Study Desk

His death is his own fault, because he paid no attention to the warning. If he had paid attention, he could have escaped.

I may promise life to someone good, but if he starts thinking that his past goodness is enough and begins to sin, I will not remember any of the good he did. He will die because of his sins.

I will forgive the sins he has committed, and he will live because he has done what is right and good.

Because the sheep had no shepherd, they were scattered, and wild animals killed and ate them.

As surely as I am the living God, you had better listen to me. My sheep have been attacked by wild animals that killed and ate them because there was no shepherd. My shepherds did not try to find the sheep. They were taking care of themselves and not the sheep.

"I will look for those that are lost, bring back those that wander off, bandage those that are hurt, and heal those that are sick; but those that are fat and strong I will destroy, because I am a shepherd who does what is right.

"So prophesy to the land of Israel; tell the mountains, hills, brooks, and valleys what I, the Sovereign Lord , am saying in jealous anger because of the way the nations have insulted and humiliated them.

I let them feel the force of my anger because of the murders they had committed in the land and because of the idols by which they had defiled it.

Wherever they went, they brought disgrace on my holy name, because people would say, ‘These are the people of the Lord , but they had to leave his land.'

You will remember your evil conduct and the wrongs that you committed, and you will be disgusted with yourselves because of your sins and your iniquities.

They will not have to gather firewood in the fields or cut down trees in the forest, because they will have the abandoned weapons to burn. They will loot and plunder those who looted and plundered them." The Sovereign Lord has spoken.

And the nations will know that the Israelites went into exile because of the sins which they committed against me. I turned away from them and let their enemies defeat them and kill them in battle.

Then my people will know that I am the Lord their God. They will know this, because I sent them into captivity and now gather them and bring them back into their own land, not leaving even one of them behind.

He said to me, "Watch, mortal man. Listen carefully and pay close attention to everything I show you, because this is why you were brought here. You are to tell the people of Israel everything you see."

The rooms at the upper level of the building were narrower than those at the middle and lower levels because they were set further back.

The man said to me, "Both these buildings are holy. In them the priests who enter the Lord 's presence eat the holiest offerings. Because the rooms are holy, the priests will place the holiest offerings there: the offerings of grain and the sacrifices offered for sin or as repayment offerings.

and the Lord said to me, "This gate will stay closed and will never be opened. No human being is allowed to use it, because I, the Lord God of Israel, have entered through it. It is to remain closed.

But because they conducted the worship of idols for the people of Israel and in this way led the people into sin, I, the Sovereign Lord , solemnly swear that they must be punished.

On each bank of the stream all kinds of trees will grow to provide food. Their leaves will never wither, and they will never stop bearing fruit. They will have fresh fruit every month, because they are watered by the stream that flows from the Temple. The trees will provide food, and their leaves will be used for healing people."

At that, the king exclaimed, "Just as I thought! You are trying to gain time, because you see that I have made up my mind