Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
12 The prince who is ruling them will shoulder his pack in the dark and escape through a hole that they dig for him in the wall. He will cover his eyes and not see where he is going.
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“The prince among them will put his things on his shoulder at dusk and leave, and a hole will be dug in the wall for him to go through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land.
13 But I will spread out my net and trap him in it. Then I will take him to the city of Babylon, where he will die without having seen it.
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I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylonia, the land of the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die.
14 I will scatter in every direction all the members of his court and his advisers and bodyguards, and people will search for them to kill them.
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I will scatter to the winds all those around him—his staff and all his troops—and I will pursue them with drawn sword.
15 "When I scatter them among the other nations and in foreign countries, they will know that I am the Lord.
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“They will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries.
16 I will let a few of them survive the war, the famine, and the diseases, so that there among the nations they will realize how disgusting their actions have been and will acknowledge that I am the Lord."
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But I will spare a few of them from the sword, famine and plague, so that in the nations where they go they may acknowledge all their detestable practices. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
17 The Lord spoke to me.
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The word of the LORD came to me:
18 "Mortal man," he said, "tremble when you eat, and shake with fear when you drink.
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“Son of man, tremble as you eat your food, and shudder in fear as you drink your water.
19 Tell the whole nation that this is the message of the Sovereign Lord to the people of Jerusalem who are still living in their land: They will tremble when they eat and shake with fear when they drink. Their land will be stripped bare, because everyone who lives there is lawless.
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Say to the people of the land: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: They will eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in despair, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there.
20 Cities that are now full of people will be destroyed, and the country will be made a wilderness. Then they will know that I am the Lord."
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The inhabited towns will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’ ”
21 The Lord spoke to me.
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The word of the LORD came to me:
22 "Mortal man," he said, "why do the people of Israel repeat this proverb: "Time goes by, and predictions come to nothing'?
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“Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by and every vision comes to nothing’?
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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