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 ^(A)sons of Ammon and prophesy against them, ³ and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord ^[a]God! This is what the Lord God says: “Because you said, ‘^(B)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, ⁴ therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the ^[b](C)people of the east as a possession, and they will set up their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will ^(D)eat your fruit and drink your milk. ⁵ I will make ^(E)Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” ⁶ For this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have ^(F)clapped your hands and stamped your feet, and have ^(G)rejoiced with all the malice in your soul against the land of Israel, ⁷ therefore, behold, I have ^(H)reached out with My hand against you and I will give you as ^(I)plunder to the nations. And I will ^(J)cut you off from the peoples and ^(K)eliminate you from the lands. I will exterminate you. So you will ^(L)know that I am the Lord.”

Moab

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

Edom

¹² ‘The Lord God says this: “Because ^(R)Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred great guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,” ¹³ therefore this is what the Lord God says: “I will also ^(S)reach out with My hand against Edom and ^(T)eliminate human and animal life from it. And I will turn it into ruins; from ^(U)Teman even to ^(V)Dedan they will fall by the sword. ¹⁴ And ^(W)I will inflict My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom ^(X)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 ^(Y)revenge, and have taken vengeance with malice in their souls to destroy with everlasting hostility,” ¹⁶ therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am going to ^(Z)reach out with My hand against the Philistines and eliminate the ^(AA)Cherethites; and I will destroy the remnant of the seacoast. ¹⁷ I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will ^(AB)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 ^(AC)Tyre has said in regard to Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The ^(AD)gateway of the peoples is broken; it has ^[f](AE)opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’ ³ therefore this is what the Lord ^[g]God says: ‘Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up ^(AF)many nations against you, as the ^(AG)sea brings up its waves. ⁴ They will ^(AH)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. ⁵ She 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 ^(AI)plunder for the nations. ⁶ Also her ^(AJ)daughters who are ^[h]on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”

⁷ For the Lord God says this: “Behold, I am going to bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^(AK)king of kings, with horses, ^(AL)chariots, cavalry, and ^[i]a great army. ⁸ He will kill your daughters ^[j]on the mainland with the sword; and he will make ^(AM)siege walls against you, pile up an ^(AN)assault ramp against you, and raise up a large shield against you. ⁹ And he will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his ^[k]axes. ¹⁰ Because of the multitude of his ^(AO)horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will ^(AP)shake from the noise of cavalry, ^[l]wagons, and chariots when he ^(AQ)enters your gates as warriors enter a city that is breached. ¹¹ With the hoofs of his ^(AR)horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong ^[m]pillars will ^(AS)go down to the ground. ¹² Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your ^(AT)merchandise, ^(AU)tear down your walls and destroy your ^(AV)delightful houses, and ^[n]throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris ^(AW)into the water. ¹³ So I will put an end to the sound of your ^(AX)songs, and the sound of your ^(AY)harps will no longer be heard. ¹⁴ I will turn you into a bare rock; you will become a dry place for the spreading of nets. You will not be ^(AZ)rebuilt, for I the ^(BA)Lord have spoken,” declares the Lord God.

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

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

Grief over Tyre

27 Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ² “And you, son of man, ^(BR)take up a song of mourning over Tyre; ³ and say to Tyre, ^(BS)who sits at the ^[s]entrance to the sea, ^(BT)merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘This is what the Lord ^[t]God says:

¹⁰ “^(CD)Persia, ^(CE)Lud, and ^(CF)Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung up shield and helmet on you; they presented your splendor. ¹¹ The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the ^[y]Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

¹² “Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your merchandise. ^13 (CG)Javan, ^(CH)Tubal, and ^(CI)Meshech, they were your traders; with human ^(CJ)lives and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise. ¹⁴ Those from ^(CK)Beth-togarmah gave horses, war horses, and mules for your merchandise. ¹⁵ The sons of ^(CL)Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were ^[z]your market; they brought ^(CM)ivory tusks and ebony as your payment. ^16 (CN)Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your ^[aa]goods; they paid for your merchandise with ^[ab](CO)emeralds, purple, ^(CP)colorfully woven cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies. ¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of ^(CQ)Minnith, ^[ac]cakes, honey, oil, and balsam they paid for your merchandise. ^18 (CR)Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your ^[ad]goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹ Vedan and Javan paid for your merchandise from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia, and spice reed were among your merchandise. ^20 (CS)Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ^21 (CT)Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were ^[ae]your customers for ^(CU)lambs, rams, and goats; for these they were your customers. ²² The traders of ^(CV)Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your merchandise with the best of all ^(CW)balsam oil, and with all kinds of precious stones, and gold. ²³ Haran, Canneh, ^(CX)Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴ They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of violet and colorfully woven cloth, and in blankets of two colors, and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise. ²⁵ The ^(CY)ships of Tarshish were ^[af]the carriers for your merchandise.

