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Bible Reading for September 13

Ezekiel 8
[1] And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth
day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat
before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. [2] Then I
beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of
his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the
appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. [3] And he put forth the
form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted
me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of
God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the
north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to
jealousy.
[4] And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the
vision that I saw in the plain.
[5] Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward
the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold
northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. [6]
He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the
great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should
go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see
greater abominations.
[7] And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a
hole in the wall.
[8] Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had
digged in the wall, behold a door.
[9] And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
[10] So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and
abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed
upon the wall round about.
[11] And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house
of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan,
with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went
up. [12] Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients
of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his
imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the
earth.
[13] He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater
abominations that they do.
[14] Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which
was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. [15]
Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet
again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. [16] And he
brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the
door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about
five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and
their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
[17] Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light
thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they
commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned
to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. [18]
Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will
I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I
not hear them.

Ezekiel 9
[1] He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that
have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying
weapon in his hand.
[2] And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth
toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man
among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and
they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. [3] And the glory of the
God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the
threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which
had the writer's inkhorn by his side; [4] And the LORD said unto him, Go
through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a
mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the
abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
[5] And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the
city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: [6] Slay
utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come
not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then
they began at the ancient men which were before the house. [7] And he said
unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye
forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city. [8] And it came to pass,
while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and
cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel
in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? [9] Then said he unto me,
The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the
land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The
LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
[10] And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have
pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. [11] And, behold,
the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the
matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

Ezekiel 10
[1] Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of
the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the
appearance of the likeness of a throne. [2] And he spake unto the man
clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the
cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims,
and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
[3] Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man
went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. [4] Then the glory of the
LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house;
and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the
brightness of the LORD's glory. [5] And the sound of the cherubims' wings
was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he
speaketh. [6] And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man
clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between
the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. [7] And one
cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire
that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands
of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out. [8] And
there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings.
[9] And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel
by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of
the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. [10] And as for their
appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the
midst of a wheel.
[11] When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as
they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they
turned not as they went.
[12] And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their
wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that
they four had.
[13] As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. [14]
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and
the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion,
and the fourth the face of an eagle. [15] And the cherubims were lifted up.
This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
[16] And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the
cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels
also turned not from beside them.
[17] When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these
lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in
them.
[18] Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the
house, and stood over the cherubims. [19] And the cherubims lifted up their
wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the
wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east
gate of the LORD's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them
above. [20] This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel
by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. [21] Every
one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of
the hands of a man was under their wings. [22] And the likeness of their
faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their
appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.

Ezekiel 11
[1] Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of
the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the
gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and
Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the princes of the people. [2] Then said he
unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give
wicked counsel in this city: [3] Which say, It is not near; let us build
houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
[4] Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. [5] And the
Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the
LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come
into your mind, every one of them. [6] Ye have multiplied your slain in
this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
[7] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the
midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will
bring you forth out of the midst of it. [8] Ye have feared the sword; and I
will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
[9] And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the
hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. [10] Ye shall
fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall
know that I am the LORD. [11] This city shall not be your caldron, neither
shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the
border of Israel: [12] And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have
not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done
after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. [13] And it came
to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then
fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord
GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? [14] Again the
word of the LORD came unto me, saying, [15] Son of man, thy brethren, even
thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly,
are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from
the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession.
[16] Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far
off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the
countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries
where they shall come.
[17] Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from
the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been
scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. [18] And they shall come
thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all
the abominations thereof from thence. [19] And I will give them one heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out
of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
[20] That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do
them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. [21] But as for
them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and
their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith
the Lord GOD.
[22] Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside
them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. [23] And the
glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the
mountain which is on the east side of the city. [24] Afterwards the spirit
took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea,
to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
[25] Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD
had shewed me.

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