Old/New Testament
Parable of the Boiling Pot
24 And the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying, 2 “Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon [a]has (A)laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. 3 Speak a (B)parable to the (C)rebellious house and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord [b]God,
“Put on the (D)pot, put it on and also pour water in it;
4 [c](E)Put in it the pieces,
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.
5 “Take the (F)choicest of the flock,
And also pile [d]wood under [e]the pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.”
6 ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“Woe to the (G)bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece,
[f]Without making a choice.
7 “For her blood is in her midst;
She placed it on the bare rock;
She did not (H)pour it on the ground
To cover it with dust.
8 “That it may (I)cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,
I have put her blood on the bare rock,
That it may not be covered.”
9 ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord God,
“(J)Woe to the bloody city!
I also will make the pile great.
10 “Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
[g]Boil the flesh well
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.
11 “Then (K)set it empty on its coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may [h]glow
And its (L)filthiness may be melted in it,
Its rust consumed.
12 “She has (M)wearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire!
13 “In your filthiness is lewdness.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are (N)not clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I have [i](O)spent My wrath on you.
14 I, the Lord, have spoken; it is (P)coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not (Q)pity and I will not be sorry; (R)according to your ways and according to your deeds [j]I will judge you,” declares the Lord God.’”
Death of Ezekiel’s Wife Is a Sign
15 And the word of the Lord came to me saying, 16 “Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the (S)desire of your eyes with a (T)blow; but you shall not (U)mourn and you shall not weep, and your (V)tears shall not come. 17 Groan silently; make (W)no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and (X)do not eat the bread of men.” 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded. 19 The people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?” 20 Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me saying, 21 ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the (Y)desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your (Z)sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword. 22 You will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men. 23 Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You (AA)will not mourn and you will not weep, but (AB)you will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan [k]to one another. 24 Thus Ezekiel will be a (AC)sign to you; according to all that he has done you will do; when it comes, then you will know that I am the Lord God.’”
25 ‘As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their (AD)stronghold, the joy of their [l]pride, the desire of their eyes and [m]their heart’s delight, their sons and their daughters, 26 that on that day he who (AE)escapes will come to you with information for your ears? 27 On that day your (AF)mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”
Judgment on Gentile Nations—Ammon
25 And the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2 “Son of man, set your face toward the (AG)sons of Ammon and prophesy against them, 3 and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord [n]God! Thus says the Lord God, “Because you said, ‘(AH)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 (AI)sons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will (AJ)eat your fruit and drink your milk. 5 I will make (AK)Rabbah a pasture for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.” 6 For thus says the Lord God, “Because you have (AL)clapped your hands and stamped your feet and (AM)rejoiced with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel, 7 therefore, behold, I have (AN)stretched out My hand against you and I will give you for (AO)spoil to the nations. And I will (AP)cut you off from the peoples and (AQ)make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will (AR)know that I am the Lord.”
Moab
8 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because (AS)Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,’ 9 therefore, behold, I am going to [o]deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its [p]frontiers, the glory of the land, (AT)Beth-jeshimoth, (AU)Baal-meon and (AV)Kiriathaim, 10 and I will give it for a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the (AW)sons of the east, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations. 11 Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the Lord.”
Edom
12 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because (AX)Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred grievous guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,” 13 therefore thus says the Lord God, “I will also (AY)stretch out My hand against Edom and (AZ)cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from (BA)Teman even to (BB)Dedan they will fall by the sword. 14 (BC)I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom (BD)according to My anger and according to My wrath; thus they will know My vengeance,” declares the Lord God.
Philistia
15 ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Because the Philistines have acted in (BE)revenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity,” 16 therefore thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will (BF)stretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the (BG)Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. 17 I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will (BH)know that I am the Lord when I lay 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 (BI)Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the (BJ)gateway of the peoples is broken; it has [q](BK)opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’ 3 therefore thus says the Lord [r]God, ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up (BL)many nations against you, as the (BM)sea brings up its waves. 4 They will (BN)destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; and I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock. 5 She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord God, ‘and she will become (BO)spoil for the nations. 6 Also her (BP)daughters who are [s]on the mainland will be slain by the sword, and they will know that I am the Lord.’”
