Study Desk

How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.

He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

So I say, "My strength has perished along with my hope from the LORD."

They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

"Go away! Unclean!" men shouted at them. "Away, away! Do not touch us!" So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, "They can stay here no longer."

They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

So rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

So as the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them, and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose.

So I opened my mouth, and He fed me the scroll.

"Son of man," He said to me, "eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you." So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.

Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

For I have assigned you the years of their iniquity according to the number of days you lie down, 390 days; so you will bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.

So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled over the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.