Month: November 2023

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11/8/2023 DAB Transcript pt3

And then there are a number of examples of this, clarifying that each individual person is personally responsible for the covenantal relationship with God, and each person will reap what they sew. Which leads us to God revealing His heart about all this. Do you think, God said, that I like to see wicked people die, says the sovereign Lord. Of course not. I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live. And there it is. There’s God’s posture of heart toward the people that He’s speaking to. And He goes on to say, repent. Turn from your sins. Don’t let them destroy you. Put all your rebellion behind you. Find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O people of Israel? I don’t want you to die, says the sovereign Lord. Turn back and live. And of course, we’ve all heard the word repent. Repentance is to change, to change what’s going on inside you, to change the way you’re looking at things, to go a different way. So God is saying look, each of you have this choice and this choice affects your destiny, and I’m telling you flat out, I want you to live and prosper. It’s all I’ve ever wanted for you. But this is a covenant and there are terms, if you want the benefits of the covenant, the benefits of me being your God, then you’ll have to obey the covenant. I’m obeying it. I expect you to be faithful and loyal to it as well. But the choice is yours, and that my friends, echoes its way across history and plops itself squarely in our own laps. You can’t blame God for what you have done. But you can repent and come running home. And the choice is yours.

Prayer:

And so, Father, we allow that to sit in our laps, we sit with that, we invite Your Holy Spirit to reveal the ways that we’re breaking the covenant. That we’re being unfaithful to You. You use the word adultery and adulterer many times in these prophecies in order to explain what it feels like for You and what’s really happening. And so, we don’t want any part of that. It’s leading nowhere but destruction. Come Holy Spirit and show us the places that we’ve compromised ourselves, that we’re stepping out on You, that we’re cheating on you, and then blaming You for the repercussions of it. We’re sorry, we’re sorry that we’ve done this, we’re sorry that we do this. We invite Your Holy Spirit to correct us in this, we choose another way, we repent, we turn around and face You and come running back. Come Holy Spirit, we pray in Jesus name. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Brian, it’s Brian from Huber Heights, it’s Spark from Texas. I wanted to let you know I heard your call and your son Mitchell and yourself are going through some changes in life. And I wanted to reach out. It’s ironic. I’m really tired today, I didn’t sleep well last night. And that’s what this app does, it wakes us up and helps us see other…other people, rather than ourselves. And I wanted to, I wanna pray for you and your son. As you know, you might not, I…I had substance problems and jail problems throughout my life and also, in your situation divorce. I’ve been divorced also. So, let’s just go to God real quick. Father God, I ask that You be with Brian and his son Mitchell, whose getting ready to be released. The addiction problem with Mitchell God, has held him down in life. Lord, I ask that You be with Mitchell and even let him hear this. And help him to have another drug. The other drug of happiness of You telling us that we are enough. That You will guide our lives and there’s a feeling of happiness and peace that comes along with You. And it is better than any other drug that ever gave us a minute of satisfaction that made us chase more. God, I ask that You be with Brian also. Help to guide him as he’s going through his divorce. Help him to just take this time to be with You and not see this as a burden but a time to love. Amen.

Hello, my sweet family, this is Manita. I heard Kyle from Pennsylvania asking for prayer for his 3-year-old daughter, Rylee. And she also has down syndrome, I hear. And surgery will be in November, what, 11 I think you said. Kyle, I wanna say a prayer. Father God, in the name of Jesus, You are so wonderful and You are merciful. And You are the God of miracles, Father. And we all come together in one agreement, Father, boldly Father, before Your throne, dear God. In the name of Your son Jesus, lifting up Rylee, to Your throne, dear God. I pray that You put peace, dear God, in his parents, in Kyle’s heart and soul, dear God, and mind Father. I pray, dear God, for that peace that surpasses all understanding. Father, when something we don’t understand and we have questions, Father. We hand it out to You, dear God, and You, Father God, give us that peace, Lord, that will never die, dear God. So, I pray Father, in the name of Jesus, for this little girl, Father. We pray for a miracle in her life, Father God. Lord, that You guide the surgeons, dear Father, every staff that going to be taking care of her, Lord. In Jesus name, I pray. I love you, my brother. And I will continue to pray, okay. Please keep us posted. God bless you. God is strong. God is good. And He does things in the name of Jesus. There is power in the name of Jesus. We all believe that. He is merciful. And he loves the little children. He even says it, in the word. Let the little children come to me. So, I pray, we’ll be praying for you guys. God bless you. A big hug. Love you.

Good morning DAB. This is Romans 12:2. I wanted to pray this morning for Rylee, the 3-year-old that’s going in for surgery. Father, we just lift up Rylee to You, in the name of Jesus. I just thank You, oh God, that You would go before her. You will go before the surgeons, Lord. Father, that You would be the one in the room, Lord. You said You would never leave us, nor forsake us. So, I stand today with her parents and the other DABers, oh God. Father, that You would make everything straight, Lord. That Father, You would make crooked paths straight. That You would complete the healing that has begun in Rylee’s body, in Jesus name. Father, at three years old, we know the anxiety of the parents and even possibly Rylee, Lord. But we lift that up to You, oh God, and we pray that You calm every fear. Father, we thank You, Lord God, that You will do the surgery Yourself, oh God. That You would guide the hands of the surgeon. Lord, we know nothing is impossible for You. And we thank You, oh God, for the good report. Lord, I also pray for others, oh God. Who are getting different medical procedures done, Lord. Father, the worry, the fear, the anxiety oh God. Lord, I lay it at Your feet, and I pray, oh God, that the joy of the Lord will be our strength. I pray, oh God, that You would help us to lay down every weight, Lord. That’s what the word says. That we should lay down every burden and every weight, Lord. That You care for us. That You will carry it. You are the burden bearer. And You are the heavy load sharer. So, we thank You today, oh God, for what You’re doing. We thank You, oh God, that You would give us the grace Lord, that we will trust You, as it all comes down to faith and trusting You. Help us, oh God, to trust You, oh God, for the impossible. Help us to trust You for situations and circumstances that we don’t see the answer. But You have our best in mind. We thank You and we praise You in the name of Your glorious Son, Jesus. Amen.

Hello hello hello, Daily Audio Bible fam. How are you? Checking in, it’s Saturday, November the 4th 2023. This is His Girl Warrior from Alabama. And today I’m grateful for light, specifically the light, the sunlight that was dappling through the really beautiful leaves today as I was hiking. It’s amazing the way it reflects so many colors in the leaves this fall. And that Jesus is the light of the world and that He shines through us and that He’s so gracious to shine through us. And so, I’m gonna lift up the people who are feeling the darkness. And it seems that the darkness is about to overwhelm them. God, we thank You that You are a bullwork and our standard against the darkness and that Your light shines and penetrates all. God, I pray that Your word would be a lamp to their feet, and a light to their path. God, that the word that Brian shares with us, that we would hide that word in our heart that we may not sin against You. God, I pray for all the people who need to see the light. That You would take the scales off their eyes and that they would see it. And God, thank you for all the ways that You show us Your light in the world, out in creation. We love You Jesus. Thank You so much for loving us and for pursuing us. Oh great light of the world, just fill us. Fill us up. In Jesus name I pray. Amen. Talk to you guys tomorrow. Bye.

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11/8/2023 DAB Transcript pt2

But what we see is that God sends a prophetic voice of warning way in advance. So, like we read the book of Jeremiah just recently, and that…that covered the scope of decades of warnings and patience and trying to rectify the situation, and pleading and inviting back, and all of this. And we have to pay attention to that as we move through these prophecies because not only are they warnings beforehand, they are also promises after-the-fact. So, like you’re breaking the covenant, if you continue to break the covenant, then this is what’s going to happen. This is what you are leading yourself into. But if you’re gonna go ahead and continue that and destroy yourself, then even after-the-fact, I’m not going to forget you. And there will come a day when all will be restored again. And we need to remember this and see this as we move through these books of prophecy. But in today’s reading in the book of Ezekiel, God is highlighting personal culpability and responsibility, which is an important clarification. Because the society is largely made up of tribes, clans and families, and each family has a family leader and it’s an extended family. What we would think of as an extended family, not just like a man and his wife and their kids. It’s usually a multigenerational thing, and they all work together for the common good of the family. So decisions are made and everyone falls in line and they work together as one. So this is where things like arranged, you know, the arrangement for a marriage, or a bride price being paid. All this, comes from that. So like if a woman is going to marry a man, she’s going to join his family and become a part of that family. And so, the family that she’s leaving, her birth family, might be compensated for the loss of her presence and her work in the family. That’s just the tip of the iceberg but just an example to say like here’s what we’re talking about. Which leads us closer to this clarification, this distinction. So, the general way that these prophecies would’ve been read, would’ve been family centric. So, for example, family leader “A” leads his family into Bale worship. The family follows along and begins to worship Bale because their leader made these decisions. And so, everybody worships Bale and they’re culpable before God for idol worship. And they’re all held responsible because of this family leader. So, they all face the same judgment. Kind of like we saw in the book of Jeremiah with the story of Aiken, who did not obey God in the battle of Jericho and made his entire family guilty. Today, God clarifies personal responsibility. So, He says, why do you quote the Proverb concerning the land of Israel that the parents have eaten the sour grapes, but their children’s mouth pucker at the taste. Which is just alluding to what we just talked about. So, in terms of what…what God is saying to the people through Ezekiel, He responds. As surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, you will not quote this Proverb anymore in Israel. For all people are mine to judge. Both parents and children alike, and this is my rule. The person who sins is the one who will die.

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11/8/2023 DAB Transcript pt1

Ezekiel 18:1-19:14, Hebrews 9:1-10, Psalm 106:32-48, Proverbs 27:10

Today is November 8th, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It is wonderful to be here with you today, around the Global Campfire; this place that we can come in out of the cold and dark, can warm ourselves and illuminate our paths and be together in community. I brought my coffee along like I do every day, it’s right here to the left. And of course, I brought my microphone, or you wouldn’t be hearing me. And let’s dive in to what the Scriptures have for us today. We’re reading from the Good News Translation this week. Today, Ezekiel chapter 18 verse 1 through 19 verse 14.

