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GOD's Word came to me, saying,

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The word of the LORD came to me:

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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Then this message came to me from the LORD:

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"You, son of man--GOD, the Master, has this Message for the land of Israel: Endtime. The end of business as usual for everyone.

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"Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

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"And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: "An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

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"Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to Israel: The end is here! Wherever you look--east, west, north, or south--your land is finished.

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It's all over. The end is upon you. I've launched my anger against you. I've issued my verdict on the way you live. I'll make you pay for your disgusting obscenities.

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The end is now upon you and I will unleash my anger against you. I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices.

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Now the end has come upon you, And I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways, And I will repay you for all your abominations.

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No hope remains, for I will unleash my anger against you. I will call you to account for all your disgusting behavior.

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I won't look the other way, I won't feel sorry for you. I'll make you pay for the way you've lived: Your disgusting obscenities will boomerang on you, and you'll realize that I am GOD.'

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I will not look on you with pity or spare you; I will surely repay you for your conduct and the detestable practices among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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My eye will not spare you, Nor will I have pity; But I will repay your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst; Then you shall know that I am the LORD!'

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I will turn my eyes away and show no pity, repaying you in full for all your evil. Then you will know that I am the LORD!

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"I, GOD, the Master, say: "Disaster after disaster! Look, it comes!

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"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Disaster! An unheard-of disaster is coming.

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"Thus says the Lord GOD: "A disaster, a singular disaster; Behold, it has come!

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"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: With one blow after another I will bring total disaster!

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Endtime--the end comes. The end is ripe. Watch out, it's coming!

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The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. It has come!

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An end has come, The end has come; It has dawned for you; Behold, it has come!

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The end has come! It has finally arrived! Your final doom is waiting!

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This is your fate, you who live in this land. Time's up. It's zero hour. No dragging of feet now, no bargaining for more time.

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Doom has come upon you-you who dwell in the land. The time has come, the day is near; there is panic, not joy, upon the mountains.

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Doom has come to you, you who dwell in the land; The time has come, A day of trouble is near, And not of rejoicing in the mountains.

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O people of Israel, the day of your destruction is dawning. The time has come; the day of trouble is near. It will ring with shouts of anguish, not shouts of joy.

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Soon now I'll pour my wrath on you, pay out my anger against you, Render my verdict on the way you've lived, make you pay for your disgusting obscenities.

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I am about to pour out my wrath on you and spend my anger against you; I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices.

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Now upon you I will soon pour out My fury, And spend My anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, And I will repay you for all your abominations.

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Soon I will pour out my fury to complete your punishment for all your disgusting behavior.

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I won't look the other way, I won't feel sorry for you. I'll make you pay for the way you've lived. Your disgusting obscenities will boomerang on you. Then you'll realize that it is I, GOD, who has hit you.

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I will not look on you with pity or spare you; I will repay you in accordance with your conduct and the detestable practices among you. Then you will know that it is I the LORD who strikes the blow.

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"My eye will not spare, Nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst. Then you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.

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I will neither spare nor pity you. I will repay you for all your detestable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who is striking the blow.

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Judgment Day! Fate has caught up with you. The scepter outsized and pretentious, pride bursting all bounds,

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"The day is here! It has come! Doom has burst forth, the rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed!

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"Behold, the day! Behold, it has come! Doom has gone out; The rod has blossomed, Pride has budded.

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"The day of judgment is here; your destruction awaits! The people's wickedness and pride have reached a climax.

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Violence strutting, brandishing the evil scepter. But there's nothing to them, and nothing will be left of them.

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Violence has grown into a rod to punish wickedness; none of the people will be left, none of that crowd-no wealth, nothing of value.

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Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; None of them shall remain, None of their multitude, None of them; Nor shall there be wailing for them.

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Their violence will fall back on them as punishment for their wickedness. None of these proud and wicked people will survive. All their wealth will be swept away.

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Time's up. Countdown: five, four, three, two... Buyer, don't crow; seller, don't worry: Judgment wrath has turned the world topsy-turvy.

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The time has come, the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller grieve, for wrath is upon the whole crowd.

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The time has come, The day draws near. "Let not the buyer rejoice, Nor the seller mourn, For wrath is on their whole multitude.

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Yes, the time has come; the day is here! There is no reason for buyers to rejoice over the bargains they find or for sellers to grieve over their losses, for all of them will fall under my terrible anger.

