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@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ Ezekiel's Vision of God
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26. And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.
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27. Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.
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28. Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.Ezekiel Sent to Rebellious Israel
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28. Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
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Ezekiel Sent to Rebellious Israel
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So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.
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@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ Ezekiel Called to Be a Prophet
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10. Then He spread it before me; and there was writing on the inside and on the outside, and written on it were lamentations and mourning and woe.
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@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ The Responsibility of the Prophet
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12. Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: "Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place!"
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13. I also heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, and a great thunderous noise.
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14. So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.
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15. Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.Ezekiel Is a Watchman
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15. Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
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Ezekiel Is a Watchman
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16. Now it came to pass at the end of seven days that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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17. "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me:
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@@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ The Responsibility of the Prophet
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27. But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God.' He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.
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@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ The Siege of Jerusalem Portrayed
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17. that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity.
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@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ A Sword Against Jerusalem
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17. So I will send against you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken.' "
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@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ Judgment on Idolatrous Israel
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14. So I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah, in all their dwelling places. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.' " ' "
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@@ -141,3 +141,4 @@ And according to what they deserve I will judge them;
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Then they shall know that I am the Lord!' "
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@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Abominations in the Temple
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18. Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye will not spare nor will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."
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@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ The Wicked Are Slain
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11. Just then, the man clothed with linen, who had the inkhorn at his side, reported back and said, "I have done as You commanded me."
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@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ The Glory Departs from the Temple
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22. And the likeness of their faces was the same as the faces which I had seen by the River Chebar, their appearance and their persons. They each went straight forward.
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@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Judgment on Wicked Counselors
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11. This city shall not be your caldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst. I will judge you at the border of Israel.
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12. And you shall know that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the Gentiles which are all around you." ' "
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13. Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord God! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?"God Will Restore Israel
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13. Now it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Ah, Lord God! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?"
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God Will Restore Israel
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14. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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15. "Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Get far away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.'
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@@ -33,3 +35,4 @@ Judgment on Wicked Counselors
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25. So I spoke to those in captivity of all the things the Lord had shown me.
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@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Judah's Captivity Portrayed
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14. I will scatter to every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.
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15. "Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.
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16. But I will spare a few of their men from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know that I am the Lord."Judgment Not Postponed
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16. But I will spare a few of their men from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the Gentiles wherever they go. Then they shall know that I am the Lord."
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Judgment Not Postponed
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17. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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18. "Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and anxiety.
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@@ -38,3 +40,4 @@ Judah's Captivity Portrayed
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28. Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "None of My words will be postponed any more, but the word which I speak will be done," says the Lord God.' "
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@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ Woe to Foolish Prophets
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23. Therefore you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord." ' "
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@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ Idolatry Will Be Punished
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9. "And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the Lord have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
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10. And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired,
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11. that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God," says the Lord God.' "Judgment on Persistent Unfaithfulness
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11. that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God," says the Lord God.' "
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Judgment on Persistent Unfaithfulness
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12. The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:
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13. "Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it.
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23. And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause that I have done in it," says the Lord God.
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@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ The Outcast Vine
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8. Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,' says the Lord God."
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@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ God's Love for Jerusalem
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11. I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your wrists, and a chain on your neck.
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12. And I put a jewel in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.
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13. Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate pastry of fine flour, honey, and oil. You were exceedingly beautiful, and succeeded to royalty.
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14. Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you," says the Lord God.Jerusalem's Harlotry
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14. Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I had bestowed on you," says the Lord God.
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Jerusalem's Harlotry
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15. "But you trusted in your own beauty, played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who would have it.
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16. You took some of your garments and adorned multicolored high places for yourself, and played the harlot on them. Such things should not happen, nor be.
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28. You also played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied.
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29. Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.
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30. "How degenerate is your heart!" says the Lord God, "seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot.Jerusalem's Adultery
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30. "How degenerate is your heart!" says the Lord God, "seeing you do all these things, the deeds of a brazen harlot.
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Jerusalem's Adultery
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31. "You erected your shrine at the head of every road, and built your high place in every street. Yet you were not like a harlot, because you scorned payment.
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32. You are an adulterous wife, who takes strangers instead of her husband.
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33. Men make payment to all harlots, but you made your payments to all your lovers, and hired them to come to you from all around for your harlotry.
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34. You are the opposite of other women in your harlotry, because no one solicited you to be a harlot. In that you gave payment but no payment was given you, therefore you are the opposite."Jerusalem's Lovers Will Abuse Her
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34. You are the opposite of other women in your harlotry, because no one solicited you to be a harlot. In that you gave payment but no payment was given you, therefore you are the opposite."
