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Weekly Torah Reading
Va’era
Exodus 6:2 – 9:35
Ezekiel 25:25 – 29:21
Romans 9:14-17
2 Cor. 6:14-7:1
CJB
RSV
Exodus 6:2-30
2 God spoke to Moshe; he said to him, "I am ADONAI. 3 I
appeared to Avraham, Yitz'chak and Ya'akov as El Shaddai, although I did not
make myself known to them by my name, Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh [ADONAI]. 4 Also
with them I established my covenant to give them the land of Kena'an, the land
where they wandered about and lived as foreigners. 5 Moreover, I
have heard the groaning of the people of Isra'el, whom the Egyptians are keeping
in slavery; and I have remembered my covenant. 6 "Therefore, say
to the people of Isra'el: 'I am ADONAI. I will free you from the forced labor of
the Egyptians, rescue you from their oppression, and redeem you with an
outstretched arm and with great judgments. 7 I will take you as my
people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am ADONAI your God,
who freed you from the forced labor of the Egyptians. 8 I will
bring you into the land which I swore to give to Avraham, Yitz'chak and Ya'akov
- I will give it to you as your inheritance. I am ADONAI.'" 9 Moshe
said this to the people of Isra'el. But they wouldn't listen to him, because
they were so discouraged, and their slavery was so cruel.
10 ADONAI
said to Moshe, 11 "Go in; and tell Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to let
the people of Isra'el leave his land." 12 Moshe said to ADONAI,
"Look, the people of Isra'el haven't listened to me; so how will Pharaoh listen
to me, poor speaker that I am?" 13 But ADONAI spoke to Moshe and
Aharon and gave them orders concerning both the people of Isra'el and Pharaoh,
king of Egypt, to bring the people of Isra'el out of the land of Egypt. 14 These
were the heads of their families: the sons of Re'uven the firstborn of Isra'el
were Hanokh, Pallu, Hetzron and Karmi. These were the families of Re'uven.
15 The sons of Shim'on were Y'mu'el, Yamin, Ohad, Yakhin, Tzochar and
Sha'ul the son of a Kena'ani woman. These were the families of Shim'on. 16 These
are the names of the sons of Levi with their descendants: Gershon, K'hat and
M'rari. Levi lived to be 137 years old. 17 The sons of Gershon
were Livni and Shim'i, with their families. 18 The sons of K'hat
were'Amram, Yitz'har, Hevron and 'Uzi'el. K'hat lived to be 133 years old.
19 The sons of M'rari were Machli and Mushi. These were the families
of Levi with their descendants. 20 'Amram married Yokheved his
father's sister, and she bore him Aharon and Moshe. 'Amram lived to be 137 years
old. 21 The sons of Yitz'har were Korach, Nefeg and Zikhri.
22 The sons of 'Uzi'el were Misha'el, Eltzafan and Sitri. 23 Aharon
married Elisheva daughter of 'Amminadav and sister of Nachshon, and she bore him
Nadav, Avihu, El'azar and Itamar. 24 The sons of Korach were Asir,
Elkanah and Avi'asaf. These were the Korchi families. 25 El'azar
the son of Aharon married one of the daughters of Puti'el, and she bore him
Pinchas. These were the heads of the families of Levi, family by family.
26 These are the Aharon and Moshe to whom ADONAI said, "Bring the people
of Isra'el out of the land of Egypt, division by division," 27 and
who told Pharaoh king of Egypt, to let the people of Isra'el leave Egypt. These
are the same Moshe and Aharon. 28 On the day when ADONAI spoke to
Moshe in the land of Egypt, 29 he said, "I am ADONAI. Tell
Pharaoh, king of Egypt, everything I say to you." 30 Moshe
answered ADONAI, "Look, I'm such a poor speaker that Pharaoh won't listen to
me."
