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For her blood was in the midst of her; she put it on a bare rock;[a] she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.[b] To stir up rage, to avenge myself through vengeance, I placed its blood on the barrenness of a rock, so that it may not be covered.”[c]

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Woe to the city of bloodguilt! I, even I, will make the pile of wood great!

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 24:7 Literally “on barrenness of a rock she put it”
  2. Ezekiel 24:7 Or “earth” or “dirt”
  3. Ezekiel 24:8 Literally “so as not to be covered”

“‘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.(A)
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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