Ezekiel 40-42 Visions of the House of Yahweh

Visions of the House of Yahweh

Eze 40:3-4 LSB - 

[3] So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. 

[4] And the man spoke to me, "Son of man, see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show [it] to you. Declare to the house of Israel all that you are seeing."

The East Gate

The Outer Court Chambers

The North Gate

The South Gate

The Inner Court Gates

The Chambers for the Priests

Eze 40:44 LSB - [44] From the outside to the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, [one of] which was at the side of the north gate, with its front toward the south, and one at the side of the south gate facing toward the north.

The Porch

The Nave

The Holy of Holies

The Wall, Side Chambers, and West Building

The Measurements of the Building

Carvings and Furnishings

The Chambers

Ezekiel 37-39 Israel will know that I am Yahweh their God

Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones

Eze 37:4-6 LSB - 

[4] Then He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh.' 

[5] "Thus says Lord Yahweh to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. 

[6] 'I will put sinews on you, make flesh come up upon you, cover you with skin, and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am Yahweh.'"

Eze 37:12-14 LSB - 

[12] "Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. 

[13] "Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people. 

[14] "And I will put My Spirit within you, and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken and done it," declares Yahweh.'"

Israel Will No Longer be Divided

Eze 37:22-23 LSB - 

[22] and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms. 

[23] "They also will no longer defile themselves with their idols or with their detestable things or with any of their transgressions; but I will save them from all their [places of] habitation in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Yahweh Cuts a Covenant

Eze 37:24 LSB - [24] "And My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My judgments and keep My statutes and do them.

Eze 37:27 LSB - [27] "My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Prophecy Against Gog

Eze 38:20 LSB - [20] "And the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will quake at My presence; the mountains also will be pulled down, the steep pathways will fall, and every wall will fall to the earth.

Eze 38:23 LSB - [23] "And I will magnify Myself, I will manifest Myself as holy, and I will make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am Yahweh."'

Prophecy About Gog’s Judgment

Eze 39:4 LSB - [4] "You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and beast of the field.

Eze 39:24 LSB - [24] "According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them."'"

Israel Will Live in Security

Eze 39:27-29 LSB - 

[27] "When I return them from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall prove Myself holy through them in the sight of the many nations. 

[28] "Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then collected them [again] to their own land; and I will leave none of them there any longer. 

[29] "And I will not hide My face from them any longer, for I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel," declares Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 34-36 Yahweh Will Shepherd His Flock

Prophecy Against the Shepherds of Israel

Eze 34:10 LSB - [10] 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will seek My flock from their hand and make them cease from shepherding the flock. So the shepherds will not shepherd themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth so that they will not be food for them."'"

Yahweh Will Shepherd His Flock

Eze 34:14-16 LSB - 

[14] "I will shepherd them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and [be] shepherded in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. 

[15] "I will shepherd My flock, and I will make them lie down," declares Lord Yahweh. 

[16] "I will search for the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken, and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with judgment.

Eze 34:23-24 LSB - 

[23] "Then I will establish over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will shepherd them; he will shepherd them himself and be their shepherd. 

[24] "And I, Yahweh, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken.

Yahweh’s Covenant of Peace

Eze 34:25-26 LSB - 

[25] "I will cut a covenant of peace with them and cause harmful beasts to cease from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 

[26] "I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing.

Eze 34:31 LSB - [31] "As for you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God," declares Lord Yahweh.

Prophecy Against Mount Seir

Eze 35:15 LSB - [15] "As you delighted over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be a desolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."'

Mountains of Israel Will Bear Fruit

Eze 36:8 LSB - [8] 'But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come.

Yahweh’s Name Profaned Among the Nations

Eze 36:21 LSB - [21] "But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

They Will Know That I Am Yahweh

Eze 36:22 LSB - [22] "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, to which you have come.

Eze 36:25-27 LSB - 

[25] "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols. 

[26] "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 

[27] "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to do My judgments.

Eze 36:35-38 LSB - 

[35] "And they will say, 'This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate, and ruined cities are fortified [and] inhabited.' 

[36] "Then the nations that remain all around you will know that I, Yahweh, have rebuilt the ruined places [and] planted that which was desolate; I, Yahweh, have spoken and will do it." 

[37] 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "This also I will let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock. 

[38] "Like the flock for holy [offerings], like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed times, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."'"

Ezekiel 31-33 Ezekiel, Israel’s Watchman

Egypt Will Be Brought Down to Sheol

Eze 31:9 LSB - [9] 'I made it beautiful with the multitude of its foliage, And all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it.

Eze 31:18 LSB - [18] "To which among the trees of Eden do you thus liken [yourself] in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his multitude!"' declares Lord Yahweh."

A Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt

Eze 32:21 LSB - [21] "The dominant among the mighty ones shall speak of him [and] his helpers from the midst of Sheol, 'They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.'

Ezekiel, Israel’s Watchman

Eze 33:7 LSB - [7] "Now as for you, son of man, I have given you as a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a word from My mouth and give them warning from Me.

