EZEKIEL CHAPTER 6
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against
them;
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and you shall say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord; Thus says
the Lord to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the valleys, and to the
forests: Behold, I bring a sword upon you, and your high places shall be utterly
destroyed.
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And your altars shall be broken to pieces, and your consecrated plats; and I
will cast down your slain men before
your idols.
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And I will scatter your bones round about your altars,
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and in all your habitations; the cities shall be made desolate, and the high
places utterly laid waste, that your altars may be destroyed, and your idols be
broken to pieces, and your consecrated plats be abolished.
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And slain men shall fall in the midst
of you, and you shall know that I am the Lord.
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When there are some of you escaping
from the sword among the Gentiles, and when you are scattered in the countries,
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then those of you that escape among the nations where they were carried captive
shall remember Me; (I have sworn an oath
against their heart that goes a-whoring from Me, and their eyes that go
a-whoring after their practices) and they shall mourn over themselves for all
their abominations.
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And they shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken.
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Thus says the Lord: Clap with your hand,
and stamp with your foot and say, Aha,
aha! For all the abominations of the house of Israel; they shall fall by the
sword, and by pestilence, and by famine.
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He that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that is far off shall die by the
pestilence; and he that is in the siege shall be consumed with famine; and I
will accomplish My anger upon them.
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Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when your slain are in the midst of your
idols round about your altars, on every high hill, and under every
shady tree, where they offered a sweet savor to all their idols.
14 And I will stretch out My hand against them, and I will make the land desolate and ruined from the wilderness of Diblah, in all their habitations; and you shall know that I am the Lord.