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The bottom has dropped out of buying and selling. It will never be the same again. But don't fantasize an upturn in the market. The country is bankrupt because of its sins, and it's not going to get any better.

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The seller will not recover the land he has sold as long as both of them live, for the vision concerning the whole crowd will not be reversed. Because of their sins, not one of them will preserve his life.

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For the seller shall not return to what has been sold, Though he may still be alive; For the vision concerns the whole multitude, And it shall not turn back; No one will strengthen himself Who lives in iniquity.

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And if any merchants should survive, they will never return to their business. For what God has said applies to everyone--it will not be changed! Not one person whose life is twisted by sin will recover.

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The trumpet signals the call to battle: "Present arms!" But no one marches into battle. My wrath has them paralyzed!

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Though they blow the trumpet and get everything ready, no one will go into battle, for my wrath is upon the whole crowd.

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"They have blown the trumpet and made everyone ready, But no one goes to battle; For My wrath is on all their multitude.

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"The trumpets call Israel's army to mobilize, but no one listens, for my fury is against them all.

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On the open roads you're killed, or else you go home and die of hunger and disease. Either get murdered out in the country or die of sickness or hunger in town.

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"Outside is the sword, inside are plague and famine; those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.

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The sword is outside, And the pestilence and famine within. Whoever is in the field Will die by the sword; And whoever is in the city, Famine and pestilence will devour him.

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Any who leave the city walls will be killed by enemy swords. Those who stay inside will die of famine and disease.

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Survivors run for the hills. They moan like doves in the valleys, Each one moaning for his own sins.

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All who survive and escape will be in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valleys, each because of his sins.

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"Those who survive will escape and be on the mountains Like doves of the valleys, All of them mourning, Each for his iniquity.

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The few who survive and escape to the mountains will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.

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Every hand hangs limp, every knee turns to rubber.

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Every hand will go limp, and every knee will become as weak as water.

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Every hand will be feeble, And every knee will be as weak as water.

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Everyone's hands will be feeble; their knees will be as weak as water.

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They dress in rough burlap--sorry scarecrows, Shifty and shamefaced, with their heads shaved bald.

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They will put on sackcloth and be clothed with terror. Their faces will be covered with shame and their heads will be shaved.

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They will also be girded with sackcloth; Horror will cover them; Shame will be on every face, Baldness on all their heads.

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They will dress themselves in sackcloth; horror and shame will cover them. They will shave their heads in sorrow and remorse.

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They throw their money into the gutters. Their hard-earned cash stinks like garbage. They find that it won't buy a thing they either want or need on Judgment Day. They tripped on money and fell into sin.

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They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be an unclean thing. Their silver and gold will not be able to save them in the day of the LORD 's wrath. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it, for it has made them stumble into sin.

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"They will throw their silver into the streets, And their gold will be like refuse; Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them In the day of the wrath of the LORD; They will not satisfy their souls, Nor fill their stomachs, Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity.

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"They will throw away their money, tossing it out like worthless trash. It won't buy their deliverance in that day of the LORD's anger. It will neither satisfy nor feed them, for their love of money made them stumble into sin.

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Proud and pretentious with their jewels, they deck out their vile and vulgar no-gods in finery. I'll make those god-obscenities a stench in their nostrils.

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They were proud of their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their detestable idols and vile images. Therefore I will turn these into an unclean thing for them.

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"As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it in majesty; But they made from it The images of their abominations-- Their detestable things; Therefore I have made it Like refuse to them.

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They were proud of their gold jewelry and used it to make vile and detestable idols. That is why I will make all their wealth disgusting to them.

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I'll give away their religious junk--strangers will pick it up for free, the godless spit on it and make jokes.

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I will hand it all over as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the wicked of the earth, and they will defile it.

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I will give it as plunder Into the hands of strangers, And to the wicked of the earth as spoil; And they shall defile it.

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I will give it as plunder to foreigners from the most wicked of nations, and they will defile it.

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I'll turn my face so I won't have to look as my treasured place and people are violated, As violent strangers walk in and desecrate place and people--

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I will turn my face away from them, and they will desecrate my treasured place; robbers will enter it and desecrate it.

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I will turn My face from them, And they will defile My secret place; For robbers shall enter it and defile it.

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I will hide my eyes as these robbers invade my treasured land and corrupt it.

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A bloody massacre, as crime and violence fill the city.

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"Prepare chains, because the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of violence.

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"Make a chain, For the land is filled with crimes of blood, And the city is full of violence.