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Jerusalem's Lovers Will Abuse Her
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35. 'Now then, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord!
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36. Thus says the Lord God: "Because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
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40. "They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords.
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41. They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will make you cease playing the harlot, and you shall no longer hire lovers.
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42. So I will lay to rest My fury toward you, and My jealousy shall depart from you. I will be quiet, and be angry no more.
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43. Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but agitated Me with all these things, surely I will also recompense your deeds on your own head," says the Lord God. "And you shall not commit lewdness in addition to all your abominations.More Wicked than Samaria and Sodom
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43. Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but agitated Me with all these things, surely I will also recompense your deeds on your own head," says the Lord God. "And you shall not commit lewdness in addition to all your abominations.
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More Wicked than Samaria and Sodom
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44. "Indeed everyone who quotes proverbs will use this proverb against you: 'Like mother, like daughter!'
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45. You are your mother's daughter, loathing husband and children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and children; your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
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56. For your sister Sodom was not a byword in your mouth in the days of your pride,
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57. before your wickedness was uncovered. It was like the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria and all those around her, and of the daughters of the Philistines, who despise you everywhere.
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58. You have paid for your lewdness and your abominations," says the Lord.
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59. For thus says the Lord God: "I will deal with you as you have done, who despised the oath by breaking the covenant.An Everlasting Covenant
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59. For thus says the Lord God: "I will deal with you as you have done, who despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
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An Everlasting Covenant
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60. "Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
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61. Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your older and your younger sisters; for I will give them to you for daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
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63. that you may remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done," says the Lord God.' "
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24. And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; I, the Lord, have spoken and have done it."
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Or a shedder of blood,
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Who does any of these things
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11. And does none of those duties,
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But has eaten on the mountains
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Or defiled his neighbor's wife;
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Because he cruelly oppressed,
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Robbed his brother by violence,
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And did what is not good among his people,
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Behold, he shall die for his iniquity.Turn and Live
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Behold, he shall die for his iniquity.
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Turn and Live
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19. "Yet you say, 'Why should the son not bear the guilt of the father?' Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live.
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20. The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
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32. For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies," says the Lord God. "Therefore turn and live!"
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This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.
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29. Then I said to them, 'What is this high place to which you go?' So its name is called Bamah to this day." '
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30. Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Are you defiling yourselves in the manner of your fathers, and committing harlotry according to their abominations?
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31. For when you offer your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day. So shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live," says the Lord God, "I will not be inquired of by you.
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32. What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.'God Will Restore Israel
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32. What you have in your mind shall never be, when you say, 'We will be like the Gentiles, like the families in other countries, serving wood and stone.'
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God Will Restore Israel
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33. "As I live," says the Lord God, "surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you.
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34. I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out.
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41. I will accept you as a sweet aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries where you have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you before the Gentiles.
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42. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for which I raised My hand in an oath to give to your fathers.
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43. And there you shall remember your ways and all your doings with which you were defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all the evils that you have committed.
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44. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have dealt with you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel," says the Lord God.' "Fire in the Forest
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44. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have dealt with you for My name's sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel," says the Lord God.' "
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Fire in the Forest
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45. Furthermore the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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46. "Son of man, set your face toward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the forest land, the South,
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49. Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! They say of me, 'Does he not speak parables?' "
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2. "Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
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3. and say to the land of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I am against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both righteous and wicked from you.
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4. Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north,
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5. that all flesh may know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it shall not return anymore." '
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5. that all flesh may know that
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I, the Lord, have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it shall not return anymore." '
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6. Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes.
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7. And it shall be when they say to you, 'Why are you sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,' says the Lord God."
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7. And it shall be when they say to you, 'Why are you sighing?' that you shall answer, 'Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,'
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says the Lord God."
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8. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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9. "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord!' Say:
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22. In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to lift the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall.
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23. And it will be to them like a false divination in the eyes of those who have sworn oaths with them; but he will bring their iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.
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24. "Therefore thus says the Lord God: 'Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear--because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand.
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24. "Therefore thus
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says the Lord God: 'Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear--because you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken in hand.
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25. 'Now to you, O profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end,
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26. thus says the Lord God:
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says the Lord God:
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"Remove the turban, and take off the crown;
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I will make it overthrown!
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It shall be no longer,
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Until He comes whose right it is,
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And I will give it to Him." 'A Sword Against the Ammonites
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And I will give it to Him." '
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A Sword Against the Ammonites
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28. "And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,' and say:
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28. "And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus
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says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach,' and say:
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'A sword, a sword is drawn,
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For consuming, for flashing--
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For I the Lord have spoken.' "
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13. "Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.
