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When I tell wicked people they will die because of their sins, you must warn them to turn from their sinful ways so they won't be punished. If you refuse, you are responsible for their death.

Now suppose faithful people start sinning, and I decide to put stumbling blocks in their paths to make them fall. They deserve to die because of their sins. So if you refuse to warn them, I will forget about the times they were faithful, and I will hold you responsible for their death.

The brick stands for Jerusalem, so attack it! Stare at it and shout angry warnings.

I will tie you up, so you can't leave until your attack has ended.

Ezekiel, the people of Jerusalem will starve. They will have so little food and water that they will be afraid and hopeless.

Then pull out a few of those hairs and throw them in the fire, so they will also burn. This fire will spread, destroying everyone in Israel.

So tell the people of Jerusalem: I am the Lord God! You have refused to obey my laws and teachings, and instead you have obeyed the laws of the surrounding nations. You have become more rebellious than any of them!

Parents will be so desperate for food that they will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. Those who survive this horror will be scattered in every direction.

Your disgusting sins have made my temple unfit as a place to worship me. So I swear by my own life that I will turn my back on you and show you no pity.

as punishment for your disgusting sins. I, the Lord , am so angry

Your sins are so terrible, that you'll get no mercy from me. Then you will know that I, the Lord , have punished you.

You took great pride in using your beautiful jewelry to make disgusting idols of foreign gods. So I will make your jewelry worthless.

so I will tell the most wicked nations to come and take over your homes. They will put an end to the pride you have in your strong army, and they will make your places of worship unfit to use.

So in my fierce anger, I will punish them without mercy and refuse to help them when they cry out to me."

I was then alone, so I bowed down and cried out to the Lord , "Why are you doing this? Are you so angry at the people of Jerusalem that everyone must die?"

And so I will not have pity on them or forgive them. They will be punished for what they have done."

so that they could move in any direction without turning. The wheels moved together whenever the creatures moved.

So, Ezekiel, condemn them!"

You have murdered so many people that the city is filled with dead bodies!

This city is indeed a cooking pot, but the bodies of those you killed are the meat. And so I will force you to leave Jerusalem,