Ezekiel 22:5

The Scriptures 1998

“Those near and those far from you mock you – defiled is your name and great the confusion!

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We have become a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a mockery to those who are around us.

you who are filled with turmoils, a noisy city, a city of revelry? Your slain are not slain with the sword, nor the dead in battle.

“Thus said the Master יהוה, ‘Drink of your sister’s cup, the deep and wide one – you being laughed at and mocked at – for it holds much.