Ezekiel 12:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 But I will let a few of them escape the sword, starvation, and plague, so that they may recount all their abominations among the nations to which they go. Thus they may know that I am the Lord.[a]
17 The word of the Lord came to me: 18 Son of man, eat your bread trembling and drink your water shaking with fear.(A)
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- 12:16 Both exiles and nations shall know that the exile is divine punishment for Israel’s betrayal of the Lord and the covenant, not evidence that the Lord is too weak to fight off the Babylonian deity.
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