Bible Reading for September 2

Bible Reading for September 2

Ezekiel Chapter 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 Chapter 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 
enquired 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 enquire 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.

Ezekiel Chapter 15

1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch 
which is among the trees of the forest?

3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of 
it to hang any vessel thereon?

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the 
ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less 
shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and 
it is burned?

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of 
the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, 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 devour them; and ye shall know that I am the 
LORD, when I set my face against them.

8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a 
trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

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