Woe to Jerusalem

29 “Woe (A)to [a]Ariel, to Ariel, the city (B)where David dwelt!
Add year to year;
Let feasts come around.

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  1. Isaiah 29:1 Jerusalem, lit. Lion of God

Woe to David’s City

29 Woe(A) to you, Ariel, Ariel,(B)
    the city(C) where David settled!
Add year to year
    and let your cycle of festivals(D) go on.

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“Come(A) to Bethel and transgress,
At (B)Gilgal multiply transgression;
(C)Bring your sacrifices every morning,
(D)Your tithes every three [a]days.
(E)Offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven,
Proclaim and announce (F)the freewill offerings;
For this you love,
You children of Israel!”
Says the Lord God.

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  1. Amos 4:4 Or years, Deut. 14:28

“Go to Bethel(A) and sin;
    go to Gilgal(B) and sin yet more.
Bring your sacrifices every morning,(C)
    your tithes(D) every three years.[a](E)
Burn leavened bread(F) as a thank offering
    and brag about your freewill offerings(G)
boast about them, you Israelites,
    for this is what you love to do,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.

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  1. Amos 4:4 Or days

Then David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it (A)the City of David. And David built all around from [a]the Millo and inward.

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  1. 2 Samuel 5:9 Lit. The Landfill

David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terraces[a](A) inward.

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  1. 2 Samuel 5:9 Or the Millo

With what shall I come before the Lord,
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
(A)Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
Ten thousand (B)rivers of oil?
(C)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
[a]The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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  1. Micah 6:7 My own child

With what shall I come before(A) the Lord
    and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
    with calves a year old?(B)
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,(C)
    with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?(D)
Shall I offer my firstborn(E) for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?(F)

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They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord,
Nor (A)shall their (B)sacrifices be pleasing to Him.
It shall be like bread of mourners to them;
All who eat it shall be defiled.
For their bread shall be for their own life;
It shall not come into the house of the Lord.

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They will not pour out wine offerings(A) to the Lord,
    nor will their sacrifices please(B) him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;(C)
    all who eat them will be unclean.(D)
This food will be for themselves;
    it will not come into the temple of the Lord.(E)

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13 For the sacrifices of My offerings (A)they sacrifice flesh and eat it,
(B)But the Lord does not accept them.
(C)Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.
They shall return to Egypt.

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13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
    and though they eat(A) the meat,
    the Lord is not pleased with them.(B)
Now he will remember(C) their wickedness
    and punish their sins:(D)
    They will return to Egypt.(E)

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“With their flocks and herds
(A)They shall go to seek the Lord,
But they will not find Him;
He has withdrawn Himself from them.

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When they go with their flocks and herds
    to seek the Lord,(A)
they will not find him;
    he has withdrawn(B) himself from them.

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15 The altar hearth is four cubits high, with four (A)horns extending upward from the [a]hearth. 16 The altar hearth is twelve cubits long, twelve wide, (B)square at its four corners;

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  1. Ezekiel 43:15 Heb. ariel

15 Above that, the altar hearth(A) is four cubits high, and four horns(B) project upward from the hearth. 16 The altar hearth is square, twelve cubits[a] long and twelve cubits wide.(C)

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  1. Ezekiel 43:16 That is, about 21 feet or about 6.4 meters

“He(A) who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he (B)breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,

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But whoever sacrifices a bull(A)
    is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
    is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
    is like one who presents pig’s(B) blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense(C)
    is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,(D)
    and they delight in their abominations;(E)

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Animal Sacrifices Insufficient

10 For the law, having a (A)shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, (B)can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.

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Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10 The law is only a shadow(A) of the good things(B) that are coming—not the realities themselves.(C) For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect(D) those who draw near to worship.(E)

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21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)“Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.

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21 “‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Go ahead, add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices(A) and eat(B) the meat yourselves!

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(A)He shall cross over to his stronghold for fear,
And his princes shall be afraid of the banner,”
Says the Lord,
Whose fire is in Zion
And whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

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Their stronghold(A) will fall because of terror;
    at the sight of the battle standard(B) their commanders will panic,(C)
declares the Lord,
    whose fire(D) is in Zion,
    whose furnace(E) is in Jerusalem.

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12 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
(A)Called for weeping and for mourning,
(B)For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.
13 But instead, joy and gladness,
Slaying oxen and killing sheep,
Eating meat and (C)drinking wine:
(D)“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

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12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day(A)
to weep(B) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair(C) and put on sackcloth.(D)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(E)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!(F)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”(G)

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