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Day 246, 3 September 2025



1)Ezekiel 32,33,34



Ezekiel 32



A Lament for Pharaoh and Egypt



1 (Eze 30:20; 32:17) In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month,

on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 29:3; 27:2) Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king

of Egypt and say to him:

You likened yourself to a young lion of the nations,

but you are as the monster in the seas;

and you burst forth in your rivers,

and muddied the waters with your feet,

and made foul their rivers.

3 (Eze 12:13) Thus says the Lord God:

I will therefore spread out My net over you

with a company of many peoples,

and they shall bring you up in My net.

4 (Isa 18:6; Eze 29:5) Then I will leave you upon the land;

I will cast you out on the open field,

and I will cause all the fowl of the heavens to remain upon you.

And I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with you.

5 (Eze 31:12) I will lay your flesh upon the mountains,

and fill the valleys with your refuse.

6 (Isa 34:3; Ex 7:17) I will also water the land with your blood,

as far as the mountains;

and the rivers shall be full of you.

7 (Isa 13:10; Joel 2:31) When I put you out, I will cover the heavens

and make their stars dark;

I will cover the sun with a cloud,

and the moon shall not give its light.

8 (Ge 1:14) All the bright lights in the heavens

I will make dark over you,

and set darkness upon your land,

says the Lord God.

9 (Rev 18:10-15) I will also vex the hearts of many peoples when I bring

your destruction among the nations, into the countries

which you have not known.

10 (Eze 26:16; 27:35) Indeed, I will make many peoples amazed at you,

and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you when I brandish My sword

before them. And they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own

life, on the day of your fall.

11 For thus says the Lord God:

The sword of the king of Babylon

shall come upon you.

12 (Eze 28:7; 29:19) By the swords of the mighty,

I will cause your multitude to fall.

All of them are tyrants of the nations;

they shall destroy the pride of Egypt,

and all its multitude shall be destroyed.

13 (Eze 29:11; 29:8) I also will destroy all the beasts

from beside many waters;

nor shall the foot of man muddy them anymore,

nor the hoofs of beasts muddy them.

14 Then I will make their waters settle,

and cause their rivers to run like oil,

says the Lord God.

15 (Ex 7:5; Eze 6:7) When I make the land of Egypt desolate,

and the country is destitute of that by which it was full,

when I smite all those who dwell in it,

then shall they know that I am the Lord.

16 (2Sa 1:17; 2Ch 35:25) This is the lamentation, and they shall chant it.

The daughters of the nations shall chant it. They shall chant it over Egypt

and over all her multitude, says the Lord God.



[1] And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the

first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say

unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale

in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the

waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

[3] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee

with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

[4] Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the

open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee,

and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

[5] And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with

thy height.

[6] I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to

the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

[7] And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the

stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall

not give her light.

[8] All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set

darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

[9] I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy

destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not

known.

[10] Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be

horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and

they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day

of thy fall.

[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall

come upon thee.

[12] By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the

terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of

Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

[13] I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great

waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs

of beasts trouble them.

[14] Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like

oil, saith the Lord GOD.

[15] When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be

destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that

dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.

[16] This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters

of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt,

and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.



A Dirge for Egypt



17 (Eze 32:1) In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month,

the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

18 (Eze 31:14; Jer 1:10) Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt

and cast it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations,

to the nether parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit.

19 (Eze 31:18; 32:29-30) "Whom do you surpass in beauty? Descend and make

your bed with the uncircumcised."

20 (Ps 28:3) They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain

by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. They have drawn her

and all her multitudes away.

21 (Isa 14:9-10; Eze 32:27) The strong among the mighty shall speak

to him and those who help him out of the midst of Sheol:

"They have gone down, they lie still, uncircumcised,

slain by the sword."

22 (Eze 32:26; 32:24) Assyria is there and all her company.

Her graves are around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword,

23 (Eze 26:20; Ps 27:13; Eze 26:17) whose graves are set in the sides

of the pit and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain,

fallen by the sword, who cause terror in the land of the living.

24 (Ge 10:22; Jer 49:34-39) There is Elam and all her multitude all around

her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who descended

uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror

in the land of the living and bore their shame with those who went down

to the pit.

25 (Ps 139:8) They have set a bed for her in the midst of the slain

with all her multitude. Her graves are all around it. All of them

uncircumcised, slain by the sword; though their terror was caused

in the land of the living, yet they have borne their shame

with those who go down to the pit. They were put in the midst

of those who are slain.

26 (Eze 27:13; Ge 10:2; Eze 38:2-3) There is Meshek, Tubal,

and all her multitude. Their graves are all around them.

All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused

their terror in the land of the living.

27 (Isa 14:18-19; Job 3:13-15) They shall not lie with the mighty

who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to Sheol

with their weapons of war and whose swords were laid under their heads.

But the punishment for their iniquity rested upon their bones,

though the terror of these mighty ones was once in the land of the living.

28 Indeed, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised

and shall lie with those who are slain with the sword.

29 (Jer 49:7-22) There is Edom also, its kings and all its officials,

who for all their might are laid by those who were slain by the sword.

They shall lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.

30 (Eze 38:6; 28:21) There are also the officials of the north, all of them,

and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror from their might have gone

down in shame with the slain. So they lie down uncircumcised with those

who are slain by the sword,

and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

31 (Eze 31:16; 14:22) Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted

over all his multitude slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his army,

says the Lord God.

32 (Eze 32:27) Though I have caused a terror of him in the land

of the living, yet he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised

with those who are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude,

says the Lord God.



[17] It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the

month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[18] Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even

her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the

earth, with them that go down into the pit.

[19] Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the

uncircumcised.

[20] They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she

is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.

[21] The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell

with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain

by the sword.

[22] Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of

them slain, fallen by the sword:

[23] Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round

about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused

terror in the land of the living.

[24] There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them

slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the

nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the

living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

[25] They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her

multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain

by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet

have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in

the midst of them that be slain.

[26] There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round

about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they

caused their terror in the land of the living.

[27] And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the

uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and

they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be

upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of

the living.

[28] Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt

lie with them that are slain with the sword.

[29] There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might

are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the

uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

[30] There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians,

which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of

their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the

sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

[31] Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude,

even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

[32] For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be

laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the

sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.



Ezekiel 33:1-20



Renewal of Ezekiel's Call



1 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 3:11; 33:17) Son of man, speak to the children of your people

and say to them: If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land

take a man from among them and set him for their watchman,

3 (Hos 8:1; Ne 4:18) and he sees the sword come upon the land

and blows the trumpet and warns the people,

4 (Eze 18:13; 2Ch 25:16) then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet

and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away,

his blood shall be upon his own head.

5 (Ex 9:19-21; Heb 11:7) He heard the sound of the trumpet yet did not

take warning. His blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning

delivers his soul.

6 (Eze 18:20; 18:24) But if the watchman sees the sword come

and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned

and a sword comes and takes a person from among them,

he is taken away in his iniquity. But his blood I will require

from the hand of the watchman.

7 (Jer 26:2; Isa 62:6) Now as for you, son of man: I have set you a watchman

to the house of Israel. Therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth

and warn them from Me.

8 (Eze 18:4; 33:14) When I say to the wicked, "O wicked man,

you shall surely die," and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way,

that wicked man shall die in his iniquity. But his blood I will require

from your hand.

9 (Eze 3:19; 3:21) Nevertheless, if you on your part 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.



[1] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When

I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their

coasts, and set him for their watchman:

[3] If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and

warn the people;

[4] Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning;

if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

[5] He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood

shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

[6] But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and

the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among

them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the

watchman's hand.

[7] So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of

Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

[8] When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou

dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall

die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

[9] Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he

do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast

delivered thy soul.



God's Justice and Mercy



10 (Lev 26:39; Isa 49:14) Therefore as for you, son of man, say to the house

of Israel: Thus you have spoken, saying, "Surely our transgressions

and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them. How should we then live?"

11 (Eze 18:23; 2Pe 3:9) Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I have

no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn

from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die,

O house of Israel?

12 (2Ch 7:14; Eze 18:21) Therefore you, son of man, say to the sons of your

people: The righteousness of a righteous man shall not deliver him in the day

of his transgression. As for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall

by it in the day that he turns from his wickedness. Nor shall the righteous

be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sins.

13 (Eze 18:24; Heb 10:38) When I say to the righteous that he shall surely

live and he so trusts in his righteousness that he commits iniquity,

all his righteousness shall not be remembered. But for that iniquity

of his that he has committed, he shall die.

14 (Eze 18:27; Isa 55:7; Jer 18:7-8) Again, when I say to the wicked,

"You shall surely die," and he turns from his sin and does that which

is lawful and right,

15 (Eze 20:11; Lk 19:8) if the wicked man restores a pledge, gives back

what he had robbed, walks in the statutes of life without committing

iniquity, he shall surely live. He shall not die.

16 (Eze 18:22; Isa 43:25) None of his sins that he has committed shall be

remembered against him. He has done what is lawful and right.

He shall surely live.

17 (Eze 18:25; 18:29) Yet the sons of your people say, "The way of the Lord

is not right," when their way is not right.

18 (Eze 33:12-13) When the righteous turns from his righteousness

and commits iniquity, he shall die by it.

19 But if the wicked turns from his wickedness and does that which is lawful

and right, he shall live by them.

20 (Eze 18:25) Yet you say, "The way of the Lord is not right." O house

of Israel, I will judge you, every one according to his ways.



[10] Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye

speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine

away in them, how should we then live?

[11] Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the

death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn

ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

[12] Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The

righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his

transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall

thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the

righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

[13] When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he

trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses

shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he

shall die for it.

[14] Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn

from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

[15] If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk

in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live,

he shall not die.

[16] None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he

hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

[17] Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal:

but as for them, their way is not equal.

[18] When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth

iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

[19] But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful

and right, he shall live thereby.

[20] Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I

will judge you every one after his ways.



The Fall of Jerusalem



21 (2Ki 25:10; Eze 1:2) In the twelfth year of our captivity,

in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, one who had escaped

out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, "The city is taken."

22 (Eze 1:3; 3:26-27) Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening,

before those who escaped came. And He opened my mouth at the time

they came to me in the morning. Therefore my mouth was opened

and I was speechless no more.

23 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

24 (Isa 51:2; Eze 33:27) Son of man, those who inhabit these wastes

in the land of Israel are saying, "Abraham was one, yet he inherited the land.

But to us who are many, the land has been given for an inheritance."

25 (Ge 9:4; Dt 12:16) Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

You eat meat with the blood in it and lift up your eyes toward

your idols as you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

26 (Ge 27:40; Mic 2:1-2) You rely upon your sword, you work abominations,

and every one of you defiles his neighbour's wife. Should you then possess

the land?

27 (1Sa 13:6; Jer 42:22) Thus you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

As I live, surely those who are in the ruins shall fall by the sword,

and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured,

and those who are in the forts and in the caves shall die of pestilence.

28 (Eze 7:24; Jer 44:2) For I will make the land a desolation and a waste,

and the pomp of her strength shall cease. And the mountains of Israel

shall be desolate so that none shall pass through.

29 (Eze 6:7) Then shall they know that I am the Lord, when I make the land

a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have

committed.

30 (Isa 29:13; 58:2) As for you, son of man, the sons of your people

are talking about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses;

and they speak to one another, each saying to his brother,

"Come now, and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord."

31 (Ps 78:36-37; Isa 29:13) They come to you as people come, and they sit

before you as My people, and they hear your words; but they will not do them.

For they do the lustful desires in their mouth, and their heart goes after

their covetousness.

32 (Mk 6:20) You are to them as a sensual song of one who has a pleasant

voice and can play well on an instrument. For they hear your words,

but they do not do them.

33 (Jer 28:9; Eze 2:5) When this comes to pass, and it is coming to pass,

then shall they know that a prophet has been among them.



[21] And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth

month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of

Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

[22] Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was

escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning;

and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

[23] Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[24] Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak,

saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the

land is given us for inheritance.

[25] Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the

blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and

shall ye possess the land?

[26] Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one

his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land?

[27] Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely

they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the

open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in

the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

[28] For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength

shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall

pass through.

[29] Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most

desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

[30] Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking

against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to

another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what

is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

[31] And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee

as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with

their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their

covetousness.

[32] And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a

pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words,

but they do them not.

[33] And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know

that a prophet hath been among them.



Ezekiel 34



A Prophecy Against Israel's Shepherds



1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Jer 23:1; Ps 78:71-72) Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds

of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, Thus says the Lord God:

Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not

the shepherds feed the flock?

3 (Zec 11:16; 11:5) You eat the fat and clothe yourself with the wool;

you kill those who are fed without feeding the flock.

4 (Ex 1:13-14; Eze 34:16) The diseased you have not strengthened,

nor have you healed that which was sick, nor have you bound up

that which was broken, nor have you brought back that which was driven away,

nor have you sought that which was lost. But with force and with cruelty

you have subjugated them.

5 (Mt 9:36; 1Ki 22:17) They were scattered because there was no shepherd.

And they became meat to all the beasts of the field and were scattered.

6 (Ps 142:4; 1Pe 2:25) My sheep wandered through all the mountains

and upon every high hill. Indeed, My flock was scattered upon

all the face of the earth, and no one searched or sought after them.