Heb 13:17 LSB - [17] Obey your leaders and submit [to them]--for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account--so that they will do this with joy and not with groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you.

Eze 33:18-19 LSB -
[18] "When the righteous turns from his righteousness and does iniquity, then he shall die in it.
[19] "But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and does justice and righteousness, he will live by them.

2Pe 2:20-22 LSB -
[20] For if they are overcome, having [both] escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and having again been entangled in them, [then] the last state has become worse for them than the first.
[21] For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.
[22] The [message] of the true proverb has happened to them, "A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT," and, "A sow, after washing, [returns] to wallowing in the mire."

 

Jerusalem Has Been Struck Down

Eze 33:30-33 LSB - 

[30] "But as for you, son of man, the sons of your people who talk about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, speak to one another, each to his brother, saying, 'Come now and hear what the word is which comes forth from Yahweh.' 

[31] "They come to you as people come and sit before you [as] My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires [expressed] by their mouth, [and] their heart goes after their greedy gain. 

[32] "Behold, you are to them like a lustful song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not do them. 

[33] "So when it comes to pass--behold, it is coming--then they will know that a prophet has been in their midst."

Ezekiel 28-30 - You make your heart like the heart of God

Prophesy Against the King of Tyre

Eze 28:2-3 LSB - 

[2] "Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 

'Thus says Lord Yahweh, 

"Because your heart is lofty 

And you have said, 

'I am a god; 

I sit enthroned in the seat of gods 

In the heart of the seas'; 

Yet you are a man and not God, 

Although you make your heart like the heart of God-- 

[3] Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; 

There is no secret that is a match for you.

Eze 28:9 LSB - [9] 'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of the one who kills you, Though you are a man and not God, In the hands of those who slay you?

Lament over the King of Tyre

Eze 28:15-17 LSB - 

[15] "You were blameless in your ways 

From the day you were created 

Until unrighteousness was found in you. 

[16] "By the abundance of your trade 

You were internally filled with violence, 

And you sinned; 

Therefore I have cast you as profane 

From the mountain of God. 

And I have destroyed you, 

O covering cherub, 

From the midst of the stones of fire. 

[17] "Your heart was lofty because of your beauty; 

You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. 

I cast you to the ground; 

I put you before kings, 

That they may see you.

Prophesy Against Sidon

Eze 28:24 LSB - [24] "And there will be no more for the house of Israel a prickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am Lord Yahweh."

Israel Regathered

Prophesy Against Egypt

Eze 29:9 LSB - [9] "The land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am Yahweh. Because you said, 'The Nile is mine, and I have made [it],'

Eze 29:21 LSB - [21] "On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am Yahweh."

Psa 148:14 LSB - [14] And He has raised up a horn for His people, Praise for all His holy ones; For the sons of Israel, a people near to Him. Praise Yah!

 

Those Who Support Egypt Will Fall

Eze 30:10 LSB - [10] 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "I will also make the multitude of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Yahweh Scatters the Egyptians

Eze 30:25-26 LSB - 

[25] 'Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. 

[26] 'When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am Yahweh.'"

Ezekiel 25-27 - They will know that I am Yahweh

Prophesy Against Ammon

Eze 25:7 LSB - [7] therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you, and I will give you for plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will know that I am Yahweh."

Prophesy Against Moab

Eze 25:11 LSB - [11] "Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am Yahweh."

Prophesy Against Edom

Eze 25:14 LSB - [14] "I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom according to My anger and according to My wrath; thus they will know My vengeance," declares Lord Yahweh.

Prophesy Against Philistia

Eze 25:17 LSB - [17] "So I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful reproofs; and they will know that I am Yahweh when I lay My vengeance on them."'"

Prophesy Against Tyre

Eze 26:6 LSB - [6] 'Also her daughters who are on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am Yahweh.'"

Eze 26:21 LSB - [21] "I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more; though you will be sought, you will never be found again," declares Lord Yahweh.

Lament over Tyre

Eze 27:2-3, 36 LSB - 

[2] "Now as for you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre 

[3] and say to Tyre, who inhabits the entrance to the sea, a trader of the peoples to many coastlands, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' ... 

[36] 'The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; You have become terrified, And you will cease to be forever.'"'"

Ezekiel 22-24 Oholah and Oholibah

The Abominations of Israel

Eze 22:30 LSB - [30] "And I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land, so that I would not bring it to ruin; but I found no one.

Jer 5:1 LSB - [1] "Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And see now and know, And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeks faithfulness, Then I will pardon her.

 

The Harlotries of Oholah and Oholibah

Eze 23:2-4 LSB - 

[2] "Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother; 

[3] and they played the harlot in Egypt. They played the harlot in their youth; there their breasts were pressed, and there their virgin bosom was handled. 

[4] "Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And [as for] their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

Eze 23:45 LSB - [45] "But they, righteous men, will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

The Parable of the Boiling Pot

Eze 24:13-14 LSB - 

[13] "In your uncleanness is lewdness. Because I [would] have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean; You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness again Until I have caused My wrath against you to be at rest. 

