go serve his idols <transChange type="added">now</transChange> and after, if you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not listening to me, but {my holy name}<note>Literally "the name of my holiness"</note> you will not profane <transChange type="added">any</transChange> longer with your gifts and with your idols. </verse>


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<verse num="40">"For on {my holy mountain},<note>Literally "the mountain of my holiness"</note> on the mountain of the height of Israel," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, "there all of the house of Israel will serve me, all of them,<note>Hebrew "it/him"</note> in the land. I will take pleasure in them, and there I will accept your contributions and the best of your portions with all of your holy objects.</verse>


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<verse num="41">I will accept you as {a fragrant incense offering}<note>Literally "a fragrance of an incense offering"</note> when I bring you out from the peoples and I gather you from the lands <transChange type="added">to</transChange> which you were scattered, and I will show myself holy among you before the eyes of the nations.</verse>


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<verse num="42">And you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh {when I bring you} to the land of Israel, to the land that {I swore}<note>Literally "I raised my hand"</note> to give to your ancestors.</verse>


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<verse num="43">And you will remember there your ways, and all of your deeds {by which you were made unclean},<note>Literally "which you were made unclean by them"</note> and you will feel a loathing {for yourself}<note>Literally "for your face"</note> for all of your evils that you have done.</verse>


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<verse num="44">And you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh {when I deal with you}<note>Literally "at/in doing my with you"</note> for the sake of my name and {not according to your evil ways}<note>Literally "not like your ways the evil"</note> or {according to}<note>Literally "like"</note> your corrupted deeds, house of Israel," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="45"><note>Ezekiel 20:45-21:32 in the English Bible is 21:1-37 in the Hebrew Bible</note> And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="46">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> set your face <transChange type="added">toward</transChange> the way of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> south,<note>Or "Teman"</note> and preach to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> south, and prophesy against the forest of the territory of the Negev.</verse>


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<verse num="47">And you must say to the forest of the Negev, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am kindling against you a fire, and it will devour in you every fresh tree and every dry tree; <transChange type="added">the</transChange> blaze of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> flame will not be quenched, and all the surfaces from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> south <transChange type="added">to</transChange> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> north will be scorched by it.</verse>


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<verse num="48">And all creatures will see that I, Yahweh, I kindled it--it will not be quenched!" '"</verse>


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<verse num="49">Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, they are saying about me, '<transChange type="added">Is</transChange> he not posing a parable?'" </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sanctuaries, and prophesy to the land of Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And you must say to the land of Israel, 'Thus says Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against you, and I will draw out my sword from its sheath, and I will cut <transChange type="added">off</transChange> from you <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Because<note>Hebrew "Because that"</note> I will cut <transChange type="added">off</transChange> from you <transChange type="added">both</transChange> righteous and wicked, therefore my sword will go out from its sheath to<note>Or "against"</note> all creatures<note>Hebrew "creature"</note> from south <transChange type="added">to</transChange> north.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And they will know, all creatures, that I, Yahweh, I will bring out my sword from its sheath; it will not return again!" '</verse>


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<verse num="6">And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> groan {with shaking hips},<note>Literally "with destruction of loins"</note> and you must groan with bitterness before their eyes.</verse>


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<verse num="7">{And then}<note>Literally "and it will be"</note> when they say to you, 'On account of what <transChange type="added">are</transChange> you groaning?' then you must say, 'On account of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> report, for it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> coming, and every heart will be weak and all hands will hang limp and every spirit will be disheartened, and all knees will go <transChange type="added">like</transChange> water.' Look! It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> coming, and it will happen!" {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="8">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="9">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> prophesy, and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord,' say, 'A sword, a sword <transChange type="added">is</transChange> sharpened and <transChange type="added">is</transChange> also polished.</verse>


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<verse num="10">It is sharpened to slaughter a slaughter, {polished to flash like lightning}!<note>Literally "so that there be for her lightning"</note> Or will we rejoice?<note>Or "be pleased"</note> A rod, my son, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> despising every tree.<note>Or "stick" of correction; Hebrew is uncertain in meaning here</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">And he gives it to be polished, {to be seized by the hand}.<note>Literally "to take hold of in the palm of the hand"</note> It is sharpened--a sword--and it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> polished to give it into <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> killer.</verse>


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<verse num="12">Cry and wail, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> for it is against my people; it is against all of the princes of Israel. They are thrown to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword with my people; therefore {strike your thigh}.<note>Literally "strike on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> thigh"</note></verse>


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<verse num="13">For {examine}!<note>Literally "it was tested"</note> And what if also <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rod will not be despising?' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> prophesy {and clap your hands}.<note>Literally "strike hand to hand"</note> And the sword will {strike twice};<note>Literally "be doubled"</note> let it happen a third time. It <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a sword of the dead, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword of the great dead that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> surrounding them,</verse>


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<verse num="15">so that a heart melts, and the fallen {multiply}<note>Literally "be made many"</note> at all of their gates. I gave a sword for slaughter, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> alas! It is made for flashing, it is grasped<note>Or "polished"</note> for slaughtering.</verse>


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<verse num="16">Gather together, strike to the right; cause <transChange type="added">to</transChange> go to the left, where your {edge}<note>Literally "face"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> directed.</verse>


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<verse num="17">And also {I myself}<note>Literally "I, I"</note> will {clap my hands},<note>Literally "strike my hand to my hand"</note> and I will satisfy my rage! I, Yahweh, I have spoken." </verse>


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<verse num="18">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="19">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> mark <transChange type="added">out</transChange> for yourself<note>Hebrew "you"</note> two roads for the coming of the sword of the king of Babylon; they must {both}<note>Literally "the two of them"</note> go out from the same land. And hew <transChange type="added">out</transChange> a {signpost};<note>Literally "hand"</note> hew <transChange type="added">it</transChange> at <transChange type="added">the</transChange> head of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> road of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> city.</verse>


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<verse num="20">You must mark a road for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> coming of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Rabbah of the {Ammonites}<note>Literally "sons of Ammon"</note> and <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Judah, in Jerusalem <transChange type="added">the</transChange> fortified.</verse>


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<verse num="21">For the king of Babylon stands at the fork of the road at the head of the two roads to practice divination. {He shakes the arrows},<note>Literally "he casts the lot with the arrows" (cf. NASB, NRSV)</note> he inquires with the teraphim, he {examines}<note>Literally "sees with"</note> the liver.</verse>


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<verse num="22">In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem, to put <transChange type="added">up</transChange> battering rams, to open <transChange type="added">a</transChange> mouth for slaughter,<note>Or "open the mouth of Sheol"; or "give the command to slaughter" (cf. NRSV, NASB)</note> {to raise the battle cry},<note>Literally "to raise a voice in shouting"</note> to put <transChange type="added">up</transChange> battering rams against gates, to build a siege ramp, to build siege works.<note>Hebrew "siege work"</note></verse>


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<verse num="23">And it will be to them like practicing divination falsely<note>Or "in vain"</note> in their eyes; {they have sworn oaths for themselves}.<note>Literally "swearers of oaths <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> for them"</note> But<note>Or "And"</note> he <transChange type="added">will</transChange> bring <transChange type="added">their</transChange> guilt to remembrance <transChange type="added">so as</transChange> to seize them. </verse>


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<verse num="24">"Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Because you have brought to remembrance your guilt by the uncovering of your transgressions, so that your sins in all of your deeds appear--because of your being remembered, you will be captured in the hand.'</verse>


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<verse num="25">And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> you, profane one, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come with <transChange type="added">the</transChange> time of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> punishment of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> end,</verse>


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<verse num="26">thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Remove the turban and lift off the crown; things <transChange type="added">are</transChange> no longer the same. Exalt the low and bring low the high.</verse>


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<verse num="27">A ruin, a ruin, a ruin I will make it! Also<note>Or "indeed"</note> this has not <transChange type="added">ever</transChange> happened;<note>Or "will not happen until" (cf. NASB and NRSV)</note> <transChange type="added">it will remain</transChange> until the coming of <transChange type="added">the one</transChange> <transChange type="added">to</transChange> whom the judgment belongs and I have given it <transChange type="added">to him</transChange>.'</verse>


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<verse num="28">And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> prophesy, and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the {Ammonites}<note>Literally "sons of Ammon"</note> and concerning their disgrace,' and you must say, 'A sword, a sword <transChange type="added">is</transChange> drawn for slaughtering; <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> polished for holding, {for flashing like lightning},<note>Literally "for the sake of lightening"</note></verse>


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<verse num="29">when seeing a false vision for you in vain, when practicing divination for you falsely, to give<note>Or "place"</note> you on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> neck of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> profane ones of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked, {whose day has come},<note>Literally "who has come their day"</note> {the time of final punishment}.<note>Literally "in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> time of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> punishment of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> end"</note></verse>


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<verse num="30">Return it to its sheath in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> place where you were created. In the land of your origin I will judge you!</verse>


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<verse num="31">And I will pour out my anger on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and I will give you into <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of brutal men, skilled craftsmen of destruction.</verse>


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<verse num="32">You will be as fuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the earth. You will not be remembered, for I, Yahweh, I have spoken.'" </verse>


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<verse num="2">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> will you judge? Will you judge the {bloody city}?<note>Literally "city of blood"</note> Then you must make known <transChange type="added">to</transChange> her all of her detestable things!</verse>


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<verse num="3">And you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "A city pouring out blood in the midst of her; {its time has come},<note>Literally "to come time her its"</note> and it made idols for itself, becoming unclean.</verse>


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<verse num="4">By your blood that you poured out you have become guilty, and by your idols that you made you have become unclean, and you have brought your days near, {and your appointed years have come}.<note>Literally "and it came to years your"</note> Therefore I have made you a disgrace for the nations and a laughingstock to all of the countries.</verse>


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<verse num="5">The <transChange type="added">people</transChange> near and the <transChange type="added">people</transChange> far from you will make fun of you, {the unclean and the terrified}.<note>Literally "the unclean of the name the great of the panic"</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">Look! The princes of Israel, each <transChange type="added">one</transChange> according to his strength,<note>Or "influence"</note> they are in you {for the shedding of blood}.<note>Literally "to shedding of blood"</note></verse>


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<verse num="7">They have treated father and mother with contempt in you; {they violated}<note>Literally "they did with extortion"</note> the alien with<note>Or "by"</note> extortion; in the midst of you they mistreated <transChange type="added">the</transChange> orphan and widow.</verse>


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<verse num="9">Slanderous men are {among you}<note>Literally "in you"</note> to shed blood, and they, {among you},<note>Literally "in you"</note> eat upon the mountains; they do wickedness in the midst of you.</verse>


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<verse num="10">They uncover <transChange type="added">the</transChange> nakedness of <transChange type="added">a</transChange> father among<note>Hebrew "in"</note> you; they violate <transChange type="added">a woman</transChange> unclean of menstruation among<note>Hebrew "in"</note> you.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And a man does a detestable thing <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the wife of his neighbor, and a man defiles his daughter-in-law in wickedness, and a man sexually violates among<note>Hebrew "in"</note> you his sister, the daughter of his father.</verse>


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<verse num="12">They take a bribe among<note>Hebrew "in"</note> you in order to shed blood; and you take usury, and you make gain <transChange type="added">from</transChange> your neighbors by extortion, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> you have forgotten me, {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And look! I strike my hand for your ill-gotten gain that you <transChange type="added">have</transChange> made and at your blood that was in the midst of you.</verse>


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<verse num="14">Can your heart endure,<note>Or "hold up"</note> or can your hands be strong at the days <transChange type="added">in</transChange> which I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> dealing with you? I, Yahweh, I have spoken, and I will act!</verse>


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<verse num="15">I will scatter you among the nations, and I will disperse you through the countries, and I will purge your uncleanness from you.</verse>


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<verse num="16">And I will be profaned by you before <transChange type="added">the</transChange> eyes of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> nations, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh." '" </verse>


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<verse num="18">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> the house of Israel has become as silver dross to me; all of them <transChange type="added">are as</transChange> bronze and tin and iron and lead in the midst of a furnace, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> <transChange type="added">as</transChange> silver dross, silver <transChange type="added">dross</transChange> they became!</verse>


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<verse num="19">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Because all of you have become <transChange type="added">as</transChange> silver dross, therefore look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> gathering you to the midst of Jerusalem,</verse>


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<verse num="20">like the gathering of silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin to the middle of a furnace to blow fire on it for melting. Thus I will gather in my anger and in my rage, and I will {deposit}<note>Literally "I will put/place"</note> you, and I will melt you.</verse>


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<verse num="21">And I will gather you, and I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I will melt <transChange type="added">you</transChange> in the midst of her.</verse>


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<verse num="22">Thus you will be melted like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> melting of silver in the midst of a furnace, and you will know that I, Yahweh, I have poured out my rage on you.'"</verse>


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<verse num="23">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="24">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> say to her, 'You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a land not cleansed; it is not rained upon <transChange type="added">in</transChange> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> day of indignation.'</verse>


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<verse num="25">The conspiracy of its prophets in the midst of her <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like a roaring lion <transChange type="added">that</transChange> is tearing prey. They devour people, and they take wealth and treasure; they make its widows numerous in the midst of her.</verse>


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<verse num="26">Its priests treat my law violently, and they profane my holy objects; they do not distinguish between <transChange type="added">a</transChange> holy object and what is unholy, or between the clean and the unclean. They do not teach the difference, and they hide their eyes from my Sabbaths, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I am profaned in the midst of them.</verse>


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<verse num="27">Its officials <transChange type="added">are</transChange> like wolves tearing prey in its midst, to pour out blood, to destroy people, to make dishonest gain.</verse>


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<verse num="28">And for them its prophets plaster whitewash; <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> seeing falseness and <transChange type="added">are</transChange> practicing divination for them <transChange type="added">by</transChange> lying, saying, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh,' and Yahweh has not spoken.</verse>


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<verse num="29">They severely oppress the people of the land, and {they committed robbery},<note>Literally "and they seized <transChange type="added">a</transChange> robbed thing<transChange type="added">s</transChange>"</note> and they mistreated <transChange type="added">the</transChange> needy and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> poor, and they oppressed the alien {without}<note>Literally "with not"</note> justice.</verse>


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<verse num="30">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I sought for them somebody, one repairing <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wall and standing in the breach {before me}<note>Literally "to the face of me"</note> on behalf of the land not to destroy it, but I did not find <transChange type="added">anyone</transChange>,</verse>


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<verse num="31">and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I poured out my indignation on them. With the fire of my wrath I destroyed them; I returned their way upon their head," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> there were two women, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> daughters of one mother,</verse>


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<verse num="3">and they prostituted <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> in Egypt in their childhood; they were prostituting <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> there, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> their breasts were fondled, and there they caressed the bosoms of their virginity.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Now <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> their names, the older <transChange type="added">was</transChange> Oholah, and Oholibah <transChange type="added">was</transChange> her sister. And {they became mine},<note>Literally "they were for me"</note> and they bore sons and daughters, and their names<note>Hebrew "name"</note> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> Samaria <transChange type="added">for</transChange> Oholah, and Jerusalem <transChange type="added">for</transChange> Oholibah.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And Oholah prostituted <transChange type="added">herself</transChange> {while she was still mine},<note>Literally "under me"</note> and she lusted for her lovers, for Assyria <transChange type="added">who was</transChange> nearby,</verse>


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<verse num="6">clothed in blue cloth, governors and prefects, {handsome young men}<note>Literally "young men of handsomeness/beauty"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> all of them horsemen, {experts on horseback}.<note>Literally "riders <transChange type="added">of</transChange> horsemen"</note></verse>


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<verse num="7">And she bestowed her fornication on them, <transChange type="added">on</transChange> the choice <transChange type="added">ones</transChange> of the {Assyrians},<note>Literally "sons of Assyria"</note> all of them, and with every one <transChange type="added">after</transChange> which she lusted; with all of their idols she defiled herself.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And her whorings from <transChange type="added">the time of</transChange> Egypt she <transChange type="added">did</transChange> not abandon, for they slept with her in her childhood, and they caressed the bosoms of her virginity, and they poured out their fornication on her.</verse>


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<verse num="9">Therefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the {Assyrians}<note>Literally "sons of Assyria"</note> {after whom she lusted}.<note>Literally "which she lusted for them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and they killed her with the sword. And she became a name for the women, and they executed judgments against her. </verse>


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<verse num="11">"And though Oholibah her sister saw, yet in her lust {she behaved more corruptly than her},<note>Literally "she behaved corruptly <transChange type="added">in</transChange> lust from her"</note> and her whoring <transChange type="added">was</transChange> more than the prostitution of her sister.</verse>


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<verse num="12">She lusted after the {Assyrians},<note>Literally "sons of Assyria"</note> governors and prefects, warriors<note>Hebrew uncertain</note> clothed in<note>Or "to"</note> perfection,<note>Or "in full armor" or "wonderfully dressed"</note> {expert horsemen},<note>Literally "horsemen, riders of horses"</note> all of them {handsome young men}.<note>Literally "young men of handsomeness"</note></verse>


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<verse num="13">And I saw that she was defiled; {they had both taken the same path}!<note>Literally "way one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> for the two of them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">And she increased her whorings, and she saw men carved<note>Or "portrayed"</note> on the wall, images of Chaldeans<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> carved in red,</verse>


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<verse num="15">belted with a belt at<note>Or "around"</note> their waist with turbans on their heads, all of them <transChange type="added">giving</transChange> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> appearance of adjutants,<note>Or "officers"</note> the image<note>Or "likeness"</note> of the {Babylonians};<note>Literally "sons of Babylon"</note> Chaldea <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the land of their birth.</verse>


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<verse num="16">And she lusted for them {when her eyes saw them},<note>Literally "at the sight of her eyes"</note> and she sent messengers to them <transChange type="added">at</transChange> Chaldea.</verse>


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<verse num="17">And so the {Babylonians}<note>Literally "sons of Babylon"</note> came to her <transChange type="added">for the</transChange> bed of lovemaking; and they defiled her with their fornication, and she was defiled by them, and she turned from them.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And she revealed her whorings, and she revealed her nakedness, and so I turned from her {just as}<note>Literally "as that"</note> I turned from her sister.</verse>


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<verse num="19">Yet<note>Or "And"</note> she increased her whorings, {recalling}<note>Or "remembering"</note> the days of her childhood when she was prostituted<note>Or "prostituted <transChange type="added">herself</transChange>"</note> in the land of Egypt.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And she lusted after her male lovers whose genitalia <transChange type="added">were the</transChange> genitalia of male donkeys and <transChange type="added">their</transChange> seminal emission <transChange type="added">was the</transChange> seminal emission of horses.</verse>


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<verse num="21">And you longed <transChange type="added">after</transChange> the obscene conduct of your youth when your bosom was caressed by Egypt, fondling your young breasts. </verse>


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<verse num="22">"Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> stirring up your lovers against you <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> whom you turned away, and I will bring them against you from all around:</verse>


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<verse num="23">the {Babylonians}<note>Literally "sons of Babylon"</note> and all of the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, all of the {Assyrians}<note>Literally "sons of Assyria"</note> <transChange type="added">along</transChange> with them, {handsome young men},<note>Literally "young men of beauty/handsomeness"</note> governors and prefects, all of them adjutants<note>Or "officers"</note> {and excellent horsemen}.<note>Literally "ones called riders of horses"</note></verse>


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<verse num="24">And they will come against you <transChange type="added">with</transChange> an army chariot and wagon and with a crowd<note>Or "horde" or "host of"</note> of peoples; they will set <transChange type="added">themselves</transChange> against you <transChange type="added">from</transChange> all around <transChange type="added">with</transChange> large shield and small shield and helmet. And I will give {before them}<note>Literally "to the face of them"</note> judgment, and they will judge you with their judgments.</verse>


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<verse num="25">And I will direct my zeal against you, and they will deal with you in anger; your nose and your ears they will remove, and {those who are left},<note>Literally "and remainder your"</note> they will fall by the sword, and they will take your sons and your daughters, and {your remnant}<note>Literally "and remainder your"</note> will be consumed by fire.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And they will strip you <transChange type="added">of</transChange> your clothes, and they will take {your splendid jewelry}.<note>Literally "the jewelry of splendor your"; or "your beautiful jewelry"</note></verse>


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<verse num="27">And I will put an end to your obscene conduct <transChange type="added">coming</transChange> from you and your fornication from the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them; and you will not remember Egypt again.'</verse>


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<verse num="28">For thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> giving you into the hand of those you hated, into the hand of those from whom<note>Literally "them"</note> you turned away.</verse>


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<verse num="29">And they will deal with you in hatred, and they will take all of your acquisitions, and they will leave you naked and <transChange type="added">in</transChange> bareness; and the nakedness of your fornication and your obscene conduct and your whorings will be exposed.</verse>


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<verse num="30">These <transChange type="added">things</transChange> <transChange type="added">are</transChange> accomplished<note>Or "done"</note> against<note>Hebrew "in"</note> you since you prostituted yourself after the nations, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> on account of that, you defiled yourself by their idols.</verse>


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<verse num="31">You went in the <transChange type="added">same</transChange> way of your sister, and I will give her cup into your hand." ' </verse>


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<verse num="32">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You will drink the deep and wide<note>Or place "drink deep and wide the cup"</note> cup of your sister; you will be as laughter and as scorn; {the cup holds so much}!<note>Literally "a large among to hold"</note></verse>


