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1. The word of the LORD came to me:
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1. Moreover the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. "You, son of man� this is what the sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land!
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2. Also, thou H859 son H1121 of man H120 , thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 unto the land H127 of Israel H3478 ; An end H7093 , the end H7093 is come H935 upon H5921 the four H702 corners H3671 of the land H776 .
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3. The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge you according to your behavior, I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.
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3. Now H6258 is the end H7093 come upon H5921 thee , and I will send H7971 mine anger H639 upon thee , and will judge H8199 thee according to thy ways H1870 , and will recompense H5414 upon H5921 thee H853 all H3605 thine abominations H8441 .
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4. My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the LORD!
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4. And mine eye H5869 shall not H3808 spare H2347 H5921 thee, neither H3808 will I have pity H2550 : but H3588 I will recompense H5414 thy ways H1870 upon H5921 thee , and thine abominations H8441 shall be H1961 in the midst H8432 of thee : and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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5. "This is what the sovereign LORD says: A disaster� a one-of-a-kind disaster� is coming!
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5. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; An evil H7451 , an only H259 evil H7451 , behold H2009 , is come H935 .
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6. An end comes� the end comes! It has awakened against you� the end is upon you! Look, it is coming!
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6. An end H7093 is come H935 , the end H7093 is come H935 : it watcheth H6974 for H413 thee; behold H2009 , it is come H935 .
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7. Doom is coming upon you who live in the land! The time is coming, the day is near. There are sounds of tumult, not shouts of joy, on the mountains.
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7. The morning H6843 is come H935 unto H413 thee , O thou that dwellest H3427 in the land H776 : the time H6256 is come H935 , the day H3117 of trouble H4103 is near H7138 , and not H3808 the sounding again H1906 of the mountains H2022 .
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8. Soon now I will pour out my rage on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.
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8. Now H6258 will I shortly H4480 H7138 pour out H8210 my fury H2534 upon H5921 thee , and accomplish H3615 mine anger H639 upon thee : and I will judge H8199 thee according to thy ways H1870 , and will recompense H5414 H5921 thee for H853 all H3605 thine abominations H8441 .
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9. My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who is striking you.
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9. And mine eye H5869 shall not H3808 spare H2347 , neither H3808 will I have pity H2550 : I will recompense H5414 H5921 thee according to thy ways H1870 and thine abominations H8441 that are H1961 in the midst H8432 of thee ; and ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 that smiteth H5221 .
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10. "Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed!
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10. Behold H2009 the day H3117 , behold H2009 , it is come H935 : the morning H6843 is gone forth H3318 ; the rod H4294 hath blossomed H6692 , pride H2087 hath budded H6524 .
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11. Violence has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left� not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence.
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11. Violence H2555 is risen up H6965 into a rod H4294 of wickedness H7562 : none H3808 of H4480 them shall remain , nor H3808 of their multitude H4480 H1995 , nor H3808 of any of theirs H4480 H1991 : neither H3808 shall there be wailing H5089 for them.
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12. The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath comes against their whole crowd.
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12. The time H6256 is come H935 , the day H3117 draweth near H5060 : let not H408 the buyer H7069 rejoice H8055 , nor H408 the seller H4376 mourn H56 : for H3588 wrath H2740 is upon H413 all H3605 the multitude H1995 thereof.
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13. The customer will no longer pay the seller while both parties are alive, for the vision against their whole crowd will not be revoked. Each person, for his iniquity, will fail to preserve his life.
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13. For H3588 the seller H4376 shall not H3808 return H7725 to H413 that which is sold H4465 , although they were yet H5750 alive H2416 H2416 : for H3588 the vision H2377 is touching H413 the whole H3605 multitude H1995 thereof, which shall not H3808 return H7725 ; neither H3808 shall any H376 strengthen himself H2388 in the iniquity H5771 of his life H2416 .
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14. "They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd.
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14. They have blown H8628 the trumpet H8619 , even to make all ready H3559 H3605 ; but none H369 goeth H1980 to the battle H4421 : for H3588 my wrath H2740 is upon H413 all H3605 the multitude H1995 thereof.
