house of Israel.

33:21. And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the
tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that there came to me one
that was fled from Jerusalem, saying: The city is laid waste.

33:22. And the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before
he that was fled came: and he opened my mouth till he came to me in the
morning, and my mouth being opened, I was silent no more.

33:23. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

33:24. Son of man, they that dwell in these ruinous places in the land
of Israel, speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land,
but we are many, the land is given us in possession.

33:25. Therefore say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: You that eat with
the blood and lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and that shed
blood: shall you possess the land by inheritance?

33:26. You stood on your swords, you have committed abominations, and
every one hath defiled his neighbours wife; and shall you possess the
land by inheritance?

33:27. Say thou thus to them: Thus saith the Lord God: As I live, they
that dwell in the ruinous places, shall fall by the sword: and he that
is in the field, shall be given to the beasts to be devoured: and they
that are in holds, and caves, shall die of the pestilence.

33:28. And I will make the land a wilderness, and a desert, and the
proud strength thereof shall fail, and the mountains of Israel shall be
desolate, because there is none to pass by them,

33:29. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have made
their land waste and desolate, for all their abominations which they
have committed.

33:30. And thou son of man: the children of thy people, that talk of
thee by the walls, and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to
another each man to his neighbour, saying: Come, and let us hear what is
the word that cometh forth from the Lord.

33:31. And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people
sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them
into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their
covetousness.

33:32. And thou art to them as a musical song which is sung with a sweet
and agreeable voice: and they hear thy words, and do them not.

33:33. And when that which was foretold shall come to pass, for behold
it is coming, then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

Ezechiel Chapter 34

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