Exodus 7
1 But ADONAI said to Moshe, "I have put you in the place of God to
Pharaoh, and Aharon your brother will be your prophet. 2 You are
to say everything I order you, and Aharon your brother is to speak to Pharaoh
and tell him to let the people of Isra'el leave his land. 3 But I
will make him hardhearted. Even though I will increase my signs and wonders in
the land of Egypt, 4 Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will
lay my hand on Egypt and bring my armies, my people the sons of Isra'el, out of
the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment. 5 Then, when I
stretch out my hand over Egypt and bring the people of Isra'el out from among
them, the Egyptians will know that I am ADONAI." 6 Moshe and
Aharon did exactly what ADONAI ordered them to do. 7 Moshe was
eighty years old and Aharon eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 ADONAI
said to Moshe and Aharon, 9 "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Perform a
miracle,' tell Aharon to take his staff and throw it down in front of Pharaoh,
so that it can become a snake." 10 Moshe and Aharon went in to
Pharaoh and did this, as ADONAI had ordered -Aharon threw down his staff in
front of Pharaoh and his servants, and it turned into a snake. 11 But
Pharaoh in turn called for the sages and sorcerers; and they too, the magicians
of Egypt, did the same thing, making use of their secret arts. 12 Each
one threw his staff down, and they turned into snakes. But Aharon's staff
swallowed up theirs. 13 Nevertheless, Pharaoh was made
hardhearted; and he didn't listen to them, as ADONAI had said would happen.
14 ADONAI said to Moshe, "Pharaoh is stubborn. He refuses to let the
people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the
water. Stand on the riverbank to confront him, take in your hand the staff which
was turned into a snake, 16 and say to him, 'ADONAI, the God of
the Hebrews, sent me to you to say: "Let my people go, so that they can worship
me in the desert." But until now you haven't listened; 17 so
ADONAI says, "This will let you know that I am ADONAI": I will take the staff in
my hand and strike the water in the river, and it will be turned into blood.
18 The fish in the river will die, the river will stink and the
Egyptians won't want to drink water from the river.'" 19 ADONAI
said to Moshe, "Say to Aharon, 'Take your staff, reach out your hand over the
waters of Egypt, over their rivers, canals, ponds and all their reservoirs, so
that they can turn into blood. There will be blood throughout the whole land of
Egypt, even in the wooden buckets and stone jars.'" 20 Moshe and
Aharon did exactly what ADONAI had ordered. He raised the staff and, in the
sight of Pharaoh and his servants, struck the water in the river; and all the
water in the river was turned into blood. 21 The fish in the river
died, and the river stank so badly that the Egyptians couldn't drink its water.
There was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 But the
magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts, so that Pharaoh was made
hardhearted and didn't listen to them, as ADONAI had said would happen. 23 Pharaoh
just turned and went back to his palace, without taking any of this to heart.
24 All the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink, because
they couldn't drink the river water. 25 Seven days after ADONAI
had struck the river,
Exodus 8
1 ADONAI said to Moshe, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Here is
what ADONAI says: "Let my people go, so that they can worship me. 2 If
you refuse to let them go, I will strike all your territory with frogs. 3 The
river will swarm with frogs. They will go up, enter your palace and go into your
bedroom, onto your bed. They will enter the houses of your servants and your
people and go into your ovens and kneading bowls. 4 The frogs will
climb all over you, your people and your servants."'" 5 ADONAI
said to Moshe, "Say to Aharon, 'Reach out your hand with your staff over the
rivers, canals and ponds; and cause frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.'"
