Hello and welcome back
to "His Words Are Life."
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and
today we'll be reading together
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from the Book of Ezekiel.
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But first let's pray.
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Dear Heavenly
Father, thank you so much
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that you are the
bread of life to us,
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You are the living water,
You are the light to our path.
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Please be with each of us today,
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send us the Holy
Spirit to show us
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how these words from
you apply in every situation
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that we're facing right now.
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We love You so
much and thank you
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for loving us, amen.
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We're reading in the
Book of Ezekiel Chapter 19,
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beginning with verse 10
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and this is the
King James Version.
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"Thy mother is like
a vine in thy blood,
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planted by the waters.
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She was fruitful
and full of branches
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by reason of many waters.
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And she had strong rods
for the sceptres of them
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that bare rule, and
her stature was exalted
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among the thick branches,
and she appeared in her height
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with the
multitude of her branches.
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But she was plucked up in fury,
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she was cast down to the ground,
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and the east wind
dried up her fruit,
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her strong rods
were broken and withered,
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the fire consumed them.
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And now she is
planted in the wilderness,
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in a dry and thirsty ground.
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And fire is gone out
of a rod of her branches,
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which hath devoured her fruit,
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so that she hath no strong
rod to be a sceptre to rule.
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This is a lamentation,
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and shall be for a lamentation."
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Continuing in
Ezekiel Chapter 20,
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this is the King James Version.
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"And it came to
pass in the seventh year,
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in the fifth month,
the tenth day of the month,
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that certain of
the elders of Israel
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came to enquire of the
Lord, and sat before me.
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Then came the word
of the Lord unto me,
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saying, Son of man, speak
unto the elders of Israel,
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and say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord God.
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Are ye come to enquire of me.
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As I live, saith the Lord God,
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I will not be
enquired of by you.
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Wilt thou judge
them, son of man,
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wilt thou judge them.
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'Cause them to know
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the abominations
of their fathers.
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And say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord God.
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In the day when I chose Israel,
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and lifted up mine hand
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unto the seed of
the house of Jacob,
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and made myself known unto them
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in the land of Egypt,
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when I lifted up
mine hand unto them,
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saying, I am the Lord your God.
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In the day that I
lifted up mine hand unto them,
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to bring them forth
of the land of Egypt
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into a land that I
had espied for them,
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flowing with milk and honey,
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which is the glory of all lands.
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Then said I unto them,
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Cast ye away every man
the abominations of his eyes,
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and defile not yourselves
with the idols of Egypt.
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I am the Lord your God.
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But they rebelled against me,
and would not hearken unto me.
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They did not every man
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cast away the
abominations of their eyes,
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neither did they
forsake the idols of Egypt.
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Then I said, I will
pour out my fury upon them,
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to accomplish my
anger against them
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in the midst of
the land of Egypt.
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But I wrought
for my name's sake,
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that it should not be
polluted before the heathen,
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among whom they
were, in whose sight
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I made myself known unto them,
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in bringing them forth
out of the land of Egypt.
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Wherefore I caused them
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to go forth out
of the land of Egypt,
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and brought them
into the wilderness.
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And I gave them my statutes,
and shewed them my judgments,
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which if a man do, he
shall even live in them.
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Moreover also I
gave them my sabbaths,
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to be a sign
between me and them,
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that they might know
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that I am the Lord
that sanctify them.
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But the house of Israel
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rebelled against
me in the wilderness.
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They walked not in my statutes,
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they despised my
judgments, which if a man do,
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he shall even live in them,
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and my sabbaths
they greatly polluted.
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Then I said, I would
pour out my fury upon them
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in the
wilderness, to consume them.
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But I wrought
for my name's sake,
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that it should not be
polluted before the heathen,
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in whose sight I
brought them out.
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Yet also I lifted up my hand
unto them in the wilderness,
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that I would not
bring them into the land
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which I had given them,
flowing with milk and honey,
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which is the glory of all lands.
