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Cities of blood
- Hosea 6:8 "Gilead [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood."</Ref> is a cauldron and is associated with "Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city" we saw in Amos 7:17 but here Nahum says she "selleth nations through her whoredoms" v4|bloody city]]"<Ref name="bloodycity">Jeremiah 26:15 "But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears."
- Ezekiel 7:23 "Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence."
- Ezekiel 9:9 "Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah [is] exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not."
- Ezekiel 22:2 "Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the [cities of blood|[bloody city]]Link title? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations."
- Ezekiel 22:3 "Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself."
- Ezekiel 24:6 "Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum [is] therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it... 9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great."
- Hosea 6:8 "Gilead [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood."
- The frequent reference to cities of blood, flesh pots, and a cauldron is associated with an "harlot in the city" as we saw in Amos 7:17 but in Nahum 3:4 says she "selleth nations through her whoredoms". These are the systems of legal charty that provide a social welfare through covetous practices which is a trap and a snare and [(corban|makes the word of God to none effect]].