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Say you to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This burden [concerns] the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel among whom they are.
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Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.
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The prince who is among them shall bear on his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, because he shall not see the land with his eyes.
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My net also will I spread on him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
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I will scatter toward every wind all who are round about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
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They shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall disperse them among the nations, and scatter them through the countries.
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But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they come; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
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Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;
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and tell the people of the land, Thus says the Lord Yahweh concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, [and despoiled] of all that is therein, because of the violence of all those who dwell therein.
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The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be a desolation; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
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The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?