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19 (A)For handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death souls who should not die and to (B)keep other souls alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.”’”

20 Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you hunt souls there as [a]birds, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let their souls go, the very souls whom you hunt as [b]birds. 21 I will also tear off your veils and (C)deliver My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands to be hunted; and you will know that I am Yahweh.

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  1. Ezekiel 13:20 Or flying ones
  2. Ezekiel 13:20 Or flying ones

19 You have profaned(A) me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread.(B) By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.(C)

20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free the people that you ensnare like birds.(D) 21 I will tear off your veils and save my people from your hands, and they will no longer fall prey to your power. Then you will know that I am the Lord.(E)

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