For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

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For we are co-workers in God’s service;(A) you are God’s field,(B) God’s building.(C)

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And you must say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Enough for you, house of Israel, of[a] all of your detestable things! At[b] your bringing foreigners[c] who are uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh to be in my sanctuary to profane it, my temple,[d] as you offered my food, fat, and blood,[e] so[f] you broke my covenant by all of your detestable things. And you did not observe the responsibility of my sanctuary, but[g] you appointed them[h] as the keepers of my responsibility in my sanctuary for you.”

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Every foreigner[i] uncircumcised of heart and uncircumcised of flesh shall not come into my sanctuary—not any of the foreigners[j] who are in the midst of the Israelites.[k]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 44:6 Or “from”
  2. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “in”
  3. Ezekiel 44:7 Literally “children/people of a foreign land”
  4. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “house”
  5. Ezekiel 44:7 Literally “in/at your offering my food and fat and blood”
  6. Ezekiel 44:7 Or “and”
  7. Ezekiel 44:8 Or “and”
  8. Ezekiel 44:8 That is, foreigners
  9. Ezekiel 44:9 Literally “child of a foreign land”
  10. Ezekiel 44:9 Literally “child of a foreign land”
  11. Ezekiel 44:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

Say to rebellious Israel,(A) ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Enough of your detestable practices, people of Israel! In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart(B) and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant.(C) Instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my holy things, you put others in charge of my sanctuary.(D) This is what the Sovereign Lord says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh is to enter my sanctuary, not even the foreigners who live among the Israelites.(E)

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The Abomination of Desolation

15 “So when you see the abomination of desolation[a] spoken about by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place” (let the one who reads understand),

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:15 An allusion to Dan 9:27

15 “So when you see standing in the holy place(A) ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’[a](B) spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:15 Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11

16 “then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

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16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

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Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

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Don’t let anyone deceive you(A) in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion(B) occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed,(C) the man doomed to destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Some manuscripts sin

who opposes and who exalts himself over every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits down in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God.

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He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God(A) or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.(B)

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The Two Witnesses

11 And a measuring rod similar in appearance to a staff was given to me, saying, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship in it.

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The Two Witnesses

11 I was given a reed like a measuring rod(A) and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers.

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And leave out the courtyard outside of the temple, and do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample the holy city for forty two months.

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But exclude the outer court;(A) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.(B) They will trample on the holy city(C) for 42 months.(D)

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