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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
RSV CJB
Exodus 6:2-30
2 And
God said to Moses, "I am the LORD. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the LORD I did not make
myself known to them. 4 I also established my covenant with them,
to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they dwelt as sojourners.
5 Moreover I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the
Egyptians hold in bondage and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Say
therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage,
and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment,
7 and I will take you for my people, and I will be your God; and
you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who has brought you out from under
the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you into the land
which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; I will give it to you
for a possession. I am the LORD.'" 9 Moses spoke thus to the
people of Israel; but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken
spirit and their cruel bondage. 10 And
the LORD said to Moses, 11 "Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to
let the people of Israel go out of his land." 12 But Moses said to
the LORD, "Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me; how then shall
Pharaoh listen to me, who am a man of uncircumcised lips?" 13 But
the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a charge to the people of
Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the people of Israel out of the
land of Egypt. 14 These
are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben, the first-born of
Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
15 The sons of Simeon: Jemu'el, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul,
the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. 16 These
are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon,
Kohath, and Merar'i, the years of the life of Levi being a hundred and
thirty-seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shim'e-i, by
their families. 18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and
Uz'ziel, the years of the life of Kohath being a hundred and thirty-three years.
19 The sons of Merar'i: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of
the Levites according to their generations. 20 Amram took to wife
Joch'ebed his father's sister and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the
life of Amram being one hundred and thirty-seven years. 21 The
sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And the sons of
Uz'ziel: Mi'sha-el, Elza'phan, and Sithri. 23 Aaron took to wife
Eli'sheba, the daughter of Ammin'adab and the sister of Nahshon; and she bore
him Nadab, Abi'hu, Elea'zar, and Ith'amar. 24 The sons of Korah:
Assir, Elka'nah, and Abi'asaph; these are the families of the Ko'rahites.
25 Elea'zar, Aaron's son, took to wife one of the daughters of Pu'ti-el;
and she bore him Phin'ehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the
Levites by their families. 26 These are the Aaron and Moses to
whom the LORD said: "Bring out the people of Israel from the land of Egypt by
their hosts." 27 It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt
about bringing out the people of Israel from Egypt, this Moses and this Aaron.
28 On the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,
29 the LORD said to Moses, "I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of
Egypt all that I say to you." 30 But Moses said to the LORD,
"Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me?"
Exodus 7
1 And
the LORD said to Moses, "See, I make you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your
brother shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I
command you; and Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to let the people of
Israel go out of his land. 3 But I will harden Pharaoh's heart,
and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, 4 Pharaoh
will not listen to you; then I will lay my hand upon Egypt and bring forth my
hosts, my people the sons of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of
judgment. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when
I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among
them." 6 And Moses and Aaron did so; they did as the LORD
commanded them. 7 Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron
eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 And the
LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 9 "When Pharaoh says to you, 'Prove
yourselves by working a miracle,' then you shall say to Aaron, 'Take your rod
and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.'" 10 So
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the LORD commanded; Aaron cast down
his rod before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. 11 Then
Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers; and they also, the magicians of
Egypt, did the same by their secret arts. 12 For every man cast
down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
13 Still Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to
them; as the LORD had said. 14 Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuses to let the
people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to
the water; wait for him by the river's brink, and take in your hand the rod
which was turned into a serpent. 16 And you shall say to him, 'The
LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that
they may serve me in the wilderness; and behold, you have not yet obeyed."
17 Thus says the LORD, "By this you shall know that I am the LORD:
behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the rod that is in my
hand, and it shall be turned to blood, 18 and the fish in the Nile
shall die, and the Nile shall become foul, and the Egyptians will loathe to
drink water from the Nile."'" 19 And the LORD said to Moses, "Say
to Aaron, 'Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt,
over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water,
that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of
Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'" 20 Moses
and Aaron did as the LORD commanded; in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of
his servants, he lifted up the rod and struck the water that was in the Nile,
and all the water that was in the Nile turned to blood. 21 And the
fish in the Nile died; and the Nile became foul, so that the Egyptians could not
drink water from the Nile; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts;
so Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them; as the
LORD had said. 23 Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he
did not lay even this to heart. 24 And all the Egyptians dug round
about the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the
Nile. 25 Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
Exodus 8
1 Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD,
"Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 But if you refuse to
let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs; 3 the
Nile shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house, and into your
bedchamber and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and of your
people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls; 4 the frogs
shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants."'" 5 And
the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your rod over
the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come upon
the land of Egypt!'" 6 So Aaron stretched 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 by their secret arts, and brought frogs upon the land
of Egypt. 8 Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said,
"Entreat the LORD to take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will
let the people go to sacrifice to the LORD." 9 Moses said to
Pharaoh, "Be pleased to command me when I am to entreat, for you and for your
servants and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your
houses and be left only in the Nile." 10 And he said, "Tomorrow."
