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"For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am going to hand you over to those whom you hate, to those from whom you turned away in disgust.

'And you will drink it and drain it. Then you will gnaw on its fragments And tear your breasts; for I have spoken,' declares the Lord GOD.

"Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because you have forgotten Me and discarded Me behind your back, suffer on your own part the punishment for your outrageous sin and your obscene practices.'"

"For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. So they have committed adultery with their idols, and even made their sons, whom they bore to Me, pass through the fire to them as food.

"For when they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary on the same day to profane it; and behold, this is what they did within My house.

"Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from a great distance, to whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came—for whom you bathed, put makeup on your eyes, and adorned yourselves with jewelry;

"For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Bring up a contingent against them and turn them over to terror and plunder.

'Your outrageous conduct will be repaid to you, and you will bear the guilt for your idols; so you will know that I am the Lord GOD.'"

"For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.

"Groan silently; do no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet, and do not cover your mustache, and do not eat the bread of other people."

And the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are doing?"

'As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their splendor, that which is precious in their eyes and their heart's longing, their sons and their daughters,

that on that day the one who escapes will come to you with information for your ears?

"I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am the LORD."

'For this is what the Lord GOD says: "Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet, and have rejoiced with all the malice in your soul against the land of Israel,

'She will become a dry place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,' declares the Lord GOD; 'and she will become plunder for the nations.

For the Lord GOD says this: "Behold, I am going to bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a great army.

"I will turn you into a bare rock; you will become a dry place for the spreading of nets. You will not be rebuilt, for I the LORD have spoken," declares the Lord GOD.

For this is what the Lord GOD says: "When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you,

"They have made all your planks of juniper trees from Senir; They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.