One Story That Leads to Jesus, Day 193
Ezekiel 25
25Then this message came to me from the Lord:H1697H3068H5592“Son of man, turn and face the land of Ammon and prophesy against its people.H1121H120H7760H6440H1121H5983H50123Give the Ammonites this message from the Sovereign Lord: Hear the word of the Sovereign Lord! Because you cheered when my Temple was defiled, mocked Israel in her desolation, and laughed at Judah as she went away into exile,H559H1121H5983H8085H1697H136H3069H559H136H3069H559H1889H4720H2490H127H3478H8074H1004H3063H1980H14734I will allow nomads from the eastern deserts to overrun your country. They will set up their camps among you and pitch their tents on your land. They will harvest all your fruit and drink the milk from your livestock.H5414H1121H6924H4181H3427H2918H5414H4908H398H6529H8354H24615And I will turn the city of Rabbah into a pasture for camels, and all the land of the Ammonites into a resting place for sheep and goats. Then you will know that I am the Lord.H5414H7237H5116H1581H1121H5983H4769H6629H3045H30686“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped and danced and cheered with glee at the destruction of my people,H559H136H3069H4222H3027H7554H7272H8055H5315H7589H127H34787I will raise my fist of judgment against you. I will give you as plunder to many nations. I will cut you off from being a nation and destroy you completely. Then you will know that I am the Lord.H5186H3027H5414H957H897H1471H3772H5971H6H776H8045H3045H30688“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because the people of Moab have said that Judah is just like all the other nations,H559H136H3069H3282H4124H8165H559H1004H3063H14719I will open up their eastern flank and wipe out their glorious frontier towns—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim.H6605H3802H4124H5892H5892H7097H6643H776H1020H1186H715610And I will hand Moab over to nomads from the eastern deserts, just as I handed over Ammon. Yes, the Ammonites will no longer be counted among the nations.H1121H6924H1121H5983H5414H4181H1121H5983H2142H147111In the same way, I will bring my judgment down on the Moabites. Then they will know that I am the Lord.H6213H8201H4124H3045H306812“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Edom have sinned greatly by avenging themselves against the people of Judah.H559H136H3069H123H6213H1004H3063H5358H5359H816H816H535813Therefore, says the Sovereign Lord, I will raise my fist of judgment against Edom. I will wipe out its people and animals with the sword. I will make a wasteland of everything from Teman to Dedan.H559H136H3069H5186H3027H123H3772H120H929H5414H2723H8487H1719H5307H271914I will accomplish this by the hand of my people of Israel. They will carry out my vengeance with anger, and Edom will know that this vengeance is from me. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!H5414H5360H123H3027H5971H3478H6213H123H639H2534H3045H5360H5002H136H306915“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Philistia have acted against Judah out of bitter revenge and long-standing contempt.H559H136H3069H6430H6213H5360H5358H5359H7589H5315H4889H5769H34216Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will raise my fist of judgment against the land of the Philistines. I will wipe out the Kerethites and utterly destroy the people who live by the sea.H559H136H3069H5186H3027H6430H3772H3774H6H7611H3220H234817I will execute terrible vengeance against them to punish them for what they have done. And when I have inflicted my revenge, they will know that I am the Lord.”H6213H1419H5360H2534H8433H3045H3068H5414H5360
Ezekiel 26
26On February 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:H6249H6240H8141H259H2320H1697H3068H5592“Son of man, Tyre has rejoiced over the fall of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Ha! She who was the gateway to the rich trade routes to the east has been broken, and I am the heir! Because she has been made desolate, I will become wealthy!’H1121H120H6865H559H3389H1889H7665H1817H5971H5437H4390H27173“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am your enemy, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the waves of the sea crashing against your shoreline.H559H136H3069H6865H7227H1471H5927H3220H1530H59274They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down its towers. I will scrape away its soil and make it a bare rock!H7843H2346H6865H2040H4026H5500H6083H5414H6706H55535It will be just a rock in the sea, a place for fishermen to spread their nets, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign Lord. Tyre will become the prey of many nations,H4894H2764H8432H3220H1696H5002H136H3069H957H14716and its mainland villages will be destroyed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord.H1323H7704H2026H2719H3045H30687“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: From the north I will bring King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon against Tyre. He is king of kings and brings his horses, chariots, charioteers, and great army.H559H136H3069H935H6865H5019H4428H894H4428H4428H6828H5483H7393H6571H6951H7227H59718First he will destroy your mainland villages. Then he will attack you by building a siege wall, constructing a ramp, and raising a roof of shields against you.H2026H2719H1323H7704H5414H1785H8210H5550H6965H67939He will pound your walls with battering rams and demolish your towers with