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 even became meat to 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, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.

10 (Jer 21:13; Eze 13:8) Thus says the Lord God: I am against the shepherds.

And I will require My flock from their hand and cause them to cease from

feeding the flock. Nor shall the shepherds feed themselves anymore,

for I will deliver My flock from their mouth so that they may not be

meat for them.



[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say

unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the

shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed

the flocks?

[3] Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are

fed: but ye feed not the flock.

[4] The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which

was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye

brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which

was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

[5] And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became

meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.

[6] My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:

yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did

search or seek after them.

[7] Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

[8] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey,

and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no

shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds

fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

[9] Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

[10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will

require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the

flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will

deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.



The True Shepherd



11 (Lk 19:10) For thus says the Lord God: I, even I, will search

for My sheep and seek them out.

12 (Eze 30:3; Jer 13:16) As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day

that he is among his sheep that are scattered, so I will seek out My sheep

and will deliver them out of all the places where they have been scattered

in a cloudy and dark day.

13 (Eze 11:17) I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them

from the countries, and bring them to their own land, and feed them upon

the mountains of Israel by the rivers and in all the inhabited

places of the country.

14 (Jn 10:9; Jer 31:12-14) I will feed them in a good pasture,

and upon the high mountains of Israel their grazing ground shall be.

There they shall lie on good grazing ground, and in a rich pasture

they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel.

15 I will feed My flock, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.

16 (Isa 10:16; 49:26) I will seek that which was lost and bring back

that which was driven away and bind up that which was broken

and will strengthen that which was sick. But I will destroy the fat

and the strong. I will feed them with judgment.

17 (Mt 25:32-33; Eze 34:20-22) As for you, O My flock, thus says

the Lord God: I will judge between sheep and cattle, between the rams

and the male goats.

18 (Nu 16:9; 16:13) Does it seem a small thing to you to have eaten up

the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest

of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters,

that you must foul the rest with your feet?

19 And as for My flock, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet,

and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet.

20 Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: I, even I, will judge between

the fat sheep and between the lean sheep.

21 (Dt 33:17; Lk 13:14-16) Because you have thrust with side

and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns

until you have scattered them abroad,

22 (Ps 72:12-14; Jer 23:2-3) therefore I will save My flock, and they shall

no more be a prey. And I will judge between one sheep and another.

23 (Isa 40:11; Jn 10:11) I will set up one shepherd over them,

and he shall feed them, even My servant David. He shall feed

them himself and be their shepherd.

24 (Eze 36:28; 37:27) I the Lord will be their God, and My servant David

shall be prince among them. I the Lord have spoken.

25 (Isa 11:6-9; Lev 26:6) I will make with them a covenant of peace

and will cause the wild beasts to cease from the land so that they dwell

safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

26 (Ge 12:2; Isa 44:3) I will make them and the places all around My hill

a blessing. And I will cause the showers to come down in their season.

They shall be showers of blessing.

27 (Jer 30:8; Lev 26:13) The tree of the field shall yield its fruit,

and the ground shall yield its increase, and they shall be safe in their land.

Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands

of their yoke and delivered them out of the hand of those who enslaved them.

28 (Jer 30:10; Eze 34:25) They shall no more be a prey to the nations,

nor shall the beast of the land devour them. But they shall dwell safely

and no one shall make them afraid.

29 (Eze 36:29; Isa 4:2) I will raise up for them a planting place of renown,

and no more shall they be consumed with hunger in the land, nor shall

they bear the shame of the nations anymore.

30 (Ps 46:7; 46:11) Thus shall they know that I, the Lord their God,

am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,

says the Lord God.

31 (Ps 100:3; 78:52) As for you, My flock, the flock of My pasture,

you are men, and I am your God, says the Lord God.



[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my

sheep, and seek them out.

[12] As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his

sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them

out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

[13] And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the

countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the

mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the

country.

[14] I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of

Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a

fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

[15] I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord

GOD.

[16] I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven

away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which

was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with

judgment.

[17] And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge

between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

[18] Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture,

but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to

have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

[19] And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your

feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

[20] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will

judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

[21] Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the

diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

[22] Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I

will judge between cattle and cattle.

[23] And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even

my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

[24] And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among

them; I the LORD have spoken it.

[25] And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil

beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the

wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

[26] And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and

I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers

of blessing.

[27] And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall

yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know

that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and

delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

[28] And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the

beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall

make them afraid.

[29] And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no

more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the

heathen

any more.

[30] Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that

they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.

[31] And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,

saith the Lord GOD.



2) Our Daily Bread for 3 September 2026 titled

Reverent Fear of God by Karen Huang



Deuteronomy 10:12-15



The Essence of the Law



12 (Dt 6:5; Mic 6:8) Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you,

but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him,

and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

13 (Dt 6:24) to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which

I am commanding you today for your good?

14(1Ki 8:27; Ex 19:5) Indeed, heaven and the highest heavens belong

to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.

15 (Dt 4:37) The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them;

and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all people,

as it is today.



[12] And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to

fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to

serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

[13] To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command

thee this day for thy good?

[14] Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the

earth also, with all that therein is.

[15] Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose

their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.



"I killed people in the past," Tanitan said, "but ever since I chose to

believe in Jesus Christ, He will not allow me to commit such practices

anymore." Tanitan, a member of the Ilongot tribe from the Sierra Madre

mountains in the Philippines, came from a culture of head-hunting - the

practice of hunting humans and severing their heads. In comparing his life

before he knew God to his life now, Tanitan said, "Before, I was afraid to die

but not afraid to kill. Now, I am afraid to kill but not afraid to die."



As I read Tanitan’s story in the book To the Headhunters of Sierra Madre by

Florentino Santos, I thought of how his newfound fear of or reverence toward

God developed his desire to obey Him. I remembered Moses' words to the

Israelites before they entered the land God promised them: "What does the Lord

your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God" (Deuteronomy 10:2).

Reverence toward God was to be reflected in obedience to Him. God's people

were to "walk in obedience to Him, to love Him . . . and to observe the Lord's

commands and decrees" (vv. 12-13).



As believers in Jesus, our deep respect for God's holiness compels us to hate

evil and do what pleases Him (Proverbs 8:13). Let's ask Him to help us make

reverence toward God a way of life.



Reflect & Pray



From today's Scripture, how would you describe the "fear [of] the Lord"?

Where do you find obeying God difficult, and how can the command to fear

Him help you?



Holy God, please help me to experience reverent fear in Your presence.



3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 5 - God Loved, So He Gave



John 3:16-17



16 (Ro 5:8; 1Jn 4:9-10; Jn 1:18) "For God so loved the world

that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in

Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

17 (1Jn 4:14; Lk 19:10) For God did not send His Son into

the world to condemn the world, but that the world

through Him might be saved."



16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;

but that the world through him might be saved.



Often called "the gospel in a nutshell", John 3:16 is so familiar,

even the unchurched, that it has all but lost its impact for us.

WE cite it by rote, as if it had no more meaning than a SSN (SIN),

and think that we understand the truth because we know the words.

Why did God send Jesus, his only Son, into the world to die?

Because he loved the people he created. God had no reason,

humanly speaking, to love mankind. Throughout history, from

the Garden of Eden forward, people had deliberately turned

against God and tried his patience. Even the nation God chose

for himself, Israel rebelled against the Lord and turned to other gods.

And we, as individuals, have rebelled against him too. WE have tried

to control our own lives; we have denied his reality; or

acknowledged his existence and then systematically ignored him.

We have become our own gods.

Yet Christ, in love, took upon himself the rejection, the humiliation,

the pain we were responsible for. We deserved to be condemned to die,

but he died for us instead. "God did not send his Son into the world

to condemn the world," John 3:17 says, "but that the world

through Him might be saved."

Often, even after we have committed our lives to Christ, we mistakenly

suppose that God's primary purpose is to condemn us - to catch us in sin

and punish us. But God says that his purpose is to love us and to save us

from sin and ourselves. He loved, and so he gave; he still loves us,

and he still continues to give.



Application



a) What sin in my life put Jesus on the cross?



b) How do I know that my sins has been forgiven?



c) How can these verses help me when I face condemnation and guilt?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Mark 4:19



19 But the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,

and the desires for other things entering in choke the word,

and it proves unfruitful.



19 and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches,

and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word,

and it becometh unfruitful.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



When you are Burdened by Doubt



James 1:2 to 8



Faith and Wisdom



2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations,

3 knowing that the trying of your faith develops patience.

4 But let patience perfect its work, that you may be perfect and complete,

lacking nothing.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men

liberally and without criticism, and it will be given to him.

6 But let him ask in faith, without wavering. For he who wavers

is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed with the wind.

7 Let not that man think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

8 A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.



2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

3 knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect

and entire, wanting nothing.

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men

liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth

is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)



Nova Scotia



Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629



With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.



Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.



while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."



Peter's Speech at Pentecost



14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.



Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."



Ideas for prayer



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -



Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity



(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



3nd Day of the Month



a) Pray for the province of Alberta as follows:

I) Pray for the leaders of Alberta, that God's Spirit would influence then to

act justly, serve with integrity and honour high moral standards. (

1 Tim 2:1-4

1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3 (1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good and acceptable in

the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved and to come

to the knowledge of the truth.



1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

2 for kings, and for all that are in authority;

that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

4 who will have all men to be saved,

and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.



II) Pray for the churches of the province, that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.

III) Pray that the Lord would use the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



b) Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring conviction of sin

and Canadians to faith in Christ.

( John 16:8 - When He comes, He will convict the world of sin

and of righteousness and of judgment:



8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin,

and of righteousness, and of judgment:



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus as the True Shepherd.



Pray to the Lord: "Holy God, please help me

to experience reverent fear in Your presence."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Lord who forgives your sins.



Pray to the Lord and pray to not to be deceived by the riches of this world.



Pray to the Lord and pray to seek the Wisdom of the Lord.



Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



Pray for the Holy Spirit to bring conviction of sin

and Canadians to faith in Christ.



Use Romans 15:13

13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

to pray for the joy, peace and hope

of Pakistani Christians.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

Day 245, 2 September 2025



1)Lamentations 4, Lamentations 5 , Ezekiel 28,

Ezekiel 29, Ezekiel 30, Ezekiel 31



Lamentations 4



The Punishment of Zion



1 (La 2:19; Eze 7:19-22) How the gold has become dim!

How the most fine gold has changed!

The stones of the sanctuary lie scattered

at the head of every street.

2 (Jer 19:11; Isa 30:14) The precious sons of Zion,

comparable to fine gold,

how they are esteemed as earthen pots,

the work of a potter's hands!

3 (Isa 49:15; Eze 5:10) Even the jackals offer the breast;

they nurse their young,

yet the daughter of my people has become cruel,

like ostriches in the wilderness.

4 (Ps 22:15; La 2:11-12) The tongue of the infant cleaves

to the roof of his mouth for thirst;

the children beg for bread,

but no one divides it for them.

5 (Am 6:3-7; 2Sa 1:24) Those who once ate delicacies

are desolate in the streets;

those who were brought up in scarlet

embrace ash heaps.

6 (Ge 19:25; Lk 10:12) For the iniquity of the daughter of my people

is greater than the sin of Sodom,

which was overthrown in a moment,

and no hands were wrung for her.

7 (Ps 51:7) Her princes were purer than snow,

whiter than milk;

their bodies were more ruddy than rubies,

their appearance like sapphire.

8 (Job 30:30; Ps 102:3-5) Their form is blacker than coal;

they are not recognized in the streets;

their skin cleaves to their bones,

it has become as dry as wood.

9 (Lev 26:39; Eze 24:23) Those killed by the sword

are better off than those who die of hunger,

for they pine away,

stricken for want of the fruits of the field.

10 (La 2:20; Isa 49:15) The hands of compassionate women

have boiled their own children;

they became their food in the destruction

of the daughter of my people.

11 (Jer 7:20; Eze 22:31) The Lord has fulfilled His fury,

He has poured out His fierce anger.

He kindled a fire in Zion,

and it has devoured its foundations.

12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world,

would not have believed

that the adversary and the enemy could enter

the gates of Jerusalem.

13 (Jer 5:31; 6:13) This was for the sins of her prophets

and the iniquities of her priests,

who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.

14 (Jer 2:34; Nu 19:16) They wandered,

blind, in the streets;

they have defiled themselves with blood,

so that no one could touch their garments.

15 They cried out to them, "Depart! Unclean!

Depart, depart, do not touch us!"

Therefore they fled and wandered;

men among the nations said,

"They shall live with us no longer."

16 (Isa 9:14-16; La 5:12) The presence of the Lord scattered them;

He will regard them no more;

they do not respect the priests,

nor show favor to the elders.

17 (Eze 29:16; Isa 20:5) Our eyes failed us,

watching vainly for help;

in our watchtowers we watched

for a nation that could not save us.

18 (Am 8:2; Eze 7:2-12) They tracked our steps

so that we could not walk in our streets.

Our end drew near; our days were numbered,

for our end had come.

19 (Isa 5:26-28; Jer 4:13) Our pursuers were swifter

than the eagles of the skies.

They pursued us on the mountains;

they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

20 (Ge 2:7; 2Sa 19:21) The breath of our life, the anointed king of the Lord,

was captured in their traps,

of whom we said, "Under his shadow

we shall live among the nations."

