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Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
2
And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.
3
And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that maketh idols against herself to defile her!
4
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
5
Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou infamous one [and] full of tumult.
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