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1. On the tenth day of the tenth month, in the ninth year, the word of the LORD came to me:
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1. Again in the ninth H8671 year H8141 , in the tenth H6224 month H2320 , in the tenth H6218 day of the month H2320 , the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. Son of man, write down this date today, for this very day the king of Babylon has invested Jerusalem.
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2. Son H1121 of man H120 , write H3789 thee H853 the name H8034 of the day H3117 , H853 even of this H2088 same H6106 day H3117 : the king H4428 of Babylon H894 set H5564 himself against H413 Jerusalem H3389 this H2088 same H6106 day H3117 .
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3. Propose this parable to the rebellious house: Thus says the Lord GOD: Set up the pot, set it up, then pour in some water.
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3. And utter H4911 a parable H4912 unto H413 the rebellious H4805 house H1004 , and say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Set on H8239 a pot H5518 , set it on H8239 , and also H1571 pour H3332 water H4325 into it:
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4. Put in it pieces of meat, all good pieces: thigh and shoulder; Fill it with the choicest joints
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4. Gather H622 the pieces H5409 thereof into H413 it, even every H3605 good H2896 piece H5409 , the thigh H3409 , and the shoulder H3802 ; fill H4390 it with the choice H4005 bones H6106 .
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5. taken from the pick of the flock. Then pile the wood beneath it; bring to a boil these pieces and the joints that are in it.
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5. Take H3947 the choice H4005 of the flock H6629 , and burn H1752 also H1571 the bones H6106 under H8478 it, and make it boil H7570 well H7571 , and H1571 let them seethe H1310 the bones H6106 of it therein H8432 .
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6. Take out its pieces, one by one, without casting lots for it. Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the bloody city, a pot containing rust, whose rust has not been removed.
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6. Wherefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Woe H188 to the bloody H1818 city H5892 , to the pot H5518 whose H834 scum H2457 is therein , and whose scum H2457 is not H3808 gone out H3318 of H4480 it! bring it out H3318 piece H5409 by piece H5409 ; let no H3808 lot H1486 fall H5307 upon H5921 it.
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7. For the blood she shed is in her midst; she poured it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the earth, to be covered with dust.
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7. For H3588 her blood H1818 is H1961 in the midst H8432 of her ; she set H7760 it upon H5921 the top H6706 of a rock H5553 ; she poured H8210 it not H3808 upon H5921 the ground H776 , to cover H3680 H5921 it with dust H6083 ;
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8. To work up my wrath, to excite my vengeance, she put her blood on the bare rock, not to be covered.
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8. That it might cause fury H2534 to come up H5927 to take H5358 vengeance H5359 ; I have set H5414 H853 her blood H1818 upon H5921 the top H6706 of a rock H5553 , that it should not H1115 be covered H3680 .
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9. Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: I, too, will heap up a great bonfire,
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9. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Woe H188 to the bloody H1818 city H5892 ! I H589 will even H1571 make the pile for fire H4071 great H1431 .
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10. piling on wood and kindling the fire, Till the meat has been cooked, till the broth has boiled.
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10. Heap on H7235 wood H6086 , kindle H1814 the fire H784 , consume H8552 the flesh H1320 , and spice it well H7543 H4841 , and let the bones H6106 be burned H2787 .
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11. Then I will set the pot empty on the coals till its metal glows red hot, till the impurities in it melt, and its rust disappears.
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11. Then set H5975 it empty H7386 upon H5921 the coals H1513 thereof, that H4616 the brass H5178 of it may be hot H2552 , and may burn H2787 , and that the filthiness H2932 of it may be molten H5413 in H8432 it, that the scum H2457 of it may be consumed H8552 .
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12. Yet not even with fire will its great rust be removed.
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12. She hath wearied H3811 herself with lies H8383 , and her great H7227 scum H2457 went not forth H3318 H3808 out of H4480 her : her scum H2457 shall be in the fire H784 .
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13. Because you have sullied yourself with lewdness when I would have purified you, and you refused to be purified of your uncleanness, therefore you shall not be purified until I wreak my fury on you.
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13. In thy filthiness H2932 is lewdness H2154 : because H3282 I have purged H2891 thee , and thou wast not H3808 purged H2891 , thou shalt not H3808 be purged H2891 from thy filthiness H4480 H2932 any more H5750 , till H5704 I have caused H853 my fury H2534 to rest H5117 upon thee.
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14. I, the LORD, have spoken; it is coming, for I will bring it about without fail. I will not have pity nor repent. By your conduct and your deeds you shall be judged, says the Lord GOD.
