Ezekiel 24-26

New American Standard Bible

Parable of the Boiling Pot

24 Now the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying, ²“Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon ^[a]has ^(A)laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. ³Present a ^(B)parable to the ^(C)rebellious house and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord ^[b]God says:

“Put on the ^(D)pot, put it on and also pour water into it;
⁴^[c]^(E)Put in it the pieces of meat,
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.
⁵Take the ^(F)choicest of the flock,
And also stack ^[d]wood under ^[e]the pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also boil its bones in it.”

⁶‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

“Woe to the ^(G)bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece,
^[f]Without making a choice.
⁷For her blood is in her midst;
She placed it on the bare rock;
She did not ^(H)pour it on the ground
To cover it with dust.
⁸So that it may ^(I)cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,
I have put her blood on the bare rock,
So that it will not be covered.”

⁹Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

“^(J)Woe to the bloody city!
I also will make the wood pile great.
¹⁰Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
^[g]Cook the meat thoroughly
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned up.
¹¹Then ^(K)set it empty on its burning coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may ^[h]glow,
And its ^(L)filthiness may be melted in it,
Its rust eliminated.
¹²She has ^(M)wearied Me with work,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire!
¹³In your filthiness is outrageous sin.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are ^(N)not clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have ^[i]^(O)expended My wrath on you.

¹⁴I, the Lord, have spoken; it is ^(P)coming and I will act. I will not overlook, I will not ^(Q)pity, and I will not be sorry; ^(R)according to your ways and according to your deeds ^[j]I will judge you,” declares the Lord God.’”

Death of Ezekiel’s Wife Is a Sign

¹⁵And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹⁶“Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you ^(S)what is precious to your eyes with a ^(T)fatal blow; but you shall not ^(U)mourn and you shall not weep, and your ^(V)tears shall not come. ¹⁷Groan silently; do ^(W)no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet, and do not ^[k]cover your mustache, and ^(X)do not eat the ^[l]bread of other people.” ¹⁸So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded. ¹⁹And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are doing?” ²⁰Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²¹‘Speak to the house of Israel, “This is what the Lord God says: ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, ^(Y)that which is precious in your eyes and the longing of your soul; and your ^(Z)sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword. ²²And you will do just as I have done; you will not ^[m]cover your mustache, and you will not eat the ^[n]bread of other people. ²³Your turbans will be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet. You ^(AA)will not mourn and you will not weep; but ^(AB)you will rot away in your guilty deeds, and you will groan ^[o]to one another. ²⁴So Ezekiel will be a ^(AC)sign to you; according to all that he has done, you will do. When it comes, then you will know that I am the Lord God.’”

²⁵‘As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their ^(AD)stronghold, the joy of their splendor, that which is precious in their eyes and their ^[p]heart’s longing, their sons and their daughters, ²⁶that on that day the one who ^(AE)escapes will come to you with information for your ears? ²⁷On that day your ^(AF)mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and no longer be silenced. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

Judgment on Gentile Nations—Ammon

25 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²“Son of man, set your face against the ^(AG)sons of Ammon and prophesy against them, ³and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord ^[q]God! This is what the Lord God says: “Because you said, ‘^(AH)Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile, ⁴therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the ^[r]^(AI)people of the east as a possession, and they will set up their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will ^(AJ)eat your fruit and drink your milk. ⁵I will make ^(AK)Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” ⁶For this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have ^(AL)clapped your hands and stamped your feet, and have ^(AM)rejoiced with all the malice in your soul against the land of Israel, ⁷therefore, behold, I have ^(AN)reached out with My hand against you and I will give you as ^(AO)plunder to the nations. And I will ^(AP)cut you off from the peoples and ^(AQ)eliminate you from the lands. I will exterminate you. So you will ^(AR)know that I am the Lord.”

Moab

⁸‘The Lord God says this: “Because ^(AS)Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,’ ⁹therefore, behold, I am going to ^[s]deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities ^[t]which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, ^(AT)Beth-jeshimoth, ^(AU)Baal-meon, and ^(AV)Kiriathaim; ¹⁰and I will give it as a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the ^[u]^(AW)people of the east, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations. ¹¹So I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the Lord.”

