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Then the word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, turn your face toward Jerusalem: preach against its sanctuary, prophesy against the land of Israel.(A) Say to the land of Israel: Thus says the Lord: See! I am coming against you; I will draw my sword from its scabbard and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.[a]

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  1. 21:8 Cut off from you the righteous and the wicked: a more complete devastation of Jerusalem than that described in 9:6.

“Therefore groan, son of man! Groan before them with broken heart and bitter grief.(A) And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?(B)’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt with fear(C) and every hand go limp;(D) every spirit will become faint(E) and every leg will be wet with urine.’(F) It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

The word of the Lord came to me:

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