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13 Finally, my anger will be finished. I will let my wrath against them rest, and I will be satisfied. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy[a]—when I exhaust my wrath against them. 14 I will make you into a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by. 15 You, Jerusalem,[b] will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and something horrifying to the nations around you, when I execute judgments upon you in anger, in wrath, and in furious punishments. I, the Lord, have spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 5:13 In God, jealousy is a demand for exclusive loyalty. He can tolerate no other gods.
  2. Ezekiel 5:15 The Hebrew reads she, a reference to Jerusalem.

13 “Then my anger will cease and my wrath(A) against them will subside, and I will be avenged.(B) And when I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I the Lord have spoken in my zeal.(C)

14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.(D) 15 You will be a reproach(E) and a taunt, a warning(F) and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke.(G) I the Lord have spoken.(H)

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