Moses said, "Be it as you say, that you may know that there is no one like the
LORD our God. 11 The frogs shall depart from you and your houses
and your servants and your people; they shall be left only in the Nile."
12 So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried to the LORD
concerning the frogs, as he had agreed with Pharaoh. 13 And the
LORD did according to the word of Moses; the frogs died out of the houses and
courtyards and out of the fields. 14 And they gathered them
together in heaps, and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw
that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and would not listen to them;
as the LORD had said. 16 Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod and strike the dust
of the earth, that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.'"
17 And they did so; Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and
struck the dust of the earth, and there came gnats on man and beast; all the
dust of the earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt. 18 The
magicians tried by their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not.
So there were gnats on man and beast. 19 And the magicians said to
Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he
would not listen to them; as the LORD had said.
20 Then the
LORD said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and wait for Pharaoh, as he
goes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let my people go,
that they may serve me. 21 Else, if you will not let my people go,
behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people,
and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with
swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand. 22 But
on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that
no swarms of flies shall be there; that you may know that I am the LORD in the
midst of the earth. 23 Thus I will put a division between my
people and your people. By tomorrow shall this sign be."'" 24 And
the LORD did so; there came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and
into his servants' houses, and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by
reason of the flies. 25 Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and
said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land." 26 But Moses
said, "It would not be right to do so; for we shall sacrifice to the LORD our
God offerings abominable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings abominable
to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us? 27 We
must go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our
God as he will command us." 28 So Pharaoh said, "I will let you
go, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go
very far away. Make entreaty for me." 29 Then Moses said, "Behold,
I am going out from you and I will pray to the LORD that the swarms of flies may
depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let
not Pharaoh deal falsely again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the
LORD." 30 So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD.
31 And the LORD did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of
flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained.
32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the
people go.
Exodus 9:1-35
1 Then
the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD,
the God of the Hebrews, "Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For
if you refuse to let them go and still hold them, 3 behold, the
hand of the LORD will fall with a very severe plague upon your cattle which are
in the field, the horses, the asses, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.
4 But the LORD will make a distinction between the cattle of Israel
and the cattle of Egypt, so that nothing shall die of all that belongs to the
people of Israel."'" 5 And the LORD set a time, saying, "Tomorrow
the LORD will do this thing in the land." 6 And on the morrow the
LORD did this thing; all the cattle of the Egyptians died, but of the cattle of
the people of Israel not one died. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold,
not one of the cattle of the Israelites was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was
hardened, and he did not let the people go.
8 And the
LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of ashes from the kiln, and let
Moses throw them toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it
shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out
in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt." 10 So
they took ashes from the kiln, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses threw them
toward heaven, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast.
11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the
boils, for the boils were upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.
12 But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to
them; as the LORD had spoken to Moses.
13 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Rise
up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, 'Thus says the
LORD, the God of the Hebrews, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
14 For this time I will send all my plagues upon your heart, and upon
your servants and your people, that you may know that there is none like me in
all the earth. 15 For by now I could have put forth my hand and
struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from
the earth; 16 but for this purpose have I let you live, to show
you my power, so that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 You
are still exalting yourself against my people, and will not let them go.
18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to
fall, such as never has been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
19 Now therefore send, get your cattle and all that you have in the
field into safe shelter; for the hail shall come down upon every man and beast
that is in the field and is not brought home, and they shall die."'" 20 Then
he who feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his slaves
and his cattle flee into the houses; 21 but he who did not regard
the word of the LORD left his slaves and his cattle in the field.
