God’s Anger with Jerusalem

How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion
With a (A)cloud in His anger!
(B)He cast down from heaven to the earth
(C)The beauty of Israel,
And did not remember (D)His footstool
In the day of His anger.

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Let us go into His tabernacle;
(A)Let us worship at His footstool.

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Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brethren and my people: (A)I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for (B)the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.

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23 And you, Capernaum, (A)who[a] are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:23 NU will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be

(A)A day of darkness and gloominess,
A day of clouds and thick darkness,
Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains.
(B)A people come, great and strong,
(C)The like of whom has never been;
Nor will there ever be any such after them,
Even for many successive generations.

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18 (A)At [a]Tehaphnehes the day shall also be [b]darkened,
When I break the yokes of Egypt there.
And her arrogant strength shall cease in her;
As for her, a cloud shall cover her,
And her daughters shall go into captivity.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:18 Tahpanhes, Jer. 43:7
  2. Ezekiel 30:18 So with many Heb. mss., Bg., LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT refrained

14 “You were the anointed (A)cherub who covers;
I established you;
You were on (B)the holy mountain of God;
You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created,
Till (C)iniquity was found in you.

16 “By the abundance of your trading
You became filled with violence within,
And you sinned;
Therefore I cast you as a profane thing
Out of the mountain of God;
And I destroyed you, (D)O covering cherub,
From the midst of the fiery stones.

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43 You have covered Yourself with anger
And pursued us;
You have slain and not pitied.
44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud,
That prayer should not pass through.

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11 Our holy and beautiful [a]temple,
Where our fathers praised You,
Is burned up with fire;
And all (A)our pleasant things [b]are laid waste.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:11 Lit. house
  2. Isaiah 64:11 have become a ruin

The Fall of Lucifer

12 “How(A) you are fallen from heaven,
O [a]Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart:
(B)‘I will ascend into heaven,
(C)I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the (D)mount of the congregation
(E)On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
(F)I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you (G)shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the [b]lowest depths of the Pit.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:12 Lit. Day Star
  2. Isaiah 14:15 Lit. recesses

Exalt the Lord our God,
And worship at His footstool—
He is holy.

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Satan Thrown Out of Heaven

And war broke out in heaven: (A)Michael and his angels fought (B)with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they [a]did not prevail, nor was a place found for [b]them in heaven any longer. So (C)the great dragon was cast out, (D)that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, (E)who deceives the whole world; (F)he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 12:8 were not strong enough
  2. Revelation 12:8 M him

18 And He said to them, (A)“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

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15 (A)And you, Capernaum, [a]who are (B)exalted to heaven, (C)will be brought down to Hades.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:15 NU will you be exalted to heaven? You will be thrust down to Hades!

When I put out your light,
(A)I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
And the moon shall not give her light.
All the [a]bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you,
And bring darkness upon your land,”
Says the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 32:8 Or shining

21 ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, (A)I will profane My sanctuary, [a]your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the [b]delight of your soul; (B)and your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 24:21 Lit. the pride of your strength
  2. Ezekiel 24:21 Lit. compassion

20 ‘As for the beauty of his ornaments,
He set it in majesty;
(A)But they made from it
The images of their abominations—
Their detestable things;
Therefore I have made it
Like refuse to them.
21 I will give it as (B)plunder
Into the hands of strangers,
And to the wicked of the earth as spoil;
And they shall defile it.
22 I will turn My face from them,
And they will defile My secret place;
For robbers shall enter it and defile it.

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The Degradation of Zion

How the gold has become dim!
How changed the fine gold!
The stones of the sanctuary are [a]scattered
At the head of every street.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 4:1 Lit. poured out

Jerusalem in Affliction

How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
(A)How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!
The (B)princess among the provinces
Has become a [a]slave!

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:1 Lit. forced laborer

19 “The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places!
(A)How the mighty have fallen!

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21 Then she named the child (A)Ichabod,[a] saying, (B)“The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 4:21 Lit. Inglorious

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