“Now, son of man, (A)will you judge, will you judge (B)the bloody city? Yes, show her all her abominations!

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“Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed?(A) Then confront her with all her detestable practices(B)

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Then say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “The city sheds (A)blood in her own midst, that her time may come; and she makes idols within herself to defile herself.

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and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood(A) in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,

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‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“Woe to (A)the bloody city,
To the pot whose scum is in it,
And whose scum is not gone from it!
Bring it out piece by piece,
On which no (B)lot has fallen.
For her blood is in her midst;
She set it on top of a rock;
(C)She did not pour it on the ground,
To cover it with dust.
That it may raise up fury and take vengeance,
(D)I have set her blood on top of a rock,
That it may not be covered.”

‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:

(E)“Woe to the bloody city!
I too will make the pyre great.

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“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe(A) to the city of bloodshed,(B)
    to the pot now encrusted,
    whose deposit will not go away!
Take the meat out piece by piece
    in whatever order(C) it comes.(D)

“‘For the blood she shed is in her midst:
    She poured it on the bare rock;
she did not pour it on the ground,
    where the dust would cover it.(E)
To stir up wrath and take revenge
    I put her blood on the bare rock,
    so that it would not be covered.

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe to the city of bloodshed!
    I, too, will pile the wood high.

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12 “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
Who establishes a city by iniquity!

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12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(A)
    and establishes a town by injustice!

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