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Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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"And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then declare to her all her abominable deeds.
3
You shall say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!
4
You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by the idols which you have made; and you have brought your day near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.
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Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult.
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