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Ezekiel 24:6

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Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum [is] therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

Wherefore thus saith {H559} the Lord {H136} GOD {H3069}; Woe {H188} to the bloody {H1818} city {H5892}, to the pot {H5518} whose scum {H2457} is therein, and whose scum {H2457} is not gone out {H3318} of it! bring it out {H3318} piece {H5409} by piece {H5409}; let no lot {H1486} fall {H5307} upon it.

"Therefore Adonai ELOHIM says: 'Woe to the city drenched with blood, to the pot whose scum is in it, and whose scum has not been removed. Empty it piece by piece, without troubling to draw lots.

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.

Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen upon it.

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 22:2 (5 votes)

    Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.

  • Nahum 3:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Woe to the bloody city! it [is] all full of lies [and] robbery; the prey departeth not;

  • 2 Kings 24:4 (3 votes)

    And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

  • Ezekiel 22:27 (3 votes)

    Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

  • Obadiah 1:11 (3 votes)

    In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou [wast] as one of them.

  • Micah 7:2 (3 votes)

    The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

  • Nahum 3:10 (3 votes)

    Yet [was] she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.