[14] "I, Yahweh, have spoken; it is coming, and I will act. I will not regret, and I will not pity, and I will not relent; according to your ways and according to your deeds I will judge you," declares Lord Yahweh.'"

Ezekiel’s Wife Dies as a Sign

Eze 24:16-17 LSB - 

[16] "Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come. 

[17] "Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your headdress and put your shoes on your feet and do not cover [your] mustache and do not eat the bread of men."

Eze 24:21 LSB - [21] 'Say to the house of Israel, "Thus says Lord Yahweh, 'Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

Ezekiel 19-21

A Lament for the Princes of Israel

Eze 19:14 LSB - [14] 'And fire has gone out from [its] thick branch; It has consumed its shoots [and] fruit, So that there is not in it a strong thick branch, A scepter to rule.'" This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation.

The Abominations of the Fathers of Israel

Eze 20:3 LSB - [3] "Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live," declares Lord Yahweh, "I will not be inquired of by you."'

Eze 20:31 LSB - [31] "And when you offer your gifts, when you cause your sons to pass through the fire, you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live," declares Lord Yahweh, "I will not be inquired of by you.

Yahweh Judges His People

Eze 20:49 LSB - [49] Then I said, "Ah Lord Yahweh! They are saying of me, 'Is he not [just] speaking parables?'"

The Prophesy of Yahweh’s Sword

Eze 21:3 LSB - [3] and say to the land of Israel, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Behold, I am against you; and I will bring out My sword from its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

A Sword for Slaughter

Eze 21:20 LSB - [20] "You shall mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 16-18 - The Sour Grapes

Jerusalem Plays the Harlot

Eze 16:8-13 LSB - 

[8] "Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine," declares Lord Yahweh. 

[9] "Then I washed you with water, rinsed your blood off from you, and anointed you with oil. 

[10] "I also clothed you with embroidered cloth and put sandals of porpoise skin on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. 

[11] "I also adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck.

[12] "I also put a ring in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a splendid crown on your head. 

[13] "Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil; so you were exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.

Yahweh’s Everlasting Covenant

Eze 16:60-63 LSB - 

[60] "Nevertheless, I Myself will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 

[61] "Then you will remember your ways and feel dishonor when you receive your sisters, [both] your older and your younger; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant. 

[62] "Thus I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall know that I am Yahweh, 

[63] so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your dishonor, when I have atoned for you for all that you have done," declares Lord Yahweh.

Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine

ESV Global Study Bible: Footnotes for Ezekiel 17

Ezek. 17:11–18 The first part identifies the characters of the fable (vv. 11–15) before spelling out the moral of the story (vv. 16–18). The first eagle is the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, who takes her king, that is, Judah’s king Jehoiachin (the “twig”), to Babylon (v. 12). The royal offspring (the “seed”) is Zedekiah (v. 13). Zedekiah’s failure was to break his covenant with Nebuchadnezzar (vv. 13–14) by turning to Egypt (v. 15), whose king was Hophra, the lesser eagle. Ultimately, hope in Egyptian aid will prove useless (v. 17; see Jer. 37:6–10). Breaking this political covenant will bring disaster on Zedekiah and his people (Ezek. 17:18).

The King Shall Die in Babylon

The Soul Who Sins Will Die

Eze 18:20 LSB - [20] "The soul who sins will die. The son will not bear the iniquity of the father, nor will the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

Eze 18:31 LSB - [31] "Cast away from yourselves all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Now why will you die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 13-15 Noah, Daniel, and Job

Yahweh’s Wrath Against Lying Prophets

Eze 13:2-3 LSB - 

[2] "Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own heart, 'Hear the word of Yahweh! 

[3] 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Woe to the wickedly foolish prophets who are walking after their own spirit and have seen nothing.

Eze 13:20-21 LSB - 

[20] Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I am against your [magic] bands by which you hunt souls there as birds, and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let [their] souls go, [the very] souls whom you hunt as birds. 

[21] "I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands to be hunted; and you will know that I am Yahweh.

Idolatrous Elders Punished

Eze 14:6-8 LSB - 

[6] "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Turn back and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your abominations. 

[7] "For anyone of the house of Israel or of the sojourners who sojourn in Israel who separates himself from Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and [then] comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, I, Yahweh, will be brought to answer him in My own person. 

[8] "I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from among My people. So you will know that I am Yahweh.

Eze 14:11 LSB - [11] in order that the house of Israel may no longer wander from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Thus they will be My people, and I shall be their God,"' declares Lord Yahweh."

Calamitous Judgments of Jerusalem

Eze 14:13-14 LSB - 

[13] "Son of man, if a country sins against Me by committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it, break its staff of bread, send famine against it, and cut off from it both man and beast, 

[14] even [though] these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, by their [own] righteousness they could [only] deliver themselves," declares Lord Yahweh.

Is Jerusalem Useful for Anything?

