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Bible Reading for September 20
Ezekiel 31
[1] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first
day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [2] Son of
man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou
like in thy greatness?
[3] Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a
shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick
boughs.
[4] The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers
running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the
trees of the field.
[5] Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his
boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude
of waters, when he shot forth. [6] All the fowls of heaven made their nests in
his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth
their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. [7] Thus was he
fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by
great waters.
[8] The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not
like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any
tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. [9] I have made him
fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that
were in the garden of God, envied him. [10] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top
among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
[11] I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the
heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his
wickedness.
[12] And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have
left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen,
and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of
the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. [13] Upon his ruin
shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field
shall be upon his branches: [14] To the end that none of all the trees by the
waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the
thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink
water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the
earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I
caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods
thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for
him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. [16] I made the nations
to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that
descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of
Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the
earth.
[17] They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the
sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of
the heathen.
[18] To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of
Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether
parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them
that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the
Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 32
[1] And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the
first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [2]
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him,
Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the
seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with
thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. [3] Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will
therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they
shall bring thee up in my net. [4] Then will I leave thee upon the land, I
will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the
heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with
thee. [5] And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys
with thy height.
[6] I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to
the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. [7] And when I shall put
thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will
cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
[8] All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set
darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. [9] I will also vex the hearts of
many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the
countries which thou hast not known. [10] Yea, I will make many people amazed
at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall
brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every
man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.
[11] For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come
upon thee.
[12] By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the
terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt,
and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. [13] I will destroy also all
the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man
trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
[14] Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like
oil, saith the Lord GOD.
[15] When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be
destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell
therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. [16] This is the lamentation
wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament
her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude,
saith the Lord GOD. [17] It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the
fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[18] Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even
her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the
earth, with them that go down into the pit. [19] Whom dost thou pass in
beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.
[20] They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is
delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. [21] The strong among
the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help
him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
[22] Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of
them slain, fallen by the sword:
[23] Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round
about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror
in the land of the living.
[24] There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them
slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether
parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet
have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. [25] They have
set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are
round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their
terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame
with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be
slain.
[26] There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round
about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused
their terror in the land of the living. [27] And they shall not lie with the
mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with
their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but
their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the
mighty in the land of the living.
[28] Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt
lie with them that are slain with the sword. [29] There is Edom, her kings,
and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain
by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go
down to the pit. [30] There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all
the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are
ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by
the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. [31]
Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even
Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. [32] For I
have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the
midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even
Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 33
[1] Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [2] Son of man, speak to
the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a
land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for
their watchman: [3] If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the
trumpet, and warn the people;
[4] Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning;
if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
[5] He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall
be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. [6] But if the
watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not
warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken
away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
[7] So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of
Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
[8] When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou
dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in
his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. [9] Nevertheless, if
thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his
way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
[10] Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye
speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away
in them, how should we then live? [11] Say unto them, As I live, saith the
Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked
turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will
ye die, O house of Israel? [12] Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the
children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver
him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he
shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither
shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he
sinneth. [13] When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if
he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his
ighteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath
committed, he shall die for it.
[14] Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from
his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; [15] If the wicked restore the
pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without
committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
[16] None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he
hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. [17] Yet the
children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them,
their way is not equal. [18] When the righteous turneth from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. [19] But if
the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he
shall live thereby.
[20] Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I
will judge you every one after his ways. [21] And it came to pass in the
twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the
month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The
city is smitten. [22] Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening,
afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me
in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. [23] Then the
word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [24] Son of man, they that inhabit
those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he
inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
[25] Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood,
and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess
the land?
[26] Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one
his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? [27] Say thou thus unto
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes
shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the
beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall
die of the pestilence. [28] For I will lay the land most desolate, and the
pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be
desolate, that none shall pass through.
[29] Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most
desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. [30]
Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against
thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another,
every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word
that cometh forth from the LORD. [31] And they come unto thee as the people
cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but
they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their
heart goeth after their covetousness.
[32] And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a
pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words,
but they do them not.
[33] And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know
that a prophet hath been among them.
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