Ezekiel 33:24-33 Son of man, they who dwell in the waste places in the land of Israel, say, Abraham was a single person, yet he had this land, now we are many; to us this land is given for a possession.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁴ Son of man, they who dwell in the waste places in the land of Israel, say, Abraham was a single person, yet he had this land, now we are many; to us this land is given for a possession. ²⁵ [Omitted] ²⁶ [Omitted] ²⁷ Therefore say to them, Thus saith the Lord, Lord, As I live, they who dwell in the wastes shall fall by the sword; and they in the open country shall be delivered to the wild beasts of the field for food: and those in walled towns and those in caves I will destroy with pestilence ²⁸ and I will make the land a desert. And the pride of its strength shall be destroyed, and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate by reason of none passing through it. ²⁹ And they shall know that I am the Lord. For I will make their land a desert and it shall be wasted, because of all their abominations which they have committed. ³⁰ Now son of man, with regard to these children of thy people who speak of thee by the walls and in the porches of their houses, they indeed speak to one another, saying, "Let us assemble and hear what come from the Lord." ³¹ They come to thee as people assemble; and they sit before thee and hear thy words, but will not do them, because there is a lie in their mouth, and their heart goeth after their pollutions; ³² therefore thou art to them like the sound of a tuneful psaltery: they will hear thy words, but will not do them: ³³ but when they come to pass they will say, "Lo! they are come!" And they will know that there was a prophet among them.