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Ezekiel 22:27-30

27HerprincesH8269inthemidstבְקִרְבָּ֔הּve.kir.BahH7130thereofarelikewolvesH2061raveningthepreyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964,toshedלִשְׁפָּךְ־lish.pokh-H8210bloodדָּם֙damH1818,andtodestroyלְאַבֵּ֣דle.'a.BedH6soulsH5315,thattheymaygetdishonestgainבָּֽצַע׃Ba.tza'H1215.

28Andherprophetsוּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָu.ne.vi.'Ei.haH5030havedaubedforthemwithuntempered mortar, seeingfalsevisions,anddiviningH7080liesH3577untothem,sayingH559,Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saiththeLordJehovah,whenJehovahhathnotspokenדִבֵּֽר׃di.BerH1696.

29Thepeopleעַ֤ם'amH5971ofthelandהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ha.'A.retzH776haveusedoppressionעֹ֔שֶׁק'O.shekH6233,andexercisedrobberyגָּזֵ֑לga.ZelH1498; yea,theyhavevexedthepoorוְעָנִ֤יve.'a.NiH6041andneedyוְאֶבְיוֹן֙ve.'ev.yOnH34,andhaveoppressedH6231thesojournerהַגֵּ֥רha.GerH1616wrongfully.

30AndIsoughtH1245foramanH376amongthem,thatshouldbuildupthewallגָּדֵר֩ga.DerH1447,andstandוְעֹמֵ֨דve.'o.MedH5975inthegapbeforemeforthelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776,thatIshouldnotdestroyשַׁחֲתָ֑הּsha.cha.TahH7843it;butIfoundH4672none.

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