6 Aharon put out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs
came up and covered the land of Egypt. 7 But the magicians did the
same with their secret arts and brought up frogs onto the land of Egypt. 8 Then
Pharaoh summoned Moshe and Aharon and said, "Intercede with ADONAI to take the
frogs away from me and my people, and I will let the people go and sacrifice to
ADONAI." 9 Moshe said to Pharaoh, "Not only that, but you can have
the honor of naming the time when I will pray for you, your servants and your
people to be rid of the frogs, both yourselves and your homes, and that they
stay only in the river." 10 He answered, "Tomorrow." Moshe said,
"It will be as you have said, and from this you will learn that ADONAI our God
has no equal. 11 The frogs will leave you and your homes, also
your servants and your people; they will stay in the river only." 12 Moshe
and Aharon left Pharaoh's presence, and Moshe cried to ADONAI about the frogs he
had brought on Pharaoh. 13 ADONAI did as Moshe had asked -the
frogs died in the houses, courtyards and fields; 14 they gathered
them in heaps till the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that he
had been given some relief, he made himself hardhearted and would not listen to
them, just as ADONAI had said would happen. 16 ADONAI
said to Moshe, "Say to Aharon: 'Reach out with your staff and strike the dust on
the ground; it will become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.'" 17 They
did it -Aharon reached out his hand with his staff and struck the dust on the
ground, and there were lice on people and animals; all the dust on the ground
became lice throughout the whole land of Egypt. 18 The magicians
tried with their secret arts to produce lice, but they couldn't. There were lice
on people and animals. 19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh,
"This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh was made hardhearted, so that he didn't
listen to them, just as ADONAI had said would happen. 20 ADONAI
said to Moshe, "Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh when he goes
out to the water and say to him, 'Here is what ADONAI says: "Let my people go,
so that they can worship me. 21 Otherwise, if you won't let my
people go, I will send swarms of insects on you, your servants and your people,
and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of
insects, and likewise the ground they stand on. 22 But I will set
apart the land of Goshen, where my people live -no swarms of insects will be
there - so that you can realize that I am ADONAI, right here in the land.
23 Yes, I will distinguish between my people and your people, and this
sign will happen by tomorrow."'" 24 ADONAI did it: terrible swarms
of insects went into Pharaoh's palace and into all his servants'houses - the
insects ruined the entire land of Egypt. 25 Pharaoh summoned Moshe
and Aharon and said, "Go, and sacrifice to your God here in the land." 26 But
Moshe replied, "It would be inappropriate for us to do that, because the animal
we sacrifice to ADONAI our God is an abomination to the Egyptians. Won't the
Egyptians stone us to death if before their very eyes we sacrifice what they
consider an abomination? 27 No, we will go three days' journey
into the desert and sacrifice to ADONAI our God, as he has ordered us to do."
28 Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, so that you can sacrifice to
ADONAI your God in the desert. Only you are not to go very far away. Intercede
on my behalf." 29 Moshe said, "All right, I am going away from
you, and I will intercede with ADONAI; so that tomorrow, the swarms of insects
will leave Pharaoh, his servants and his people. Just make sure that Pharaoh
stops playing games with the people by preventing them from going and
sacrificing to ADONAI." 30 Moshe left Pharaoh and interceded with
ADONAI, 31 and ADONAI did what Moshe had asked: he removed the
swarms of insects from Pharaoh, his servants and his people -not one remained.
32 But this time, too, Pharaoh made himself stubborn and didn't
let the people go.
Exodus 9:1-35
1 Then ADONAI said to Moshe, "Go to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'Here is
what ADONAI, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, so that they can
worship me. 2 If you refuse to let them go and persist in holding
on to them, 3 the hand of ADONAI is on your livestock in the field
- on the horses, donkeys, camels, cattle and flocks -and will make them suffer a
devastating illness. 4 But ADONAI will distinguish between Egypt's
and Isra'el's livestock - nothing belonging to the people of Isra'el will
die."'" 5 ADONAI determined the exact time by saying, "Tomorrow
ADONAI will do this in the land." 6 The following day, ADONAI did
it - all the livestock of Egypt died; but not one of the animals belonging to
the people of Isra'el died. 7 Pharaoh investigated and found that
not even one of the animals of the people of Isra'el had died. Nevertheless,
Pharaoh's heart remained stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.