Commentary:

Okay, in the book of Ezekiel, we have an important distinction or clarification that further reveals God’s heart through this prophetic book. But let’s quickly work our way toward that. I’ve mentioned this before in other books of prophecy. You know, there’s a lot of discussion about what’s going to happen and what’s going to happen isn’t good. And God is speaking very directly. So, it’s easy for us, you know, page-after-page, day-after-day of impending judgment, to begin to shift our…our hearts toward God as angry, vengeful and without much grace or mercy, which is where this widespread angry God idea comes from. But in all these prophecies the whole thing turns, and God reveals why He feels so strongly about what He’s saying. And it becomes very clear that this isn’t just about Him waking up on the wrong side of the bed and being angry at people on earth and smiting them. He carefully reveals their culpability, which usually boils back to a covenantal relationship that has been broken. And within a covenantal relationship are terms, and they’re spelled out. So, if you enter into the covenant, or contract of marriage or any other business contract or any kind of agreement, there’s going to be terms. They’re the terms that you’re agreeing to, so that it’s spelled out very plainly what will happen if that happens. So, that nobody’s confused. And that’s a lot of what we see.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday November 8, 2023 (NIV)

Ezekiel 18-19

The Wicked Will Die; The Righteous Will Live

18 The word of the Lord came to me.

2 What do you mean, you who keep repeating this proverb concerning the soil of Israel, “Fathers eat sour grapes, and their sons’ teeth are set on edge”? 3 As surely as I live, declares the Lord God, you will never again use this proverb in Israel. 4 Indeed, all souls are mine. The soul of the father is mine just like the soul of the son. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

5 If a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness, 6 if he does not eat on the mountains and does not lift up his eyes to the filthy idols[a] of the house of Israel, if he does not defile his neighbor’s wife and does not approach a woman during her period, 7 if he does not exploit anyone but returns the collateral given to him for a loan, if he does not seize another person’s property by force but gives his own food to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, 8 if he does not deduct a fee from the money he lends to someone and he does not demand that people repay more than he lent them, if he holds back his hand from unrighteousness and administers impartial justice between two parties, 9 that is, if he walks in my statutes and keeps my ordinances by acting faithfully, that man is righteous and he will surely live, declares the Lord God.

10 Now if he fathers a violent son, who sheds blood or who does any one of these evil things to a brother[b] 11 (although the father did not do all these things), but the son goes so far as to eat on the mountains and even defiles his neighbor’s wife, 12 exploits the poor and the needy, seizes other people’s property by force, does not return the collateral on a loan, lifts up his eyes to the filthy idols, commits abominations, 13 and deducts a fee from the money he lends to someone and demands that people repay more than he lent them—will he live? He will not live! He committed all these abominations, so he will surely be put to death. His blood will be upon him.

14 But if that son himself fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has committed, and though he sees, he does not do likewise— 15 he does not eat on the mountains, he does not lift up his eyes to the filthy idols of the house of Israel, he does not defile his neighbor’s wife, 16 he does not exploit anyone, he does not require collateral for a loan, he does not seize another person’s property by force, he gives his own food to the hungry and he covers the naked with clothing, 17 he takes care not to harm the poor,[c] he does not deduct a fee from the money he lends someone or demand that people repay more than he lent them, but he keeps my ordinances and walks according to my statutes—that man will not die because of his father’s guilt. He will surely live. 18 But his father, if he practices extortion, seizes his brother’s goods by force, and does what was not good among his own people, he will surely die because of his own guilt.

19 But you ask, “Why doesn’t the son share in the guilt of the father?” Because the son did what was just and right. He kept all my statutes and carried them out, so he will surely live. 20 The soul who sins is the one who will die. The son will not share in the guilt of the father, and the father will not share in the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous person will be credited to him alone, and the wickedness of the wicked person will be charged against him alone.

21 A wicked man, if he turns away from[d] all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and carries out justice and righteousness, he will surely live. He will not die. 22 All of the rebellious acts that he had committed will not be remembered against him. Because of his righteousness that he has practiced, he will live. 23 Do I really find any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord God. Don’t I want him to turn from his ways and live?

24 But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and does what is unrighteous—namely, all the abominations that the wicked man practices—will he live? All the righteous deeds that he did will not be remembered. Because he added one infidelity to another and because of the sins that he has committed, because of them, he will die.

25 But you say, “The Lord’s way is not fair.” Listen now, house of Israel. Is it my way that is not fair? Is it not your ways that are not fair? 26 If a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices unrighteousness, he will die because of it. Because of the unrighteousness that he has practiced, he will die.

27 But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness that he has done and practices justice and righteousness, he will preserve his life. 28 Because he has seen and turned away from[e] all the rebellious acts that he had committed, he will surely live, and he will not die. 29 But the house of Israel says, “The Lord’s way is not fair.” Is it really my ways that are not fair, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not fair?

30 Therefore, I will judge each one of you according to his ways, O house of Israel, declares the Lord God. Repent and turn away from all your rebellious acts, so that you will not set out a stumbling block that makes you guilty. 31 Throw off from yourselves all your rebellious actions by which you have rebelled, and obtain a new heart and a new spirit for yourselves. Why should you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies, declares the Lord God. So repent and live!

A Parable About Israel’s Princes

19 Now you are to take up a lament for the princes of Israel. 2 This is what you are to say:

What a lioness your mother was!
She crouched among the lions.
Among the young lions she reared her cubs.
3 She raised up one of her cubs.[f]
When he became a young lion,
he learned to tear his prey.
He even ate humans.
4 When the nations heard about him,
he was trapped in their pit.
With hooks they led him to the land of Egypt.

5 When she saw that she was waiting in vain,
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
6 He prowled around among the lions,
because he too had become a young lion.
He learned to tear prey.
He even ate humans.
7 He knew how many widows he made[g]
as he ravaged their cities.
The land and everyone in it were stunned
by the noise of his roaring.
8 Nations set upon him from the surrounding provinces.
They spread their net over him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
9 With hooks they put him in a wooden cage,[h]
and they brought him[i] to the king of Babylon.
They brought him into prison
so that his roar would no longer be heard
on the mountains of Israel.
10 Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,[j]
planted by water, fruitful and full of branches
because of plentiful waters.
11 Its strong branches[k] became scepters for rulers.
It towered high, among the clouds.
It was outstanding because of its height,
and because of the abundance of its branches.
12 But the vine was uprooted in wrath,
and it was hurled to the ground.
The east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branch was torn off so that it dried up,
and fire devoured it.
13 Now it is planted in the wilderness,
in a dry and thirsty land.
14 Fire has come out from its main branch
and consumed its fruit,
so that it no longer has a strong branch,
no scepter fit for ruling.

This is a lament, and it was used as a lament.

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 18:6 More literally manure gods. See the note at 6:4.
  2. Ezekiel 18:10 Some manuscripts omit the phrase to a brother.
  3. Ezekiel 18:17 Or, following the Greek text, he withholds his hand from unrighteousness. See verse 8.
  4. Ezekiel 18:21 Or repents of
  5. Ezekiel 18:28 Or repented of
  6. Ezekiel 19:3 King Jehoahaz of Judah
  7. Ezekiel 19:7 The translation follows the Hebrew. Other ancient versions read he devastated their strongholds, which seems to fit the parallelism with ravaging cities.
  8. Ezekiel 19:9 Or a collar
  9. Ezekiel 19:9 King Jehoiachin of Judah
  10. Ezekiel 19:10 A few Hebrew manuscripts read vineyard. Most Hebrew manuscripts read blood, but the context supports vineyard.
  11. Ezekiel 19:11 The word translated strong branches also means rulers’ staffs. Also in verses 12 and 14.
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Hebrews 9:1-10

The Earthly Tent

9 The first covenant had regulations for worship and for an earthly sanctuary. 2 The first room of the tent was furnished with the lampstand, the table, and the Bread of the Presence.[a] This room was called the Holy Place. 3 And behind the second curtain was the room of the tent called the Most Holy Place. 4 It had the golden censer for incense[b] and the Ark of the Covenant, which was covered entirely with gold. Inside the Ark was the golden jar holding the manna, Aaron’s staff that had sprouted buds, and the stone tablets of the covenant. 5 Above the Ark, the glorious cherubim overshadowed the atonement seat. We are not going to talk about these things in detail now.

6 After these things had been furnished in this way, the priests would always enter the first room of the tent to perform their ministries. 7 But only the high priest would enter the second section of the tent, once each year, and not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people committed in ignorance. 8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that, while the first room of the tent existed, a way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed.

9 This tent is a picture pointing to the present time. Since it is only a picture, the gifts and sacrifices that are brought there are not able to clear the conscience of the worshipper. 10 They are only bodily regulations about foods, drinks, and various washings, which were in force until the time of the new order.

Footnotes:

  1. Hebrews 9:2 Traditionally showbread
  2. Hebrews 9:4 Or golden altar of incense. The altar was in front of the Most Holy Place, not in it.
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Psalm 106:32-48

32 Again by the waters of Meribah they provoked the Lord,
and trouble came on Moses because of them.
33 Because they rebelled against his Spirit,[a]
Moses spoke recklessly with his lips.

Rebellion Continues in the Land

34 They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them,
35 but they mixed with the nations,
and they learned to do what the nations did.
36 They also served their idols,
and the idols became a snare for them.
37 They also sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.
So the land was polluted by their children’s blood,
39 and they made themselves unclean by what they did.
They prostituted themselves by their actions.

The Judgment

40 Therefore the Lord burned with anger against his people,
and he loathed the people who belonged to him.
41 So he handed them over to the nations,
and those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Then their enemies oppressed them,
and they had to submit to their power.
43 Many times he delivered them,
but they deliberately rebelled,
and they sank down in their guilt.

God’s Grace

44 But he looked on them in their distress when he heard their outcry.
45 So for their sake he remembered his covenant.
Because of his great mercy, he changed his course.
46 Then he caused all their captors to have pity on them.

Closing Prayer

47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to your holy name and praise you confidently.

Closing Doxology

48 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity,
and all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 106:33 Or made his spirit bitter
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Proverbs 27:10

10 Do not abandon your friend or your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house when disaster strikes you.
A neighbor who is near is better than a brother who is far away.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday November 7, 2023 (NIV)

Ezekiel 16:42-17:24

42 Then I will lay to rest my wrath against you, and my jealousy will turn away from you. I will be calm and no longer be angry.

