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Ask a QuestionBut God will break you down forever;he will snatch and tear you from your tent;he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Surely the wrath of man shall praise you;the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
When you spread out your hands,I will hide my eyes from you;even though you make many prayers,I will not listen;your hands are full of blood.
The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What do you mean that you have gone up,all of you, to the housetops,
"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
"For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, into the hands of those from whom you turned in disgust,
and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
You took up the tent of Molochand the star of your god Rephan,the images that you made to worship;and I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.'
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
"You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.
Yet you are holy,enthroned on the praises of Israel.
And you, O desolate one,what do you mean that you dress in scarlet,that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,that you enlarge your eyes with paint?In vain you beautify yourself.Your lovers despise you;they seek your life.
But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.
You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and defiled by the idols that you have made, and you have brought your days near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mockery to all the countries.
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house,lest he have his fill of you and hate you.
"Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, 'What are you doing?'
and when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall present a contribution to the Lord.