22 And the
LORD said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward heaven, that there may be
hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man and beast and every plant of the field,
throughout the land of Egypt." 23 Then Moses stretched forth his
rod toward heaven; and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the
earth. And the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt; 24 there
was hail, and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy
hail, such as had never been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25 The hail struck down everything that was in the field
throughout all the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and the hail struck down
every plant of the field, and shattered every tree of the field. 26 Only
in the land of Goshen, where the people of Israel were, there was no hail.
27 Then Pharaoh sent, and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them,
"I have sinned this time; the LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in
the wrong. 28 Entreat the LORD; for there has been enough of this
thunder and hail; I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer." 29 Moses
said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will stretch out my
hands to the LORD; the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, that
you may know that the earth is the LORD's. 30 But as for you and
your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the LORD God." 31 (The
flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was
in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not ruined, for they
are late in coming up.) 33 So Moses went out of the city from
Pharaoh, and stretched out his hands to the LORD; and the thunder and the hail
ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth. 34 But when
Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet
again, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 So the
heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people of Israel go; as
the LORD had spoken through Moses.
Ezekiel 25:1-17
1 The
word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, set your face toward
the Ammonites, and prophesy against them. 3 Say to the Ammonites,
Hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus says the Lord GOD, Because you said, 'Aha!'
over my sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was
made desolate, and over the house of Judah when it went into exile; 4 therefore
I am handing you over to the people of the East for a possession, and they shall
set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst; they
shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. 5 I will
make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the cities of the Ammonites a fold for
flocks. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 6 For thus says the
Lord GOD: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced
with all the malice within you against the land of Israel, 7 therefore,
behold, I have stretched out my hand against you, and will hand you over as
spoil to the nations; and I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you
perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am
the LORD. 8 "Thus
says the Lord GOD: Because Moab said, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the
other nations, 9 therefore I will lay open the flank of Moab from
the cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, Beth-jesh'imoth,
Ba'al-me'on, and Kiriatha'im. 10 I will give it along with the
Ammonites to the people of the East as a possession, that it may be remembered
no more among the nations, 11 and I will execute judgments upon
Moab. Then they will know that I am the LORD. 12 "Thus says the
Lord GOD: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has
grievously offended in taking vengeance upon them, 13 therefore
thus says the Lord GOD, I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and cut off
from it man and beast; and I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan
they shall fall by the sword. 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon
Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to my
anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord
GOD. 15 "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the Philistines acted
revengefully and took vengeance with malice of heart to destroy in never-ending
enmity; 16 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I will
stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cher'ethites,
and destroy the rest of the seacoast. 17 I will execute great
vengeance upon them with wrathful chastisements. Then they will know that I am
the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them."
Ezekiel 26
1 In the
eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
2 "Son of man, because Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, 'Aha, the
gate of the peoples is broken, it has swung open to me; I shall be replenished,
now that she is laid waste,' 3 therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will bring up many nations against you, as
the sea brings up its waves. 4 They shall destroy the walls of
Tyre, and break down her towers; and I will scrape her soil from her, and make
her a bare rock. 5 She shall be in the midst of the sea a place
for the spreading of nets; for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD; and she shall
become a spoil to the nations; 6 and her daughters on the mainland
shall be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD. 7 "For
thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north
Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and
with horsemen and a host of many soldiers. 8 He will slay with the
sword your daughters on the mainland; he will set up a siege wall against you,
and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you.
9 He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls,
and with his axes he will break down your towers. 10 His horses
will be so many that their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the
noise of the horsemen and wagons and chariots, when he enters your gates as one
enters a city which has been breached. 11 With the hoofs of his
horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people with the
sword; and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground. 12 They
will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise; they will break
down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; your stones and timber and
soil they will cast into the midst of the waters. 13 And I will
stop the music of your songs, and the sound of your lyres shall be heard no
more. 14 I will make you a bare rock; you shall be a place for the
spreading of nets; you shall never be rebuilt; for I the LORD have spoken, says
the Lord GOD. 15 "Thus
says the Lord GOD to Tyre: Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your
fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in the midst of you?