43 Because you[a] did not remember the days of your youth, and you made me angry during all these actions, I myself will certainly bring your conduct down upon your head. That is the declaration of the Lord God! Haven’t you added lewdness to all your abominations? 44 Hear this! Everyone will speak this proverb about you: “Like mother, like daughter.” 45 You are a true daughter of your mother, who despises her husband and her children, and you are a true sister of your sisters, who despise their husbands and their children. The mother of all of you was a Hittite and your father was an Amorite. 46 Your older sister is Samaria, who along with her daughters[b] lives north of you, and your younger sister, who lives south of you along with her daughters, is Sodom. 47 You did not merely walk in their ways or act according to their abominations, since in a very short time you became more depraved in all your ways than they were. 48 As I live, says the Lord God, your sister Sodom along with her daughters has not done what you have done along with your daughters. 49 Look, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: Pride, overindulgence in food, and complacent ease were the way for her and her daughters, and she failed to strengthen the hands[c] of the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty, and they committed abominations in my presence, and so I removed them when I saw it. 51 Samaria did not sin half as much as you did. You multiplied your abominations more than they did. You made your sisters appear righteous by all your abominations which you committed. 52 So you must bear your disgrace, because by your sins you appeared to plead your sisters’ case for them. Because of your sins—you acted more repulsively than they did—they appear more righteous than you. So you must be ashamed and bear your disgrace, because you made your sisters appear righteous. 53 I will bring about their restoration—the restoration of Sodom and her daughters, and the restoration of Samaria and her daughters, as well as your complete restoration in their midst, 54 so that you will bear your disgrace, and you will be ashamed of everything you did when you appeared to give them comfort. 55 Your sister Sodom and her daughters will return to their former state, and your sister Samaria and her daughters will return to their former state, and you and your daughters will return to your former state. 56 Wasn’t your sister Sodom a subject for gossip in your mouth during the days when you were so proud, 57 in the days before your own wickedness was exposed? So now in the same way you are subjected to scorn by the daughters of Edom[d] and by all those around her and by the daughters of the Philistines, who scorn you from all sides. 58 Your lewdness and your abominations, you must now bear, declares the Lord.

59 So this is what the Lord God says. Shall I do with you just as you have done, you who despised your oath, thereby breaking the covenant? 60 No, just the opposite, I myself will remember my covenant I made with you during the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant for you. 61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters who are older than you, in addition to those who are younger than you, and I will give them to you as daughters, and not outside your covenant.[e] 62 I myself will establish my covenant with you. Then you will know that I am the Lord, 63 so that you may remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, when I make atonement for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord God.

The Parable About the Cedar Sprig

17 The word of the Lord came to me. 2 Son of man, present a challenging parable to the house of Israel. 3 Tell the Israelites that this is what the Lord God says.

A great eagle with powerful wings, with long feathers, and covered with multicolored plumes, came to Lebanon. He took the tip of a cedar. 4 He plucked off the newest shoot at the very top of the tree, and he carried it to a land of merchants. In a city of traders he planted it.

5 Then he took seed from the land and planted it in a fertile field, like a new plant beside plentiful water. He set it out like a willow twig, 6 so that it would sprout and become a spreading vine, low to the ground, so that its branches would turn toward the one who planted it[f] and its roots would remain under him. So it became a vine and produced shoots and leaves and branches.

7 But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and many plumes. Look at how this vine bent its roots toward him! From the bed where it had been planted, it stretched out its branches toward him, so that he could water it. 8 It had been planted in good soil beside plentiful water to grow branches, to bear fruit, and to become a magnificent vine.

9 Tell them this is what the Lord God says. Will it thrive? Won’t he pull up its roots and strip off its fruit so that it dries up? Won’t all its new growth dry up? No strong arm or mighty army will be needed to pluck it by its roots. 10 Although it has been planted, will it thrive? When the east wind touches it, won’t it shrivel up completely? On the very bed where it had sprouted, it will wither away.

11 The word of the Lord came to me. 12 Tell this to the rebellious house.

Don’t you know what these things mean? Tell them this. You saw how the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem. He took its king and its officials and brought them back to Babylon with him.

13 Then he took a member from the seed of the royal family, made a covenant[g] with him, and put him under an oath. He took away the leading men of the land 14 so that it would be a lowly kingdom, so that it would not rebel but would keep the covenant with him, so that it could survive. 15 But the prince[h] rebelled against that king by sending his envoys to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he thrive? Can someone who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still escape? 16 As I live, says the Lord God, in the land of the king who made him king,[i] whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, in his presence in Babylon, he shall die. 17 He will not be joined by a mighty army or a great force during the war, because Pharaoh will not come when the enemy heaps up ramps and builds siege walls in order to cut off many lives. 18 The king despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Even though he had given his hand to seal the covenant, he did all these things. He shall not escape!

19 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says. As I live, because it was an oath taken in my name that the prince despised, I will bring down on his own head my covenant which he broke. 20 I will spread my net for him, and he will be caught in my trap. I will bring him to Babylon, and I will enter into judgment with him there for the treachery he has committed against me. 21 All his fugitives together with all his troops will fall by the sword, and the rest will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken.

22 This is what the Lord God says. I myself will take part of the tip of the cedar and plant it. From the topmost of its shoots I will pluck off a tender sprig, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23 On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it. It will produce branches, bear fruit, and become a magnificent cedar. Flying birds of every kind will live under it. In the shelter of its branches they will nest. 24 Then all the trees in the countryside will know that I, the Lord, bring down the high tree and raise up the low tree, that I make the green tree dry up, and I make the dried-up tree blossom. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will carry it out.

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 16:43 You follows a reading in the margin of the Hebrew text. The reading in the main text is I.
  2. Ezekiel 16:46 A city’s daughters are its suburbs and surrounding villages with their citizens.
  3. Ezekiel 16:49 Or come to the aid
  4. Ezekiel 16:57 A variant reading which occurs in Hebrew and in other versions is Aram.
  5. Ezekiel 16:61 Or not on account of your covenant
  6. Ezekiel 17:6 Hebrew toward him. An antecedent is supplied for clarity, as also is done in some following verses.
  7. Ezekiel 17:13 Or treaty
  8. Ezekiel 17:15 The prince is Zedekiah, the last king of Judah. By calling Zedekiah a prince, Ezekiel seems to be suggesting that the exiled king Jehoiachin, through whom the Messianic line would be traced, was still the real king.
  9. Ezekiel 17:16 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whose treaty Zedekiah violated by allying with Egypt
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Hebrews 8

A Better Promise

8 The main point of what we are saying is this: We have the kind of high priest who has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven. 2 He is the minister in the Holy Place, which is the true sanctuary, which the Lord set up, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and for that reason this priest also needed to have something that he offered.

4 If this priest were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because there are priests[a] who are designated by the law to offer gifts. 5 They serve at a place that is a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, a place exactly like that about which Moses was told when he was about to complete the tent.[b] For God said, “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.”[c]

6 But now, Jesus has obtained a ministry that is as much superior as the covenant that he mediates is better, because it has been established on the basis of better promises. 7 Indeed, if that first covenant were without fault, there would have been no reason to look for a second. 8 But because God found fault with the people, he said:[d]

Look, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant
that I made with their forefathers
at the time when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt.
Because they did not remember my covenant,
I ignored them, says the Lord.
10 This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord.

I will put my laws into their mind,
and I will write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
11 Never again will a man teach his fellow citizen[e]
or his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,”
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful in regard to their unrighteousness,
and I will not remember their sins any longer.[f]

13 When God said “new,” he made the first covenant obsolete, and something that is obsolete and growing old is going to disappear.

Footnotes:

  1. Hebrews 8:4 Some witnesses to the text read those.
  2. Hebrews 8:5 Traditionally tabernacle
  3. Hebrews 8:5 Exodus 25:40
  4. Hebrews 8:8 Some witnesses to the text read Since he found fault, he said to them.
  5. Hebrews 8:11 Some witnesses to the text read neighbor.
  6. Hebrews 8:12 Jeremiah 31:31-34
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Psalm 106:13-31

Rebellions in the Wilderness

13 They quickly forgot his deeds.
They did not wait for his plan.
14 Because they were filled with craving in the wilderness,
they challenged God in the wasteland.
15 So he gave them what they asked for,
but he made them sick so they wasted away.

16 Then they grew jealous of Moses in the camp
and of Aaron, who was holy to the Lord.
17 The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan,
and it closed over the followers of Abiram.
18 Then fire burned up their followers.
Flames consumed the wicked.

19 They made a calf at Horeb,
and they bowed down to a thing cast from metal.
20 So they exchanged their Glory for a model of an ox that eats grass.
21 They forgot the God who saved them
by doing great things in Egypt,
22 wonders in the land of Ham,
awesome deeds beside the Red Sea.

God’s Grace

23 So he said he would destroy them.
But Moses, his chosen one, stood between God and the people
to turn aside his wrath, so it did not destroy them.

More Rebellions in the Wilderness

24 Then they refused the pleasant land.
They did not believe his word.
25 They grumbled in their tents.
They did not listen to the voice of the Lord.
26 So he lifted up his hand and swore to them
that he would make them fall in the wilderness,
27 and make their descendants fall among the nations,
and he would scatter them throughout the lands.
28 Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor,
and they ate sacrifices offered to dead gods.
29 They provoked the Lord by their actions,
and a plague broke out among them.
30 But Phinehas stood up and interceded for them,
and the plague was restrained.
31 So this was credited to him as righteousness
for generation after generation, to eternity.

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Proverbs 27:7-9

7 A satisfied appetite refuses honey,
but to a hungry appetite, everything bitter tastes sweet.
8 A person who wanders from his place
is like a bird that wanders from its nest.
9 Olive oil and incense bring joy to a heart,
and the sweetness of a friend comes from his sincere advice.[a]

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 27:9 Or is better than your own advice
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11/6/2023 DAB Transcript

Ezekiel 14:12-16:41, Hebrews 7:18-28, Psalm 106:1-12, Proverbs 27:4-6

Today is the 6th day of November, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian, it’s great to be here with you today and I’m glad we can take the next step forward in the Scriptures together. And that next step will be in the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament, and the book of Hebrews in the new. And so, let’s dive in, we’re reading from the Good News Translation this week. Ezekiel 14 verse 12 through 16 verse 41.

