so that the landwill not spewyou out, should you defileit, as it has spewedout the nationwhichhas been beforeyou.
"For a voiceof wailingis heardfrom Zion,Howare we ruined!We are putto greatshame,For we have leftthe land,Becausethey have castdownour dwellings.'"
"Thussaysthe LordGOD,'Becausethey sayto you, "You are a devourerof menand have bereavedyour nationof children,"
"Sonof man,when the houseof Israelwas livingin their own land,they defiledit by their waysand their deeds;their waybeforeMe was like the uncleannessof a woman in her impurity.
For the landhas becomedefiled,therefore I have broughtits punishmentupon it, so the landhas spewedout its inhabitants.
(for the menof the landwhohave been beforeyou have donealltheseabominations,and the landhas becomedefiled);
For whoeverdoesanyof theseabominations,those personswho do[so] shall be cutofffrom amongtheir people.
You are therefore to keepallMy statutesand allMy ordinancesand dothem, so that the landto whichI am bringingyou to livewill not spewyou out.
For we knowthat the wholecreationgroansand suffers the pains of childbirthtogetheruntilnow.
Sobecauseyou are lukewarm,and neitherhotnorcold,I willspityou out of My mouth.