21 (Job 1:1; Ps 137:7) Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,

you who dwell in the land of Uz!

The cup shall also pass to you;

you shall become drunk and strip yourself bare.

22 (Isa 40:2; Ps 137:7) The punishment of your iniquity,

O daughter of Zion, is accomplished;

He shall exile you no longer.

He shall punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom;

He will expose your sins!



[1] How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the

stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

[2] The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they

esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

[3] Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young

ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the

wilderness.

[4] The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for

thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

[5] They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that

were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

[6] For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is

greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a

moment, and no hands stayed on her.

[7] Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they

were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

[8] Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets:

their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

[9] They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain

with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the

fruits of the field.

[10] The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they

were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

[11] The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce

anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations

thereof.

[12] The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not

have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the

gates of Jerusalem.

[13] For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that

have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

[14] They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted

themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

[15] They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch

not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They

shall no more sojourn there.

[16] The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them:

they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

[17] As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we

have watched for a nation that could not save us.

[18] They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near,

our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

[19] Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued

us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

[20] The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in

their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

[21] Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of

Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and

shalt make thyself naked.

[22] The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion;

he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine

iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.



Lamentations 5



A Prayer for Restoration



1 (Ps 44:13-16; La 3:61) Remember, O Lord, what has come upon us;

look, and see our reproach!

2 (Zep 1:13; Isa 1:7) Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,

our homes to foreigners.

3 (Jer 18:21; Ex 22:24) We have become orphans and fatherless;

our mothers are like widows.

4 (Isa 3:1) We must pay for the water we drink; our wood is sold to us.

5 (Ne 9:36-37) Our pursuers are at our necks; we labor and have no rest.

6 (Hos 9:3; 12:1) We have given our hand to Egypt and to Assyria,

to be satisfied with bread.

7 (Jer 16:12; 31:29) Our fathers sinned and are no more,

but we bear their iniquities.

8 (Ne 5:15; Zec 11:6) Slaves rule over us;

there is no one to deliver us from their hand.

9 (Jer 40:9-12) We get our bread at the peril of our lives,

because of the sword in the wilderness.

10 (La 4:8; Job 30:30) Our skin is hot as an oven,

because of the terrible famine.

11 (Zec 14:2; Isa 13:16) They ravished the women in Zion,

the virgins in the cities of Judah.

12 (La 4:16; Isa 47:6) Princes were hung up by their hands,

the faces of elders were not honored.

13 (Jdg 16:21) Young men ground at the millstones;

boys staggered under loads of wood.

14 (Jer 7:34) The elders have left the city gate,

the young men stopped their music.

15 (Am 8:10) The joy of our hearts has ceased;

our dancing has turned into mourning.

16 (Ps 89:39; Jer 13:18) The crown has fallen from our head;

woe to us, for we have sinned!

17 (Isa 1:5; La 2:11) For this our heart is faint;

for these things our eyes grow dim;

18 (Mic 3:12) because of Mount Zion, which is desolate,

with foxes walking upon it.

19 (Ps 102:12; 45:6) You, O Lord, remain forever;

Your throne endures from generation to generation.

20 (Ps 13:1; 44:24) Why do You forget us forever,

and forsake us for so long a time?

21 (Ps 80:3; Jer 31:18) Restore us to Yourself, O Lord, that we may return!

Renew our days as of old,

22 (Ps 60:1-2) unless You have utterly rejected us,

and are very angry with us.



Lamentations 5

[1] Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

[2] Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

[3] We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

[4] We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

[5] Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

[6] We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be

satisfied with bread.

[7] Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

[8] Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of

their hand.

[9] We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the

wilderness.

[10] Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

[11] They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

[12] Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not

honoured.

[13] They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

[14] The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

[15] The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

[16] The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

[17] For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

[18] Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk

upon it.

[19] Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to

generation.

[20] Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?

[21] Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days

as of old.

[22] But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.



Ezekiel 28



A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre



1 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:

2 (Eze 28:9; 2Th 2:4; Isa 31:3) Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre,

Thus says the Lord God:

Because your heart is lifted up,

and you have said, "I am a god;

I sit in the seat of gods

in the midst of the seas,"

yet you are a man, and not God,

though you set your heart as the heart of God.

3 (Da 1:20; 5:11-12) You are wiser than Daniel;

there is no secret that is a match for you.

4 With your wisdom and with your understanding,

you have obtained riches for yourself,

and have obtained gold and silver

into your treasuries;

5 (Ps 62:10; 52:7) by your great wisdom, by your trade,

you have increased your riches,

and your heart is lifted up

because of your riches.

6 (Eze 28:2; Ex 9:17) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Because you have set your heart

as the heart of God,

7 (Eze 31:12; 30:11) therefore, I will bring strangers upon you,

the most cruel of the nations;

and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,

and defile your brightness.

8 (Eze 27:26-27; 27:34) They shall bring you down to the pit,

and you shall die the death of those who are slain

in the midst of the seas.

9 (Eze 28:2) Will you yet say before him who slays you,

"I am a god,"

although you are a man and not God,

in the hands of those who wound you?

10 (Eze 31:18; 32:19) You shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of strangers;

for I have spoken! says the Lord God.



[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in

the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God,

though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

[3] Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can

hide from thee:

[4] With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee

riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:

[5] By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches,

and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:

[6] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as

the heart of God;

[7] Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the

nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom,

and they shall defile thy brightness.

[8] They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of

them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

[9] Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt

be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

[10] Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of

strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.



A Lament for the King of Tyre



11 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

12 (Eze 19:1; 26:17) Son of man, take up a lamentation

over the king of Tyre and say to him, Thus says the Lord God:

You had the seal of perfection,

full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

13 (Eze 27:16; 31:8-9) You were in Eden,

the garden of God;

every precious stone was your covering:

the sardius, topaz, and the diamond,

the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper,

the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold.

The workmanship of your settings and sockets was in you;

on the day that you were created, they were prepared.

14 (Ex 25:17-20; 30:26) You were the anointed cherub that covers,

and I set you there;

you were upon the holy mountain of God;

you walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

15 (Eze 27:3-4; 28:3-6) You were perfect in your ways

from the day that you were created,

until iniquity was found in you.

16 (Hab 2:17; Ge 3:24) By the multitude of your merchandise,

you were filled with violence in your midst,

and you sinned;

therefore I have cast you as profane out of the mountain of God;

and I have destroyed you, O covering cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

17 (Eze 28:2; 28:5) Your heart was lifted up

because of your beauty;

you have corrupted your wisdom

by reason of your brightness;

I cast you to the ground,

I lay you before kings, that they may see you.

18 (Mal 4:3; Am 1:9-10) You have defiled your sanctuaries

by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your trade;

therefore I have brought fire out from your midst;

it has devoured you,

and I have turned you to ashes upon the earth

in the sight of all those who see you.

19 (Eze 26:21) All those who know you among the people

are astonished at you;

you are a terror,

and you shall cease to be forever.



[11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[12] Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto

him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and

perfect in beauty.

[13] Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy

covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the

jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the

workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day

that thou wast created.

[14] Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so:

thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in

the midst of the stones of fire.

[15] Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,

till iniquity was found in thee.

[16] By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee

with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane

out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub,

from the midst of the stones of fire.

[17] Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted

thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I

will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

[18] Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities,

by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from

the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon

the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

[19] All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee:

thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.



A Prophecy Against Sidon



20 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

21 (Eze 6:2; Ge 10:15) Son of man, set your face toward Sidon

and prophesy against her

22 (Eze 39:13; Ex 14:4) and say, Thus says the Lord God:

I am against you, O Sidon;

and I will be glorified in your midst;

and they shall know that I am the Lord,

when I execute judgments in her

and display My holiness in her.

23 (Eze 38:22) For I will send pestilence into her,

and blood into her streets;

and the wounded shall fall in her midst

by the sword upon her on every side;

and they shall know that I am the Lord.

24 (Nu 33:55; Jos 23:13) There shall be no more a pricking brier

to the house of Israel, nor any painful thorn among all

who are around them, who despised them. Then they shall know that

I am the Lord God.



[20] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[21] Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,

[22] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon;

and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am

the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be

sanctified in her.

[23] For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and

the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on

every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

[24] And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel,

nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them;

and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.



The Future Blessing for Israel



25 (Ps 106:47; Jer 23:8) Thus says the Lord God: When I gather

the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered

and display My holiness in them in the sight of the nations,

then they shall dwell in their land that I have given to My servant Jacob.

26 (Eze 28:22; 28:24) They shall dwell safely in it and shall build houses

and plant vineyards and 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.



[25] Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel

from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in

them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I

have given to my servant Jacob.

[26] And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant

vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed

judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall

know that I am the LORD their God.



Ezekiel 29:1-16



A Prophecy Against Egypt



1 (Eze 26:1; 29:17) In the tenth year, in the tenth month,

on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 6:2; Jer 44:30) Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt

and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

3 (Isa 27:1; Eze 32:2) Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers,

which has said, "My Nile is my own,

and I myself have made it."

4 (2Ki 19:28; Eze 38:4) But I will put hooks in your jaws,

and will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales,

and will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,

and all the fish of your rivers shall stick to your scales.

5 (Jer 7:33; 8:2) I will abandon you to the wilderness,

you and all the fish of your rivers;

you shall fall upon the open field;

you shall not be brought together or gathered.

I have given you for food

to the beasts of the field and to the fowl of the heavens.

6 (2Ki 18:21; Isa 36:6) All the inhabitants of Egypt shall know

that I am the Lord, because they have been

a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

7 (Eze 17:15-17) When they took hold of you by your hand,

you broke and tore all their hands. And when they leaned upon you,

you broke and made all their legs shake.

8 (Eze 14:17) Therefore thus says the Lord God: I will bring a sword

upon you, and cut off man and beast out of you.

9 (Eze 29:3; Pr 16:18) The land of Egypt shall become a desolation

and waste. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

Because you said, "The Nile is mine, and I have made it,"

10 (Eze 30:12) therefore, I am against you and against your rivers,

and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation,

from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.

11 (Eze 32:13; Jer 43:11-12) No foot of man shall pass through it,

nor foot of beast pass through it, nor shall it be inhabited for forty years.

12 (Jer 46:19; Eze 30:7) Thus I will make the land of Egypt desolate

in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities

among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate for forty years.

And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations

and will disperse them among the countries.

13 (Isa 19:22; Jer 46:26) For thus says the Lord God:

At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples

wherever they were scattered.

14 (Eze 30:14; Isa 11:11) And I will turn the fortunes of Egypt

and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros,

into the land of their origin, and there they shall be a debased kingdom.

15 (Eze 30:13; Zec 10:11) It shall be the basest of the kingdoms,

and it shall exalt itself no more above the nations. For I will diminish them

so that they shall rule over the nations no more.

16 (Hos 8:13; Isa 20:5) It shall be the confidence of the house of Israel

no more, bringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned to Egypt.

But they shall know that I am the Lord God.



[1] In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month,

the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy

against him, and against all Egypt:

[3] Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee,

Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his

rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for

myself.

[4] But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy

rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst

of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

[5] And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish

of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be

brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of

the field and to the fowls of the heaven.

[6] And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because

they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

[7] When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all

their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all

their loins to be at a stand.

[8] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon

thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

[9] And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know

that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made

it.

[10] Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will

make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene

even unto the border of Ethiopia.

[11] No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass

through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

[12] And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the

countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid

waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among

the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

[13] Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather

the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered:

[14] And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to

return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they

shall be there a base kingdom.

[15] It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself

any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no

more rule over the nations.

[16] And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which

bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but

they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.



Babylonia to Plunder Egypt



17 (Eze 29:1) In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month,

on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

18 (Jer 27:6; 25:9) Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon

caused his army to labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald,

and every shoulder was peeled. Yet he and his army had no wages from Tyre

for the labor that he had done against it.

19 (Jer 43:10-13; Eze 30:24-25) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

And he shall carry off her wealth and take her spoil and take her prey.

And it shall be wages for his army.

20 (Isa 10:6-7; Jer 25:9) I have given him the land of Egypt

for his labor with which he labored against it, because they acted for Me,

says the Lord God.

21 (Ps 132:17; Eze 24:27) On that day I will cause the horn of the house

of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth in their midst.

Then they shall know that I am the Lord.



[17] And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first

month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me,

saying,

[18] Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a

great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder

was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service

that he had served against it:

[19] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of

Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude,

and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his

army.

[20] I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served

against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.

[21] In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth,

and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they

shall know that I am the LORD.



Ezekiel 30:1-19

1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying:

2 (Isa 13:6; 15:2) Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord God:

Howl,

"Woe to the day!"

3 (Eze 7:7; 7:12) For the day is near,

even the day of the Lord is near,

a cloudy day,

it shall be the time of doom for the nations.

4 (Eze 29:19; 29:8) The sword shall come upon Egypt,

and great pain shall be in Ethiopia,

when the slain fall in Egypt,

they take away her wealth,

and her foundations are broken down.

5 (Jer 25:20; Eze 27:10) Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, all Arabia,

Kub, and the men of the land that is in league shall fall with them

by the sword.