Commentary:

Alright, let’s touch on Hebrews 1st and then move our way backward to Ezekiel. For the last couple of days we’ve just been kinda talking about Melchizedek. Just trying to figure out why this obscure figure from the book of Genesis shows up in the book of Hebrews with a bit of a cameo appearance in Psalm 110. And all of that discussion wasn’t to make a theological statement, it was just to say, who is Melchizedek and what is his significance, how does this obscure figure become a significant a person that gets mentioned again in the New Testament with more information than we had in the old. And we talked a little bit yesterday about Psalm 110 were Melchizedek shows up in verse four, the Lord is taken an oath and will not break his vow, you are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. And we talked about Melchizedek being a priestly king that was not from the tribe of Levi. And then we talked about different literature that showed us that Melchizedek was still in the thought of the Hebrew people, right through until Jesus time. And in Jesus time they were really looking for a Messiah. They weren’t necessarily naming or looking for Jesus, in particular, but they were looking for this kind of person to show up. In Psalm 110 was one of those references that they would use that prophetically speaks of such a person. So, in the book of Hebrews today that’s made explicit that the writer of Hebrews is clearly looking at Psalm 110 as a prophetic foreshadowing of the Messiah and then declaring that that Messiah was Jesus. And Hebrews kinda finishes off with that thought today. So, we can see that whether King David when now penning Psalm 110 thought anything different than this was about himself. Over time, it was definitely perceived as a prophetic utterance. And for the writer of Hebrews, in a Hebrew culture writing to Hebrew people, it was apparent that Jesus closed the loop, that he is a priestly king who sacrificed himself once and for all, and now lives as priest forever on behalf of us all. And all of that discussion has a cultural and contextual background. We talked about that. But the larger story or the bigger narrative that’s going on in Hebrews is intended to show how God is doing a new thing. A new thing that they were expecting, but a new thing that they didn’t recognize, and showing the Jesus is this new thing. And so, for devout Jews, you know, the Torah, the law is the thing. But Hebrews is saying there were things going on before there was a law, those things predate the law, they’re not under the law, the law didn’t exist and those things matter. Which is how Melchizedek winds its way into the story and sets precedent for God doing new things, things beyond the Mosaic law. Not because the law is evil of course, but the laws purpose is to expose failings and sin, it’s to show and reveal when we’ve stepped out of bounds. But Jesus appearance in the story changes everything. He fulfills the law and becomes the high priest forever on behalf of us all. Very, very similar to the kinds of things the apostle Paul wrote about, especially in the book of Romans, but all throughout his teachings. So, we can get lost in all kinds of thoughts about Melchizedek, but Melchizedek is a part of a larger point, and that point is that Jesus is the son of God who came to take away the sins of the world, and that the law cannot do it because no one can achieve perfection in it. And so, that’s kind of where we sit in the book of Hebrews.

In the book of Ezekiel, God has been telling what’s coming. He’s been telling people what’s about to descend upon them, and none of it is good. And in the narrative we can see what seems to be frustration on God’s part, like how He’s exasperated, and how He has tried. And then we reached a portion of Scripture that I find to be one of the most riveting portions of Scripture in the Bible, and I encourage you to take some time to reread it yourself. It’s Ezekiel chapter 16 verses 3 through 34 where God is very, very descriptive about the story as he sees it with His people. And he describes an orphaned and tossed away beauty, left to die in a field just after birth, covered in blood and no one cared for this little girl. She was left to die. She was unloved. When God came along and found her and nourished her and cared for her, and raised her, watched her grow and watched her become beautiful, entered into a covenant of marriage with her and offspring were born, and it was beautiful. Except that she began to notice her own beauty and flaunt her own beauty and overtime to give herself to others. In other words, to break the covenant. And then the trajectory just spins out of control. She’s not only giving herself a way to other gods and idols, she’s giving herself away to other nations and she’s destroying God’s children by sacrificing them to other idols. And basically, this has to stop. That’s essentially what God is saying, this has to stop and I’m going to stop it and you’re not gonna like it, but this has to stop, if you’re ever going to turn around and return to me. I find it heartbreaking because of the imagery that God chose to use because it’s imagery of betrayal and heartbreak and jealousy, and loss and all of the angst and unrest the comes when a relationship disintegrates through betrayal and adultery. And so, many of us could read that passage and see ourselves there, know those emotions and whether you’ve been betrayed or not, you can still understand what that would be like. And so, what we’re seeing is less of a vengeful, angry, irritated tyrannical God and more the heart of a lovesick broken-hearted God. And it starts to make sense because we can see that we would feel the same way. And it gives us a lot to think about in our own relationship, because so often we think our relationship with God, the only emotion in any of it is our own. God doesn’t feel anything, He doesn’t really care. He’s just quick to forgive and that’s that. Doesn’t matter what we do and He’s just always on, he’s always available to us to turn to but we only really turn to Him when we need Him to do something. And we can imagine what that feels like, and we have to imagine what it feels like for God for us to really enter into this relationship with Him. So, going back through that passage of Scripture would be helpful and healthy, as we contemplate our relationships with God.

Prayer:

And Father, we see in this imagery Your heart toward us. We see why You are a jealous God, we just rarely can bring ourselves to the level of value that You do. We don’t value ourselves the way You do. We don’t see ourselves as the treasure that You do. And so, sometimes we can even imagine that You could feel this way about us and yet, we’re reading it right off the page. The Scriptures, You spoke this thousands of years ago and things haven’t changed. You are smitten with us, why is beyond our comprehension, but You created us, and I guess that matters a lot. You know everything about us, every cell that makes us who we are, every hair on our head. Every experience that we’ve had. All of the choices that we’ve made, and You still loved us. And put in these terms, found in the book of Ezekiel, we are stopped in our tracks as we realize what our behavior does to Your heart. So, come Holy Spirit, wash us clean, restore us, make us new again. We run back into Your arms. There is no other hope, but You and we thank You for Your patience, kindness, long-suffering and love for us. Amen.

Prayer and Encouragements:

Good morning family, this is John calling in from Texas for my amazing wife. Praying again for complete recovery and healing from tinnitus. I know that there’s nothing that God can’t or won’t do for His people. And so, I come today, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth and declare that disease and sickness is broke in His name. That healing is in His wings. And that every sickness, disease and affliction that’s in my wife’s body and the many members in this family that are struggling with sickness, are healed, delivered and set-free today. And we thank You for these things. We ask them in Jesus name. Amen.

Good morning DABers, this is Beloved in Arizona. And first of all, I just want to thank Brian for creating this community and the wonderful vibe of the Global Campfire. And of course, to God for writing the Bible for us. I’m calling for prayer for my physical health and my emotional/mental health. Physically I just got diagnosed with bronchitis and I have been sick for like a couple weeks. And took an entire week off work. And now, I finally got the diagnosis and the medicine and work is getting kind of cranky with me because I’ve been gone too much. And so, I can’t take any days off for the move and I don’t have very much physical strength to even, even put stuff in boxes. So, prayer for that, please.

Good morning DABers, this is QD in PA. I’m calling in on November 2nd. I just finished listening to November 1st and I wanted to reach out to Desperately Seeking Jesus also known as Desperately Connected to Jesus. And I just wanted to share my encouragement to you sister. I’ve been where you’re at, 2016 was a very hard year. I too, had lost a job, I’d lost loved ones, I lost material things. And but, with that, God was so faithful, and I really saw Him for the first time. And if He’s reaching out to you through your circumstances and if the word that you’re hearing is humble, surrender. Just surrender. Cause I’m telling you it is so, it so painful, I’m not gonna lie. But He brings you through it and He’s so faithful and He’s so kind and He’s so gentle. So, fast forward to today, you know, I’ve been working steadily since 2017. And He has blessed me beyond belief, in so many ways. But the most valuable thing that I got out of it was just seeing Him and knowing Him for, as the God that He is. And Him being so real to me. Because he brought me so low, but He has been so faithful in bringing me so much higher. So, I just leave with you that sister. Stay encouraged, stay in the word. God is faithful, He loves you, and He’s looking after you. Peace, love you all. Thank you.

Hello, this is Cameron aka Zephaniah 3:17 from the DC area. And I’m calling, first of all thank you all DABers. I’ve been a part of this community for a couple of months now. I don’t call in much, but I do enjoy listening to everyone’s prayers. I’m praying for everyone. I am praying for every believer to live … for holiness. Specifically sexual purity, in that arena. And I’m also asking for myself and all the believers that I know, both single and married. That we could live in complete 100% sexual purity. Love you DABers. I just pray for you all. Stay strong in the midst of this, sometimes hostile world, hostile culture, that holiness would be, and purity would be our passion. God that You would just instill in us a desire and hunger and thirst for righteousness, fulfill that desire and that hunger and thirst for righteousness in all of us. In Jesus name. Zephaniah 3:17 signing out.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday November 6, 2023 (NIV)

Ezekiel 14:12-16:41

Jerusalem Will Not Be Spared

12 And the word of the Lord came to me: 13 (A)“Son of man, when a land sins against me (B)by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and (C)break its supply[a] of bread and send famine upon it, and (D)cut off from it man and beast, 14 (E)even if these three men, (F)Noah, (G)Daniel, and (H)Job, were in it, (I)they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.

15 (J)“If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, (K)and it be made desolate, so that no one may pass through because of the beasts, 16 even if these three men were in it, (L)as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They alone would be delivered, but (M)the land would be desolate.

17 “Or (N)if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Let a sword pass through the land, (O)and I cut off from it man and beast, 18 (P)though these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they alone would be delivered.

19 “Or (Q)if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood, to cut off from it man and beast, 20 even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.

21 “For thus says the Lord God: How much more (R)when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, (S)sword, (T)famine, (U)wild beasts, and (V)pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast! 22 But behold, (W)some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out; behold, when they come out to you, and (X)you see their ways and their deeds, you will be consoled for the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, for all that I have brought upon it. 23 They will console you, when you see their ways and their deeds, and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, declares the Lord God.”

Jerusalem, a Useless Vine

15 And the word of the Lord came to me: 2 (Y)“Son of man, how does (Z)the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest? 3 Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take (AA)a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? 4 (AB)Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything? 5 (AC)Behold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything! 6 Therefore thus says the Lord God: (AD)Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, (AE)which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 (AF)And I will set my face against them. Though (AG)they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, (AH)and you will know that I am the Lord, (AI)when I set my face against them. 8 (AJ)And I will make the land desolate, because (AK)they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord God.”

The Lord's Faithless Bride

16 Again the word of the Lord came to me: 2 (AL)“Son of man, (AM)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 (AN)Amorite and your mother a (AO)Hittite. 4 And as for your birth, (AP)on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths. 5 No eye pitied you, to do any of these things to you out of compassion for you, (AQ)but you were cast out on the open field, for you were abhorred, (AR)on the day that you were born.

6 “And when I passed by you and saw you wallowing (AS)in your blood, I said to you (AT)in your blood, ‘Live!’ I said to you (AU)in your blood, ‘Live!’ 7 (AV)I made you flourish like a plant of the field. And you grew up and became tall (AW)and arrived at full adornment. Your breasts were formed, and your hair had grown; yet (AX)you were naked and bare.