Edom

¹²‘The Lord God says this: “Because ^(AX)Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred great guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,” ¹³therefore this is what the Lord God says: “I will also ^(AY)reach out with My hand against Edom and ^(AZ)eliminate human and animal life from it. And I will turn it into ruins; from ^(BA)Teman even to ^(BB)Dedan they will fall by the sword. ¹⁴And ^(BC)I will inflict My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom ^(BD)in accordance with My anger and My wrath; so they will know My vengeance,” declares the Lord God.

Philistia

¹⁵‘This is what the Lord God says: “Because the Philistines have acted in ^(BE)revenge, and have taken vengeance with malice in their souls to destroy with everlasting hostility,” ¹⁶therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am going to ^(BF)reach out with My hand against the Philistines and eliminate the ^(BG)Cherethites; and I will destroy the remnant of the seacoast. ¹⁷I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will ^(BH)know that I am the Lord, when I inflict My vengeance on them.”’”

Judgment on Tyre

26 Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²“Son of man, because ^(BI)Tyre has said in regard to Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The ^(BJ)gateway of the peoples is broken; it has ^[v]^(BK)opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’ ³therefore this is what the Lord ^[w]God says: ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up ^(BL)many nations against you, as the ^(BM)sea brings up its waves. ⁴They will ^(BN)destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers; and I will sweep her debris away from her and make her a bare rock. ⁵She will become a dry place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord God; ‘and she will become ^(BO)plunder for the nations. ⁶Also her ^(BP)daughters who are ^[x]on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

⁷For the Lord God says this: “Behold, I am going to bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^(BQ)king of kings, with horses, ^(BR)chariots, cavalry, and ^[y]a great army. ⁸He will kill your daughters ^[z]on the mainland with the sword; and he will make ^(BS)siege walls against you, pile up an ^(BT)assault ramp against you, and raise up a large shield against you. ⁹And he will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his ^[aa]axes. ¹⁰Because of the multitude of his ^(BU)horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will ^(BV)shake from the noise of cavalry, ^[ab]wagons, and chariots when he ^(BW)enters your gates as warriors enter a city that is breached. ¹¹With the hoofs of his ^(BX)horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong ^[ac]pillars will ^(BY)go down to the ground. ¹²Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your ^(BZ)merchandise, ^(CA)tear down your walls and destroy your ^(CB)delightful houses, and ^[ad]throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris ^(CC)into the water. ¹³So I will put an end to the sound of your ^(CD)songs, and the sound of your ^(CE)harps will no longer be heard. ¹⁴I will turn you into a bare rock; you will become a dry place for the spreading of nets. You will not be ^(CF)rebuilt, for I the ^(CG)Lord have spoken,” declares the Lord God.

¹⁵The Lord God says this to Tyre: “Will the ^(CH)coastlands not ^(CI)shake from the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in your midst? ¹⁶Then all the princes of the sea will ^(CJ)descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will ^(CK)clothe themselves with ^[ae]trembling; they will sit on the ground, ^(CL)tremble again and again, and be appalled at you. ¹⁷And they will take up a ^(CM)song of mourning over you and say to you,

‘^(CN)How you have perished, you inhabited one,
From the seas, you famous city,
Which was ^(CO)mighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who imposed ^[af]her terror
On all her inhabitants!
¹⁸Now the ^(CP)coastlands will tremble
On the day of your downfall;
Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea
Will be horrified at your ^(CQ)passing.’”

¹⁹For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I ^(CR)bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, ²⁰then I will bring you down with those who ^(CS)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the ^(CT)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not ^[ag]be inhabited; but I will put ^(CU)glory in the land of the living. ²¹I will ^[ah]cause you ^(CV)sudden terrors and you will no longer exist; though you will be sought, ^(CW)you will never be found again,” declares the Lord God.