7 For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, (BQ)king of kings, with horses, (BR)chariots, cavalry and [t]a great army. 8 He will slay your daughters [u]on the mainland with the sword; and he will make (BS)siege walls against you, cast up a (BT)ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. 9 The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his [v]axes he will break down your towers. 10 Because of the multitude of his (BU)horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will (BV)shake at the noise of cavalry and [w]wagons and chariots when he (BW)enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached. 11 With the hoofs of his (BX)horses he will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will (BY)come down to the ground. 12 Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your (BZ)merchandise, (CA)break down your walls and destroy your (CB)pleasant houses, and [x]throw your stones and your timbers and your debris (CC)into the water. 13 So I will [y]silence the sound of your (CD)songs, and the sound of your (CE)harps will be heard no more. 14 I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be (CF)built no more, for I the (CG)Lord have spoken,” declares the Lord God.
15 Thus says the Lord God to Tyre, “Shall not the (CH)coastlands (CI)shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? 16 Then all the princes of the sea will (CJ)go down from their thrones, remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will (CK)clothe themselves with [z]trembling; they will sit on the ground, (CL)tremble every moment and be appalled at you. 17 They will take up a (CM)lamentation over you and say to you,
‘(CN)How you have perished, O inhabited one,
From the seas, O renowned city,
Which was (CO)mighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who [aa]imposed [ab]her terror
On all her inhabitants!
18 ‘Now the (CP)coastlands will tremble
On the day of your fall;
Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea
Will be terrified at your (CQ)passing.’”
19 For thus says the Lord God, “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I (CR)bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, 20 then I will bring you down with those who (CS)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the (CT)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not [ac]be inhabited; but I will set (CU)glory in the land of the living. 21 I will [ad]bring (CV)terrors on you and you will be no more; though you will be sought, (CW)you will never be found again,” declares the Lord God.
As Newborn Babes
2 Therefore, (A)putting aside all [a]malice and all deceit and [b]hypocrisy and [c]envy and all [d](B)slander, 2 (C)like newborn babies, long for the [e](D)pure [f]milk of the word, so that by it you may (E)grow [g]in respect to salvation, 3 if you have (F)tasted [h](G)the kindness of the Lord.
As Living Stones
4 And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been (H)rejected by men, but is [i]choice and precious in the sight of God, 5 (I)you also, as living stones, [j]are being built up as a (J)spiritual house for a holy (K)priesthood, to (L)offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For this is contained in [k]Scripture:
“(M)Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a (N)precious corner stone,
And he who believes in [l]Him will not be [m]disappointed.”
7 (O)This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve,
8 and,
“(R)A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”;
(S)for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, (T)and to this doom they were also appointed.
9 But you are (U)a chosen race, a royal (V)priesthood, a (W)holy nation, (X)a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you (Y)out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 (Z)for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
11 (AA)Beloved, (AB)I urge you as (AC)aliens and strangers to abstain from (AD)fleshly lusts which wage (AE)war against the soul. 12 (AF)Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they (AG)slander you as evildoers, they may [n]because of your good deeds, as they observe them, (AH)glorify God (AI)in the day of [o]visitation.
Honor Authority
13 (AJ)Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, 14 or to governors as sent [p]by him (AK)for the punishment of evildoers and the (AL)praise of those who do right. 15 For [q](AM)such is the will of God that by doing right you may (AN)silence the ignorance of foolish men. 16 Act as (AO)free men, and [r]do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as (AP)bondslaves of God. 17 (AQ)Honor all people, (AR)love the brotherhood, (AS)fear God, (AT)honor the [s]king.
18 (AU)Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and (AV)gentle, but also to those who are [t]unreasonable. 19 For this finds [u]favor, if for the sake of (AW)conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if (AX)when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds [v]favor with God.
Christ Is Our Example
21 For (AY)you have been called for this purpose, (AZ)since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you (BA)an example for you to follow in His steps, 22 who (BB)committed no sin, nor was any deceit found in His mouth; 23 [w]and while being (BC)reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 and He Himself [x](BD)bore our sins in His body on the [y](BE)cross, so that we (BF)might die to [z]sin and live to righteousness; for (BG)by His [aa]wounds you were (BH)healed. 25 For you were (BI)continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the (BJ)Shepherd and [ab]Guardian of your souls.
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