8 “When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and (AY)I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you (AZ)and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, (BA)and you became mine. 9 Then I bathed you with water and washed off your blood from you and (BB)anointed you with oil. 10 (BC)I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with fine leather. I wrapped you in fine linen and covered you with silk.[b] 11 (BD)And I adorned you with ornaments and (BE)put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck. 12 And I put a ring on your nose and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. 13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. (BF)You ate fine flour and honey and oil. (BG)You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty. 14 And (BH)your renown went forth among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through the splendor that I had bestowed on you, declares the Lord God.

15 (BI)“But you trusted in your beauty (BJ)and played the whore[c] because of your renown (BK)and lavished your whorings[d] on any passerby; your beauty[e] became his. 16 You took some of your garments and made for yourself colorful shrines, and on them played the whore. The like has never been, nor ever shall be.[f] 17 You also took (BL)your beautiful jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and (BM)made for yourself images of men, and with them played the whore. 18 And you took your embroidered garments to cover them, (BN)and set my oil and my incense before them. 19 (BO)Also my bread that I gave you—(BP)I fed you with fine flour and oil and honey—you set before them for (BQ)a pleasing aroma; and so it was, declares the Lord God. 20 (BR)And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and (BS)these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter 21 that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them? 22 And in all your abominations and your whorings you did not remember (BT)the days of your youth, (BU)when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood.

23 “And after all your wickedness (woe, woe to you! declares the Lord God), 24 you built yourself (BV)a vaulted chamber and made yourself a lofty place in every square. 25 At the head of every street (BW)you built your lofty place and made (BX)your beauty an abomination, (BY)offering yourself[g] to any passerby and multiplying your whoring. 26 (BZ)You also played the whore (CA)with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, (CB)multiplying your whoring, (CC)to provoke me to anger. 27 Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you (CD)and diminished your allotted portion (CE)and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, (CF)the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior. 28 (CG)You played the whore also (CH)with the Assyrians, because you were not satisfied; yes, you played the whore with them, and still you were not satisfied. 29 You multiplied your whoring also with the trading land (CI)of Chaldea, and even with this you were not satisfied.

30 “How sick is your heart,[h] declares the Lord God, because you did all these things, the deeds of a brazen prostitute, 31 building your vaulted chamber at the head of every street, and making your lofty place in every square. Yet you were not like a prostitute, (CJ)because you scorned payment. 32 Adulterous wife, who receives strangers instead of her husband! 33 Men give gifts to all prostitutes, (CK)but you gave your gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from every side with your whorings. 34 So you were different from other women in your whorings. No one solicited you to play the whore, and (CL)you gave payment, while no payment was given to you; therefore you were different.

35 “Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the Lord: 36 Thus says the Lord God, Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your whorings with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, (CM)and because of the blood of your children that you gave to them, 37 therefore, behold, (CN)I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and (CO)all those you hated. (CP)I will gather them against you from every side (CQ)and will uncover your nakedness to them, that (CR)they may see all your nakedness. 38 (CS)And I will judge you (CT)as women who commit adultery and (CU)shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy. 39 And I will give you into their hands, and they shall throw down your (CV)vaulted chamber and break down (CW)your lofty places. (CX)They shall strip you of your clothes and take (CY)your beautiful jewels and leave you (CZ)naked and bare. 40 (DA)They shall bring up a crowd against you, (DB)and they shall stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords. 41 (DC)And they shall (DD)burn your houses and (DE)execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women. (DF)I will make you stop playing the whore, and (DG)you shall also give payment no more.

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 14:13 Hebrew staff
  2. Ezekiel 16:10 Or with rich fabric
  3. Ezekiel 16:15 Or were unfaithful; also verses 16, 17, 26, 28
  4. Ezekiel 16:15 Or unfaithfulness; also verses 20, 22, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 36
  5. Ezekiel 16:15 Hebrew it
  6. Ezekiel 16:16 The meaning of this Hebrew sentence is uncertain
  7. Ezekiel 16:25 Hebrew spreading your legs
  8. Ezekiel 16:30 Revocalization yields How I am filled with anger against you

Cross references:

  1. Ezekiel 14:13 : See ch. 2:1
  2. Ezekiel 14:13 : ch. 15:8; 17:20; 18:24; 20:27; 2 Chr. 36:14
  3. Ezekiel 14:13 : See ch. 4:16
  4. Ezekiel 14:13 : ver. 17, 19, 21
  5. Ezekiel 14:14 : [Jer. 15:1]
  6. Ezekiel 14:14 : See Gen. 6:9
  7. Ezekiel 14:14 : ch. 28:3; Dan. 9:23
  8. Ezekiel 14:14 : Job 1:1
  9. Ezekiel 14:14 : ch. 3:19
  10. Ezekiel 14:15 : See ch. 5:17
  11. Ezekiel 14:15 : ch. 6:6; 12:20
  12. Ezekiel 14:16 : See ch. 5:11
  13. Ezekiel 14:16 : ch. 6:14
  14. Ezekiel 14:17 : ch. 21:3, 4, 9; Lev. 26:25; [Jer. 47:6, 7]
  15. Ezekiel 14:17 : ver. 13
  16. Ezekiel 14:18 : [See ver. 14 above]; [Jer. 15:1]
  17. Ezekiel 14:19 : ch. 38:22; [2 Sam. 24:15]
  18. Ezekiel 14:21 : ch. 5:17; Rev. 6:8; [ch. 33:27]
  19. Ezekiel 14:21 : ver. 17
  20. Ezekiel 14:21 : ver. 13
  21. Ezekiel 14:21 : ver. 15
  22. Ezekiel 14:21 : ver. 19
  23. Ezekiel 14:22 : ch. 6:8; 12:16
  24. Ezekiel 14:22 : ver. 23; ch. 20:43; [ch. 16:54]
  25. Ezekiel 15:2 : See ch. 2:1
  26. Ezekiel 15:2 : See ver. 6
  27. Ezekiel 15:3 : [Isa. 22:23, 24]
  28. Ezekiel 15:4 : [John 15:6]
  29. Ezekiel 15:5 : [ver. 3]
  30. Ezekiel 15:6 : [ch. 17:6; Ps. 80:8; Isa. 5:1]; See ch. 19:10-14
  31. Ezekiel 15:6 : [See ver. 4 above]; [John 15:6]
  32. Ezekiel 15:7 : See ch. 14:8
  33. Ezekiel 15:7 : [2 Kgs. 25:9]
  34. Ezekiel 15:7 : See ch. 6:7
  35. Ezekiel 15:7 : See ch. 14:8
  36. Ezekiel 15:8 : ch. 6:14
  37. Ezekiel 15:8 : See ch. 14:13
  38. Ezekiel 16:2 : See ch. 2:1
  39. Ezekiel 16:2 : ch. 22:2
  40. Ezekiel 16:3 : ver. 45; Gen. 15:16; Deut. 7:1
  41. Ezekiel 16:3 : ver. 45; Deut. 7:1; Judg. 1:26
  42. Ezekiel 16:4 : [Hos. 2:3]
  43. Ezekiel 16:5 : [Deut. 32:10]
  44. Ezekiel 16:5 : [See ver. 4 above]; [Hos. 2:3]
  45. Ezekiel 16:6 : ver. 22
  46. Ezekiel 16:6 : ver. 22
  47. Ezekiel 16:6 : ver. 22
  48. Ezekiel 16:7 : [Ex. 1:7]
  49. Ezekiel 16:7 : [ver. 11, 13]
  50. Ezekiel 16:7 : ver. 22, 39; ch. 23:29
  51. Ezekiel 16:8 : Ruth 3:9; [Jer. 2:2]
  52. Ezekiel 16:8 : [Ex. 24:7, 8]
  53. Ezekiel 16:8 : See Ex. 19:5
  54. Ezekiel 16:9 : Ruth 3:3; [Ps. 23:5]
  55. Ezekiel 16:10 : ver. 13, 18; [ch. 26:16; 27:7, 16; Ex. 26:36]
  56. Ezekiel 16:11 : [ch. 23:40]
  57. Ezekiel 16:11 : [ch. 23:42; Gen. 24:22, 30, 47]
  58. Ezekiel 16:13 : Deut. 32:13, 14
  59. Ezekiel 16:13 : [ver. 15, 25; Ps. 48:2]
  60. Ezekiel 16:14 : Lam. 2:15; [ch. 23:10]
  61. Ezekiel 16:15 : [ver. 13]
  62. Ezekiel 16:15 : ch. 23:3, 8, 11, 12; Lev. 17:7; Isa. 1:21; 57:8; Jer. 2:20; 3:2, 6, 20; Hos. 1:2
  63. Ezekiel 16:15 : [ver. 25]
  64. Ezekiel 16:17 : [ver. 11]
  65. Ezekiel 16:17 : [ch. 7:20; 23:14]
  66. Ezekiel 16:18 : ch. 23:41
  67. Ezekiel 16:19 : [Hos. 2:8]
  68. Ezekiel 16:19 : [See ver. 13 above]; Deut. 32:13, 14
  69. Ezekiel 16:19 : See ch. 6:13
  70. Ezekiel 16:20 : [ver. 21, 36]
  71. Ezekiel 16:20 : ch. 20:26, 31; 23:37
  72. Ezekiel 16:22 : ver. 43, 60
  73. Ezekiel 16:22 : ver. 6, 7
  74. Ezekiel 16:24 : ver. 39
  75. Ezekiel 16:25 : ver. 31; [Isa. 57:7; Jer. 2:20; 3:2]
  76. Ezekiel 16:25 : [ver. 14]
  77. Ezekiel 16:25 : [ver. 15]
  78. Ezekiel 16:26 : [See ver. 15 above]; ch. 23:3, 8, 11, 12; Lev. 17:7; Isa. 1:21; 57:8; Jer. 2:20; 3:2, 6, 20; Hos. 1:2
  79. Ezekiel 16:26 : ch. 20:7, 8; 23:19-21
  80. Ezekiel 16:26 : ch. 23:14, 19
  81. Ezekiel 16:26 : Jer. 7:18, 19
  82. Ezekiel 16:27 : [ch. 5:10, 11]
  83. Ezekiel 16:27 : [ver. 37]
  84. Ezekiel 16:27 : ver. 57; [2 Sam. 1:20]
  85. Ezekiel 16:28 : [See ver. 15 above]; ch. 23:3, 8, 11, 12; Lev. 17:7; Isa. 1:21; 57:8; Jer. 2:20; 3:2, 6, 20; Hos. 1:2
  86. Ezekiel 16:28 : ch. 23:12; Jer. 2:18, 36; See 2 Kgs. 16:7-18; 2 Chr. 28:16-21
  87. Ezekiel 16:29 : See ch. 23:14-16
  88. Ezekiel 16:31 : [ver. 33, 34]
  89. Ezekiel 16:33 : [ver. 41; Hos. 8:9]
  90. Ezekiel 16:34 : [See ver. 33 above]; [ver. 41; Hos. 8:9]
  91. Ezekiel 16:36 : [ver. 20, 21, 38]
  92. Ezekiel 16:37 : Hos. 8:10
  93. Ezekiel 16:37 : [ver. 27; ch. 23:28]
  94. Ezekiel 16:37 : ch. 23:22
  95. Ezekiel 16:37 : ch. 23:10, 29; Hos. 2:10; Rev. 17:16; [ver. 39]
  96. Ezekiel 16:37 : Lam. 1:8
  97. Ezekiel 16:38 : ch. 21:30
  98. Ezekiel 16:38 : ch. 23:45; Lev. 20:10; Deut. 22:22
  99. Ezekiel 16:38 : Gen. 9:6; [ch. 18:10; 23:37, 45]
  100. Ezekiel 16:39 : ver. 24
  101. Ezekiel 16:39 : ver. 25
  102. Ezekiel 16:39 : ch. 23:26; [Hos. 2:3]
  103. Ezekiel 16:39 : ver. 11, 12
  104. Ezekiel 16:39 : ver. 7
  105. Ezekiel 16:40 : ch. 23:46
  106. Ezekiel 16:40 : ch. 23:47; [Josh. 7:24, 25]
  107. Ezekiel 16:41 : [See ver. 40 above]; ch. 23:47; [Josh. 7:24, 25]
  108. Ezekiel 16:41 : 2 Kgs. 25:9; Jer. 39:8; 52:13
  109. Ezekiel 16:41 : See ch. 5:8
  110. Ezekiel 16:41 : ch. 23:27, 48
  111. Ezekiel 16:41 : [ver. 33, 34]
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Hebrews 7:18-28

