Ezekiel Prepares for Exile

12 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² “Son of man, you live in the ^(A)midst of the ^(B)rebellious house, who ^(C)have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house. ³ So as for you, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; that is, go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. ^(D)Perhaps they will ^[a]understand, though they are a rebellious house. ⁴ Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you shall go out ^(E)at evening in their sight, as those who are going into exile. ⁵ Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and ^[b]go out through it. ⁶ Load the baggage on your shoulder in their sight and carry it out in the dark. You shall ^(F)cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a ^(G)sign to the house of Israel.”

⁷ Then I ^(H)did so, just as I had been commanded. By day I ^(I)brought out my baggage like the baggage of an exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands; I went out in the dark and carried the baggage on my shoulder in their sight.

⁸ And in the morning the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁹ “Son of man, has the house of Israel, the ^(J)rebellious house, not said to you, ‘^(K)What are you doing?’ ¹⁰ Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord ^[c]God says: “This ^(L)pronouncement concerns the prince in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are ^[d]in it.”’ ¹¹ Say, ‘I am ^[e]a ^(M)sign to you. Just as I have done, so it will be done to them; they will ^(N)go into exile, into captivity.’ ¹² The ^(O)prince who is among them will load his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. ^[f]They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out through it. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes. ¹³ I will also spread My ^(P)net over him, and he will be caught in My net. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will ^(Q)not see it, though he will die there. ¹⁴ And I will ^(R)scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them. ¹⁵ So they will ^(S)know that I am the Lord, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries. ¹⁶ But I will ^[g]spare a few of them from the ^(T)sword, the famine, and plague so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations where they go, and ^[h]may ^(U)know that I am the Lord.”

¹⁷ Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹⁸ “Son of man, ^(V)eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety. ¹⁹ Then say to the people of the land, ‘This is what the Lord God says concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: “They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because ^[i]their land will be ^[j](W)stripped of its fullness on account of the violence of all who live in it. ²⁰ The inhabited ^(X)cities will be in ruins, and the ^(Y)land will be a desolation. So you will know that I am the Lord.”’”

²¹ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²² “Son of man, what is this ^(Z)proverb you people have about the land of Israel, saying, ‘The ^(AA)days are long, and every ^(AB)vision fails’? ²³ Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “I will put an end to this proverb so that they will no longer use it as a proverb in Israel.” But tell them, “^(AC)The days are approaching as well as the ^[k]fulfillment of every vision. ²⁴ For there will no longer be any ^[l](AD)false vision or deceptive divination within the house of Israel. ²⁵ For I the Lord will speak whatever ^(AE)word I speak, and it will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, for in ^(AF)your days, you ^(AG)rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it,” declares the Lord God.’”

²⁶ Furthermore, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²⁷ “Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for ^(AH)many ^[m]years from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’ ²⁸ Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be performed,”’” declares the Lord God.

A Scene of Heaven

15 Then I saw ^(A)another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, ^(B)seven angels who had ^(C)seven plagues, which are ^(D)the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.

² And I saw something like a ^(E)sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who ^(F)were victorious ^[a]over the ^(G)beast and ^(H)his image and the ^(I)number of his name, standing on the ^(J)sea of glass, holding ^(K)harps of God. ³ And they *sang the ^(L)song of Moses, ^(M)the bond-servant of God, and the ^(N)song of the Lamb, saying,

⁵ After these things I looked, and ^(U)the ^[d]temple of the ^(V)tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened, ⁶ and the ^(W)seven angels who had the seven plagues ^(X)came out of the ^[e]temple, clothed in ^[f]linen, clean and bright, and ^(Y)their chests wrapped with golden sashes. ⁷ And one of the ^(Z)four living creatures gave the ^(AA)seven angels seven ^(AB)golden bowls full of the ^(AC)wrath of God, who ^(AD)lives forever and ever. ⁸ And the ^[g]temple was filled with ^(AE)smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the ^[h]temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

The Bowls of Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from ^(AF)the ^[i]temple, saying to the ^(AG)seven angels, “Go and ^(AH)pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

² So the first angel went and poured out his bowl ^(AI)on the earth; and a harmful and painful ^(AJ)sore ^[j]afflicted the people ^(AK)who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

³ The second angel poured out his bowl ^(AL)into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living ^[k]thing in the sea died.

⁴ Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the ^(AM)rivers and the springs of waters; and they ^(AN)became blood. ⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “^(AO)Righteous are You, ^(AP)the One who is and who was, O ^(AQ)Holy One, because You ^(AR)judged these things; ⁶ for they poured out ^(AS)the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them ^(AT)blood to drink. They ^[l]deserve it.” ⁷ And I heard ^(AU)the altar saying, “Yes, ^(AV)Lord God, the Almighty, ^(AW)true and righteous are Your judgments.”

⁸ And the fourth angel poured out his bowl upon ^(AX)the sun, ^(AY)and it was given power to scorch people with fire. ⁹ And the people were scorched with ^[m]fierce heat; and they ^(AZ)blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they ^(BA)did not repent so as to ^(BB)give Him glory.

¹⁰ And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(BC)throne of the beast, and his kingdom became ^(BD)darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, ¹¹ and they ^(BE)blasphemed the ^(BF)God of heaven because of their pain and their ^(BG)sores; and they ^(BH)did not repent of their deeds.

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(BI)great river, the Euphrates; and ^(BJ)its water was dried up, so that ^(BK)the way would be prepared for the kings ^(BL)from the ^[n]east.

Har-Magedon (Armageddon)

¹³ And I saw coming out of the mouth of the ^(BM)dragon, and out of the mouth of the ^(BN)beast, and out of the mouth of the ^(BO)false prophet, three ^(BP)unclean spirits like ^(BQ)frogs; ¹⁴ for they are ^(BR)spirits of demons, ^(BS)performing signs, which go out to the kings of the ^(BT)entire ^[o]world, to ^(BU)gather them together for the war of the ^(BV)great day of God, the Almighty. ¹⁵ (“Behold, ^(BW)I am coming like a thief. ^(BX)Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, ^(BY)so that he will not walk about naked and people will not see his shame.”) ¹⁶ And they ^(BZ)gathered them together to the place which ^(CA)in Hebrew is called ^(CB)Har-Magedon.

The Seventh Bowl of Wrath

¹⁷ Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon ^(CC)the air, and a ^(CD)loud voice came out of the ^[p](CE)temple from the throne, saying, “^(CF)It is done.” ¹⁸ And there were flashes of ^(CG)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was ^(CH)a great earthquake, ^(CI)such as there had not been since mankind came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. ^19 (CJ)The great city ^[q]was split into three parts, and the cities of the ^[r]nations fell. ^(CK)Babylon the great was ^(CL)remembered in the sight of God, to give her ^(CM)the cup of the wine of ^[s]His fierce wrath. ²⁰ And ^(CN)every island fled, and no mountains were found. ²¹ And ^(CO)huge ^[t]hailstones, weighing about ^[u]a talent each, *came down from heaven upon people; and people ^(CP)blasphemed God because of the ^(CQ)plague of the hail, because ^[v]the hailstone plague *was extremely ^[w]severe.

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