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"Prepare chains for my people, for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes. Jerusalem is filled with violence.

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I'll bring in the dregs of humanity to move into their houses. I'll put a stop to the boasting and strutting of the high-and-mighty, And see to it that there'll be nothing holy left in their holy places.

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I will bring the most wicked of the nations to take possession of their houses; I will put an end to the pride of the mighty, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.

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Therefore I will bring the worst of the Gentiles, And they will possess their houses; I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease, And their holy places shall be defiled.

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I will bring the most ruthless of nations to occupy their homes. I will break down their proud fortresses and defile their sanctuaries.

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Catastrophe descends. They look for peace, but there's no peace to be found--

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When terror comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none.

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Destruction comes; They will seek peace, but there shall be none.

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Terror and trembling will overcome my people. They will look for peace but will not find it.

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Disaster on the heels of disaster, one rumor after another. They clamor for the prophet to tell them what's up, but nobody knows anything. Priests don't have a clue; the elders don't know what to say.

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Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor upon rumor. They will try to get a vision from the prophet; the teaching of the law by the priest will be lost, as will the counsel of the elders.

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Disaster will come upon disaster, And rumor will be upon rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet; But the law will perish from the priest, And counsel from the elders.

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Calamity will follow calamity; rumor will follow rumor. They will look in vain for a vision from the prophets. They will receive no teaching from the priests and no counsel from the leaders.

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The king holds his head in despair; the prince is devastated. The common people are paralyzed. Gripped by fear, they can't move. I'll deal with them where they are, judge them on their terms. They'll know that I am GOD.'"

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The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the LORD."

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"The king will mourn, The prince will be clothed with desolation, And the hands of the common people will tremble. I will do to them according to their way, And according to what they deserve I will judge them; Then they shall know that I am the LORD!"'

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The king and the prince will stand helpless, weeping in despair, and the people's hands will tremble with fear. I will bring against them the evil they have done to others, and they will receive the punishment they so richly deserve. Then they will know that I am the LORD!"

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In the sixth year, in the sixth month and the fifth day, while I was sitting at home meeting with the leaders of Judah, it happened that the hand of my Master, GOD, gripped me.

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In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign LORD came upon me there.

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And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me there.

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Then on September 17, during the sixth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, while the leaders of Judah were in my home, the Sovereign LORD took hold of me.

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When I looked, I was astonished. What I saw looked like a man--from the waist down like fire and from the waist up like highly burnished bronze.

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I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man. From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.

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Then I looked, and there was a likeness, like the appearance of fire--from the appearance of His waist and downward, fire; and from His waist and upward, like the appearance of brightness, like the color of amber.

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I saw a figure that appeared to be a man. From the waist down he looked like a burning flame. From the waist up he looked like gleaming amber.

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He reached out what looked like a hand and grabbed me by the hair. The Spirit swept me high in the air and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the Temple's inside court where the image of the sex goddess that makes God so angry had been set up.

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He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance to the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood.

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He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy.

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He put out what seemed to be a hand and took me by the hair. Then the Spirit lifted me up into the sky and transported me in a vision of God to Jerusalem. I was taken to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the Temple, where there is a large idol that has made the LORD very angry.

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Right before me was the Glory of the God of Israel, exactly like the vision I had seen out on the plain.

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And there before me was the glory of the God of Israel, as in the vision I had seen in the plain.

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And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw in the plain.

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Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel was there, just as I had seen it before in the valley.

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He said to me, "Son of man, look north." I looked north and saw it: Just north of the entrance loomed the altar of the sex goddess, Asherah, that makes God so angry.

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Then he said to me, "Son of man, look toward the north." So I looked, and in the entrance north of the gate of the altar I saw this idol of jealousy.

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Then He said to me, "Son of man, lift your eyes now toward the north." So I lifted my eyes toward the north, and there, north of the altar gate, was this image of jealousy in the entrance.

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Then the LORD said to me, "Son of man, look toward the north." So I looked, and there to the north, beside the entrance to the gate of the altar, stood the idol that had made the LORD so angry.

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Then he said, "Son of man, do you see what they're doing? Outrageous obscenities! And doing them right here! It's enough to drive me right out of my own Temple. But you're going to see worse yet." [JC]

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And he said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing-the utterly detestable things the house of Israel is doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable."

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Furthermore He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, to make Me go far away from My sanctuary? Now turn again, you will see greater abominations."

