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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 made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.
In the prophetic indictment of Yechezqel 22:4, God delivers a blistering judgment against Jerusalem.… Learn Hebrew
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