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14. Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and will do it.
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15. I will scatter you among the nations, disperse you throughout the countries, and remove your filthiness completely from you.
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16. You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations; then you shall know that I am the Lord." ' "Israel in the Furnace
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16. You shall defile yourself in the sight of the nations; then you shall know that I am the Lord." ' "
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Israel in the Furnace
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17. The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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18. "Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; they are all bronze, tin, iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace; they have become dross from silver.
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19. Therefore thus says the Lord God: 'Because you have all become dross, therefore behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
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||||
20. As men gather silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it; so I will gather you in My anger and in My fury, and I will leave you there and melt you.
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||||
21. Yes, I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst.
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||||
22. As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have poured out My fury on you.' "Israel's Wicked Leaders
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||||
22. As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in its midst; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have poured out My fury on you.' "
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Israel's Wicked Leaders
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||||
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23. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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24. "Son of man, say to her: 'You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.'
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@@ -38,3 +42,4 @@ Sins of Jerusalem
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31. Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed their deeds on their own heads," says the Lord God.
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||||
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@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ Their virgin bosom was there pressed.
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They were Mine,
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||||
And they bore sons and daughters.
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||||
As for their names,
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||||
Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.The Older Sister, Samaria
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||||
Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem is Oholibah.
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The Older Sister, Samaria
|
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||||
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5. "Oholah played the harlot even though she was Mine;
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||||
And she lusted for her lovers, the neighboring Assyrians,
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@@ -44,7 +46,9 @@ For whom she lusted.
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||||
Took away her sons and daughters,
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||||
And slew her with the sword;
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||||
She became a byword among women,
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||||
For they had executed judgment on her.The Younger Sister, Jerusalem
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||||
For they had executed judgment on her.
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||||
The Younger Sister, Jerusalem
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||||
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||||
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11. "Now although her sister Oholibah saw this, she became more corrupt in her lust than she, and in her harlotry more corrupt than her sister's harlotry.
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||||
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||||
@@ -89,7 +93,9 @@ And whose issue is like the issue of horses.
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||||
|
||||
21. Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth,
|
||||
When the Egyptians pressed your bosom
|
||||
Because of your youthful breasts.Judgment on Jerusalem
|
||||
Because of your youthful breasts.
|
||||
Judgment on Jerusalem
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22. "Therefore, Oholibah, thus says the Lord God:
|
||||
'Behold, I will stir up your lovers against you,
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||||
@@ -153,7 +159,9 @@ Says the Lord God.
|
||||
35. "Therefore thus says the Lord God:
|
||||
'Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back,
|
||||
Therefore you shall bear the penalty
|
||||
Of your lewdness and your harlotry.' "Both Sisters Judged
|
||||
Of your lewdness and your harlotry.' "
|
||||
Both Sisters Judged
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
36. The Lord also said to me: "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.
|
||||
37. For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them.
|
||||
@@ -173,3 +181,4 @@ Of your lewdness and your harlotry.' "Both Sisters Judged
|
||||
49. They shall repay you for your lewdness, and you shall pay for your idolatrous sins. Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.' "
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ Nor will I relent;
|
||||
According to your ways
|
||||
And according to your deeds
|
||||
They will judge you,"
|
||||
Says the Lord God.' "The Prophet's Wife Dies
|
||||
Says the Lord God.' "
|
||||
The Prophet's Wife Dies
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
15. Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
|
||||
16. "Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down.
|
||||
@@ -86,3 +88,4 @@ Says the Lord God.' "The Prophet's Wife Dies
|
||||
27. On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you shall speak and no longer be mute. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.' "
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -8,19 +8,26 @@ Proclamation Against Ammon
|
||||
5. And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the Lord."
|
||||
|
||||
6. 'For thus says the Lord God: "Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel,
|
||||
7. indeed, therefore, I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the Lord."Proclamation Against Moab
|
||||
7. indeed, therefore, I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the Lord."
|
||||
Proclamation Against Moab
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
8. 'Thus says the Lord God: "Because Moab and Seir say, 'Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,'
|
||||
9. therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim.
|
||||
10. To the men of the East I will give it as a possession, together with the Ammonites, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
|
||||
11. And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the Lord."Proclamation Against Edom
|
||||
11. And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am the Lord."
|
||||
Proclamation Against Edom
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
12. 'Thus says the Lord God: "Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,"
|
||||
13. therefore thus says the Lord God: "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan shall fall by the sword.