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"Son of man," he said, "do you see what they are doing? Do you see the great sins the people of Israel are doing to drive me from my Temple? But come, and you will see even greater sins than these!"

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He brought me to the door of the Temple court. I looked and saw a gaping hole in the wall.

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Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall.

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So He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, there was a hole in the wall.

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Then he brought me to the door of the Temple courtyard, where I could see an opening in the wall.

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He said, "Son of man, dig through the wall." I dug through the wall and came upon a door.

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He said to me, "Son of man, now dig into the wall." So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.

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Then He said to me, "Son of man, dig into the wall"; and when I dug into the wall, there was a door.

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He said to me, "Now, son of man, dig into the wall." So I dug into the wall and uncovered a door to a hidden room.

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He said, "Now walk through the door and take a look at the obscenities they're engaging in."

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And he said to me, "Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here."

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And He said to me, "Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they are doing there."

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"Go in," he said, "and see the unspeakable wickedness going on in there!"

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I entered and looked. I couldn't believe my eyes: Painted all over the walls were pictures of reptiles and animals and monsters--the whole pantheon of Egyptian gods and goddesses--being worshiped by Israel.

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So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and detestable animals and all the idols of the house of Israel.

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So I went in and saw, and there--every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls.

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So I went in and saw the walls engraved with all kinds of snakes, lizards, and hideous creatures. I also saw the various idols worshiped by the people of Israel.

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In the middle of the room were seventy of the leaders of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing in the middle. Each held his censer with the incense rising in a fragrant cloud.

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In front of them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.

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And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.

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Seventy leaders of Israel were standing there with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan in the middle. Each of them held an incense burner, so there was a thick cloud of incense above their heads.

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He said, "Son of man, do you see what the elders are doing here in the dark, each one before his favorite god-picture? They tell themselves, "GOD doesn't see us. GOD has forsaken the country.'"

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He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, 'The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.'"

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Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, "The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land."'

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Then the LORD said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, `The LORD doesn't see us; he has deserted our land!'"

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Then he said, "You're going to see worse yet." [JC]

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Again, he said, "You will see them doing things that are even more detestable."

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And He said to me, "Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing."

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Then he added, "Come, and I will show you greater sins than these!"

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He took me to the entrance at the north gate of the Temple of GOD. I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz, the Babylonian fertility god.

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Then he brought me to the entrance to the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, mourning for Tammuz.

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So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the LORD's house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

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He brought me to the north gate of the LORD's Temple, and some women were sitting there, weeping for the god Tammuz.

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He said, "Have you gotten an eyeful, son of man? You're going to see worse yet." [JC]

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He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this."

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Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these."

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"Have you seen this?" he asked. "But I will show you even greater sins than these!"

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Finally, he took me to the inside court of the Temple of GOD. There between the porch and the altar were about twenty-five men. Their backs were to GOD's Temple. They were facing east, bowing in worship to the sun.

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He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.

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So He brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house; and there, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.

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Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the LORD's Temple. At the entrance, between the foyer and the bronze altar, about twenty-five men were standing with their backs to the LORD's Temple. They were facing eastward, worshiping the sun!

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He said, "Have you seen enough, son of man? Isn't it bad enough that Judah engages in these outrageous obscenities? They fill the country with violence and now provoke me even further with their obscene gestures.

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He said to me, "Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the house of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually provoke me to anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose!

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And He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their nose.

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"Have you seen this, son of man?" he asked. "Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these terrible sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and rousing my fury against them?

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That's it. They have an angry God on their hands! From now on, no mercy. They can shout all they want, but I'm not listening."

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Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them."

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Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye will not spare nor will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."

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Therefore, I will deal with them in fury. I will neither pity nor spare them. And though they scream for mercy, I will not listen."

Ezek.9.1

Then I heard him call out loudly, "Executioners, come! And bring your deadly weapons with you."

Ezek.9.1

Then I heard him call out in a loud voice, "Bring the guards of the city here, each with a weapon in his hand."

Ezek.9.1

Then He called out in my hearing with a loud voice, saying, "Let those who have charge over the city draw near, each with a deadly weapon in his hand."

Ezek.9.1

Then the LORD thundered, "Bring on the men appointed to punish the city! Tell them to bring their weapons with them!"

Ezek.9.2

Six men came down the road from the upper gate that faces north, each carrying his lethal weapon. With them was a man dressed in linen with a writing case slung from his shoulder. They entered and stood by the bronze altar.

