WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.840 Nancy: Welcome to immerse: the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:02.920 --> 00:00:04.380 day 200 and 73 00:00:04.769 --> 00:00:09.089 then this message came to me from the Lord Son of man. 00:00:09.449 --> 00:00:12.539 Turn and face the south and speak out against it. 00:00:13.109 --> 00:00:15.749 Prophesy against the brush lands of the Negev. 00:00:16.409 --> 00:00:17.999 Tell the southern wilderness. 00:00:18.539 --> 00:00:20.579 This is what the sovereign Lord says. 00:00:21.179 --> 00:00:22.919 Hear the word of the Lord. 00:00:23.729 --> 00:00:28.709 I will set you on fire and every tree, both green and dry. 00:00:29.114 --> 00:00:30.224 Will be burned. 00:00:31.094 --> 00:00:35.684 The terrible flames will not be quenched and will scorch everything from south 00:00:35.714 --> 00:00:41.234 to north, and everyone in the world will see that I, the Lord have set this fire. 00:00:41.834 --> 00:00:43.214 It will not be put out. 00:00:44.144 --> 00:00:47.594 Then I said, oh, sovereign Lord, they're saying of me. 00:00:47.864 --> 00:00:49.544 He only talks in riddles. 00:00:51.074 --> 00:00:53.354 Then this message came to me from the Lord. 00:00:54.209 --> 00:00:58.409 Son of man turn and face Jerusalem and prophesy against 00:00:58.409 --> 00:01:00.029 Israel and her sanctuaries. 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:03.809 Tell her this is what the Lord says. 00:01:04.469 --> 00:01:06.719 I am your enemy real. 00:01:07.349 --> 00:01:11.879 And I am about to uns sheath my sword to destroy your people, the 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:13.829 righteous and the wicked alike. 00:01:14.609 --> 00:01:18.029 Yes, I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked. 00:01:18.719 --> 00:01:23.039 I will draw my sword against everyone in the land from south to north. 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:26.699 Everyone in the world will know that I am the Lord. 00:01:27.659 --> 00:01:31.799 My sword is in my hand, and it will not return to its sheath 00:01:32.099 --> 00:01:33.449 until its work is finished. 00:01:34.559 --> 00:01:39.989 Son of man groan before the people groan before them with 00:01:39.989 --> 00:01:42.209 bitter anguish and a broken heart. 00:01:42.499 --> 00:01:47.999 When they ask why you are groaning, tell them I groan because of the 00:01:47.999 --> 00:01:49.889 terrifying news I have heard. 00:01:50.669 --> 00:01:54.719 When it comes true, the boldest heart will melt with fear. 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:57.089 All strength will disappear. 00:01:57.689 --> 00:01:59.399 Every spirit will faint. 00:01:59.969 --> 00:02:07.079 Strong knees will become as weak as water, and the sovereign Lord says it is coming. 00:02:07.649 --> 00:02:08.609 It's on its way. 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:15.479 Then the Lord said to me, son of man, give the people this message from the Lord. 00:02:16.589 --> 00:02:17.489 A sword. 00:02:17.849 --> 00:02:20.279 A sword is being sharpened and polished. 00:02:20.849 --> 00:02:25.739 It is sharpened for terrible slaughter and polished a flash like lightning. 00:02:26.609 --> 00:02:32.249 Now will you laugh those far stronger than you have fallen beneath its power. 00:02:33.029 --> 00:02:36.209 Yes, the sword is now being sharpened and polished. 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:38.819 It is being prepared for the executioner. 00:02:39.809 --> 00:02:40.709 Son of man. 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:42.509 Cry out and wail. 00:02:42.899 --> 00:02:45.209 Pound your thighs in anguish. 00:02:45.824 --> 00:02:48.854 For that sword will slaughter my people and their leaders. 00:02:49.394 --> 00:02:50.774 Everyone will die. 00:02:51.524 --> 00:02:53.294 It will put them all to the test. 00:02:53.864 --> 00:02:55.154 What chance do they have? 00:02:55.544 --> 00:02:58.694 Says the sovereign Lord, son of man. 00:02:58.964 --> 00:03:01.274 Prophesy to them and clap your hands. 00:03:01.994 --> 00:03:05.864 Then take the sword and brandish it twice, even three times. 00:03:06.224 --> 00:03:08.204 To symbolize the great massacre. 00:03:08.774 --> 00:03:11.264 The great massacre facing them on every side. 00:03:12.134 --> 00:03:14.384 Let their hearts melt with terror. 00:03:14.744 --> 00:03:19.304 For the sword glitters at every gate, it flashes like lightning 00:03:19.574 --> 00:03:21.434 and is polished for slaughter. 