Ezekiel:33:21-33

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* And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity , in the tenth month , on the fifth day of the month , that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said , "The city has been captured !" * Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped . And He had opened my mouth ; so when he came to me in the morning , my mouth was opened , and I was no longer mute . * Then the word of the LORD came to me , saying : * "Son of man , they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying , "Abraham was only one , and he inherited the land . But we are many ; the land has been given to us as a possession .' * "Therefore say to them , "Thus says the Lord GOD : "You eat meat with blood , you lift up your eyes toward your idols , and shed blood . Should you then possess the land ? * You rely on your sword , you commit abominations , and you defile one another 's wives . Should you then possess the land ?"' * "Say thus to them , "Thus says the Lord GOD : "As I live , surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword , and the one who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured , and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence . * For I will make the land most desolate , her arrogant strength shall cease , and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through . * Then they shall know that I am the LORD , when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed ."' * "As for you , son of man , the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses ; and they speak to one another , everyone saying to his brother , "Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD .' * So they come to you as people do , they sit before you as My people , and they hear your words , but they do not do them ; for with their mouth they show much love , but their hearts pursue their own gain . * Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument ; for they hear your words , but they do not do them . * And when this comes to pass--surely it will come--then they will know that a prophet has been among them ."

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