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29 while (A)they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the profane wicked, (B)whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

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29 Despite false visions concerning you
    and lying divinations(A) about you,
it will be laid on the necks
    of the wicked who are to be slain,
whose day has come,
    whose time of punishment has reached its climax.(B)

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You shall say, Thus says the Lord God: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that (A)her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself! You have become guilty (B)by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought (C)your days near, the appointed time of[a] your years has come. (D)Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.

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  1. Ezekiel 22:4 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; most Hebrew manuscripts until

and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood(A) in her midst and defiles herself by making idols, you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed(B) and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come.(C) Therefore I will make you an object of scorn(D) to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.(E)

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