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Day 229, 17 August 2022



1) Ezekiel 14-16



Ezekiel 14



Idolatrous Elders Condemned



1 (Eze 8:1; 20:1) Then some of the elders of Israel came to me

and sat before me.

2 The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

3 (Eze 7:19; Isa 1:15) Son of man, these men have set up their idols

in their heart and put the stumbling block of their iniquity

before their face. Should I be inquired of by them at all?

4 (2Ki 1:16; Isa 66:4) Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says

the Lord God: Every man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols

in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face,

and comes to the prophet, I the Lord will answer him who comes according

to the multitude of his idols,

5 (Isa 1:4; Zec 11:8) in order to seize the heart of the house of Israel

who are estranged from Me through all their idols.

6 (Isa 2:20; 30:22) Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says

the Lord God: Repent and turn away from your idols and turn away your

faces from all your abominations.

7 (Ex 12:48; 20:10) For every one of the house of Israel or of the stranger

who sojourns in Israel who separates himself from Me, and sets up his idols

in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face,

and comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself,

I the Lord will answer him by Myself.

8 (Eze 5:15; 15:7) And I will set My face against that man and will make him

a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people.

And you shall know that I am the Lord.

9 (Jer 4:10) And if the prophet is deceived when he has spoken a word,

I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand

against him and will destroy him from the midst of My people Israel.

10 They shall bear the punishment of their iniquity. The punishment

of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him who seeks him

11 (Eze 37:23; 48:11) in order that the house of Israel may no more

go astray from Me or be polluted anymore with all their transgressions.

Thus they shall be My people, and I shall be their God, says the Lord God.



Jerusalem's Imminent Judgment



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

13 (Lev 26:26; Eze 4:16) Son of man, when the land sins against Me

by trespassing grievously, then I will stretch out My hand against it,

and break the staff of the bread, and send famine against it,

and cut off man and beast from it.

14 (Jer 15:1; Eze 14:20) Even though these three men, Noah, Daniel,

and Job, were in it, they could deliver but their own souls

by their righteousness, says the Lord God.

15 (Eze 5:17; Lev 26:22) If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land,

and they destroy it so that it becomes desolate, that no man may pass

through because of the beasts,

16 (Ge 19:29) though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God,

they could deliver neither their sons nor their daughters.

They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

17 (Lev 26:25; Eze 21:3-4) Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say,

"Let the sword go through the land and cut off man and beast from it,"

18 though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God,

they would deliver neither their sons nor their daughters,

but they alone would deliver themselves.

19 (Eze 38:22; 2Sa 24:15) Or if I send a pestilence into that land

and pour out My fury on it in blood to cut off from it man and beast,

20 (Eze 14:14) though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,

says the Lord God, they would deliver neither their sons nor their

daughters. They would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness.

21 (Eze 5:17; 33:27) For thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send

My four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine,

and the wild beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off man and beast from it.

22 (Eze 20:43; 12:16) Yet a remnant shall be left in it who shall

be brought out, both sons and daughters. They shall come out to you,

and you shall see their way and their deeds. Then you shall be comforted

concerning the disaster that I have brought against Jerusalem,

even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

23 (Jer 22:8-9) Then they shall comfort you when you see their ways

and their deeds. And you shall know that I have not done without cause all

that I have done in it, says the Lord God.



Ezekiel 14

[1] Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

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

[3] Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put

the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be

inquired of at all by them?

[4] Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and

putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to

the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the

multitude of his idols;

[5] That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are

all estranged from me through their idols.

[6] Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent,

and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your

abominations.

[7] For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth

in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his

heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and

cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer

him by myself:

[8] And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a

proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall

know that I am the LORD.

[9] And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD

have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and

will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

[10] And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of

the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

[11] That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be

polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my

people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.

[12] The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

[13] Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously,

then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the

bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast

from it:

[14] Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should

deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

[15] If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it,

so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

[16] Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they

shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but

the land shall be desolate.

[17] Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the

land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

[18] Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they

shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered

themselves.

[19] Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it

in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

[20] Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord

GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver

their own souls by their righteousness.

[21] For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore

judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast,

and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

[22] Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought

forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and

ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted

concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all

that I have brought upon it.

[23] And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings:

and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have

done in it, saith the Lord GOD.



Ezekiel 15



Jerusalem as a Useless Vine



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

2 (Isa 5:1-7; Hos 10:1) Son of man, how is the wood of the vine tree

better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

3 Can wood be taken from it to do any work, or can men take a peg of it

to hang any vessel on it?

4 (Jn 15:6; Isa 27:11) If it has been cast into the fire for fuel

and the fire has devoured both ends of it and the middle of it is burned,

is it useful for any work?

5 When it was whole, it was not made into anything. How much less is it

useful for any work when the fire has devoured it and it is burned!

6 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As the wood of the vine tree among

the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel,

so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 (Eze 14:8; Ps 34:16) I will set My face against them. Though they go

out from one fire, yet the fire shall devour them. Then you shall know

that I am the Lord when I set My face against them.

8 (Eze 6:14) I will make the land desolate, because they have committed

a trespass, says the Lord God.



Ezekiel 15

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

[2] Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch

which is among the trees of the forest?

[3] Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it

to hang any vessel thereon?

[4] Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the

ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

[5] Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall

it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

[6] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of

the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the

inhabitants of Jerusalem.

[7] And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire,

and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD,

when I set my face against them.

[8] And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a

trespass, saith the Lord GOD.



Ezekiel 16



Jerusalem as an Adulterous Bride



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

2 (Eze 22:2; 20:4) Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

3Eze 16:45; Ge 15:16and say, Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your birth

and your nativity are from the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite,

and your mother a Hittite.

4 (Hos 2:3) As for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord

was not cut, nor were you washed in water to cleanse you. You were not rubbed

with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths.

5 No eye pitied you to do any of these to you, to have compassion on you.

But you were cast out in the open field, to the loathing of your person,

in the day that you were born.

6 When I passed by you and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you

when you were in your blood, "Live!" Indeed, I said to you when you were

in your blood, "Live!"