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<verse num="33">You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, for a cup of horror and desolation <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the cup of your sister, Samaria.</verse>


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<verse num="34">And you will drink it, and you will drain <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, and its potsherds you will gnaw, and you will tear out your breasts, for {I myself}<note>Literally "I, I"</note> spoke," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="35">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because you have forgotten me, and you threw me behind your back, now in turn<note>Or "also"</note> you bear your obscene conduct and your whorings." </verse>


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<verse num="36">And Yahweh said to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> will you judge Oholah and Oholibah and declare their abominable deeds to<note>Or "for"</note> them?</verse>


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<verse num="37">For they committed adultery, and blood <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on their hands, and they committed adultery with their idols, and even their children that they had borne for me--they sacrificed them as food!</verse>


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<verse num="38">Also they did this to me: they defiled my sanctuary on that day, and they profaned my Sabbaths,</verse>


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<verse num="39">and when they slaughtered their children for their idols, they came to my sanctuary on that day to profane it. And look, {this is what they did in my house}!<note>Literally "thus they did in the midst of house my"</note></verse>


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<verse num="40">{What is worse},<note>Literally "and also for/indeed"</note> they sent for men {who come}<note>Literally "coming"</note> from a distant place, <transChange type="added">to</transChange> whom a messenger <transChange type="added">was</transChange> sent to them, and look! They came! <transChange type="added">Men</transChange> for whom you bathed and painted your eyes, and you adorned yourself <transChange type="added">with</transChange> an ornament.</verse>


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<verse num="41">And you sat on a magnificent couch and a table prepared {before her},<note>Literally "to the face of her"</note> and my incense and my olive oil you put on her.<note>Or "it"</note></verse>


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<verse num="42">And a sound of a carefree crowd <transChange type="added">was</transChange> with it,<note>Or "her"</note> and in addition to <transChange type="added">these</transChange> men, {a crowd of drunken men<note>A problematic verse; reading according to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> was brought in}<note>Literally "from an abundance of men being brought in drunken"</note> from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> desert,<note>Or "wilderness"</note> and they put bracelets on their arms and a crown of splendor on their heads.</verse>


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<verse num="43">And I said to<note>Or "about"</note> the one worn out <transChange type="added">with</transChange> adulteries, 'Now they will prostitute <transChange type="added">her</transChange> <transChange type="added">concerning</transChange> her fornication, even her.'<note>Or "that <transChange type="added">she</transChange> did"</note></verse>


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<verse num="44">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> they went to her like going to a female<note>Or "a woman"</note> prostitute; and thus they went to Oholah and to Oholibah, the women of obscene conduct.</verse>


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<verse num="45">But righteous men, they will judge them <transChange type="added">with</transChange> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> judgment of committing adultery, and <transChange type="added">with</transChange> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> judgment of shedding blood; for they were committing adultery, and blood <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on their hands." </verse>


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<verse num="46">For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Bring up against them an assembly, and make them as a thing of horror and as plunder.</verse>


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<verse num="47">And an assembly must stone them <transChange type="added">with</transChange> stones,<note>Hebrew "stone"</note> and they must cut them down. With their swords they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and with fire they shall burn their houses.</verse>


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<verse num="48">And {I will cause obscene conduct to cease from the land},<note>Or "I will put an end to obscene conduct from the land"</note> and all of the women will be warned, and they will not do according to your wickedness.</verse>


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<verse num="49">And they will repay your obscene conduct upon you, and the guilt of your idols you will bear, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="1">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> write for yourself the name of the day, {this very day}.<note>Literally "exactly the day the this"</note> The king of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem on exactly this day!</verse>


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<verse num="3">And {deliver a proverb}<note>Literally "quote a proverb"; "proverb a proverb"</note> to {the rebellious house},<note>Literally "the house of rebellion"</note> and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Place the pot! Place <transChange type="added">it</transChange> and also pour water into it.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Gather its pieces to it, every good piece, thigh and shoulder, fill it <transChange type="added">with</transChange> choice bones;</verse>


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<verse num="5">take the choicest of the flock, and also pile the bones<note>Or possibly "logs"; the difference is one letter in Hebrew</note> under it; {boil it vigorously};<note>Literally "boil its boiling"</note> indeed,<note>Or "also"</note> its bones boiled in the midst of it." '" </verse>


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<verse num="6">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Woe <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the city of bloodguilt! A pot that <transChange type="added">has</transChange> its rust in it; {its rust did not go out from it}.<note>Literally "rust her not went forth from her"</note> Bring it out {piece by piece};<note>Literally "according to its pieces"</note> {one is as good as another}.<note>Literally "no lot has fallen on it"</note></verse>


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<verse num="7">For her blood was in the midst of her; {she put it on a bare rock};<note>Literally "on barrenness of <transChange type="added">a</transChange> rock she put it"</note> she <transChange type="added">did</transChange> not pour it on the ground to cover it <transChange type="added">with</transChange> dust.<note>Or "earth" or "dirt"</note></verse>


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<verse num="8">To stir up rage, to avenge myself <transChange type="added">through</transChange> vengeance, I placed its blood on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> barrenness of a rock, {so that it may not be covered}."<note>Literally "so <transChange type="added">as</transChange> not to be covered"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="9">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Woe <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the city of bloodguilt! I, even I, will make the pile of wood great!</verse>


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<verse num="10">Pile up the logs; kindle the fire; finish <transChange type="added">cooking</transChange> the meat, and mix <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the spices, and let the bones be burned.<note>Or "charred"</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">And {make it stand}<note>Literally "cause it to stand"</note> empty upon its burning coals so that it may become hot, and its copper may become molten and be melted in the midst of it,<note>Literally "her"</note> <transChange type="added">so that</transChange> its uncleanness and its rust be consumed.</verse>


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<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">Through</transChange> effort she has caused weariness; {its thick rust}<note>Literally "the abundance of its rust"</note> went not <transChange type="added">out of</transChange> it. Its rust! Into <transChange type="added">the</transChange> fire <transChange type="added">with</transChange> its rust!</verse>


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<verse num="13">In your uncleanness <transChange type="added">is</transChange> obscene conduct, because I cleansed you, but you were not clean from your uncleanness; you will not be clean again until {I fully vent my rage}<note>Literally "until causing rest I to my rage"</note> on you.</verse>


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<verse num="14">I, Yahweh, I have spoken. <transChange type="added">It is</transChange> coming, and I did <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; I will not disregard, and I will not take pity, and I will not reconsider. According to your ways and according to your deeds they will judge you!"<note>Or "I will judge"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="15">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="16">"Son of man,<note>Literally "to say"</note> look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> taking from you what is pleasing to your eyes with a plague,<note>Or "blow"</note> but you shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not run down.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Sigh in silence <transChange type="added">for the</transChange> dead; you shall not make a mourning ceremony. Bind your turban on you, and you must put your sandals on your feet. You must not cover your <transChange type="added">upper</transChange> lip,<note>Or "your mustache" (NASB)</note> and the bread of {mourners}<note>Literally "men"</note> you shall not eat."</verse>


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<verse num="18">And I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening, and I did in the morning {just as}<note>Literally "as that"</note> I was commanded.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And the people said to me, "Will you not make known to us what these <transChange type="added">things</transChange> that you are doing <transChange type="added">mean</transChange> for us?"</verse>


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<verse num="20">And I said to them that the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="21">"Say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> profaning my sanctuary, the pride of your strength <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the delight of your eyes and the object of your own<note>Or "souls'," or "selves'"</note> affection; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword,</verse>


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<verse num="22">and you shall do {just as}<note>Literally "as that"</note> I did: You shall not cover your <transChange type="added">upper</transChange> lip,<note>Or "mustache"</note> and you shall not eat <transChange type="added">the</transChange> bread of {mourners}.<note>Literally "men"</note></verse>


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<verse num="23">And your turban <transChange type="added">must be</transChange> on your heads, and your sandals <transChange type="added">must be</transChange> on your feet. You shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, but you shall waste away because of your iniquities, and you shall groan {to one another}.<note>Literally "a man to his brother"</note></verse>


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<verse num="24">And Ezekiel will be to you as a sign; {everything that he did}<note>Literally "like all that he did"</note> you shall do; and when it comes you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="25">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> <transChange type="added">will it</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be that</transChange> on the day {when I take from them}<note>Literally "on the day of to take me from them"</note> their stronghold, the joy of their glory, the delight of their eyes, and the longing of their inner self,<note>Or "soul"</note> their sons and daughters--</verse>


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<verse num="26">on that day a survivor will come to you {with the news}.<note>Literally "with a message for ears"</note></verse>


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<verse num="27">On that day your mouth shall be opened {at the arrival of the fugitive},<note>Literally "with the fugitive"; or "to the one who has escaped" (NRSV; cf. NASB)</note> and you shall speak, and you shall not be silent <transChange type="added">any</transChange> longer, and you shall be to them as a sign, and they will know that I am Yahweh." </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> set your face toward the {Ammonites}<note>Literally "sons of Ammon"</note> and prophesy against them,</verse>


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<verse num="3">and you must say to the {Ammonites},<note>Literally "sons of Ammon"</note> 'Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh! Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because of your saying, 'Ah!' to my sanctuary when it was profaned, and to the land of Israel when it was<note>Or "became"</note> desolate, and to the house of Judah when they went into the exile,</verse>


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<verse num="4">therefore look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> giving you to the people<note>Or "children"</note> of the East as a possession, and they will set up their encampments in you, and they will make in you their dwelling places; {they themselves}<note>Literally "they, they"</note> will eat your fruit and {they themselves}<note>Literally "they, they"</note> will drink your milk.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And I will make Rabbah as a pasture of camels and the {Ammonites}<note>Literally "sons of Ammon"</note> as a haunt of flocks, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh." '"</verse>


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<verse num="6">For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because of clapping your hand and stamping with your foot, and <transChange type="added">because</transChange> you rejoiced in<note>Or "to"</note> yourself with all of your malice over the land of Israel,</verse>


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<verse num="7">therefore look! I stretched out my hand against you, and I will give you as plunder<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> to the nations, and I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will destroy you from the countries, and I will wipe you out, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh." </verse>


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<verse num="8">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because of Moab and Seir saying, 'The house of Judah <transChange type="added">is</transChange> like all of the nations,'</verse>


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<verse num="9">therefore, look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> opening the side of<note>Or "the flank"</note> Moab from the cities on its frontier, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> glory of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land: Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.</verse>


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<verse num="10">I will give it to the people<note>Or "children"</note> of the East in addition to the {Ammonites}<note>Literally "sons of Ammon"</note> as a possession, so that the {Ammonites}<note>Literally "sons of Ammon"</note> will not be remembered among the nations.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And on Moab I will execute punishments, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh." </verse>


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<verse num="12">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because of the doings of Edom in avenging himself <transChange type="added">with</transChange> vengeance for<note>Or "toward"</note> the house of Judah, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> they became very guilty and<note>Or "since"</note> they avenged themselves on them,"</verse>


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<verse num="13">therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "so<note>Literally "and"</note> I will stretch out my hand against Edom and I will cut off from it <transChange type="added">both</transChange> human and animal, and I will make it a ruin from Teman and Dedan; they will fall by the sword.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And I will exact my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will do in Edom according to my anger and according to my rage, and they will know my vengeance," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="15">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because of the {acting}<note>Literally "doing"</note> of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Philistines in vengeance, so that they avenged themselves relentlessly with malice in themselves for destruction {with everlasting hostility},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">with</transChange> hostility of ongoing ages/eternity"</note></verse>


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<verse num="16">therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> stretching out my hand against <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Philistines, and I will cut off the Kerethites, and I will destroy the remainder of {the seacoast}.<note>Literally "the coast of the sea"</note></verse>


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<verse num="17">And I will execute on them great vengeance with punishments of rage, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh when I exact my vengeance on them!" </verse>


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<verse num="1">And it was in the {eleventh}<note>Literally "one ten"</note> year, on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> because<note>Hebrew "because that"</note> Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, 'Ah! The gates of the peoples are broken; it has swung <transChange type="added">open</transChange> to me; I shall be filled, <transChange type="added">for</transChange> it lies in ruins!'</verse>


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<verse num="3">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against you, Tyre, and I will bring up against you many nations like the stirring up of the sea {stirring up its waves}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">with respect to</transChange> its waves"</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">And I will destroy the walls of Tyre, and they will demolish its towers, and I will scrape away its earthen dirt from it, and I will make it into {a bare rock}.<note>Literally "to barrenness of rock"</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">It will become a place for spreading out dragnets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken,' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. 'And it will become as plunder for the nations,</verse>


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<verse num="6">and its daughters who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the field with the sword, they will be killed; and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.'" </verse>


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<verse num="7">For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> bringing to Tyre Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> north, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> king of kings, with horse and with chariot and with horsemen and <transChange type="added">his</transChange> assembly and many people.</verse>


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<verse num="8">Your daughters he will kill in the field with the sword, and he will place<note>Hebrew "give"</note> against you siege works, and he will build against you a siege ramp, and he will raise against you a shield,</verse>


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<verse num="9">and the thrust of his battering ram he will direct against your walls, and your towers he will break down with his weapons.</verse>


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<verse num="10">From the abundance of his horses he will cover you <transChange type="added">with</transChange> their fine dust; at <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sound of horseman and wheel and chariot your walls will shake, at his coming into your gates like the entrance of a city <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> being broken through.</verse>


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<verse num="11">With the hooves of his horses he will trample all of your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and {your strong stone pillars}<note>Literally "the stone pillars of strength your"</note> will tumble down to the earth.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And they will plunder your wealth, and they will loot your merchandise, and they will break down your walls, and the houses of your delight they will break down, and your stones and your timbers and your earthen dirt they will cast into the midst of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> water.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And, I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will not be heard any longer.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And I will make you into {a bare rock},<note>Literally "to barrenness of rock"</note> a place for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> spreading out of dragnets. You will not be built again, for I, Yahweh, I have spoken," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="15">Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Tyre, "Will not the coastlands shake from the sound of your downfall, at <transChange type="added">the</transChange> groaning of the wounded, {at people being killed}<note>Literally "at being killed a killing"</note> in the midst of you?</verse>


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<verse num="16">And all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, and they will remove their robes, and their {beautiful garments}<note>Literally "the garments of beautiful finished cloth"</note> <transChange type="added">of</transChange> finished cloth they will take off. With terror they will be clothed, and on the ground they will sit, and they will tremble {continually},<note>Literally "for moments"</note> and they will be appalled over you.</verse>


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<verse num="18">Now the coastlands will tremble <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the day of your downfall, and the islands that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the sea will be horrified because of your departure.'"</verse>


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<verse num="19">For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when bringing up over you the deep, the {great surging waters}<note>Literally "the waters the many"</note> will cover you.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And I will bring you down with <transChange type="added">those who are</transChange> going down to the grave,<note>Or "pit"</note> {an ancient people},<note>Literally "a people of eternity/endless ages"</note> and I will cause you to dwell in the world<note>Or "land"</note> of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> depths, in the ruins from of old with <transChange type="added">those who are</transChange> going down to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> grave,<note>Or "pit"</note> so that you will not be inhabited and {have a place}<note>Hebrew "and I will give beauty in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> living"</note> in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> living.</verse>


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<verse num="21">Sudden terrors I will bring <transChange type="added">on</transChange> you, and you shall no <transChange type="added">longer exist</transChange>; and you will be sought, and you will not be found again {forever},"<note>Literally "to eternity/endless ages"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="2">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> raise a lament against Tyre.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And you must say to Tyre, the one who sits at <transChange type="added">the</transChange> entrance of the sea <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the merchant of the peoples to the many coastlands, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: </verse>


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<verse num="4">In <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heart of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> seas <transChange type="added">are</transChange> your boundaries; your builders perfected your beauty.</verse>


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<verse num="5">They built <transChange type="added">with</transChange> pine trees from Senir all of your boards for you; they took cedars from Lebanon to make a sailing mast {for you}.<note>Literally "on you"</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">They made your oars <transChange type="added">with</transChange> oaks from Bashan; your deck they made <transChange type="added">with</transChange> inlaid ivory, with cypress trees from the coastlands of Cyprus.<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note></verse>


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<verse num="7">Your sail was fine linen with colorful weaving from Egypt {to serve as a banner for you};<note>Literally "to be for you as a banner"</note> blue and purple cloth from the coastlands of Cyprus<note>Or "Elishah"</note> was your awning.</verse>


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<verse num="8">The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvan were your rowers; your {skilled men},<note>Literally "wise men"</note> O Tyre, were {from your own people},<note>Literally "in you"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> your seamen.</verse>


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<verse num="9">The elders of Gebal and its {skilled men}<note>Literally "wise men"</note> were {among you}<note>Literally "in you"</note> <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the repairers of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> seam of your boat; all of the ships of the sea and their mariners were {among you}<note>Literally "in you"</note> to barter your wares.</verse>


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<verse num="10">Persia and Lud and Put were {among your soldiers};<note>Literally "in your army <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the men of war your"</note> small shield and helmet hung {among you}<note>Literally "in you"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> gave <transChange type="added">to you</transChange> your adornment.</verse>


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<verse num="11">The people<note>Or "children," or "sons"</note> of Arvan and Helech <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on your walls all around, and Gammadites were in your towers. They hung their quivers<note>Or "shields" (cf. NJPS; NIV)</note> on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.</verse>


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<verse num="12">" 'Tarshish <transChange type="added">was</transChange> your trader; from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> abundance of all of <transChange type="added">their</transChange> wealth, with silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your merchandise.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; {in exchange for people}<note>Or "for a human person/soul"</note> and an object of bronze they gave <transChange type="added">you</transChange> your wares.</verse>


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<verse num="14">From Beth Togarmah they exchanged horses and war horses and mules for your wares.</verse>


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<verse num="15">The people<note>Or "children"</note> of Dedan <transChange type="added">were</transChange> trading <transChange type="added">with</transChange> you, many coastlands <transChange type="added">composed</transChange> the region of your {influence};<note>Literally "hand"</note> they brought back horns of ivory and ebony <transChange type="added">as</transChange> your payment.</verse>


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<verse num="16">Edom<note>Reading Edom for Aram</note> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> trading <transChange type="added">with</transChange> you because of the abundance of your products, <transChange type="added">trading</transChange> with malachite, purple wool yarn and colorful weaving, and fine white fabric and black corals and rubies; <transChange type="added">all these</transChange> they exchange for your merchandise.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Judah and the land of Israel <transChange type="added">were</transChange> trading <transChange type="added">with</transChange> you with wheat from Minnith and millet and honey and olive oil and balm; <transChange type="added">all these</transChange> they gave <transChange type="added">for</transChange> your wares.</verse>


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<verse num="18">Damascus <transChange type="added">was</transChange> trading <transChange type="added">with</transChange> you {because of}<note>Literally "for"</note> the abundance of your products, because of the abundance of all of <transChange type="added">your</transChange> wealth, <transChange type="added">trading</transChange> with the wine of Helbon and white wool.</verse>


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<verse num="19">Vedan and Javan from Uzal, they exchanged wrought iron, cinnamon,<note>Or "cassia"</note> and reed spice for your merchandise; <transChange type="added">all this</transChange> was for your wares.</verse>


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<verse num="20">Dedan <transChange type="added">was</transChange> trading <transChange type="added">with</transChange> you, with garments of woven material for riding.</verse>


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<verse num="21">Arabia and all of the leaders of Kedar <transChange type="added">were</transChange> {your customers};<note>Literally "traders of your hand"</note> with young rams and <transChange type="added">adult</transChange> rams and goats <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> trading with them with you.</verse>


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<verse num="22">The traders of Sheba and Raamah <transChange type="added">were</transChange> trading <transChange type="added">with</transChange> you, with the finest of every spice and with every precious stone and gold; they exchanged <transChange type="added">all these</transChange> for your merchandise.</verse>


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<verse num="23">Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Assyria, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Kilmad <transChange type="added">were</transChange> trading <transChange type="added">with</transChange> you.</verse>


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<verse num="24">They <transChange type="added">were</transChange> trading <transChange type="added">with</transChange> you in finery, in mantles of blue cloth and colorful embroidered work and with rugs of variegated cloth in twisted cords and knotted tightly; {these were among your merchandise}.<note>Literally "in your trading/marketplace" (cf. NET)</note></verse>


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<verse num="25">The ships of Tarshish <transChange type="added">were</transChange> carrying <transChange type="added">for</transChange> you your wares, and you were filled, and you became very heavy in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heart of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> seas. </verse>


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<verse num="26">" 'Into many waters the rowers brought you; <transChange type="added">but</transChange> {the east wind}<note>Literally "the wind of the east"</note> wrecked you in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heart of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> seas.</verse>


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<verse num="27">Your wealth and your merchandise, your wares, your mariners, and your seamen, your shipwrights<note>Literally "the repairers/strengtheners of your seams"</note> and the barterers of your wares and all of {your soldiers}<note>Literally "the men of your war"</note> who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in you, along<note>Hebrew "and"</note> with all of your crew who are in the midst of you, they will fall in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heart of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> seas on the day of your downfall.</verse>


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<verse num="28">At the sound of the shout<note>Or "cry"</note> of your seamen, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pasturelands will shake.</verse>


