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By all your wrong-doing and sinful trading you made your holy places sinful. So I made a fire come out from you, and it has destroyed you. I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the eyes of all who see you.

So the Lord God says, "I will bring a sword against you and kill your people and animals.

It will be the least of the nations, and will never lift itself up above other nations again. I will make them so small that they will never rule over the nations.

So the Lord God says, "I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry away her riches. He will take all her good things, and they will be pay for his army.

‘The Lord God says, "I will also destroy the false gods and put an end to the objects of worship in Memphis. There will no longer be a leader in the land of Egypt, so I will put fear in the land.

So I will punish Egypt, and they will know that I am the Lord.'"

"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And it has not been wrapped so that it could heal and be strong enough to hold the sword.

So the Lord God says, ‘I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken. And I will make the sword fall from his hand.

For I will give strength to the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand, and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will cry in pain in front of him like a dying man in battle.

So it was higher than all the trees of the field. And it grew many long and spreading branches because it had so much water.

‘So the Lord God says, "Because it has grown high with its top among the heavy branches, its heart has become proud,

This will be so that no trees by the water will grow high with their tops among the heavy branches. No trees that drink water will ever grow so high. For they have all been given over to death. They will go to the earth below, among men who die and go down to the grave."

"Son of man, I have chosen you as a watchman for the people of Israel. So when I give you the word, you must tell them of the danger.

When I tell the man who is right and good that he will live, and he trusts in his good ways so much that he sins, none of his good works will be remembered. He will die for the sin he has done.

Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening before the man came. And He opened my mouth so that when the man came to me in the morning, I was able to speak.

So tell them, ‘The Lord God says, "You eat meat with the blood in it, and worship your false gods as you kill. Should the land belong to you?

I will destroy the land and make it a waste. The pride of her power will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be laid waste, so that no one will pass through.

So, you shepherds, hear the Word of the Lord.

So, you shepherds, hear the Word of the Lord.

The Lord God says, "I am against the shepherds, and I will ask them for My sheep. I will stop them from feeding the sheep, so they will no longer be able to feed themselves. I will save my sheep from their mouths, so that they will no longer be food for them."