7 (Ex 1:7; Dt 1:10) I have caused you to multiply as the bud of the field,

and you have increased and become tall, and you have reached the age of fine

ornaments. Your breasts were fashioned and your hair had grown,

yet you were naked and bare.

8 (Ru 3:9; Jer 2:2-3) Now when I passed by you and looked upon you, you were

old enough for love. So I spread My garment over you

and covered your nakedness. Indeed, I swore to you, and entered into

a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became Mine.

9 (Ru 3:3; Ps 23:5) Then I washed you with water. Indeed, I thoroughly

washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.

10 (Eze 16:18; 16:13) I clothed you also with embroidered work,

and put sandals of porpoise skin on your feet, and girded you about

with fine linen, and covered you with silk.

11 (Ge 24:22; 24:47; 41:42) I decked you also with ornaments,

and put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.

12 I put a jewel on your forehead, and earrings in your ears,

and a beautiful crown on your head.

13 (Dt 32:13-14; 1Ki 4:21) Thus you were decked with gold and silver.

And your raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and embroidered work.

You ate fine flour, and honey, and oil. And you were exceedingly beautiful

and advanced to royalty.

14 (La 2:15; 1Ki 10:24) Then your renown went out among the nations

for your beauty. For it was perfect through My comeliness which I had put

upon you, says the Lord God.

15 (Isa 57:8; Jer 2:20) But you trusted in your own beauty, and played

the harlot because of your renown, and poured out your fornications

on every willing passerby.

16 (2Ki 23:7) Of your garments you took and decked your high places

with various colors and played the harlot on them,

which should never come about or happen.

17 You have also taken your fair jewels made of My gold and My silver,

which I had given you, and made for yourself images of men that

you might commit harlotry with them.

18 Then you took your embroidered garments and covered them.

And you have set My oil and My incense before them.

19 (Eze 16:13) My bread also which I gave you, fine flour, and oil,

and honey, with which I fed you, you have even set before them

for a sweet savour. And thus it was, says the Lord God.

20 (Eze 23:37; Ex 13:2) Moreover you have taken your sons

and your daughters, whom you have borne to Me,

and these you have sacrificed to them to be devoured.

Were your harlotries so small a matter?

21 (2Ki 17:17) You have slain My children and delivered them up

to idols by causing them to pass through the fire.

22 (Jer 2:2; Eze 16:43) Besides all your abominations and your harlotries

you have not remembered the days of your youth when you were naked

and bare and were polluted in your blood.

23 After all your wickedness (Woe, woe to you! says the Lord God)

24 (Ps 78:58; Isa 57:7) you also built for yourself a shrine

and have made yourself a high place in every street.

25 (Jer 3:2; Eze 16:31) You have built yourself a high place

at the head of every street, and have made your beauty to be abhorred,

and have spread your legs to every passerby to multiply your harlotries.

26 (Eze 23:19-21; 20:7-8) You have also committed fornication

with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, and increased your harlotries

to provoke Me to anger.

27 (Isa 9:12; Eze 16:57) Therefore I have stretched out My hand against

you and have diminished your ordinary food and delivered you to the will

of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines who are ashamed

of your lewd conduct.

28 (2Ki 16:7; 16:10-18) You have played the harlot also with the Assyrians

because you were insatiable. Indeed, you have played the harlot with them,

and yet could not be satisfied.

29 You have moreover multiplied your fornication with the land of merchants,

Chaldea. And yet you were not satisfied even with this.

30 (Jer 3:3; Pr 9:13) How weak is your heart, says the Lord God,

seeing you do all these things, the works of an imperious harlot.

31 (Isa 52:3; Eze 16:33-34) When you built your shrine at the head

of every street and made your high place in every square, you have not been

as a harlot in that you scorned payment.

32 You have been as a wife who commits adultery, who takes strangers

instead of her husband!

33 (Isa 57:9; Hos 8:9-10) Men give gifts to all harlots.

But you give your gifts to all your lovers, and hire them that they may come

to you on every side for your harlotry.

34 Thus you are different from other women in your harlotries

in that no one follows you to commit harlotries, because you give money,

and no money is given to you. Thus you are different.

35 Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord.

36 (Eze 23:10) Thus says the Lord God, Because your filthiness

was poured out and your nakedness discovered through your harlotries

with your lovers, and with all the idols of your abominations,

and by the blood of your children, which you gave to idols,

37 (Jer 13:22; Hos 2:10) therefore I will gather all your lovers with whom

you have taken pleasure and all those whom you have loved with all those

whom you have hated. I will even gather them from all around against you

and will reveal your nakedness to them

so that they may see all your nakedness.

38 (Lev 20:10; Ge 9:6) I will judge you as women who commit adultery

or shed blood are judged. And I will bring on you the blood of fury

and jealousy.

39 (Eze 23:26; Hos 2:3) I will also give you into their hand,

and they shall throw down your shrines, and shall break down your high places.

They shall strip you also of your clothes, and shall take your fair jewels,

and leave you naked and bare.

40 (Eze 23:47; Hab 1:6-10) They shall also bring up a company against you,

and they shall stone you with stones,

and thrust you through with their swords.

41 (Eze 23:48; 2Ki 25:9) They shall burn your houses with fire

and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women.

And I will cause you to cease from playing the harlot,

and you also shall give no hire anymore.

42 (Eze 5:13; 39:29) So I will make My fury toward you to rest,

and My jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet,

and will be angry no more.

43 (Eze 16:22; Ps 78:42) Because you have not remembered the days

of your youth, but have enraged Me in all these things,

I also will recompense your way upon your head,

says the Lord God, so that you shall not commit

this lewdness above all your other abominations.

44 (Eze 18:2-3; 1Sa 24:13) Everyone who uses proverbs shall use

this proverb against you, saying, "Like mother, like daughter."

45 (Isa 1:4; Eze 23:37-39) You are your mother's daughter who loathed

her husband and her children. And you are the sister of your sisters

who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite,

and your father an Amorite.