Eze 15:5-6 LSB - [5] "Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into anything! [6] "Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, 'As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

Ezekiel 10-12

Vision of Yahweh’s Glory Departing the Temple

Eze 10:4 LSB - [4] Then the glory of Yahweh rose up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of Yahweh.

Eze 1:28 LSB - [28] As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so [was] the appearance of the radiance all around. Such [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. And I saw [this], and I fell on my face and heard a sound [of a voice] speaking.

Eze 10:18 LSB - [18] Then the glory of Yahweh departed from the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim.

Judgment on Evil Counselors

Eze 11:13 LSB - [13] Now it happened as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to complete destruction?"

Yahweh Will Gather the Exiles

Eze 11:16 LSB - [16] "Therefore say, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "Though I had removed them far away among the nations, and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone."'

Eze 11:19-20 LSB - 

[19] "And I will give them one heart and give within them a new spirit. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 

[20] that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.

The Glory of Yahweh Leaves Jerusalem

The Vision of Captivity

Eze 12:27-28 LSB - 

[27] "Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, 'The vision that he beholds is for many years [from now], and he prophesies of times far off.' 

[28] "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh, "None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be done,"'" declares Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 7-9

The Pitiless Wrath of Yahweh

Eze 7:2 LSB - [2] "Now as for you, son of man, thus says Lord Yahweh to the land 'ăḏāmâ of Israel, 'An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the earth. 'ereṣ

Eze 7:19 LSB - [19] 'They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will become an impure thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the fury of Yahweh. They cannot satisfy their soul, nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling.

The Temple Profaned

Eze 7:27 LSB - [27] 'The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land will be dismayed. According to their way I will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am Yahweh.'"

Visions of Abominations in the Sanctuary

Eze 8:3 LSB - [3] He sent forth the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner [court], where the seat of the figure of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was [located].

Exo 34:14 LSB - [14] --for you shall not worship any other god, for Yahweh, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God--

Deu 32:16 LSB - [16] "They made Him jealous with strange [gods]; With abominations they provoked Him to anger.

1Co 10:20-22 LSB -

[20] [No], but [I say] that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they SACRIFICE TO DEMONS AND NOT TO GOD. And I do not want you to become sharers in demons.

[21] You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons.

[22] Or do we PROVOKE THE LORD TO JEALOUSY? Are we stronger than He?

Eze 8:5 LSB - [5] Then He said to me, "Son of man, raise your eyes now toward the north." So I raised my eyes toward the north, and behold, to the north of the altar gate [was] this figure of jealousy at the entrance.

Eze 8:10-11 LSB -
[10] So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of creeping things and beasts [and] detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around.
[11] Standing in front of them were seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them, each man with his censer in his hand and the fragrance of the cloud of incense rising.

2Ki 22:8 LSB - [8] Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan and he read it.

Jer 26:24 LSB - [24] But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.

Eze 8:14 LSB - [14] Then He brought me to the entrance of the gate of the house of Yahweh which [was] toward the north; and behold, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

Ezek. 8:14–15 Moving farther north, Ezekiel sees women weeping for Tammuz. This ancient Mesopotamian cult celebrated the shepherd-king and god of vegetation. Mourning rites among women in this cult are recorded in extrabiblical sources. 

Eze 8:16 LSB - [16] Then He brought me into the inner court of the house of Yahweh. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, [were] about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east; and they were prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun.

The Vision of Yahweh’s Wrath

Eze 9:4, 6 LSB - [4] Yahweh said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, [even] through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being done in its midst." ... 

[6] "Kill to [utter] destruction old men, chosen men, virgins, little ones, and women, but do not touch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary." So they started with the elders who [were] before the house.

 

Ezekiel 4-6

Ezekiel Bears Israel’s Iniquity

Eze 4:5-6 LSB - 

[5] "Now I have set a number of days for you corresponding to the years of their iniquity, 390 days; thus you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 

[6] "And you shall complete these, and you shall lie down a second time, [but] on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have set it for you for forty days, a day for each year.

Making Unclean Bread

Eze 4:14 LSB - [14] But I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any offensive meat ever entered my mouth."

Act 10:14 LSB - [14] But Peter said, "By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and unclean."

 Eze 4:16 LSB - [16] Moreover, He said to me, "Son of man, behold, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they will drink water by measure and in desolation

Psa 105:16 LSB - [16] And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread.

 

The Siege of Jerusalem

Eze 5:10 LSB - [10] 'Therefore, fathers will eat [their] sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.

Deu 28:53 LSB - [53] "Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom Yahweh your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you.

 

Yahweh Will Destroy Israel’s Pagan Altars

Eze 6:8-10 LSB - 

[8] "However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the lands. 

[9] "Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be carried captive, how I have been broken over their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which played the harlot after their idols; and they will loathe themselves to their own faces for the evils which they have done, for all their abominations. 

[10] "Then they will know that I am Yahweh; I have not said in vain that I would do this [calamitous] evil against them."'

