"*** EZEKIEL 10 ***" "Sidon to be punished by plague and sword The word of the Lord came to me , Son of man prophesy against Sidon. Say" "to her, The Lord God says, I am against you O Sidon and shall gain glory from you. When I punish you, you will knowthat I am Jehovah. I shall send plague and a sword upon you. Blood shall flow in your streets. Nolonger will the people of Israel have a piercing thorn for a neighbour. Sidon, a piercing thorn of Israel (verse 3) and prophesied against through Ezekiel. Egypt and her allies to be destroyed by Babylon The word of the Lord came to me , Son of man, prophesy against Egypt. Say to her, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Nor has it been bound in a splint to heal so that he" "cancontinue to wield a sword. I am against the king of Egypt and shall break both his arms and make his sword fall from his hands. Furthermore I shall put my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon. He and the armies with him, the most ruthless of nations shall destroy the land and fill Egyptwith her slain, and they shall scatter the Egyptians among the nations. All Egypts wealth will be carried away. Her allies, Ethiopia, Libya and Arabia will also fall, all the people of the covenant land. The whole land will become empty and thecities shall lie in ruins. The Nile to be no longer muddied" "by hooves of cattle I shall also destroy all the cattle. Egypts abundant water will no longer be stirred by the foot of man or muddied by thehooves of cattle. The river shall settle and flow clear. I will dry up the canals of the Nile and lay waste the land and everything in it. I shall destroy their idols and there will no longer be a king in Egypt. I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. Then shall they know that it is IJehovah who speak. The hordes of Egypt to go down to Sheol the spirit world of the dead The word of the Lord came to me , Son" "of man, mourn for the hordes of Egypt and consign her and the other mighty nations toSheol below. Say to them, Are you more favoured than others? Go down and rest among the uncircumcised. 16From within Sheol the mighty leaders shall say of Egypt and her allies, They have come down to the uncircumcised and thosekilled by the sword. Assyrias vast army is also here. All who spread terror in the land of the living have fallen by the sword." "*** EZEKIEL 11 ***" "Word arrives in Babylon that Jerusalem has fallen In the twelfth year of our exile a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and" "said, The city has fallen Ezekiel recovers his full powers of speech Now the previous evening the hand of the Lord had come upon me and he had opened my mouth so I was able to speak . The word of the Lord came to me , Son of man, the fugitives hiding among the ruins inthe land of Judah are saying, Surely the land has been left to us. Therefore say to them, The Lord Jehovah says, Since you eat meat with the blood still in it, and worship your idols and shed blood, should you possess this land? 5You rely on your sword and do abominable things and lie with your neighbours wives. As surely as" "I live, those who are hiding in the ruins shall fall by the sword, and those out in the country shall be devoured by wild animals, and those in the caves willdie of disease. Judah to become an empty wasteland I will make Judah an empty wasteland. Then they shall know that I am the Lord. The exiles listen to Ezekiel but are greedy for unjust gain and do not heed his words As for you son of man, the people say to one another, Come and hear the word of the Lord. My people sit before you and listen to your words, but they do not heed them. With their lips they draw near to me, but their hearts" "are set on unjust gain. Ezekiel like a singer of love songs To them you are like one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays a musical instrument well. However when all my words have come to pass, they will know that a prophet has been in the midst of them. The shepherds of Israel only take care of themselves The word of the Lord came to me , Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Say to them, The Lord Jehovah says, Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves. You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, andslaughter the choice animals" "but you do not take care of the flock. Should not shepherds care for their flock? You do not strengthen the weak or heal the sick, nor bind up the injured. You do not bring back the strays or search for the lost.Rather you treat them all brutally. The Lord to remove Israels shepherds So my flock have become scattered, for there are no caring shepherds. They havebecome food for wild animals. Therefore hear the word of Jehovah you shepherds of Israel. I will hold youaccountable for my flock, and remove you as shepherds. You will no longer feed your- selves. The Lord himself to become Israels" "shepherd I myself will search for my sheep, to look after them and rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of gloom. I shall gather them from the nations and bring them into their own land. There they will lie down and feed in rich pasture amongstreams on the hills of Israel. The fat and strong sheep to be destroyed I shall search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured andstrengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. The Lord to be a just shepherd I will shepherd my flock with justice and judge between one sheep and" "another, and between the rams and the goats. 23For is it not enough that they feed on rich pasture?Must some of them also trample the rest of the pasture? And is it not enough that they drink clear water? Must some of them muddy the water with their feet? 25Should the rest of my flock feed on what they have trampledand drink water they have muddied? Therefore I shall judge between the fat and the lean sheep. For the fat rams butt thelean sheep with their horns and drive them away. I will save my flock and they shall no longer be oppressed. I shall judge between one sheep and another. David to" "be king of Israel during the millennium I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David and he shall tend them. IJehovah will be their God and my servant David shall be their king. I the Lord have spoken. Israel to be greatly blessed during millennium I will make a covenant of peace, and rid the land of wild animals that my people may live in the wilderness and sleep in theforests in safety. I shall bless them and all the land surrounding my holy mountain, and senddown showers in season, and also showers of blessings. The trees shall yield them fruit and the land provide them" "abundant crops. And my people shall no longer bear the scorn of the nations nor be plundered by them, but willlive secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord when I rescue them. For you are my sheep and Iam your God says the Lord God." "*** EZEKIEL 12 ***" "Ezekiel taken by the Spirit to a valley of dry bones The hand of the Lord came upon me and he transported me by the Spirit and set me downin the midst of a valley that was full of bones . He led me back and forth among the bones and I saw a great many on the floor of thevalley and they were very dry . The