The Rooms for the Priests 1 Then the man led me northward into the outer court and brought me to the rooms opposite the temple courtyard and opposite the outer wall on the north side. 2 The building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide. 3 Both in the […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Ezekiel 43
God’s Glory Returns to the Temple 1 Then the man brought me to the gate facing east, 2 and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of rushing waters, and the land was radiant with his glory. 3 The vision I saw was […]
Ezekiel 44
The Priesthood Restored 1 Then the man brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary, the one facing east, and it was shut. 2 TheLordsaid to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It must not be opened; no one may enter through it. It is to remain shut because theLord, the God […]
Ezekiel 45
Israel Fully Restored 1 “ ‘When you allot the land as an inheritance, you are to present to theLorda portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubitslong and 20,000cubitswide; the entire area will be holy. 2 Of this, a section 500 cubitssquare is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubitsaround it for open […]
Ezekiel 46
1 “ ‘This is what the SovereignLordsays: The gate of the inner court facing east is to be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it is to be opened. 2 The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the […]
Ezekiel 47
The River From the Temple 1 The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. […]
Ezekiel 48
The Division of the Land 1 “These are the tribes, listed by name: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion; it will follow the Hethlon road to Lebo Hamath; Hazar Enan and the northern border of Damascus next to Hamath will be part of its border from the east side to the west […]
Lamentations 1
# 1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was queen among the provinces has now become a slave. 2 Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no […]
Lamentations 2
# 1 How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion # with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. 2 Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his […]
Lamentations 3
# 1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of theLord’s wrath. 2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light; 3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long. 4 He has made my skin and my flesh […]