Study Desk

Tell them, ‘I am something special for you to see. As I have done, so it will be done to them. They will be taken to another land and held there.'

The leader among them will load his things on his shoulder in the dark and go out. A hole will be dug through the wall for him to go through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.

Tell them, ‘The Lord God says, "I will make this saying come to an end, so that they will no longer use it as a saying in Israel.'" But tell them, ‘The days are near when all the special dreams from God will come true.

So tell them, ‘The Lord God says, "None of My words will be held back any longer. Whatever I say will be done,'" says the Lord God."

You have not gone up to the broken places to build the wall around the people of Israel so that it will stand in the battle on the day of the Lord.

So the Lord God says: "Because you have spoken false words and seen a lie, I am against you," says the Lord God.

So the Lord God says, "I will make a strong wind break out in My anger. There will also be a flood of rain in My anger, and large hailstones to destroy that wall.

I will break down the wall that you covered with whitewash. I will bring it down to the ground so that its base will be showing. And when it falls, you will be destroyed with it. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

So the Lord God says, "I am against your objects with secret powers that you wear on your arms with which you trap people like birds. I will tear them from your arms. And I will let the people go that you trap like birds.

You have made My good people sad because of your lies whom I did not want to hurt. But you have helped the sinful man, so that he does not turn from his sinful way and save his life.

So you women will no longer see false dreams or use your secret ways to learn the future. I will save My people from your hands. And then you will know that I am the Lord."

So speak to them and tell them, ‘The Lord God says, "Every man of Israel who has given his heart to false gods and lets them lead him into sin and then comes to the man of God, I the Lord will answer him, the answer that his many false gods should get,

"So tell the people of Israel, ‘The Lord God says, "Be sorry for your sins and turn away from your false gods. Turn your faces away from all your sinful ways.

This is so that the people of Israel may no longer turn away from Me, and no longer make themselves sinful with all their wrong-doing. They will be My people and I will be their God,"' says the Lord God."

"If I sent wild animals to pass through the land to kill its people and destroy it so that no one would go through it because of the wild animals,

So the Lord God says, ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees, which I have given to be burned in the fire, so will I give up the people of Jerusalem.

Then I passed by you and saw that you were old enough for love. So I spread my clothing over you and covered your body. I gave you my promise and made an agreement with you so that you became Mine," says the Lord God.

So you were dressed with gold and silver. Your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and beautiful cloth. You ate fine flour, honey, and oil. So you were very beautiful, and you became a queen.

You also set in front of them My bread which I gave you, the fine flour, oil and honey I gave you to eat. You gave it all to them as a special perfume. So it was," says the Lord God.

So I have raised My hand to punish you and have made your share smaller. I have given you over to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your sinful actions.