Behold, you fast for contention and (A)strife, and to strike with a wicked fist.
You do not fast like you have done today to (B)make your voice heard on high!

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Your fasting ends in quarreling and strife,(A)
    and in striking each other with wicked fists.
You cannot fast as you do today
    and expect your voice to be heard(B) on high.

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11 Violence [a]has grown into a rod of (A)wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their [b]people, none of their (B)wealth, nor anything eminent among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:11 Lit has risen
  2. Ezekiel 7:11 Or procession

11 Violence(A) has arisen,[a]
    a rod to punish the wicked.
None of the people will be left,
    none of that crowd—
none of their wealth,
    nothing of value.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:11 Or The violent one has become