46 (Eze 23:4; 16:48-49) Now your elder sister is Samaria,

she and her daughters who dwell north of you. And your younger sister

who dwells south of you is Sodom and her daughters.

47 (2Ki 21:9; Eze 5:6-7) Yet you have not walked after their ways,

or done according to their abominations. But, as if that were a very

little thing, you were corrupted more than they in all your ways.

48 (Mt 10:15) As I live, says the Lord God, Sodom your sister has not done,

she nor her daughters, as you and your daughters have done.

49 (Ge 13:10; Ps 138:6) This was the iniquity of your sister Sodom. Pride,

abundance of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters,

but she did strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

50 (Ge 13:13; 18:20) They were haughty and committed abominations before Me.

Therefore I took them away when I saw it.

51 (Jer 3:8-11) Moreover, Samaria did not commit half of your sins.

But you have multiplied your abominations more than they and have made your

sisters appear righteous in all your abominations which you have done.

52 Also bear your own shame in that you have made judgment favorable

to your sisters. Because of your sins that you have committed more abominable

than they, they are more righteous than you. Indeed, be humiliated also

and bear your shame in that you have made your sisters appear righteous.

53 (Isa 19:24-25; Eze 29:14) Yet I shall restore their captivity,

the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria

and her daughters, and along with them your own captivity,

54 (Jer 2:26; Eze 14:22-23) in order that you may bear your own shame

and may be humiliated in all that you have done

in that you are a comfort to them.

55 (Eze 16:53; 36:11) Your sisters, Sodom and her daughters and Samaria

and her daughters, shall return to their former state,

and you and your daughters shall return to your former state.

56 As the name of your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day

of your pride,

57 (2Ki 16:5-7; 2Ch 28:5-6) before your wickedness was uncovered, so now you

have become the reproach of the daughters of Edom and all who are around her,

the daughters of the Philistines, those all around who despise you.

58 (Eze 23:49) You have borne the punishment of your lewdness

and your abominations, says the Lord.

An Everlasting Covenant

59 (Isa 24:5; Eze 17:19) For thus, says the Lord God, I will even deal

with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath

by breaking the covenant.

60 (Lev 26:42; Isa 55:3) Nevertheless I will remember My covenant with you

in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant

with you.

61 (Jer 50:4-5; Eze 20:43) Then you shall remember your ways and be ashamed

when you receive your sisters, your elder and your younger. And I will give

them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

62 (Jer 24:7; Eze 6:7) Thus I will establish My covenant with you,

and you shall know that I am the Lord,

63 (Ro 3:19; Ps 39:9) in order that you may remember, and be humiliated,

and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame,

when I am pacified toward you for all that you have done, says the Lord God.



Ezekiel 16

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

[2] Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,

[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy

nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother

an Hittite.

[4] And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not

cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted

at all, nor swaddled at all.

[5] None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion

upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy

person, in the day that thou wast born.

[6] And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I

said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when

thou wast in thy blood, Live.

[7] I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast

increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy

breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and

bare.

[8] Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was

the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy

nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee,

saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

[9] Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood

from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

[10] I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers'

skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.

[11] I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands,

and a chain on thy neck.

[12] And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a

beautiful crown upon thine head.

[13] Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine

linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey,

and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a

kingdom.

[14] And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was

perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.

[15] But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot

because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that

passed by; his it was.

[16] And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with

divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not

come, neither shall it be so.

[17] Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which

I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit

whoredom with them,

[18] And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast

set mine oil and mine incense before them.

[19] My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey,

wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour:

and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.

[20] Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast

borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is

this of thy whoredoms a small matter,

[21] That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to

pass through the fire for them?

[22] And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not

remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast

polluted in thy blood.

[23] And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee!

saith the Lord GOD;)

[24] That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made

thee an high place in every street.

[25] Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made

thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that

passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

[26] Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours,

great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.

[27] Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have

diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them

that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy

lewd way.

[28] Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast

unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest

not be satisfied.

[29] Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan

unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

[30] How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all

these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

[31] In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and

makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in

that thou scornest hire;

[32] But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead

of her husband!

[33] They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy

lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy

whoredom.

[34] And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas

none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward,

and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary.

[35] Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:

[36] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy

nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the

idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou

didst give unto them;

[37] Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast

taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou

hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will

discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.

[38] And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are

judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

[39] And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down

thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip

thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee

naked and bare.

[40] They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone

thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

[41] And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon

thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing

the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

[42] So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall

depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

[43] Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast

fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy

way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this

lewdness above all thine abominations.

[44] Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against

thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

[45] Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her

children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their

husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an

Amorite.

[46] And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at

thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is

Sodom and her daughters.

[47] Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their

abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted

more than they in all thy ways.

[48] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor

her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

[49] Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of

bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither

did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

[50] And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me:

therefore I took them away as I saw good.

[51] Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast

multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters

in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

[52] Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy

sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more

righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in

that thou hast justified thy sisters.

[53] When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and

her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I

bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:

[54] That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all

that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

[55] When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former

estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate,

then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

[56] For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy

pride,

[57] Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of

the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of

the Philistines, which despise thee round about.

[58] Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.

[59] For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast

done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

[60] Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy

youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

[61] Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt

receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto

thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

[62] And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I

am the LORD:

[63] That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth

any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that

thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.



2) Our Daily Bread for 17 August 2022

https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/17/the-making-of-me

Entitled "The Making of Me"



Acts 15:36-40



Paul and Barnabas Separate



36 (Ac 13:4; 13:13-14) After some days Paul said to Barnabas,

"Let us return and visit our brothers in every city

where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing."

37 (Ac 12:12) Barnabas determined to take with them John, who was called Mark.

38 (Ac 13:13) But Paul thought it was not good to take with them one

who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them

to the work.

39 (Ac 4:36) Then there arose a sharp contention,

so that they separated from each other.

Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus,

40 (Ac 14:26; 15:22) but Paul chose Silas and departed,

being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.