6 (Eze 29:10; Isa 20:3-6) Thus says the Lord:

Indeed, those who uphold Egypt shall fall,

and the pride of her power shall come down.

From Migdol to Syene

they shall fall in her by the sword,

says the Lord God.

7 (Eze 29:12; Jer 25:18-26) They shall be desolate

in the midst of the countries that are desolate,

and her cities shall be

in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

8 (Eze 29:6; Ps 58:11) They shall know that I am the Lord

when I have set a fire in Egypt

and when all her helpers are destroyed.

9 (Isa 18:1-2; 23:5) In that day messengers shall go forth from Me

in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall

come upon them as in the day of Egypt. For it is coming!

10 (Eze 29:19) Thus says the Lord God:

I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease

by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

11 (Eze 28:7) He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations,

shall be brought to destroy the land;

and they shall draw their swords against Egypt,

and fill the land with the slain.

12 (Eze 29:3) I will make the rivers dry,

and sell the land into the hand of the wicked;

and I will make the land waste and all that is in it,

by the hand of strangers.

I, the Lord, have spoken.

13 (Zec 10:11; Jer 2:16) Thus says the Lord God:

I will also destroy the idols,

and I will cause their images to cease from Memphis;

and no more shall there be a prince of the land of Egypt.

And I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

14 (Jer 46:25; Eze 29:14) I will make Pathros desolate,

and will set fire in Zoan,

and will execute judgments in Thebes.

15 I will pour out My fury upon Pelusium,

the strength of Egypt;

and I will cut off the multitude of Thebes.

16 I will set fire in Egypt;

Pelusium shall have great pain,

and Thebes shall be rent asunder,

and Memphis shall have distresses daily.

17 (Ge 41:45) The young men of Heliopolis and of Bubastis

shall fall by the sword,

and the women shall go into captivity.

18 (Eze 30:3; Isa 10:27) In Tahpanhes also the day shall be darkened,

when I break there the yokes of Egypt.

And the pomp of her strength shall cease in her;

as for her, a cloud shall cover her,

and her daughters shall go into captivity.

19 (Eze 30:14; Ps 9:16) Thus I will execute judgments in Egypt,

and they shall know that I am the Lord.



[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe

worth the day

[3] For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it

shall be the time of the heathen.

[4] And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in

Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her

multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

[5] Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub,

and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

[6] Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the

pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall

in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

[7] And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are

desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are

wasted.

[8] And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt,

and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

[9] In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the

careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the

day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.

[10] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to

cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

[11] He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be

brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt,

and fill the land with the slain.

[12] And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the

wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand

of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.

[13] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will

cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince

of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

[14] And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will

execute judgments in No.

[15] And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut

off the multitude of No.

[16] And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall

be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.

[17] The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and

these cities shall go into captivity.

[18] At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there

the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for

her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

[19] Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am

the LORD.



A Prophecy Against Pharaoh



20 (Eze 26:1; 29:17) In the eleventh year, in the first month,

on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

21 (Jer 30:13; 46:11) Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king

of Egypt. And it has not been bound up to be healed or wrapped with

a bandage to make it strong to hold the sword.

22 (2Ki 24:7; Ps 37:17) Therefore thus says the Lord God: I am against

Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong

and the broken. And I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

23 (Eze 30:17-18; 30:26) I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations

and disperse them among the countries.

24 (Eze 30:25; Zep 2:12) For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon

and put My sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh so that

he groans before him with the groanings of a wounded man.

25 So I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms

of Pharaoh shall fall down. Then 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 upon the land of Egypt.

26 (Eze 29:12) When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations

and disperse them among the countries, then they shall know

that I am the Lord.



[20] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the

seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[21] Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it

shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it

strong to hold the sword.

[22] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of

Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I

will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

[23] And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse

them through the countries.

[24] And 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 shall groan before him

with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

[25] But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of

Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I

shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall

stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

[26] And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them

among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.



Ezekiel 31



Pharaoh to Be Slain



1 (Eze 30:20; Jer 52:5-6) In the eleventh year, in the third month,

on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Eze 29:19; 30:10) Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt,

and to his multitude:

Whom are you like in your greatness?

3 (Isa 10:33-34; Da 4:10) Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon,

with fair branches and shade for a forest,

and high stature;

and its top was among the clouds.

4 (Eze 17:5; 17:8) The waters made it great;

the deep set it up on high.

With its rivers it continually ran

all around its plants,

and sent out its little rivers

to all the trees of the field.

5 (Da 4:11; Eze 17:5) Therefore its height was exalted

above all the trees of the field,

and its boughs were multiplied,

and its branches became long

because of the abundance of water, as it spread them out.

6 (Eze 17:23; Da 4:12) All the fowl of heaven

made their nests in its boughs;

and under its branches

all the beasts of the field gave birth;

and under its shadow

all great nations lived.

7 Thus it was fair in its greatness,

in the length of its branches,

for its roots were

by many waters.

8 (Eze 28:13; Ge 13:10) The cedars in the garden of God

could not match it;

the fir trees

were not like its boughs,

and the chestnut trees

were not like its branches;

nor was any tree in the garden of God

like it in its beauty.

9 (Ge 13:10; Isa 51:3) I made it beautiful with an abundance of branches,

so that all the trees of Eden envied it,

that were in the garden of God.

10 (Eze 28:17; Da 5:20) Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because

it is lifted up in height and has shot up its top among the clouds,

and its heart is arrogant in its height,

11 (Dt 18:12; Eze 32:11-12) I therefore will deliver it into the hand

of the mighty one of the nations. He shall surely deal with it.

I have driven it out for its wickedness.

12 (Eze 28:7; 35:8; 30:11) Aliens, the tyrants of the nations have

cut it off and left it. Upon the mountains and in all the valleys

its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken

by all the rivers of the land. And all the peoples of the earth

have gone down from its shadow and have left it.

13 (Eze 32:4; Isa 18:6) Upon its ruin all the fowl of the heavens

shall remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be

upon its fallen branches

14 (Ps 82:7; Eze 26:20) to the end that none of all the trees

by the waters exalt themselves for their height,

or shoot up their tops among the clouds, or their well-watered trees stand up

in their height. For they all have been delivered to death, to the nether

parts of the earth in the midst of the sons of men, with those who go down

to the pit.

15 Thus says the Lord God: On the day when it went down to Sheol

I caused mourning. I covered the deep over it and restrained its rivers,

and its many waters were stayed. And I caused Lebanon to mourn for it,

and all the trees of the field fainted for it.

16 (Isa 14:15; 14:8; Eze 26:15) I made the nations to shake at the sound

of its fall when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit.

And all the well-watered trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon,

were comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

17 (Ps 9:17; Eze 31:6) They also went down into Sheol with it to those

who were slain with the sword. And those who were its power lived

under its shadow in the midst of the nations.

18 (Eze 32:19; 32:21; 28:10) To whom are you thus like in glory

and in greatness among the trees of Eden? Yet you shall be brought down

with the trees of Eden to the nether parts of the earth. You shall lie

in the midst of the uncircumcised with those who were slain by the sword.

This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord God.



[1] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the

first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude;

Whom art thou like in thy greatness?

[3] Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and

with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature;

and his top was among the thick boughs.

[4] The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers

running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the

trees of the field.

[5] Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and

his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the

multitude of waters, when he shot forth.

[6] All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his

branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under

his shadow dwelt all great nations.

[7] Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for

his root was by great waters.

[8] The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were

not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor

any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

[9] I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the

trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.

[10] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself

in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his

heart is lifted up in his height;

[11] I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the

heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his

wickedness.

[12] And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have

left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are

fallen,

and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people

of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

[13] Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the

beasts of the field shall be upon his branches:

[14] To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves

for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither

their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all

delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the

children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I

caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods

thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for

him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

[16] I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him

down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden,

the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in

the nether parts of the earth.

[17] They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the

sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst

of the heathen.

[18] To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of

Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether

parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with

them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,

saith the Lord GOD.



2) Our Daily Bread for 2 September 2026 Titled

The Ultimate Snapshot by Kenneth Petersen



2 Corinthians 4:7-18



2 Corinthians 4



Treasure in Earthen Vessels



4 (2Co 4:6; Jn 12:31; Heb 1:3) The god of this world has blinded

the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious

gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

5 (1Co 1:23; 2Co 1:24) For we do not preach ourselves,

but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants

for Jesus' sake.

6 (Ge 1:3; 2Pe 1:19) For God, who commanded the light to shine

out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light

of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7 (2Co 5:1; La 4:2) But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

the excellency of the power being from God and not from ourselves.

8 (2Co 7:5) We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;

we are perplexed, but not in despair;

9 (Heb 13:5) persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

10 (Ro 6:5; 2Co 1:5) and always carrying around in the body the death

of the Lord Jesus, that also the life of Jesus might be expressed

in our bodies.

11 (Ro 8:36) For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake,

that also the life of Jesus might be manifested in our mortal flesh.

12 (2Co 13:9) So then, death works in us, but life in you.

13 (Ps 116:10; 1Co 12:9) We have the same spirit of faith.

As it is written, "I believed, and therefore I have spoken."

(Ps 116:10, LXX (Septuagint).) So we also believe and therefore speak,

14 (1Th 4:14; Eph 5:27) knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus

will also raise us through Jesus and will present us with you.

15 (2Co 1:11; Ro 8:28) All these things are for your sakes,

so that the abundant grace through the thanksgiving

of many might overflow to the glory of God.



[4] In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which

believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the

image of God, should shine unto them.

[5] For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves

your servants for Jesus' sake.

[6] For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined

in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the

face of Jesus Christ.

[7] But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the

power may be of God, and not of us.

[8] We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but

not in despair;

[9] Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

[10] Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the

life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

[11] For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that

the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

[12] So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

[13] We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I

believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;

[14] Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also

by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

[15] For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might

through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.



Living by Faith



16 (Ro 7:22; Isa 40:31) For this reason we do not lose heart:

Even though our outward man is perishing, yet our inward man

is being renewed day by day.

17 (Ro 8:18; 1Pe 5:10) Our light affliction, which lasts

but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding

and eternal weight of glory,

18 (Heb 11:1; 2Co 5:7) while we do not look at the things

which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.

For the things which are seen are temporal,

but the things which are not seen are eternal.



[16] For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet

the inward man is renewed day by day.

[17] For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a

far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

[18] While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which

are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things

which are not seen are eternal.



Before our trip to Switzerland, my mental snapshot was of snowy Alps, goats

grazing, and mountain farmers blowing alpine horns. However, as we drove south

from Zurich, the landscape was the same drab tangle of highways we saw in any

city. When we got close to our lodging, we had to drive up a precarious

one-lane dirt road. At our rental place, we hauled our suitcases up steep

stone stairways. Exhausted and disappointed, we finally made our way onto the

patio. And there, opening up before us, stretched an extraordinary vista: the

Alps rising up majestically over the blue expanse of Lake Lucerne, with small

towns glittering like fireflies below us. The ordeal was worth it.



I recalled the verse, "Therefore we do not lose heart" (2 Corinthians 4:16).

The apostle Paul writes of his own struggles: "We are hard pressed on every

side, but . . . not in despair" (v. . He reveals his positive outlook:

"Our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that

far outweighs them all" (v. 17). He advises us to "fix our eyes . . .

on what is unseen" (v. 18), to hope for that eternal landscape.



Sometimes our journey is drab and difficult. But in Christ, we're assured that

we'll witness the ultimate snapshot. The ordeal will be worth it: His eternal

glory far surpasses anything we can imagine.



Reflect & Pray



What are the difficult roads in your life these days?

What does "eternal glory" mean to you?



Loving God, I need encouragement through this tough journey.

I pray for assurance of Your eternal glory.



For further study, read Paul's Pain and His Passion: 2 Corinthians 5



3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 4 - Daddy!



Romans 8:15



'For you have not received the spirit of slavery again to fear. But you have

received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father." '



15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have

received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.



"I've always been a Daddy's girl," Sandi said proudly, and her relationship

with her father proved it. She was never spoiled, but even as a grown woman,

Sandi maintained a closeness with her father, sharing intimately with him the

important issues of her life. And just her use of the name "Daddy" indicated

that he was, indeed a warm, approachable, affectionate man.

Many people are not so fortunate. Some fathers are stern and harsh;

others absent or uncaring, some even abusive. Few have the king of father

who presents a picture of the loving fatherhood of God.

But whatever our concept of fatherhood, God makes clear that he is everything

we always wanted our fathers to be - loving, forgiving, approachable,

totally accepting of us as we are, encouraging us to become all he has

created us to be.

In Romans 8, Paul calls God our "Abba Father". The Aramaic word for Father,

Abba, is an intimate term that might well be translated, Daddy.

God is our "Daddy," our "Abba" - not a distant, stern patriarch ready

to strike us down at the first sign of transgression, but a gentle,

loving Father who longs for us to climb into his lap and let him comfort us.

When we commit ourselves to Christ, Paul indicates, we do not receive a

"spirit of bondage to fear" but a "spirit of adoption." We are not called

to respond to God out of fear, but out of love and reverence.

We can relax and enjoy his presence, for we are his children,

and he is our loving Daddy.



Application



a) What concept of fatherhood do I have from my own experience with my father?