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<verse num="29">And they will go down from their ships, all of <transChange type="added">those</transChange> holding an oar, mariners, all of the seamen of the sea will stand on the land,</verse>


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<verse num="30">and they will lament<note>Hebrew "lamented"</note> over you with their voice, and they will cry out<note>Hebrew "cried out"</note> bitterly, and they will throw<note>Hebrew "threw"</note> dust on their heads, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> they will roll<note>Hebrew "rolled"</note> in the dust.</verse>


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<verse num="31">{They will shave themselves bald for your sake},<note>Literally "And they made bald for you <transChange type="added">with</transChange> baldness"</note> and they will dress<note>Hebrew "dressed"</note> themselves <transChange type="added">in</transChange> sackcloth, and they will weep<note>Hebrew "wept"</note> over you with <transChange type="added">a</transChange> bitterness of soul<note>Or "<transChange type="added">of their</transChange> inner self"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with bitter wailing.</verse>


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<verse num="32">And they will raise<note>Hebrew "raised"</note> over you with their wailing a lament, and they will chant<note>Hebrew "chanted"</note> a lament over you: 'Who is like Tyre, like <transChange type="added">this</transChange> destruction in the midst of the sea?'</verse>


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<verse num="33">When your merchandise went out from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> seas, you satisfied many peoples with the abundance of your wealth, and <transChange type="added">by</transChange> your wares you made rich <transChange type="added">the</transChange> kings of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world.</verse>


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<verse num="34">Now you are broken by seas in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> depths of waters; your wares and all of your crew in the midst of you have sunk.</verse>


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<verse num="35">All of the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled over you, and their kings {shudder}<note>Literally "they have bristling hair"</note> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> horror; {they distort their faces}!<note>Literally "they are distorted <transChange type="added">as to</transChange> faces"</note></verse>


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<verse num="36">The traders among the peoples hiss over you; you have become <transChange type="added">a</transChange> horror, and {you shall be no more forever}!'"<note>Literally "there is not you until eternity/endless ages" (cf. NRSV)</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: </verse>


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<verse num="3">Look, are you wiser than Daniel, <transChange type="added">so that</transChange> {no secret}<note>Literally "all of hidden/secret"</note> is hidden <transChange type="added">from</transChange> you?</verse>


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<verse num="4">By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gained for yourself wealth, and you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.</verse>


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<verse num="5">By the abundance of your wisdom in your trading you <transChange type="added">have</transChange> increased your wealth and your heart was proud in<note>Or "by/through"</note> your wealth." '"</verse>


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<verse num="7">therefore look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> bringing strangers over you, <transChange type="added">the most</transChange> ruthless of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples, and they will draw their swords against the beauty<note>Or "splendor"</note> of your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.</verse>


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<verse num="8">They will thrust you down to the pit, and you will die {a violent death}<note>Literally "a death of a slain"</note> in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> heart of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> seas.</verse>


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<verse num="9">{Will you indeed still say}<note>Literally "Will you say, will you say"</note> "I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> a god!" before the face of your killers?<note>Or "slayers"</note> And <transChange type="added">in fact</transChange> you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> a human<note>Or "man"</note> and not a god in the hand of {those who pierce you}.<note>Literally "piercers/slayers of you"</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">You will die <transChange type="added">the</transChange> death of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> uncircumcised by the hand of strangers,</verse>


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<verse num="11">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> raise a lament over the king of Tyre, and you must say to him, 'thus says the Lord Yahweh: </verse>


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<verse num="13">You were in Eden, the garden of God, and every precious stone <transChange type="added">was</transChange> your adornment: carnelian, topaz and moonstone,<note>Meaning of Hebrew uncertain</note> turquoise, onyx and jasper, sapphire,<note>Or "lapis lazuli"</note> malachite and emerald. And gold <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the craftsmanship of your settings and your mountings in you; on the day when you were created they were prepared.</verse>


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<verse num="14">You were <transChange type="added">an</transChange> anointed guardian cherub, and I placed you on {God's holy mountain};<note>Literally "on the mountain of the holiness of God"</note> you walked in the midst of stones of fire.</verse>


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<verse num="15">You <transChange type="added">were</transChange> blameless in your ways from the day {when you were created},<note>Literally "being created you"</note> until wickedness was found in you.</verse>


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<verse num="16">In the abundance of your trading, they filled the midst of you <transChange type="added">with</transChange> violence, and you sinned; and I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I expelled you, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> guardian<note>Or "guarding"</note> cherub, from the midst of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> stones of fire.</verse>


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<verse num="17">Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you ruined your wisdom because of your splendor. I threw you on the ground {before}<note>Literally "in the face of"</note> kings; I have exposed you {for viewing}.<note>Literally "to look at you"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">From the abundance of your iniquities in the dishonesty of your trading, I profaned your sanctuaries and I brought fire from your midst; it consumed you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth {before the eyes of everyone who sees you}.<note>Literally "before the eyes of all seeing you"</note></verse>


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<verse num="19">{All who know you}<note>Literally "all of the knowers of you"</note> among the peoples are appalled over you; you have become <transChange type="added">as</transChange> horrors, and {you shall cease to exist forever}." '"<note>Literally "there is not you until eternity"</note></verse>


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<verse num="20">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="21">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against it,</verse>


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<verse num="23">And I will send into it a plague, and blood will <transChange type="added">be</transChange> in its streets. And <transChange type="added">the</transChange> dead will fall in the midst of her by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword <transChange type="added">that is</transChange> against it from all around; and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And {there will not be any longer}<note>Literally "and not it will be again"</note> <transChange type="added">a</transChange> painful thorn and a sharp thornbush for<note>Or "against"</note> the house of Israel from {anywhere around them}<note>Literally "from all <transChange type="added">of</transChange> all around them"</note> <transChange type="added">from those</transChange> {who are despising them},<note>Literally "the ones despising them"</note> and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the Lord Yahweh." '" </verse>


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<verse num="25">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples to which they were scattered <transChange type="added">about</transChange> in them, and I show myself holy in<note>Or "among"</note> them before the eyes of the nations, then they will live on their soil, which I gave to my servant Jacob.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And they will live on it in safety, and they will build houses, and they will plant vineyards, and they will live in safety when I execute my judgments on all {those who despise them from all around them},<note>Literally "the ones despising them"</note> and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh their God." </verse>


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<verse num="1">In the tenth year, in the tenth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, on the {twelfth}<note>Literally "two ten"</note> <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against Egypt, all of it.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And so I will put hooks in your jawbones, and I will make the fish of your Nile streams stick to your scales, and I will bring you up from the midst of your Nile streams, and all of the fish of your Nile streams <transChange type="added">which</transChange> cling to your scales.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And I will fling you <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the desert, you and all the fish of your Nile streams. On the surface of the field you will fall; you will not be gathered, and you will not be assembled. To the animals<note>Hebrew "animal"</note> of the field and to the birds<note>Hebrew "bird"</note> of the heavens I will give you as food.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And all of the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh, because of their<note>LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate: "you"</note> being a staff of reed for the house of Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="7">When they took hold of you with the hand, you snapped, and you split their every shoulder. And when they leaned on you, you broke, and you caused all of their loins to wobble."</verse>


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<verse num="8">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> bringing on you <transChange type="added">a</transChange> sword, and I will cut off from you human and animal.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And the land of Egypt will become<note>Hebrew "be"</note> <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation and ruins, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh because he<note>That is, Pharaoh</note> said, 'The Nile <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {mine}!<note>Literally "to me"</note> And I, I made <transChange type="added">it</transChange>!'</verse>


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<verse num="10">Therefore look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against you and against your Nile streams, and I will make the land of Egypt into ruins, <transChange type="added">a</transChange> pile of rubble, <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation from Migdol <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Syene and up to the boundary of Cush.</verse>


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<verse num="11">A foot of a human will not pass over it, and a foot of an animal will not pass over it, and so it will not be inhabited <transChange type="added">for</transChange> forty years.<note>Hebrew "year"</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and its cities <transChange type="added">to be</transChange> in the midst of ruined cities. They will be <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation <transChange type="added">for</transChange> forty years, and I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and I will disperse them among the countries." </verse>


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<verse num="13">For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples <transChange type="added">among</transChange> whom they were scattered.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and I will bring them back <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and they will be a lowly kingdom there.</verse>


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<verse num="15">Of <transChange type="added">all</transChange> the kingdoms it will be <transChange type="added">the most</transChange> lowly, and it will not exalt itself again over the nations, and I will make them small <transChange type="added">so as</transChange> not to rule over the nations.</verse>


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<verse num="16">And it will not be again for the house of Israel an object of trust, bringing to remembrance <transChange type="added">their</transChange> guilt {when they turned back to them},<note>Literally "at their turning"</note> and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> the Lord Yahweh." </verse>


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<verse num="17">{And then}<note>Literally "and it happened"</note> in {the twenty-seventh year},<note>Literally "twenty and seven year"</note> in the first <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, he made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bare, and every shoulder <transChange type="added">was</transChange> rubbed raw, but<note>Or "and"</note> a wage was not <transChange type="added">paid</transChange> for him and for his army from Tyre for the labor that he did against it."</verse>


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<verse num="19">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> giving to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon the land of Egypt, and he will carry its wealth <transChange type="added">away</transChange>, and he will plunder its plunder, and he will loot its loot, and it will be <transChange type="added">a</transChange> wage for his army.</verse>


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<verse num="20"><transChange type="added">As</transChange> his wages that he worked for, I will give to him the land of Egypt, because they worked for me," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="21">"On that day I will cause {power}<note>Literally "a horn"</note> to grow <transChange type="added">up</transChange> for the house of Israel, and for you I will give an opening of <transChange type="added">your</transChange> mouth in the midst of them, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh." </verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> prophesy, and you must say, 'thus says the Lord Yahweh: </verse>


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<verse num="3">For a day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near; indeed, a day <transChange type="added">is</transChange> near for Yahweh. A day of cloud, a time of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> nations it will be.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And a sword will come in Egypt, and anguish will be in Cush, at the falling of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> slain in Egypt. And they will take its wealth, and its foundation will be demolished.</verse>


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<verse num="5">Cush and Put and Lud and all of Arabia and Kub and the people<note>Or "children"</note> of the land of the treaty<note>Or "covenant"</note> with them--by the sword they will fall." </verse>


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<verse num="7">"And they will be desolate in the midst of desolate countries, and its cities will be in the midst of ruined cities.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh when I put my fire in Egypt, and all of its helpers are broken.</verse>


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<verse num="9">On that day messengers will go down from {before me}<note>Literally "to the face of me"</note> in the ships to terrify unsuspecting Cush, and anguish will be in them on the day of Egypt; for look, <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> coming!" </verse>


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<verse num="11">He and his people with him, <transChange type="added">the most</transChange> ruthless of nations, <transChange type="added">will</transChange> be brought to destroy the land. And they will draw their swords against Egypt, and they will fill the land <transChange type="added">with</transChange> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> slain,</verse>


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<verse num="12">and I will make the Nile streams dry land, and I will sell the land into <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of bad <transChange type="added">people</transChange>, and I will lay waste <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land and its fullness by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of strangers.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And I will lay waste Pathros, and I will set fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments in No.<note>That is, Thebes</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">I will pour out my rage over Sin, the stronghold of Egypt, and I will cut off the crowd<note>Or "horde"</note> of No.<note>That is, Thebes</note></verse>


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<verse num="16">And I will set fire in Egypt, certainly Sin will writhe, and No<note>That is, Thebes</note> will be breached, and Memphis <transChange type="added">will</transChange> face enemies {daily}.<note>Literally "of by day"</note></verse>


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<verse num="17">The young men of On and Pi Beseth will fall by the sword, and they will go into captivity.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And at Tahpanhes the day will become dark when I break the yoke of Egypt, and in it the majesty of its strength will come to an end. A cloud will cover it, and its daughters will go into captivity.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And I will execute judgments in Egypt, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh."</verse>


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<verse num="20">{And then}<note>Literally "and it was"</note> {in the eleventh}<note>Literally "on one ten"</note> year, in the first <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, on the seventh <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="21">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> the arm of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, I have broken. And look, it has not been bound up for giving of a remedy, or for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> placing of a splint to bind it <transChange type="added">up</transChange> to make it strong to take hold of the sword."</verse>


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<verse num="22">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and I will break his strong arm and the broken <transChange type="added">arm</transChange>, and I will let the sword fall from his hand.</verse>


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<verse num="23">And I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and I will disperse them among the countries.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And I will strengthen the arm of the king of Babylon, and I will give my sword into his hand, and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan <transChange type="added">with the</transChange> groaning of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> mortally wounded {before him}.<note>Literally "the face of him"</note></verse>


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<verse num="25">And I will strengthen the arm of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh will fall. And they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh when I give my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will stretch it out to the land of Egypt.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And I will scatter Egypt among the nations, and I will disperse them into the countries, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh." </verse>


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<verse num="1">{And then}<note>Literally "and it happened/it was"</note> {in the eleventh}<note>Literally "on one ten"</note> year, in the third <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> say to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his crowd,<note>Or "hordes"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="3">Look! Assyria <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a cedar in Lebanon, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> beautiful branches<note>Hebrew "branch"</note> and a forest giving shade, and {very high},<note>Literally "high of height"</note> and its treetop <transChange type="added">was</transChange> between <transChange type="added">the</transChange> clouds.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Waters made it great, the deep made it grow high; its rivers <transChange type="added">were</transChange> going all around {its planting area},<note>Literally "base of its tree"; NRSV, "in the place where it was planted"</note> and its channels it sent <transChange type="added">out</transChange> to all of the trees of the field.</verse>


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<verse num="5">Therefore it became tall, <transChange type="added">with</transChange> its height more than all of the trees of the field, and its branches became numerous, and its branches became long {from its sending its shoots from abundant water}.<note>Literally "from water much at sending <transChange type="added">shoots</transChange> its"</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">In its branches all the birds<note>Hebrew "bird"</note> of the heaven<note>Or "sky"</note> made their nest, and under its branches all the animals<note>Hebrew "animal"</note> of the field gave birth, and in its shadow all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> many nations lived.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root <transChange type="added">was</transChange> toward much water.</verse>


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<verse num="8">Cedars in the garden of God could not <transChange type="added">be</transChange> equal to it; fir trees<note>Or possibly, juniper</note> could not resemble its branches, and plane trees were not <transChange type="added">even</transChange> like its branches; any tree <transChange type="added">even</transChange> in the garden of God could not resemble it in its beauty.</verse>


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<verse num="9">I made it beautiful with the abundance of its branches, and all of the trees of Eden that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> in the garden of God envied it.'"</verse>


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<verse num="10">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Because}<note>Literally "because that"</note> it was tall in height and it set its treetop between<note>Hebrew "to between"</note> thick clouds, and {he took pride in his tallness},<note>Literally "and his heart he raised in his tallness"</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">then<note>Or "and"</note> I gave it into <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hand of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> leader of nations; he {dealt thoroughly}<note>Literally "doing he did"</note> with it according to its wickedness. I drove it <transChange type="added">out</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And strangers cut it off, <transChange type="added">the most</transChange> ruthless of nations, and they abandoned it. On the mountains and in all <transChange type="added">of the</transChange> valleys its branches fell, and its branches were broken in all the river channels of the land, and all the peoples of the world went out from its shadow, and they abandoned it.</verse>


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<verse num="13">On its fallen trunk all the birds<note>Hebrew "bird"</note> of the heaven<note>Or "sky"</note> <transChange type="added">now</transChange> dwell, and all the animals of the field were on its branches.</verse>


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<verse num="14"><transChange type="added">This occurred</transChange> so that all of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> trees <transChange type="added">with abundant</transChange> water will not become tall, and they will not set their treetop between<note>Or "among"</note> <transChange type="added">their</transChange> thick foliage,<note>Or "clouds"</note> and <transChange type="added">so that</transChange>{all of the trees that are abundantly watered}<note>Literally "all of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> drinkers of water"</note> {will not stand up to them}<note>Literally "will not stand to them"</note> in their tallness, for all of them, they have been given <transChange type="added">over</transChange> to death, to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world below in the midst of {mortals},<note>Literally "sons of men," or "children of humankind"</note> to <transChange type="added">the people</transChange> going down to the grave."<note>Or "pit"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="15">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "On the day of its going down <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Sheol, I caused mourning; I covered over it <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the deep, and I withheld its rivers, and many waters were restrained, and I brought gloom over it; Lebanon and all of the trees of the field, they <transChange type="added">had</transChange> fainted because of it.</verse>


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<verse num="16">From the sound of its downfall I caused nations to shake when I made it go down to Sheol, with <transChange type="added">the people</transChange> going down to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> grave,<note>Or "the pit"</note> and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world below all of the trees of Eden, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> choice and the best of Lebanon, {all the well-watered trees}<note>Literally "all <transChange type="added">of</transChange><transChange type="added">the</transChange> drinkers of water"</note> were comforted!</verse>


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<verse num="17">They also went down with it to Sheol to {those who died by the sword},<note>Literally "to the slain of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword"</note> and its army <transChange type="added">who</transChange> <transChange type="added">had</transChange> lived in its shadow in the midst of nations. </verse>


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<verse num="18">{To whom could you be compared, whether in glory or in majesty}<note>Literally "To who you are like as in glory and in majesty"</note> among the trees of Eden? And yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world below; in the midst of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> uncircumcised you will lie with {those who died by the sword}.<note>Literally "the slain of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword"</note> That is Pharaoh and {his entire}<note>Literally "all his hordes/crowd"</note> crowd!"<note>Or "hordes"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="1">{And then}<note>Literally "and it was/happened"</note> in {the twelfth}<note>Literally "two of ten"</note> year, in the {twelfth}<note>Literally "in two ten month"</note> month, on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> raise a lament over Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and you must say to him, </verse>


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<verse num="4">And I will throw you on the ground; on the surface of the open field I will hurl you, and I will cause every bird of the heaven to dwell on you, and I will satisfy the animals<note>Hebrew "animal"</note> of all of the world from you.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And I will put your flesh on the mountains, and I will fill the valleys <transChange type="added">with</transChange> your carcass.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And I will water <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land <transChange type="added">with</transChange> your discharge from your blood on the mountains, and valleys will be filled from<note>Or "with"</note> you.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And I will cover <transChange type="added">you</transChange> at<note>Or "by"</note> extinguishing your heavens, and I will make dark their stars, and I will cover <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sun with the cloud, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> moon will not give its light.</verse>


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<verse num="8">All<note>Or "every"</note> sources of light in the heavens, I will make them dark over you, and I will put<note>Or "give"</note> darkness on your land,'"</verse>


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<verse num="9">"And I will disturb <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hearts<note>Hebrew "heart"</note> of many peoples at my bringing <transChange type="added">about</transChange> your captivity among the nations, to countries that you do not know.</verse>


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<verse num="10">And I will cause many peoples to be awestruck over you, and their kings will shudder over you <transChange type="added">in</transChange> horror, at<note>Or "when"</note> my brandishing my sword before their faces, and they will tremble {continually},<note>Literally "for moments/seconds"</note> each <transChange type="added">person</transChange> for his life, on the day of your downfall."</verse>


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<verse num="12">By the swords of warriors I will cause to fall your hordes <transChange type="added">by</transChange> <transChange type="added">the most</transChange> ruthless of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> nations, all of them, and they will devastate the majesty of Egypt, and all of its hordes will be destroyed.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And I will destroy all her domestic livestock {beside}<note>Literally "from on"</note> many waters. <transChange type="added">The</transChange> feet of humans<note>Hebrew "human"</note> will not make them turbid again, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> hooves of domestic livestock will not make them turbid.</verse>


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<verse num="14">Then I will make their waters settle, and their rivers as the olive oil I will let flow,"</verse>


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<verse num="15">"Then I make the land of Egypt <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation, so that the land will be stripped from its fullness when I strike all of <transChange type="added">those</transChange> dwelling in it, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="16">{This is}<note>Literally "she <transChange type="added">is</transChange>"</note> a lament, and they will chant it as a lament; the daughters <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the nations will chant it as a lament over Egypt, and over all of its hordes they will chant it as a lament," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="17">{And then}<note>Literally "and it happened/was"</note> in the {twelfth}<note>Literally "two of ten"</note> year, {on the fifteenth}<note>Literally "in the five ten of"</note> <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> mourn over the hordes of Egypt, and make her go down, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> with her <transChange type="added">the</transChange> daughters of mighty nations, {down to the deep underworld}<note>Literally "to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> world/earth deeps/depth"</note> with <transChange type="added">the people</transChange> going down to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> grave.<note>Or "pit" or "netherworld"</note></verse>


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<verse num="19">{You are more lovely than whom}?<note>Literally "from whom are you lovely"</note> Go down and be laid in rest with <transChange type="added">the</transChange> uncircumcised.</verse>


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<verse num="20">In the midst of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> people slain by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword it<note>Or "she"; that is, Egypt</note> is given they will fall <transChange type="added">to</transChange> a sword; they carried her<note>Or "it"</note> off and all of her<note>Or "its"</note> hordes.</verse>


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<verse num="21"><transChange type="added">The</transChange> chiefs of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> warriors will speak to him from the middle of Sheol; with his helpers they have gone down; the uncircumcised lie <transChange type="added">still</transChange>, {those slain by the sword}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">the</transChange> slain of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="22">Assyria <transChange type="added">is</transChange> there and all of its assembly; all around it <transChange type="added">are</transChange> its graves, all of them killed, those fallen by the sword,</verse>