[36] And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit

our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and

see how they do.

[37] And **Barnabas determined to take with them John**,

whose surname was Mark.

[38] **But Paul thought not good to take him with them**,

who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

[39] And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed

asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto

Cyprus;

[40] And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren

unto the grace of God.



Seven-year-old Thomas Edison didn't like or do well in school. One day, he was

even called "addled" (mentally confused) by a teacher. He stormed home. After

speaking with the teacher the next day, his mom, a teacher by training,

decided to teach Thomas at home. Helped along by her love and encouragement

(and his God-given genius), Thomas went on to become a great inventor. He

later wrote, "My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me,

and I felt I had someone to live for, someone I must not disappoint."



In Acts 15, we read that Barnabas and the apostle Paul served together as

missionaries until they had a major disagreement about whether or not to

bring along John Mark. Paul was opposed because Mark had earlier "deserted

them in Pamphylia" (vv. 36-38). As a result, Paul and Barnabas split. Paul

took Silas and Barnabas took Mark. Barnabas was willing to give Mark a second

chance, and his encouragement contributed to Mark's ability to serve and

succeed as a missionary. He went on to write the gospel of Mark and was even a

comfort to Paul while he was in prison (2 Timothy 4:11).



Many of us can look back and point to someone in our life who encouraged and

helped us along our way. God may be calling you to do the same for someone in

your life. Whom might you encourage?



By: Alyson Kieda



Reflect & Pray



Who had faith in you and helped you succeed?

What did that person do to encourage you?



Dear God, thank You for walking alongside me

and placing people in my life who helped to make me who I am today.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 4 - Send for Help !



James 1:5



5 (Pr 2:3-6; Jn 15:7) 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.



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.



A new employee in an electronics plant had the responsibility

for overseeing one machine. The machine worked fine when the young man

came on duty, but soon it began to run a bit rough. The employee

tinkered with the machine, trying to "fix" it, until finally if stopped

working altogether

In fear and trembling the worker sent for the foreman, and stammered,

"I - I, well, sir, I did my best to fix it."

"Son", the foreman thundered, "you need to know only one thing. Around

here, doing you best means sending for me!"

Wisdom, James 1:5 says, has its source in God alone. And if we are

to attain wisdom, we need to learn doing our best means sending for God.

Often we spend time tinkering with our lives or the the lives of others.

We don't think to as God for his wisdom in the decisions we must take;

instead, we use our human reasoning and take our best guess.

But the path to wisdom does not lie in guesswork. The scriptures

give us clear indication of God's direction for his people, and through Bible

study, application, prayer, and meditation,

we can understand what God wants to reveal to us.

"If any of you lacks wisdom," James says, "he should ask God, who gives

generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him."

The first step to attaining wisdom is recognising that we are not wise.

The second step is to ask. And God, who is faithful to his Word

and His people, will respond.



Application



a) Under what circumstances have I tinkered with my life,

making it worse rather then fixing it?



b) What practical steps can I take to ask God for wisdom?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Exodus 3:7-8



7 (Ps 106:44; Ex 2:23-25)The Lord said,

"I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt

and have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters,

for I know their sorrows.

8 (Ge 50:24; 15:18-21; Ex 13:5) Therefore, I have come down

to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians,

and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land,

to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of

the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites,

the Hivites, and the Jebusites."



7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people

which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters;

for I know their sorrows;

8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand

of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and

a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the

Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites,

and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.



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



When you are lonely



PSALMS 23



A Psalm of David.



1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) He makes me lie down in green pastures;

He leads me beside still waters.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) He restores my soul;

He leads me in paths of righteousness

for His name's sake.

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) Even though I walk

through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil;

for You are with me;

Your rod and Your staff,

they comfort me.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

You anoint my head with oil;

my cup runs over.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord

forever.



Psalm 23



A Psalm of David.



1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul:

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil:

for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:

Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:

And I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.





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



17th Day of the Month



a) Pray for the safety of those

who live in your community -

safety from conflict an crimes



( Ps 122:7 - 7 Peace be within your walls

and security within your towers!



7 Peace be within thy walls,

And prosperity within thy palaces.)



b) Pray for the province of Ontario



I) Pray for the leaders of Ontario,

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.



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



)





Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray that your nation is not spiritually adulterous.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, thank You for walking alongside me

and placing people in my life who helped to make me who I am today."



Pray to the Lord and pray to seek His Wisdom.



Pray to the Lord and pray to Him in distress.



Pray to the Lord and pray that He will guide you in dangerous times.



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 for the safety of those

who live in your community -

safety from conflict an crimes



Pray for an increase in youth engagement with the Gospel in Bhutan.



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 228, 16 August 2022



1) Ezekiel 9-13



Ezekiel 9



The Slaughter of the Wicked



1 (Isa 6:8) He cried out also in my ears with a loud voice, saying,

"Cause those who have charge over the city to draw near, even every man

with his destroying weapon in his hand."

2 (Lev 16:4; Eze 10:2) Six men came from the way of the higher gate

which lies toward the north, each with his battle weapon in his hand.

And one man among them was clothed with linen with a writer's case

by his side. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

3 (Eze 10:4; 11:22-23) Then the glory of the God of Israel ascended

from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the temple.

And He called to the man clothed with linen who had the writer's case

by his side.

4 (Ex 12:7; Ps 119:53) And the Lord said to him, "Go through the midst

of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark

upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan

for all the abominations that are done in its midst."

5 (Eze 5:11) To the others He said in my hearing, "Go after him

through the city and strike. Do not let your eye spare or have pity.

6 (2Ch 36:17; Jer 25:29) Utterly slay old and young, both maidens

and little children, and women. But do not touch any man on whom is the mark.

And begin at My sanctuary." Then they began with the elders

who were before the temple.

7 (2Ch 36:17; Eze 7:20-22) Then he said to them, "Defile the temple,

and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!" So they went out

and killed in the city.