How does that correspond to Paul's description of God as "Daddy"?



b) How can this verse help change my perception of what it means to have

God as my Father?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Hebr 11:6



6 (1Ch 28:9; Jer 29:13-14) And without faith it is impossible to please God,

for he who comes to God must believe that He exists

and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.



6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh

to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them

that diligently seek him.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



When you are Burdened by Doubt



Matt 7:7-11



Ask, Seek, Knock



Lk 11:9-13



7(Mt 21:22; Mk 11:24) "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;

knock and it will be opened to you.

8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds,

and to him who knocks, it will be opened.

9 "What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread,

will give him a stone?

10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a snake?

11 (Ge 6:5; 8:21) If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts

to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give

good things to those who ask Him!



7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,

and it shall be opened unto you:

8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;

and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread,

will he give him a stone?

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children,

how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things

to them that ask him?



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)



Nova Scotia



Total population 942700

Muslim population (est.) 14629



With 6 of the Nova Scotia's 10 universities located in Halifax, there is

a high concentration of Muslin international students in the area,

a harvest field in itself.

Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



Halifax is the centre of Muslim activity for the Province of Nova Scotia

with at least 10 Islamic centres (mosques) and musallas

(prayer locations, especially for Friday prayer). And there are other mosques

in Chebucto, Kearney Lake, Dartmouth, Bedford and Truro.



Though the original community of Muslims was primarily composed of

newcomers from Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India, continued immigration

has further diversified this community. Anf it is said thay Arabic

is the second most spoken language in Halifax.



while conservative estimates place the number of Muslims at almost 15000

in 2014, the Imama of a primary Halifax mosque estimates their population

somewhere between 25000 to 30000.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."



Peter's Speech at Pentecost



14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.



Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."



Ideas for prayer



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -



Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity



(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...)



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



2nd Day of the Month



a) Pray for the Church to make the Gospel accessible to all Canadians (

Rom 10:14-15 -

14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not

believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?

And how shall they hear without a preacher?

15 I And how shall they preach

unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of

those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring good news of good

things!"



[14] How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how

shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they

hear without a preacher?

[15] And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How

beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring

glad tidings of good things!



)



b) Pray that Christian Leaders would seek God's heart for vision,wisdom

and direction. (

Jer 33:3

- Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you

great and mighty things which you do not know.



3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee

great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray for repentence in your nation.



Pray to the Lord: "Loving God, I need encouragement through this tough

journey. I pray for assurance of Your eternal glory. "



Pray to the Lord and pray to know Jesus as loving Father.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be faithful in seeking Him diligently.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be persistent in prayer.



Pray for Nova Scotia and her Muslim populations



- in and around Halifax and other cities



- on university campuses



- for new workers among Muslims



- for pastors and churches to be bold in vision, passion and outreach

to Muslims in their areas.



- for Muslims who are searching for a better way to find a Christian friend

to share Jesus with and disciple them



- for Muslim-background believers to be both wise and bold in sharing their

new faith in Jesus with other Muslims



Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



Pray for the Church to make the Gospel accessible to all Canadians



Pray that Christian Leaders would seek God's heart for vision,wisdom

and direction.



Pray for the protection of Christians who share the Gospel in regions of

conflict in



Isreal.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

Day 243, 31 August 2026



1) Jeremiah 51, Jeremiah 52



Jeremiah 51



The Destruction of Babylon



1 (Jer 4:11-12; Hos 13:15) Thus says the Lord:

I will raise up against Babylon,

and against those who dwell in Leb Kamai,

the spirit of a destroyer.

2 (Jer 15:7; Mt 3:12) And I will send foreigners to Babylon

that they may winnow her and empty her land.

For in the day of trouble

they will be against her all around.

3 (Jer 46:4; 50:14) Let not him who bends his bow bend it,

and let him not rise up in his scale-armor,

and do not spare her young men;

utterly destroy all her host.

4 (Jer 49:26; Isa 13:15) Thus the slain will fall

in the land of the Chaldeans,

and those who are thrust through in her streets.

5 (Hos 4:1; Jer 33:24-26) For Israel has not been forsaken, nor Judah,

by his God, the Lord of Hosts,

though their land was filled with sin

against the Holy One of Israel.

6 (Jer 50:8; 50:15; 50:28) Flee out of the midst of Babylon,

and each of you deliver his soul!

Do not be cut off in her punishment,

for this is the time of the vengeance of the Lord;

He will render to her a recompense.

7 (Rev 14:8; 17:4; 17:2) Babylon has been a golden cup

in the hand of the Lord,

that made all the earth drunk.

The nations have drunk of her wine;

therefore the nations are mad.

8 (Isa 21:9; Jer 46:11) Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed.

Howl for her.

Take balm for her pain;

perhaps she may be healed.

9 (Isa 13:14; Jer 50:16) We applied healing to Babylon,

but she is not healed.

Forsake her, and let us each go into his own country;

for her judgment reaches to heaven

and is lifted up even to the skies.

10 (Jer 50:28; Ps 37:6) The Lord has brought forth our righteousness.

Come, and let us declare in Zion

the work of the Lord our God.

11 (Jer 46:4; 50:45) Sharpen the arrows.

Gather the shields.

The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.

For His device is against Babylon, to destroy it;

because it is the vengeance of the Lord,

the vengeance of His temple.

12 (Isa 13:2; Jer 51:11) Set up the standard against the walls of Babylon,

make the watch strong,

set up the watchmen,

prepare the ambushes.

For the Lord has both devised and done

that which He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon.

13 (Rev 17:1; Isa 45:3) O you who dwell by many waters,

abundant in treasures,

your end has come,

and the measure of your end.

14 (Jer 49:13; 50:15) The Lord of Hosts has sworn by Himself,

saying: Surely I will fill you with men, as with locusts,

and they will lift up shouts of victory against you.



[1] Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and

against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a

destroying wind;

[2] And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty

her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.

[3] Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him

that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men;

destroy ye utterly all her host.

[4] Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that

are thrust through in her streets.

[5] For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of

hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.

[6] Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not

cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he

will render unto her a recompence.

[7] Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the

earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations

are mad.

[8] Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for

her pain, if so she may be healed.

[9] We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and

let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto

heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.

[10] The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare

in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

[11] Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the

spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to

destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his

temple.

[12] Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong,

set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised

and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.

[13] O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end

is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

[14] The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill

thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against

thee.



15 (Job 9:8; Jer 10:12-16) He has made the earth by His power;

He has established the world by His wisdom,

and has stretched out the heaven by His understanding.

16 (Ps 135:7; 18:13; Jnh 1:4) When He utters His voice,

there is a multitude of waters in the heavens,

and He causes the clouds to ascend from the remote parts of the earth;

He makes lightning with rain,

and brings out the wind from His storehouses.

17 (Jer 10:14; Hab 2:18-19) Every man is ignorant by His knowledge;

every founder is humiliated by the graven image,

for his molded image is falsehood,

and there is no breath in them.

18 They are vanity, the work of errors;

in the time of their punishment they will perish.

19 (Jer 10:16; Ps 73:26) The portion of Jacob is not like them,

for He is the former of all things,

and Israel is the rod of His inheritance.

The Lord of Hosts is His name.

20 (Isa 10:5; 41:15-16) He says: You are My battle-ax

and weapon of war:

for with you I will break in pieces the nations,

and with you I will destroy kingdoms;

21 (Ex 15:1) and with you I will break in pieces the horse and his rider;

and with you I will break in pieces the chariot and his rider.

22 (2Ch 36:17; Isa 13:18) With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;

and with you I will break in pieces old and young;

and with you I will break in pieces the young man and the young woman.

23 I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock;

and with you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;

and with you I will break in pieces captains and rulers.

24 (Jer 50:15) I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea

all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the Lord.

25 (Rev 8:8; Zec 4:7; Isa 13:2) I am against you, O destroying mountain,

says the Lord,

who destroys all the earth.

And I will stretch out My hand against you,

and roll you down from the rocks,

and will make you a burned mountain.

26 (Isa 13:19-22; Jer 50:12-13) They will not take of you

a stone for a corner,

or a stone for foundations,

but you will be desolate forever,

says the Lord.

27 (Ge 8:4; 10:3) Set up a standard in the land,

blow the trumpet among the nations,

prepare the nations against her,

call together against her the kingdoms

of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;

appoint a captain against her.

Cause the horses to come up as the rough locusts.

28 (Jer 51:11) Prepare against her the nations,

the kings of the Medes,

the captains, and all the rulers,

and every land of their dominion.

29 (Jer 8:16; 51:43) So the land trembles and sorrows,

for the purposes of the Lord will be performed against Babylon,

to make the land of Babylon a desolation

without an inhabitant.

30 (Na 3:13; La 2:9; Isa 13:7-8) The mighty men of Babylon

have ceased fighting;

they have remained in their strongholds.

Their might has failed;

they became as women.

They have burned her dwelling places;

the bars of her gates are broken.

31 (2Sa 18:19-31; 2Ch 30:6) One courier will run to meet another,

and one messenger to meet another,

to show the king of Babylon

that his city has been captured from end to end,

32 and the passages have been seized,

and they have burned the reeds with fire,

and the men of war are terrified.

33 (Isa 21:10; Hos 6:11) For thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel:

The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor,

it is time to thresh her;

yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come.

34 (Jer 50:17; 51:44) "Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon

has devoured me and crushed me;

he has made me an empty vessel.

He has swallowed me up like a dragon;

he has filled his belly with my delicacies,

he has cast me out.

35 May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,"

the inhabitant of Zion will say;

and, "May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea,"

Jerusalem will say.

36 (Jer 50:38; Ps 140:12) Therefore thus says the Lord:

I will plead your cause,

and take vengeance for you.

And I will dry up her sea,

and make her springs dry.

37 (Rev 18:2; Jer 18:16) Babylon will become heaps,

a dwelling place for jackals,

an astonishment, and a hissing,

without an inhabitant.

38 (Jer 2:15) They will roar together like young lions;

they will growl as lions' whelps.

39 (Jer 51:57; 25:27) When they become heated up,

I will make their feasts,

and I will make them drunk,

that they may rejoice,

and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake,

says the Lord.

40 (Jer 50:27) I will bring them down

like lambs to the slaughter,

like rams with male goats.

41 (Jer 25:26; Isa 13:19) How Sheshak has been captured!

And how the praise of the whole earth has been seized!

How Babylon has become an astonishment

among the nations!

42 (Isa 8:7-8; Da 9:26) The sea has come up over Babylon;

she has been covered with the multitude of the waves.

43 (Isa 13:20; Jer 2:6) Her cities have become a desolation,

a dry land and a wilderness,

a land in which no man dwells,

through which no son of man passes.

44 (Jer 51:34; 51:58) I will punish Bel in Babylon,

and I will bring forth from his mouth what he has swallowed up;

and the nations will not flow together any more to him.

Indeed, the wall of Babylon will fall.

45 (Jer 51:6; Isa 48:20) My people, go out of her midst,

and deliver every man his soul

from the fierce anger of the Lord,

46 (2Ki 19:7; Isa 13:3-5) lest your heart grows faint, and you are afraid

for the report that will be heard in the land-

for the report will come one year, and after that in another year will come

another report,

and violence will be in the land,

ruler against ruler-

47 (Jer 50:2; Isa 46:1-2) therefore the days are coming

when I will punish the graven images of Babylon;

and her whole land will be humiliated,

and all her slain will fall in her midst.

48 (Isa 44:23; Rev 18:20) Then the heaven and the earth,

and all that is in it,

shall sing for joy over Babylon;

for the destroyers will come to her

from the north,

says the Lord.

49 (Jer 50:29; 51:24) As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall,

so at Babylon the slain of all the earth will fall.

50 (Jer 44:28; Dt 4:29-31) You who have escaped the sword,

go away, do not stand still.

Remember the Lord afar off,

and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

51 (La 1:10; Ps 44:13-16) We are humiliated

because we have heard reproach.

Shame has covered our faces,

for strangers have come into

the holy places of the house of the Lord.

52 (Jer 51:47; 50:38) Therefore, surely the days are coming, says the Lord,

when I will punish her graven images,

and the mortally wounded shall groan

through all her land.

53 (Jer 49:16; Ge 11:4) Though Babylon should mount up to heaven,

and though she should fortify the height of her strength,

yet from Me will destroyers come to her,

says the Lord.

54 (Jer 50:22; 48:3-5) A sound of an outcry comes from Babylon,

and great destruction

from the land of the Chaldeans,

55 because the Lord has devastated Babylon,

and destroyed the great voice out of her.

When her waves roar like great waters,

a noise of their voice is uttered.

56 (Ps 46:9; 94:1-2) Because the destroyer is coming against her,

even upon Babylon, and her mighty men will be captured,

every one of their bows are broken.

For the Lord is a God of recompense;

He will completely repay.

57 (Jer 46:18; 25:27) I will make her officials drunk, and her wise men,

her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men;

and they will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake,

says the King whose name is the Lord of Hosts.

58 (Jer 51:64; Hab 2:13) Thus says the Lord of Hosts:

The broad wall of Babylon will be utterly broken,

and her high gates will be burned with fire;

and the peoples will labor in vain,

and the nations become exhausted only for fire.



[15] He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by

his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.

[16] When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the

heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he

maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his

treasures.

[17] Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by

the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath

in them.