 

 

Ezekiel 1-3

The Vision of Four Living Creatures

Eze 1:1, 3 LSB - 

[1] Now it happened in the thirtieth year, on the fifth [day] of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, [that] the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. ... 

[3] the word of Yahweh came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there the hand of Yahweh came upon him.)

The Vision of the Glory of Yahweh

Eze 1:26-28 LSB - [26] Now above the expanse that was over their heads there was something in the likeness of a throne, like sapphire stone in appearance; and upon the likeness of the throne, high up, [was] the likeness of one with the appearance of a man. 

[27] Then I saw from the appearance of His loins and upward something like the gleam of glowing metal with the appearance of fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something with the appearance of fire; and [there was] a radiance all around Him. 

[28] As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so [was] the appearance of the radiance all around. Such [was] the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. And I saw [this], and I fell on my face and heard a sound [of a voice] speaking.

The Sending of Ezekiel

Eze 2:2 LSB - [2] And as He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and caused me to stand on my feet; and I heard [Him] speaking to me.

Eze 2:3-4 LSB - 

[3] Then He said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. 

[4] "I am sending you to them who are stiff-faced and strong-hearted children, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says Lord Yahweh.'

Eze 2:6-7 LSB - 

[6] "Now as for you, son of man, do not fear them and do not fear their words, though thistles and briers are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house. 

[7] "But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.

Eze 2:8-10 LSB - 

[8] "Now as for you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you." 

[9] Then I looked, and behold, a hand was sent forth to me; and behold, a scroll [was] in it. 

[10] Then He spread it out before me, and it was written on the front and back, and written on it were lamentations, sighing, and woe.

Ezekiel Sent to the House of Israel

Eze 3:1-3 LSB - 

[1] Then He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel." 

[2] So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll. 

[3] And He said to me, "Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you." Then I ate it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

Eze 3:17 LSB - [17] "Son of man, I have given you as a watchman to the house of Israel; so you will hear a word from My mouth, and you shall warn them from Me.

2 Corinthians 10-13

Paul Defends His Authority

2Co 10:4-6 LSB - 

[4] for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the tearing down of strongholds, 

[5] as we tear down speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, 

[6] and are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is fulfilled.

2Co 10:13 LSB - [13] But we will not boast beyond [our] measure, but within the measure of the area of influence which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.

2Co 10:17 LSB - [17] But HE WHO BOASTS IS TO BOAST IN THE LORD.

Jer 9:24 LSB - [24] but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Yahweh who shows lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares Yahweh.

 

Paul Defends His Apostleship

2Co 11:2 LSB - [2] For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy, for I betrothed you to one husband, so that I might present you [as] a pure virgin to Christ.

2Co 11:30 LSB - [30] If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness.

A Vision of Paradise

A Thorn in the Flesh

2Co 12:7-10 LSB - 

[7] Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me--to keep me from exalting myself! 

[8] Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me. 

[9] And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. [10] Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions and hardships, for the sake of Christ, for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Concern for the Corinthian Church

2Co 12:15 LSB - [15] So I will most gladly spend and be fully spent for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

Examine Yourselves

2Co 13:5 LSB - [5] Test yourselves [to see] if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize about yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test?

2 Corinthians 7-9

2Co 7:1 LSB - [1] Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Godly Sorrow Produces Repentance

2Co 7:10 LSB - [10] For godly sorrow produces a repentance without regret, [leading] to salvation, but the sorrow of the world brings about death.

2Co 7:11 LSB - [11] For behold what earnestness this very thing--this godly sorrow--has brought about in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what avenging of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

Generosity and Grace

2Co 8:1-5 LSB - 

[1] Now brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, 

[2] that in a great testing by affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the richness of their generosity. 

[3] For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, [they gave] of their own accord, 

[4] begging us with much urging for the grace of sharing in the ministry to the saints, 

[5] and [this], not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

2Co 8:15 LSB - [15] As it is written, "HE WHO [gathered] MUCH DID NOT HAVE TOO MUCH, AND HE WHO [gathered] LITTLE HAD NO LACK."

Exo 16:18 LSB - [18] And they measured it with an omer, and he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat.

God Loves a Cheerful Giver

2Co 9:6-8 LSB - 

[6] Now this [I say], he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows with blessing will also reap with blessing. 

[7] Each one [must do] just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 

[8] And God is able to make every grace abound to you, so that in everything at every time having every sufficiency, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

 

2 Corinthians 4-6

The Gospel of the Glory of Christ

2Co 4:3-4 LSB - 

[3] And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, 

[4] in whose case the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

2Co 4:6 LSB - [6] For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

2Co 4:10 LSB - [10] always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

2Co 4:16 LSB - [16] Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.

Job 19:26 LSB - [26] "Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall behold God,

 

The Temporal and Eternal

2Co 5:1-3 LSB - 

[1] For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 

[2] For indeed in this we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, 

[3] inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked.