8 ADONAI
said to Moshe and Aharon, "Take handfuls of ashes from a kiln, and let Moshe
throw them in the air before Pharaoh's eyes. 9 They will turn into
fine dust over all the land of Egypt and become infected sores on men and
animals throughout Egypt." 10 So they took ashes from a kiln,
stood in front of Pharaoh and threw them in the air; and they became infected
sores on men and animals. 11 The magicians couldn't even stand in
Moshe's presence because of the sores, which were on them as well as on the
other Egyptians. 12 But ADONAI made Pharaoh hardhearted, so that
he didn't listen to them -just as ADONAI had said to Moshe. 13 ADONAI
said to Moshe, "Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and say to
him, 'Here is what ADONAI says: "Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
14 For this time, I will inflict my plagues on you, yourself, and
on your officials and your people; so that you will realize that I am without
equal in all the earth. 15 By now I could have stretched out my
hand and struck you and your people with such severe plagues that you would have
been wiped off the earth. 16 But it is for this very reason that I
have kept you alive -to show you my power, and so that my name may resound
throughout the whole earth. 17 Since you are still setting
yourself up against my people and not letting them go, 18 tomorrow,
about this time, I will cause a hailstorm so heavy that Egypt has had nothing
like it from the day it was founded until now. 19 Therefore, send
and hurry to bring indoors all your livestock and everything else you have in
the field. For hail will fall on every human being and animal left in the field
that hasn't been brought home, and they will die."'" 20 Whoever
among Pharaoh's servants feared what ADONAI had said had his slaves and
livestock escape into the houses; 21 but those who had no regard
for what ADONAI had said left their slaves and livestock in the field. 22 ADONAI
said to Moshe, "Reach out your hand toward the sky, so that there will be hail
in all the land of Egypt, falling on people, animals and everything growing in
the field, throughout the land of Egypt." 23 Moshe reached out
with his staff toward the sky, and ADONAI sent thunder and hail, and fire ran
down to the earth. ADONAI caused it to hail on the land of Egypt - 24 it
hailed, and fire flashed up with the hail; it was terrible, worse than any
hailstorm in all of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 Throughout
all the land of Egypt, the hail struck everything in the field, people and
animals; and the hail struck every plant growing in the field and broke every
tree there. 26 But in the land of Goshen, where the people of
Isra'el were, there was no hail. 27 Pharaoh summoned Moshe and
Aharon and said to them, "This time I have sinned: ADONAI is in the right; I and
my people are in the wrong. 28 Intercede with ADONAI - we can't
take any more of this terrible thunder and hail; and I will let you go, you will
stay no longer." 29 Moshe said to him, "As soon as I have gone out
of the city, I will spread out my hands to ADONAI; the thunder will end, and
there won't be any more hail - so that you can know that the earth belongs to
ADONAI. 30 But you and your servants, I know you still won't fear
ADONAI, God." 31 The flax and barley were ruined, because the
barley was ripe and the flax in bud. 32 But the wheat and
buckwheat were not ruined, because they come up later. 33 Moshe
went out of the city, away from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to ADONAI. The
thunder and hail ended, and the rain stopped pouring down on the earth. 34 When
Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail and thunder had ended, he sinned still more by
making himself hardhearted, he and his servants. 35 Pharaoh was
made hardhearted, and he didn't let the people of Isra'el go, just as ADONAI had
said through Moshe.
Ezekiel 25:1-17
1 The word of ADONAI came to me: 2 "Human being, turn
your face toward the people of 'Amon and prophesy against them; 3 say
to the people of 'Amon, 'Hear the word of Adonai ELOHIM. Adonai ELOHIM says,
"Because you gloated when my sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Isra'el
was laid waste, and when the house of Y'hudah went into exile; 4 I
will let the people from the east take possession of you. They will set up camps
and build their homes among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
5 I will turn Rabbah into a camel pasture and 'Amon into a
sheep-yard. Then you will know that I am ADONAI." 6 For here is
what Adonai ELOHIM says: "Because you clapped your hands and stamped your feet,
full of malicious joy over the land of Isra'el; 7 I am going to
stretch out my hand over you and deliver you as plunder to the nations; I will
cut you off from being a people and cause you to cease from being a nation; I
will destroy you. Then you will know that I am ADONAI.'"