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<verse num="23">who<note>That is, Assyria</note> will be given its graves in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> remote areas of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pit, and its assembly will be all around its grave, all of them killed, fallen by the sword, <transChange type="added">those</transChange> who spread terror in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> living. </verse>


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<verse num="24">Elam <transChange type="added">is</transChange> there and all of its hordes, all around its grave, all of them dead who fell by the sword, <transChange type="added">those</transChange> who went down uncircumcised to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> depths of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> underworld,<note>Literally "land/earth/world"</note> <transChange type="added">those</transChange> who spread their terror to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> living, and <transChange type="added">now</transChange> they bear their disgrace with <transChange type="added">the people</transChange> going down <transChange type="added">to the</transChange> grave.<note>Or "pit" or "sheol"</note></verse>


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<verse num="25">In the midst of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> slain they made a bed for her with all of her hordes all around its graves, all of them uncircumcised, slain by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword, for their terror was spread in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> living, and they <transChange type="added">now</transChange> bear their disgrace with <transChange type="added">the people</transChange> going down to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> grave;<note>Or "pit"</note> in the midst of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> slain it was placed. </verse>


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<verse num="26">Meshech <transChange type="added">and</transChange> Tubal <transChange type="added">are</transChange> there and all of its hordes, all around him its graves, all of them uncircumcised <transChange type="added">and</transChange> killed by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword, for they gave their terror in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> living.</verse>


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<verse num="27">And they do not lie with warriors fallen from long ago, who went down <transChange type="added">to</transChange> Sheol with their weapons of war,<note>Literally "with the weapons of war their"</note> and they placed their sword under their heads, and their shields<note>Reading "their shields" for "their guilt"</note> were on their bones, for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> terror of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> warriors <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land of the living.</verse>


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<verse num="28">And you<note>Evidently refers to Egypt</note> <transChange type="added">too</transChange> in the midst of uncircumcised <transChange type="added">people</transChange> will be broken, and you will lie with <transChange type="added">those</transChange> slain by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword. </verse>


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<verse num="29">There <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Edom, its kings and all of its leaders who are laid <transChange type="added">along</transChange> with their might with <transChange type="added">those</transChange> killed by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword; they will lie with <transChange type="added">the</transChange> uncircumcised and with <transChange type="added">the people</transChange> going down to the grave.<note>Or "pit"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="30">There are <transChange type="added">also</transChange> the princes of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> north, all of them, all of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Sidonians who have gone down, being ashamed <transChange type="added">to lie</transChange> with <transChange type="added">the</transChange> slain because<note>Or "in spite of" (cf. NJPS, NIV)</note> of their terror <transChange type="added">that they caused</transChange> from their might, and they lie uncircumcised with <transChange type="added">those killed</transChange> by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword, and they bear their disgrace <transChange type="added">along with</transChange> <transChange type="added">the people</transChange> going down to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> grave.<note>Or "pit"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="31">Pharaoh will see them, and he will be comforted over all of his hordes killed by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword, Pharaoh and all of his army," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="32">"For<note>Or "although"</note> he spread<note>Hebrew "I gave"</note> my terror in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> land of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> living, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> he will be laid down in the midst of the uncircumcised with those killed by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword: Pharaoh and all of his hordes,"{declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> speak to {your people},<note>Literally "the children of your people"</note> and you must say to them, 'A land, if I bring over it a sword and the people of the land take a man, one from their number, and they appoint him for them as a watchman,</verse>


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<verse num="3">and he sees the sword coming against the land, and he blows on the horn and he warns the people,</verse>


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<verse num="4">and {anyone who listens}<note>Literally "the listening"</note> hears the sound of the horn and {he does not take warning}<note>Literally "not he takes warning"</note> and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword comes and it takes him, his blood will be on his <transChange type="added">own</transChange> head.</verse>


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<verse num="5"><transChange type="added">For</transChange> he heard the sound of the horn and he did not take warning; his blood will be on him. But <transChange type="added">if</transChange> he took warning, he saved his life.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the watchman, if he sees the sword coming and {he does not blow}<note>Literally "and not he blows on"</note> the horn, and the people <transChange type="added">are</transChange> not warned, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword comes and it takes {their lives},<note>Literally "it takes from them a life"</note> he will be taken through his guilt, but his blood from the hand of the watchman I will seek.' </verse>


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<verse num="7">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; if you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me.</verse>


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<verse num="8">{When I say}<note>Literally "At my saying"</note> to the wicked, 'Wicked <transChange type="added">one</transChange>, you will certainly die,' and you {did not speak}<note>Literally "and not you spoke"</note> to warn <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked from his way, he, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked, will die by his guilt, but his blood I will seek from your hand.</verse>


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<verse num="9">But, you, if you warn <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked from his way, to turn from it, and {he does not turn}<note>Literally "and not he turns"</note> from his way, he will die by his guilt, and you will have saved your life. </verse>


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<verse num="10">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> say to the house of Israel, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> 'So you said, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> "Indeed, our transgressions and our sins <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on us, and because of them we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> rotting, and how can we live?" '</verse>


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<verse num="11">Say to them, '{As I live},'<note>Literally "live I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, '{Surely I have no delight}<note>Literally "if"</note> in the death of the wicked, {except}<note>Literally "for it"</note> in <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked returning from his way, and he lives. Turn back! Turn back from your ways, O evil <transChange type="added">ones</transChange>, for why should you die, house of Israel?' </verse>


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<verse num="12">"So<note>Or "And"</note> you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> say to {your people}<note>Literally "the children of your people"</note> <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the righteousness of the righteous shall not save him in the day of his transgression, and the wickedness of the wicked {will not cause him to stumble}<note>Literally "not he will stumbled by it"</note> on the day of his returning from his wickedness; and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous will not be able to live by it on the day when he returns to his sin.</verse>


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<verse num="13">When I say to the righteous, 'Certainly he will live,' and he trusted in<note>Or "on"</note> his righteousness, and he <transChange type="added">turns and he</transChange> does injustice, all of his righteousness<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> will not be remembered, and because of his injustice that he did, because of it he will die.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And when I say to the wicked, 'Certainly you will die,' but<note>Or "and"</note> he returns from his sin and he does justice and righteousness--</verse>


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<verse num="15"><transChange type="added">for example</transChange>, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> wicked returns a pledge for a loan, he restores {stolen property},<note>Literally "robbed/stolen <transChange type="added">items</transChange>"</note> he goes in the statutes of life <transChange type="added">so as</transChange> not to do injustice--certainly he will live; he will not die.</verse>


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<verse num="16">All of his {sins that he committed},<note>Literally "sins that he sinned"</note> they will not be remembered against<note>Or "for"</note> him, and he did justice and righteousness; certainly he will live. </verse>


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<verse num="17">"Yet<note>Or "And"</note> {your people}<note>Literally "the children of your people"</note> say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> their way is not fair.</verse>


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<verse num="18">When <transChange type="added">the</transChange> righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, then he will die {because of it}.<note>Literally "by/in them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="19">And when the wicked turns from his wickedness, and he does justice and righteousness, because of it<note>Hebrew "them"</note> {he will certainly live}!<note>Literally "he, he will live"</note></verse>


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<verse num="20">Yet you said, 'The way of the Lord is not fair!' I will judge you, house of Israel, each <transChange type="added">person</transChange> according to his ways." </verse>


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<verse num="21">{And then}<note>Literally "and it happened"</note> it was in {the twelfth}<note>Literally "two of ten"</note> year, in the tenth <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, on the fifth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month of our exile, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> "The city was destroyed!"</verse>


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<verse num="22">And the hand of Yahweh was on me on the evening {before}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> the coming of the survivor, and he opened my mouth {before the survivor came to me in the morning},<note>Literally "until coming to me in the morning"</note> and my mouth was opened, and I was {no longer}<note>Literally "and not I was dumb still"</note> dumb.<note>Or "silent" or "speechless"</note></verse>


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<verse num="24">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> the inhabitants of these ruins on the soil of Israel <transChange type="added">are</transChange> saying, 'Abraham was one <transChange type="added">man</transChange>, and he took possession of the land, and we <transChange type="added">are</transChange> many; the land has been given for<note>Or "to"</note> us as <transChange type="added">a</transChange> possession.'</verse>


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<verse num="25">Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You eat blood <transChange type="added">in your meat</transChange>, and you raise your eyes to your idols and you pour out blood, and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> you want to take possession of the land?<note>Or "you would take possession of"</note></verse>


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<verse num="26">You rely on your sword, you do a detestable thing, and {each man defiles}<note>Literally "a man the wife of neighbor you defile"</note> the wife of his neighbor, and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> you want to take possession of the land?" '<note>Or "you would take possession of the land"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="27">"Thus you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{As I live},<note>Literally "I live"</note> {surely}<note>Literally "if not"</note> whoever <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the ruins, by the sword they will fall, and whoever <transChange type="added">is</transChange> on the surface of the open field, I will give him to the animals<note>Hebrew "animal"</note> to eat him, and whoever <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the stronghold and in the cave, they will die by the plague.</verse>


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<verse num="28">And I will make the land <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation and <transChange type="added">a</transChange> wasteland, and the pride of its strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel will be desolate {with no one traveling through them}." '<note>Literally "from there is not <transChange type="added">someone</transChange> going over"</note></verse>


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<verse num="29">And they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh when I make my land <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation and <transChange type="added">a</transChange> wasteland, because of all of their detestable things that they have done. </verse>


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<verse num="30">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> {your people},<note>Literally "the children of your people"</note> the ones talking together concerning you beside the walls and in the doorways of the houses, each one with his brother {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> 'Please come and hear what <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the word {that is going out from Yahweh}.'<note>Literally "the going out from with Yahweh"</note></verse>


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<verse num="31">And they come to you {as people do},<note>Literally "like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> coming of a people"</note> and they sit {before you},<note>Literally "to the face of you"</note> and my people hear your words, and they do not do them, for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> showing<note>Or "expressing"</note> passion in their mouth, but their heart <transChange type="added">is</transChange> going after ill-gotten gain.</verse>


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<verse num="32">Now, look! You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> to them like {a sensual song},<note>Literally "like a song of lust"</note> beautiful of voice and {played well on an instrument},<note>Literally "doing good to play a music instrument"</note> and they hear your words, {but they are not doing them}.<note>Literally "and/but doing there is not they them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="33">So<note>Or "And"</note> {when it comes},<note>Literally "in/at her coming"</note> look! It is coming! And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> they will know that a prophet was in the midst of them." </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and you must say to them, to the shepherds, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Woe <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the shepherds of Israel who were feeding themselves! Must not the shepherds feed the flock?</verse>


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<verse num="3">The fat you eat, and you clothe <transChange type="added">yourself</transChange> <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the wool; the well-nourished <transChange type="added">animals</transChange> you slaughter, <transChange type="added">but</transChange> you do not feed the flock.</verse>


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<verse num="4">The weak you <transChange type="added">have</transChange> not strengthened, and the sick you <transChange type="added">have</transChange> not healed, and {with respect to}<note>Literally "for"</note> the hurt<note>Or "wounded"</note> you have not bound <transChange type="added">them up</transChange>, and you <transChange type="added">have</transChange> not brought back the scattered, and you <transChange type="added">have</transChange> not sought the lost, but <transChange type="added">rather</transChange> you ruled over them with force<note>Or "violence"</note> and with ruthlessness.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And they were scattered {without}<note>Literally "from not"</note> a shepherd, and they were<note>Or "became"</note> as food for all the animals<note>Hebrew "animal"</note> of the field <transChange type="added">when</transChange> they were scattered.</verse>


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<verse num="6">My flock went astray upon all of the mountains and on every high hill, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> upon all the surface of the world<note>Or "earth"</note> my flock were scattered, and {there was no one seeking them},<note>Literally "there was not <transChange type="added">someone</transChange> seeking <transChange type="added">them</transChange>"</note> and {there was no one searching for them}."<note>Literally "there was not <transChange type="added">someone</transChange> searching for <transChange type="added">them</transChange>"</note></verse>


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<verse num="7">Therefore, hear, <transChange type="added">O</transChange> shepherds, the word of Yahweh:</verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="8">"{As I live},"<note>Literally "live I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, "{Surely}<note>Literally "if not"</note> because my flock have become as plunder, and my flock became as food to<note>Or "for"</note> all the animals<note>Hebrew "animal"</note> of the field, since there was not a shepherd, <transChange type="added">since</transChange> my shepherds <transChange type="added">have</transChange> not sought my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and they fed not my flock,'"</verse>


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<verse num="10">'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against the shepherds, and I will seek my flock from their hand, and I will put an end to them from shepherding flocks, and the shepherds will {no longer}<note>Literally "not <transChange type="added">any</transChange> longer"</note> feed themselves, and I will deliver my flocks from their mouth, so that they will not be as food for them." </verse>


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<verse num="11">" 'For thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I, even I, will seek my flock, and I will look after them,</verse>


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<verse num="12"><transChange type="added">just</transChange> like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> caring of a shepherd <transChange type="added">for</transChange> his herd on<note>Or "in"</note> the day when he is in the midst of his scattered flock. Thus I will look after my flock, and I will deliver them from all the places {to which they were scattered}<note>Literally "which they were scattered there"</note> on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> day {of storm and stress}.<note>Literally "on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> day of cloud and deep gloom"</note></verse>


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<verse num="13">And I will bring them out from the peoples, and I will gather them from the countries, and I will bring them to their soil, and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys, and in all of the settlements of the land.</verse>


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<verse num="14">I will feed them in good pasture, and their pasture will be on the mountains of the heights of Israel; there they will lie down in good pasture, and <transChange type="added">on</transChange> lush pasture they will feed on the mountains of Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="15">{I myself}<note>Literally "I, I"</note> will feed my flock and {I myself}<note>Literally "I, I"</note> will allow them to lie down," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="16">"I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the scattered, and I will bind <transChange type="added">up</transChange> the one hurt, and I will strengthen the sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed her with justice." </verse>


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<verse num="17">" 'And you, my flock, thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> judging between {one sheep and another},<note>Literally "small sheep and small sheep"</note> between the rams and between the he-goats.</verse>


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<verse num="18">{Is it not enough for you}<note>Literally "is it <transChange type="added">too</transChange> little from you"</note> <transChange type="added">that</transChange> you feed on the good pasture? And <transChange type="added">still</transChange> you must trample the remainder of your pasture with your feet, and {clear water}<note>Literally "and settling of water"</note> you drink, and the {leftover water}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">water</transChange> being left"</note> you must make muddy with your feet.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And my flock must graze the <transChange type="added">pasture</transChange> treaded upon by<note>Hebrew "of"</note> your feet, and must drink the mud puddle <transChange type="added">stirred up</transChange> by<note>Hebrew "of"</note> your feet." </verse>


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<verse num="20">" 'Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh to them: "Look! I, even I will judge between fat sheep and between lean sheep,</verse>


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<verse num="21">because with <transChange type="added">your</transChange> flank and with <transChange type="added">your</transChange> shoulder you shoved, and with your horns you pushed all of the sick <transChange type="added">animals</transChange> {until}<note>Literally "until that"</note> you scattered it<note>Or "them"</note> to the outside.</verse>


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<verse num="22">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I will save my flock, and {they will no longer be}<note>Literally "not they will be longer for plunder"</note> for plunder, and I will judge between {one sheep and another}.<note>Literally "sheep and sheep"</note></verse>


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<verse num="23">And I will set up over them one shepherd, and he will feed them; <transChange type="added">that is</transChange>, my servant David. He will feed them, and he will be for them as<note>Or "like"</note> a shepherd.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And I, Yahweh, I will be for them {as God},<note>Literally "to a God"</note> and my servant David <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> a leader in the midst of them. I, Yahweh, I have spoken.</verse>


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<verse num="25">And I will make them a covenant of peace, and I will put an end to wild animals<note>Hebrew "animal"</note> from the land, and they will dwell in the desert {safely},<note>Literally "with confidence/trust"</note> and they will sleep in the forest.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And I will make them and <transChange type="added">the area</transChange> all around my hill a blessing, and I will let the rain go down {at its appointed time};<note>Literally "in time his"</note> they will be rains of blessing.</verse>


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<verse num="27">And the tree<note>Or "trees"</note> of the field will give its fruit, and the land will give its produce, and they will be on their land {safely},<note>Literally "with/in conficence"</note> and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh when I break their yoke, and I will deliver them from the hand of the ones enslaving them.</verse>


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<verse num="28">And they will not be <transChange type="added">any</transChange> longer plunder to the nations, and the animals of the land will not eat them, and they will dwell {in safety},<note>Literally "with confidence"</note> and <transChange type="added">there will</transChange> not <transChange type="added">be anyone</transChange> frightening <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="29">And I will raise for them a garden plot<note>Or "planting"</note> of renown, and they will {no longer}<note>Literally "not <transChange type="added">any</transChange> longer"</note> be victims of famine in the land, and they will not bear any more the insult of the nations.</verse>


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<verse num="30">And they will know that I, Yahweh their God, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> with them and they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my people, the house of Israel," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh,</verse>


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<verse num="31">"and you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> my flock, the flock of my pasture. You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> {my people};<note>Literally "humanity, Mankind, human, mankind"</note> I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> your God," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.'" </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> set your face against the mountain of Seir and prophesy against it,</verse>


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<verse num="3">and you must say to it, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am against you, mountain of Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation and <transChange type="added">a</transChange> wasteland.</verse>


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<verse num="4">Your cities I will make ruins, and you will be <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh,</verse>


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<verse num="5">because there <transChange type="added">has been</transChange> to you {an ancient hostility},<note>Literally "enmity of eternity"</note> and you handed over the {Israelites}<note>Literally "sons/children of Israel"</note> to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> power of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword at the time of their disaster, at the time of {their final punishment}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">the</transChange> time of punishment of end"</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">Therefore {as I live},"<note>Literally "live I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, "Certainly to blood <transChange type="added">guilt</transChange> I will prepare you and blood<note>Or "blood vengeance"</note> will pursue; {since}<note>Literally "if not"</note> {you did not hate blood},<note>Literally "not blood you hated"</note> it will pursue you.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And I will make the mountain of Seir into <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation and ruin, and I will cut off from it <transChange type="added">both</transChange> <transChange type="added">he who is</transChange> crossing over and <transChange type="added">he who is</transChange> returning.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And I will fill its mountains <transChange type="added">with</transChange> its slain; your hills and your valleys and all of your watercourses, the slain by <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword will fall in them.</verse>


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<verse num="9">{An everlasting desolation}<note>Literally "of eternity/endless ages"</note> I will make you, and your cities will not return, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="10"><transChange type="added">I do this</transChange> because of your saying,<note>Or "thinking"</note> 'The two nations and the two lands, they will be {mine},<note>Literally "to me"</note> and we will take possession of it,' and <transChange type="added">yet</transChange> Yahweh was there.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Therefore, {as I live},"<note>Literally "live I"</note> {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, "so I will deal <transChange type="added">with you</transChange> according to your anger and according to your jealousy that you did,<note>Or "showed" or "acted on"</note> because of your hatred against them, and I will make myself known among them when I judge you.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And you will know that I, Yahweh, I have heard all of your contemptible words that you said<note>Or "spoke"</note> against the mountains of Israel, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> 'They will be desolate; they are given to us as food.'</verse>


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<verse num="13">And you magnified yourself against me with your {insolent speech},<note>Literally "with your mouth"</note> and you spoke voluminously against me <transChange type="added">with</transChange> your words--I heard!</verse>


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<verse num="14">Thus the Lord Yahweh says, '{As the whole world rejoices},<note>Literally "as/like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rejoicing of all of the world"</note> I will make you <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation.</verse>


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<verse num="15">{Like your rejoicing over the inheritance of the house of Israel}<note>Literally "as/like rejoicing your for the inheritance of the house of Israel"</note> {because}<note>Literally "because that"</note> it was desolate, I will do to you; you will be <transChange type="added">a</transChange> desolation, mountain of Seir and all of Edom, indeed all of it; and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.'" ' </verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="1">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> prophesy to the mountains of Israel; and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> you must say, 'Mountains of Israel, hear the word of Yahweh;</verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="2">thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Because the enemy said concerning you, 'Ah, and<note>Or "now"</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> ancient high places will be to us as a possession!'" '</verse>


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<verse num="3">Therefore prophesy, and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Because indeed}<note>Literally "with because"</note> {when you were desolate},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">you</transChange> being desolate"</note> then they crushed you from all around, so that you became a possession to the remainder<note>Or "the rest of"</note> of the nations, and you became {a byword and object of slander for the people}."<note>Literally "on lips of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> tongue and slander of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> people"</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">Therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh; thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the river channels and to the valleys and to the ruins that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> desolate and to the cities that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> abandoned <transChange type="added">and</transChange> that have become as plunder and as scorn for the remainder<note>Or "the rest of"</note> of the nations that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> from all around.</verse>