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15. The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city.
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15. The sword H2719 is without H2351 , and the pestilence H1698 and the famine H7458 within H4480 H1004 : he that H834 is in the field H7704 shall die H4191 with the sword H2719 ; and he that H834 is in the city H5892 , famine H7458 and pestilence H1698 shall devour H398 him.
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16. Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan� each one for his iniquity.
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16. But they that escape H6403 of them shall escape H6412 , and shall be H1961 on H413 the mountains H2022 like doves H3123 of the valleys H1516 , all H3605 of them mourning H1993 , every one H376 for his iniquity H5771 .
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17. All of their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine.
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17. All H3605 hands H3027 shall be feeble H7503 , and all H3605 knees H1290 shall be weak H1980 as water H4325 .
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18. They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald.
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18. They shall also gird H2296 themselves with sackcloth H8242 , and horror H6427 shall cover H3680 them ; and shame H955 shall be upon H413 all H3605 faces H6440 , and baldness H7144 upon all H3605 their heads H7218 .
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19. They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the LORD's fury. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth was the obstacle leading to their iniquity.
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19. They shall cast H7993 their silver H3701 in the streets H2351 , and their gold H2091 shall be H1961 removed H5079 : their silver H3701 and their gold H2091 shall not H3808 be able H3201 to deliver H5337 them in the day H3117 of the wrath H5678 of the LORD H3068 : they shall not H3808 satisfy H7646 their souls H5315 , neither H3808 fill H4390 their bowels H4578 : because H3588 it is H1961 the stumblingblock H4383 of their iniquity H5771 .
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20. They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images� their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them.
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20. As for the beauty H6643 of his ornament H5716 , he set H7760 it in majesty H1347 : but they made H6213 the images H6754 of their abominations H8441 and of their detestable things H8251 therein: therefore H5921 H3651 have I set H5414 it far H5079 from them.
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21. I will give it to foreigners as loot, to the world's wicked ones as plunder, and they will desecrate it.
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21. And I will give H5414 it into the hands H3027 of the strangers H2114 for a prey H957 , and to the wicked H7563 of the earth H776 for a spoil H7998 ; and they shall pollute H2490 it.
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22. I will turn my face away from them and they will desecrate my treasured place. Vandals will enter it and desecrate it.
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22. My face H6440 will I turn H5437 also from H4480 them , and they shall pollute H2490 H853 my secret H6845 place : for the robbers H6530 shall enter H935 into it , and defile H2490 it.
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23. (Make the chain, because the land is full of murder and the city is full of violence.)
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23. Make H6213 a chain H7569 : for H3588 the land H776 is full H4390 of bloody H1818 crimes H4941 , and the city H5892 is full H4390 of violence H2555 .
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24. I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated.
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24. Wherefore I will bring H935 the worst H7451 of the heathen H1471 , and they shall possess H3423 H853 their houses H1004 : I will also make the pomp H1347 of the strong H5794 to cease H7673 ; and their holy places H4720 shall be defiled H2490 .
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25. Terror is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.
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25. Destruction H7089 cometh H935 ; and they shall seek H1245 peace H7965 , and there shall be none H369 .
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26. Disaster after disaster will come, and one rumor after another. They will seek a vision from a prophet; priestly instruction will disappear, along with counsel from the elders.
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26. Mischief H1943 shall come H935 upon H5921 mischief H1943 , and rumor H8052 shall be H1961 upon H413 rumor H8052 ; then shall they seek H1245 a vision H2377 of the prophet H4480 H5030 ; but the law H8451 shall perish H6 from the priest H4480 H3548 , and counsel H6098 from the ancients H4480 H2205 .
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27. The king will mourn and the prince will be clothed with shuddering; the hands of the people of the land will tremble. Based on their behavior I will deal with them, and by their standard of justice I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the LORD!"
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27. The king H4428 shall mourn H56 , and the prince H5387 shall be clothed H3847 with desolation H8077 , and the hands H3027 of the people H5971 of the land H776 shall be troubled H926 : I will do H6213 unto them after their way H4480 H1870 , and according to their deserts H4941 will I judge H8199 them ; and they shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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