8 "Adonai
ELOHIM says: 'Because Mo'av and Se'ir say, "The house of Y'hudah is like all the
other nations," 9 I will expose the flank of Mo'av, with all its
cities - that is, all the cities on its frontier, the glory of the land,
Beit-Yeshimot, Ba'al-M'on and Kiryatayim - 10 together with the
people of 'Amon, to the people from the east, whom I will let take possession of
them. Thus the people of 'Amon will not be remembered as being one of the
nations; 11 and I will execute judgments on Mo'av. Then they will
know that I am ADONAI.' 12 "Adonai ELOHIM says: 'Because Edom has
taken severe vengeance against the house of Y'hudah, incurring much guilt by its
acts of vengeance against them, 13 therefore,' Adonai ELOHIM says,
'I will stretch my hand out over Edom and eliminate both its humans and its
animals. I will make it a ruin; from Teman to D'dan they will die by the sword.
14 Moreover, I will lay my vengeance on Edom through my people
Isra'el; they will treat Edom in accordance with my anger and my fury; and they
will know my vengeance' says Adonai ELOHIM. 15 "Adonai ELOHIM
says, 'Because the P'lishtim have acted out of vengeance, taking revenge and
destroying with malice of heart, due to their long-standing hatred; 16 therefore,'
Adonai ELOHIM says, 'I will stretch out my hand over the P'lishtim, eliminate
the K'reti and destroy the rest of the seacoast peoples. 17 I will
execute great vengeance on them with furious punishments; and they will know
that I am ADONAI when I lay my vengeance on them.'"
Ezekiel 26
1 On the first day of the month in the eleventh year, the word of
ADONAI came to me: 2 "Human being, since Tzor has said against
Yerushalayim, 'Ha! She is shattered, the gateway of the peoples. Now that she is
ruined, her riches will be mine'; 3 therefore, Adonai ELOHIM says,
'Look, Tzor! I am against you. Just as the sea churns up its waves, I will churn
up many nations against you. 4 They will destroy the walls of Tzor,
they will demolish her towers. I will scrape its soil from her and reduce her to
bare rock. 5 With the sea all around her, she will be a place for
drying fish nets and a plunder for the nations. I have spoken,' says Adonai
ELOHIM. 6 'Her daughters on the mainland will be put to death with
the sword; then they will know that I am ADONAI.' 7 "For here is
what Adonai ELOHIM says: 'I will bring upon Tzor, from the north, N'vukhadretzar
king of Bavel, king of kings, with horses, chariots, cavalry, and a great and
powerful army. 8 "'Your daughters on the mainland he will put to
death with the sword. He will build siege-towers against you, he will build a
ramp against you and raise a screen of shields against you. 9 He
will pound your walls with his battering-rams and break down your towers with
his axes. 10 His horses are so many that their dust will cover
you. The thunder of cavalry, wagons and chariots will shake your walls, as he
enters your gates, like men storming a city through a breach. 11 With
the hoofs of his horses he will trample your streets. He will put your people to
the sword and pull to the ground your massive standing-stones. 12 They
will seize your wealth, loot your wares, break down your walls, destroy your
fine houses; then they will throw your stones and timber and even your dust into
the sea. 13 I will put an end to your singing, the sound of your
lyres will be heard no more. 14 I will reduce you to bare rock,
you will be a place for drying fish nets, you will never be built again, for I,
ADONAI, have spoken,' says Adonai ELOHIM." 15 To
Tzor Adonai ELOHIM says: "How the coastlands will shake at the sound of your
fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in you! 16 Then
all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones; they will put
aside their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe
themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, trembling all the time,
appalled at your condition. 17 Then they will raise this lament
for you: "'How you have been destroyed, you who were peopled from the seas, city
so renowned, once so strong at sea, you and your inhabitants, who used to spread
terror over all [the mainland's] inhabitants! 18 Now the
coastlands tremble on the day of your downfall, and the islands in the sea are
in shock at your end.' 19 "For here is what Adonai ELOHIM says:
'When I make you a ruined city, like other uninhabited cities; when I bring the
deep sea over you, and its mighty waters cover you; 20 then I will
bring you down with those who descend to the pit, to the people of long ago, and
make you live in underworld places like those who were ruined long ago, with
those who descend to the pit, so that you will be uninhabited when I give glory
to the land of the living. 21 I will make you horrible; you will
cease to exist. People will seek you but never more find you,' says Adonai
ELOHIM."
