Ezekiel 17-18 Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine 17 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel; 3 say, Thus says the Lord God: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar. 4 He broke off the topmost of its young twigs …

Ezekiel 16 The Lord’s Faithless Bride 16 Again the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations, 3 and say, Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth are of the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 4 And as for your birth, on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor …

Ezekiel 14-15 Idolatrous Elders Condemned 14 Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lord came to me: 3 “Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them? 4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus …

Ezekiel 12-13 Judah’s Captivity Symbolized 12 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are a rebellious house. 3 As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself an exile’s baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight. You …

Ezekiel 10-11 The Glory of the Lord Leaves the Temple 10 Then I looked, and behold, on the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in appearance like a throne. 2 And he said to the man clothed in linen, “Go in among the whirling wheels underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from between the cherubim, and scatter them …

Ezekiel 7-9 The Day of the Wrath of the Lord 7 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “And you, O son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. 3 Now the end is upon you, and I will send my anger upon you; I will judge you according to your ways, and I will …

Ezekiel 4-6 The Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized 4 “And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem. 2 And put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around. 3 And you, take an iron griddle, and …

Ezekiel 1-3 Ezekiel in Babylon 1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the Chebar canal, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2 On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin), 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son …

Lamentations 4-5 The Holy Stones Lie Scattered 4 How the gold has grown dim,    how the pure gold is changed!The holy stones lie scattered    at the head of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion,    worth their weight in fine gold,how they are regarded as earthen pots,    the work of a potter’s hands! 3 Even jackals offer the breast;    they nurse their young;but the daughter of my people has …

Lamentations 2-3 The Lord Has Destroyed Without Pity 2 How the Lord in his anger    has set the daughter of Zion under a cloud!He has cast down from heaven to earth    the splendor of Israel;he has not remembered his footstool    in the day of his anger. 2 The Lord has swallowed up without mercy    all the habitations of Jacob;in his wrath he has broken down    the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;he …