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Jeremiah 35

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¹ "And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach (disgrace),' and say: 'A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter; it is sharpened and polished to put an end [to everything], and to flash like lightning,

² while they (Ammonite prophets) see false visions [of peace] for you, while they divine lies [of escape] for you—to place you [of Ammon] on the headless bodies of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, whose time of the final punishment is here.

³ Return the sword to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin (birth), I will judge you.

⁴ I will pour out My indignation on you [sons of Ammon]; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will place you in the hand of brutal men, skilled in destruction.

⁵ You will be fuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I the LORD have spoken.'"

⁶ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

⁷ And you, son of man [Ezekiel], will you judge, will you judge the city of bloodshed? Then make her recognize all her repulsive acts. You shall say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time [of doom] will come, and makes idols to defile her, contrary to her interest!

⁸ You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols which you have made. Thus you have caused your day [of judgment and punishment] to approach and have arrived at [the completion of] your years; therefore, I have made you an object of scorn to the [pagan] nations and a thing to be mocked by all countries.

⁹ Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you [infamous one] of ill repute, full of turmoil.

¹⁰ "Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been intending to shed blood in you.

¹¹ In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.

¹² You have despised and scorned My sacred things and have profaned My Sabbaths.

¹³ In you are men who slander for the purpose of shedding blood, and in your presence they have eaten [food offered to idols] at the mountain shrines; in your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.

¹⁴ In you men have uncovered their fathers' nakedness [the nakedness of mother or stepmother]; in you they have violated women who are [set apart as ceremonially] unclean during their menstrual impurity [or after childbirth].

¹⁵ In you one has committed a shameful act with his neighbor's wife, another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law, and another has violated his sister, his father's daughter.

¹⁶ In you they have accepted bribes to shed blood; you have taken [forbidden] interest and [a percentage of] profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression and extortion, and you have forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.

¹⁷ "Behold, therefore, I strike My hands [together] at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.

¹⁸ Can your heart (courage) endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and will act.

¹⁹ I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will destroy your filthiness.

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1	"And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach (disgrace),' and say: 'A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter; it is sharpened and polished to put an end [to everything], and to flash like lightning,
2	while they (Ammonite prophets) see false visions [of peace] for you, while they divine lies [of escape] for you—to place you [of Ammon] on the headless bodies of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, whose time of the final punishment is here.
3	Return the sword to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin (birth), I will judge you.
4	I will pour out My indignation on you [sons of Ammon]; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will place you in the hand of brutal men, skilled in destruction.
5	You will be fuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I the LORD have spoken.'"
6	Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
7	And you, son of man [Ezekiel], will you judge, will you judge the city of bloodshed? Then make her recognize all her repulsive acts. You shall say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time [of doom] will come, and makes idols to defile her, contrary to her interest!
8	You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols which you have made. Thus you have caused your day [of judgment and punishment] to approach and have arrived at [the completion of] your years; therefore, I have made you an object of scorn to the [pagan] nations and a thing to be mocked by all countries.
9	Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you [infamous one] of ill repute, full of turmoil.
10	"Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been intending to shed blood in you.
11	In you they have treated father and mother lightly. They have oppressed the stranger among you; and in your presence they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
12	You have despised and scorned My sacred things and have profaned My Sabbaths.
13	In you are men who slander for the purpose of shedding blood, and in your presence they have eaten [food offered to idols] at the mountain shrines; in your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.
14	In you men have uncovered their fathers' nakedness [the nakedness of mother or stepmother]; in you they have violated women who are [set apart as ceremonially] unclean during their menstrual impurity [or after childbirth].
15	In you one has committed a shameful act with his neighbor's wife, another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law, and another has violated his sister, his father's daughter.
16	In you they have accepted bribes to shed blood; you have taken [forbidden] interest and [a percentage of] profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression and extortion, and you have forgotten Me," says the Lord GOD.
17	"Behold, therefore, I strike My hands [together] at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.
18	Can your heart (courage) endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and will act.
19	I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will destroy your filthiness.

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