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General Information:
Yahweh continues to speak through Ezekiel to the people of Jerusalem.
by the blood that you have poured out
"because you murdered innocent people"
You have drawn your days to a close, and the end of your years has come
"You are bringing your existence to an end". The images of days being brought to a close and years coming to an end are representing ending by death or by destruction. By saying that Jerusalem has brough her days to a close, Yahweh implies that Jerusalem would soon be destroyed because of the people's sin.
have drawn your days to a close
"have brought your days to an end" or "have ended your life"
I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the lands
"I will make the nations scorn you and all the lands ridicule you"
an object of scorn
someone whom people disapprove of or treat with disgust
a laughingstock
a person whom people ridicule or mock
to all the lands
"of the people of every nearby land"