2Co 5:10 LSB - [10] For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

2Co 5:17 LSB - [17] Therefore if anyone is in Christ, [he is] a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

2Co 5:18-19 LSB - 

[18] Now all [these] things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, 

[19] namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their transgressions against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

2Co 5:20-21 LSB - 

[20] So then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as God is pleading through us. We beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 

[21] He made Him who knew no sin [to be] sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Commendable Ministers of God

2Co 6:1-2 LSB - 

[1] And working together [with Him], we also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain-- [2] for He says, "AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU, AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU." Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION"--

Isa 49:8 LSB -

[8] Thus says Yahweh, "In an acceptable time I have answered You, 

And in a day of salvation I have helped You; 

And I will guard You and give You for a covenant of the people,

To establish the land, to make [them] inherit the desolate inheritance;

2Co 6:16 LSB - [16] Or what agreement has a sanctuary of God with idols? For we are a sanctuary of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

1Co 3:16 LSB - [16] Do you not know that you are a sanctuary of God and [that] the Spirit of God dwells in you?

1Co 6:19 LSB - [19] Or do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?

Psa 90:1 LSB - [1] A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place from generation to generation.

Psa 90:1 LSB - [1] A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place from generation to generation.

Jer 31:33 LSB - [33] "But this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days," declares Yahweh: "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

2 Corinthians 1-3

God of All Comfort

2Co 1:3-4 LSB - 

[3] Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 

[4] who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

2Co 1:5 LSB - [5] For just as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

Paul’s Change of Plans

Forgive and Love the Sinner

2Co 2:15-16 LSB - 

[15] For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; 

[16] to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

2Co 2:17 LSB - [17] For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, in the sight of God, we speak in Christ.

2Co 4:2 LSB - [2] but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

 

Ministers of a New Covenant

2Co 3:6 LSB - [6] who also made us sufficient [as] ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2Co 3:15-16 ESV - 

[15] Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. 

[16] But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

2Co 3:17-18 LSB - 

[17] Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, [there] is freedom. 

[18] But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Lamentations 4-5

Yahweh’s Wrath Spent

Lam 4:7-8 LSB - [7] ZAYIN 

Her Nazirites were purer than snow; 

They were whiter than milk; 

They were more ruddy [in] body than corals, 

Their polishing [was like] lapis lazuli. 

[8] HETH Their form is blacker than soot; 

They are not recognized in the streets; 

Their skin is shriveled on their bones; 

It is withered, it has become like wood.

O Yahweh, Remember Us!

Lam 5:1 LSB - [1] Remember, O Yahweh, what has happened to us; Look, and see our reproach!

Lam 5:21-22 LSB - 

[21] Cause us to return to You, 

O Yahweh, that we may be returned; 

Renew our days as of old, 

[22] Even if You have utterly rejected us 

[And] are exceedingly angry with us.

Lamentations 1-3

Zion Lays Desolate

Lam 1:1 LSB - [1] ALEPH 

How lonely sits the city 

That was great with people! 

She has become like a widow 

Who was [once] great among the nations! 

She who was a princess among the provinces 

Has become a forced laborer!

Lam 1:20 LSB - [20] RESH 

"See, O Yahweh, for I am in distress; 

My inmost being is greatly disturbed; 

My heart is overturned within me, 

For I have been very rebellious. 

In the street the sword bereaves; 

In the house it is like death.

The Anger of Yahweh

Lam 2:20 LSB - [20] RESH 

See, O Yahweh, and look! 

With whom have You dealt thus? 

Should women eat their offspring, 

The infants who were born healthy? 

Should priest and prophet be killed 

In the sanctuary of the Lord?

Jeremiah’s Heavy Chain

Lam 3:17-18 LSB - 

[17] My soul has been rejected from peace; 

I have forgotten goodness. 

[18] So I say, 

"My strength has perished, 

As well as my hopeful waiting [which comes] from Yahweh."

The Lord Will Not Reject Forever

Lam 3:22-23 ESV - 

[22] The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; [23] they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Lam 3:25-27 LSB - 

[25] TETH 

Yahweh is good to those who hope in Him, 

To the soul who seeks Him. 

[26] [It is] good that he waits silently 

For the salvation of Yahweh. 

[27] [It is] good for a man that he should bear 

The yoke in his youth.

Jeremiah 49-52

Word Against Ammon

Jer 49:6 LSB - [6] "But afterward I will return The fortunes of the sons of Ammon," Declares Yahweh.

Word Against Edom

Jer 49:22 LSB - [22] Behold, He will mount up and swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Word Against Damascus

Word Against Kedar and Hazor

Word Against Elam

Word Against Babylon

Jer 50:4-5 LSB - 

[4] "In those days and at that time," declares Yahweh, "the sons of Israel will come, [both] they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be Yahweh their God they will seek. 

[5] "They will ask for the way to Zion--[turning] their faces in its direction [and saying], 'Come!'--in order that they may join themselves to Yahweh [in] an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten.

Jer 50:33-34 LSB - 

[33] Thus says Yahweh of hosts, 

"The sons of Israel are oppressed, 

And the sons of Judah as well; 

And all who took them captive have held them fast; 

They have refused to let them go. 

