23. the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
24. “Son of man, those who inhabit the waste places in Eretz-Israel speak, saying, ‘Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many. The land is given us for inheritance.’
25. Therefore tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. So should you possess the land?
26. You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and every one of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. So should you possess the land?”’
27. “You shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword. I will give he who is in the open field to the animals to be devoured; and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of the pestilence.