Lord said to me , Son of" "man, can these bones live? I said , O Lord God , you alone know . Ezekiel told to command the bones to come alive He said to me , Prophesy to these bones. Say to them, Dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah. Let tendons attach to you and fleshcome upon you and cover you with skin. Let spirits enter into you and come alive. Flesh and skin cover the bones So I prophesied as I was commanded , and even as I spoke there came a rattling noise and the bones assembled together , bone to bone . And as I watched , flesh appeared upon them and skin covered them . But there was no life in them . Spirits" "enter the bodies and they stand up alive on their feet Then the Lord said to me , Prophesy to the spirits son of man. Say, The Lord Jehovah commands, Come from the four winds Ospirits and enter into these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as the Lord commanded me and their spirits came and entered into them , and they became alive and stood on their feet, a vast army . The Lord to resurrect all the dead of Israel from their graves and return them to their own land The Lord said to me , Son of man, these bones represent the whole house of Israel. They say, We are like dried up bones" "for all our hope is gone. Therefore prophesy to them saying, The Lord Jehovah says, O my people, I am going to open your graves and raise you upfrom them and bring you back to the land of Israel. Then my people shall know that I am Jehovah when I open your graves and raise you up. And I shall put my Spirit within you and you shall have Eternal Life. The stick of Judah and the stick of Ephraim The word of the Lord came to me , Son of man, take a stick of wood and write upon it, Judah and the Israelites with him. Then take another stick of wood and write upon it, Ephraim and all the house of" "Israel with him. The two sticks to be joined as one a sign that all Israel will be reunited in the millennium Then join them together so they become one stick in your hand. When yourcountrymen say to you, What is the meaning of this? answer them, Jehovah says, The day will come when I shall takeEphraim and the tribes with him and join them to Judah and they shall become one in my hand. Then hold up the two sticks you have written on and joined together and say to them, Jehovah says, In that day I willgather the Israelites out of all the nations where they have gone and bring them back to" "their own land. I shall make them one nation on the hills of Israel and there shall be one king over them all, and they will never again bedivided. I will save them from their sinful ways and cleanse them. David to be king over all Israel during millennium They will be my people, and I shall be their God, and my servant David will be king over them. They will follow my laws and keep my commandments. They and their children and their childrens children shall live there forever,and David my servant will be their prince forever. The Lord to put his Temple in Israel forever I will make an" "everlasting covenant of peace with them and will bless them andmultiply their numbers, and I will put my Temple among them forever. My dwelling place shall be with them and I shall be theirGod." "*** EZEKIEL 13 ***" "Gog to lead a mighty army of many nations against Israel in last days The word of the Lord came to me , Son of man, prophesy these words against Gogof Magog, chief prince of the nations of Meshech and Tubal: 2The Lord God says, I am against you O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. A great horde of horses and horsemen all infull armour, with shields and brandishing swords." "Persia, Ethiopia and Libya shall join with you; a mighty army, for you are the one I have spoken of in former days by the prophets of Israel. Israelites from many nations will have gathered to Israel in the last days In the last days you shall be called to invade a land that has recovered from war, a land whose people have gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel,which had long been desolate. Now they live there in safety. You shall advance like a storm, like a cloud covering the ground. Israel to be a land of unwalled towns For evil thoughts shall come into your mind and" "you will devise a plan saying, Ishall invade this land of unwalled cities, this peaceful people living without walls and gates. I will plunder the resettled wilder- ness and the people gathered from the nations, rich in livestock and goods and living in the heart of the land. A great earthquake will break up Israel In the day Gog attacks Israel my hot anger will be aroused and there shall come a great earthquake in the land of Israel. Modern Israel, a land of unwalled cities . The mountains shall be thrown down and the cliffs will crumble and every wallshall fall to the ground. Every person" "and living creature on the face of the earth will tremble. Gogs armies will panic and turn on each other I will send a great panic upon the armies of Gog. Every man shall turn his sword against his brother. Hail and fire to be poured down on Gogs army I shall execute my judgement with plague and bloodshed. I will pour down torrential rain, hailstones and blazingsulphur on Gog and the armies of the many nations with him. Gog armies to fall on the mountains and fields of Israel On the mountains and open fields of Israel you shall fall O Gog, you and all your armies. I will give you as food to" "the birdsand wild animals. Fire to fall on the northern nations and coastlands And I shall send fire on the land of Magog and on those in the coastlands, and so I will show my greatness in the sight ofall nations. The holy name of Jehovah to be vindicated at last No longer will my holy name be profaned. All nations shall know that I am Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel. Abandoned weaponry to provide Israel fuel for seven years It is coming. It will surely take place. This is the great day of which I havespoken. After that day, those who live in the towns of Israel will go out and burn" "theweaponry. For seven years they shall not need to gather wood, for the weapons will providethem with fuel. Seven months to bury the dead In that day the burial place of Gog and all his hordes will be in a valley east of theDead Sea. It shall be renamed the valley of the Hordes of Gog. For seven months men of Israel shall be fully employed burying the dead in order to cleanse the land. 23A town called Hordes will be built in the valley. At the end of seven months they shall begin a search throughout the land to bury those that still remain upon the ground. When a searcher sees a human bone" "he will set up a marker beside it until the grave diggers come to bury it in the valley of theHordes of Gog. Birds and wild animals to eat the flesh of the slain Son of man, cry out to the birds and the wild animals saying, Come together to the sacrifice I am preparing for you on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the leaders of the earth. 28You shall eat fat until you areglutted and drink blood until you are drunk. The Lord to reveal his face to Israel and pour out his Spirit upon them Then I shall no longer hide my face from the house" "of Israel and I will pour out my Spirit upon them."