Footnotes

Ezekiel 24:2 Lit leaned on
Ezekiel 24:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Ezekiel 24:4 Lit Gather her pieces
Ezekiel 24:5 Cf. v 10; MT bones
Ezekiel 24:5 Lit it
Ezekiel 24:6 Lit No lot has fallen on it
Ezekiel 24:10 Lit Finish
Ezekiel 24:11 Lit burn
Ezekiel 24:13 Lit caused to rest
Ezekiel 24:14 As in several mss and ancient versions; MT they
Ezekiel 24:17 Covering the beard and mustache was a mourning custom
Ezekiel 24:17 I.e., food from others for mourners
Ezekiel 24:22 See note 1 v 17
Ezekiel 24:22 See note 2 v 17
Ezekiel 24:23 Lit each to his brother
Ezekiel 24:25 Lit soul’s burden
Ezekiel 25:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Ezekiel 25:4 Lit sons
Ezekiel 25:9 Lit open
Ezekiel 25:9 Lit from its end
Ezekiel 25:10 Lit sons
Ezekiel 26:2 Lit turned
Ezekiel 26:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Ezekiel 26:6 Lit in the field
Ezekiel 26:7 Lit an assembly, even many people
Ezekiel 26:8 Lit in the field
Ezekiel 26:9 Or crowbars
Ezekiel 26:10 Lit wheel
Ezekiel 26:11 Or memorial stones (in Tyre’s temple)
Ezekiel 26:12 Lit put
Ezekiel 26:16 Lit tremblings
Ezekiel 26:17 Lit their
Ezekiel 26:20 Another reading is return
Ezekiel 26:21 Lit give

1 Peter 2

New American Standard Bible

As Newborn Babes

2 Therefore, ^(A)rid yourselves of all ^[a]malice and all deceit and ^[b]hypocrisy and ^[c]envy and all ^[d]^(B)slander, ²^(C)and like newborn babies, long for the ^[e]^(D)pure ^[f]milk of the word, so that by it you may ^(E)grow ^[g]in respect to salvation, ³if you have ^(F)tasted ^[h]^(G)the kindness of the Lord.

As Living Stones

⁴And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been ^(H)rejected by people, but is ^[i]choice and precious in the sight of God, ⁵^(I)you also, as living stones, ^[j]are being built up as a ^(J)spiritual house for a holy ^(K)priesthood, to ^(L)offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶For this is contained in ^[k]Scripture:

“^(M)Behold, I am laying in Zion a choice stone, a ^(N)precious cornerstone,
And the one who believes in ^[l]Him will not be ^[m]put to shame.”

⁷^(O)This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for unbelievers,

“^(P)A stone which the builders ^(Q)rejected,
This became the ^[n]chief cornerstone,”

⁸and,

“^(R)A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;

^(S)for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, ^(T)and to this they were also appointed.

⁹But you are ^(U)a chosen people, a royal ^(V)priesthood, a ^(W)holy nation, ^(X)a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you ^(Y)out of darkness into His marvelous light; ¹⁰^(Z)for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

¹¹^(AA)Beloved, ^(AB)I urge you as ^(AC)foreigners and strangers to abstain from ^(AD)fleshly lusts, which wage ^(AE)war against the soul. ¹²^(AF)Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they ^(AG)slander you as evildoers, they may ^[o]because of your good deeds, as they observe them, ^(AH)glorify God ^(AI)on the day of ^[p]visitation.

Honor Authority

¹³^(AJ)Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, ¹⁴or to governors as sent ^[q]by him ^(AK)for the punishment of evildoers and the ^(AL)praise of those who do right. ¹⁵For ^[r]^(AM)such is the will of God, that by doing right you ^(AN)silence the ignorance of foolish people. ¹⁶Act as ^(AO)free people, and ^[s]do not use your freedom as a ^[t]covering for evil, but use it as ^(AP)bond-servants of God. ¹⁷^(AQ)Honor all people, ^(AR)love the brotherhood, ^(AS)fear God, ^(AT)honor the ^[u]king.

¹⁸^(AU)Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and ^(AV)gentle, but also to those who are ^[v]harsh. ¹⁹For this finds favor, if for the sake of ^(AW)conscience toward God a person endures ^[w]grief when suffering unjustly. ²⁰For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if ^(AX)when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.

Christ Is Our Example

²¹For ^(AY)you have been called for this purpose, ^(AZ)because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you ^(BA)an example, so that you would follow in His steps, ²²He who ^(BB)committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; ²³^[x]and while being ^(BC)abusively insulted, He did not insult in return; while suffering, He did not threaten, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; ²⁴and He Himself ^[y]^(BD)brought our sins in His body up on the ^[z]^(BE)cross, so that we ^(BF)might die to ^[aa]sin and live for righteousness; ^(BG)by His ^[ab]wounds you were ^(BH)healed. ²⁵For you were ^(BI)continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the ^(BJ)Shepherd and ^[ac]Guardian of your souls.