Ezekiel 33:25
eat with the blood—in opposition to the law (Leviticus 19:26; compare Genesis 9:4). They did so as an idolatrous rite.
The Cause of Judah’s Ruin
23 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
24 “Son of man, athey who inhabit those bruins in the land of Israel are saying, c‘Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. dBut we are many; the land has been given to us as a epossession.’
25 “Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: a“You eat meat with blood, you blift up your eyes toward your idols, and cshed blood. Should you then possess the dland?
26 You rely on your sword, you commit abominations, and you adefile one another’s wives. Should you then possess the land?” ’
27 “Say thus to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “As I live, surely athose who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field bI will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and ccaves shall die of the pestilence.
28 aFor I will make the land most desolate,1 her barrogant strength shall cease, and cthe mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through.
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Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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