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Then the Spirit of the LORD came on me, and he told me to say: “This is what the LORD says: That is what you are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is going through your mind.
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You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
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“Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The bodies you have thrown there are the meat and this city is the pot, but I will drive you out of it.
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You fear the sword, and the sword is what I will bring against you, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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I will drive you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and inflict punishment on you.
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You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat in it; I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Israel.
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And you will know that I am the LORD, for you have not followed my decrees or kept my laws but have conformed to the standards of the nations around you.”