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23 Make a chain for the land; it is full of bloody crimes[a] and the city is full of violence. 24 And I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will take possession of their houses, and I will put to an end the pride of the mighty ones, and their sanctuaries will be defiled. 25 Anguish comes, and they will seek peace, and there will be none.

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  1. Ezekiel 7:23 Literally “the judgment of blood”

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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23 ‘Make a chain,
For (A)the land is filled with crimes of blood,
And the city is full of violence.
24 Therefore I will bring the (B)worst of the Gentiles,
And they will possess their houses;
I will cause the pomp of the strong to cease,
And their holy places shall be (C)defiled.
25 [a]Destruction comes;
They will seek peace, but there shall be none.

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  1. Ezekiel 7:25 Lit. Shuddering