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21 I will hand it over to strangers as plunder,
    to the wicked of the earth as spoil;
    they shall profane it.(A)
22 I will avert my face from them
    so that they may profane my treasured[a] place;
the violent shall enter it;
    they shall profane it.(B)
23 Make a chain![b]
For the land is full of bloody crimes;
    the city is full of violence.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.22 Or secret
  2. 7.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain

21 I will give their wealth as plunder(A) to foreigners
    and as loot to the wicked of the earth,
    who will defile it.(B)
22 I will turn my face(C) away from the people,
    and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure.
They will enter it
    and will defile it.(D)

23 “‘Prepare chains!
    For the land is full of bloodshed,(E)
    and the city is full of violence.(F)

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