[18] They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation

they shall perish.

[19] The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all

things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his

name.

[20] Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break

in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;

[21] And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with

thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;

[22] With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will

I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the

young man and the maid;

[23] I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and

with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and

with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.

[24] And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea

all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

[25] Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which

destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and

roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

[26] And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for

foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

[27] Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations,

prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of

Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the

horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

[28] Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the

captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his

dominion.

[29] And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD

shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation

without an inhabitant.

[30] The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in

their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have

burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

[31] One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another,

to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

[32] And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with

fire, and the men of war are affrighted.

[33] For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of

Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little

while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

[34] Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed

me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon,

he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

[35] The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the

inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall

Jerusalem say.

[36] Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take

vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

[37] And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an

astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

[38] They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lion's whelps.

[39] In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken,

that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the

LORD.

[40] I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he

goats.

[41] How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth

surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

[42] The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of

the waves thereof.

[43] Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land

wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.

[44] And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his

mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow

together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

[45] My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his

soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

[46] And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be

heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in

another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against

ruler.

[47] Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the

graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all

her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

[48] Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for

Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the

LORD.

[49] As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall

fall the slain of all the earth.

[50] Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the

LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

[51] We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered

our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house.

[52] Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do

judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall

groan.

[53] Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify

the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith

the LORD.

[54] A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the

land of the Chaldeans:

[55] Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the

great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their

voice is uttered:

[56] Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty

men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of

recompences shall surely requite.

[57] And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and

her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and

not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.

[58] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be

utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people

shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.



59 (Jer 32:12; 36:4) The word which Jeremiah the prophet

commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah,

when he went with Zed­ekiah the king of Judah into Babylon

in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was a quartermaster.

60 (Isa 30:8; Jer 30:2-3) So Jeremiah wrote in a single scroll

all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words

that are written against Babylon.

61 Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "When you come to Babylon, then see

that you read aloud all these words,

62 (Jer 50:3; 50:13) and say, 'O Lord, You have spoken against

this place to cut it off, that no one will remain in it,

neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever.'

63 (Jer 19:10-11; Rev 18:21) It will be that when you have made

an end of reading this scroll that you will bind a stone to it,

and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates,

64 (Jer 51:58; Job 31:40) and say, 'Thus Babylon will sink

and not rise from the disaster that I will bring upon her,

and they will become weary.' "

Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.



[59] The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of

Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah

into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet

prince.

[60] So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon,

even all these words that are written against Babylon.

[61] And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt

see, and shalt read all these words;

[62] Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to

cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it

shall be desolate for ever.

[63] And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that

thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:

[64] And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from

the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are

the words of Jeremiah.



Jeremiah 52

The Fall of Jerusalem Reviewed

2Ki 24:18-20; 25:1-21; 2Ch 36:11-20; Jer 39:1-10



1 (2Ki 24:18; Jos 10:29) Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to reign,

and he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name

was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

2 (1Ki 14:22) He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all

that Jehoiakim had done.

3 (2Ch 36:13; Isa 3:4-5) Through the anger of the Lord this came to pass in

Jerusalem and Judah until He had cast them out from His presence.

Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.



Jeremiah 52

[1] Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he

reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the

daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

[2] And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all

that Jehoiakim had done.

[3] For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and

Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled

against the king of Babylon.



4 (Jer 39:1; Eze 24:1-2) In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,

in the tenth day of the month, Neb­uchadnezzar king of Babylon came,

he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it;

they built a siege wall all around it.

5 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.



[4] And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,

in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he

and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts

against it round about.

[5] So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.



6 (Isa 3:1; 2Ki 25:3) In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month,

the famine was so severe in the city that there was no bread for the people

of the land.

7 (2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4-7) Then the city was breached, and all the men of war

fled and went out of the city by night by way of the gate between

the two walls, which was by the king's garden, though the Chaldeans

were all around the city, and they went by way of the Arabah.

8 (Jer 21:7; 32:4) But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king

and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho,

and all his army was scattered from him.

9 (Nu 13:21; Jer 39:5) Then they took the king and carried him up

to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath

where he passed sentence on him.

10 (Jer 22:30; 2Ki 25:7) The king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah

before his eyes; he also slew all the officials of Judah in Riblah.

11 (Eze 12:13) Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and the king of Babylon

bound him in chains and carried him to Babylon and put him in prison

until the day of his death.



[6] And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was

sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

[7] Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth

out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which

was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:)

and they went by the way of the plain.

[8] But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook

Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

[9] Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to

Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.

[10] And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he

slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.

[11] Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him

in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of

his death.



The Temple Burned



12 (2Ki 25:8; Jer 39:9; 52:29) Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day

of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,

Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard who served the king of Babylon came into

Jerusalem,

13 (2Ch 36:19; Ps 79:1) and burned the house of the Lord,

and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem.

Even all the large houses, he burned with fire.

14 (Ne 1:3; 2Ki 25:10) And all the army of the Chaldeans who were

with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls of Jerusalem

all around.

15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive

some of the poorest of the people, and the rest of the people

who remained in the city, and those who fell away, who fell

to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

16 (2Ki 25:12) But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left

some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

17 (Jer 27:19-22; 2Ch 4:12-15) Also the pillars of bronze

that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands,

and the bronze sea that was in the house of the Lord,

the Chaldeans broke and carried all their bronze to Babylon.

18 (Ex 27:3; Nu 4:14) The cauldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers,

and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with

which they ministered, they took away.

19 (1Ki 7:49-50) The captain of the guard also took away the basins,

and the fire pans, and the bowls, and the cauldrons, and the lampstands,

and the spoons, and the cups, what was of fine gold,

and what was of fine silver.

20 (1Ki 7:47; 2Ki 25:16) The two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls

that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made

in the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight.

21 (2Ki 25:17) Concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar

was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference a

nd in thickness it was four fingers,

[About 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference,

or 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference.]

and hollow.

22 A capital of bronze was upon it, and the height of one capital was five

cubits, [About 7 1/2 feet, or 2.3 meters.] with network and pomegranates

upon the capital all around, all of bronze. The second pillar also

and the pomegranates were like these.

23 (1Ki 7:20) There were 96 pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates

were a hundred upon the network all around.



The Babylonian Exile



24 (2Ki 25:18; 1Ch 6:14; Jer 21:1) The captain of the guard took Seraiah

the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest,

and the three officers of the temple.

25 (Est 1:14; 2Ki 25:19) He also took out of the city one official

who had charge of the men of war, and seven men of the advisers

of the king who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander

of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men

of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city.

26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them

and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

27 (Isa 6:11-12; 27:10) The king of Babylon struck them

and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath.

Thus Judah was carried away captive out of its own land.



[12] Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the

nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan,

captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

[13] And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the

houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

[14] And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the

guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

[15] Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain

of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in

the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and

the rest of the multitude.

[16] But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of

the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

[17] Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the

bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans

brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

[18] The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls,

and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took

they away.

[19] And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and

the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in

gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard

away.

[20] The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the

bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of

all these vessels was without weight.

[21] And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen

cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness

thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

[22] And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was

five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about,

all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto

these.

[23] And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the

pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.

[24] And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and

Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

[25] He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men

of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were

found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the

people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were

found in the midst of the city.

[26] So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought

them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.

[27] And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in

the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own

land.



28 (2Ki 24:2-3; 24:12-16) These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar

carried away captive:

in the seventh year three thousand and twenty-three Jews.

29 (Jer 52:12) In the eighteenth year of Nebuchad­nezzar

he carried away captive from ­Jerusalem 832 persons.

30 In the 23rd year of Nebuchadnezzar,

Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive

of the Jews 745.

All the persons were 4600 .



[28] This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the

seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:

[29] In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from

Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:

[30] In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the

captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty

and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.



Jehoiachin Released



2Ki 25:27-30

31 (Ge 40:13; 40:20) In the 37th year of the captivity of Jehoiachin,

king of Judah, in the 12th month, on the 25th day of the month,

Awel-Marduk, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign lifted up

the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison,

32 and spoke kindly to him, and set his throne

above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

33 (2Sa 9:7; Ge 41:14) Therefore Jehoiachin changed his prison garments

and continually ate meals before him all the days of his life.

34 (2Sa 9:10) For his allowance, there was a continual allowance

given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion all the days

of his life until the day of his death.



[31] And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of

Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth

day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of

his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him

forth out of prison,

[32] And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the

kings that were with him in Babylon,

[33] And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread

before him all the days of his life.

[34] And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of

Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his

life.



2) Our Daily Bread for 31 August 2025 titled Christ in Me

by Jennifer Benson Schuldt



Galatians 2:19-21



19 (Ro 7:4; 6:2) For through the law I am dead to the law,

that I might live for God.

20 (Ro 8:37; Gal 1:4) I have been crucified with Christ.

It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.

And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God,

Or by the faith of the Son of God. who loved me and gave Himself for me.

21 (Gal 3:21; Heb 7:11) I do not nullify the grace of God.

For if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ died in vain.



[19] For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.

[20] I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ

liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith

of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

[21] I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the

law, then Christ is dead in vain.



Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer became famous for his talent at age twenty.

The art critics of his day called him "the greatest mind that ever expressed

itself in line." As his fame spread, influential people tried to hire him with

promises of luxury and ease. Even other acclaimed artists such as Giovanni

Bellini and Raphael revered his work.



In what experts consider to be his best self-portrait, Dürer mingled his

physical characteristics with what he thought Jesus might have looked like. He

painted himself with long, wavy hair, a beard, and eyes that seemed to convey

a sense of divine purpose. While many assumed this was the artist's prideful

opinion of himself, others who knew him believed Dürer wanted to live a life

that would allow people to see Jesus in him.



If we truly know Christ, this is our desire as well. Believing in Him and

accepting His death and resurrection as the basis for our relationship with

God means we should now live for Jesus - not for ourselves (Galatians 2:19).

We live for Him, and He lives in us and works through us. The apostle Paul

said this about his spiritual transformation: "I no longer live, but Christ

lives in me" (v. 20). May the glory of Christ shine through our lives today

so that the world sees Him in us.



Reflect & Pray



How do you feel when you sense Jesus working through you to make Himself

known? What challenges prevent this from happening at times?



Father in heaven, please help me to stop living

to satisfy my desires. Help me to surrender to Your Spirit so others will see

Christ in me.



3) From The Billy Graham Evangelical Ministry Association



Words in Season - Scripture Memory Tools



Week 3 - Saved Now and Forever - Day 2 - The Right of Family



John 1:11-12



11 (Jn 3:32) He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him.

12 (Gal 3:26; 1Jn 3:23) Yet to all who received Him, He gave the power

to become sons of God, to those who believed in His name,



11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power

to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:



"Dad, can I ask you something?" Jimmy leaned across the back of his

father's chair. His father lowered the newspaper and reached around,

settling Jimmy on his lap.

"Sure. Son," he answered. "You can ask me anything you want. The answer

might not be Yes, but you always have the right to ask."

For many who have grown up in homes where the father was absent, or when

present, abusive or silent, the scenario of Jimmy and his father may

seem unrealistic. Often we aren't given the right by our parents to ask

what we want, to communicate openly, to express our needs and desires.

But god clearly indicates that no matter what our human families have been

like, in his family there are no barriers to belonging,

to open communications. When we commit our lives to Christ and submit to his

lordship, we have the right to become the sons and daughters of God.

In Christ, we have the right to approach him, to pray, to seek wisdom,

to ask advice, to make requests, to verbalise our needs and desires. We don't

have to be afraid of sounding stupid or being rejected, because in Christ

we belong to him, and he loves us.

The KJV uses the word "power" in verse 12 - "to them gave he power to become

the sons of God." Power implies ability, that we are equipped by the Spirit

to be children of the King. We have the right and we have the power to become

who God has called us to be - his children.



Application



a) Under what circumstances in my life have I felt that I didn't

have the right to express my wishes or feelings?



b) How do today's verses give me confidence in approaching God?



4) Prosperity verses from Kenneth Copeland



Deut 28:11



11 (Dt 28:4; 30:9) The Lord will make you overflow in prosperity,

in the offspring of your body, in the offspring of your livestock,

and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore

to your fathers to give you.



11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body,

and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land

which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



When you are lonely



1 John 4:16b-18



God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

17 (1Jn 2:5; 2:28) In this way God's love is perfected in us,

so that we may have boldness on the Day of Judgment, because as He is,

so are we in this world.

18 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) There is no fear in love,

but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.

Whoever fears is not perfect in love.



God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness

in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:

because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13





9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



New Brunswick



Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543



Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist

church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the

campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."



Peter's Speech at Pentecost



14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.



Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."



Ideas for prayer



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -



Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity



(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that His word does not return void.



Pray to the Lord: "Father in heaven, please help me to stop living

to satisfy my desires. Help me to surrender to Your Spirit so others will see

Christ in me.""



Pray to the Lord and pray to know the power the Lord gives you.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know the Blessings of the Lord in obedience.