|
||||
14. I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance," says the Lord God.Proclamation Against Philistia
|
||||
14. I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance," says the Lord God.
|
||||
Proclamation Against Philistia
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
15. 'Thus says the Lord God: "Because the Philistines dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred,"
|
||||
16. therefore thus says the Lord God: "I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.
|
||||
17. I will execute great vengeance on them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I lay My vengeance upon them." ' "
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure." '
|
||||
21. I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be found again,' says the Lord God."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -105,3 +105,4 @@ And their countenance will be troubled.
|
||||
You will become a horror, and be no more forever.' " ' "
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ In the midst of the seas,'
|
||||
Yet you are a man, and not a god,
|
||||
Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
3. (Behold, you are wiser than Daniel!
|
||||
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ In the hand of him who slays you.
|
||||
|
||||
10. You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
|
||||
By the hand of aliens;
|
||||
For I have spoken," says the Lord God.' "Lamentation for the King of Tyre
|
||||
For I have spoken," says the Lord God.' "
|
||||
Lamentation for the King of Tyre
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
11. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
|
||||
12. "Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord God:
|
||||
@@ -86,7 +89,9 @@ In the sight of all who saw you.
|
||||
|
||||
19. All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you;
|
||||
You have become a horror,
|
||||
And shall be no more forever." ' "Proclamation Against Sidon
|
||||
And shall be no more forever." ' "
|
||||
Proclamation Against Sidon
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
20. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
|
||||
21. "Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her,
|
||||
@@ -102,9 +107,14 @@ The wounded shall be judged in her midst
|
||||
By the sword against her on every side;
|
||||
Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
|
||||
|
||||
24. "And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God."Israel's Future Blessing
|
||||
24. "And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who despise them.
|
||||
Then they shall know that I am the Lord God."
|
||||
Israel's Future Blessing
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
25. 'Thus says the Lord God: "When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.
|
||||
26. And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God." ' "
|
||||
26. And they will dwell safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them.
|
||||
Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God." ' "
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ You broke and made all their backs quiver."
|
||||
13. 'Yet, thus says the Lord God: "At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered.
|
||||
14. I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom.
|
||||
15. It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore.
|
||||
16. No longer shall it be the confidence of the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God." ' "Babylonia Will Plunder Egypt
|
||||
16. No longer shall it be the confidence of the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God." ' "
|
||||
Babylonia Will Plunder Egypt
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17. And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
|
||||
18. "Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it.
|
||||
@@ -51,3 +53,4 @@ You broke and made all their backs quiver."
|
||||
21. 'In that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.' "
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ As for her, a cloud shall cover her,
|
||||
And her daughters shall go into captivity.
|
||||
|
||||
19. Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt,
|
||||
Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ' "Proclamation Against Pharaoh
|
||||
Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ' "
|
||||
Proclamation Against Pharaoh
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
20. And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
|
||||
21. "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.
|
||||
@@ -88,6 +90,8 @@ Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ' "Proclamation Against Pharaoh
|
||||
23. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries.
|
||||
24. I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man.
|
||||
25. Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; they shall know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt.
|
||||
26. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.' "
|
||||
26. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.
|
||||
Then they shall know that I am the Lord.' "
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ Among the children of men who go down to the Pit.'
|
||||
18. 'To which of the trees in Eden will you then be likened in glory and greatness? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the depths of the earth; you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,' says the Lord God."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ With which they shall lament her;
|
||||
The daughters of the nations shall lament her;
|
||||
They shall lament for her, for Egypt,
|
||||
And for all her multitude,"
|
||||
Says the Lord God.' "Egypt and Others Consigned to the Pit
|
||||
Says the Lord God.' "
|
||||
Egypt and Others Consigned to the Pit
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17. It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -151,3 +153,4 @@ Pharaoh and all his multitude,"
|
||||
Says the Lord God.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ The Watchman and His Message
|
||||
9. Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
|
||||
|
||||
10. "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: 'Thus you say, "If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live?" '
|
||||
11. Say to them: 'As I live,' says the Lord God, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?'The Fairness of God's Judgment
|
||||
11. Say to them: 'As I live,' says the Lord God, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?'
|
||||
The Fairness of God's Judgment
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
12. "Therefore you, O son of man, say to the children of your people: 'The righteousness of the righteous man shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness; nor shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that he sins.'
|
||||
13. When I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, but he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, none of his righteous works shall be remembered; but because of the iniquity that he has committed, he shall die.
|
||||
@@ -24,11 +26,15 @@ The Watchman and His Message
|
||||
17. "Yet the children of your people say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' But it is their way which is not fair!