8 (Eze 11:13; Nu 14:5; Jos 7:6) While they were killing, I was left alone;

and I fell on my face and cried out,

"Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all the rest of Israel by Your pouring

out of Your fury upon Jerusalem?"

9 (Eze 8:12; Job 22:13) Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house

of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood,

and the city is full of perverseness. For they say,

'The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.'

10 (Eze 7:4; Isa 65:6) But as for Me, My eye shall not spare, nor will

I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their heads."

11 Then the man clothed with linen who had the case by his side

reported the matter, saying, "I have done just as You have commanded me."



Ezekiel 9

[1] He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that

have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying

weapon in his hand.

[2] And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth

toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man

among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and

they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

[3] And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,

whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man

clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;

[4] And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through

the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that

sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

[5] And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the

city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:

[6] Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women:

but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary.

Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

[7] And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the

slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.

[8] And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that

I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy

all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?

[9] Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is

exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of

perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD

seeth not.

[10] And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity,

but I will recompense their way upon their head.

[11] And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his

side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.



Ezekiel 10



The Glory of God Leaves the Temple



1 (Ex 24:10; Rev 4:2-3) Then I looked, and in the expanse

that was above the heads of the cherubim there appeared over them,

as it were, a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

2 (Rev 8:5; Eze 1:13) And He spoke to the man clothed with linen and said,

"Go in between the wheels under the cherubim and fill your hands with coals

of fire from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city."

And he entered in my sight.

3 Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the temple when the man went in,

and the cloud filled the inner court.

4 (Eze 1:28; 9:3) Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub

and stood over the threshold of the temple. And the house was filled

with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the glory of the Lord.

5 (Eze 1:24; Job 40:9) The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even

in the outer court, like the voice of the Almighty God when He speaks.

6 (Eze 10:2) When He had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying,

"Take fire from between the wheels, from among the cherubim," he went in

and stood beside the wheel.

7 One cherub stretched out his hand from among the cherubim to the fire

that was between the cherubs, and took some, and put it into the hands

of him who was clothed with linen, who took it and went out.

8 (Eze 1:8; 10:21) There appeared among the cherubim the form of a man's

hand under their wings.

9 (Da 10:6; Rev 21:20) Then I looked, and there were the four wheels

by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub.

And the appearance of the wheels was as the color of a beryl stone.

10 As for their appearances, all four had one likeness, as if one wheel

had been in the middle of a wheel.

11 (Eze 1:17; 10:22) When they went, they went on their four sides.

They did not turn as they went, but they followed to the place

wherever the head looked. They did not turn as they went.

12 (Eze 1:18; Rev 4:6) Their whole body, and their backs, and their hands,

and their wings, and the wheels that the four had were full of eyes all round.

13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing the whirling wheels.

14 (1Ki 7:36; Rev 4:7) Each one had four faces. The first face was the face

of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man,

the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

15 (Eze 1:5) Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living creatures

that I saw by the River Kebar.

16 When the cherubim went, the wheels went by them. And when the cherubim

lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels

also would not turn from beside them.

17 (Eze 1:20-21) When the cherubim stood, the wheels stood.

And when they rose up, the wheels also rose up with them.

For the spirit of the living creatures was in them.

18 (Ps 18:10) Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold

of the temple and stood over the cherubim.

19 The cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth

in my sight. When they went out, the wheels were beside them.

They stood at the door of the east gate of the house of the Lord;

and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

20 (Eze 1:1; 10:15) These are the living creatures that I saw under the God

of Israel by the River Kebar. So I knew that they were cherubim.

21 (Eze 1:6; 10:14) Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings.

And the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

22 (Eze 1:10; 10:11) The likeness of their faces was the same faces

which I saw by the River Kebar, their appearances and themselves.

Each went straight forward.



Ezekiel 10

[1] Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of

the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the

appearance of the likeness of a throne.

[2] And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between

the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire

from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in

in my sight.

[3] Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man

went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.

[4] Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the

threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the

court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory.

[5] And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court,

as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

[6] And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with

linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the

cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.

[7] And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto

the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into

the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.

[8] And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under

their wings.

[9] And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by

one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the

wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.

[10] And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel

had been in the midst of a wheel.

[11] When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as

they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they

turned not as they went.

[12] And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their

wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that

they four had.

[13] As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.

[14] And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub,

and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion,

and the fourth the face of an eagle.

[15] And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I

saw by the river of Chebar.

[16] And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the

cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels

also turned not from beside them.

[17] When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these

lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in

them.

[18] Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the

house, and stood over the cherubims.

[19] And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth

in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every

one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD's house; and the glory of

the God of Israel was over them above.

[20] This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the

river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.

[21] Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the

likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

[22] And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the

river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one

straight forward.



Ezekiel 11



God's Judgment on Wicked Counselors



1 (Eze 3:12; 8:16) Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me

to the east gate of the house of the Lord which faces eastward.

And at the door of the gate were 25 men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah

the son of Azzur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, officials of the people.

2 (Ps 2:1-2; 52:2) Then He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men

who devise mischief and give wicked counsel in this city,

3 (Eze 12:22; 12:27) who say, 'The time is not near to build houses.

This city is the cauldron, and we are the flesh.'

4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man!"

5 (Jer 17:10; Eze 2:2) Then the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me,

and He said to me, Say, Thus says the Lord: Thus you have said,

O house of Israel, for I know the things that come into your mind,

every one of them.

6 (Eze 7:23; Isa 1:15) You have multiplied your slain in this city,

and you have filled the streets with them.

7 (Eze 24:3-13; Mic 3:2-3) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it,

they are the flesh and this city is the cauldron. But I will bring you

out of the midst of it.

8 (Pr 10:24; Job 3:25) You have feared the sword, so I will bring

a sword upon you, says the Lord God.

9 (Eze 5:8; Dt 28:36) I will bring you out of the midst of the city

and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments

against you.

10 (2Ki 14:25; 25:19-21) You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you

in the border of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

11 (Eze 11:3) This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be

the flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you in the border

of Israel.

12 (Eze 8:10; 8:14) Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.

