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November 22 - Old & New Testament
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Ezekiel 18,19
God Deals Justly with Individuals
1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,2 "(C1)What do you people mean by using this proverb about the land of Israel, saying, '(C2)The fathers eat sour grapes,
(F1)But it is the children's teeth that have become blunt'?
5 "But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness,6 if he does not (C1)eat at the mountain shrines or (C2)raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or (C3)defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period—7 and if a man does not oppress anyone, but (C1)restores to the debtor his pledge, (C2)does not commit robbery, but (C3)gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,8 and if he does not (F1)lend money at (C1)interest or take (F2)(C2)interest, if he keeps his hand from injustice and (C3)executes true justice between one person and another,9 if he walks in (C1)My statutes and keeps My ordinances so as to deal faithfully—(C2)he is righteous and will certainly (C3)live," declares the Lord GOD.
10 "However, he may father a violent son who sheds blood, and does any one of these things to a brother11 (though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and (C1)defiles his neighbor's wife,12 oppresses the (C1)poor and needy, (C2)commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but raises his eyes to the idols and (C3)commits abomination,13 (C1)lends money at interest and takes (F1)interest; will he live? He will not live! He has committed all these abominations, he shall certainly be put to death; his (C2)blood will be on himself.
14 "Now behold, he has fathered a son who saw all his father's sins which he committed, but he has (C1)seen them and does not do likewise.15 "He does not eat at the mountain shrines or raise his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel; he has not defiled his neighbor's wife,16 nor oppressed anyone, nor retained a pledge, nor committed robbery; instead, he (C1)gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,17 he keeps his hand from (F1)the poor, does not take any kind of interest on loans, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes; (C1)he will not die for his father's guilt, he will certainly live.18 "As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his guilt.
19 "Yet you say, '(C1)Why should the son not suffer the punishment for the father's guilt?' When the son has practiced (C2)justice and righteousness and has kept all My statutes and done them, he shall certainly live.20 "The person who (C1)sins will die. A (C2)son will not suffer the punishment for the father's guilt, nor will a father suffer the punishment for the son's guilt; the (C3)righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.
21 "But if the (C1)wicked person turns from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall certainly live; he shall not die.22 "(C1)All his offenses which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his (C2)righteousness which he has practiced, he will live.23 "(C1)Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked," declares the Lord GOD, "(F1)rather than that he would (C2)turn from his ways and live?
24 "But when a righteous person (C1)turns away from his righteousness, commits injustice and does according to all the abominations that the wicked person does, will he live? (C2)All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his (C3)treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.25 "Yet you say, '(C1)The way of the Lord is not right.' Hear now, house of Israel! Is (C2)My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?26 "When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness, commits injustice and dies because of it, for his injustice which he has committed he dies.27 "But when a wicked person turns away (C1)from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life.28 "Since he understood and turned away from all his offenses which he had committed, he shall certainly live; he shall not die.29 "But the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Are My ways not right, house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right?
30 "Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, each according to his conduct," declares the Lord GOD. "(C1)Repent and turn away from all your offenses, so that wrongdoing does not become a stumbling block to you.31 "(C1)Hurl away from you all your offenses which you have committed and make yourselves a (C2)new heart and a new spirit! For why should you die, house of Israel?32 "For I take (C1)no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord GOD. "Therefore, repent and live!"
Song of Mourning for the Leaders of Israel
1 "As for you, take up a (C1)song of mourning for the (C2)leaders of Israel2 and say, '(F1)What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She raised her cubs.
3 'When she brought up one of her cubs,
(C1)He became a young lion,
And he learned to tear his prey;
He devoured people.
4 'Then nations heard about him;
He was caught in their trap,
And they (C1)brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.
5 'When she saw, as she waited,
That her hope was lost,
She took (F1)another of her cubs
And made (C1)him a young lion.
6 'And he (C1)walked about among the lions,
He became a young lion;
He learned to tear his prey;
He devoured people.
7 'He (F1)destroyed their (F2)palaces
And laid waste their cities;
And the land and its fullness were appalled
Because of the sound of his roaring.
8 'Then (C1)nations set against him
On every side from their provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was caught in their trap.
9 '(C1)They put him in a (F1)wooden collar with hooks
And (C2)brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would no longer be heard
On the mountains of Israel.
10 'Your mother was (C1)like a vine in your (F1)vineyard,
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and thick with branches
Because of abundant waters.
11 'And it had (F1)(C1)strong stems fit for scepters of rulers,
And its (C2)height was raised above the clouds
So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
12 'But it was (C1)uprooted in fury;
It was (C2)thrown down to the ground;
And the (C3)east wind dried up its fruit.
(F1)Its (C4)strong stem (F2)was torn out
So that (F3)it withered;
The fire consumed it.
13 'And now it is planted in the (C1)wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
14 'And (C1)fire has gone out from its stem;
It has consumed its shoots and fruit,
So that there is no (F1)strong stem in it,
A scepter to rule.'"
This is a song of mourning, and has become a song of mourning.
2 Timothy 3
Chapter 3
Difficult Times Will Come
1 But realize this, that (C1)in the last days difficult times will come.2 For people will be (C1)lovers of self, (C2)lovers of money, (C3)boastful, (C3)arrogant, (C4)slanderers, (C3)disobedient to parents, (C5)ungrateful, (C6)unholy,3 (C1)unloving, irreconcilable, (C2)malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, (F1)(C3)haters of good,4 (C1)treacherous, (C2)reckless, (C3)conceited, (C4)lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,5 holding to a form of (F1)(C1)godliness although they have (C2)denied its power; (C3)avoid such people as these.6 For among them are those who (F1)(C1)slip into households and captivate (F2)(C2)weak women weighed down with sins, led on by (C3)various impulses,7 always learning and never able to (C1)come to the (F1)knowledge of the truth.8 Just as (C1)Jannes and Jambres (C2)opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, (C3)men of depraved mind, (F1)worthless in regard to the faith.9 But they will not make further progress; for their (C1)foolishness will be obvious to all, just (C2)as was that also of (F1)Jannes and Jambres.
10 Now you (C1)followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, (C2)love, (F1)perseverance,11 (C1)persecutions, and (C2)sufferings, such as happened to me at (C3)Antioch, at (C4)Iconium, and at (C5)Lystra; what (C6)persecutions I endured, and out of them all (C7)the Lord rescued me!12 Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus (C1)will be persecuted.13 But evil people and impostors (C1)will proceed from bad to worse, (C2)deceiving and being deceived.14 You, however, (C1)continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them,15 and that (C1)from childhood you have known (C2)the sacred writings which are able to (C3)give you the wisdom that leads to (C4)salvation through faith which is in (C5)Christ Jesus.16 (C1)All Scripture is (F1)inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for (F2)rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness;17 so that (C1)the man or woman of God may be (F1)fully capable, (C2)equipped for every good work.
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