|
||||
18. When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.
|
||||
19. But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it.
|
||||
20. Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways."The Fall of Jerusalem
|
||||
20. Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' O house of Israel, I will judge every one of you according to his own ways."
|
||||
The Fall of Jerusalem
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
21. And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been captured!"
|
||||
|
||||
22. Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.The Cause of Judah's Ruin
|
||||
22. Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me the evening before the man came who had escaped. And He had opened my mouth; so when he came to me in the morning, my mouth was opened, and I was no longer mute.
|
||||
The Cause of Judah's Ruin
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
23. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
|
||||
24. "Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.'
|
||||
@@ -38,7 +44,9 @@ The Watchman and His Message
|
||||
|
||||
27. "Say thus to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and the one who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and caves shall die of the pestilence.
|
||||
28. For I will make the land most desolate, her arrogant strength shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through.
|
||||
29. Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed." 'Hearing and Not Doing
|
||||
29. Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed." '
|
||||
Hearing and Not Doing
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
30. "As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, 'Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.'
|
||||
31. So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain.
|
||||
@@ -46,3 +54,4 @@ The Watchman and His Message
|
||||
33. And when this comes to pass--surely it will come--then they will know that a prophet has been among them."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ Irresponsible Shepherds
|
||||
7. 'Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord:
|
||||
8. "As I live," says the Lord God, "surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock"--
|
||||
9. therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord!
|
||||
10. Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them."God, the True Shepherd
|
||||
10. Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them."
|
||||
God, the True Shepherd
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
11. 'For thus says the Lord God: "Indeed I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.
|
||||
12. As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day.
|
||||
@@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ Irresponsible Shepherds
|
||||
31. "You are My flock, the flock of My pasture; you are men, and I am your God," says the Lord God.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ Then you shall know that I am the Lord.
|
||||
|
||||
10. "Because you have said, 'These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess them,' although the Lord was there,
|
||||
11. therefore, as I live," says the Lord God, "I will do according to your anger and according to the envy which you showed in your hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.
|
||||
12. Then you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard all your blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, 'They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.'
|
||||
12.
|
||||
Then you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard all your blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, 'They are desolate; they are given to us to consume.'
|
||||
13. Thus with your mouth you have boasted against Me and multiplied your words against Me; I have heard them."
|
||||
|
||||
14. 'Thus says the Lord God: "The whole earth will rejoice when I make you desolate.
|
||||
15. As you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, so I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom--all of it! Then they shall know that I am the Lord." '
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Blessing on Israel
|
||||
|
||||
13. 'Thus says the Lord God: "Because they say to you, 'You devour men and bereave your nation of children,'
|
||||
14. therefore you shall devour men no more, nor bereave your nation anymore," says the Lord God.
|
||||
15. "Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore," says the Lord God.' "The Renewal of Israel
|
||||
15. "Nor will I let you hear the taunts of the nations anymore, nor bear the reproach of the peoples anymore, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble anymore," says the Lord God.' "
|
||||
The Renewal of Israel
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
16. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
|
||||
17. "Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity.
|
||||
@@ -47,3 +49,4 @@ Blessing on Israel
|
||||
38. Like a flock offered as holy sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem on its feast days, so shall the ruined cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ' "
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@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ So I answered, "O Lord God, You know."
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11. Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!'
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12. Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: "Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
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13. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.
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14. I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it," says the Lord.' "One Kingdom, One King
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14. I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it," says the Lord.' "
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One Kingdom, One King
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15. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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16. "As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: 'For Judah and for the children of Israel, his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.'
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@@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ So I answered, "O Lord God, You know."
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28. The nations also will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore." ' "
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@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Gog and Allies Attack Israel
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14. "Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, 'Thus says the Lord God: "On that day when My people Israel dwell safely, will you not know it?
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15. Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army.
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16. You will come up against My people Israel like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed in you, O Gog, before their eyes."
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17. Thus says the Lord God: "Are you he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for years in those days that I would bring you against them?Judgment on Gog
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17. Thus says the Lord God: "Are you he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied for years in those days that I would bring you against them?
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Judgment on Gog
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18. "And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," says the Lord God, "that My fury will show in My face.
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19. For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: 'Surely in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel,
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@@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ Gog and Allies Attack Israel
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23. Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord." '
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@@ -11,14 +11,18 @@ Gog's Armies Destroyed
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8. Surely it is coming, and it shall be done," says the Lord God. "This is the day of which I have spoken.
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9. "Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for seven years.