For you have not walked in My statutes, or executed My judgments,

but have done after the customs of the nations all around you.

13 (Eze 9:8; 11:1) Now while I was prophesying, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah

died. Then fell I down upon my face and cried out with a loud voice and said,

"Ah, Lord God! Will You make a full end of the remnant of Israel?"



The Exiles - Return Promised



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

15 (Eze 33:24) Son of man, your brothers, your kindred, your fellow captives,

and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they to whom the inhabitants

of Jerusalem have said, "Go far from the Lord. This land has been given

to us as a possession."

16 (Isa 8:14; Ps 90:1) Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God:

Although I have cast them far off among the nations, and although

I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be a sanctuary

to them for a little while in the countries where they have gone.

17 (Eze 28:25; Jer 3:18) Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God:

I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries

where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

18 (Eze 5:11; 37:23) When they come there, they shall take away

all the detestable things and all the abominations from it.

19 (Eze 18:31; Zec 7:12) I will give them one heart, and I will put

a new spirit within them. And I will take the stony heart out of their flesh,

and give them a heart of flesh,

20 (Ps 105:45; Eze 14:11) that they may walk in My statutes,

and keep My ordinances, and do them. And they shall be My people,

and I will be their God.

21 (Eze 9:10; 11:18) But as for those whose hearts walk after the hearts

of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense

their way upon their own heads, says the Lord God.

22 (Eze 10:19) Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels

beside them. And the glory of the God of Israel was over them.

23 (Zec 14:4; Eze 8:4) The glory of the Lord went up from the midst

of the city and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

24 (Eze 8:3; 11:1) Afterwards the Spirit took me up

and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea

to those of the captivity.

So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

25 (Eze 3:4; 2:7) Then I spoke to those of the captivity all the things

that the Lord had shown me.



[1] Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of

the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate

five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and

Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the princes of the people.

[2] Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise

mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

[3] Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the

caldron, and we be the flesh.

[4] Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

[5] And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus

saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things

that come into your mind, every one of them.

[6] Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the

streets thereof with the slain.

[7] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the

midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will

bring you forth out of the midst of it.

[8] Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the

Lord GOD.

[9] And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the

hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

[10] Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel;

and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

[11] This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in

the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:

[12] And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my

statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of

the heathen that are round about you.

[13] And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of

Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice,

and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

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

[15] Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred,

and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of

Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given

in possession.

[16] Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far

off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the

countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries

where they shall come.

[17] Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the

people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered,

and I will give you the land of Israel.

[18] And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the

detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

[19] And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you;

and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an

heart of flesh:

[20] That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do

them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

[21] But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable

things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own

heads, saith the Lord GOD.

[22] Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them;

and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

[23] And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood

upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.

[24] Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the

Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I

had seen went up from me.

[25] Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD

had shewed me.



Ezekiel 12



Judah's Captivity Symbolized



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

2 (Ps 78:40; Isa 1:23) Son of man, you dwell in the midst

of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see,

and ears to hear but does not hear. For they are a rebellious house.

3 (Jer 36:3; 26:3) Therefore, son of man, prepare baggage for captivity

and go into captivity by day in their sight. And you shall go into captivity

from your place to another place in their sight. It may be that they

understand, though they are a rebellious house.

4 (Jer 39:4; 2Ki 25:4) You shall bring out your belongings by day in their

sight, as baggage for exile; and you shall go out at evening in their sight,

as those who go into exile.

5 Dig a hole through the wall in their sight,and go out thereby.

6 (Eze 4:3; Isa 8:18) In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulders

and carry it out in the twilight. You shall cover your face so that you

cannot see the land. For I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.

7 (Eze 24:18; 37:7) I did so as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage

by day as baggage for captivity, and in the evening I dug through the wall

with my own hands. I brought it out at twilight,

carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.

8 In the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

9 (Eze 17:12; 24:19) Son of man, has not the house of Israel,

the rebellious house, said to you, "What are you doing?"

10 (2Ki 9:25; Isa 13:1) Say to them, "Thus says the Lord God:

This oracle concerns the prince in Jerusalem

and all the house of Israel who are in it."

11 (Jer 15:2; 52:15) Say, "I am your sign.

"As I have done, so it shall be done to them. They shall go into exile,

into captivity."

12 (2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4) The prince who is among them shall bear his baggage

on his shoulder in the twilight and go out. They shall dig through the wall

to carry it out thereby. He shall cover his face so that he cannot see

the land with his eyes.

13 (Eze 17:20; Hos 7:12) My net also I will spread upon him, and he shall be

taken in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon to the land

of the Chaldeans. Yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.

14 (Eze 5:2; 2Ki 25:4-5) I will scatter toward every wind all who are about

him, his helpers and all his troops. And I will draw out the sword after them.

15 (Eze 6:7; 6:14) Then they shall know that I am the Lord when I scatter them

among the nations and disperse them among the countries.

16 (Jer 22:8-9; Eze 14:22-23) But I will spare a few men of them from

the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, so that they may declare

all their abominations among the nations where they go and know

that I am the Lord.

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

18 Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water

with trembling and with anxiety.

19 (Zec 7:14; Eze 6:6-7) And say to the people of the land,

Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land

of Israel: They shall eat their bread with carefulness

and drink their water with astonishment, because their land shall be

desolate from all that is in it, because of the violence of all those

who dwell in it.

20 (Isa 7:23-24; Jer 4:7) The cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste,

and the land shall be desolate. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

21 The word of the Lord came to me, saying:

22 (Eze 11:3; 12:27) Son of man, what is this proverb that you people

have in the land of Israel, saying,

"The days are prolonged, and every vision fails"?

23 (Joel 2:1; Zep 1:14) Tell them therefore, "Thus says the Lord God:

I will make this proverb cease so that they shall no more use it

as a proverb in Israel." But say to them, The days are at hand

and the effect of every vision.

24 (Eze 13:23; Zec 13:2-4) For there shall be no more any vain vision

or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

25 (Isa 14:24; Hab 1:5) For I the Lord will speak, and the word

that I speak shall come to pass. It shall be no more prolonged.

