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38 I’ll judge you with the same standards by which I issue verdicts against a woman who commits adultery and murder.[a] I’ll avenge the blood you’ve shed with impassioned wrath.[b]

39 “I’ll also deliver you into their control, and they’ll break down your mounds, tear down your high places, strip off your clothes, remove your fine jewels, and then they’ll leave you stark naked! 40 They’ll bring a mob against you to stone you to death[c] and cut you into pieces with their swords.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 16:38 Lit. and one who sheds blood
  2. Ezekiel 16:38 Lit. wrath and passion
  3. Ezekiel 16:40 Lit. death with stones

38 I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood;(A) I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger.(B) 39 Then I will deliver you into the hands(C) of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked.(D) 40 They will bring a mob against you, who will stone(E) you and hack you to pieces with their swords.

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