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Say, The Lord God proclaims: City, self-destructive blood-letter, self-defiling idol maker: All the blood that you’ve shed is your punishment, and all the idols that you’ve made are your defilement. This is how you’ve shortened your days and hastened the end[a] of your years! For this reason I’ve given you over to the ridicule of nations and the derision of every land. Those from near and far will mock your infamous name and great chaos.

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  1. Ezekiel 22:4 LXX, Syr; Vulg time; MT 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) Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.(F)

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