[34] "Their Redeemer is strong, 

Yahweh of hosts is His name; 

He will vigorously plead their case 

So that He may bring relief to the earth, 

But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Yahweh Sends Calamity to Babylon

Jer 51:63-64 LSB - 

[63] "And as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you will tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates, 

[64] and then you will say, 'Just so shall Babylon sink down and not rise again because of the calamity that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become [utterly] weary.'" Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.

The Anger of Yahweh Towards Judah

Jer 52:2-3 LSB - 

[2] And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 

[3] For through the anger of Yahweh [this] came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 46-48

Word Against Egypt

Jer 46:2 LSB - [2] To Egypt, concerning the military force of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

Jer 46:28 LSB - [28] "O Jacob My servant, do not fear," declares Yahweh, "For I am with you. For I will make a complete destruction of all the nations Where I have banished you, Yet I will not make a complete destruction of you; But I will discipline you with justice And by no means leave you unpunished."

Word Against Philistia

Jer 47:1 LSB - [1] That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.

Word Against Moab

Jer 48:35-36 LSB - 

[35] "I will make Moab cease," declares Yahweh, "the one who offers [offerings] on the high place and the one who offers [offerings] in smoke to his gods. 

[36] "Therefore My heart moans for Moab like flutes; My heart also moans like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have lost the abundance it produced.

Jer 48:46-47 LSB - 

[46] "Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; For your sons have been taken away captive And your daughters into captivity. 

[47] "Yet I will return the fortunes of Moab In the last days," declares Yahweh. Thus far the judgment on Moab.

Isa 16:3-4 LSB - 

[3] "Bring [us] counsel, make a decision; Cast your shadow like night at high noon; Hide those banished, do not reveal the one who flees. 

[4] "Let the banished of Moab sojourn with you; Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer." For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased, Oppressors have completely [disappeared] from the land.

Jeremiah 43-45

Jeremiah Taken to Egypt

Wrath Against the Israelites in Egypt

Word to Baruch

Jeremiah 40-42

Jeremiah Stays in Judah

Jer 40:2-3 LSB - 

[2] And the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, "Yahweh your God promised this calamity against this place; 

[3] and Yahweh has brought [it] on and done just as He promised. Because you [people] sinned against Yahweh and did not listen to His voice, therefore this thing has happened to you.

Ishmael Strikes Down Gedaliah

Johanan Rescues the People

The People Ask Jeremiah to Pray

Jer 42:21-22 LSB - 

[21] So I have told you today, but you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh your God, even according to all that He has sent me to [tell] you. 

[22] So now, you should clearly know that you will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, in the place where you desire to go to sojourn.

Jeremiah 37-39

Jeremiah Warns Against Trust in Pharaoh

Jeremiah Imprisoned

Jeremiah Brought Up from the Cistern

Jer 38:8-9 LSB - 

[8] and Ebed-melech went out from the king's house and spoke to the king, saying, 

[9] "My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the cistern; and he will die right where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city."

Zedekiah Sends for Jeremiah

The Walls of Jerusalem Torn Down

Jeremiah Delivered

Jer 39:16-18 LSB - 

[16] "Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to bring My words on this city for calamity and not for prosperity; and they will take place before you on that day. 

[17] "But I will deliver you on that day," declares Yahweh, "and you will not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are terrified. 

[18] "For I will certainly provide you escape, and you will not fall by the sword; but you will have your [own] life as spoil because you have trusted in Me," declares Yahweh.'"

Jeremiah 34-36

A Prophecy Against Zedekiah

Jer 34:11 LSB - [11] But afterwards they turned around and returned [to themselves] the male slaves and the female slaves, whom they had let go as free, and subdued them to be male slaves and female slaves.

The Rechabites Listen to Jonadab

Jer 35:6-7 LSB - 

[6] But they said, "We will not drink wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, 'You shall not drink wine, you or your sons, forever. 

[7] 'And you shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed, and you shall not plant a vineyard or own one; but tents you shall inhabit all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.'

Yahweh Warns of Judah’s Discipline

Jer 35:18-19 LSB - 

[18] Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Because you have listened to the command of Jonadab your father, kept all his commands, and done according to all that he commanded you, 

[19] therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not have a man cut off from standing before Me always."'"

Jeremiah’s Scroll Read in the Temple

Jer 36:8 LSB - [8] So Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of Yahweh in the house of Yahweh.

The Scroll Is Burned

The Scroll Is Replaced

Jeremiah 31-33

Israel’s Mourning Turned to Joy

Jer 31:20-21 LSB - 

[20] "Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My inmost being yearns for him; I will surely have compassion on him," declares Yahweh. 

[21] "Set up roadmarks for yourself, Place for yourself guideposts; Set your heart to the highway, The way by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel, Return to these your cities.

Jer 31:22 LSB - [22] "How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth-- A woman will encompass a man."

Jer 31:22 ESV - [22] How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encircles a man."

