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12 The Word of the Lord GOD came to me again, saying:
13 “Son of man, when the land sins against Me by committing a trespass, then I will stretch out My Hand upon it and will break the staff of its bread and will send famine upon it. And I will cut off man and beast from it.
14 “Even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were among them, they could only deliver their own souls by their righteousness,” says the Lord GOD.
15 “If I bring evil beasts into the land and they plunder it, so that it is desolate, so that no one may pass through because of beasts,
16 “even if these three men were in its midst, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they shall save neither sons nor daughters. They alone shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
17 “Or if I bring a sword upon this land, and say, ‘Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it,
18 “though these three men were in its midst, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves shall be delivered.
19 Or if I send a pestilence into this land, and pour out My wrath upon it in blood, to cut off man and beast from it,
20 with Noah, Daniel and Job in the midst of it, as I live,” says the Lord GOD, “they shall deliver neither son nor daughter: they shall only deliver their own souls by their righteousness.”
21 For thus says the Lord GOD: “How much more when I send My four severe judgments upon Jerusalem—the sword, and famine, and the evil beast, and pestilence—to cut off man and beast from it?
22 “Yet behold, therein shall be left a remnant of those who shall be carried away, sons and daughters. Behold, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their ways and their enterprises. And you shall be comforted concerning the misery that I have brought upon Jerusalem, concerning all that I have brought upon it.
23 “And they shall comfort you when you see their ways and their enterprises. And you shall know that I have not done all that I have done in it without cause,” says the Lord GOD.
15 And the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
2 “Son of man, how is the wood from the vine above all wood — the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?
3 “Shall wood be taken from it do any work? Or will men take a pin from it to hang a vessel on?
4 “Behold, it is cast into the fire to be consumed. The fire consumes both ends of it, and the middle of it is burnt. Is it useful for any work?
5 “Behold, when it was whole, it was not useful for any work; how much less shall it be useful for any work when the fire has consumed it, and it is burnt?”
6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “As the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire to be consumed, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 “And I will set My Face against them. They shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall consume them. And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set My Face against them,
8 “and I make the land waste, because they have greatly offended,” says the Lord GOD.
16 Again, the Word of the LORD came to me, saying:
2 “Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations,
3 “and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: “Your origin and your relatives are from the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.
4 “And at your nativity, when you were born, your navel was not cut. You were not washed in water, to soften yourself. You were neither salted with salt nor swaddled in cloths.
5 “No eye pitied you, to do any of these for you, to have compassion upon you. But you were cast out in the open field, for you were loathed on the day that you were born.
6 “And when I passed by you, I saw you trampled, in your own blood. And I said to you when you were in your blood, ‘You shall live.’ Even when you were in your blood, I said to you, ‘You shall live.’
7 “I have caused you to multiply, as the bud of the field, and you have increased and grown greatly. You have entered with excellent ornamentation, your breasts fashioned, and your hair grown. Whereas, before you were naked and bare.
8 “Now when I passed by you and looked upon you, behold, your time was as the time of love. And I spread My Wings over you and covered your filthiness. Yea, I swore to you, and entered into a Covenant with you,” says the Lord GOD, “and you became Mine.
9 “Then I washed you with water. Yea, I washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil.
10 “I clothed you also with embroidered work and shod you with badgers’ skin. And I wrapped you with fine linen, and I covered you with silk.
11 “I also decorated you with ornaments. And I put bracelets upon your hands, and a chain on your neck.
12 “And I put a frontlet upon your face, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
13 “Thus were you adorned with gold and silver. And your clothing was of fine linen and silk, and embroidered work. You ate fine flour and honey and oil. And you were very beautiful. And you grew up into a kingdom.
14 “And your name was spread among the heathen because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My beauty which I had set upon you,” says the Lord GOD.
15 “But you trusted in your own beauty, and played the harlot because of your fame, and have poured out your fornications on everyone who passed by and was willing.
16 “And you took your garments and decorated your high places with diverse colors and played the harlot upon them. Such things should not come about or be done.
17 “You have also taken your fair jewels from My gold and from My silver which I had given you, and made images of men for yourself, and committed whoredom with them,
18 “and taken your embroidered garments and covered them. And you have set My oil and My perfume before them.
19 “Also, My food that I gave you (fine flour, oil and honey, with which I fed you), it so happens that you have also set it before them for a sweet savor,” says the Lord GOD.