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10. They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them," says the Lord God.The Burial of Gog
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10. They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them," says the Lord God.
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The Burial of Gog
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11. "It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea; and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog.
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12. For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to cleanse the land.
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||||
13. Indeed all the people of the land will be burying, and they will gain renown for it on the day that I am glorified," says the Lord God.
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||||
14. "They will set apart men regularly employed, with the help of a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies remaining on the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search.
|
||||
15. The search party will pass through the land; and when anyone sees a man's bone, he shall set up a marker by it, till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog.
|
||||
16. The name of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land." 'A Triumphant Festival
|
||||
16. The name of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land." '
|
||||
A Triumphant Festival
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17. "And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God, 'Speak to every sort of bird and to every beast of the field:
|
||||
"Assemble yourselves and come;
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||||
@@ -41,7 +45,9 @@ Which I am sacrificing for you.
|
||||
20. You shall be filled at My table
|
||||
With horses and riders,
|
||||
With mighty men
|
||||
And with all the men of war," says the Lord God.Israel Restored to the Land
|
||||
And with all the men of war," says the Lord God.
|
||||
Israel Restored to the Land
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
21. "I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them.
|
||||
22. So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward.
|
||||
@@ -55,3 +61,4 @@ And with all the men of war," says the Lord God.Israel Restored to the Land
|
||||
29. And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,' says the Lord God."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ A New City, a New Temple
|
||||
3. He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.
|
||||
|
||||
4. And the man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you were brought here so that I might show them to you. Declare to the house of Israel everything you see."
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||||
5. Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man's hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.The Eastern Gateway of the Temple
|
||||
5. Now there was a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man's hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.
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||||
The Eastern Gateway of the Temple
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
6. Then he went to the gateway which faced east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide.
|
||||
7. Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod.
|
||||
@@ -19,21 +21,29 @@ A New City, a New Temple
|
||||
13. Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty-five cubits, as door faces door.
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||||
14. He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost.
|
||||
15. From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits.
|
||||
16. There were beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were palm trees.The Outer Court
|
||||
16. There were beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were palm trees.
|
||||
The Outer Court
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17. Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
|
||||
18. The pavement was by the side of the gateways, corresponding to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement.
|
||||
19. Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.The Northern Gateway
|
||||
19. Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.
|
||||
The Northern Gateway
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
20. On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width.
|
||||
21. Its gate chambers, three on this side and three on that side, its gateposts and its archways, had the same measurements as the first gate; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.
|
||||
22. Its windows and those of its archways, and also its palm trees, had the same measurements as the gateway facing east; it was ascended by seven steps, and its archway was in front of it.
|
||||
23. A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits.The Southern Gateway
|
||||
23. A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits.
|
||||
The Southern Gateway
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
24. After that he brought me toward the south, and there a gateway was facing south; and he measured its gateposts and archways according to these same measurements.
|
||||
25. There were windows in it and in its archways all around like those windows; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.
|
||||
26. Seven steps led up to it, and its archway was in front of them; and it had palm trees on its gateposts, one on this side and one on that side.
|
||||
27. There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits.Gateways of the Inner Court
|
||||
27. There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits.
|
||||
Gateways of the Inner Court
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
28. Then he brought me to the inner court through the southern gateway; he measured the southern gateway according to these same measurements.
|
||||
29. Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
|
||||
@@ -46,14 +56,18 @@ A New City, a New Temple
|
||||
|
||||
35. Then he brought me to the north gateway and measured it according to these same measurements--
|
||||
36. also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways. It had windows all around; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits.
|
||||
37. Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going up to it were eight steps.Where Sacrifices Were Prepared
|
||||
37. Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going up to it were eight steps.
|
||||
Where Sacrifices Were Prepared
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
38. There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they washed the burnt offering.
|
||||
39. In the vestibule of the gateway were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering.
|
||||
40. At the outer side of the vestibule, as one goes up to the entrance of the northern gateway, were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gateway were two tables.
|
||||
41. Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side, by the side of the gateway, eight tables on which they slaughtered the sacrifices.
|
||||
42. There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, one cubit and a half long, one cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high; on these they laid the instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
|
||||
43. Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables.Chambers for Singers and Priests
|
||||
43. Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables.
|
||||
Chambers for Singers and Priests
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
44. Outside the inner gate were the chambers for the singers in the inner court, one facing south at the side of the northern gateway, and the other facing north at the side of the southern gateway.
