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Bible Reading for September 14

Ezekiel 12
[1] The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, [2] Son of man, thou
dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and
see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious
house.
[3] Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove
by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another
place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a
rebellious house.
[4] Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff
for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that
go forth into captivity.
[5] Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. [6] In
their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in
the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for
I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. [7] And I did so as I
was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and
in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in
the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight.
[8] And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, [9] Son
of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee,
What doest thou?
[10] Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth
the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.
[11] Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto
them: they shall remove and go into captivity. [12] And the prince that is
among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go
forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover
his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. [13] My net also will I
spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to
Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he
shall die there. [14] And I will scatter toward every wind all that are
about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword
after them. [15] And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall
scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. [16]
But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and
from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the
heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. [17]
Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, [18] Son of man, eat thy
bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with
carefulness;
[19] And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their
bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her
land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of
all them that dwell therein.
[20] And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land
shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. [21] And the word
of the LORD came unto me, saying, [22] Son of man, what is that proverb
that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and
every vision faileth? [23] Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I
will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb
in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every
vision. [24] For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering
divination within the house of Israel.
[25] For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall
come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious
house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD. [26]
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, [27] Son of man, behold,
they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days
to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.
[28] Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of
my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be
done, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 13
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [2] Son of man, prophesy
against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that
prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
[3] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow
their own spirit, and have seen nothing! [4] O Israel, thy prophets are
like the foxes in the deserts. [5] Ye have not gone up into the gaps,
neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in
the day of the LORD. [6] They have seen vanity and lying divination,
saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made
others to hope that they would confirm the word.
[7] Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying
divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
[8] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and
seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. [9] And
mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies:
they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be
written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter
into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. [10]
Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there
was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with
untempered morter:
[11] Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall
fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones,
shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. [12] Lo, when the wall is
fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye
have daubed it? [13] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it
with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in
mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. [14] So will I
break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring
it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered,
and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye
shall know that I am the LORD. [15] Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon
the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and
will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
[16] To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem,
and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the
Lord GOD.
[17] Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy
people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against
them,
[18] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to
all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt
souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls
alive that come unto you?
[19] And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for
pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the
souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your
lies?
[20] Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows,
wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them
from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to
make them fly.
[21] Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your
hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall
know that I am the LORD.
[22] Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I
have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should
not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: [23] Therefore ye
shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my
people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 14
[1] Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
[2] And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [3] Son of man, these
men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of
their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
[4] Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart,
and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh
to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the
multitude of his idols;
[5] That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they
are all estranged from me through their idols. [6] Therefore say unto the
house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from
your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
[7] For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that
sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his
idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before
his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the
LORD will answer him by myself:
[8] And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a
proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall
know that I am the LORD.
[9] And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD
have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and
will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. [10] And they shall
bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall
be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; [11] That the house
of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with
all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be
their God, saith the Lord GOD. [12] The word of the LORD came again to me,
saying, [13] Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing
grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the
staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off
man and beast from it:
[14] Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should
deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
[15] If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it,
so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
[16] Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they
shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but
the land shall be desolate.
[17] Or if I bring a sword upon that 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 it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons
nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
[19] Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it
in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: [20] Though Noah, Daniel, and
Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither
son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their
righteousness. [21] For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send
my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the
noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? [22]
Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth,
both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye
shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning
the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I
have brought upon it.
[23] And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings:
and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done
in it, saith the Lord GOD.

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