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<verse num="5">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Certainly}<note>Literally "if not"</note> in the fire of my passion I spoke against the rest of the nations and against all<note>Literally "against Edom all of it"</note> Edom, who made my land as <transChange type="added">a</transChange> possession, because of<note>Or "in order to plunder its pasture<transChange type="added">land</transChange>"</note> its pastureland for plunder, for themselves in all of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> joy of their whole heart <transChange type="added">and</transChange> in <transChange type="added">their</transChange> inner disdain."<note>Or "malice/disrespect"</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">Therefore prophesy against the land of Israel, and you must say to the mountains and to the hills, to the river channels and to the valleys, thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I spoke in my passion and in my anger <transChange type="added">the</transChange> insult of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples you have endured."</verse>


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<verse num="7">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{I swear}<note>Literally "I, raise my hand"</note> {certainly}<note>Literally "if not"</note> <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the nations {that are all around you},<note>Literally "that <transChange type="added">are</transChange> to you from all around"</note> they indeed will endure their disgrace. </verse>


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<verse num="8">" '"But you, mountains of Israel, your branch you will shoot, and your fruit you will carry<note>Or "bear"</note> for my people Israel, for they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> soon to come.</verse>


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<verse num="9">For look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> for you, and I will turn you, and you will be tilled, and you will be planted.</verse>


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<verse num="10">And I will cause {your population}<note>Literally "humans/humankind"</note> to increase for you, all of the house of Israel, all of it, and the towns will be inhabited, and the ruins will be built.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And I will cause {your population}<note>Literally "humans/humankind"</note> to increase for you, and domestic animals, <transChange type="added">even</transChange> they will be numerous, and they will be fruitful, and I will cause you to be inhabited like your {ancient times},<note>Literally "past days/times/ancient times"</note> and I will do good <transChange type="added">things</transChange> more than <transChange type="added">in</transChange> your former times, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And I will send over you my people Israel, and they will take possession of you, and you will be for them as an inheritance, and {you will no longer bereave them of their children}."<note>Literally "not you will again longer to bring bereavement for them"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="13">" 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh, because <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> saying to you, "You <transChange type="added">are</transChange> <transChange type="added">an</transChange> eater of humans,<note>Or "peoples"</note> and you are {one who makes childless}<note>Literally "maker of childless"</note> your people."<note>That is, Israel and Judah; Cf. Ezek 37:15-22</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">Therefore humans<note>Or "peoples"</note> you will not eat <transChange type="added">any</transChange> longer, and your nation you will not make childless<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> <transChange type="added">any</transChange> longer," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="15">"And I will not let you hear <transChange type="added">any</transChange> longer the insult of the nations, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> disgrace of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples you will not bear <transChange type="added">any</transChange> longer; you <transChange type="added">yourself</transChange> will not cause your nation to stumble," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.'" </verse>


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<verse num="16">And the word of Yahweh {came}<note>Literally "was"</note> to me, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note></verse>


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<verse num="17">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> the house of Israel, <transChange type="added">they</transChange> were dwelling on their soil, and they defiled it with their way and with their deeds; like the uncleanness of menstruation was their way {before me}.<note>Literally "to the face of me"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">And I poured out my rage on them for the blood that they poured on the land and for their idols <transChange type="added">with which</transChange> they defiled it.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And I scattered them among the nations, and I dispersed <transChange type="added">them</transChange> in the countries according to their way, and according to their deeds I judged them.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And they came<note>Or "went"</note> into the nations {to which they went},<note>Literally "who/which they went there"</note> and they profaned {my holy name}<note>Literally "the name of my holiness"</note> when they said to them, 'These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the people of Yahweh, and from his land they went out.'</verse>


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<verse num="21">And I was concerned for {my holy name},<note>Literally "the name of my holiness"</note> which, the house <transChange type="added">of</transChange> Israel defiled among the nations {to which they went}.<note>Literally "which they went there"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="22">"Therefore thus say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{Not for your sake} <note>Literally "not for the sake of/on behalf of you"</note> <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I about to act, house of Israel, {but}<note>Literally "for it"</note> {for my holy name},<note>Literally "for the name of holiness my"</note> which you defiled among the nations {to which you went}.<note>Literally "which you went there"</note></verse>


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<verse num="23">And I will consecrate my great name, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> profaned among the nations <transChange type="added">and</transChange> which you have profaned in the midst of them, and the nations will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh!" ' <transChange type="added">a</transChange> declaration of the Lord Yahweh, {when I show myself holy}<note>Literally "at/in showing/to show self holy my"</note> {before}<note>Literally "to their eyes"</note> their eyes. </verse>


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<verse num="24">" 'And I will take you from the nations, and I will gather you from all of the lands, and I will bring you to your land.</verse>


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<verse num="25">And I will sprinkle on you pure water, and you will be clean from all of your uncleanness, and I will cleanse you from all of your idols.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And I will give a new heart to you, and a new spirit I will give<note>Or "put/place"</note> into your inner parts, and I will remove the<note>Or "your"</note> heart of stone from your flesh, and I will give to you a heart of flesh.</verse>


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<verse num="27">And I will give<note>Or "place/put"</note> my spirit into your inner parts, and I will make <transChange type="added">it</transChange> <transChange type="added">so</transChange> that you will go<note>Or "walk"</note> in my rules, and my regulations you will remember, and you will do <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="28">And you will dwell in the land that I gave to your ancestors,<note>Or "fathers"</note> and you will be to me <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a people, and I will be to you as<note>Hebrew "to"</note> God.</verse>


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<verse num="29">And I will save you from all of your uncleanness, and I will call to the grain, and I will cause it to increase, and I will not bring famine upon you.</verse>


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<verse num="30">And I will cause the fruit of the tree and the crop of the field to increase, so that you will not suffer again <transChange type="added">the</transChange> disgrace of famine among the nations.</verse>


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<verse num="31">And you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that <transChange type="added">were</transChange> not good, and you will loathe {yourself}<note>Literally "for face your"</note> over<note>Or "because of"</note> your iniquities and over your detestable things.</verse>


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<verse num="32"><transChange type="added">But</transChange> not for your sake <transChange type="added">am</transChange> I acting," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. "Let it be known to you, be ashamed, and be put to shame because of your ways, house of Israel. </verse>


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<verse num="33">"Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'On the day when I cleanse you from all of your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt.</verse>


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<verse num="34">And the land that was desolate will be cultivated in {the very place that}<note>Literally "in the place that/which/where"</note> it was desolate before <transChange type="added">the</transChange> eyes of all of <transChange type="added">the persons</transChange> crossing over.</verse>


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<verse num="35">And they will say, "{This desolate land}<note>Literally "the land this the being desolate"</note> has become like the garden of Eden, and the wasted and desolate and destroyed cities, <transChange type="added">now</transChange> being refortified, are inhabited."</verse>


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<verse num="36">And the nations who are left all around, you will know that I, Yahweh, I built {that which was destroyed};<note>Literally "the destroyed"</note> I planted the desolate <transChange type="added">land</transChange>; I, Yahweh, I have spoken, and I will act.' </verse>


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<verse num="37">"Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Again this <transChange type="added">time</transChange> I will let {myself be inquired of}<note>Literally "I will be/let me be searched"</note> by the house of Israel, to do <transChange type="added">something</transChange> for them; I will cause them to increase {their population like a flock}.<note>Literally "them as the flock humankind"</note></verse>


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<verse num="38">Like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> flock of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sanctuary, like the flock of Jerusalem at its festival, so the desolate cities will be filled with flocks<note>Hebrew "flock"</note> of people; and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.'" </verse>


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<verse num="1">The hand of Yahweh was upon me, and he brought me by the Spirit of Yahweh, and he {let me rest}<note>Or "placed me"; literally "set me"</note> in the midst of the valley, and it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> full of bones.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And he led me {all around}<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> over them, and look, very many on the surface of the valley, and look, very dry.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And he said to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> can these bones live?" And I said, "Lord Yahweh, you know."</verse>


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<verse num="4">And he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and you must say to them, <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the dry bones, 'Hear the word of Yahweh!</verse>


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<verse num="5">Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> bringing into you breath, and you will live!</verse>


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<verse num="6">And I will lay on you sinews, and I will let flesh come upon you, and I will cover you over <transChange type="added">with</transChange> skin, and I will put breath into you, and you will live, and you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh." '" </verse>


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<verse num="7">And I prophesied {just as}<note>Literally "as that"</note> I had been commanded, and <transChange type="added">there</transChange> was a sound at my prophesying, and look! A rattling, and they came together--<transChange type="added">the</transChange> bones! Bone to its bone!</verse>


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<verse num="8">And I looked, and indeed, sinews <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on them, and flesh went up,<note>Or "appeared"</note> and skin covered over<note>Or "on"</note> them {upward},<note>Literally "from to above"</note> but breath <transChange type="added">was</transChange> not in them.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> and you must say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh {from the four winds},<note>Literally "from four winds"</note> "Come, O spirit and breath, on these dead ones, so that they may live!" '"</verse>


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<verse num="10">And I prophesied {as}<note>Literally "like what"</note> he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they became alive, and they stood on their feet, a very, very large group. </verse>


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<verse num="11">And he said to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> these bones <transChange type="added">are</transChange> all of the house of Israel; look! <transChange type="added">they are</transChange> saying, 'Our bones are dried up, and our hope is destroyed; {we are cut off as far as we are concerned}.'<note>Literally "we are cut in two for us"</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">Therefore prophesy, and you must say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> opening your graves, and I will bring you up from your graves, my people, and I will bring you to the land of Israel!</verse>


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<verse num="13">And you will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh when I open your graves when I bring you up from your graves, my people!</verse>


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<verse num="14">And I will put my breath into you so that you may live, and I will cause you to rest on your soil, and you will know that I, Yahweh, I have spoken, and I will act!" ' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> Yahweh." </verse>


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<verse num="16">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> take for yourself {a piece of wood},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">a piece of</transChange> wood one"</note> and write on it, 'For Judah and for the {Israelites}<note>Literally "sons/children of Israel"</note> his associates,' and take another <transChange type="added">piece of</transChange> wood, and write on it, 'For Joseph, <transChange type="added">the piece of</transChange> wood of<note>Or "for"</note> Ephraim and all of the house of Israel his associates.'</verse>


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<verse num="17">And join them one to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> other with respect to you <transChange type="added">as</transChange> one <transChange type="added">piece of</transChange> wood, so that they may become one in your hand.</verse>


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<verse num="18">{When}<note>Literally "as that"</note> {your people}<note>Literally "the children of your people"</note> say to you, {saying},<note>Literally "to say"</note> 'Will you not inform us <transChange type="added">as to</transChange> what these <transChange type="added">actions</transChange> mean for you?'</verse>


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<verse num="19"><transChange type="added">Then</transChange> speak to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> taking <transChange type="added">the piece of</transChange> wood for Joseph that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel its associates, and I will put them on it, <transChange type="added">the piece of</transChange> wood of Judah, and I will make them into one <transChange type="added">piece of</transChange> wood, so that they be one in my hand.'"</verse>


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<verse num="20">And the <transChange type="added">pieces of</transChange> wood <transChange type="added">on</transChange> which you wrote will be in your hand before their eyes.</verse>


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<verse num="21">And speak to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> taking the {Israelites}<note>Literally "sons/children of Israel"</note> from among {the nations to which they went},<note>Literally "which they went there"</note> and I will gather them from {everywhere},<note>Literally "all around"</note> and I will bring them to their <transChange type="added">own</transChange> soil.</verse>


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<verse num="22">And I will make them into one nation in the land on the mountains of Israel, and {they will all have one king as their king},<note>Literally "and king one he will be for all of them to king"</note> and they<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> will not again be two nations and will not again divide into two kingdoms again.</verse>


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<verse num="23">And they will not defile themselves again with their idols and with vile idols and with all of their transgressions, and I will save them from all of their apostasy {by which they sinned},<note>Or "which they sinned by them"</note> and I will cleanse them and they will be for me as a people and I, I will be for them as God. </verse>


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<verse num="24">" '"And my servant David <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> king over them, and one shepherd will be for all of them, and in my regulations they will go, and my statutes they will observe, and they will do them.</verse>


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<verse num="25">And they will dwell on the land that I gave to my servant, to Jacob, {in which your ancestors dwelled},<note>Literally "which they dwelt in it your fathers"</note> and they will dwell on it, they and their children and the children of their children {forever},<note>Literally "until eternity" or "until unlimited time"</note> and my servant David <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> a leader for them {forever}.<note>Literally "to eternity" or "to endless ages"</note></verse>


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<verse num="26">And I will make with them a covenant of peace; {an everlasting covenant}<note>Literally "a covenant of eternity"</note> it will be with them. And I will establish them, and I will cause them to increase, and I will put my sanctuary in the midst of them {forever}.<note>Literally "to eternity" or "to unlimited ages"</note></verse>


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<verse num="27">And my tabernacle will be with them, and I will be for them as God, and they will be to me as a nation.</verse>


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<verse num="28">And the nations will know that I, Yahweh, <transChange type="added">am</transChange> consecrating Israel when my sanctuary <transChange type="added">is</transChange> in the midst of them {forever}." '"<note>Literally "to eternity" or "to unlimited ages"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="2">"Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the head<note>Or "chief"</note> leader of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against you, Gog, the head<note>Or "chief"</note> leader of Meshach and Tubal,</verse>


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<verse num="4">and I will turn you around, and I will place<note>Or "give"</note> hooks in your cheeks, and I will bring you out and all of your horses and horsemen {fully armed},<note>Literally "clothed of fullness"</note> all of them, <transChange type="added">a</transChange> great crowd, holding <transChange type="added">a</transChange> shield,<note>Or "buckler"</note> and small shield, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> holding<note>Or "wielding"</note> swords, all of them.</verse>


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<verse num="5">Persia, Cush, and Put <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with them, all of them, with <transChange type="added">a</transChange> small shield and helmet.</verse>


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<verse num="6">Gomer and all of its troops, Beth Togarmah, the remote areas of the north, and with all of its troops and many peoples with them.</verse>


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<verse num="7">Be ready, and prepare {yourselves},<note>Literally "for you"</note> you and all of your assembly,<note>Or "battalions" or "hoards"</note> the assembling<note>Or "assemblies"</note> around you, and you must be<note>Or "serve"</note> for them as a guard.</verse>


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<verse num="8">After many days you will be mustered; {in the last years}<note>Or "final years"; literally "in the last of the years"</note> you will come to a restored land from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword, gathered from many peoples on the mountains of Israel which were as {permanent ruins}<note>Literally "ruins continually/permanently"</note> <transChange type="added">but</transChange> from peoples it was brought out, and they will dwell {in safety},<note>Literally "with confidence/assurance/trust"</note> all of them.</verse>


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<verse num="9">And you will advance like a storm; you will come, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> you will be like a cloud {covering}<note>Literally "to cover"</note> the land, and all of your troops and many nations <transChange type="added">along</transChange> with you." </verse>


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<verse num="10">" 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{And then}<note>Literally "and it will be"</note> on that day, things<note>Or "thoughts"</note> will come up on<note>Or "in"</note> your mind, and you will devise evil plans.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And you will say, 'I will go up against a land of open country; I will come<note>Or "go"</note> <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the <transChange type="added">people</transChange> being at rest {in safety},<note>Literally "with confidence"</note> all of them dwelling without a wall<note>Or "walls"</note> and crossbars<note>Hebrew "crossbar"</note> and {without doors},<note>Literally "and doors there are not for them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">to<note>Or "for"</note> loot loot,<note>Or "war-booty"; this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew</note> and to plunder<note>Or "seize"; this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew</note> plunder, {to assail}<note>Literally "to bring back your hand against"; NJPS, "to turn your hand against"</note> inhabited ruins and <transChange type="added">a</transChange> people gathered together from <transChange type="added">various</transChange> peoples <transChange type="added">and who are</transChange> acquiring livestock and goods <transChange type="added">and</transChange> dwelling at the center of the world.</verse>


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<verse num="13">Sheba and Dedan and traders of Tarshish and all its strong lions,<note>Or "all of its violent leaders"</note> they <transChange type="added">will</transChange> ask you, 'To<note>Or "for"</note> loot loot<note>Or "war-booty" this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew</note> are you coming? To plunder<note>Or "seize"; this word is chosen because of the alliteration in Hebrew</note> plunder <transChange type="added">have</transChange> you summoned your assembly, to take away silver and gold, to take livestock and goods, to loot great amounts<note>Hebrew "amount"</note> of loot?" ' </verse>


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<verse num="14">"Therefore prophesy, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> and you must say to Gog, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Will you not realize<note>LXX reads, "stir up/rouse yourself"</note> on that day when my people Israel are dwelling {in safety},<note>Literally "with confidence/trust"</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> you will come from your place, from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> remote areas of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> north, you and many people with you, {horsemen}<note>Literally "riders of horsemen"</note> all of them, a great crowd and a vast army,</verse>


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<verse num="16">and you will advance against my people Israel like a cloud {covering}<note>Literally "to cover"</note> the land; it will be<note>Or "occur"</note> in the last days, and I will bring you against my land, so that the nations know me, {when I show myself holy through you} before their eyes, O Gog!" ' </verse>


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<verse num="17">"Thus says the Lord Yahweh, '<transChange type="added">Are</transChange> you he of whom I spoke in former days by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel <transChange type="added">who</transChange> were prophesying in those days for years <transChange type="added">that I would</transChange> bring you against them?</verse>


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<verse num="18">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> then in that day, on the day of the coming of God against the land of Israel,' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, 'my rage will come up in my anger.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And in my passion, <transChange type="added">in</transChange> the fire of my wrath, I spoke<note>Or "I asserted"</note> <transChange type="added">that</transChange> {certainly}<note>Literally "if not"</note> on that day <transChange type="added">a</transChange> great earthquake will be on the land of Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And the fish of the sea and the birds<note>Hebrew "bird"</note> of the heaven<note>Or "sky"</note> and the animals<note>Hebrew "animal"</note> of the field and all of the creeping things that creep on the earth and all of the humans<note>Or "every human being"</note> who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> on the surface of the earth will shake {at my presence};<note>Literally "from the face of me"</note> and the mountains will be demolished, and the steep mountain sides will fall, and every wall on<note>Or "to"</note> the earth will fall.</verse>


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<verse num="21">And I will call against him<note>Or "summon against him" (cf. NJPS)</note> in all of my mountains a sword,' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, '<transChange type="added">And</transChange> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sword of each <transChange type="added">person</transChange> will be against his brother.</verse>


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<verse num="22">And I will execute justice with<note>Or "with respect to him"</note> him with a plague and with blood and {torrents of rain},<note>Literally "rain flooding/pouring down"</note> and hailstones; fire and sulfur I will cause to fall on him and on his troops and on many peoples who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with him.</verse>


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<verse num="23">And <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I will exalt myself, and I will show myself holy, and I will make myself known before <transChange type="added">the</transChange> eyes of many nations, and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.'" </verse>


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<verse num="1">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> prophesy against Gog, and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> against you Gog, the head<note>Or "chief"</note> leader of Meshech and Tubal,</verse>


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<verse num="2">and I will turn you around, and I will drag you along, and I will bring you up from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> remote areas of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> north, and I will bring you against the mountains of Israel,</verse>


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<verse num="3">and I will strike your bow from {your left hand},<note>Literally "the hand of left your"</note> and your arrows from {your right hand}<note>Literally "the hand of right your"</note> I will cause to fall.</verse>


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<verse num="4">On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all of your troops, and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> peoples who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> with you, to birds<note>Hebrew "bird"</note> of prey, birds of every wing,<note>Or "kind"</note> and animals of the field I will give you as food.</verse>


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<verse num="5">On the surface of the field you will fall, for {I myself}<note>Literally "I, I"</note> have spoken," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="6">"And I will send fire against Magog and among <transChange type="added">the people</transChange> inhabiting the coastlands {in safety},<note>Literally "with confidence/trust"</note> and they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And {my holy name}<note>Literally "the name of my holiness"</note> I will make known in the midst of my people Israel, and I will not let the name of my holiness be profaned anymore, and the nations will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> holy <transChange type="added">one</transChange> in Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="8">Look! <transChange type="added">it is</transChange> coming, and it will happen," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. "It is the day {about which I have spoken}.<note>Literally "which I have spoken <transChange type="added">of</transChange>"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="9">"ʻ"And the inhabitants of the towns<note>Or "cities"</note> of Israel will go out, and they will set ablaze, and they will kindle a fire with a weapon<note>Or "weapons"</note> and a small shield and a shield,<note>Or "shields and bucklers"; cf. NJPS</note> <transChange type="added">with</transChange> a bow and with arrows, and with {hand clubs}<note>Literally "with club of hand"</note> and with spears,<note>Hebrew "spear"</note> and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> they will light a fire with them, {a fire lasting seven years}.<note>Literally "a fire of seven years"</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">And they will not carry trees from the field, and they will not chop wood from the forests, for with the weapons<note>Hebrew "weapon"</note> they will light a fire; and they will plunder <transChange type="added">those</transChange> plundering them, and they will plunder <transChange type="added">those</transChange> plundering them," ' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="11">" '"{And then}<note>Literally "and it will happen"</note> on that day I will give to Gog {a grave there}<note>Literally "a place there of a grave"</note> in Israel, The Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea,<note>That is, the Dead Sea</note> and it {will block}<note>Literally "blocking"</note> the travelers and Gog and all of his hordes<note>Hebrew "horde"</note> they will bury there, and they will call <transChange type="added">it</transChange> the Valley of {Hamon-Gog}.<note>Literally "Gog's Multitude"</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">And the house of Israel will bury them for seven months to cleanse the land.</verse>


