Ezekiel 33:23
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Ezek 33:23
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Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Ezek 33:24
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"Son of man, they who live in these waste places in the land of Israel are saying, `Abraham was {only} one, yet he possessed the land; so to us who are many the land has been given as a possession.'
Ezek 33:25
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~"Therefore say to them, `Thus says the Lord GOD, "You eat {meat} with the blood {in it,} lift up your eyes to your idols as you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
Ezek 33:26
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~"You rely on your sword, you commit abominations and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Should you then possess the land?"'
Ezek 33:27
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~"Thus you shall say to them, `Thus says the Lord GOD, "As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of pestilence.
Ezek 33:28
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~"I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and the pride of her power will cease; and the mountains of Israel will be desolate so that no one will pass through.
Ezek 33:29
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~"Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I make the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have committed."'
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