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14. I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it : it shall come to pass H935 , and I will do H6213 it ; I will not H3808 go back H6544 , neither H3808 will I spare H2347 , neither H3808 will I repent H5162 ; according to thy ways H1870 , and according to thy doings H5949 , shall they judge H8199 thee, saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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15. Thus the word of the LORD came to me:
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15. Also the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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16. Son of man, by a sudden blow I am taking away from you the delight of your eyes, but do not mourn or weep or shed any tears.
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16. Son H1121 of man H120 , behold H2009 , I take away H3947 from H4480 thee H853 the desire H4261 of thine eyes H5869 with a stroke H4046 : yet neither H3808 shalt thou mourn H5594 nor H3808 weep H1058 , neither H3808 shall thy tears H1832 run down H935 .
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17. Groan in silence, make no lament for the dead, bind on your turban, put your sandals on your feet, do not cover your beard, and do not eat the customary bread.
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17. Forbear H1826 to cry H602 , make H6213 no H3808 mourning H60 for the dead H4191 , bind H2280 the tire of thine head H6287 upon H5921 thee , and put on H7760 thy shoes H5275 upon thy feet H7272 , and cover H5844 not H3808 thy lips H8222 , and eat H398 not H3808 the bread H3899 of men H376 .
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18. That evening my wife died, and the next morning I did as I had been commanded.
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18. So I spoke H1696 unto H413 the people H5971 in the morning H1242 : and at even H6153 my wife H802 died H4191 ; and I did H6213 in the morning H1242 as H834 I was commanded H6680 .
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19. Then the people asked me, "Will you not tell us what all these things that you are doing mean for us?" I therefore spoke to the people that morning,
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19. And the people H5971 said H559 unto H413 me , Wilt thou not H3808 tell H5046 us what H4100 these H428 things are to us, that H3588 thou H859 doest H6213 so ?
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20. saying to them: Thus the word of the LORD came to me:
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20. Then I answered H559 H413 them , The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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21. Say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord GOD: I will now desecrate my sanctuary, the stronghold of your pride, the delight of your eyes, the desire of your soul. The sons and daughters you left behind shall fall by the sword.
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21. Speak H559 unto the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I will profane H2490 H853 my sanctuary H4720 , the excellency H1347 of your strength H5797 , the desire H4261 of your eyes H5869 , and that which your soul H5315 pitieth H4263 ; and your sons H1121 and your daughters H1323 whom H834 ye have left H5800 shall fall H5307 by the sword H2719 .
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22. You shall do as I have done, not covering your beards nor eating the customary bread.
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22. And ye shall do H6213 as H834 I have done H6213 : ye shall not H3808 cover H5844 H5921 your lips H8222 , nor H3808 eat H398 the bread H3899 of men H376 .
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23. Your turbans shall remain on your heads, your sandals on your feet. You shall not mourn or weep, but you shall rot away because of your sins and groan one to another.
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23. And your tires H6287 shall be upon H5921 your heads H7218 , and your shoes H5275 upon your feet H7272 : ye shall not H3808 mourn H5594 nor H3808 weep H1058 ; but ye shall pine away H4743 for your iniquities H5771 , and mourn H5098 one H376 toward H413 another H251 .
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24. Ezekiel shall be a sign for you: all that he did you shall do when it happens. Thus you shall know that I am the LORD.
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24. Thus Ezekiel H3168 is H1961 unto you a sign H4159 : according to all H3605 that H834 he hath done H6213 shall ye do H6213 : and when this cometh H935 , ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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25. As for you, son of man, truly, on the day I take away from them their bulwark, their glorious joy, the delight of their eyes, the desire of their soul, and the pride of their hearts, their sons and daughters,
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25. Also, thou H859 son H1121 of man H120 , shall it not H3808 be in the day H3117 when I take H3947 from H4480 them H853 their strength H4581 , the joy H4885 of their glory H8597 , H853 the desire H4261 of their eyes H5869 , and that whereupon they set H4853 their minds H5315 , their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 ,
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26. that day the fugitive will come to you, that you may hear it for yourself;
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26. That he that escapeth H6412 in that H1931 day H3117 shall come H935 unto H413 thee , to cause thee to hear H2045 it with thine ears H241 ?
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27. that day your mouth shall be opened and you shall be dumb no longer. Thus you shall be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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27. In that H1931 day H3117 shall thy mouth H6310 be opened H6605 H853 to him which is escaped H6412 , and thou shalt speak H1696 , and be no more dumb H481 H3808 H5750 : and thou shalt be H1961 a sign H4159 unto them ; and they shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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