For in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word,

and will perform it, says the Lord God.

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

27 (Da 10:14; Eze 12:22) Son of man, look, the house of Israel says,

"The vision that he sees is for many days to come,

and he prophesies of the times that are far off."

28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: There shall none

of My words be prolonged anymore, but the word which I have spoken

shall be done, says the Lord God.



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

[2] Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have

eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are

a rebellious house.

[3] Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove

by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place

in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious

house.

[4] Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff

for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that

go forth into captivity.

[5] Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.

[6] In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth

in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground:

for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

[7] And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as

stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine

hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in

their sight.

[8] And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,

[9] Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said

unto thee, What doest thou?

[10] Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the

prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.

[11] Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto

them: they shall remove and go into captivity.

[12] And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the

twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out

thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.

[13] My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare:

and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he

not see it, though he shall die there.

[14] And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help

him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

[15] And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among

the nations, and disperse them in the countries.

[16] But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and

from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the

heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

[17] Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

[18] Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with

trembling and with carefulness;

[19] And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the

inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their

bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her

land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of

all them that dwell therein.

[20] And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land

shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

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

[22] Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel,

saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

[23] Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb

to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto

them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.

[24] For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination

within the house of Israel.

[25] For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall

come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious

house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.

[26] Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

[27] Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he

seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far

off.

[28] Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of

my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be

done, saith the Lord GOD.



Ezekiel 13



False Prophets Condemned



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

2 (Jer 37:19; Eze 13:17) Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel

who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own hearts,

"Hear the word of the Lord!"

3 (Jer 23:28-32; La 2:14) Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets

who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

4 O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the ruins.

5 (Isa 58:12; Eze 22:30) You have not gone up into the gaps, nor did you

build up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day

of the Lord.

6 (Eze 22:28; Jer 28:15) They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying,

"The Lord says," when the Lord has not sent them. And they have made others

to hope for the confirmation of their word.

7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination

when you say, "The Lord says," yet it is not I who have spoken?

8 (Eze 5:8; 21:3) Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have spoken

vanity and seen lies, therefore I am against you, says the Lord God.

9 (Ps 69:28; 87:6) Thus My hand shall be against the prophets who see vanity

and who divine lies. They shall not have a place in the council of My people,

nor shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall

they enter into the land of Israel so that you may know that I am

the Lord God.

10 (Jer 6:14; Eze 13:16) It is surely because they have seduced My people,

saying, "Peace," when there was no peace. And when anyone builds up a wall,

they daub it with whitewash.

11 (Eze 38:22; Isa 28:2) Say to those who daub it with whitewash

that it shall fall. There shall be an overflowing shower, and you,

O great hailstones, shall fall. And a stormy wind shall break it.

12 When the wall has fallen, will you not be asked,

"Where is the whitewash with which you have daubed it?"

13 (Isa 30:30; Ps 148:8; Rev 11:19) Therefore thus says the Lord God:

I will make a violent wind break out in My fury.

And there shall be an overflowing shower in My anger, and hailstones

in My fury to consume it.

14 (Jer 6:15; Mic 1:6) So I will break down the wall that you have daubed

with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground so that its foundation

is laid bare. And when it falls, you shall be consumed in its midst.

And you shall know that I am the Lord.

15 Thus I will accomplish My wrath upon the wall and upon those who have

daubed it with whitewash, and I will say to you, The wall is no more,

nor those who daubed it,

16 (Jer 6:14; Eze 13:10) along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy

concerning Jerusalem and who see visions of peace for her

when there is no peace, says the Lord God.

17 (Eze 13:2; Jdg 4:4) Now you, son of man, set your face against

the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own heart

and prophesy against them,

18 (Eze 13:20; 2Pe 2:14) and say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women

who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils on the heads of persons

of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people

but save the souls alive of others for yourselves?

19 (Pr 28:21; Mic 3:5) And you pollute Me among My people for handfuls

of barley and pieces of bread to slay the souls of those who should not die

and to save the souls alive of those who should not live by your lying

to My people who hear your lies.

20 Therefore thus says the Lord God: I am against your magic bands

with which you hunt the souls there as birds, and I will tear them

from your arms, and will let the souls go,

even the souls that you hunt as birds.

21 Your veils also I will tear off and deliver My people out of your hands,

and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted. And you shall know

that I am the Lord.

22 (Jer 23:14) Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous

sad, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked

that he should not turn from his wicked way and save his life,

23 (Eze 13:21; 12:24; Mic 3:6) therefore you women shall no more see vanity

or practice divinations, and I will deliver My people out of your hand.

Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.



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

[2] Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and

say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word

of the LORD;

[3] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow

their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

[4] O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.

[5] Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the

house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.

[6] They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and

the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they

would confirm the word.

[7] Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying

divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?

[8] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and

seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.

[9] And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that

divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall

they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they

enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

[10] Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and

there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with

untempered morter:

[11] Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall:

there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall

fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

[12] Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is

the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?

[13] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy

wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger,

and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.

[14] So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered

morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof

shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the

midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

[15] Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have

daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no

more, neither they that daubed it;

[16] To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and

which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord

GOD.

[17] Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy

people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against

them,

[18] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to

all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt

souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive

that come unto you?

[19] And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for

pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the

souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your

lies?

[20] Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows,

wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them

from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to

make them fly.

[21] Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your

hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know

that I am the LORD.

[22] Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I

have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should

not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

[23] Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I

will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the

LORD.



2) Our Daily Bread for 16 August 2022

https://odb.org/CA/2022/08/16/crushed-and-beautiful

Entitled "Crushed and Beautiful"



Psalm 51:10-17



10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right spirit within me.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Do not cast me away from Your presence,

and do not take Your Holy Spirit fromme.

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,

and uphold me with Your willing spirit.

13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,

and sinners will return to You.

14 Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God,

God of my salvation,

and my tongue will sing aloud of Your righteousness.

15 O Lord, open my lips,

and my mouth will declare Your praise.