Pray to the Lord and pray to know The Lord as love.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



Pray that members of violent anti-missionary groups will be powerfully

transformed by Christ in the

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

Day 239, 27 August 2026



1)Ezekiel 24, Ezekiel 25 , Ezekiel 26, Ezekiel 27



Ezekiel 24:1-14



Ezekiel 24



The Siege of Jerusalem



1 (Eze 8:1; 20:1) And in the ninth year, in the tenth month,

on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (2Ki 25:1; Jer 39:1) Son of man, write the name of the day, this same day.

The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this same day.

3 (Eze 11:3; 17:2) Utter a parable to the rebellious house and say to them,

Thus says the Lord God:

Put on the pot, put it on,

and also pour water into it.

4 (Mic 3:2-3) Gather the pieces into it,

even every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder.

Fill it with the choice bones;

5 (Jer 52:10; 52:24-27) take the choicest of the flock,

and also pile the bones under it;

make it boil well,

also seethe its bones in it.

6 (Eze 22:2; Na 3:1) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Woe to the bloody city,

to the pot whose rust is in it,

and whose rust has not gone out of it!

Take out of it piece by piece

without choosing.

7 (Lev 17:13; Dt 12:16) For her blood is in her midst;

she set it on the bare rock;

she did not pour it on the ground

to cover it with dust.

8 That it may cause fury to come up to take vengeance,

I have set her blood on the bare rock,

that it may not be covered.

9 (Isa 30:33; Eze 24:6) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Woe to the bloody city!

I will also make the pile great.

10 Heap on wood,

kindle the fire;

boil the flesh,

and spice it well,

and let the bones be burned.

11 (Jer 21:10; Mal 4:1) Then set it empty on its coals,

so that it may be hot and its bronze may glow,

and its filthiness may be melted in it,

and its rust may be consumed.

12 (Jer 9:5) She has wearied Me with toil,

and her great rust has not gone from her.

Let her rust be in the fire.

13 (Jer 6:28-30; Eze 5:13) In your filthiness is lewdness.

Because I would have purged you, yet you are not purged,

you shall not be purged from your filthiness anymore until

I have caused My fury to rest on you.

14 (Eze 18:30; Nu 23:19) I the Lord have spoken. It shall come to pass

and I will act. I will not go back, nor will I spare, nor will I be sorry.

According to your ways and according to your deeds, I shall judge you,

says the Lord God.



[1] Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the

month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the

king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

[3] And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus

saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

[4] Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and

the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

[5] Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make

it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein.

[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 up on it.

[7] For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock;

she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

[8] That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her

blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.

[9] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even

make the pile for fire great.

[10] Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well,

and let the bones be burned.

[11] Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be

hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that

the scum of it may be consumed.

[12] She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth

out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.

[13] In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou

wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till

I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

[14] I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I

will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to

thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the

Lord GOD.



The Death of Ezekiel's Wife



15 Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

16 (Jer 13:17; 22:10) Son of man, I am about to take away from you the desire

of your eyes with a stroke. Yet you shall not mourn or weep,

nor shall your tears run down.

17 (Hos 9:4; Lev 10:6) Groan silently. Make no mourning for the dead.

Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet and do not cover

your mustache and do not eat the bread of men.

18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died.

And in the morning I did as I was commanded.

19 (Eze 12:9; 37:18) And the people said to me,

"Will you not tell us what these

things mean forus, that you are behaving this way?"

20 Then I answered them: The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

21 (Eze 23:47; Ps 27:4) Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God:

I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength,

the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul.

And your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall

by the sword.

22 You shall do as I have done. You shall not cover your mustache,

nor will you eat the bread of men.

23 (Lev 26:39; Eze 4:17) Your turbans shall be on your heads,

and your shoes on your feet. You shall not mourn or weep.

But you shall pine away for your iniquities and groan toward one another.

24 (Eze 4:3; Isa 20:3) Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you. According to all that

he has done you shall do. And when it comes about, then you shall know that

I am the Lord God.

25 (Eze 24:21; Ps 48:2) As for you, son of man, shall it not be on the day

when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire

of their eyes, and that on which they set their minds,

their sons and their daughters,

26 (Job 1:15-19; Eze 33:21-22) that on that day he who escapes shall come

to you to cause you to hear it with your ears?

27 (Eze 33:22; 3:26-27) On that day your mouth shall be opened to him who

escaped, and you shall speak and be mute no more. Thus you shall be a sign

to them. And they shall know that I am the Lord.



[15] Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[16] Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with

a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run

down.

[17] Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine

head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips,

and eat not the bread of men.

[18] So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died;

and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

[19] And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things

are to us, that thou doest so?

[20] Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[21] Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will

profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your

eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters

whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

[22] And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat

the bread of men.

[23] And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet:

ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and

mourn one toward another.

[24] Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done

shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

[25] Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them

their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that

whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

[26] That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee

to hear it with thine ears?

[27] In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou

shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and

they shall know that I am the LORD.



Ezekiel 25



A Prophecy Against Ammon



1 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:

2 (Jer 49:1-6; Eze 6:2) Son of man, set your face against the sons of Ammon

and prophesy against them,

3 (Eze 36:2; Ps 70:2-3) and say to the sons of Ammon, Hear the word

of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God: Because you said, "Aha!" against

My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel

when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah

when they went into captivity,

4 (Dt 28:33; 28:51) therefore, I will deliver you to the men of the East

for a possession, and they shall set their camps among you

and make their dwellings among you. They shall eat your fruit

and drink your milk.

5 (Eze 21:20; 2Sa 12:26) I will make Rabbah a meadow for camels,

and the sons of Ammon a couching place for flocks. Thus you shall know

that I am the Lord.

6 (Zep 2:8; Ob 1:12) For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped

your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced in heart with all your spite

against the land of Israel,

7 (Zep 1:4; Eze 25:13) therefore, I will stretch out My hand against you

and deliver you for destruction to the nations. And I will cut you off

from the peoples and cause you to perish from the countries.

I will destroy you. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.



[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them;

[3] And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith

the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was

profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against

the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;

[4] Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a

possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their

dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

[5] And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a

couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

[6] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and

stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against

the land of Israel;

[7] Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will

deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the

people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy

thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.



A Prophecy Against Moab



8 (Isa 15:1-9; Jer 25:21) Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir say,

Look, the house of Judah is like all the nations,

9 (Jos 13:17; Jer 48:23) therefore, I will deprive the side of Moab

of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory

of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim,

10 (Eze 21:32) and I will give it for a possession with the Ammonites

to the men of the East, so that the sons of Ammon may not be remembered

among the nations.

11 I will execute judgments on Moab. And they shall know that I am the Lord.



[8] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the

house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;

[9] Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from

his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country,

Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,

[10] Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in

possession, 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.



A Prophecy Against Edom



12 (Ps 137:7; Jer 49:7-22) Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom

has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance

and has greatly offended and revenged themselves upon them,

13 (Jer 25:23; Eze 29:8) therefore thus says the Lord God:

I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off man

and beast from it. And I will make it desolate. From Teman even

to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.

14 (Isa 11:14) I will lay My vengeance upon Edom by the hand

of My people Israel. And they shall do in Edom according to My anger

and according to My fury. And they shall know My vengeance, says the Lord God.



[12] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house

of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged

himself upon them;

[13] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand

upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it

desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.

[14] And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel:

and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury;

and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.



A Prophecy Against Philistia



15 (Isa 14:29-31; Eze 25:6) Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines

have dealt by revenge and have taken vengeance with a spiteful heart

to destroy with everlasting hatred,

16 (1Sa 30:14; Eze 25:13) therefore thus says the Lord God:

I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines

and will cut off the Kerethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

17 (Eze 25:11; Ps 9:16) I will execute great vengeance upon them

with furious rebukes. And they shall know that I am the Lord when

I lay My vengeance upon them.



[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge,

and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old

hatred;

[16] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand

upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the

remnant of the sea coast.

[17] And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and

they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.



Ezekiel 26



A Prophecy Against Tyre



1 (Eze 20:13) In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month,

the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

2 (Isa 23:1-18; Jer 25:22) Son of man, because Tyre has said against

Jerusalem, "Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken. It has opened to me.

I shall be filled now that she is laid waste,"

3 (Isa 5:30; Jer 51:42) therefore thus says the Lord God: I am against you,

O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes

its waves to come up.

4 (Isa 23:11; Am 1:10) They shall destroy the walls of Tyre

and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her

and make her a bare rock.

5 (Eze 29:19; 25:7) She shall be a place for the spreading of nets

in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken, says the Lord God,

and she shall become destruction to the nations.

6 (Eze 16:46; 26:8) Her daughters who are on the mainland shall be slain

by the sword. And they shall know that I am the Lord.

7 (Ezr 7:12; Da 2:37) For thus says the Lord God: From the north I will bring

upon Tyre Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, with horses

and with chariots and with cavalry and a great army.

8 (Eze 21:22; Jer 6:6) He shall slay your daughters on the mainland

with the sword. And he shall set up a siege wall against you

and cast up a mound against you and lift up the roof of shields against you.

9 He shall set engines of war against your walls, and with his axes he shall

break down your towers.

10 (Jer 47:3; Eze 26:15) By reason of the abundance of his horses,

their dust shall cover you. Your walls shall shake at the noise

of the horsemen and of the wagons and of the chariots when he enters

your gates as men enter a city that has been breached.

11 (Isa 5:28; 26:5) With the hoofs of his horses he shall tread

down all your streets. He shall slay your people by the sword,

and your strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.

12 (Isa 23:8; 2Ch 32:27) They shall make a spoil of your riches,

and a prey of your merchandise. And they shall break down your walls

and destroy your pleasant houses. And they shall lay your stones

and your timber and your dust in the midst of the water.

13 (Isa 23:16; Jer 7:34) I will cause the noise of your songs to cease.

And the sound of your harps shall be heard no more.

14 (Job 12:14; Mal 1:4) I will make you a bare rock. You shall be a place

to spread nets upon. You shall be built no more, for I the Lord have spoken,

says the Lord God.



[1] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month,

that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

[2] Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is

broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be

replenished, now she is laid waste:

[3] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus,

and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his

waves to come up.

[4] And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I

will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

[5] It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea:

for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to

the nations.

[6] And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword;

and they shall know that I am the LORD.

[7] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus

Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with

horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

[8] He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall

make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the

buckler against thee.

[9] And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he

shall break down thy towers.

[10] By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee:

thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and

of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a

city wherein is made a breach.

[11] With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he

shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down

to the ground.

[12] And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy

merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant

houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the

midst of the water.

[13] And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy

harps shall be no more heard.

[14] And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to

spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken

it, saith the Lord GOD.



15 (Eze 27:35; Jer 49:21) Thus says the Lord God to Tyre:

Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded

cry, when the slaughter is made in your midst?

16 (Eze 32:10; Job 8:22) Then all the officials of the sea shall come down

from their thrones and lay away their robes and take off their embroidered

garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling. They shall sit

on the ground and tremble every moment and be astonished at you.

17 (Eze 19:1; Isa 14:12) They shall take up a lamentation over you and say

to you:

How you are destroyed, O inhabited one of the seas,

the renowned city,

which was strong in the sea,

she and her inhabitants,

who caused her terror

to be on all her inhabitants!

18 (Isa 23:5-7; Eze 26:15) Now the coastlands shall tremble

on the day of your fall; indeed,

the coastlands that are by the sea

shall be troubled at your departure.

19 (Isa 8:7-8; Eze 26:3) For thus says the Lord God: When I make you

a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up

the deep upon you and great waters shall cover you,

20 (Ps 27:13; Zec 2:8) then I shall bring you down with those who descend

into the pit, to the people of old, and make you dwell in the lower parts

of the earth, in places desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit

so that you will not be inhabited. But I shall set glory in the land

of the living.

21 (Eze 27:36; 28:19) I will bring terrors on you and you shall be no more.

Though you will be sought, you shall never be found again, says the Lord God.



[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the

sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the

midst of thee?

[16] Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and

lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall

clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall

tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

[17] And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art

thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city,

which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their

terror to be on all that haunt it!

[18] Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that

are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

[19] For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city,

like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon

thee, and great waters shall cover thee;

[20] When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with

the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in

places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not

inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

[21] I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be

sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.



Ezekiel 27



A Lament for Tyre



1 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying:

2 (Jer 9:10; 9:17-20) Now you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre.

3 (Eze 27:4) And say to Tyre who is situated at the entrance of the sea,

who is a merchant of the peoples for many coastlands,

Thus says the Lord God:

O Tyre, you have said,

"I am perfect in beauty."

4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas.

Your builders have perfected your beauty.

5 (Dt 3:9; SS 4:8) They have made all your ship boards

of fir trees from Senir;

they have taken cedars from Lebanon

to make a mast for you.

6 (Ge 10:4; Isa 2:13) Of the oaks of Bashan

they have made your oars;

with ivory they have inlaid your deck of boxwood

out of the coastlands of Cyprus.

7 (Ex 25:4; Jer 10:9) Fine linen with embroidered work

from Egypt was your sail,

so that it became your distinguishing sign;

blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah

was your awning.

8 (Ge 10:18; 1Ki 9:27) The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your mariners;

your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots.

9 (1Ki 5:18; Jos 13:5) The elders of Byblos and her wise men

were in you repairing your seams;

all the ships of the sea with their mariners

were in you to deal in your merchandise.