18 For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside (A)because of its weakness and uselessness 19 (for (B)the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, (C)a better hope is introduced, through which (D)we draw near to God.

20 And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath, 21 but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him:

(E)“The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
‘You are a priest forever.’”

22 This makes Jesus the guarantor of (F)a better covenant.

23 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, 24 but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues (G)forever. 25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost[a] (H)those who draw near to God (I)through him, since he always lives (J)to make intercession for them.

26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, (K)holy, innocent, unstained, (L)separated from sinners, and (M)exalted above the heavens. 27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, (N)first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this (O)once for all when he offered up himself. 28 For the law appoints men (P)in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made (Q)perfect forever.

Footnotes:

  1. Hebrews 7:25 That is, completely; or at all times

Cross references:

  1. Hebrews 7:18 : Rom. 8:3; Gal. 4:9
  2. Hebrews 7:19 : ch. 9:9; 10:1; Lev. 16:16; See Acts 13:39
  3. Hebrews 7:19 : ch. 6:18
  4. Hebrews 7:19 : [ver. 25; Lev. 10:3]; See ch. 4:16
  5. Hebrews 7:21 : See ver. 17
  6. Hebrews 7:22 : ch. 8:6
  7. Hebrews 7:24 : ver. 21, 28
  8. Hebrews 7:25 : [ver. 19]
  9. Hebrews 7:25 : [John 14:6]
  10. Hebrews 7:25 : ch. 9:24; See Rom. 8:34
  11. Hebrews 7:26 : Ps. 16:10; Rev. 15:4; 16:5; [Mark 1:24]
  12. Hebrews 7:26 : See ch. 4:15
  13. Hebrews 7:26 : [ch. 8:1]; See ch. 4:14
  14. Hebrews 7:27 : See ch. 5:3
  15. Hebrews 7:27 : ch. 9:12; 10:10; [ch. 9:28]
  16. Hebrews 7:28 : [ch. 5:2]
  17. Hebrews 7:28 : ch. 2:10; 5:9
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Psalm 106:1-12

Give Thanks to the Lord, for He Is Good

106 (A)Praise the Lord!
(B)Oh give thanks to the Lord, (C)for he is good,
(D)for his steadfast love endures forever!
2 Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord,
or declare all his praise?
3 Blessed are they who observe justice,
who (E)do righteousness at all times!

4 (F)Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people;
help me when you save them,[a]
5 that I may look upon the prosperity of your (G)chosen ones,
that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation,
that I may glory with your inheritance.

6 (H)Both we and (I)our fathers have sinned;
we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.
7 Our fathers, when they were in Egypt,
did not consider your wondrous works;
they (J)did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love,
but (K)rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea.
8 Yet he saved them (L)for his name's sake,
(M)that he might make known his mighty power.
9 He (N)rebuked the Red Sea, and it (O)became dry,
and he (P)led them through the deep as through a desert.
10 So he (Q)saved them from the hand of the foe
and (R)redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
11 And (S)the waters covered their adversaries;
not one of them was left.
12 Then (T)they believed his words;
they (U)sang his praise.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 106:4 Or Remember me, O Lord, with the favor you show to your people; help me with your salvation

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 106:1 : [See Ps. 105:45 above]; See Ps. 104:35
  2. Psalm 106:1 : See Ps. 105:1
  3. Psalm 106:1 : See Ps. 100:5
  4. Psalm 106:1 : See 1 Chr. 16:34, 41
  5. Psalm 106:3 : [Ps. 15:2]
  6. Psalm 106:4 : [Ps. 119:132]
  7. Psalm 106:5 : Ps. 105:6, 43
  8. Psalm 106:6 : 1 Kgs. 8:47; Ezra 9:6; Neh. 1:6, 7; 9:16; Jer. 3:25; 14:20; Dan. 9:5
  9. Psalm 106:6 : Ps. 79:8; Lev. 26:40
  10. Psalm 106:7 : [ver. 13, 21]
  11. Psalm 106:7 : Ex. 14:11, 12
  12. Psalm 106:8 : Ezek. 20:9, 14
  13. Psalm 106:8 : Ex. 9:16
  14. Psalm 106:9 : [Ps. 18:15; 104:7]
  15. Psalm 106:9 : Ex. 14:21; [Isa. 50:2; 51:10]
  16. Psalm 106:9 : Isa. 63:13
  17. Psalm 106:10 : Ex. 14:30
  18. Psalm 106:10 : Ps. 107:2
  19. Psalm 106:11 : Ex. 14:28; 15:5
  20. Psalm 106:12 : Ex. 14:31
  21. Psalm 106:12 : See Ex. 15:1-21
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Proverbs 27:4-6

4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
but who can stand before (A)jealousy?
5 (B)Better is open rebuke
than hidden love.
6 Faithful are (C)the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 27:4 : ch. 6:34
  2. Proverbs 27:5 : [ch. 28:23]
  3. Proverbs 27:6 : Ps. 141:5
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday November 5, 2023 (NIV)

Ezekiel 12:1-14:11

Judah's Captivity Symbolized

12 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 (A)“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of (B)a rebellious house, (C)who have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are (D)a rebellious house. 3 As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself (E)an exile's baggage, and go into exile by day (F)in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place (G)in their sight. (H)Perhaps they will understand, though[a] they are a rebellious house. 4 You shall bring out your baggage by day in their sight, as baggage for exile, and you shall go out yourself (I)at evening in their sight, as those do who must go into exile. 5 In their sight (J)dig through the wall, and bring your baggage out through it. 6 In their sight you shall lift the baggage upon your shoulder and carry it out at dusk. You shall cover your face that you may not see the land, for I have made you (K)a sign for the house of Israel.”

7 (L)And I did as I was commanded. (M)I brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands. I brought out my baggage at dusk, carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.

8 In the morning the word of the Lord came to me: 9 (N)“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, (O)the rebellious house, said to you, (P)‘What are you doing?’ 10 Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: This oracle concerns[b] (Q)the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it.’[c] 11 Say, (R)‘I am a sign for you: (S)as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.’ 12 (T)And the prince who is among them shall lift his baggage upon his shoulder at dusk, and shall go out. (U)They shall dig through the wall to bring him out through it. (V)He shall cover his face, that he may not see the land with his eyes. 13 (W)And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And (X)I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, (Y)yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there. 14 (Z)And I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, (AA)and I will unsheathe the sword after them. 15 (AB)And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries. 16 (AC)But I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they go, (AD)and may know that I am the Lord.”

17 And the word of the Lord came to me: 18 (AE)“Son of man, (AF)eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety. 19 And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: (AG)They shall eat their bread with anxiety, (AH)and drink water in dismay. In this way (AI)her land will be stripped of all it contains, (AJ)on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it. 20 (AK)And the inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

21 And the word of the Lord came to me: 22 “Son of man, (AL)what is this proverb that you[d] have about the land of Israel, saying, (AM)‘The days grow long, and every vision comes to nothing’? 23 Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.’ But say to them, (AN)The days are near, and the fulfillment[e] of every vision. 24 (AO)For there shall be no more any (AP)false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the Lord; I will speak (AQ)the word that I will speak, and it will be performed. (AR)It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, (AS)O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord God.”

26 And the word of the Lord came to me: 27 “Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, (AT)‘The vision that he sees is (AU)for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’ 28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: (AV)None of my words will be delayed any longer, (AW)but the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord God.”

False Prophets Condemned

13 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 (AX)“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those (AY)who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’ 3 Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 4 Your prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel. 5 (AZ)You have not gone up into the breaches, or built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the day of the Lord. 6 (BA)They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘Declares the Lord,’ (BB)when the Lord has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfill their word. 7 Have you not seen a false vision and uttered a lying divination, (BC)whenever you have said, ‘Declares the Lord,’ although I have not spoken?”

8 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, (BD)I am against you, declares the Lord God. 9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, (BE)nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, (BF)nor shall they enter the land of Israel. (BG)And you shall know that I am the Lord God. 10 Precisely because they have misled my people, (BH)saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, (BI)these prophets smear it with whitewash,[f] 11 say to those who smear it with whitewash that it shall fall! (BJ)There will be a deluge of rain, and you, O great hailstones, will fall, and a stormy wind break out. 12 And when the wall falls, will it not be said to you, ‘Where is the coating with which you smeared it?’ 13 Therefore thus says the Lord God: (BK)I will make a stormy wind break out in my wrath, (BL)and there shall be a deluge of rain in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to make a full end. 14 And I will break down the wall that you have smeared with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you shall perish in the midst of it, (BM)and you shall know that I am the Lord. 15 Thus will I spend my wrath upon the wall and upon those who have smeared it with whitewash, and I will say to you, The wall is no more, nor those who smeared it, 16 the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem (BN)and saw visions of peace for her, when there was no peace, declares the Lord God.

