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Ezekiel 7:23
“Make a chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
‘Prepare the chain [for imprisonment], for the land is full of bloody crimes [murders committed under the pretense of civil justice] and the city is full of violence.
Prepare the chain [of imprisonment], for the land is full of bloodguiltiness [murders committed with pretended formalities of justice] and the city is full of violence.
¶ Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Forge the chain, for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed, and the city is filled with violence.
Make a chain! The earth is full of perverted justice, the city full of violence.
“‘Forge a chain, for the land is full of capital crimes and the city full of violence.
Your whole country is in confusion! Murder and violence are everywhere in Israel,
Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Make a shutting up: for the land is full of the judgment of blood, and the city is full of iniquity.
“Make chains for the prisoners, because many people will be punished for killing other people. There will be violence every place in the city.
Prepare chains to tie my people. The whole land is full of murder and violence.
Prepare the chain, because the earth is full of judicial murder, and the city is full of violence.
“Forge a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
“Forge a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
“·Make chains for captives [L Prepare/Forge the chains], because the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
¶ Make a chain: for the land is full of the judgment of blood, and the city is full of cruelty.
“Get the chains ready! The land is filled with murder, and the city is filled with violence.
“Everything is in confusion—the land is full of murders and the cities are full of violence.
Forge the chain, for the land is filled with crimes of bloodshed, and the city is filled with violence.
“Make chains for captives. The land is full of bloody crimes. And the city is full of violence.
“Forge a chain, because the land is full of bloody judgment and the city is filled with violence.
¶ Make a chain, for the land is full of bloody judgments, and the city is full of violence.
Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
‘Make the chain, for the land is full of judgments that promote bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
Make a chain for the land; it is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
“Prepare chains for my people, for the land is full of bloody crimes. Jerusalem is filled with violence, so I will enslave her people.
“‘They throw their money into the gutters. Their hard-earned cash stinks like garbage. They find that it won’t buy a thing they either want or need on Judgment Day. They tripped on money and fell into sin. Proud and pretentious with their jewels, they deck out their vile and vulgar no-gods in finery. I’ll make those god-obscenities a stench in their nostrils. I’ll give away their religious junk— strangers will pick it up for free, the godless spit on it and make jokes. I’ll turn my face so I won’t have to look as my treasured place and people are violated, As violent strangers walk in and desecrate place and people— A bloody massacre, as crime and violence fill the city. I’ll bring in the dregs of humanity to move into their houses. I’ll put a stop to the boasting and strutting of the high-and-mighty, And see to it that there’ll be nothing holy left in their holy places. Catastrophe descends. They look for peace, but there’s no peace to be found— Disaster on the heels of disaster, one rumor after another. They clamor for the prophet to tell them what’s up, but nobody knows anything. Priests don’t have a clue; the elders don’t know what to say. The king holds his head in despair; the prince is devastated. The common people are paralyzed. Gripped by fear, they can’t move. I’ll deal with them where they are, judge them on their terms. They’ll know that I am God.’”
Make a chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
“Get the chains ready! The land is filled with murder, and the city is filled with violence.
They will wreak slaughter, for the land is filled with bloodshed and the city with violence.
‘Make the chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
‘Make the chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
Prepare chains, because the land is full of bloodshed and the city is filled with violence.
“Make chains for captives, because the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
(Make the chain, because the land is full of murder and the city is full of violence.)
“ ‘Ezekiel, get ready to put my people in chains. The land is full of murderers. They are harming one another all over Jerusalem.
“‘Prepare chains! For the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
‘“Prepare chains! For the land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
‘Make a chain, For the land is filled with crimes of blood, And the city is full of violence.
‘Make chains, for the land is guilty of blood and the city is full of angry actions.
“Prepare chains for my people, for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes. Jerusalem is filled with violence.
Make a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes; the city is full of violence.
Make a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes; the city is full of violence.
Make a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes; the city is full of violence.
Make a chain! For the land is full of bloody crimes; the city is full of violence.
Make a chain; for ha’aretz is full of mishpat damim, and the ir is full of chamas.
and make a desolation. “Because the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence,
and make a desolation. “Because the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence,
“Forge the chain! For the land is full of bloodshed. The city is full of violence.
Forge a chain, for the land is soaked in blood and violence, And the city is brimming with brutality!
“‘Make chains; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Make thou a closing together; for the land is full of doom of bloods (for the land is full of the judgement of bloodshed), and the city is full of wickedness.
Make the chain; for the land Hath been full of bloody judgments, And the city hath been full of violence.
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