Search results for: Ezekiel 36:26–27

Ezekiel 16:35 (NIV)

“ ‘Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord !

therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked.

Ezekiel 16:38 (NIV)

I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and who shed blood; I will bring on you the blood vengeance of my wrath and jealous anger.

Ezekiel 16:39 (NIV)

Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines. They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked.

Ezekiel 16:42 (NIV)

Then my wrath against you will subside and my jealous anger will turn away from you; I will be calm and no longer angry.

Ezekiel 16:43 (NIV)

“ ‘Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged me with all these things, I will surely bring down on your head what you have done, declares the Sovereign Lord . Did you not add lewdness to all your other detestable practices?

Ezekiel 16:44 (NIV)

“ ‘Everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.”

Ezekiel 16:45 (NIV)

You are a true daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and her children; and you are a true sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

Ezekiel 16:48 (NIV)

As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord , your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.

Ezekiel 16:49 (NIV)

“ ‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 16:50 (NIV)

They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

Ezekiel 16:51 (NIV)

Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.

Ezekiel 16:52 (NIV)

Bear your disgrace, for you have furnished some justification for your sisters. Because your sins were more vile than theirs, they appear more righteous than you. So then, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

Ezekiel 16:53 (NIV)

“ ‘However, I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and of Samaria and her daughters, and your fortunes along with them,

Ezekiel 16:54 (NIV)

so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in giving them comfort.

Ezekiel 17:2 (NIV)

“Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.

Ezekiel 17:3 (NIV)

Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of a cedar,

Ezekiel 17:4 (NIV)

he broke off its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.

Ezekiel 17:5 (NIV)

“ ‘He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,

Ezekiel 17:6 (NIV)

and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.

Ezekiel 17:7 (NIV)

“ ‘But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water.

Ezekiel 17:8 (NIV)

It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches, bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

Ezekiel 17:9 (NIV)

“Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots.

Ezekiel 17:10 (NIV)

It has been planted, but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?’ ”

Ezekiel 17:11 (NIV)

Then the word of the Lord came to me: