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Ezekiel 11:5-7
New English Translation
Ezekiel 11:5-7
New English Translation
5 Then the Spirit of the Lord came[a] upon me and said to me, “Say: ‘This is what the Lord says: This is what you are thinking,[b] O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds.[c] 6 You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.’ 7 Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘The corpses you have dumped[d] in the midst of the city[e] are the meat, and this city[f] is the cooking pot, but I will take you out of it.[g]
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- Ezekiel 11:5 tn Heb “fell.”
- Ezekiel 11:5 tn The Hebrew verb commonly means “to say” but may also mean “to think” (see also v. 3).
- Ezekiel 11:5 tn Heb “I know the steps of your spirits.”
- Ezekiel 11:7 tn Heb “placed.”
- Ezekiel 11:7 tn Heb “in its midst.”
- Ezekiel 11:7 tn Heb “she/it.” See v. 3.
- Ezekiel 11:7 tc Many of the versions have “I will bring you out” (active) rather than “he brought out” (the reading of MT).
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