sledgehammers.H5414H4239H6904H2346H2719H5422H402610The hooves of his horses will choke the city with dust, and the noise of the charioteers and chariot wheels will shake your walls as they storm through your broken gates.H8229H5483H80H3680H2346H7493H6963H6571H1534H7393H935H8179H3996H5892H123411His horsemen will trample through every street in the city. They will butcher your people, and your strong pillars will topple.H6541H5483H7429H2351H2026H5971H2719H5797H4676H3381H77612“They will plunder all your riches and merchandise and break down your walls. They will destroy your lovely homes and dump your stones and timbers and even your dust into the sea.H7997H2428H962H7404H2040H2346H5422H2532H1004H7760H68H6086H6083H8432H432513I will stop the music of your songs. No more will the sound of harps be heard among your people.H1995H7892H7673H6963H3658H808514I will make your island a bare rock, a place for fishermen to spread their nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the Lord, have spoken. Yes, the Sovereign Lord has spoken!H5414H6706H5553H4894H2764H4894H1129H3068H1696H5002H136H306915“This is what the Sovereign Lord says to Tyre: The whole coastline will tremble at the sound of your fall, as the screams of the wounded echo in the continuing slaughter.H559H136H3069H6865H339H7493H6963H4658H2491H602H2027H2026H843216All the seaport rulers will step down from their thrones and take off their royal robes and beautiful clothing. They will sit on the ground trembling with horror at your destruction.H5387H3220H3381H3678H5493H4598H6584H7553H899H3847H2731H3427H776H2729H7281H807417Then they will wail for you, singing this funeral song: “O famous island city, once ruler of the sea, how you have been destroyed! Your people, with their naval power, once spread fear around the world.H5375H7015H559H6H3427H3220H1984H5892H2389H3220H3427H5414H2851H342718Now the coastlands tremble at your fall. The islands are dismayed as you disappear.H339H2729H3117H4658H339H3220H926H331819“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will make Tyre an uninhabited ruin, like many others. I will bury you beneath the terrible waves of enemy attack. Great seas will swallow you.H559H136H3069H5414H2717H5892H5892H3427H5927H8415H7227H4325H368020I will send you to the pit to join those who descended there long ago. Your city will lie in ruins, buried beneath the earth, like those in the pit who have entered the world of the dead. You will have no place of respect here in the land of the living.H3381H3381H953H5971H5769H3427H8482H776H2723H5769H3381H953H3427H5414H6643H776H241621I will bring you to a terrible end, and you will exist no more. You will be looked for, but you will never again be found. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”H5414H1091H1245H5769H4672H5002H136H3069
Ezekiel 27
27Then this message came to me from the Lord:H1697H3068H5592“Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre,H1121H120H5375H7015H68653that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord. “You boasted, O Tyre, ‘My beauty is perfect!’H559H6865H3427H3997H3220H7402H5971H7227H339H559H136H3069H6865H559H3632H33084You extended your boundaries into the sea. Your builders made your beauty perfect.H1366H3820H3220H1129H3634H33085You were like a great ship built of the finest cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.H1129H3871H1265H8149H3947H730H3844H6213H86506They carved your oars from the oaks of Bashan. Your deck of pine from the coasts of Cyprus was inlaid with ivory.H437H1316H6213H4880H1323H839H6213H7175H8127H339H37947Your sails were made of Egypt’s finest linen, and they flew as a banner above you. You stood beneath blue and purple awnings made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.H8336H7553H4714H4666H5251H8504H713H339H473H43748Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad; your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself.H3427H6721H719H7751H2450H6865H22599Wise old craftsmen from Gebal did the caulking. Ships from every land came with goods to barter for your trade.H2205H1380H2450H919H2388H591H3220H4419H6148H462710“Men from distant Persia, Lydia, and Libya served in your great army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls, giving you great honor.H6539H3865H6316H2428H582H4421H8518H4043H3553H5414H192611Men from Arvad and Helech stood on your walls. Your towers were manned by men from Gammad. Their shields hung on your walls, completing your beauty.H1121H719H2428H2346H5439H1575H4026H8518H7982H2346H5439H3634H3308H363412“Tarshish sent merchants to buy your wares in exchange for silver, iron, tin, and lead.H8659H5503H7230H1952H3701H1270H913H5777H5414H580113Merchants from Greece, Tubal, and Meshech brought slaves and articles of bronze to trade with you.H3120H8422H4902H7402H5414H5315H120H3627H5178H462714“From Togarmah came riding horses, chariot horses, and mules, all in exchange for your goods.H1004H8425H5414H5801H5483H6571H650515Merchants came to you from Dedan. Numerous coastlands were your captive markets; they brought payment in ivory tusks and ebony wood.H1121H1719H7402H7227H339H5506H3027H7725H814H7161H8127H189416“Syria sent merchants to buy your rich variety of goods. They traded turquoise, purple dyes, embroidery, fine linen, and jewelry of coral and rubies.H758H5503H7230H4639H5414H5801H5306H713H7553H948H7215H353917Judah and Israel traded for your wares, offering wheat from