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Because they
despised my judgments,
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and walked not in my statutes,
but polluted my Sabbaths,
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for their heart
went after their idols.
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Nevertheless
mine eye spared them
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from destroying them,
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neither did I make an end
of them in the wilderness.
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But I said unto their
children in the wilderness,
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Walk ye not in the
statutes of your fathers,
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neither observe their judgments,
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nor defile
yourselves with their idols.
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I am the Lord your
God, walk in my statutes,
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and keep my
judgments, and do them.
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And hallow my sabbaths,
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and they shall be a
sign between me and you,
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that ye may know that
I am the Lord your God.
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Notwithstanding the
children rebelled against me,
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they walked not in my statutes,
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neither kept my
judgments to do them,
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which if a man do,
he shall live in them,
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they polluted my sabbaths,
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Then I said, I would
pour out my fury upon them,
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to accomplish my anger
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against them in the wilderness.
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Nevertheless I
withdrew mine hand,
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and wrought for my name's sake,
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that it should not be polluted
in the sight of the heathen,
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in whose sight I
brought them forth.
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I lifted up mine hand unto
them also in the wilderness,
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that I would scatter
them among the heathen,
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and disperse them
through the countries.
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Because they had not
executed my judgments,
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but had despised my statutes,
and had polluted my sabbaths,
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and their eyes were
after their fathers' idols.
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Wherefore I gave them also
statutes that were not good,
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and judgments
whereby they should not live,
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and I polluted
them in their own gifts,
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in that they caused
to pass through the fire
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all that openeth the womb,
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that I might make them desolate,
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to the end that they
might know that I am the Lord.
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Therefore, son of man,
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speak unto the house of Israel,
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and say unto them.
Thus saith the Lord God.
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Yet in this your
fathers have blasphemed me,
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in that they have
committed a trespass against me.
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For when I had
brought them into the land,
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for the which I lifted up
mine hand to give it to them,
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then they saw every high
hill, and all the thick trees,
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and they offered
there their sacrifices,
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and there they presented
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the provocation
of their offering,
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there also they
made their sweet savour,
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and poured out there
their drink offerings.
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Then I said unto them.
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What is the high
place whereunto you go?
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And the name thereof is
called Bamah unto this day.
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Wherefore say unto
the house of Israel,
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Thus saith the Lord God.
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Are ye polluted after
the manner of your fathers?
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And commit ye whoredom
after their abominations?
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For when ye offer your gifts,
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when ye make your sons
to pass through the fire,
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ye pollute
yourselves with all their idols,
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even unto this day.
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And shall I be enquired
of by you, O house of Israel?
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As I live, saith the Lord God,
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I will not be
enquired of by you.
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And that which cometh into
your mind shall not be at all.
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That ye say, we
will be as the heathen,
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as the families
of the countries,
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to serve wood and stone.
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As I live, saith the Lord
God, surely with a mighty hand,
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and with a stretched out
arm, and with fury poured out,
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will I rule over you.
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And I will bring
you out from the people,
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and will gather you
out of the countries
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wherein ye are
scattered, with a mighty hand,
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and with a stretched out
arm, and with fury poured out.
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And I will bring you into
the wilderness of the people,
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and there will I
plead with you face to face.
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Like as I
pleaded with your fathers
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in the wilderness
of the land of Egypt,
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so will I plead with
you, saith the Lord God.
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And I will cause you
to pass under the rod,
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and I will bring you
into the bond of the covenant.
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And I will purge out
from among you the rebels,
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and them that
transgress against me.
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I will bring them forth
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out of the country
where they sojourn,
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and they shall not
enter into the land of Israel.
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And ye shall know
that I am the Lord.
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As for you, O house of Israel,
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thus saith the Lord God,
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Go ye, serve ye
everyone his idols,
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and hereafter also,
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if ye will not hearken unto me.
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But pollute ye my holy name
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no more with your
gifts, and with your idols.
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For in mine Holy Mountain,
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in the mountain of
the height of Israel,
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saith the Lord God.