17 “And you, son of man, (BO)set your face against (BP)the daughters of your people, (BQ)who prophesy out of their own hearts. Prophesy against them 18 and say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women (BR)who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and (BS)make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in (BT)the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive? 19 You have profaned me among my people (BU)for handfuls of barley (BV)and for pieces of bread, putting to death souls who should not die and keeping alive souls who should not live, by your lying to my people, who listen to lies.

20 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, (BW)I am against (BX)your magic bands with which you hunt the souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms, and I will let the souls whom you hunt go free, the souls like birds. 21 Your veils also I will tear off and (BY)deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand as prey, (BZ)and you shall know that I am the Lord. 22 (CA)Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and (CB)you have encouraged the wicked, that (CC)he should not turn from his evil way to save his life, 23 (CD)therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”

Idolatrous Elders Condemned

14 Then certain of the (CE)elders of Israel came to me (CF)and sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lord came to me: 3 (CG)“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set (CH)the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. (CI)Should I indeed let myself be consulted by them? 4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, (CJ)I the Lord will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols, 5 (CK)that I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, (CL)who are all estranged from me through their idols.

6 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: (CM)Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7 For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, (CN)who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, (CO)I the Lord will answer him myself. 8 And (CP)I will set my face against that man; I (CQ)will make him a sign and a byword (CR)and cut him off from the midst of my people, (CS)and you shall know that I am the Lord. 9 And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, (CT)I, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they shall bear their punishment[g]—the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike— 11 that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor (CU)defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, (CV)but that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God.”

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 12:3 Or will see that
  2. Ezekiel 12:10 Or This burden is
  3. Ezekiel 12:10 Hebrew in the midst of them
  4. Ezekiel 12:22 The Hebrew for you is plural
  5. Ezekiel 12:23 Hebrew word
  6. Ezekiel 13:10 Or plaster; also verses 11, 14, 15
  7. Ezekiel 14:10 Or iniquity; three times in this verse

Cross references:

  1. Ezekiel 12:2 : See ch. 2:1
  2. Ezekiel 12:2 : See ch. 2:3, 5
  3. Ezekiel 12:2 : Isa. 42:18; Matt. 13:13
  4. Ezekiel 12:2 : See ch. 2:3, 5
  5. Ezekiel 12:3 : ver. 4, 7
  6. Ezekiel 12:3 : ch. 4:12; 21:6; 37:20; 43:11
  7. Ezekiel 12:3 : ch. 4:12; 21:6; 37:20; 43:11
  8. Ezekiel 12:3 : See Jer. 36:3
  9. Ezekiel 12:4 : [2 Kgs. 25:4; Jer. 39:4; 52:7]
  10. Ezekiel 12:5 : [ch. 8:8]
  11. Ezekiel 12:6 : See ch. 4:3
  12. Ezekiel 12:7 : ch. 24:18; 37:7
  13. Ezekiel 12:7 : [ver. 3]
  14. Ezekiel 12:9 : See ch. 2:1
  15. Ezekiel 12:9 : See ch. 2:3, 5
  16. Ezekiel 12:9 : [ch. 17:12; 24:19; 37:18]
  17. Ezekiel 12:10 : [ch. 21:25]; See 2 Chr. 36:11-13
  18. Ezekiel 12:11 : [ver. 6]
  19. Ezekiel 12:11 : [ch. 24:24]
  20. Ezekiel 12:12 : [2 Kgs. 25:4]
  21. Ezekiel 12:12 : [ver. 5]
  22. Ezekiel 12:12 : [ver. 6]
  23. Ezekiel 12:13 : ch. 17:20; 19:8; 32:3; [Hos. 7:12]
  24. Ezekiel 12:13 : [2 Kgs. 25:7; Jer. 32:4, 5; 52:11]
  25. Ezekiel 12:13 : [2 Kgs. 25:7; Jer. 32:4, 5; 52:11]
  26. Ezekiel 12:14 : [2 Kgs. 25:5]; See ch. 5:10
  27. Ezekiel 12:14 : See ch. 5:2
  28. Ezekiel 12:15 : See ch. 6:7
  29. Ezekiel 12:16 : ch. 6:8, 9; 14:22
  30. Ezekiel 12:16 : See ch. 6:7
  31. Ezekiel 12:18 : See ch. 2:1
  32. Ezekiel 12:18 : [ch. 4:10, 11]
  33. Ezekiel 12:19 : ch. 4:16
  34. Ezekiel 12:19 : ch. 4:16
  35. Ezekiel 12:19 : [ch. 32:15; Zech. 7:14]
  36. Ezekiel 12:19 : ch. 7:11, 23
  37. Ezekiel 12:20 : ch. 6:6
  38. Ezekiel 12:22 : [ch. 16:44; 18:2, 3]
  39. Ezekiel 12:22 : [ver. 27; ch. 11:3; 2 Pet. 3:4]
  40. Ezekiel 12:23 : [ch. 7:7, 12]
  41. Ezekiel 12:24 : ch. 13:23
  42. Ezekiel 12:24 : ch. 13:6, 7
  43. Ezekiel 12:25 : Isa. 55:11
  44. Ezekiel 12:25 : Isa. 13:22
  45. Ezekiel 12:25 : See ch. 2:3, 5
  46. Ezekiel 12:27 : [ver. 22; Amos 6:3]
  47. Ezekiel 12:27 : ch. 38:8; Dan. 8:26; 10:14; [2 Pet. 3:4]
  48. Ezekiel 12:28 : [See ver. 25 above]; Isa. 13:22
  49. Ezekiel 12:28 : [See ver. 25 above]; Isa. 55:11
  50. Ezekiel 13:2 : See ch. 2:1
  51. Ezekiel 13:2 : ver. 17; Jer. 23:16, 26
  52. Ezekiel 13:5 : ch. 22:30; Ps. 106:23; [Ps. 80:12; Isa. 5:5; 58:12]
  53. Ezekiel 13:6 : ver. 23; ch. 12:24; 21:29; 22:28; Jer. 5:31
  54. Ezekiel 13:6 : See Jer. 14:14
  55. Ezekiel 13:7 : Jer. 23:21
  56. Ezekiel 13:8 : ch. 5:8; 21:3; 26:3; 28:22; 29:3; 30:22; 34:10; 35:3; 38:3; Jer. 21:13
  57. Ezekiel 13:9 : [Ezra 2:59, 62; Neh. 7:5; Ps. 69:28; 87:6]
  58. Ezekiel 13:9 : ch. 20:38
  59. Ezekiel 13:9 : See ch. 6:7
  60. Ezekiel 13:10 : ver. 16; Jer. 6:14; Mic. 3:5
  61. Ezekiel 13:10 : ch. 22:28
  62. Ezekiel 13:11 : ch. 38:22; Isa. 28:2, 17; [Isa. 30:13]
  63. Ezekiel 13:13 : [See ver. 11 above]; ch. 38:22; Isa. 28:2, 17; [Isa. 30:13]
  64. Ezekiel 13:13 : [See ver. 11 above]; ch. 38:22; Isa. 28:2, 17; [Isa. 30:13]
  65. Ezekiel 13:14 : See ch. 6:7
  66. Ezekiel 13:16 : [See ver. 10 above]; ver. 16; Jer. 6:14; Mic. 3:5
  67. Ezekiel 13:17 : See ch. 6:2
  68. Ezekiel 13:17 : [Ex. 15:20; Judg. 4:4; 2 Kgs. 22:14]
  69. Ezekiel 13:17 : ver. 2
  70. Ezekiel 13:18 : ver. 20
  71. Ezekiel 13:18 : ver. 21
  72. Ezekiel 13:18 : ver. 20
  73. Ezekiel 13:19 : [Mic. 3:5]
  74. Ezekiel 13:19 : [Prov. 28:21]
  75. Ezekiel 13:20 : See ver. 8
  76. Ezekiel 13:20 : ver. 18
  77. Ezekiel 13:21 : [ch. 34:10]
  78. Ezekiel 13:21 : See ch. 6:7
  79. Ezekiel 13:22 : [Jer. 14:14]; See Jer. 28:15
  80. Ezekiel 13:22 : Jer. 23:14
  81. Ezekiel 13:22 : See ch. 18:21
  82. Ezekiel 13:23 : See ver. 6, 7, 9
  83. Ezekiel 14:1 : See ch. 8:1
  84. Ezekiel 14:1 : See ch. 8:1
  85. Ezekiel 14:3 : See ch. 2:1
  86. Ezekiel 14:3 : ch. 7:19; 44:12
  87. Ezekiel 14:3 : ch. 20:3, 31; 2 Kgs. 3:13; [ch. 36:37]
  88. Ezekiel 14:4 : [ver. 7]
  89. Ezekiel 14:5 : [2 Thess. 2:11, 12]
  90. Ezekiel 14:5 : Isa. 1:4
  91. Ezekiel 14:6 : [ch. 18:30, 32]
  92. Ezekiel 14:7 : [See ver. 5 above]; Isa. 1:4
  93. Ezekiel 14:7 : [ver. 4]
  94. Ezekiel 14:8 : ch. 15:7; Lev. 17:10; Jer. 44:11
  95. Ezekiel 14:8 : ch. 5:15; Deut. 28:37
  96. Ezekiel 14:8 : ch. 15:7; Lev. 17:10; Jer. 44:11
  97. Ezekiel 14:8 : See ch. 6:7
  98. Ezekiel 14:9 : [1 Kgs. 22:23]
  99. Ezekiel 14:11 : ch. 37:23
  100. Ezekiel 14:11 : See ch. 11:20
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Hebrews 7:1-17

The Priestly Order of Melchizedek

7 For this (A)Melchizedek, king of (B)Salem, priest of (C)the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. 3 He is without father or mother (D)or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.

