22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

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22 I will turn my face(A) away from the people,
    and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
    and will defile it.(B)

23 “‘Prepare chains!
    For the land is full of bloodshed,(C)
    and the city is full of violence.(D)
24 I will bring the most wicked of nations
    to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,
    and their sanctuaries(E) will be desecrated.(F)

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