00:03:22.274 --> 00:03:26.354 Oh, sword slash to the right, then slash to the left. 00:03:26.804 --> 00:03:29.474 Wherever you will, wherever you want. 00:03:30.344 --> 00:03:34.484 I too will clap my hands and I will satisfy my fury. 00:03:35.114 --> 00:03:37.574 I the Lord have spoken. 00:03:39.134 --> 00:03:41.294 Then this message came to me from the Lord. 00:03:42.044 --> 00:03:46.664 Son of man make a map and trace two routes on it for the sword 00:03:46.664 --> 00:03:48.164 of Babylon's King to follow. 00:03:49.064 --> 00:03:52.364 Put a signpost on the road that comes out of Babylon where the road 00:03:52.364 --> 00:03:58.484 forks into two one road going to Amon and its capital Rabbi and the other 00:03:58.484 --> 00:04:00.884 to Judah and fortified Jerusalem. 00:04:01.604 --> 00:04:05.204 The king of Babylon now stands at the fork uncertain whether 00:04:05.204 --> 00:04:07.094 to attack Jerusalem or Rabbi. 00:04:07.844 --> 00:04:10.274 He calls his magicians to look for omens. 00:04:11.009 --> 00:04:13.709 They cast lots by shaking arrows from the quiver. 00:04:14.399 --> 00:04:16.829 They inspect the livers of animal sacrifices. 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:22.169 The omen in his right hand says Jerusalem with battering rams. 00:04:22.174 --> 00:04:25.709 As soldiers will go against the gates shouting for the kill, 00:04:26.579 --> 00:04:29.939 they will put up siege towers and build ramps against the walls. 00:04:30.749 --> 00:04:34.919 The people of Jerusalem will think it is a false omen because of their treaty with 00:04:34.919 --> 00:04:40.139 the Babylonians, but the King of Babylon will remind the people of their rebellion. 00:04:40.814 --> 00:04:43.454 Then he will attack and capture them. 00:04:44.324 --> 00:04:49.784 Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says again and again. 00:04:49.784 --> 00:04:52.424 You remind me of your sin and your guilt. 00:04:53.144 --> 00:04:58.004 You don't even try to hide it in everything you do, your sins 00:04:58.009 --> 00:04:59.864 are obvious for all to see. 00:05:00.644 --> 00:05:05.024 So now the time of your punishment has come, oh, you corrupt 00:05:05.024 --> 00:05:06.674 and wicked Prince of Israel. 00:05:07.094 --> 00:05:09.104 Your final day of reckoning is here. 00:05:09.974 --> 00:05:15.944 This is what the sovereign Lord says, take off your jeweled crown for the old order 00:05:15.944 --> 00:05:22.214 changes now the lowly will be exalted and the mighty will be brought down. 00:05:22.904 --> 00:05:23.894 Destruction. 00:05:23.984 --> 00:05:25.064 Destruction. 00:05:25.664 --> 00:05:29.234 I will surely destroy the kingdom and it will not be 00:05:29.234 --> 00:05:31.064 restored until the one appears. 00:05:31.064 --> 00:05:32.474 Who has the right to judge it? 00:05:33.344 --> 00:05:35.054 Then I will hand it over to him. 00:05:36.374 --> 00:05:40.904 Now son of man prophesy concerning the Ammonites and their mockery. 00:05:41.594 --> 00:05:44.084 Give them this message from the sovereign Lord. 00:05:45.254 --> 00:05:46.034 A sword. 00:05:46.214 --> 00:05:48.374 A sword is drawn for your slaughter. 00:05:48.974 --> 00:05:52.304 It is polished to destroy flashing like lightning. 00:05:53.264 --> 00:05:57.854 Your prophets have given false visions and your fortune tellers have told lies. 00:05:58.634 --> 00:06:02.204 The sword will fall on the necks of the wicked for whom the day 00:06:02.204 --> 00:06:03.884 of final reckoning has come. 00:06:04.829 --> 00:06:10.169 Now return the sword to its sheath for in your own country, the land of your birth. 00:06:10.799 --> 00:06:12.569 I will pass judgment upon you. 00:06:13.619 --> 00:06:16.799 I will pour out my fury on you and blow on you. 00:06:16.799 --> 00:06:21.239 With the fire of my anger, I will hand you over to cruel men 00:06:21.509 --> 00:06:23.009 who are skilled in destruction. 00:06:23.329 --> 00:06:28.709 You will be fuel for the fire and your blood will be spilled in your own land. 00:06:29.669 --> 00:06:33.749 You will be utterly wiped out your memory loss to history. 00:06:34.274 --> 00:06:38.834 For I The Lord have spoken now. 00:06:38.834 --> 00:06:42.644 This message came to me from the Lord, son of man. 00:06:43.094 --> 00:06:44.984 Are you ready to judge Jerusalem? 00:06:45.614 --> 00:06:48.284 Are you ready to judge this city of murderers? 00:06:49.064 --> 00:06:49.634 Publicly? 