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Blood and Time: The Grammar of Guilt in Ezekiel’s Accusation Against Jerusalem

בְּדָמֵ֨ךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁפַ֜כְתְּ אָשַׁ֗מְתְּ וּבְגִלּוּלַ֤יִךְ אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂית֙ טָמֵ֔את וַתַּקְרִ֣יבִי יָמַ֔יִךְ וַתָּבֹ֖אוּ עַד־שְׁנֹותָ֑יִךְ עַל־כֵּ֗ן נְתַתִּ֤יךְ חֶרְפָּה֙ לַגֹּויִ֔ם וְקַלָּסָ֖ה לְכָל־הָאֲרָצֹֽות׃ (Ezekiel 22:4) By your blood which you have shed, you are guilty; and by your idols which you have made, you are defiled. And you have brought near your days, and have come to your years. Therefore I have…

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