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      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="EZK.8">
         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Idolatry in the Temple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the sixth year, in the sixth month on the fifth day, while I was sitting in my house and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came on me there. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">saw a fiery figure</span></span></span><span class="content"> From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and in visions of God he took me to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes to jealousy stood. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And there before me was the glory of the God of Israel, as in the vision I had seen in the plain.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, look toward the north.&#8221; So I looked, and in the entrance north of the gate of the altar I saw this idol of jealousy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, do you see what they are doing&#8212;the utterly detestable things the Israelites are doing here, things that will drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see things that are even more detestable.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then he brought me to the entrance to the court. I looked, and I saw a hole in the wall. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;Son of man, now dig into the wall.&#8221; So I dug into the wall and saw a doorway there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And he said to me, &#8220;Go in and see the wicked and detestable things they are doing here.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">In front of them stood seventy elders of Israel, and Jaazaniah son of Shaphan was standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not see us; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has forsaken the land.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Again, he said, &#8220;You will see them doing things that are even more detestable.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and I saw women sitting there, mourning the god Tammuz. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the people of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually arouse my anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose! </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on the Idolaters</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then I heard him call out in a loud voice, &#8220;Bring near those who are appointed to execute judgment on the city, each with a weapon in his hand.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with a deadly weapon in his hand. With them was a man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. They came in and stood beside the bronze altar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.9.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now the glory of the God of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and said to him, &#8220;Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">As I listened, he said to the others, &#8220;Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, the mothers and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.&#8221; So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.9.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then he said to them, &#8220;Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!&#8221; So they went out and began killing throughout the city. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying out, &#8220;Alas, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.9.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He answered me, &#8220;The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say, &#8216;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has forsaken the land; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> does not see.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then the man in linen with the writing kit at his side brought back word, saying, &#8220;I have done as you commanded.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.5.5"><span class="content">&#8220;You are my Son;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.5.5"><span class="content">today I have become your Father.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:5 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 2:7</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And he says in another place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.5.6"><span class="content">&#8220;You are a priest forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.5.6"><span class="content">in the order of Melchizedek.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 110:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">During the days of Jesus&#8217; life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against Falling Away</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God&#8217;s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch105" data-usfm="PSA.105.1+PSA.105.2+PSA.105.3+PSA.105.4+PSA.105.5+PSA.105.6+PSA.105.7+PSA.105.8+PSA.105.9+PSA.105.10+PSA.105.11+PSA.105.12+PSA.105.13+PSA.105.14+PSA.105.15">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give praise to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, proclaim his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="content">make known among the nations what he has done.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.105.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sing to him, sing praise to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="content">tell of all his wonderful acts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.105.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Glory in his holy name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="content">let the hearts of those who seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.105.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Look to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and his strength;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="content">seek his face always.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.105.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Remember the wonders he has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="content">his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.105.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">you his servants, the descendants of Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="content">his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.105.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="content">his judgments are in all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.105.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He remembers his covenant forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="content">the promise he made, for a thousand generations,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.105.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">the covenant he made with Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="content">the oath he swore to Isaac.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.105.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="content">to Israel as an everlasting covenant:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.105.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;To you I will give the land of Canaan</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="content">as the portion you will inherit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.105.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they were but few in number,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="content">few indeed, and strangers in it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.105.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">they wandered from nation to nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="content">from one kingdom to another.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.105.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He allowed no one to oppress them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="content">for their sake he rebuked kings:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.105.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not touch my anointed ones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.105.15"><span class="content">do my prophets no harm.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A lying tongue hates those it hurts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.26.28"><span class="content">and a flattering mouth works ruin.</span></span></div>
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