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:54.074 Denounce her detestable sins and give her this message From the sovereign 00:06:54.074 --> 00:07:01.754 Lord o City of Murderers, doomed and damned city of idols, filthy and foul. 00:07:02.939 --> 00:07:05.669 You are guilty because of the blood you have shed. 00:07:06.539 --> 00:07:09.449 You are defiled because of the idols you have made. 00:07:10.289 --> 00:07:12.509 Your day of destruction has come. 00:07:13.169 --> 00:07:15.209 You have reached the end of your years. 00:07:16.049 --> 00:07:19.049 I will make you an object of mockery throughout the world. 00:07:19.859 --> 00:07:23.069 Oh, infamous city, filled with confusion. 00:07:23.789 --> 00:07:26.609 You will be mocked by people far and near. 00:07:27.974 --> 00:07:32.114 Every leader in Israel who lives within your walls is bent on murder. 00:07:32.774 --> 00:07:35.384 Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. 00:07:36.194 --> 00:07:38.714 Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. 00:07:39.704 --> 00:07:43.274 Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you. 00:07:44.054 --> 00:07:47.954 You despise my holy things and violate my Sabbath. 00:07:47.954 --> 00:07:53.654 Days of rest people accuse others falsely and send them to their death. 00:07:54.509 --> 00:07:58.649 You are filled with idol worshipers and people who do obscene things. 00:07:59.549 --> 00:08:03.749 Men sleep with their father's wives and force themselves on women who 00:08:03.749 --> 00:08:06.779 are menstruating within your walls. 00:08:06.779 --> 00:08:07.019 Live. 00:08:07.024 --> 00:08:10.979 Men who commit adultery with their neighbor's wives who defile their 00:08:10.984 --> 00:08:17.609 daughters-in-law or who rape their own sisters, there are hired murderers, lone 00:08:17.609 --> 00:08:20.819 racketeers, and extortioners everywhere. 00:08:21.614 --> 00:08:25.574 They never even think of me in my commands, says the sovereign Lord. 00:08:26.654 --> 00:08:32.054 But now I clap my hands and indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed. 00:08:32.864 --> 00:08:34.874 How strong and courageous will you be? 00:08:34.874 --> 00:08:41.264 In my day of reckoning, I, the Lord have spoken and I will do what I said. 00:08:42.194 --> 00:08:46.454 I will scatter you among the nations and purge you of your wickedness. 00:08:47.294 --> 00:08:50.174 And when I have been dishonored among the nations because of you. 00:08:50.534 --> 00:08:53.024 You will know that I am the Lord. 00:08:54.614 --> 00:08:58.784 Then this message came to me from the Lord, son of man. 00:08:59.024 --> 00:09:03.854 The people of Israel are the worthless slag that remains after silver is smelted. 00:09:04.904 --> 00:09:08.384 They're the dross that is left over a useless mixture 00:09:08.384 --> 00:09:11.354 of copper, tin, iron, and led. 00:09:12.164 --> 00:09:16.544 So tell them this is what the sovereign Lord says because 00:09:16.549 --> 00:09:18.344 you are all worthless slag. 00:09:18.929 --> 00:09:21.179 I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem. 00:09:21.839 --> 00:09:28.769 Just as silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are melted down in a furnace, I will 00:09:28.769 --> 00:09:31.109 melt you down in the heat of my fury. 00:09:32.099 --> 00:09:36.779 I will gather you together and blow the fire of my anger upon you, and you 00:09:36.779 --> 00:09:39.059 will melt like silver and fierce heat. 00:09:40.049 --> 00:09:44.309 Then you will know that I, the Lord have poured out my fury on you. 00:09:46.064 --> 00:09:50.294 Again, a message came to me from the Lord, son of man. 00:09:50.834 --> 00:09:55.214 Give the people of Israel this message in the day of my indignation. 00:09:55.604 --> 00:09:58.994 You will be like a polluted land, a land without rain. 00:09:59.654 --> 00:10:03.764 Your princes plot conspiracies just as lions stalk their prey. 00:10:04.574 --> 00:10:08.834 They devour innocent people, seizing treasures and extorting wealth. 00:10:09.704 --> 00:10:11.684 They make many widows in the land. 00:10:12.539 --> 00:10:17.189 Your priests have violated my instructions and defiled my holy things. 00:10:18.059 --> 00:10:22.889 They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not, and they do not 00:10:22.889 --> 00:10:27.329 teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. 00:10:28.289 --> 00:10:32.399 They disregard my Sabbath days so that I am dishonored among them. 00:10:33.359 --> 00:10:36.749 Your leaders are like wolves who tear apart their victims. 00:10:37.289 --> 00:10:40.199 They actually destroy people's lives for money. 00:10:41.369 --> 00:10:44.789 And your prophets cover up for them by announcing false visions 00:10:45.119 --> 00:10:47.069 and making lying predictions. 