10 (Eze 30:5; 38:5; SS 4:4) They of Persia and of Lydia and of Put

were in your army, your men of war;

they hung the shield and helmet in you;

they set forth your comeliness.

11 The sons of Arvad and your army

were upon your walls all around,

and the Gammad

were in your towers;

they hung their shields on your walls all around;

they have made your beauty perfect.

12 (Ge 10:4; 1Ki 10:22) Tarshish was your merchant by reason

of the multitude of all kinds of riches.

With silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your wares.

13 (Ge 10:2; Isa 66:19; 1Ch 1:5) Greece, Tubal, and Meshek,

they were your merchants. They traded in your market

with the lives of men and vessels of bronze.

14 (Ge 10:3; Eze 38:6) Those of Beth Togarmah gave horses

and horsemen and mules for your wares.

15 (Ge 10:7; 1Ki 10:22) The sons of Dedan were your merchants.

Many coastlands were your merchandise. They brought you for

a payment horns of ivory and ebony.

16 (Jdg 10:6; Eze 28:13) Aram was your merchant by reason

of the multitude of your wares. They paid for your wares

with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate.

17 (Jdg 11:33; 1Ki 5:9) Judah and the land of Israel,

they were your merchants. They traded in your market with the wheat

of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil, and balm.

18 (Isa 7:8) Damascus was your merchant in the multitude of your wares,

because of the multitude of all kinds of riches,

because of the wine of Helbon and white wool.

19 (Ex 30:23-24) Dan and Javan paid for your wares from Izal.

Bright iron, cassia, and sweet cane were in your market.

20 (Ge 25:3)Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for chariots.

21 (Isa 60:7; Ge 25:13) Arabia and all the officials of Kedar, they were

your customers in lambs, rams, and goats. For these they were your merchants.

22 (Ge 10:7; Isa 60:6) The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were your

merchants. They paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices

and with all kinds of precious stones and gold.

23 (2Ki 19:12; Isa 37:12) Harran, and Kanneh, and Eden, the merchants

of Sheba, Ashur, and Kilmad, were your merchants.

24 They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue

and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly

wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

25 (Isa 2:16; Ps 48:7) The ships of Tarshish were

the carriers for your market.

And you were filled and were very glorious

in the midst of the seas.

26 (Ps 48:7; Jer 18:17) Your rowers have brought you

into great waters;

the east wind has broken you

in the midst of the seas.

27 (Pr 11:4) Your riches and your wares, your merchandise,

your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers,

and the dealers of your merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you,

with all your company which is in your midst,

shall fall into the midst of the seas

in the day of your ruin.

28 (Eze 26:10) The meadowlands shall shake

at the sound of the cry of your pilots.

29 All who handle the oar,

the mariners and all the pilots of the sea,

shall come down from their ships;

they shall stand upon the land.

30 (Jer 6:26; 2Sa 1:2) And they shall cause their voice

to be heard against you,

and shall cry bitterly,

and shall cast up dust upon their heads;

they shall wallow in ashes.

31 (Isa 16:9; 22:12) Also they shall make themselves utterly bald for you,

and gird themselves with sackcloth;

and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart

and bitter wailing.

32 (Eze 26:17; 27:2) Also, in their wailing

they shall take up a lamentation for you and lament over you, saying,

"Who is like Tyre, like her who is silent

in the midst of the sea?

33 (Rev 18:19) When your wares went out by sea,

you filled many peoples;

you enriched the kings of the earth

with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.

34 (Eze 27:26-27; Zec 9:3-4) Now that you are broken by the seas

in the depths of the waters,

your merchandise and all your company

in your midst have fallen.

35 (Isa 23:6; Eze 32:10) All the inhabitants of the coastlands

shall be astonished at you,

and their kings shall be sorely afraid;

they are troubled in countenance.

36 (Jer 18:16; Ps 37:10) The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;

you shall be a terror,

and you shall cease to be forever."



Ezekiel 27

[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

[2] Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

[3] And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea,

which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.

[4] Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected

thy beauty.

[5] They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have

taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

[6] Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the

Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of

Chittim.

[7] Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest

forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that

which covered thee.

[8] The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O

Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.

[9] The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers:

all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy

merchandise.

[10] They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of

war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy

comeliness.

[11] The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and

the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls

round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

[12] Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of

riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

[13] Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the

persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

[14] They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and

horsemen and mules.

[15] The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of

thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.

[16] Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy

making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered

work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

[17] Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in

thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

[18] Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making,

for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

[19] Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron,

cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

[20] Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

[21] Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs,

and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.

[22] The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they

occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious

stones, and gold.

[23] Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assur, and

Chilmad, were thy merchants.

[24] These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and

broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of

cedar, among thy merchandise.

[25] The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast

replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

[26] Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath

broken thee in the midst of the seas.

[27] Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy

pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men

of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of

thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

[28] The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

[29] And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the

sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;

[30] And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry

bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow

themselves in the ashes:

[31] And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them

with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and

bitter wailing.

[32] And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and

lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the

midst of the sea?

[33] When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people;

thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches

and of thy merchandise.

[34] In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the

waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

[35] All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their

kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

[36] The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a

terror, and never shalt be any more.



2) Our Daily Bread for 27 August 2026 titled

Where God Reigns by Marvin Williams



James 4:1-10



Friendship With the World



1 (Ro 7:23; 1Pe 2:11) Where do wars and fights among you come from?

Do they not come from your lusts that war in your body?

2 You lust and do not have, so you kill.

You desire to have and cannot obtain. You fight and war.

Yet you do not have, because you do not ask.

3 (1Jn 5:14; 3:22) You ask, and do not receive, because you ask amiss,

that you may spend it on your passions.

4 (Jn 15:19; Ro 8:7) You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know

that the friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore

will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

5 Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "He yearns jealously

for the spirit that lives in us"(The source of this quotation is uncertain.)?

6 (Pr 3:34; 1Pe 5:5) But He gives more grace. For this reason it says:

"God resists the proud,

but gives grace to the humble."(Pr 3:34.)

7 (Eph 4:27; 1Pe 5:8-9) Therefore submit yourselves to God.

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8 (2Ch 15:2; Jas 1:8) Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.

Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

9 (Lk 6:25; Pr 14:13) Grieve and mourn and weep.

Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to ­dejection.

10 (Mt 23:12) Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,

and He will lift you up.



[1] From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even

of your lusts that war in your members?

[2] Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain:

ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

[3] Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it

upon your lusts.

[4] Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the

world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world

is the enemy of God.

[5] Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth

in us lusteth to envy?

[6] But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud,

but giveth grace unto the humble.

[7] Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee

from you.

[8] Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye

sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

[9] Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to

mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

[10] Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.



In 2018, a man checked into a room at New York hotel for a one-night stay.

Remarkably, he used the room for five years without paying another cent -

exploiting obscure rent laws to hold on to it. His refusal to leave,

however, eventually led to potential prison time for him.



Like an unwelcome tenant who overstays, James warns us that the devil lingers

in our lives when left unchecked. "Resist the devil," James writes, "and he

will flee from you" (4:7). The apostle emphasises that our struggles often

come from impure "desires" and "wrong motives" (vv. 1, 3) - things like pride,

divided loyalties, and impure thoughts residing in our hearts. To counter such

temptation, James offers two commands: "submit . . . to God" and "resist the

devil" (v. 7). To submit means surrendering every part of our lives to God.

Resisting the devil is equally active, requiring prayer, vigilance,

and the wisdom of Scripture.



Like a landlord evicting an unlawful tenant, in God's strength we can refuse

to let the temptation of the devil overtake us. As we resist him, God promises

victory as James asserts, "He will flee from you" (v. 7).



When we evict sin and the devil's influence and "come near to God" (v. 8), we

allow His peace, joy, and purpose to dwell more fully in us. The enemy can't

stay where God reigns!



Reflect & Pray



What can you do to remove "unwelcome tenants" from your life?

How does submitting to God help?



Sovereign God, please help me surrender every part of my

life to You so I can stand firm against the enemy's schemes.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 2 - Saved by Grace - Day 5 - Starting Over



2 Cor 5:17



17 (Jn 3:3; Ro 16:7) Therefore, if any man is in Christ,

he is a new creature. Old things have passed away.

Look, all things have become new.



17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:

old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.



"The trouble with turning over a new leaf," Gordon sighed,

"is that once you've done it twice, you're right back where

you started." Gordon, in his mid-fifties, had his job

"canceled" by a company wanting to cut back on retirement payments.

Out of work, with few prospects, he said wistfully,

"I wish I had the chance to start over again."

Many of us would echo Gordon's sentiments. Whether we have lost a job,

gone through a divorce, moved to another part of the country, or

experienced some lesser crisis, we often long for the chance to

begin again, fresh, without the shadow of past mistakes following us.

God's word offers just such an opportunity. Anyone who is in Christ,

Paul says in 2 Cor 5:17, is a "new creation". For the Christian, the past

is truly past - "all things are become new". In the forgiveness

and restoration of God's grace we can leave the past behind,

with all its mistakes, and enter into new life.

And the promise is not just for the newly saved. Those of us who

have been Christians for years need to hear the truth of 2 Cor 5:17 again,

for we accumulated some "new mistakes" since we came to Christ. Anyone who

is in Christ is a new creation; the freedom of forgiveness, of

"starting over" is available to all who call upon the name of the Lord.

We cannot every really "start over" simply by establishing New Year's

resolutions or turning over a new leaf. Only God gives us that opportunity;

his grace allows us to clear away the rubble of the past and begin again.

Everything becomes new in God's loving forgiveness.



Application



a) What "resolutions" have I made in an attempt to "start over"

in some area of struggle or failure in my life? Did my resolutions work?



b) What does 2 Cor 5:17 mean for me at this point in my Christian Life?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Is 55:11



11 (Isa 45:23; 46:10) so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;

it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,

and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.



11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:

it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,

and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



When you are ill or injured



James 5:13-16



13 (Ps 50:15; Eph 5:19) Is anyone among you suffering?

Let him pray. Is anyone merry? Let him sing psalms.

14 (Mk 6:13; 16:18; Ac 14:23) Is anyone sick among you?

Let him call for the elders of the church,

and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil

in the name of the Lord.

15 (Isa 33:24; Jas 1:6) And the prayer of faith will save

the sick, and the Lord will raise him up.

And if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.

16 (Ge 20:17; 18:23-32) Confess your faults to one another

and pray for one another, that you may be healed.

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much.



13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.

Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church;

and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15 and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise

him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another,

that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man

availeth much.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2021 edition?)



New Brunswick



Total population 753900

Muslim population (est.) 4543



Moncton, followed by Fredericton and Saint John, each have a growing Muslim

population in New Brunswick, In 2007, the building that was formerly a Baptist

church was converted into Moncton's 1st mosque. The University of Moncton

also has a Muslim student association hosting prayer services, fellowship

getherings, and outreaches on campus.

Fredericton also has one mosque and a Muslim student association serving the

campuses of the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Fredericton's Muslim population consists in 2014 of about 50 families,

and between 300 to 400 university students.

Saint John is home to the 1st Muslim Association for the province,

which also helped foster the Islamic associations of Fredericton and Moncton.

a 'musalla', or prayer location that is not officially structured as a mosque,

has been established in the Uptown area with the intention of seeing it grow

into a 2nd official place of Muslim worship. Demand for this new location has

been primarily for university students moving into the area.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.

For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.

You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"

Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:

- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.



Acts 2:12-17 : 17 12 They were all amazed and perplexed, saying to each other,

"What does this mean?"

13 (1Co 14:23) Others mocking said, "These men are full of new wine."



Peter's Speech at Pentecost



14 (Ac 1:26) But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice

and said to them, "Men of Judea and all you who dwell in Jerusalem,

let this be known to you, and listen to my words.

15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose,

since it is the third hour of the day.

16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 (Isa 44:3; Ac 10:45) 'In the last days it shall be,' says God,

'that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions,

and your old men shall dream dreams.'



- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.



Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."



Ideas for prayer



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -



Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity



(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, atheists, secular humanists, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 27 of the Month



a) Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to

hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.



(



2 Cor 10:4-5



4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds,

5 casting down imaginations and every high thing

that exalts itself against the knowledge of God,

bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,



4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal,

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

5casting down imaginations, and every high thing

that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God,

and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;



)



b) Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who

are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to understand the judgements of the Lord.



Pray to the Lord: "Sovereign God, please help me surrender every part of my

life to You so I can stand firm against the enemy's schemes."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know that you are a new creation in Jesus Christ.



Pray to the Lord and pray to kniow the Word will not return void.



Pray to the Lord and pray to confess for healing.



Pray for Muslims and New Brunswick

- that the eyes of pastors, believers and entire congregations will be opened

to see this growing body of Muslims, and their hearts will be opened

to sharing God's love in Jesus Christ with them



- that intentional ministries to Muslims will grow and flourish in these

areas of concentration



- that cooperative CNNMM Networks will form to really, encourage,

and equip believers to lovingly reach Muslims in this province.



Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



Pray that God's Spirit will melt the pride that causes many to

hold to wrong opinions of Christ and His Salvation.



Pray that the Lord will awaken a desire in the hearts of those who

are lost to seek Him and to seek The Truth.



Pray for those suffering from loss/ displacement due to an Islamist insurgency

in the Cabo Delgado region

of MOZAMBIQUE.



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.