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Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2: Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know
her abominations,
3: And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land
of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.
4: And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast
born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at
all.
5: None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out
in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
6: And when I passed by thee,
and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou
wast in thy blood, Live.
7: I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field,
To your Nuns in Jerusalem and your Women who wear veils when your Husbands are not
available, Witnesses.
15Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with
untempered mortar; and I will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 16to wit, the prophets of
Israel that prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and that see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord Jehovah.
17And thou,
son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, that prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against
them, 18and
say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women that sew pillows upon all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons
of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves? 19And ye have profaned me among
my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive
that should not live, by your lying to my people that hearken unto lies. 20Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against
your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let
the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. 21Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they
shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. 22Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous,
whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be
saved alive: 23Therefore
ye shall no more see false visions, nor divine divinations: and I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know
that I am Jehovah.
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