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There shall all
the house of Israel,
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all of them in
the land, serve me.
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There will I accept them,
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and there will I
require your offerings,
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and the
first-fruits of your oblations,
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with all your holy things.
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I will accept you
with your sweet savour.
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When I bring you
out from the people,
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and gather you
out of the countries
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wherein ye have been scattered.
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And I will be sanctified
in you before the heathen.
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And ye shall know
that I am the Lord.
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When I shall bring you
into the land of Israel,
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into the country for
the which I lifted up
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my hand to give
it to your fathers.
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And there shall ye
remember your ways,
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and all your doings,
wherein ye have been defiled,
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and ye shall lothe
yourselves in your own sight
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for all your evils
that ye have committed.
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And ye shall know
that I am the Lord.
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When I have wrought
with you for my name's sake,
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not according to
your wicked ways,
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nor according to
your corrupt doings,
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O ye house of
Israel, saith the Lord God.
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Moreover the word of the
Lord came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, set thy
face toward the south,
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and drop thy
word toward the south,
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and prophesy against the
forest of the south field.
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And say to the
forest of the south.
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Hear the word of the Lord.
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Thus saith the Lord God, Behold,
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I will kindle a fire in thee,
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and it shall devour
every green tree in thee,
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and every dry tree.
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The flaming flame
shall not be quenched,
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and all faces from
the south to the north
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shall be burned therein.
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And all flesh shall see
that I the Lord have kindled it,
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it shall not be quenched.
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Then said I, Ah
Lord God, they say of me.
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Doth he not speak parables?
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Continuing in
Ezekiel Chapter 21,
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and this is King James Version.
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And the word of the
Lord came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, set thy
face toward Jerusalem,
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and drop thy word
toward the holy places,
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and prophesy
against the land of Israel,
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and say to the land of Israel.
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Thus saith the Lord.
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Behold, I am against thee,
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and will draw forth my
sword out of his sheath,
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and will cut off from thee
the righteous and the wicked.
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Seeing then that I will cut off
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from thee the
righteous and the wicked,
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therefore shall my sword
go forth out of his sheath
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against all flesh from
the south to the north.
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That all flesh may know that
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I the Lord have drawn forth
my sword out of his sheath.
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It shall not return any more.
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Sigh therefore, thou son of man,
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with the breaking of thy loins,
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and with bitterness
sigh before their eyes.
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And it shall be,
when they say unto thee,
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Wherefore sighest thou?
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That thou shall answer.
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For the tidings,
because it cometh.
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And every heart shall melt,
and all hands shall be feeble,
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and every spirit shall faint,
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and all knees
shall be weak as water.
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Behold, it cometh, and
shall be brought to pass,
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saith the Lord God.
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Again the word of the
Lord came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, prophesy,
and say, Thus saith the Lord.
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Say, a sword, a
sword is sharpened,
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and also furbished.
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It is sharpened to
make a sore slaughter,
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it is furbished
that it may glitter.
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Should we then make mirth?
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It contemneth the rod of my son,
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as every tree.
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And he hath given
it to be furbished,
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that it may be handled.
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This sword is
sharpened, and it is furbished,
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to give it into
the hand of the slayer.
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Cry and howl, son of man.
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For it shall be upon my people,
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it shall be upon all
the princes of Israel,
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terrors by reason of the sword
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shall be upon my people,
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Smite therefore upon thy thigh.
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Because it is a trial,
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and what if the
sword contemn even the rod?
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It shall be no
more, saith the Lord God.
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Thou therefore,
son of man, prophesy,
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and smite thine hands together,
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and let the sword be
doubled the third time,
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the sword of the slain,
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it is the sword of the
great men that are slain,
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which entereth into
their privy chambers.
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I have set the
point of the sword
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against all their gates,
that their heart may faint,
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and their ruins be multiplied,
ah! It is made bright,
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it is wrapped up
for the slaughter.
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Go thee one way or
other, either on the right hand,
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or on the left,
whithersoever thy face is set.
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