Prayer for God’s Mercy upon the Nation.

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Healing the Man Born Blind

9 As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. ² And His disciples asked Him, “^(A)Rabbi, who sinned, ^(B)this man or his ^(C)parents, that he would be born blind?” ³ Jesus answered, “It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was ^(D)so that the works of God might be displayed in him. ⁴ We must carry out the works of Him who sent Me ^(E)as long as it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵ While I am in the world, I am ^(F)the Light of the world.” ⁶ When He had said this, He ^(G)spit on the ground, and made mud from the saliva, and applied the mud to his eyes, ⁷ and said to him, “Go, wash in ^(H)the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he left and ^(I)washed, and ^(J)came back seeing. ⁸ So the neighbors, and those who previously saw ^[a]him as a beggar, were saying, “Is this not the one who used to ^(K)sit and beg?” ⁹ Others were saying, “This is he,” still others were saying, “No, but he is like him.” ^[b]The man himself kept saying, “I am the one.” ¹⁰ So they were saying to him, “How then were your eyes opened?” ¹¹ He answered, “The Man who is called Jesus made mud, and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to ^(L)Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.” ¹² And they said to him, “Where is He?” He *said, “I do not know.”

Controversy over the Man

¹³ They *brought ^[c]the man who was previously blind to the Pharisees. ^14 (M)Now it was a Sabbath on the day that Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. ^15 (N)Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied mud to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” ¹⁶ Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, “This Man is not from God, because He ^(O)does not keep the Sabbath.” But others were saying, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such ^[d](P)signs?” And ^(Q)there was dissension among them. ¹⁷ So they *said ^(R)again to the man who was blind, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?” And he said, “He is a ^(S)prophet.”

^18 (T)The Jews then did not believe it about him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight, ¹⁹ and they questioned them, saying, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?” ²⁰ His parents then answered and said, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; ²¹ but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself.” ²² His parents said this because they ^(U)were afraid of the ^[e]Jews; for the Jews ^(V)had already reached the decision that if anyone confessed Him to be ^[f]Christ, ^(W)he was to be excommunicated from the synagogue. ²³ It was for this reason that his parents said, “^(X)He is of age; ask him.”

²⁴ So for a second time they summoned the man who had been blind, and said to him, “^(Y)Give glory to God; we know that ^(Z)this Man is a sinner.” ²⁵ He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” ²⁶ So they said to him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?” ²⁷ He answered them, “^(AA)I told you already and you did not ^(AB)listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?” ²⁸ They spoke abusively to him and said, “You are His disciple, but ^(AC)we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this Man, ^(AD)we do not know where He is from.” ³⁰ The man answered and said to them, “Well, here is the amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes! ³¹ We know that ^(AE)God does not listen to sinners; but if someone is ^[g]God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him. ^32 [h]Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. ^33 (AF)If this Man were not from God, He could do nothing.” ³⁴ They answered him, “^(AG)You were born entirely in sins, and yet you are teaching us?” So they ^[i](AH)put him out.

Jesus Affirms His Deity

³⁵ Jesus heard that they had ^[j](AI)put him out, and upon finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the ^(AJ)Son of Man?” ³⁶ He answered ^[k]by saying, “And ^(AK)who is He, ^[l]Sir, that I may believe in Him?” ³⁷ Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and ^(AL)He is the One who is talking with you.” ³⁸ And he said, “I believe, Lord.” And he ^(AM)worshiped Him. ³⁹ And Jesus said, “^(AN)For judgment I came into this world, so that ^(AO)those who do not see may see, and ^(AP)those who see may become blind.” ⁴⁰ Those who were with Him from the Pharisees heard these things and said to Him, “^(AQ)We are not blind too, are we?” ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “^(AR)If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now that you maintain, ‘^(AS)We see,’ your sin remains.