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13 “‘See, I strike my hands together[a] at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed[b] they have done among you. 14 Can your heart endure,[c] or can your hands be strong when I deal with you?[d] I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it! 15 I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among various countries; I will remove your impurity from you.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 22:13 sn This gesture apparently expresses mourning and/or anger (see 6:11; 21:14, 17).
  2. Ezekiel 22:13 tn Heb “the blood that was in you.”
  3. Ezekiel 22:14 tn Heb “stand.” The heart here stands for the emotions; Jerusalem would panic in the face of God’s judgment.
  4. Ezekiel 22:14 tn Heb “in the days when I act against you.”
  5. Ezekiel 22:15 sn The ultimate purpose of divine judgment is to purify the covenant community of its sins.