|
||||
45. Then he said to me, "This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple.
|
||||
@@ -64,3 +78,4 @@ A New City, a New Temple
|
||||
49. The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the width eleven cubits; and by the steps which led up to it there were pillars by the doorposts, one on this side and another on that side.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Dimensions of the Sanctuary
|
||||
2. The width of the entryway was ten cubits, and the side walls of the entrance were five cubits on this side and five cubits on the other side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Also he went inside and measured the doorposts, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits high; and the width of the entrance, seven cubits.
|
||||
4. He measured the length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, beyond the sanctuary; and he said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place."The Side Chambers on the Wall
|
||||
4. He measured the length, twenty cubits; and the width, twenty cubits, beyond the sanctuary; and he said to me, "This is the Most Holy Place."
|
||||
The Side Chambers on the Wall
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
5. Next, he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits. The width of each side chamber all around the temple was four cubits on every side.
|
||||
6. The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty chambers in each story; they rested on ledges which were for the side chambers all around, that they might be supported, but not fastened to the wall of the temple.
|
||||
@@ -13,9 +15,13 @@ Dimensions of the Sanctuary
|
||||
8. I also saw an elevation all around the temple; it was the foundation of the side chambers, a full rod, that is, six cubits high.
|
||||
9. The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits, and so also the remaining terrace by the place of the side chambers of the temple.
|
||||
10. And between it and the wall chambers was a width of twenty cubits all around the temple on every side.
|
||||
11. The doors of the side chambers opened on the terrace, one door toward the north and another toward the south; and the width of the terrace was five cubits all around.The Building at the Western End
|
||||
11. The doors of the side chambers opened on the terrace, one door toward the north and another toward the south; and the width of the terrace was five cubits all around.
|
||||
The Building at the Western End
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
12. The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western end was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.
|
||||
Dimensions and Design of the Temple Area
|
||||
|
||||
12. The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western end was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.Dimensions and Design of the Temple Area
|
||||
|
||||
13. So he measured the temple, one hundred cubits long; and the separating courtyard with the building and its walls was one hundred cubits long;
|
||||
14. also the width of the eastern face of the temple, including the separating courtyard, was one hundred cubits.
|
||||
@@ -36,3 +42,4 @@ Dimensions of the Sanctuary
|
||||
26. There were beveled window frames and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the vestibule--also on the side chambers of the temple and on the canopies.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ The Chambers for the Priests
|
||||
12. And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, as one enters them, there was a door in front of the walk, the way directly in front of the wall toward the east.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings--the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering--for the place is holy.
|
||||
14. When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people."Outer Dimensions of the Temple
|
||||
14. When the priests enter them, they shall not go out of the holy chamber into the outer court; but there they shall leave their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they may approach that which is for the people."
|
||||
Outer Dimensions of the Temple
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
15. Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out through the gateway that faces toward the east, and measured it all around.
|
||||
16. He measured the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod all around.
|
||||
@@ -26,3 +28,4 @@ The Chambers for the Priests
|
||||
20. He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred wide, to separate the holy areas from the common.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -14,13 +14,17 @@ The Temple, the Lord's Dwelling Place
|
||||
|
||||
10. "Son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.
|
||||
11. And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its ordinances, all its forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its ordinances, and perform them.
|
||||
12. This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.Dimensions of the Altar
|
||||
12. This is the law of the temple: The whole area surrounding the mountaintop is most holy. Behold, this is the law of the temple.
|
||||
Dimensions of the Altar
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
13. "These are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is the height of the altar:
|
||||
14. from the base on the ground to the lower ledge, two cubits; the width of the ledge, one cubit; from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits; and the width of the ledge, one cubit.
|
||||
15. The altar hearth is four cubits high, with four horns extending upward from the hearth.
|
||||
16. The altar hearth is twelve cubits long, twelve wide, square at its four corners;
|
||||
17. the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a cubit around it; its base, one cubit all around; and its steps face toward the east."Consecrating the Altar
|
||||
17. the ledge, fourteen cubits long and fourteen wide on its four sides, with a rim of half a cubit around it; its base, one cubit all around; and its steps face toward the east."
|
||||
Consecrating the Altar
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
18. And He said to me, "Son of man, thus says the Lord God: 'These are the ordinances for the altar on the day when it is made, for sacrificing burnt offerings on it, and for sprinkling blood on it.
|
||||
19. You shall give a young bull for a sin offering to the priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of Zadok, who approach Me to minister to Me,' says the Lord God.