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<verse num="13">All of the people of the land will bury them, and it will be an honor for them <transChange type="added">on</transChange> the day when I appear," ' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="14">ʻ"And they will set apart {men to continually}<note>Literally "men of continuity/men who regularly"</note> go through the land burying the travelers,<note>In a negative sense = "invaders"</note> the ones left over on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> surface of the land to cleanse it; {for the whole of}<note>Literally "from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> end of"</note> seven months they will explore <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="15">And the ones going through, they will go through within the land, and if <transChange type="added">anyone</transChange> sees <transChange type="added">the</transChange> bones of <transChange type="added">a</transChange> person, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> he will build beside it a sign <transChange type="added">to remain</transChange> until the buriers have buried him in the Valley of Hamon-Gog.<note>Or "Gog's multitude"</note></verse>


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<verse num="16">And furthermore <transChange type="added">the</transChange> name of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> city <transChange type="added">there</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> Hamonah,<note>That is, "Multitude"</note> and <transChange type="added">thus</transChange> they will cleanse the land." ' </verse>


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<verse num="17">"And you, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'Say to {all kinds of birds and animals of the field},<note>Literally "to bird of every wind and to every animal of the field"</note> "Be gathered, come be gathered {from everywhere}<note>Literally "all around"</note> to my sacrifice that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> sacrificing for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, and you will eat flesh, and you will drink blood.</verse>


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<verse num="18">Flesh of warriors you will eat, and the blood of leaders of the land you will drink; rams, young rams and goats, bulls, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the fattened animals of Bashan--all of them!</verse>


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<verse num="19">And you will eat fat {until you are satiated},<note>Literally "satiation/gluttony"</note> and you will drink blood {until you are drunk}<note>Literally "to drunkenness"</note> from my sacrifice that I sacrifice for you,</verse>


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<verse num="20">and you will be satisfied at my table <transChange type="added">with</transChange> horse and horsemen and warriors and every man of war," ' {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="21">"And I will display my glory among the nations, and all of the nations will see my judgment that I have executed and my hand that I have laid upon them. </verse>


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<verse num="22">"And the house of Israel will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh their God from that day and beyond,</verse>


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<verse num="23">and the nations will know that because of their guilt the house of Israel went into exile, {because}<note>Literally "because that"</note> they acted unfaithfully against me, and I hid my face from them, and I gave them into the hand of their foes, and they fell by the sword, all of them.</verse>


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<verse num="24">According to their uncleanness and according to their transgression I dealt with them, and I hid my face from them. </verse>


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<verse num="25">Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have compassion on all of the house of Israel, and I will be jealous<note>Or "zealous"</note> for {my holy name}.<note>Literally "for the name of holiness my"</note></verse>


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<verse num="26">And they will forget their disgrace and all of their infidelity that they displayed against me when they dwelt on their soil {in safety}<note>Literally "with confidence"</note> {with nobody making them afraid}.<note>Literally "and not <transChange type="added">was somebody</transChange> making afraid"</note></verse>


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<verse num="27">When I restore them from the nations and I gather them from the countries of their enemies, then I will show myself holy through them before the eyes of many nations.</verse>


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<verse num="28">And they will know that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> Yahweh their God, <transChange type="added">because of</transChange> when I deported them into the nations, and I reassembled them to their soil, and {I will not let any of them remain there any longer}.<note>Literally "not I will leave over/let remain again/still from them there"</note></verse>


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<verse num="29">And I will not hide my face again from them when I pour out my Spirit over<note>Or "upon"</note> the house of Israel," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="1">In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was destroyed, in this day exactly, the hand of Yahweh was on me, and he brought me there</verse>


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<verse num="2">in visions from God. He brought me to the land of Israel and put me on a very high mountain, and on it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> <transChange type="added">something</transChange> like a structure of a city to the south.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And he brought me there, and look, there was a man whose<note>Hebrew "his"</note> appearance <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> appearance of bronze, and a cord of linen <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in his hand and a reed for measurement; <transChange type="added">he</transChange> was standing in the gate.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And the man spoke to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> look with your eyes and listen with your ears and apply<note>Or "set/put"</note> your heart to all that I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> showing you, for you were brought here in order to show you <transChange type="added">this</transChange>; tell all that you <transChange type="added">are</transChange> seeing to the house of Israel." </verse>


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<verse num="5">And there was a wall on <transChange type="added">the</transChange> outside of the temple {all the way around it},<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> and in the hand of the man the reed<note>Or "rod"</note> for measurement <transChange type="added">was</transChange> six <transChange type="added">long</transChange> cubits, {according to}<note>Literally "with/in"</note> the cubit<note>That is, about 18 inches</note> and a handbreadth,<note>A handbreadth wasabout 3 inches; the reed/rod was 10.5 feet long</note> and he measured the width of the outer wall <transChange type="added">as</transChange> one reed,<note>That is, 10.5 feet</note> and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> height <transChange type="added">as</transChange> one reed.<note>That is, about 10.5 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> he went toward<note>Or "to"</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> gate whose face <transChange type="added">was</transChange> {to the east}.<note>Literally "to the way toward the east"</note> And he went up by<note>Or "with"</note> its steps, and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed<note>That is, about 10.5 feet</note> wide.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And the alcove<note>Or "niches" in the temple tower</note> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one reed<note>That is, about 10.5 feet</note> long and one reed<note>That is, about 10.5 feet</note> wide,<note>That is, 10.5 x 10.5 feet</note> and between the alcoves <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits,<note>That is, about 8.75 feet</note> and the threshold of the gate along the side of the portico of the gate {on the inside}<note>Literally "from the house"</note> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> one reed.<note>That is, about 10.5 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="8">And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> he measured the portico of the gate {on the inside}<note>Literally "from the house"</note> <transChange type="added">as</transChange> one reed.<note>That is, about 10.5 feet.</note></verse>


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<verse num="9">And he measured the portico of the gate <transChange type="added">as</transChange> eight cubits,<note>That is, about 14 feet</note> and its pilaster <transChange type="added">was</transChange> two cubits<note>That is, 3.5 feet</note> <transChange type="added">thick</transChange>, and <transChange type="added">he measured</transChange> the portico of the gate {on the inside}.<note>Literally "from the house"</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">And the alcoves<note>Hebrew "alcove"</note> of the gate <transChange type="added">toward</transChange> the way<note>Or "direction"</note> {eastward}<note>Literally "of the east"</note> <transChange type="added">were</transChange> {three on each side};<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">was</transChange> three from here and three from here"</note> {the same measurements applied to all three of them};<note>Literally "measurement one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> to the three of them"</note> and {the same measurement applied to the pilaster}<note>Literally "measurement one <transChange type="added">was</transChange> to the pilaster"</note> {on each side}.<note>Literally "from here and from there"</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">And he measured the width of the doorway of the gate <transChange type="added">as</transChange> ten cubits<note>That is, 17.5 feet</note> and the length of the gateway<note>Hebrew "gate"</note> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> thirteen cubits.<note>That is, 22.75 feet; or the inside width of the gateway was 22.75 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">And a wall<note>Or "guard wall"; others prefer "curb" (NLT)</note> {was before}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">was</transChange> to the face of"</note> the alcoves; {one cubit<note>That is, about 18 inches</note> on either side}<note>Literally "cubit one and cubit one"; or 21 inches</note> <transChange type="added">was the</transChange> wall from here.<note>Or "from the front"</note> And the alcove {was six cubits<note>That is, 10.5 feet</note> on each side}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">was</transChange> six cubits from here and six cubits from here"</note></verse>


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<verse num="13">And he measured the gate from the top slab of the alcove to its <transChange type="added">opposite</transChange> top slab <transChange type="added">as</transChange> twenty-five cubits <transChange type="added">in</transChange> width, {from one entrance to the other one opposite it}.<note>Literally "doorway opposite doorway"</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">And he made <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pilasters sixty cubits,<note>That is, 105 feet (problematic in this context)</note> and to the pilaster of the courtyard {all the way around the gate}.<note>Literally "the gate all around, all around"</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">{And from the front of}<note>Literally "and at the face of"</note> the gate <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the entrance to {the front of}<note>Literally "the face of"</note> the portico of the inner gate <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty cubits.<note>That is, 87.5 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="16">And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> narrow windows for the alcoves and for their pilasters to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> inside of the gate {all the way around}<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> <transChange type="added">it</transChange>. And likewise <transChange type="added">with respect</transChange> to the porticos and windows <transChange type="added">were</transChange> {all the way around}<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> to the inside, and on a pilaster <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> images <transChange type="added">of</transChange> palm trees.<note>Hebrew "tree"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="17">And he brought me to the outer courtyard, and there were chambers and a pavement made for the courtyard all around <transChange type="added">it</transChange>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> thirty chambers <transChange type="added">were facing</transChange> to the pavement.</verse>


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<verse num="18">And the pavement {flanked}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">was</transChange> to the side of"</note> the side of the gates {and all along the gates};<note>Literally "to along side the length of the gates"</note> this <transChange type="added">describes</transChange> the lower pavement.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And he measured <transChange type="added">the width</transChange> from {the front of}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> the lower gate to {the front of}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> the outside of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> inner courtyard <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a hundred cubits<note>That is, 175 feet</note> to the east and to the north. </verse>


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<verse num="20">And <transChange type="added">as for</transChange> the gate that <transChange type="added">had</transChange> its face {toward the north}<note>Literally "to the way of the north"</note> of the outer courtyard, he measured its length and its width.</verse>


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<verse num="21">And its alcoves <transChange type="added">were</transChange> {three on each side},<note>Literally "three from here and three from here"</note> and its pilasters and its porticos {had the same measurement}<note>Literally "it was like the measurement of"</note> <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the first gate: its length <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty cubits,<note>That is, 87.5 feet</note> and <transChange type="added">its</transChange> width <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty-five {cubits}.<note>Literally "in/by the cubit"; 43.5 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="22">And its windows and its porticos and its palm tree images <transChange type="added">were</transChange> like the measurement of the gate that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> {facing toward the east};<note>Literally "its face <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the way of the east"</note> and {it had}<note>Literally "and with steps"</note> seven steps that go up it, and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> porticos {before them}.<note>Literally "to the face of them"</note></verse>


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<verse num="23">And a gate <transChange type="added">led</transChange> to the inner courtyard, opposite the gate to the north and to the east, and he measured from gate to gate <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a hundred cubits.<note>That is, 175 feet</note> </verse>


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<verse num="24">And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> he took me {toward the south},<note>Literally "to the way of the south"</note> and look, a gate {toward the south},<note>Literally "to the way of the south"</note> and he measured its pilasters and its porticos; <transChange type="added">they had</transChange> measurements <transChange type="added">just</transChange> {like the others}.<note>Literally "like the measurements the these"</note></verse>


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<verse num="25">And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> for it windows and for its porticos {all the way around it}<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> like these windows; fifty cubits<note>That is, 87.5 feet</note> long and twenty-five cubits<note>That is, 43.75 feet</note> wide.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And seven steps <transChange type="added">were</transChange> going up <transChange type="added">to</transChange> it and its porticos {before them}.<note>Literally "to the face of them"</note> And {it had palm tree images}<note>Literally "and palm tree images <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for it"</note> {all along}<note>Literally "from here and one from here to"</note> its pilasters.</verse>


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<verse num="27">And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the way of the south<note>That is, "to the south"</note> a gate for the inner courtyard, and he measured from gate to the gate <transChange type="added">on</transChange> the way of the south, <transChange type="added">a</transChange> hundred cubits.<note>That is, 175 feet</note> </verse>


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<verse num="28">And he brought me to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> inner courtyard through<note>Or "at"</note> the gate of the south, and he measured the south gate, <transChange type="added">and it had</transChange> measurements like {the others}.<note>Literally "the measurements the these"</note></verse>


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<verse num="29">And its alcoves and its pilasters and its porticos <transChange type="added">were</transChange> <transChange type="added">just</transChange> like these measurements. And <transChange type="added">it had</transChange> windows for it and for its porticos<note>Hebrew "portico"</note> {all the way around},<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> fifty cubits<note>Hebrew "cubit"</note> along<note>Literally "long"</note> <transChange type="added">its length</transChange>, and twenty-five cubits<note>That is, 43.75 feet</note> <transChange type="added">wide</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="30">And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> porticos {all the way around}<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> <transChange type="added">its</transChange> length, twenty-five cubits;<note>That is, 43.75 feet</note> and <transChange type="added">its</transChange> width <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits.<note>That is, 8.75 feet, which differs from 40:9; the LXX and some Greek versions lack this verse altogether</note></verse>


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<verse num="31">And its porticos <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to the outer courtyard, and palm tree images <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on its pilasters, and eight steps <transChange type="added">were for</transChange> its stairs. </verse>


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<verse num="32">And he brought me to the inner courtyard <transChange type="added">by way of</transChange> the east <transChange type="added">gate</transChange>, and he measured the gate <transChange type="added">as</transChange> <transChange type="added">just</transChange> like {the other measurements}.<note>Literally "the measurements the these"</note></verse>


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<verse num="33">And its alcoves and its pilasters and its porticos <transChange type="added">were also</transChange> like these measurements, and windows <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for it and for its porticos all around;<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> <transChange type="added">its</transChange> length <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty cubits,<note>That is, 87.5 feet</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> twenty-five cubits<note>That is, 43.75 feet</note> wide.</verse>


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<verse num="34">And its porticos <transChange type="added">were</transChange> toward the outer courtyard, and palm tree images <transChange type="added">were</transChange> on its pilasters {one each side},<note>Literally "from here and from here"</note> and {eight steps served as it stairs}.<note>Literally "and eight steps its stairs"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="35">And he brought me to the gate of the north, and he measured <transChange type="added">it</transChange>; and he measured {the same measurements as these others},<note>Literally "like the measurements the these"</note></verse>


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<verse num="36">its alcoves, its pilasters and porticos, {and its windows}<note>Literally "its windows <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for it"</note> {all the way around},<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> and <transChange type="added">a</transChange> length of fifty cubits<note>That is, 87.5 feet</note> and twenty-five cubits wide.<note>That is, 43.75 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="37">And its pilasters {faced the outer courtyard},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">were</transChange> to the courtyard the outer"</note> and {it had palm tree images on its pilasters}<note>Literally "and palm tree images <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for its pilaster"</note> {on each side};<note>Literally "from here and from here"</note> and eight steps <transChange type="added">served as</transChange> its stairs. </verse>


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<verse num="38">And a chamber with its doorway <transChange type="added">was</transChange> in<note>Or "<transChange type="added">set</transChange> among"</note> the pilasters at the gates,<note>Or "gate"</note> and there they rinsed off<note>Or "washed"</note> the burnt offering.</verse>


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<verse num="39">And in the portico of the gate {were two tables on each side}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">were</transChange> two tables from here and two tables from here"</note> to slaughter the burnt offering on them and the sin offering and the guilt offering.</verse>


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<verse num="40">And on the outer side as <transChange type="added">one</transChange> goes up to the doorway of the gate <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the north <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two tables, and on the other side, which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> toward the portico of the gate, <transChange type="added">were</transChange> two tables.</verse>


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<verse num="41">{On each side of the gate were four tables},<note>Literally "four tables from here and four tables from here"</note> eight tables <transChange type="added">in all</transChange>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> on them they slaughtered <transChange type="added">sacrifices</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="42">And four tables <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for the burnt offering, <transChange type="added">and made of</transChange> dressed stones, one cubit and a half<note>That is, 31.5 inches</note> long and one cubit and a half wide and one cubit<note>That is, 21 inches</note> high {was their measurements},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">was</transChange>to them</note> and they placed the objects<note>Or "instruments/utensils"</note> <transChange type="added">with</transChange> which they slaughtered the burnt offering on them and the sacrifice.</verse>


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<verse num="43">And <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> double-pronged hooks, one handbreadth <transChange type="added">in width</transChange>, put in place in the house<note>Or "inside"</note> all around, and on the tables <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the flesh of the offering. </verse>


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<verse num="44">And on the outside of the inner gate, <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> chambers for<note>Hebrew "of"</note> singers in the inner courtyard, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> to the side of the north gate, and their faces<note>That is, of the chambers</note> {were to the south}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">were to</transChange> the way of the south"</note> <transChange type="added">with respect to one</transChange>, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> on the side of the east gate <transChange type="added">one</transChange> facing to the north.</verse>


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<verse num="45">And he said to me, "This chamber {with its face toward the south}<note>Literally "which its face <transChange type="added">is to</transChange> the way of the south"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the priests <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> taking care of the responsibility of the temple.</verse>


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<verse num="46">And the chamber {with its face to the north}<note>Literally "with its face <transChange type="added">is to</transChange> the way of the north"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the priests <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> taking care of the responsibility of the altar. They <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the descendants<note>Or "sons"</note> of Zadok, the <transChange type="added">ones who</transChange> approach <transChange type="added">from among</transChange> the descendants<note>Or "sons"</note> of Levi to Yahweh to serve him." </verse>


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<verse num="47">And he measured the courtyard <transChange type="added">as to its</transChange> length, a hundred cubits,<note>That is, 175 feet</note> and a hundred cubits<note>That is, 175 feet</note> wide, squared, and the altar {is in front of}<note>Literally "before face of"</note> the temple.</verse>


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<verse num="48">And he brought me to the portico of the temple, and he measured <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pilaster of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> portico, {five cubits on each side},<note>That is, 8.75 feet; literally "five cubits from here and five cubits from here"</note> and the width of the gate {was three cubits on each side}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">was</transChange> three cubit<transChange type="added">s</transChange> from here and three cubits from here"</note></verse>


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<verse num="49">The length of the portico <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty cubits<note>That is, 35 feet</note> and its width eleven cubits,<note>That is, 19.25 feet; LXX reads 12 cubits or 21 feet</note> and with ten steps they went up to it, and the {pilasters had pillars},<note>Literally "and pillars <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to the pilasters"</note> {one on each side}.<note>Literally "one from here and one from here"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="1">And he brought me to the temple <transChange type="added">sanctuary</transChange>,<note>Or "main room" (of the temple of Jerusalem); "great hall" (JPS); "outer sanctuary" (NIV); word can refer to surrounding courts and halls; HALOT 245.</note> and he measured the pilasters, {six cubits<note>That is, 10.5 feet</note> wide on each side};<note>Literally "six cubits wide from here and six cubits wide from here"</note> <transChange type="added">this was</transChange> the width of the tent.<note>Or "of the jambs"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">And the width of the doorway <transChange type="added">was</transChange> ten cubits,<note>That is, 17.5 feet</note> and the sidewall of the doorway {was five cubits on each side},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits from here and five cubits from here"; five cubits = 8.75 feet</note> and he measured its<note>That is, the outer sanctuary</note> length <transChange type="added">as</transChange> forty cubits,<note>That is, 70 feet</note> and <transChange type="added">its</transChange> width <transChange type="added">was</transChange> twenty cubits.<note>That is, 35 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="3">And he went into <transChange type="added">the</transChange> inner <transChange type="added">room</transChange>, and he measured the pilaster of the doorway <transChange type="added">as</transChange> two cubits<note>That is, 3.5 feet</note> and the doorway <transChange type="added">as</transChange> six cubits<note>That is, 10.5 feet</note> and the width of the doorway seven cubits.<note>That is, 12.25 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">And he measured its length <transChange type="added">as</transChange> twenty cubits<note>That is, 35 feet</note> and <transChange type="added">its</transChange> width <transChange type="added">as</transChange> twenty cubits to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> front of the temple, and he said to me, "This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {the most holy place}.<note>Literally "the holy of the holies"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="5">And he measured the wall of the temple <transChange type="added">as</transChange> six cubits,<note>That is, 10.5 feet</note> and the width of the side room <transChange type="added">as</transChange> four cubits<note>That is, 7 feet</note> {all along the outside wall for the temple all around the wall}.<note>Literally "all around, all around for the temple all around"</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">And the side rooms <transChange type="added">were</transChange> {side by side}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">were</transChange> side room to side room"</note> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> three <transChange type="added">stories</transChange> and <transChange type="added">a total of</transChange> thirty {rooms},<note>Literally "times"</note> and <transChange type="added">there were</transChange> offsets<note>Meaning of word is uncertain</note> in the wall, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> for the temple for the side rooms, {all the way around}<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> to be supports, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> they were not supports <transChange type="added">extending</transChange> into the wall of the temple.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And <transChange type="added">each level</transChange> widened, and it went around<note>Or "was surrounded"</note> {upward}<note>Literally "to above, to above"</note> to the side rooms for the structure that surrounds<note>Or "goes around"</note> the temple {upward}<note>Literally "to above, to above"</note> {all the way around},<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> therefore <transChange type="added">the</transChange> width <transChange type="added">increased</transChange> to the temple {upward},<note>Literally "to above"</note> and thus the lower <transChange type="added">level</transChange> goes up to the upper <transChange type="added">level</transChange> by <transChange type="added">means of</transChange> the middle story. </verse>


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<verse num="8">And I saw for the temple a platform {all the way around}<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> the foundations of the side rooms; <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> the length of a full reed, six cubits long.<note>That is, 10.5 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="9">The width of the <transChange type="added">outside</transChange> wall, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> for the side room to the outside, <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits,<note>That is, 8.75 feet</note> and <transChange type="added">a space</transChange> that was set between <transChange type="added">the</transChange> side rooms, which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> for the temple</verse>


