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Bible Reading for September 11 (We will never forget!)

Ezekiel 1
[1] Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the
fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar,
that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. [2] In the fifth
day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
[3] The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of
Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the
LORD was there upon him.
[4] And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great
cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out
of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
[5] Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living
creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
[6] And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. [7] And
their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole
of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
[8] And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides;
and they four had their faces and their wings. [9] Their wings were joined
one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one
straight forward. [10] As for the likeness of their faces, they four had
the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four
had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an
eagle. [11] Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward;
two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their
bodies. [12] And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit
was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. [13] As for the
likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals
of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the
living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth
lightning.
[14] And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash
of lightning.
[15] Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth
by the living creatures, with his four faces. [16] The appearance of the
wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four
had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a
wheel in the middle of a wheel. [17] When they went, they went upon their
four sides: and they turned not when they went.
[18] As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and
their rings were full of eyes round about them four. [19] And when the
living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living
creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
[20] Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their
spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the
spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. [21] When those went,
these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted
up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the
spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. [22] And the likeness of
the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of
the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
[23] And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the
other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had
two, which covered on that side, their bodies. [24] And when they went, I
heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the
voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when
they stood, they let down their wings. [25] And there was a voice from the
firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down
their wings. [26] And above the firmament that was over their heads was the
likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the
likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above
upon it. [27] And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire
round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and
from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the
appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. [28] As the
appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the
appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the
likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face,
and I heard a voice of one that spake.

Ezekiel 2
[1] And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
[2] And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon
my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. [3] And he said unto me, Son
of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that
hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against
me, even unto this very day. [4] For they are impudent children and
stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus
saith the Lord GOD. [5] And they, whether they will hear, or whether they
will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there
hath been a prophet among them.
[6] And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their
words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among
scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks,
though they be a rebellious house.
[7] And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or
whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. [8] But thou, son
of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that
rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. [9] And when I
looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was
therein;
[10] And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and
there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

Ezekiel 3
[1] Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this
roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. [2] So I opened my mouth, and
he caused me to eat that roll. [3] And he said unto me, Son of man, cause
thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then
did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
[4] And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel,
and speak with my words unto them.
[5] For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard
language, but to the house of Israel; [6] Not to many people of a strange
speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand.
Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
[7] But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not
hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
[8] Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy
forehead strong against their foreheads. [9] As an adamant harder than
flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their
looks, though they be a rebellious house. [10] Moreover he said unto me,
Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine
heart, and hear with thine ears. [11] And go, get thee to them of the
captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will
forbear. [12] Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of
a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
[13] I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that
touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a
noise of a great rushing.
[14] So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in
bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong
upon me. [15] Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt
by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there
astonished among them seven days.
[16] And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying,
[17] Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel:
therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. [18]
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not
warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his
life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I
require at thine hand.
[19] Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor
from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered
thy soul.
[20] Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and
commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die:
because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his
righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood
will I require at thine hand.
[21] Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin
not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also
thou hast delivered thy soul.
[22] And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me,
Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. [23] Then
I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD
stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on
my face.
[24] Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake
with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. [25] But
thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind
thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: [26] And I will make
thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and
shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.
[27] But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he
that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.

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