 

The New Covenant

Jer 31:29-30 LSB - 

[29] "In those days they will not say again, 

'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, 

And the children's teeth are set on edge.' 

[30] "But everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.

Jer 31:33-34 LSB - 

[33] "But this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days," declares Yahweh: "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 

[34] "And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know Yahweh,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares Yahweh, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."

Jer 31:35-36 LSB - 

[35] Thus says Yahweh, Who gives the sun for light by day And the statutes for the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; Yahweh of hosts is His name: 

[36] "If these statutes are removed From before Me," declares Yahweh, "Then the seed of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever."

Jeremiah Imprisoned

Jeremiah Prays, Yahweh Responds

Jer 32:37-41 LSB - 

[37] "Behold, I will gather them out of all the lands to which I have banished them in My anger, in My wrath, and in great indignation; and I will cause them to return to this place and make them inhabit [it] in safety. 

[38] "And they shall be My people, and I will be their God; 

[39] and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for [the good of] their children after them. 

[40] "And I will cut an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. 

[41] "And I will rejoice over them to do them good and will truly plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

Yahweh Will Pardon the People’s Iniquity

The Righteous Branch of David

Jer 33:15-16 LSB - 

[15] 'In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to branch forth; and He shall do justice and righteousness on the earth. 

[16] 'In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell in security; and this is [the name] by which she will be called: Yahweh is our righteousness.'

Jeremiah 28-30

Hananiah’s Rebellion Against Yahweh

Jer 28:15-17 LSB - 

[15] Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen now, Hananiah, Yahweh has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. 

[16] "Therefore thus says Yahweh, 'Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to die because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.'" 

[17] So Hananiah the prophet died in the same year in the seventh month.

Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles

Jer 29:7 LSB - [7] 'Seek the peace of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to Yahweh on its behalf; for in its peace you will have peace.' 

Jer 29:10-14 LSB - 

[10] "For thus says Yahweh, 'When seventy years have been fulfilled for Babylon, I will visit you and establish My good word to you, to return you to this place. 

[11] 'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares Yahweh, 'plans for peace and not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope. 

[12] 'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 

[13] 'You will seek Me and find [Me] when you search for Me with all your heart. 

[14] 'I will be found by you,' declares Yahweh, 'and I will return your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have banished you,' declares Yahweh, 'and I will cause you to return to the place from where I sent you into exile.'

Yahweh Will Return the Fortunes of His People

Jer 30:3 LSB - [3] 'For behold, days are coming,' declares Yahweh, 'when I will return the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.' Yahweh says, 'I will also cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.'"

Jeremiah 25-27

Seventy Years of Captivity

Jer 25:11 LSB - [11] 'This whole land will be a waste place and an object of horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Punishment Against Babylon

Jer 25:17 LSB - [17] Then I took the cup from the hand of Yahweh and made all the nations to whom Yahweh sent me drink it:

Jer 1:5 LSB - [5] "Before I formed you in the innermost parts I knew you, And before you came out from the womb I set you apart; I have given you as a prophet to the nations."

 

The Words of Yahweh Against Judah

Jer 26:2-3 LSB - 

[2] "Thus says Yahweh, 'Stand in the court of the house of Yahweh, and you shall speak to all the cities of Judah who have come to worship [in] the house of Yahweh all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. Do not take away a word! 

[3] 'Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the evil which I am devising to bring against them because of the evil of their deeds.'

Plot to Murder Jeremiah

Jeremiah Spared from Death

The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar

Jer 27:8 LSB - [8] "And it will be, [that] the nation or the kingdom which will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence," declares Yahweh, "until I have brought it to an end by his hand.

Jeremiah 22-24

O Land, Hear Yahweh

Jer 22:5 LSB - [5] "But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself," declares Yahweh, "that this house will become a waste place."'"

Jer 22:30 LSB - 

[30] "Thus says Yahweh, 

'Write this man down childless, 

A man who will not succeed in his days; 

For no man of his seed will succeed 

Sitting on the throne of David 

Or ruling again in Judah.'"

The Righteous Branch

Jer 23:3-4 LSB - 

[3] "Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the land where I have banished them and cause them to return to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply. 

[4] "I will also raise up shepherds over them, and they will shepherd them; and they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be left unattended," declares Yahweh.

Jer 23:5-6 LSB - 

[5] "Behold, [the] days are coming," declares Yahweh, 

"When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; 

And He will reign as king and prosper 

And do justice and righteousness in the land. 

[6] "In His days Judah will be saved, 

And Israel will dwell securely; 

And this is His name by which He will be called, 

'Yahweh our righteousness.'

False Prophets Condemned

Jer 23:29 LSB - [29] "Is not My word like fire?" declares Yahweh, "and like a hammer which shatters a rock?

The Good and the Rotten Figs

Jer 24:5-7 LSB

[5] “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Like these good figs, so I will recognize as good the exiles of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans.

[6] ‘For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will return them to this land; and I will build them up and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not uproot them.

[7] ‘I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am Yahweh; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.