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<verse num="10">and between the chambers <transChange type="added">was the</transChange> width of twenty cubits<note>That is, 35 feet</note> all around the temple, {all the way around}<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And the doorway of the side room {faced}<note>Literally "was to"</note> the open area; one doorway {faced}<note>Literally "was to"</note> {the north},<note>Literally "the way of the north"</note> and one doorway <transChange type="added">was</transChange> to the south, and the width of the place of the open area <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits<note>That is, 8.75 feet</note> all around.<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note></verse>


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<verse num="12">And the building that {faced}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">was</transChange> to the front of"</note> the courtyard {was toward the west},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">was</transChange><transChange type="added">to</transChange> the side of the way of the sea/west"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> its width <transChange type="added">was</transChange> seventy cubits,<note>That is, 122.5 feet</note> and the wall of the building <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five cubits<note>That is, 8.25 feet</note> wide {all the way around},<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> and its length <transChange type="added">was</transChange> ninety cubits.<note>That is, 157.5 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="13">And he measured the temple, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> its length <transChange type="added">was</transChange> <transChange type="added">a</transChange> hundred cubits,<note>That is, 175 feet</note> and the courtyard and the building and its walls, <transChange type="added">their</transChange> length <transChange type="added">was</transChange> <transChange type="added">a</transChange> hundred cubits.<note>That is, 175 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="14">And the width of the front of the temple and the courtyard to the east <transChange type="added">was</transChange> <transChange type="added">a</transChange> hundred cubits.<note>That is, 175 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="15">And he measured the length of the building {facing the courtyard}<note>Literally "to the front of the courtyard"</note> {at the rear}<note>Literally "which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on behind her/it"</note> and its galleries, {a hundred cubits<note>That is, 175 feet</note> on each side},<note>Literally "from here and from here"</note> and <transChange type="added">also</transChange> the temple, the court, and the porticos of the courtyard,</verse>


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<verse num="16">the thresholds and the framed windows and the galleries around the three of them. Before the threshold <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a covering of wood all around,<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> and <transChange type="added">from</transChange> the ground up to the windows, and <transChange type="added">all around</transChange> the windows, <transChange type="added">they were</transChange> covered.</verse>


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<verse num="17">{Above}<note>Literally "On from on"</note> the doorway and up to the inner temple<note>Or "sanctuary"</note> and on the outside, and on all of the wall {all the way around}<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> in the inner and in the outer <transChange type="added">areas</transChange> <transChange type="added">were</transChange> {patterns},<note>Literally "measurements"</note></verse>


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<verse num="18">and <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> made of cherubim and palm tree images; a palm tree image between cherub and cherub, and {the cherub had two faces}.<note>Literally "two faces <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for the cherub"</note></verse>


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<verse num="19">And <transChange type="added">the</transChange> face of a human {was toward}<note>Literally "was to"</note> the palm tree image {on the one side},<note>Literally "from here"</note> and <transChange type="added">the</transChange> face of a fierce strong lion {faced}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">was</transChange> to"</note> the palm tree image {on the other side};<note>Literally "from here"</note> {this work was executed}<note>Literally "being made"</note> for the entire temple {all the way around}.<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note></verse>


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<verse num="20">From the ground up to {above}<note>Literally "up to form on"</note> the doorway,<note>Or "entrance"</note> the cherubim and the palm tree images <transChange type="added">were</transChange> made,<note>Or "being made"</note> and <transChange type="added">also</transChange> the <transChange type="added">outer</transChange> wall of the temple. </verse>


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<verse num="21"><transChange type="added">As far as</transChange> the temple <transChange type="added">is concerned</transChange> <transChange type="added">its</transChange> doorframe <transChange type="added">was</transChange> squared, and {before}<note>Literally "in the front of"</note> the sanctuary <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the appearance as <transChange type="added">it were</transChange> the appearance of</verse>


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<verse num="22">{a wooden altar}<note>Literally "the altar <transChange type="added">made of</transChange> wood"</note> <transChange type="added">that</transChange> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> three cubits<note>That is, 5.25 feet</note> high, and its length <transChange type="added">was</transChange> two cubits,<note>That is, 3.5 feet</note> and its corners<note>Hebrew "corner"</note> for it and its length and its walls <transChange type="added">were of</transChange> wood. And he spoke to me, "This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the table that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> {before}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> Yahweh."</verse>


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<verse num="23">And the two doors <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for the temple and for the sanctuary.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And two leaves<note>That is, two swinging leaves for each door</note> of a door <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for <transChange type="added">each of</transChange> the doors, two hinged leaves of a door: two <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for the first door, and two leaves of a door <transChange type="added">were</transChange> for the other door.</verse>


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<verse num="25">And cherubim <transChange type="added">were</transChange> made<note>Or "carved"</note> on them, that is, on the doors of the temple and palm tree images like {the ones prepared for the walls};<note>Literally "like which <transChange type="added">they</transChange> were made for the walls"</note> and <transChange type="added">an</transChange> overhang <transChange type="added">of</transChange> wood <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on the surface of the porticos on the outside.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And narrow windows and palm tree images {were on either side},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">were</transChange> from here and from here"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> on the side walls of the portico, and the side rooms of the temple and their<note>Literally "the"</note> overhang. </verse>


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<verse num="1">And he brought me out to the outer courtyard {to the north},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">to</transChange> the way of the north"</note> and he brought me to the chamber which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> opposite the courtyard and which <transChange type="added">is</transChange> opposite the building to the north.</verse>


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<verse num="2"><transChange type="added">As</transChange> to<note>Or "along the face of"</note> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> face of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> length <transChange type="added">of the building</transChange> <transChange type="added">with</transChange> the doorway to the north, <transChange type="added">it</transChange> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a hundred cubits,<note>That is, 175 feet</note> and its<note>Or "the"</note> width <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty cubits.<note>That is, 87.5 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="3">Opposite the twenty <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> {of the inner courtyard},<note>Literally "which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to the courtyard the inner"</note> and opposite <transChange type="added">the</transChange> pavement that <transChange type="added">was</transChange> to the outer courtyard <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a gallery {facing}<note>Literally "to<transChange type="added">ward</transChange> in the face/front of"</note> a gallery in the three <transChange type="added">stories</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="4">And {in front of}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> the chambers <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a passageway ten cubits<note>That is, 17.5 feet</note> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> width toward the inside, a walkway of one cubit,<note>One cubit of 18-21 inches is problematic; LXX and Syriac read 100 cubits (175 feet) running the length of the building</note> and their doorways <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to the north.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And the upper chambers narrowed, for <transChange type="added">the</transChange> galleries took away <transChange type="added">space</transChange> from them more than <transChange type="added">they took</transChange> from the lower <transChange type="added">levels</transChange> and more than <transChange type="added">they took</transChange> from the middle <transChange type="added">level</transChange> <transChange type="added">in the</transChange> building.</verse>


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<verse num="6">For they<note>Or "there"</note> <transChange type="added">were</transChange> three stories and {they had no pillars}<note>Literally "there were not for them pillars"</note> like<note>Or "as"</note> the pillars of<note>Or "for"</note> the courtyards; therefore they were smaller than the lower <transChange type="added">stories</transChange> and than the middle <transChange type="added">stories</transChange> from the ground <transChange type="added">up</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And <transChange type="added">there was</transChange> a wall that was to the outside {alongside}<note>Literally "to the outside to corresponding"</note> the chambers <transChange type="added">on</transChange> the walkway to<note>Or "of"</note> the outer courtyard<note>That is, "to the north"</note> {in front of}<note>Literally "to in face of"</note> the chambers; its length <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty<note>That is, 87.5 feet</note> cubits.<note>Hebrew "cubit"</note></verse>


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<verse num="8">For<note>Or "while"</note> the length of the chambers which <transChange type="added">were</transChange> to the outer courtyard <transChange type="added">was</transChange> fifty<note>Hebrew "cubit"</note> cubits,<note>That is, 87.5 feet</note> and look!<note>Or "yet!"</note> <transChange type="added">The chambers</transChange> on the front of the temple <transChange type="added">were</transChange> a hundred<note>Hebrew "cubit"</note> cubits.<note>That is, 175 feet</note></verse>


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<verse num="9">And from under these chambers <transChange type="added">was</transChange> the entrance<note>Reading the Ketiv</note> from the east for them {when one enters}<note>Literally "at/in his/its coming"</note> from the outer courtyard. </verse>


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<verse num="10">All along the width of the wall of the courtyard {eastward}<note>Literally "on the way of the east"</note> in front of the courtyard to the front of the building <transChange type="added">were</transChange> chambers.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And a walkway <transChange type="added">was</transChange> {before them}<note>Literally "was to the face of them"</note> like the appearance of the chambers which <transChange type="added">were on</transChange> {the north},<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">were on</transChange> the way of the north"</note> <transChange type="added">just</transChange> like <transChange type="added">them in</transChange> their length, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> so <transChange type="added">was</transChange> their width and all their exits, and <transChange type="added">they were built</transChange> like their arrangements and like their doorways,</verse>


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<verse num="12">and like the doorways of the chambers which <transChange type="added">were on</transChange> the way of the south <transChange type="added">was</transChange> <transChange type="added">a</transChange> doorway at the head of the way<note>Dropping one "way"</note> {before} the stone wall, projecting<note>Or "protecting wall"</note> <transChange type="added">on</transChange><note>Or "toward"</note> the way of the east at their coming.<note>That is, when people entered the complex</note> </verse>


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<verse num="13">And he said to me, "The chambers of the north <transChange type="added">and</transChange> the chambers of the south which <transChange type="added">are</transChange> {before}<note>Literally "to the front of"</note> the courtyard, they {are the holy chambers}<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">are</transChange> the chambers of the holiness"</note> in which the priests, who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> near to Yahweh, will eat the {most holy objects}.<note>Literally "holy objects of the holy objects"</note> There they shall put the {most holy objects},<note>Literally "holy objects of the holy objects"</note> and the grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering, for the place <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy.</verse>


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<verse num="14">{When the priests enter},<note>Literally "at coming their"</note> then they shall not go out from the sanctuary to the outer courtyard; and there they must put<note>Or "deposit/leave/remove"</note> their garments in which they serve because they <transChange type="added">are</transChange> holy. They must put on other garments and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> they may approach <transChange type="added">the area</transChange> that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> for the people. </verse>


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<verse num="15">And he completed the measurements of the inner temple, and he brought me <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the walkway of the gate {that faces toward the east}<note>Literally "which its face <transChange type="added">is to</transChange> the way of the east"</note> and he measured it {all the way around}.<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note></verse>


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<verse num="16">He measured the east side with the reed<note>Or "rod"</note> for<note>Literally "of measuring"</note> measuring, five hundred cubits,<note>Hebrew has "reeds" here (= 5,250 feet), which is not correct; 500 cubits = 875 feet.</note> with <transChange type="added">respect to</transChange> reeds with the reed for measurement, <transChange type="added">he measured it</transChange> all around.</verse>


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<verse num="17">He measured the north side <transChange type="added">as</transChange> five hundred <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange>, <transChange type="added">with respect to</transChange> reeds with the reed for measurement all around.</verse>


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<verse num="18"><transChange type="added">Then</transChange> he measured the south side <transChange type="added">as</transChange> five hundred <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange>, <transChange type="added">with respect to</transChange> reeds with the reed for measurement.</verse>


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<verse num="19">He went around the west side<note>Or "side toward/to the sea"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> he measured five hundred <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange>, <transChange type="added">with respect to</transChange> reeds with the reed for measurement.</verse>


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<verse num="20">{Toward the four sides}<note>Literally "toward the four winds"</note> he measured it; <transChange type="added">there</transChange> <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a wall for it {all the way around}.<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> <transChange type="added">Its</transChange> length <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five hundred <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange><note>That is, 875 feet</note> and <transChange type="added">its</transChange> width <transChange type="added">was</transChange> five hundred <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange>, in order to make <transChange type="added">a</transChange> separation between what is holy and what is common. </verse>


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<verse num="1">And he brought me to the gate which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> {facing east}.<note>Literally "which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> facing <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the way of the east"</note></verse>


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<verse num="2">And, look! The glory of the God of Israel, it came from the way of the east, and its sound <transChange type="added">was</transChange> like <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sound of many waters<note>Hebrew "water"</note> and the land radiated due to his glory!</verse>


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<verse num="3">And<note>Or "and as"; as is not needed in translation</note> the appearance of the vision which I saw <transChange type="added">was</transChange> as<note>Or "like"</note> the vision which I saw at his<note>Or "my coming"</note> coming to destroy the city, and <transChange type="added">these</transChange> visions <transChange type="added">were</transChange> <transChange type="added">also</transChange> as<note>Or "like"</note> the vision which I saw by the {Kebar River},<note>Literally "river of Kebar"</note> and I fell on my face. </verse>


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<verse num="4">And <transChange type="added">then</transChange> the glory of Yahweh came to the temple {by the way of the gate facing east}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">by</transChange> the way of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> gate which its face <transChange type="added">was to</transChange> the way of the east"</note></verse>


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<verse num="5">And <transChange type="added">the</transChange> Spirit lifted me and it brought me to the inner courtyard and, look! The glory of Yahweh filled the temple!</verse>


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<verse num="6">And I heard <transChange type="added">someone</transChange> speaking to me from the house,<note>Or "from inside"</note> and a man was standing beside me.</verse>


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<verse num="7">And he said to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> <transChange type="added">this is</transChange> the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet {where I will dwell}<note>Literally "which I will dwell there"</note> in the midst of the {Israelites}<note>Literally "sons/children of Israel"</note> to eternity, and they, the house of Israel, they and their kings, will not again defile {my holy name}<note>Literally "the name of my holiness"</note> with their fornication and with their offerings for the dead<note>Or "corpses"</note> of their kings <transChange type="added">on</transChange> their high places.</verse>


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<verse num="8">{When they placed their threshold}<note>Literally "in/at their placing their threshold"</note> with<note>Or "beside/next to"</note> my threshold, their doorframe beside my doorframe and the<note>Or "their"</note> wall <transChange type="added">was</transChange> between me and between them, then they defiled {my holy name},<note>Literally "the name of my holiness"</note> with their detestable things that they did, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> I consumed them in my anger.</verse>


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<verse num="9">Now let them send their fornication far away and the offerings for the dead<note>Or "corpses"</note> of their kings <transChange type="added">away</transChange> from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them {forever}.<note>Literally "to eternity"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="10">You, son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> describe <transChange type="added">to</transChange> the house of Israel the temple and let them be ashamed of their iniquities and let them measure the pattern.</verse>


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<verse num="11">And if they are ashamed of all that they did, <transChange type="added">then</transChange> the plan of the temple and its arrangement and its exits and its entrances and all of its plans<note>Or "its entire pattern"</note> and all of its statutes. And all of its plans<note>Or "purposes"</note> and all of its laws<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere); cf. BHS</note> make known <transChange type="added">to</transChange> them and write <transChange type="added">them</transChange> before their eyes, so that they may remember all of its plans and all of its statutes, so that they do them!</verse>


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<verse num="12">This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law<note>Literally "torah" or "instruction"</note> of the temple: On the top of the mountain, all of its territory, {all the way around it},<note>Literally "all around, all around"</note> {will be most holy}.<note>Literally "<transChange type="added">will be</transChange> a holiness of holinesses"</note> Look, this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the law of the temple. </verse>


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<verse num="13">And these <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the measurements of the altar in the cubits<note>Or "in long cubits"</note> (a cubit <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a cubit and a handbreadth):<note>That is, about 18 inches (regular cubit) + 3 inches = 21 inches (long cubit)</note> now its gutter<note>Or "trench" (NJPS)</note> {is a cubit<note>That is, 21 inches</note> in depth by a cubit<note>That is, 21 inches</note> in width}<note>Literally "the cubit and cubit <transChange type="added">its</transChange> width"</note> and its rim along its edge all around is one span,<note>That is, 9 inches</note> and this <transChange type="added">is</transChange> <transChange type="added">also</transChange> the height of the altar.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And from the gutter<note>Or "trench"</note> at the ground up to the lower ledge <transChange type="added">is</transChange> two cubits,<note>That is, 3 feet 6 inches</note> and <transChange type="added">its</transChange> width <transChange type="added">is</transChange> one cubit,<note>That is, 21 inches</note> and from the small ledge up to the large ledge <transChange type="added">is</transChange> four cubits,<note>That is, 7 feet</note> and <transChange type="added">its</transChange> width <transChange type="added">is</transChange> one cubit.</verse>


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<verse num="15">And the altar hearth <transChange type="added">was</transChange> four cubits,<note>That is, 7 feet</note> and from the altar hearth and {upwards}<note>Literally "and to above"</note> <transChange type="added">were</transChange> the four horns <transChange type="added">of the altar</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="16">And the altar hearth <transChange type="added">was</transChange> {twelve}<note>Literally "two ten"</note> <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> length and {twelve}<note>Literally "two ten"</note> <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> width<note>That is, 21 feet square</note>; <transChange type="added">it was</transChange> {squared on its four sides}.<note>Literally "squared to the four of its sides"</note></verse>


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<verse num="17">And the ledge <transChange type="added">was</transChange> {fourteen}<note>Literally "four ten"</note> <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> in length with {fourteen}<note>Literally "four ten"</note> <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> <transChange type="added">its</transChange> width<note>That is, 24.5 feet on all four sides, a square</note> to <transChange type="added">all</transChange> four of its sides, and a rim <transChange type="added">was</transChange> all around it of one-half cubit.<note>That is, 10.5 inches</note> And the gutter<note>Or "trench"</note> for it <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a cubit<note>That is, 21 inches</note> all around, and its steps <transChange type="added">were</transChange> facing east." </verse>


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<verse num="18">And he said to me, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'These <transChange type="added">are</transChange> the statutes of the altar on the day {when it is made},<note>Literally "to be made it"</note> to sacrifice a burnt offering on it and to sprinkle blood on it.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And you must give to the Levitical priests who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> from the offspring of Zadok, the <transChange type="added">ones</transChange> <transChange type="added">coming</transChange> near me," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, "to serve me, a bull, {a calf}<note>Literally "son of cattle," or "son of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> herd"</note> as <transChange type="added">a</transChange> sin offering. </verse>


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<verse num="20">You must take some of its blood and put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on {the four horns of the altar},<note>Literally "on its four horns"</note> and the four corners of the ledge, and on the rim all around; thus you must purify it and make atonement for it.</verse>


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<verse num="21">And you must take the bull, the sin offering, and you must burn it in the designated place of the temple outside of the holy place.</verse>


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<verse num="22">And on the second day you must offer a he-goat without defect as <transChange type="added">a</transChange> sin offering, and they must purify the altar {like}<note>Literally "as that"</note> they purified with the bull.</verse>


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<verse num="23">{When you are finished}<note>Literally "at your finishing"</note> from purifying, you must offer a bull, {a calf},<note>Literally "son of cattle," or "son of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> herd"</note> without defect, and a ram from the flock without defect.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And you must bring them near {before}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> Yahweh, and the priests must throw salt on them, and they must offer them <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a burnt offering to Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="25"><transChange type="added">For</transChange> seven days you must provide a goat of sin offering for the day and a bull, {a calf},<note>Literally "son of cattle," or "son of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> herd"</note> and a ram from the flock without defect; you must provide <transChange type="added">them</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="26">Seven days they must purify the altar and they must cleanse it and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> {they will consecrate it}.<note>Literally "they must fill its hand"</note></verse>


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<verse num="27">And they will finish the days, {and then}<note>Literally "and it will happen"</note> on the eighth day and beyond <transChange type="added">that</transChange> the priests will offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> I will be pleased with you," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="1">And he brought me back <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that <transChange type="added">is</transChange> facing east, and it was shut.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And Yahweh said to me, "This gate will be shut. It shall not be opened, and {no one}<note>Literally "and a man not"</note> will go through it, for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has entered it, and it will be shut.</verse>


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<verse num="3">The prince, he may sit in it to eat food {before}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> Yahweh; he will come from the way<note>Or "direction"</note> of the portico of the gate and by means of its way he will <transChange type="added">also</transChange> go out." </verse>


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<verse num="4">Then he brought me <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the way of the gate of the north to the front of the temple,<note>Or "house"</note> and I looked,<note>Or "saw"</note> and look! The glory of Yahweh filled the temple<note>Or "house"</note> of Yahweh, and I fell on my face.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And Yahweh said, "Son of man,<note>Or "mortal," or "son of humankind"</note> set your heart<note>Or "pay close attention" or "listen closely"</note> and look with your eyes and with your ears hear {everything}<note>Literally "all of which/what"</note> I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> saying <transChange type="added">to</transChange> you concerning all the statutes of the temple<note>Or "house"</note> of Yahweh and concerning all its laws,<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere); cf. BHS</note> and you must listen <transChange type="added">with</transChange> your heart concerning the entrance of the temple<note>Or "house"</note> with all of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> exits of the sanctuary.</verse>


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<verse num="6">And you must say to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> rebellious, to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Enough for you, house of Israel, of<note>Or "from"</note> all of your detestable things!</verse>


