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Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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"Now, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, show her all her abominations!
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Then say, 'Thus says the Lord God: "The city sheds blood in her own midst, that her time may come; and she makes idols within herself to defile herself.
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You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. You have caused your days to draw near, and have come to the end of your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all countries.
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Those near and those far from you will mock you as infamous and full of tumult.
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"Look, the princes of Israel: each one has used his power to shed blood in you.
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In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
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You have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.
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In you are men who slander to cause bloodshed; in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness.
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In you men uncover their fathers' nakedness; in you they violate women who are set apart during their impurity.