Ezekiel 27
1 The word of ADONAI came to me: 2 "You, human being,
raise this lament for Tzor; 3 say to Tzor, located at the gateways
to the sea, merchant for peoples to many coastlands, that Adonai ELOHIM says: 'Tzor,
you have said, "My beauty is perfect." 4 Your borders are in the
heart of the sea, your builders perfected your beauty. 5 They used
cypress logs from S'nir to fashion all your planking. They took cedars from the
L'vanon to make masts for you. 6 Out of oaks from Bashan they made
your oars. Your deck they made of ivory inlaid in larch from the coasts of
Kittim. 7 Richly woven linen from Egypt was used for your sail,
which was also your banner. Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was used
to cover your deck-tent. 8 The people of Tzidon and Arvad served
as your oarsmen. Your own skilled men, Tzor, were there as your pilots. 9 The
leaders and craftsmen of G'val sealed the cracks between your boards. "'Every
seagoing ship and its crew came to you to trade in your wares. 10 Men
from Paras, Lud and Put were [mercenaries] in your army; hanging shield and
helmet on you, they showed off your splendor. 11 Men from Arvad
and your own army were posted around on your walls. The Gamadim were in your
towers; they hung their shields all around your walls, making your beauty
perfect. 12 "'Tarshish did business with you because of the
quantity and variety of your resources; they exchanged silver, iron, tin and
lead for your goods. 13 Greece, Tuval and Meshekh traded with you,
exchanging slaves and articles of bronze for your wares. 14 The
people of Togarmah traded for your merchandise with horses, horsemen and mules.
15 The men of D'dan traded with you. Many coastlands were your
customers, giving you ivory tusks and ebony in payment. 16 Aram
traded with you, because you were so wealthy; for your goods they exchanged
green feldspar, purple stuff, embroidery, fine linen, coral and rubies. 17 Y'hudah
and the land of Isra'el also traded with you, exchanging for your goods wheat
from Minnit, millet, honey, olive oil and resin for healing. 18 Because
you were so wealthy, with such a variety of valuable merchandise, Dammesek
traded wine from Helbon and white wool with you. 19 V'dan and
Yavan from Uzal traded ironwork, cassia and aromatic cane for your goods.
20 D'dan traded with you for riding gear. 21 Arabia and
all the princes of K'dar were your customers; for your goods they traded lambs,
rams and goats. 22 The traders of Sh'va and Ra'mah exchanged the
best quality spices, all kinds of precious stones and gold for your goods.
23 The merchants of Haran, Kaneh and 'Eden, who traded also with
Sh'va, Ashur and Kilmad, 24 brought you in exchange for your goods
rich clothes, cloaks made of blue material and embroidery, and cedar-lined
chests filled with multicolored clothing and bound with cords. 25 "Tarshish"
ships transported your imports and exports. "'So you were full, loaded down,
surrounded by the sea. 26 Your
oarsmen brought you through heavy seas. But the east wind will break you
surrounded by the sea. 27 Your riches, your goods, your
merchandise, your crew, your pilots, your ship-sealers, your traders, all your
warriors aboard, and all the others in the ship with you will sink surrounded by
the sea on the day of your shipwreck. 28 When they hear the cries
of your pilots, the mainland coasts will tremble. 29 The oarsmen,
crew and pilots will disembark and stand on shore, 30 mourning
aloud at your fate, crying bitterly, throwing dust on their heads, rolling in
the ashes, 31 shaving their heads bald for you, wrapping
themselves in sackcloth, with heartfelt bitterness weeping for you in bitter
lamentation. 32 Wailing, they will raise a lament for you; this
will be their lament for you: "'"Who anywhere in the sea has ever been silenced
like Tzor? 33 When your wares came forth from the seas, you
satisfied many peoples; with your vast wealth and variety of goods you enriched
the kings of the earth. 34 But now you have been wrecked by the
waves, sunk in the watery depths; your merchandise and all your people have gone
down with you. 35 All who live along the coasts are aghast at you;
their kings are horribly afraid, their faces are convulsed; 36 the
merchants among the peoples are gasping at your fate; you are an object of
terror, and you will cease to exist."