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<verse num="7">At<note>Or "in"</note> your bringing {foreigners}<note>Literally "children/people of a foreign land"</note> <transChange type="added">who are</transChange> uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh to be in my sanctuary to profane it, my temple,<note>Or "house"</note> {as you offered my food, fat, and blood},<note>Literally "in/at your offering my food and fat and blood"</note> so<note>Or "and"</note> you broke my covenant by all of your detestable things.</verse>


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<verse num="8">And you did not observe the responsibility of my sanctuary, but<note>Or "and"</note> you appointed <transChange type="added">them</transChange><note>That is, foreigners</note> as the keepers of my responsibility in my sanctuary for you." </verse>


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<verse num="9">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Every {foreigner}<note>Literally "child of a foreign land"</note> uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh shall not come into my sanctuary--<transChange type="added">not</transChange> any of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> {foreigners}<note>Literally "child of a foreign land"</note> who <transChange type="added">are</transChange> in the midst of the {Israelites}.<note>Literally "sons/children of Israel"</note></verse>


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<verse num="10">{But}<note>Literally "For if"</note> the Levites who removed themselves from me {at the going astray of Israel},<note>Or "when Israel went astray"</note> who went astray from me <transChange type="added">and went</transChange> after their idols, as a result they will bear their guilt.</verse>


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<verse num="11">Then they will be<note>Or "may be"</note> in my sanctuary, <transChange type="added">those</transChange> serving <transChange type="added">in</transChange> my sanctuary, <transChange type="added">as</transChange> sentries<note>Or "guards"</note> at the gates of the temple<note>Or "house"</note> and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> <transChange type="added">those</transChange> serving the temple;<note>Or "house"</note> they will slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they will stand {before them}<note>Literally "to the face of them"</note> to serve them,</verse>


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<verse num="12">{because}<note>Literally "because that"</note> they used to serve them {before}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> their idols and they were for the house of Israel <transChange type="added">like</transChange> a stumbling block of iniquity. Therefore {I swore}<note>Literally "I raised my hand"</note> concerning them," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh, "<transChange type="added">that</transChange> they will bear their iniquity.</verse>


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<verse num="13">And they shall not approach me to serve as <transChange type="added">a</transChange> priest for me and to come near to all of<note>Or "any of"</note> my holy objects, {to the most holy objects}, <note>Literally "to the holy objects of the holy objects"</note> and they will bear their disgrace and <transChange type="added">the results of</transChange> their detestable things they have done.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And I will appoint them <transChange type="added">as</transChange> the keepers of the responsibility of<note>Or "toward"</note> the temple, for all of its work<note>Or "tasks"</note> and {everything} <note>Literally "all"</note>which will be done in it. </verse>


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<verse num="15">But the Levitical priests, the descendants<note>Or "sons"</note> of Zadok, who cared for the responsibility of my sanctuary {when the Israelites went astray}<note>Literally "at going astray the children of Israel"</note> from me, they will approach me to serve me, and they will stand {before me}<note>Literally "to the face of me"</note> to offer to me fat and blood," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="16">"They shall come to my sanctuary, and they shall approach my table to serve me, and they will observe my requirement.</verse>


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<verse num="17">{And then}<note>Literally "and it will happen"</note> {when they come}<note>Literally "at their coming"</note> to the gates of the inner courtyards, they shall put on their<note>Hebrew "the"</note> inner linen garments and not wear wool <transChange type="added">garments</transChange> {when they serve}<note>Literally "at their serving"</note> in the gates of the inner courtyard and {inside}<note>Literally "and toward"</note> the temple.</verse>


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<verse num="18">Linen turbans shall be on their head and linen undergarments shall be on their waists; they shall not gird themselves with <transChange type="added">material causing</transChange> perspiration.</verse>


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<verse num="19">When they go out to the outer courtyard to the people, they must take off their garment in which they <transChange type="added">were</transChange> serving, and they must place them {in the holy chambers},<note>Literally "in the chambers of the holiness"</note> and they must put on other <transChange type="added">garments</transChange>, so that they will not make the people holy with their garments.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And their head they shall not shave, or long hair they shall not let grow; short they shall clip their heads.</verse>


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<verse num="22">And a widow or divorced <transChange type="added">woman</transChange> they shall not take for themselves as wives, {but only}<note>Literally "but if"</note> a virgin from the offspring of the house of Israel, or the widow who is a widow for a priest they may take. </verse>


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<verse num="23">And they will teach my people <transChange type="added">the difference</transChange> between what is holy and what is unholy, and <transChange type="added">the difference</transChange> between unclean and clean they must show them.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And at a legal dispute they themselves shall stand to judge; employing<note>Or "with"</note> my judgments they shall judge it, and <transChange type="added">with respect to</transChange> my laws and my statutes. All my festivals they shall keep and my Sabbaths they shall consecrate.</verse>


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<verse num="25">And {near a dead person}<note>Literally "and to a dead person of a man"</note> he<note>That is, the priest</note> shall not come to be defiled, {but only}<note>Literally "but if"</note> for a father and for a mother and for a son and for a daughter, for a brother and for a sister {who was not married}<note>Literally "who not she was for a man"</note> may they defile themselves.</verse>


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<verse num="26">And, after his<note>That is, the priest</note> cleansing, they shall count for him seven days,</verse>


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<verse num="27">and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> on the day of his coming into the sanctuary to the inner courtyard to serve in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh. </verse>


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<verse num="28">And <transChange type="added">thus</transChange> it will be to them as <transChange type="added">regards</transChange> inheritance, <transChange type="added">that</transChange> I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> their inheritance, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> you shall not give to them property in Israel; I <transChange type="added">am</transChange> their property.</verse>


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<verse num="29">The grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering, they themselves may eat them, and <transChange type="added">also</transChange> all <transChange type="added">the</transChange> consecrated possessions<note>Hebrew "possession"</note> in Israel will be theirs.</verse>


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<verse num="30">And <transChange type="added">also</transChange> what is first of all of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> firstfruits of everything, and of all of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> contribution of everything from all of your contributions, to the priest {it belongs},<note>Literally "it shall be"</note> and what is first of your dough you shall give to the priest, so that a blessing may rest on your house.</verse>


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<verse num="31">Any dead body or mangled carcass from the birds<note>Hebrew "bird"</note> or from the animals,<note>Hebrew "animal"</note> the priests shall not eat." </verse>


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<verse num="1">And when you allocate the land as an inheritance, you shall provide a contribution for Yahweh <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a holy portion from the land, <transChange type="added">its</transChange> length <transChange type="added">being</transChange> twenty-five thousand <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange><note>Or 8.33 miles</note> and <transChange type="added">its</transChange> width ten thousand <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange>;<note>Hebrew 3.5 miles; LXX reads 6.67 miles in width, or 20,000 cubits (cf. 45:3, 5; 48:9)</note> it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> holy in all its territory, all around.</verse>


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<verse num="2">And <transChange type="added">there</transChange> shall be from this <transChange type="added">area</transChange> five hundred <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange><note>That is, "875 feet by 875 feet"</note> by five hundred <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange>, squared all around, for the sanctuary; and fifty cubits<note>Hebrew "cubit"</note><note>That is, "87.5 feet"</note> <transChange type="added">of</transChange> open space <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> for it all around <transChange type="added">it</transChange>.</verse>


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<verse num="3">And from this measured area you shall measure a length of twenty-five<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> thousand <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange><note>That is, 8.33 miles; cf. 45:5</note> and a width of ten thousand <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange>,<note>That is, 3.5 miles; cf. 45:5</note> and in it will be the sanctuary, {the most holy place}.<note>Literally "the holiness of holinesses"</note></verse>


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<verse num="4">It<note>Or "this area"</note> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> a holy portion from the land; it will be for the priests, the servants of the sanctuary {who approach}<note>Literally "the ones who approach"</note> to serve Yahweh, and it will be for them a place for houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.</verse>


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<verse num="5">And <transChange type="added">an area</transChange> twenty-five thousand <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> length and ten thousand <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> width will be for the Levites, the servants of the temple. <transChange type="added">It will serve</transChange> <transChange type="added">as</transChange> property for them {as cities to dwell in}.<note>Literally "twenty chambers"</note></verse>


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<verse num="6">And <transChange type="added">as</transChange> property of the city, you must set apart alongside the contribution of the sanctuary <transChange type="added">a portion</transChange> five thousand <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange><note>That is, 1.67 miles</note> in width and twenty-five thousand <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange><note>That is, 8.33 miles</note> in length, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> it shall be for the entire house of Israel. </verse>


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<verse num="7">And <transChange type="added">a portion will be</transChange> for<note>Hebrew "to"</note> the prince {on both sides}<note>Literally "from this and from this"</note> of {the holy district},<note>Literally "the contribution of the holiness"</note> and <transChange type="added">both sides</transChange> of the property of the city, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> {alongside}<note>Literally "to the front of"</note> the property of the city {on the west},<note>Literally "from/on the side of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sea"</note> and <transChange type="added">alongside the property</transChange> {on the east}.<note>Literally "from/on the side of east"</note> And <transChange type="added">also</transChange> <transChange type="added">its</transChange> length<note>Or "portion"</note> {corresponds to one of the tribal portions to the west}<note>Literally "corresponding <transChange type="added">to</transChange> one of the portions from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> boundary of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> sea"</note> <transChange type="added">running</transChange> {to the eastern border}.<note>Literally "to <transChange type="added">the</transChange> boundary of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> east"</note></verse>


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<verse num="8"><transChange type="added">This</transChange> shall be to him {with respect to the land}<note>Literally "to the land"</note> as property in Israel; <transChange type="added">and so</transChange> my princes shall not again oppress my people, but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes." </verse>


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<verse num="9">Thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Enough <transChange type="added">of this</transChange> for you, the princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction and do justice and righteousness; revoke your <transChange type="added">acts of</transChange> dispossession from upon<note>Or "against"</note> my people!" {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="10"><transChange type="added">There</transChange> shall be for you {an honest set of scales}<note>Literally "a set of scales of justice/honesty"</note> and {an honest ephah}<note>Literally "an ephah of honesty"</note> and {an honest bath}.<note>Literally "a bath of honesty"; a bath is a liquid measure</note></verse>


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<verse num="11">The ephah and the bath shall be one unit of measurement;<note>Or "shall be the same size"</note> the tenth part of the homer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the bath, and the tenth of the homer <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the ephah; <transChange type="added">so</transChange> the homer shall be its<note>Or "the"</note> unit of measurement.</verse>


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<verse num="12">And the shekel <transChange type="added">shall weigh</transChange> twenty gerahs, twenty shekels<note>Hebrew "shekel"</note> and five and twenty shekels<note>Hebrew "shekel"</note> <transChange type="added">and</transChange> ten and five shekels,<note>Hebrew "shekel"</note> <transChange type="added">that</transChange> shall make the mina for you.<note>Meaning of Hebrew uncertain</note> </verse>


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<verse num="13">This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the contribution <transChange type="added">offering</transChange> which you shall present: a sixth of the ephah from a<note>Or "each"; literally "the"</note> homer of wheat, and a<note>Literally "the"</note> sixth of the ephah from a<note>Literally "the"</note> homer of barley.</verse>


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<verse num="14">And the quota of the olive oil, the bath <transChange type="added">of</transChange> the olive oil, <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the tenth part of a bath from a kor, <transChange type="added">which</transChange> <transChange type="added">is</transChange> ten baths, <transChange type="added">or</transChange> a homer--for ten baths <transChange type="added">are equal to</transChange> a homer.</verse>


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<verse num="15">And one<note>Or "a"</note> sheep from the flock from <transChange type="added">among</transChange> two hundred from the pastures of Israel <transChange type="added">will be taken</transChange> as <transChange type="added">a</transChange> grain offering and as <transChange type="added">a</transChange> burnt offering <transChange type="added">and</transChange> <transChange type="added">as</transChange> <transChange type="added">a</transChange> fellowship offering to make atonement for them," {declares}<note>Literally "declaration of"</note> the Lord Yahweh.</verse>


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<verse num="16">"All of the people of the land shall join <transChange type="added">in</transChange><note>Or "participate/ take part in"</note> to this contribution with<note>Or possibly "for/to"</note> the prince in Israel. </verse>


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<verse num="17">"But on the prince shall be <transChange type="added">the responsibility for</transChange> the burnt offerings, and the grain offering, and the libation at the feasts, and at the New Moon festivals, and at<note>Or "on"</note> the Sabbaths at all of the assemblies of the house of Israel; he shall provide the sin offering, and the grain offering, and the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering to make atonement for the house of Israel.</verse>


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<verse num="18">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'On the first <transChange type="added">month</transChange> on the first <transChange type="added">day</transChange> of the month, you shall take a bull, {a calf}<note>Literally "son of cattle," or "son of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> herd"</note> without defect, and you shall purify the sanctuary.</verse>


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<verse num="19">And the priest shall take from the blood of the sin offering, and he shall put <transChange type="added">it</transChange> on the doorframe of the temple<note>Or "house"</note> and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar and on the doorframe of the gate of the inner courtyard.</verse>


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<verse num="20">And so you shall do on the seventh <transChange type="added">day</transChange> in the month for anyone doing wrong inadvertently or due to ignorance, and <transChange type="added">so</transChange> you must make atonement for the temple.<note>Or "house"</note> </verse>


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<verse num="21">In the first <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, on the {fourteenth}<note>Literally "four ten"</note> day of the month, you shall have the Passover, <transChange type="added">a</transChange> feast <transChange type="added">lasting for</transChange> {seven days},<note>Literally "a week of days"</note> <transChange type="added">when</transChange> you shall eat unleavened breads.</verse>


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<verse num="22">And the prince shall provide on that day for himself<note>Hebrew "him"</note> and for all of the people of the land a bull <transChange type="added">as</transChange> <transChange type="added">a</transChange> sin offering.</verse>


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<verse num="23">And <transChange type="added">during</transChange> the seven days of the religious feast he shall provide <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a burnt offering to Yahweh seven bulls and seven rams without defect for each of the seven days, and <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a sin offering a he-goat for each day.</verse>


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<verse num="24">And <transChange type="added">as a</transChange> grain offering, an ephah for<note>Hebrew "to"</note> the bull and an ephah for<note>Hebrew "to"</note> the ram he must provide, and a hin of olive oil for {each}<note>Literally "the"</note> ephah.</verse>


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<verse num="25">In the seventh <transChange type="added">month</transChange>, on the {fifteenth}<note>Literally "five ten"</note> day of the month, during the feast, he shall provide just as <transChange type="added">he has for</transChange> these seven days, as <transChange type="added">he did for</transChange> the sin offering, <transChange type="added">as he did for</transChange> the burnt offering, and <transChange type="added">as he did</transChange> for the grain offering, and <transChange type="added">as he did</transChange> for the olive oil.'" </verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="1">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "The gate of the inner courtyard facing east must be shut <transChange type="added">on</transChange><note>Or "during"</note> the six of the days for work, but on the day of the Sabbath it must be opened and on the day of the new moon it must be opened.</verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="2">And the prince shall come <transChange type="added">by</transChange> way of the portico of the gate from <transChange type="added">the</transChange> outside, and he shall stand at the doorframe of the gate and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings, and he shall bow down at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be closed until the evening.</verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="3">And the people of the land will bow down <transChange type="added">at</transChange> the doorway of that gate on the Sabbaths and on the new moons {before}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> Yahweh. </verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="4">And the burnt offering which the prince will offer to Yahweh on the Sabbath day <transChange type="added">must be</transChange> six male lambs without defect and a ram without defect.</verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="5">And <transChange type="added">the</transChange> grain offering <transChange type="added">he will give</transChange> <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> an ephah {for each ram},<note>Literally "to the ram"</note> and for the male lambs <transChange type="added">the</transChange> grain offering <transChange type="added">shall be</transChange> {as much as he wants to give}<note>Literally "the gift of his hand"</note> and a hin of olive oil {for each ephah}.<note>Literally "to the ephah"</note></verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="6">And on the day of the new moon <transChange type="added">he will offer</transChange> a bull, {a calf}<note>Literally "son of cattle," or "son of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> herd"</note> without defect and six male lambs and a ram; they must be without defect.</verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="7">And an ephah for each bull and an ephah for the ram he must provide <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a grain offering, and <transChange type="added">also</transChange> for the male lambs {as much as he can afford}<note>Literally "as that it stretches out his hand"</note> and a hin <transChange type="added">of</transChange> olive oil for each ephah. </verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="8">And when the prince comes, on<note>Or "by"</note> the way of the portico of the gate he shall come and by this<note>Or "his"</note> way he shall go out.</verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="9">And when the people of the land come {before}<note>Literally "to the face of"</note> Yahweh at the festivals, <transChange type="added">the</transChange> one coming <transChange type="added">by</transChange> way of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> gate of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> north to bow down<note>Or "to worship"</note> must go out <transChange type="added">by</transChange> <transChange type="added">the</transChange> way of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> gate of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> south, and the <transChange type="added">one</transChange> coming <transChange type="added">by</transChange> way of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> gate of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> south must go out <transChange type="added">by the</transChange> way of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> gate of <transChange type="added">the</transChange> north, <transChange type="added">so</transChange> he must not return <transChange type="added">by</transChange> the way of the gate <transChange type="added">by</transChange> which he came,<note>Hebrew "came by it"</note> but before it he<note>According to the reading tradition (Qere)</note> shall go out opposite it.</verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="10">And the prince <transChange type="added">will be</transChange> in the midst of them; he will come in when they come in, and when they go out he will go out. </verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="11">And at the festivals and at the appointed times, the grain offering will be an ephah with a bull and an ephah with the ram and with the male lambs, {as much as he wants to give},<note>Literally "the gift of his hand"</note> and a hin of olive oil {for each ephah}.<note>Literally "to the ephah"</note></verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="12">And when the prince makes a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or a fellowship offering <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a freewill offering to Yahweh, the gate facing east will be open for him. And he must offer his burnt offering and his fellowship offering {just as}<note>Literally "as that"</note> he does on the day of the Sabbath, and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> he must go out and the gate will shut {after he goes out}.<note>Literally "after his going out"</note></verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="13">And a male lamb, {a yearling}<note>Literally "a son of his year"</note> without defect, he must provide as a burnt offering {daily}<note>Literally "for the day"</note> for Yahweh; {every morning}<note>Literally "in the morning in the morning"</note> he must provide it.</verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="14">And <transChange type="added">a</transChange> grain offering he must provide in addition to it {every morning},<note>Literally "in the morning in the morning"</note> a<note>Hebrew "the"</note> sixth of an<note>Hebrew "the"</note> ephah and a third of a hin of olive oil to moisten the finely milled flour <transChange type="added">as</transChange> a grain offering to Yahweh {as a perpetual statute}.<note>Literally "regulations of everlasting continually"</note></verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="15"><transChange type="added">So</transChange> they must provide the male lamb and the grain offering and the olive oil {every morning}<note>Literally "in the morning in the morning"</note> {as a regular burnt offering}."<note>Literally "as burnt offering of regularity/continuity"</note> </verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="16">Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "If the prince gives a gift to any <transChange type="added">one</transChange> from <transChange type="added">among</transChange> his sons, it <transChange type="added">is</transChange> his inheritance <transChange type="added">and</transChange> it will belong<note>Hebrew "be"</note> to his sons; it is their possession as an inheritance.</verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="17">And if he give a gift from his inheritance to one from <transChange type="added">among</transChange> his servants, then it will belong<note>Hebrew "be"</note> to him until the year of release,<note>That is, the Year of Jubilee</note> and <transChange type="added">then</transChange> it will return to the prince. His inheritance <transChange type="added">with respect to</transChange> his sons will be only for them.</verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="18">But the prince shall not take from the inheritance of the people to rob<note>Or "oppress"</note> them, <transChange type="added">separating them</transChange> from their property; from his <transChange type="added">own</transChange> property he shall bestow an inheritance on his sons, so that my people will not be driven away, any one, from his property." </verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="19">Then he brought me through the entrance which <transChange type="added">was</transChange> on the side of the gate {to the holy chambers}<note>Literally "to the chamber of the holiness"</note> to the priests; <transChange type="added">the chambers</transChange> were facing northwards and, look, there <transChange type="added">was</transChange> a place at the extreme end westwards.</verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="20">And he said to me, "This <transChange type="added">is</transChange> the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, <transChange type="added">and</transChange> where they shall bake the grain offering <transChange type="added">in order</transChange> not to bring <transChange type="added">them</transChange> out to the outer courtyard to make the people holy.</verse>


book: Ezek
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<verse num="21">And he brought me to the outer courtyard and led me past the four corners of the courtyard; and look, {there was a courtyard in each corner of the courtyard}.<note>Literally "a courtyard in the corner of the courtyard, a courtyard in the corner of the courtyard"</note></verse>


book: Ezek
content:
<verse num="22">In the four corners of the courtyard <transChange type="added">were</transChange> small<note>Hebrew uncertain</note> courtyards forty <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> length and thirty <transChange type="added">cubits</transChange> <transChange type="added">in</transChange> width, <transChange type="added">each with</transChange> {the same measurements}<note>Literally "measurement one"</note> for the four of them with corners.<note>Or "<transChange type="added">being</transChange> cornered"</note></verse>


