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THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES Old Testament Prophecy - Angelfire

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slaughter and drawn for termination, wake up so that that you may be radiant 34 in your<br />

vain vision, while you were divining lies in order to deliver yourself up over the necks of<br />

the lawless wounded, whose day has arrived, an end in a season of wrongdoing.<br />

35 Return; do not lodge in this place where you were conceived. I will judge you in your<br />

own land. 36 I will pour out my wrath upon you; I will blow on you with the fire of my<br />

wrath, and I will deliver you up into the hands of barbarian men who are devising ruin.<br />

37 You will be food in the fire; your blood will be in the midst of your land. There will be<br />

no remembrance of you, for I the Lord have spoken.´"<br />

Ezekiel 22<br />

1 The word of the Lord was directed at me, saying, 2 "Son of man, will you judge the<br />

city of blood? Exhibit her all her lawless acts. 3 You will say, `Thus says the Lord, the<br />

Lord: "O city who pours out blood in her midst in order for her season to come, and<br />

who produces considerations against herself in order to defile herself, 4 in their blood<br />

which you poured out you have trespassed, and in your considerations which you<br />

produced you defiled yourself. You made your days near and brought on the season of<br />

your years. Because of this, I have given you to be a reproach to the nations and to be<br />

a mockery to all the countries, 5 to those who are near to you and to those who are far<br />

away from you. Among you they will be mocking, `She who is notoriously unclean and<br />

abundant in lawless acts.´ 6 Behold, the governors of the house of Israel were each<br />

mixed together among you against his relatives so that they might pour out blood.<br />

7 Among you they spoke wickedly of father and mother, and among you they engaged in<br />

unjust acts against the guest; among you they overpowered an orphan and a widow.<br />

8 They nullified my holy things and they profaned my sabbaths among you. 9 They are<br />

thieving men among you so that they might pour out blood among you. They ate on<br />

the mountains among you; they performed unhallowed acts in your midst. 10 Among you<br />

they revealed the shame of a father, and among you they humiliated a woman who<br />

was sitting apart during unclean times. 11 They each acted lawlessly with the wife of his<br />

neighbor, they each defiled his daughter-in-law one in ungodliness, and among you<br />

they each humiliated his sister, the daughter of his father. 12 They received gifts among<br />

you so that they might pour out blood; they received interest and excess gain among<br />

you. You brought about the completion of your wickedness which involved an<br />

overpowering, and you forgot me," says the Lord.<br />

13 "If I launch an attack with my hand on top of my hand against the things which<br />

you completed, which you performed, and against your bloody acts which have<br />

occurred in your midst, 14 will your heart be sustained? Will your hands be mighty on the<br />

days on which I act among you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will act. 15 I will scatter<br />

you among the nations and disperse you in the countries, and your uncleanness will<br />

leave you. 16 I will give an inheritance among you in the eyes of the nations, and you<br />

will know that I am the Lord."´"<br />

17 The word of the Lord was directed at me, saying, 18 "Son of man, behold, the<br />

house of Israel for me has all become mixed with brass, iron, tin, and lead; they are<br />

mixed in the midst of silver. 19 Because of this, say, `Thus says the Lord God: "Since all<br />

of you became one blending, because of this I will admit you into the midst of

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