16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or I would give it;

You do not delight in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;

a broken and a contrite heart,

O God, You will not despise.



[10] Create in me a clean heart, O God;

And renew a right spirit within me.

[11] Cast me not away from thy presence;

And take not thy holy spirit from me.

[12] Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;

And uphold me with thy free spirit.

[13] Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;

And sinners shall be converted unto thee.

[14] Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:

And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

[15] O Lord, open thou my lips;

And my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

[16] For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:

Thou delightest not in burnt offering.

[17] **The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:

A broken and a contrite heart,** O God, thou wilt not despise.



At first glance I dismissed the painting Consider the Lilies by Makoto

Fujimura as a simple, monochromatic painting featuring a lily seemingly hiding

in the background. However, the painting came alive when I learned it was

actually painted with more than eighty layers of finely crushed minerals in a

style of Japanese art known as Nihonga, a style Fujimura calls "slow art."

Looking closely reveals layers of complexity and beauty. Fujimura explains

that he sees the gospel echoed in the technique of making "beauty through

brokenness," just as Jesus' suffering brought the world wholeness and hope.



God loves to take aspects of our lives where we've been crushed and broken

and create something new and beautiful. King David needed God's help to

repair the brokenness in his life caused by his own devastating actions. In

Psalm 51, written after admitting to abusing his kingly power to take another

man's wife and arrange the murder of her husband, David offered God his

"broken and contrite heart" (v. 17) and pleaded for mercy. The Hebrew word

translated "contrite" is nidkeh, meaning "crushed."



For God to refashion his heart (v. 10), David had to first offer Him the

broken pieces. It was both an admission of sorrow and trust. David entrusted

his heart to a faithful and forgiving God, who lovingly takes what's been

crushed and transforms it into something beautiful.



By: Lisa M. Samra



Reflect & Pray



What parts of your heart are crushed?

How might you entrust your brokenness to God?



Dear God, I entrust my brokenness to You,

believing that in Your time, You'll transform it

into something truly beautiful.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 8 Guided by Grace Day 3 - The Promise of Completion



Philippians 1:6



6 (1Co 1:8; Jn 6:29) I am confident of this very thing,

that He who began a good work in you will perfect it

until the day of Jesus Christ.



6 being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun

a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:



"Elizabeth is a good student", the note on the side of the report card read,

"but she doesn't finish what she starts. She has a lot of good ideas, but

rarely brings then to completion."

Many of us are like Elizabeth. We start into a new venture with high hopes

and great motivation. Bit somewhere along the way, we become discouraged.

Someone tells us that our ideas are stupid, or that we are not capable of

doing what we dream. We get a particularly difficult hurdle and give up.

Sometimes we fell the Christian like is like that, too. We start well, and

believe that in Christ we can accomplish anything. But then our prayers

become rote, our Bible reading ritual. We can't seem to regain that sense

of God's presence; we have, we conclude, "Lost our first love." (Rev 2)

But God has a different perspective. He began the work of salvation in us;

he leads and guides us in his will, and he will complete what he has begun.

Often we fail to see God's grace in the ongoing process of walking with him

because his agenda is different from ours. We know what we want to see

happen in our lives; God knows what needs to happen.

"When I fist came into a relationship with Christ," one woman explained,

"I knew I had a lot of changing to do. But, strangely enough, the things God

changed weren't on my list at all!"

When God begins his work in our lives, he has a plan for our maturity.

He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. And what God

has begun, he will finish.



Application



a) Have I ever tried to "decide" for God what problems in my life

needed dealing with?



b) Has God ever pointed out issues that were a surprise to me?



c) How can today's verse help me relax in God's will and

have confidence in the direction of my life?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Genesis 30:43



The man became exceedingly prosperous and had many sheep

and female servants and male servants and camels and donkeys.



And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle,

and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.



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



When you are anxious



Phil 4:4-7



4 (Php 3:1; Ro 12:12 Rejoice in the Lord always.

Again I will say, rejoice!

5 (Jas 5:8-9) Let everyone come to know your gentleness.

The Lord is at hand.

6 (Eph 6:18; Mt 6:25-33) Be anxious for nothing, but in everything,

by prayer and supplication with gratitude, make your requests known

to God.

7 (Jn 14:27; Col 3:15; Isa 26:3) And the peace of God, which surpasses

all understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.



4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication

with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,

shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.



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



16th Day of the Month



a) Pray that God will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false

idea that all moral choices are equal and without consequences

( John 16:7-8



7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away.

For if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you.

But if I go, I will send Him to you.

8 When He comes, He will convict the world of sin

and of righteousness and of judgment"



7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:

for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;

but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

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

and of righteousness, and of judgment:



)



b) Pray that people's hearts would be opened to see the folly

of denying God's supremacy



(



John 14:6



6 Jesus said to him,

"I am the way, the truth, and the life.

No one comes to the Father except through Me."



6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:

no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.



Rom 3:19-20



19 Now we know that whatever the law says,

it says to those who are under the law,

so that every mouth may be silenced,

and all the world may become accountable to God.

20 Therefore by the works of the law

no flesh will be justified in His sight,

for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.



19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are

under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become

guilty before God.

20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified

in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.



2 Cor 5:10



10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,

that each one may receive his recompense in the body,

according to what he has done,

whether it was good or bad.



10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one

may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,

whether it be good or bad.



2 Cor 10:5



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,



5 casting 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;



)



Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to intervene in pray for your nation.



Pray to the Lord: "Dear God, I entrust my brokenness to You,

believing that in Your time, You'll transform it

into something truly beautiful."



Pray to the Lord and pray to His Will as He works through you.



Pray to the Lord and pray to be humble and obedient as He will help you

to prosper.



Pray to the Lord and rejoice in Him.



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 will convict the hearts of Canadians of the false

idea that all moral choices are equal and without consequences



Pray that people's hearts would be opened to see the folly

of denying God's supremacy



Pray that Muslim seekers in Oman will come to faith in Christ after reading

the distributed Bibles and Scripture portions they received.



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.