Ezekiel 4:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:39 : 39 Restoration through Confession and Repentance“‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’ iniquities which are with them.
  • Ezek 24:23 : 23 Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot for your iniquities and groan among yourselves.
  • Ezek 33:10 : 10 “And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel,‘This is what you have said:“Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?”’

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