|
||||
@@ -34,3 +38,4 @@ The Temple, the Lord's Dwelling Place
|
||||
27. When these days are over it shall be, on the eighth day and thereafter, that the priests shall offer your burnt offerings and your peace offerings on the altar; and I will accept you,' says the Lord God."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ The East Gate and the Prince
|
||||
# Chapter 44
|
||||
1. Then He brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces toward the east, but it was shut.
|
||||
2. And the Lord said to me, "This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it, because the Lord God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut.
|
||||
3. As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way."Those Admitted to the Temple
|
||||
3. As for the prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way."
|
||||
Those Admitted to the Temple
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
4. Also He brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple; so I looked, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord; and I fell on my face.
|
||||
5. And the Lord said to me, "Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes and hear with your ears, all that I say to you concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord and all its laws. Mark well who may enter the house and all who go out from the sanctuary.
|
||||
@@ -11,7 +13,9 @@ The East Gate and the Prince
|
||||
6. "Now say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord God: "O house of Israel, let Us have no more of all your abominations.
|
||||
7. When you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to defile it--My house--and when you offered My food, the fat and the blood, then they broke My covenant because of all your abominations.
|
||||
8. And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but you have set others to keep charge of My sanctuary for you."
|
||||
9. Thus says the Lord God: "No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.Laws Governing Priests
|
||||
9. Thus says the Lord God: "No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter My sanctuary, including any foreigner who is among the children of Israel.
|
||||
Laws Governing Priests
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
10. "And the Levites who went far from Me, when Israel went astray, who strayed away from Me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.
|
||||
11. Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, as gatekeepers of the house and ministers of the house; they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.
|
||||
@@ -42,3 +46,4 @@ The East Gate and the Prince
|
||||
31. The priests shall not eat anything, bird or beast, that died naturally or was torn by wild beasts.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ The Holy District
|
||||
2. Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary, five hundred by five hundred rods, with fifty cubits around it for an open space.
|
||||
3. So this is the district you shall measure: twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide; in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
|
||||
4. It shall be a holy section of the land, belonging to the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the Lord; it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.
|
||||
5. An area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the temple; they shall have twenty chambers as a possession.Properties of the City and the Prince
|
||||
5. An area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the temple; they shall have twenty chambers as a possession.
|
||||
Properties of the City and the Prince
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
6. "You shall appoint as the property of the city an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, adjacent to the district of the holy section; it shall belong to the whole house of Israel.
|
||||
|
||||
7. "The prince shall have a section on one side and the other of the holy district and the city's property; and bordering on the holy district and the city's property, extending westward on the west side and eastward on the east side, the length shall be side by side with one of the tribal portions, from the west border to the east border.
|
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8. The land shall be his possession in Israel; and My princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes."Laws Governing the Prince
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8. The land shall be his possession in Israel; and My princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes."
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Laws Governing the Prince
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9. 'Thus says the Lord God: "Enough, O princes of Israel! Remove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness, and stop dispossessing My people," says the Lord God.
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10. "You shall have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.
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25. "In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he shall do likewise for seven days, according to the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the oil."
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13. "You shall daily make a burnt offering to the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish; you shall prepare it every morning.
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14. And you shall prepare a grain offering with it every morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This grain offering is a perpetual ordinance, to be made regularly to the Lord.
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15. Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil, as a regular burnt offering every morning."The Prince and Inheritance Laws
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15. Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil, as a regular burnt offering every morning."
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The Prince and Inheritance Laws
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16. 'Thus says the Lord God: "If the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.
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17. But if he gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty, after which it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance shall belong to his sons; it shall become theirs.
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18. Moreover the prince shall not take any of the people's inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property." ' "How the Offerings Were Prepared
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18. Moreover the prince shall not take any of the people's inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property." ' "
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How the Offerings Were Prepared
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19. Now he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests which face toward the north; and there a place was situated at their extreme western end.
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20. And he said to me, "This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out into the outer court to sanctify the people."
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24. And he said to me, "These are the kitchens where the ministers of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people."
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23. And it shall be that in whatever tribe the stranger dwells, there you shall give him his inheritance," says the Lord God.
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26. by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west, Zebulun shall have one section;
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27. by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west, Gad shall have one section;
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28. by the border of Gad, on the south side, toward the South, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea.
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29. This is the land which you shall divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions," says the Lord God.The Gates of the City and Its Name
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29. This is the land which you shall divide by lot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions," says the Lord God.
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The Gates of the City and Its Name
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30. "These are the exits of the city. On the north side, measuring four thousand five hundred cubits
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31. (the gates of the city shall be named after the tribes of Israel), the three gates northward: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi;
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35. All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE."
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