16 Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones,
and remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments; they will
clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit upon the ground and tremble
every moment, and be appalled at you. 17 And they will raise a
lamentation over you, and say to you, 'How you have vanished from the seas, O
city renowned, that was mighty on the sea, you and your inhabitants, who imposed
your terror on all the mainland! 18 Now the isles tremble on the
day of your fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea are dismayed at your
passing.' 19 "For thus says the Lord GOD: When I make you a city
laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep
over you, and the great waters cover you, 20 then I will thrust
you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will
make you to dwell in the nether world, among primeval ruins, with those who go
down to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or have a place in the land
of the living. 21 I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you
shall be no more; though you be sought for, you will never be found again, says
the Lord GOD."
Ezekiel 27
1 The
word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Now you, son of man, raise a
lamentation over Tyre, 3 and say to Tyre, who dwells at the
entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the
Lord GOD: "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' 4 Your
borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders made perfect your beauty.
5 They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; they took a
cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. 6 Of oaks of Bashan
they made your oars; they made your deck of pines from the coasts of Cyprus,
inlaid with ivory. 7 Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your
sail, serving as your ensign; blue and purple from the coasts of Eli'shah was
your awning. 8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your
rowers; skilled men of Zemer were in you, they were your pilots. 9 The
elders of Gebal and her skilled men were in you, caulking your seams; all the
ships of the sea with their mariners were in you, to barter for your wares.
10 "Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war; they
hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you splendor. 11 The
men of Arvad and Helech were upon your walls round about, and men of Gamad were
in your towers; they hung their shields upon your walls round about; they made
perfect your beauty. 12 "Tarshish trafficked with you because of
your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for
your wares. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech traded with you; they
exchanged the persons of men and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
14 Beth-togar'mah exchanged for your wares horses, war horses, and
mules. 15 The men of Rhodes traded with you; many coastlands were
your own special markets, they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony.
16 Edom trafficked with you because of your abundant goods; they
exchanged for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral,
and agate. 17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they
exchanged for your merchandise wheat, olives and early figs, honey, oil, and
balm. 18 Damascus trafficked with you for your abundant goods,
because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon, and white wool,
19 and wine from Uzal they exchanged for your wares; wrought iron,
cassia, and calamus were bartered for your merchandise. 20 Dedan
traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. 21 Arabia and all the
princes of Kedar were your favored dealers in lambs, rams, and goats; in these
they trafficked with you. 22 The traders of Sheba and Ra'amah
traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the best of all kinds of spices,
and all precious stones, and gold. 23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, Asshur,
and Chilmad traded with you. 24 These traded with you in choice
garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of colored
stuff, bound with cords and made secure; in these they traded with you. 25 The
ships of Tarshish traveled for you with your merchandise. "So you were filled
and heavily laden in the heart of the seas.
26 Your
rowers have brought you out into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked you in
the heart of the seas. 27 Your riches, your wares, your
merchandise, your mariners and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in
merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company that
is in your midst, sink into the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin.
28 At the sound of the cry of your pilots the countryside shakes,
29 and down from their ships come all that handle the oar. The
mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand on the shore 30 and
wail aloud over you, and cry bitterly. They cast dust on their heads and wallow
in ashes; 31 they make themselves bald for you, and gird
themselves with sackcloth, and they weep over you in bitterness of soul, with
bitter mourning. 32 In their wailing they raise a lamentation for
you, and lament over you: 'Who was ever destroyed like Tyre in the midst of the
sea? 33 When your wares came from the seas, you satisfied many
peoples; with your abundant wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the
earth. 34 Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the
waters; your merchandise and all your crew have sunk with you. 35 All
the inhabitants of the coastlands are appalled at you; and their kings are
horribly afraid, their faces are convulsed. 36 The merchants among
the peoples hiss at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more
for ever.'"
