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Ezekiel 27:31

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

They're going to shave their heads completely bald for you, wrap themselves in rough mourning clothes, and cry their hearts out with the deepest, most painful grief you can imagine.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When something truly precious is lost, the grief runs so deep that people will do anything to express their heartbreak.

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This is devastating for you, Chorazin! And you too, Bethsaida! If the incredible miracles I did in your cities had happened in Tyre and Sidon instead, those people would have completely turned their lives around ages ago — we're talking full mourning clothes and ashes, the whole repentance thing.

So she went and found his disciples, who were completely broken and crying their hearts out.

This is going to be rough for you, Chorazin and Bethsaida. If the incredible miracles that happened in your cities had gone down in Tyre and Sidon instead, those places would've turned their lives around ages ago — we're talking full mourning clothes and sitting in ashes, completely broken over their mistakes.

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