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Mortal, make known to Jerusalem her abominations(A)

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“Son of man, confront(A) Jerusalem with her detestable practices(B)

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Will you judge them, mortal; will you judge them? Then let them know the abominations of their ancestors(A)

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“Will you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the detestable practices of their ancestors(A)

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Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Woe to the bloody city,
    the pot whose crud is in it,
    whose crud has not gone out of it!
Empty it piece by piece,
    making no choice at all.[a](A)
For the blood she shed is inside it;
    she placed it on a bare rock;
she did not pour it out on the ground,
    to cover it with earth.(B)
To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance,
    I have placed the blood she shed
    on a bare rock,
    so that it may not be covered.

Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Woe to the bloody city!
    I will even make the pile great.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 24.6 Heb piece, no lot has fallen on it

“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe(A) to the city of bloodshed,(B)
    to the pot now encrusted,
    whose deposit will not go away!
Take the meat out piece by piece
    in whatever order(C) it comes.(D)

“‘For the blood she shed is in her midst:
    She poured it on the bare rock;
she did not pour it on the ground,
    where the dust would cover it.(E)
To stir up wrath and take revenge
    I put her blood on the bare rock,
    so that it would not be covered.

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe to the city of bloodshed!
    I, too, will pile the wood high.

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Ruin Imminent and Inevitable

Woe, city of bloodshed,
    utterly deceitful, full of plunder—
    no end to the prey!(A)

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Woe to Nineveh

Woe to the city of blood,(A)
    full of lies,(B)
full of plunder,
    never without victims!

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