Ezekiel 33:23-29

New American Standard Bible

²³ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²⁴ “Son of man, they who ^(A)live in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘^(B)Abraham was only one, yet he possessed the land; so to ^(C)us who are many the land has been given as a possession.’ ²⁵ Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “You eat meat with the ^(D)blood in it, raise your eyes to your idols as you shed blood. ^(E)Should you then possess the land? ²⁶ You ^[a](F)rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?”’ ²⁷ You shall say this to them: ‘This is what the Lord God says: “As I live, those who are in the places of ruins certainly will ^(G)fall by the sword, and whoever is in the ^[b]open field I will give to the animals to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the ^(H)caves will die of plague. ²⁸ And I will ^(I)make the land a desolation and a waste, and the ^(J)pride of her power will be brought to an end; and the mountains of Israel will be deserted so that no one will pass through. ²⁹ Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I make the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have committed.”’