Ezekiel 45:9
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Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
In other translations
Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God.For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
Hebrew words
כֹּה־koh-thusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִהyahwehYahwehH3069רַב־rav-enoughH7227לָכֶםlakhemfor youנְשִׂיאֵיnesi'eiO princes ofH5387יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478חָמָסchamasinjusticeH2555וָשֹׁדvashodand violenceH7701הָסִירוּhasiruremoveH5493וּמִשְׁפָּטumishpatand justiceH4941וּצְדָקָהutzedakahand righteousnessH6666עֲשׂוּ'asudoH6213הָרִימוּharimuremoveH7311גְרֻשֹׁתֵיכֶםgerushoteikhemeviction<s> yourH1646מֵעַלme'alfrom onH5921עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971נְאֻםne'um[the] utterance ofH5002אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136יְהוִה׃yahwehYahwehH3069
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