Minnith, figs, honey, olive oil, and balm.H3063H776H3478H7402H5414H4627H2406H4511H6436H1706H8081H687518“Damascus sent merchants to buy your rich variety of goods, bringing wine from Helbon and white wool from Zahar.H1834H5503H7230H4639H7230H1952H3196H2463H6713H678519Greeks from Uzal came to trade for your merchandise. Wrought iron, cassia, and fragrant calamus were bartered for your wares.H2051H1835H3120H235H5414H5801H6219H1270H6916H7070H462720“Dedan sent merchants to trade their expensive saddle blankets with you.H1719H7402H2667H899H739621The Arabians and the princes of Kedar sent merchants to trade lambs and rams and male goats in exchange for your goods.H6152H5387H6938H5503H3027H3733H352H6260H550322The merchants of Sheba and Raamah came with all kinds of spices, jewels, and gold in exchange for your wares.H7402H7614H7484H7402H5414H5801H7218H1314H3368H68H209123“Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad came with their merchandise, too.H2771H3656H5729H7402H7614H804H3638H740224They brought choice fabrics to trade—blue cloth, embroidery, and multicolored carpets rolled up and bound with cords.H7402H4360H8504H1545H7553H1595H1264H2280H2256H729H481925The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim!H591H8659H7788H4627H4390H3966H3513H3820H322026“But look! Your oarsmen have taken you into stormy seas! A mighty eastern gale has wrecked you in the heart of the sea!H7751H935H7227H4325H6921H7307H7665H3820H322027Everything is lost—your riches and wares, your sailors and pilots, your ship builders, merchants, and warriors. On the day of your ruin, everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.H1952H5801H4627H4419H2259H919H2388H6148H4627H582H4421H6951H8432H5307H3820H3220H3117H465828Your cities by the sea tremble as your pilots cry out in terror.H4054H7493H6963H2201H225929All the oarsmen abandon their ships; the sailors and pilots on shore come to stand on the beach.H8610H4880H4419H2259H3220H3381H591H5975H77630They cry aloud over you and weep bitterly. They throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.H6963H8085H2199H4751H5927H6083H7218H6428H66531They shave their heads in grief for you and dress themselves in burlap. They weep for you with bitter anguish and deep mourning.H7144H7139H2296H8242H1058H4751H5315H4751H455332As they wail and mourn over you, they sing this sad funeral song. ‘Was there ever such a city as Tyre, now silent at the bottom of the sea?H5204H5375H7015H6969H6865H1822H8432H322033The merchandise you traded satisfied the desires of many nations. Kings at the ends of the earth were enriched by your trade.H5801H3318H3220H7646H7227H5971H6238H4428H776H7230H1952H462734Now you are a wrecked ship, broken at the bottom of the sea. All your merchandise and crew have gone down with you.H6256H7665H3220H4615H4325H4627H6951H8432H530735All who live along the coastlands are appalled at your terrible fate. Their kings are filled with horror and look on with twisted faces.H3427H339H8074H4428H8178H8175H7481H644036The merchants among the nations shake their heads at the sight of you, for you have come to a horrible end and will exist no more.’”H5503H5971H8319H1091H5704H5769
Psalms 38
38[A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.] O LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage!H4210H1732H2142H3068H3198H7110H3256H25342Your arrows have struck deep, and your blows are crushing me.H2671H5181H3027H51813Because of your anger, my whole body is sick; my health is broken because of my sins.H4974H1320H6440H2195H7965H6106H6440H24034My guilt overwhelms me—it is a burden too heavy to bear.H5771H5674H7218H3515H4853H35135My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins.H2250H887H4743H6440H2006I am bent over and racked with pain. All day long I walk around filled with grief.H5753H7817H3966H1980H6937H31177A raging fever burns within me, and my health is broken.H3689H4390H7033H4974H13208I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart.H6313H3966H1794H7580H5100H38209You know what I long for, Lord; you hear my every sigh.H136H8378H585H564110My heart beats wildly, my strength fails, and I am going blind.H3820H5503H3581H5800H216H5869H1992H36911My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own family stands at a distance.H157H7453H5975H5048H5061H7138H5975H735012Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps to kill me. Those who wish me harm make plans to ruin me. All day long they plan their treachery.H1245H5315H5367H1875H7451H1696H1942H1897H4820H311713But I am deaf to all their threats. I am silent before them as one who cannot speak.H2795H8085H483H6605H631014I choose to hear nothing, and I make no reply.H376H8085H6310H843315For I am waiting for you, O LORD. You must answer for me, O Lord my God.H3068H3176H6030H136H43016I prayed, "Don't let my enemies gloat over me or rejoice at my downfall."H559H8055H7272H4131H143117I am on the verge of collapse, facing constant pain.H3559H6761H4341H854818But I confess my sins; I am deeply sorry for what I have done.H5046H5771H1672H240319I have many aggressive enemies; they hate me without reason.H341H2416H6105H8130H8267H723120They repay me evil for good and oppose me for pursuing good.H7999H7451H2896H7853H7291H289621Do not abandon me, O LORD. Do not stand at a distance, my God.H5800H3068H430H736822Come quickly to help me, O Lord my savior.H2363H5833H136H8668
Dublin, OH
, this message came to me from the Lord:H6249