20 “Moreover, you have taken your sons and your daughters whom you have borne to Me, and you have sacrificed these to them, to be devoured. Is your whoredom such a small matter
21 “that you have killed My children, and delivered them up to them by causing them to pass through fire?
22 “And in all your abominations and whoredoms, you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare and trampled in your blood.
23 “And after all your wickedness (‘Woe! Woe to you!’ says the Lord GOD)
24 “You have also built for yourself a high place and have made yourself a high place in every street.
25 “You have built your high place at every corner of the way and have made your beauty abhorrent. You have opened your feet to everyone who passed by and multiplied your whoredom.
26 “You have also committed fornication with the Egyptians, your very fleshly neighbors, and have increased your whoredom, to provoke Me.
27 “Therefore, behold, I have stretched out My Hand over you and diminished your portion, and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your wicked ways.
28 “You have also played the whore with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable. Yea, you have played the harlot with them and still could not be satisfied.
29 “Moreover, you have multiplied your fornication, from the land of Canaan to Chaldea, and still you were not satisfied with that.
30 “How weak your heart is,” says the Lord GOD, “seeing you do all these things—the work of a presumptuous, whorish woman—
31 “in that you build your high place on the corner of every road, and make your high place on every street, and have not been as a harlot who scorns wages,
32 “but as a wife who plays the harlot, taking others for her husband.
33 “They give gifts to all whores, but you give gifts to all your lovers and bribe them to come to you from every direction for your fornication.
34 “And you are the opposite of other women in your fornications, in that no one follows after your sort of harlotry. For you give a wage, and no wage is given to you. Therefore, you are the opposite.”
35 ‘Therefore, O harlot, hear the Word of the LORD.
36 ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because your shame was poured out and your filthiness discovered through your fornications with your lovers, and with all the idols of your abominations, by the blood of your children which you offered to them,
37 “behold, therefore, I will gather all your lovers with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those whom you have loved together with all those whom you have hated. I will gather them against you, all around you, and will uncover your filthiness to them, so that they may see all your filthiness.
38 “And I will judge you in the same way as those who are harlots, and of those who shed blood. And I will give you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
39 “I will also give you into their hands. And they shall destroy your high place and shall break down your high places. They shall also strip you of your clothes and shall take your fair jewels and leave you naked and bare.
40 “They shall also bring up an assembly against you. And they shall stone you with stones and thrust you through with their swords.
41 “And they shall burn up your houses with fire and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women. And I will cause you to cease playing the harlot. And you shall make no more payments.
18 For indeed the preceding commandment is annulled because of its weakness and uselessness.
19 For the Law made nothing perfect, but rather the introduction of a better hope (by which we draw near to God).
20 And inasmuch as it is not without an oath (for these priests are made without an oath,
21 but this One was made with an oath by Him Who said to Him, “The Lord has sworn, and will not repent. You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”)
22 By so much has Jesus made a surety of a better Testament.
23 And many were made priests among them, because they were not allowed to endure by the reason of death.
24 But this Man, because He endures forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.
25 Therefore, He is also able to perfectly save those who come to God through Him (seeing He forever lives to make intercession for them).
26 For it was fitting for us to have such a High Priest: holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
27 Who does not need to offer up daily sacrifices (first for His own sins, and then for the people’s) as those High Priests. For He did that once and for all when He offered up Himself.
28 For the Law makes men (who have weakness) High Priests. But the Word of the oath (which came after the Law) makes the Son, Who is consecrated for evermore.
106 Praise the LORD because He is good; for His mercy endures forever!
2 Who can express the noble acts of the LORD, or proclaim all His praise?
3 Blessed are those who guard justice and do righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favor of Your people. Visit me with Your salvation,
5 so that I may see the good things of Your chosen and rejoice in the joy of Your people, and glory with Your inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our Fathers. We have committed iniquity and done wickedly.
7 Our Fathers did not understand Your wonders in Egypt, nor did they remember the multitude of Your mercies; but they rebelled at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
8 Nevertheless, He saved them for His Name’s sake, so that He might make His power known.
9 And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and He led them through the deep, as through the wilderness.
10 And He saved them from the adversary’s hand and delivered them from the hand of the enemy.
11 And the waters covered their oppressors. Not one of them was left.
12 Then they believed His words and sang praise to Him.
4 Anger is cruel, and wrath raging. But who can stand before envy?
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
6 The wounds of a friend are faithful. But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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