Ezek.9.2

And I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with a deadly weapon in his hand. With them was a man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. They came in and stood beside the bronze altar.

Ezek.9.2

And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer's inkhorn at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

Ezek.9.2

Six men soon appeared from the upper gate that faces north, each carrying a battle club in his hand. One of them was dressed in linen and carried a writer's case strapped to his side. They all went into the Temple courtyard and stood beside the bronze altar.

Ezek.9.3

The Glory of the God of Israel ascended from his usual place above the cherubim-angels, moved to the threshold of the Temple, and called to the man with the writing case who was dressed in linen:

Ezek.9.3

Now the glory of the God of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then the LORD called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side

Ezek.9.3

Now the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub, where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn at his side;

Ezek.9.3

Then the glory of the God of Israel rose up from between the cherubim, where it had rested, and moved to the entrance of the Temple. And the LORD called to the man dressed in linen who was carrying the writer's case.

Ezek.9.4

"Go through the streets of Jerusalem and put a mark on the forehead of everyone who is in anguish over the outrageous obscenities being done in the city."

Ezek.9.4

and said to him, "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it."

Ezek.9.4

and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it."

Ezek.9.4

He said to him, "Walk through the streets of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of all those who weep and sigh because of the sins they see around them."

Ezek.9.5

I listened as he went on to address the executioners: "Follow him through the city and kill. Feel sorry for no one. Show no compassion.

Ezek.9.5

As I listened, he said to the others, "Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion.

Ezek.9.5

To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after him through the city and kill; do not let your eye spare, nor have any pity.

Ezek.9.5

Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, "Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity!

Ezek.9.6

Kill old men and women, young men and women, mothers and children. But don't lay a hand on anyone with the mark. Start at my Temple." They started with the leaders in front of the Temple.

Ezek.9.6

Slaughter old men, young men and maidens, women and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

Ezek.9.6

Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the temple.

Ezek.9.6

Kill them all--old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin your task right here at the Temple." So they began by killing the seventy leaders.

Ezek.9.7

He told the executioners, "Desecrate the Temple. Fill it with corpses. Then go out and continue the killing."

Ezek.9.7

Then he said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!" So they went out and began killing throughout the city.

Ezek.9.7

Then He said to them, "Defile the temple, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!" And they went out and killed in the city.

Ezek.9.7

"Defile the Temple!" the LORD commanded. "Fill its courtyards with the bodies of those you kill! Go!" So they went throughout the city and did as they were told.

Ezek.9.8

So they went out and struck the city. While the massacre went forward, I was left alone. I fell on my face in prayer: "Oh, oh, GOD, my Master! Are you going to kill everyone left in Israel in this pouring out of your anger on Jerusalem?"

Ezek.9.8

While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying out, "Ah, Sovereign LORD! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?"

Ezek.9.8

So it was, that while they were killing them, I was left alone; and I fell on my face and cried out, and said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Will You destroy all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your fury on Jerusalem?"

Ezek.9.8

While they were carrying out their orders, I was all alone. I fell face down in the dust and cried out, "O Sovereign LORD! Will your fury against Jerusalem wipe out everyone left in Israel?"

Ezek.9.9

He said, "The guilt of Israel and Judah is enormous. The land is swollen with murder. The city is bloated with injustice. They all say, "GOD has forsaken the country. He doesn't see anything we do.'

Ezek.9.9

He answered me, "The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.'

Ezek.9.9

Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of perversity; for they say, "The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD does not see!'

Ezek.9.9

Then he said to me, "The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, `The LORD doesn't see it! The LORD has forsaken the land!'

Ezek.9.10

Well, I do see, and I'm not feeling sorry for any of them. They're going to pay for what they've done."

Ezek.9.10

So I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done."

Ezek.9.10

And as for Me also, My eye will neither spare, nor will I have pity, but I will recompense their deeds on their own head."

Ezek.9.10

So I will not spare them or have any pity on them. I will fully repay them for all they have done."

Ezek.9.11

Just then, the man dressed in linen and carrying the writing case came back and reported, "I've done what you told me."

Ezek.9.11

Then the man in linen with the writing kit at his side brought back word, saying, "I have done as you commanded."

Ezek.9.11

Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had the inkhorn at his side, reported back and said, "I have done as You commanded me."

Ezek.9.11

Then the man in linen clothing, who carried the writer's case, reported back and said, "I have finished the work you gave me to do."