4 See how great this man was to whom Abraham (E)the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils! 5 And (F)those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers,[a] though these also are descended from Abraham. 6 But this man (G)who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed (H)him who had the promises. 7 It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. 8 In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one (I)of whom it is testified that (J)he lives. 9 One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, 10 for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

Jesus Compared to Melchizedek

11 (K)Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? 12 For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. 13 For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. 14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended (L)from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

15 This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, 16 who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is witnessed of him,

(M)“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”

Footnotes:

  1. Hebrews 7:5 Or brothers and sisters

Cross references:

  1. Hebrews 7:1 : Gen. 14:18-20
  2. Hebrews 7:1 : Ps. 76:2
  3. Hebrews 7:1 : Num. 24:16; Deut. 32:8
  4. Hebrews 7:3 : [ver. 6]
  5. Hebrews 7:4 : [Acts 2:29; 7:8, 9]
  6. Hebrews 7:5 : Num. 18:21, 26; 2 Chr. 31:4, 5
  7. Hebrews 7:6 : [ver. 3]
  8. Hebrews 7:6 : See Rom. 4:13
  9. Hebrews 7:8 : [ch. 5:6; 6:20]
  10. Hebrews 7:8 : [John 6:57; Rev. 1:17, 18]
  11. Hebrews 7:11 : ver. 18, 19; ch. 8:7; [Gal. 2:21]
  12. Hebrews 7:14 : Isa. 11:1; Mic. 5:2; Matt. 1:3; Luke 3:33; Rev. 5:5
  13. Hebrews 7:17 : ver. 21; ch. 5:6; 6:20; Cited from Ps. 110:4
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Psalm 105:37-45

37 Then he brought out Israel with (A)silver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
38 (B)Egypt was glad when they departed,
for (C)dread of them had fallen upon it.

39 He (D)spread a cloud for a covering,
and fire to give light by night.
40 (E)They asked, and he (F)brought quail,
and gave them (G)bread from heaven in abundance.
41 He opened the rock, and (H)water gushed out;
it flowed through (I)the desert like a river.
42 For he (J)remembered his holy promise,
and (K)Abraham, his servant.

43 So he brought his people out with joy,
his (L)chosen ones with (M)singing.
44 And he (N)gave them the lands of the nations,
and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
45 that they might (O)keep his statutes
and (P)observe his laws.
(Q)Praise the Lord!

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 105:37 : Ex. 12:35, 36
  2. Psalm 105:38 : Ex. 12:23
  3. Psalm 105:38 : Ex. 15:16
  4. Psalm 105:39 : [Job 36:20; Isa. 4:5]; See Ex. 13:21
  5. Psalm 105:40 : Ps. 78:18, 27
  6. Psalm 105:40 : Ex. 16:13
  7. Psalm 105:40 : Ps. 78:24, 25; [John 6:31]
  8. Psalm 105:41 : See Ps. 78:15
  9. Psalm 105:41 : See Ps. 63:1
  10. Psalm 105:42 : ver. 8, 9; Ex. 2:24
  11. Psalm 105:42 : [Gen. 15:14]; See ver. 6
  12. Psalm 105:43 : [See ver. 42 above]; [Gen. 15:14]; See ver. 6
  13. Psalm 105:43 : [Isa. 35:10]; See Ex. 15:1-21
  14. Psalm 105:44 : Josh. 24:13; [Ps. 78:55]
  15. Psalm 105:45 : Deut. 4:1, 40
  16. Psalm 105:45 : Ps. 78:7
  17. Psalm 105:45 : See Ps. 104:35
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Proverbs 27:3

3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,
but (A)a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 27:3 : [ch. 12:16; 17:12]
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11/4/2023 DAB Transcript pt5

He’s saying, he is giving every excuse and his main excuses is, I don’t know how to speak. Like, I’m not a public speaker, I don’t know how to do this. And God’s telling him, you really don’t have to do anything but just obey me. Like, I’ll put the words in your mouth. It’s all good. You don’t have to worry about this, and finally Moses is like, send someone else. Please send somebody else. Which for me, is one of the, it’s a very sad scene in the Bible, because of how much it imitates our own lives. But in the end God relents and sends Moses brother Aaron to be the mouthpiece. This is where we see sort of like this dual role, a priestly role and a governor or kingly role. Moses and Aaron make up the two pieces but that is more like the plan “B”. Right, so the plan “A” was that Moses would be empowered by God to lead his people and would be the mouthpiece of God to those people. In other words, a priestly governor, a priestly ruler, a priestly king. So, in other words, Melchizedek was a priestly king of the most high God. Moses would’ve been invited into that. But didn’t enter into it, but then God invites David into that role, once kings are introduced into the story of Israel. And that is where I’m going to stop for today. We’re gonna read about Melchizedek in the book of Hebrews extensively tomorrow and we’ll pick this up then. We have a little bit more New Testament context to the story.

Prayer:

And so, Father, we thank You for the beauty of Your word and as we apply our minds and hearts to all of its nuances and intricacy, we invite Your Holy Spirit among us. We thank You for this gift. We love You Father and worship You. We pray these things in Jesus name. Amen.

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Hi Daily Audio Bible family. This is Kyle in Pennsylvania. And I’m calling in to ask for prayer for my daughter, her name is Rylie, and she is 3 years old. And she has down syndrome and some heart conditions. And on November 14th she’s gonna get her second heart surgery and this is a pretty big one. Basically, one side of her heart is not functioning and filling the way it should. And so, they’re hoping that they can kind of build a little bit of a wall and let that side start to function the way it should. And that they would be able to rebuild her heart then to a fully functioning heart. And this would be the best outcome because other options just usually aren’t as ideal for children with down syndrome. So, this is kind of what we’ve been hoping and praying for all along. But it is, you know, a pretty big heart surgery and she’s 3, a little over 3 and a half years old. So, it’s hard to see her go in for that. And so, if you could just keep her and us in your prayers. That God would be with the surgeons and guide them. And that God would be with her and her body and help keep her strong and that this surgery would go well. And that we’d get the results that we’re hoping for. And that she would just come out strong and healthy on the other side. Thank you.

Good morning my darling family. It’s Susan from Canada, God’s Yellow Flower calling. I love you all so much. I pray, Lord God, over Searching for Beauty as she is going through so much right now. I pray your strength be with her. Your healing touch be with her. That your peace be with her, Lord God, as she goes through these cancer treatments. I also pray for her daughter, dear Lord God, that You would just open their eyes and so they may see your beauty. They may see Your love for them. They may see Your peace and want that for themselves. In dwell those girls, dear God, indwell them with the power of Your Holy Spirit, that they may seek You with all their heart and find You, dear Lord. And find what You want to do with their life. Help them to walk in obedience to You Lord, every moment of every day of their life. We just lift these three ladies up to You, dear God, and ask You, won’t you bless them mightily with Your righteous right hand. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Good morning my fam, it’s Susan from Canada, God’s Yellow Flower calling. I want to pray for Francise, he’s having such a hard time with this ulcer in her leg and arthritis. So, Lord God, we just lift up Francise to You and her wonderful son. We ask that You bless them both, Lord God, with a love that surpasses all understanding. The peace that surpasses all understanding. Knowing that You are the giver of life, You are the giver of love and peace. And Lord God, we pray for healing over Francise. That this ulcer would be healed, and that this arthritis would just be taken away from her. We pray, dear Heavenly Father, that she will leap unto the bed and dance for joy, giving praise to Your holy name. We pray this all in the blessed and most wonderful name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Salutations. Oh Father God, You see the emotions, You see the questions, You see the fear. This man, he called in at two hours and 21 minutes and he’s asking us to lift up his wife, who just got this diagnosis of cancer, and they’ve missed it for so long. God, I’ve been there. And I lift them up to You, Lord. And I ask that You would call the Downs, that You would pour Your oil upon them Father. Bless them with Your joy, Your discernment Father. Calm their fears, Lord. Hold them in Your hands and let them know that it’s not too far gone. They told me the same thing. I was diagnosed stage 4 and I’m still here over 12 years later. So, Lord, I’m asking if You would do the same kind of miracle for her that You did for me. In Jesus name I pray, and I thank You because I know You can do it. In Jesus name. Amen.

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11/4/2023 DAB Transcript pt4

So, we have to first acknowledge that a lot of things happen between Abraham and King David writing Psalms. Right, so, Abraham has Isaac. Isaac then sires Jacob and Esau. Jacob’s name changes to Israel. He has kids they become the children of Israel. They are enslaved in Egypt, they’re freed from Egypt. They wander in the wilderness, the come into the promised land that is the conquest. We go through generation after generation after generation of Judges and then kingship is introduced into the culture with King Saul, and then comes David. So, a lot happens between the two times Melchizedek is named in the Old Testament. And even though a lot has happened, a lot of ground has been covered in a lot of years have passed, Melchizedek doesn’t disappear from their thoughts. Even though he’s only mentioned two times in the Old Testament far apart in history, he’s still being referred to. Why would that be? Why would this obscure event in Abraham’s life that refers to an ancient Canaanite king who happen to the be a priest of the most high God, continue forward in the culture extra biblically throughout all the generations all the way down to King David writing a song. So there could be all kinds of explanations but from a scholarship perspective, I think this is what holds the most water. Melchizedek is the first priest named in the Bible and he is a priest of the most high God, King of Salem. In David’s time, priests could only come from the tribe of Levi as mandated by the Mosaic law. And yet, Melchizedek was most certainly not a Levite, because Levi hadn’t been born yet in Abraham’s time, when this incident happened. So, in Abraham’s time, there is no Mosaic law because Moses hasn’t been born and there are no Levites, because Levi hasn’t been born. And yet, Melchizedek is a priest of the most high God. But most definitely not a Levite. But the Bible makes it clear that he’s a king. So, Melchizedek is a priest of the most high God, who is also a king. So, when David writes, Psalm 110 and he pens this song and writes these lyrics under the inspiration of God. A statement is being made. David is to be a priestly king in the order of Melchizedek. So, like Melchizedek was. And it so happens that David is king in Jerusalem, the same city. So, David is a king who is aligned with the priesthood. So, maybe not occupying the office and the function of the Levitical priesthood but nevertheless, the priesthood before God. And this is a bit of a big deal from a theological and from a cultural perspective in David’s time because they do have the Torah, they have the Mosaic law and it’s the underpinning of their entire society, and priests can only be Levites. And yet, David is to be a priestly king and the way that this can work is that David is being set aside by God, like Melchizedek, in the order of Melchizedek to serve in that role, even though he’s from the tribe of Judah and not the tribe of Levi. Okay, so I have to take a small bunny trail that applies directly to this. So, probably the most compelling theological understanding would place us back in the life of Moses. So, we know the story of Moses and you know, his childhood and him being placed in the river in a wicker basket and being raised by Pharaoh’s daughter and ending up killing an Egyptian and having to flee for his life and all of this. And the next thing you know, Moses is before a burning bush and God is calling him to set his people free from slavery in Egypt. God is telling him to go, and Moses is resisting.