Ezekiel 28
1 The word of ADONAI came to me: 2 "Human being, tell
the prince of Tzor that Adonai ELOHIM says: 'Because you are so proud and have
said, "I am a god; I sit on the throne of God, surrounded by the sea"; yet you
are a man, not God, even though you think that you think like God. 3 Sure,
you are wiser than Dani'el! No secret can be hidden from you! 4 By
your wisdom and discernment you have acquired wealth, you have gathered gold and
silver into your treasuries. 5 By your great skill in trading you
have increased your wealth, and it is because of your wealth that you have
become so proud. 6 "Therefore Adonai ELOHIM says, 'Because you
think that you think like God, 7 I will bring foreigners against
you, the most barbarous of the nations, to draw their swords against your fine
wisdom and defile your splendor. 8 They will lower you into the
pit to die a violent death surrounded by the sea. 9 Will you still
say, "I am God," to them who are about to kill you? You are a man, you are not
God, in the hands of those who defile you. 10 You will die the
deaths of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken,' says
Adonai ELOHIM." 11 The
word of ADONAI came to me: 12 "Human being, raise a lament for the
king of Tzor, and tell him that Adonai ELOHIM says: 'You put the seal on
perfection; you were full of wisdom and perfect in beauty; 13 you
were in 'Eden, the garden of God; covered with all kinds of precious stones -
carnelians, topaz, diamonds, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphires, green feldspar,
emeralds; your pendants and jewels were made of gold, prepared the day you were
created. 14 You were a keruv, protecting a large region; I placed
you on God's holy mountain. You walked back and forth among stones of fire.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, until
unrighteousness was found in you. 16 "'When your commerce grew,
you became filled with violence; and in this way you sinned. Therefore I have
thrown you out, defiled, from the mountain of God; I have destroyed you,
protecting keruv, from among the stones of fire. 17 Your heart
grew proud because of your beauty, you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of
your splendor. But I have thrown you on the ground; before kings I have made you
a spectacle. 18 By your many crimes in dishonest trading, you have
profaned your sanctuaries; therefore I brought forth fire from within you, and
it has devoured you; I reduced you into ashes on the ground in the sight of all
who can see you. 19 All who know you among the peoples will be
aghast at you. You are an object of terror, and you will cease to exist.'"
20 The word of ADONAI came to me: 21 "Human being, turn
your face toward Tzidon, and prophesy against it. 22 Say that
Adonai ELOHIM says: 'I am against you, Tzidon; but I will be glorified in you.
They will know that I am ADONAI, once I execute judgments in her and show my
holiness in her. 23 For I will send plagues into her, and blood
will flow in her streets; attacked from all sides by the sword, the wounded will
fall within her. Then they will know that I am ADONAI. 24 "'The
house of Isra'el will no longer have a briar pricking away at them, no longer
will any of its contemptuous neighbors be a thorn to stab them. Then they will
know that I am Adonai ELOHIM.' 25 "Adonai ELOHIM says, 'Once I
have gathered the house of Isra'el from the peoples among whom they are
scattered, once I have shown my holiness in them as the Goyim watch, then they
will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Ya'akov. 26 They
will have security when they live there, building houses and planting vineyards;
yes, they will live in safety, once I have executed judgments against all their
contemptuous neighbors. Then they will know that I am ADONAI their God.
