23 (A)“Forge a chain![a] (B)For the land is full of bloody crimes (C)and the city is full of violence. 24 I will bring (D)the worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. (E)I will put an end to the pride of the strong, (F)and their holy places[b] shall be profaned. 25 (G)When anguish comes, (H)they will seek peace, but there shall be none.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 7:23 Probably refers to an instrument of captivity
  2. Ezekiel 7:24 By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew and those who sanctify them

23 “‘Prepare chains!
    For the land is full of bloodshed,(A)
    and the city is full of violence.(B)
24 I will bring the most wicked of nations
    to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,
    and their sanctuaries(C) will be desecrated.(D)
25 When terror comes,
    they will seek peace in vain.(E)

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