Ezekiel's Wife Dies

¹⁵ The word of the Lord came to me: ^16 (A)“Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. ¹⁷ Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. ^(B)Bind on your turban, and ^(C)put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, ^(D)nor eat the bread of men.” ¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning, and ^(E)at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did ^(F)as I was commanded.

¹⁹ And ^(G)the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?” ²⁰ Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹ ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^(H)Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and ^(I)your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. ²² And ^(J)you shall do as I have done; ^(K)you shall not cover your lips, ^(L)nor eat the bread of men. ^23 (M)Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but ^(N)you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another. ²⁴ Thus shall Ezekiel be to you ^(O)a sign; ^(P)according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then ^(Q)you will know that I am the Lord God.’

²⁵ “As for you, ^(R)son of man, surely on the day when I take from them ^(S)their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul's desire, and also their sons and daughters, ^26 (T)on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news. ²⁷ On that day your mouth ^(U)will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. ^(V)So you will be a sign to them, and ^(W)they will know that I am the Lord.”

Prophecy Against Ammon

25 The word of the Lord came to me: ^2 (X)“Son of man, ^(Y)set your face toward ^(Z)the Ammonites and prophesy against them. ³ Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God: ^(AA)Thus says the Lord God, Because you said, ^(AB)‘Aha!’ over my ^(AC)sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile, ⁴ therefore behold, I am handing you over to ^(AD)the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. ⁵ I will make ^(AE)Rabbah a ^(AF)pasture for camels and Ammon^{[a] (AG)}a fold for flocks. ^(AH)Then you will know that I am the Lord. ⁶ For thus says the Lord God: Because ^(AI)you have clapped your hands ^(AJ)and stamped your feet and ^(AK)rejoiced with all the ^(AL)malice within your soul against the land of Israel, ⁷ therefore, behold, ^(AM)I have stretched out my hand against you, and ^(AN)will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Moab and Seir

⁸ “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^(AO)Moab and ^(AP)Seir^[b] said, ‘Behold, the ^(AQ)house of Judah is like all the other nations,’ ⁹ therefore ^(AR)I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, ^(AS)Beth-jeshimoth, ^(AT)Baal-meon, and ^(AU)Kiriathaim. ¹⁰ I will give it ^(AV)along with the Ammonites ^(AW)to the people of the East as a possession, ^(AX)that the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations, ^11 (AY)and I will execute judgments upon Moab. ^(AZ)Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Edom

¹² “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^(BA)Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended ^(BB)in taking vengeance on them, ¹³ therefore thus says the Lord God, ^(BC)I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from ^(BD)Teman even to ^(BE)Dedan they shall fall by the sword. ¹⁴ And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom ^(BF)by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and ^(BG)they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.

Prophecy Against Philistia

¹⁵ “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^(BH)the Philistines ^(BI)acted revengefully and took vengeance ^(BJ)with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity, ¹⁶ therefore thus says the Lord God, ^(BK)Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off ^(BL)the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast. ¹⁷ I will execute great vengeance on them ^(BM)with wrathful rebukes. ^(BN)Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”

Greeting

1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who are elect exiles of ^(A)the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, ² according to ^(B)the foreknowledge of God the Father, ^(C)in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and ^(D)for sprinkling with his blood:

May ^(E)grace and ^(F)peace be multiplied to you.

Born Again to a Living Hope

^3 (G)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! ^(H)According to his great mercy, ^(I)he has caused us to be born again to a living hope ^(J)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ to ^(K)an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and ^(L)unfading, ^(M)kept in heaven for you, ⁵ who by God's power are being guarded ^(N)through faith for a salvation ^(O)ready to be revealed in the last time. ⁶ In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by ^(P)various trials, ⁷ so that ^(Q)the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes ^(R)though it is tested by ^(S)fire—may be found to result in ^(T)praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ^8 (U)Though you have not seen him, you love him. ^(V)Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, ⁹ obtaining ^(W)the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

¹⁰ Concerning this salvation, ^(X)the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, ¹¹ inquiring ^(Y)what person or time^{[a] (Z)}the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating ^(AA)when he predicted ^(AB)the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. ^12 (AC)It was revealed to them that ^(AD)they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you ^(AE)by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, ^(AF)things into which angels long to look.