Ezekiel 28
1 The
word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, say to the prince of
Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is proud, and you have said,
'I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,' yet you
are but a man, and no god, though you consider yourself as wise as a god--
3 you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you;
4 by your wisdom and your understanding you have gotten wealth for
yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries; 5 by
your great wisdom in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart has
become proud in your wealth-- 6 therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
"Because you consider yourself as wise as a god, 7 therefore,
behold, I will bring strangers upon you, the most terrible of the nations; and
they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your
splendor. 8 They shall thrust you down into the Pit, and you shall
die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas. 9 Will you
still say, 'I am a god,' in the presence of those who slay you, though you are
but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who wound you? 10 You
shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have
spoken, says the Lord GOD." 11 Moreover
the word of the LORD came to me: 12 "Son of man, raise a
lamentation over the king of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD: "You
were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13 You
were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering,
carnelian, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, beryl, and onyx, sapphire, carbuncle,
and emerald; and wrought in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the
day that you were created they were prepared. 14 With an anointed
guardian cherub I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst
of the stones of fire you walked. 15 You were blameless in your
ways from the day you were created, till iniquity was found in you. 16 In
the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I
cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and the guardian cherub
drove you out from the midst of the stones of fire. 17 Your heart
was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your
splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their
eyes on you. 18 By the multitude of your iniquities, in the
unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought forth
fire from the midst of you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes upon the
earth in the sight of all who saw you. 19 All who know you among
the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no
more for ever." 20 The
word of the LORD came to me: 21 "Son of man, set your face toward
Sidon, and prophesy against her 22 and say, Thus says the Lord
GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will manifest my glory in the
midst of you. And they shall know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments in
her, and manifest my holiness in her; 23 for I will send
pestilence into her, and blood into her streets; and the slain shall fall in the
midst of her, by the sword that is against her on every side. Then they will
know that I am the LORD. 24 "And for the house of Israel there
shall be no more a brier to prick or a thorn to hurt them among all their
neighbors who have treated them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the
Lord GOD. 25 "Thus says the Lord GOD: When I gather the house of
Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and manifest my holiness
in them in the sight of the nations, then they shall dwell in their own land
which I gave to my servant Jacob. 26 And they shall dwell securely
in it, and they shall build houses and plant vineyards. They shall dwell
securely, when I execute judgments upon all their neighbors who have treated
them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God."
Ezekiel 29:1-21
1 In the
tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the
LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king
of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt; 3 speak,
and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of
Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, 'My
Nile is my own; I made it.' 4 I will put hooks in your jaws, and
make the fish of your streams stick to your scales; and I will draw you up out
of the midst of your streams, with all the fish of your streams which stick to
your scales. 5 And I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you
and all the fish of your streams; you shall fall upon the open field, and not be
gathered and buried. To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the air I
have given you as food. 6 "Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall
know that I am the LORD. Because you have been a staff of reed to the house of
Israel; 7 when they grasped you with the hand, you broke, and tore
all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon you, you broke, and made all
their loins to shake; 8 therefore
thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off
from you man and beast; 9 and the land of Egypt shall be a
desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. "Because you
said, 'The Nile is mine, and I made it,' 10 therefore, behold, I
am against you, and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an
utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of
Ethiopia. 11 No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of
beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years. 12 And
I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries;
and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid
waste. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among
the countries. 13 "For thus says the Lord GOD: At the end of forty
years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were
scattered; 14 and I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and bring
them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin; and there they shall
be a lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms,
and never again exalt itself above the nations; and I will make them so small
that they will never again rule over the nations. 16 And it shall
never again be the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity,
when they turn to them for aid. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD."
17 In
the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the
word of the LORD came to me: 18 "Son of man, Nebuchadrez'zar king
of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head was made bald and
every shoulder was rubbed bare; yet neither he nor his army got anything from
Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against it. 19 Therefore
thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrez'zar
king of Babylon; and he shall carry off its wealth and despoil it and plunder
it; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 I have given him
the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he labored, because they worked
for me, says the Lord GOD. 21 "On that day I will cause a horn to
spring forth to the house of Israel, and I will open your lips among them. Then
they will know that I am the LORD."
Romans 9:14-17
14 What
shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part? By no means! 15 For
he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have
compassion on whom I have compassion." 16 So it depends not upon
man's will or exertion, but upon God's mercy. 17 For the scripture
says to Pharaoh, "I have raised you up for the very purpose of showing my power
in you, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth."
2 Cor. 6:14 – 7:1
14 Do
not be mismated with unbelievers. For what partnership have righteousness and
iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What
accord has Christ with Be'lial? Or what has a believer in common with an
unbeliever? 16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols?
For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will live in them and
move among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Therefore
come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing
unclean; then I will welcome you, 18 and I will be a father to
you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."
7:1
1 Since
we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement
of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.
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