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15 The sword lurks outside, but pestilence and famine are on the prowl inside the house. Whoever is in the field will die by violence,[a] while famine and pestilence will devour those in the city. 16 Fugitives will escape to the mountains like doves fleeing through the valleys, all of them moaning because of their own iniquity. 17 Every hand will be limp. Every knee will glisten with sweat.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:15 Lit. by the sword
  2. Ezekiel 7:17 Lit. water

15 Outside is the sword;
    inside are plague and famine.
Those in the country
    will die by the sword;
those in the city
    will be devoured by famine and plague.(A)
16 The fugitives(B) who escape
    will flee to the mountains.
Like doves(C) of the valleys,
    they will all moan,
    each for their own sins.(D)
17 Every hand will go limp;(E)
    every leg will be wet with urine.(F)

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