Verse 20
Ezekiel 13:20
Bible in Basic English
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For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am against your bands with which you go after souls, and I will violently take them off their arms; and I will let loose the souls, even the souls whom you go after freely.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לָ/כֵ֞ן כֹּה אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהוִ֗ה הִנְ/נִ֤י אֶל כִּסְּתוֹתֵי/כֶ֨נָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַ֠תֵּנָה מְצֹדְד֨וֹת שָׁ֤ם אֶת הַ/נְּפָשׁוֹת֙ לְ/פֹ֣רְח֔וֹת וְ/קָרַעְתִּ֣י אֹתָ֔/ם מֵ/עַ֖ל זְרוֹעֹֽתֵי/כֶ֑ם וְ/שִׁלַּחְתִּי֙ אֶת הַ/נְּפָשׁ֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתֶּ֛ם מְצֹדְד֥וֹת אֶת נְפָשִׁ֖ים לְ/פֹרְחֹֽת
English Translation
Therefore, thus says my Lord YHWH: Behold, I am against your thrones that you set there to catch souls for the slaughter, and I will tear them from your arms, and I will send away the souls that you catch to slaughter.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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