Ezekiel 29:1-21
1 On the twelfth day of the tenth month of the twelfth year, the word
of ADONAI came to me: 2 "Human being, turn your face against
Pharaoh king of Egypt; prophesy against him and against all Egypt; 3 speak
out; and say that Adonai ELOHIM says: 'I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
you big crocodile lying in the streams of the Nile! You say, "My Nile is mine; I
made it for myself." 4 But I will put hooks in your jaws and make
your Nile fish stick to your scales. Yes, I will bring you up from your Nile,
with all your Nile fish sticking to your scales, 5 and leave you
in the desert, you and all your Nile fish. You will fall in the open field and
not be gathered or buried; but I will give you as food to wild animals and
birds. 6 Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am ADONAI,
because they have been a support made of straw for the house of Isra'el. 7 When
they grasped you in hand, you splintered and threw all their shoulders out of
joint; when they leaned on you, you broke and made them all wrench their backs.'
8 "Therefore
Adonai ELOHIM says, 'I will bring the sword against you and eliminate both your
people and your animals. 9 The land of Egypt will become a
desolate waste, and they will know that I am ADONAI; because he said, "The Nile
is mine; I made it." 10 So I am against you and your Nile; and I
will make the land of Egypt a totally desolate waste from Migdol to S'venah, all
the way to the border of Ethiopia. 11 No human foot will pass
through it, and no animal foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for
forty years. 12 Yes, I will make the land of Egypt desolate, even
when compared with other desolate countries, likewise her cities in comparison
with other ruined cities; they will be desolate forty years. I will scatter the
Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries.' 13 "For
this is what Adonai ELOHIM says: 'At the end of forty years I will gather the
Egyptians from the peoples where they were scattered - 14 I will
restore the fortunes of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of their
origin, Patros. But there they will be a humble kingdom, 15 the
humblest of kingdoms. It will never again dominate other nations; I will reduce
them, so that they never again rule other nations. 16 Moreover,
they will no longer be a source of confidence for Isra'el to turn to; rather, it
will only bring to mind their guilt in having turned to them before. Then they
will know that I am Adonai ELOHIM.'" 17 On the first day of the
first month of the twenty-seventh year, the word of ADONAI came to me: 18 "Human
being, N'vukhadretzar king of Bavel had his army mount a massive expedition
against Tzor; [the loads of dirt they carried] made every head bald and every
shoulder raw; yet neither he nor his army derived any benefit from Tzor out of
this expedition against it. 19 Therefore Adonai ELOHIM says, 'I
will give the land of Egypt to N'vukhadretzar king of Bavel. He will carry off
its riches, take its spoil and its prey; and these will be the wages for his
army. 20 I am giving him the land of Egypt as his wages for which
he worked, because they were working for me,' says Adonai ELOHIM. 21 'When
that day comes I will cause power to return to the house of Isra'el, and I will
enable you [Yechezk'el] to open your mouth among them. Then they will know that
I am ADONAI.
Romans 9:14-17
14 So
are we to say, "It is unjust for God to do this"? Heaven forbid! 15 For
to Moshe he says, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will pity whom
I pity." 16 Thus it doesn't depend on human desires or efforts,
but on God, who has mercy. 17 For the Tanakh says to Pharaoh, "It
is for this very reason that I raised you up, so that in connection with you I
might demonstrate my power, so that my name might be known throughout the
world."
2 Cor. 6:14-17
14 Do
not yoke yourselves together in a team with unbelievers. For how can
righteousness and lawlessness be partners? What fellowship does light have with
darkness? 15 What harmony can there be between the Messiah and
B'liya'al? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What
agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the
temple of the living God - as God said, "I will house myself in them, . . . and
I will walk among you. I will be their God, and they will be my people."
17 Therefore ADONAI says, "'Go out from their midst; separate
yourselves; don't even touch what is unclean. Then I myself will receive you. In
fact, I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters.' says
ADONAI-Tzva'ot."
2 Cor. 7:1
1
Therefore, my dear friends, since we have these promises, let us purify
ourselves from everything that can defile either body or spirit, and strive to
be completely holy, out of reverence for God.
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