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Ezekiel 8:17

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Jerusalem was Judah’s covenant capital, centered on the temple where God had placed his name. In Ezekiel’s vision, the city’s leaders fill this holy place with idolatry and violence, provoking the Lord’s judgment and explaining why Jerusalem faces coming destruction.

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Ezekiel 8:17 mentions Jerusalem.

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