Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people, namely, those among the exiles in Babylon, still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, both when they met in public and when they felt secure in the privacy of their own homes, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, with a show of interest which was far from proceeding from a willing obedience to the Lord's commands, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord. Their sole motive was an obstinate curiosity, for they were not really concerned about keeping the will of the Lord; therefore Ezekiel was not to be deceived by this hollow mockery.

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