00:10:47.819 --> 00:10:50.729 They say, my message is from the sovereign Lord. 00:10:51.209 --> 00:10:53.609 When the Lord hasn't spoken a single word to them. 00:10:54.449 --> 00:10:58.589 Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and 00:10:58.589 --> 00:11:00.479 deprive foreigners of justice. 00:11:01.619 --> 00:11:04.199 I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of 00:11:04.199 --> 00:11:06.149 righteousness that guards the land. 00:11:07.019 --> 00:11:11.279 I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn't have to 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:14.309 destroy the land, but I found no one. 00:11:15.179 --> 00:11:19.409 So now I will pour out my fury on them, consuming them. 00:11:19.409 --> 00:11:23.159 With the fire of my anger, I will heap on their heads the 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:25.289 full penalty for all their sins. 00:11:26.099 --> 00:11:28.769 I the sovereign Lord have spoken. 00:11:30.389 --> 00:11:32.369 This message came to me from the Lord. 00:11:33.044 --> 00:11:34.904 Son of man once. 00:11:34.904 --> 00:11:37.484 There were two sisters who were daughters of the same mother. 00:11:38.234 --> 00:11:39.974 They became prostitutes in Egypt. 00:11:40.784 --> 00:11:42.044 Even as young girls. 00:11:42.584 --> 00:11:44.774 They allowed men to fondle their breasts. 00:11:45.674 --> 00:11:49.514 The older girl was named Olla and her sister was Olba. 00:11:50.004 --> 00:11:53.444 I married them and they bore me sons and daughters. 00:11:54.554 --> 00:12:01.394 I am speaking of Samaria and Jerusalem for Ola is Samaria and Uba is Jerusalem. 00:12:02.564 --> 00:12:07.214 Then Ola lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her 00:12:07.214 --> 00:12:09.044 love to the Assyrian officers. 00:12:10.004 --> 00:12:14.444 They were all attractive young men, captains and commanders dressed 00:12:14.444 --> 00:12:19.514 in handsome blue charioteers driving their horses, and so she 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:24.524 prostituted herself with the most desirable men of Assyria, worshiping 00:12:24.524 --> 00:12:26.654 their idols and defiling herself. 00:12:27.674 --> 00:12:31.904 For when she left Egypt, she did not leave her spirit of prostitution behind. 00:12:32.744 --> 00:12:38.474 She was still as lewd as in her youth when the Egyptians slept with her, fondled her 00:12:38.474 --> 00:12:40.544 breasts, and used her as a prostitute. 00:12:41.564 --> 00:12:47.474 And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much, they 00:12:47.474 --> 00:12:52.064 stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. 00:12:52.904 --> 00:12:56.264 After she received her punishment, her reputation was known 00:12:56.264 --> 00:12:58.064 to every woman in the land. 00:12:59.084 --> 00:13:03.824 Yet, even though Olba saw what had happened to Olla her sister, she 00:13:03.824 --> 00:13:09.494 followed right in her footsteps and she was even more depraved, abandoning 00:13:09.494 --> 00:13:11.834 herself to her lust and prostitution. 00:13:12.734 --> 00:13:17.324 She fawned over all the Assyrian officers, those captains and 00:13:17.324 --> 00:13:19.574 commanders, and handsome uniforms. 00:13:20.234 --> 00:13:25.604 Those charioteers driving their horses, all of them attractive young men. 00:13:26.384 --> 00:13:31.154 I saw the way she was going defiling herself just like her older sister. 00:13:32.354 --> 00:13:34.904 Then she carried her prostitution even further. 00:13:35.504 --> 00:13:38.354 She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall. 00:13:39.124 --> 00:13:45.464 Pictures of Babylonian military officers outfitted in striking red uniforms. 00:13:46.439 --> 00:13:51.689 Handsome belts encircled their waists and flowing turbans crowned their heads. 00:13:52.589 --> 00:13:56.249 They were dressed like chariot officers from the land of Babylonia. 00:13:57.179 --> 00:14:02.069 When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so 00:14:02.069 --> 00:14:05.759 she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her. 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:11.969 So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. 00:14:13.109 --> 00:14:14.309 After being defiled. 00:14:14.369 --> 00:14:18.929 However, she rejected them in disgust in the same way. 00:14:19.199 --> 00:14:25.319 I became disgusted with Olba and rejected her just as I had rejected her sister 00:14:25.829 --> 00:14:30.779 because she flaunt herself before them and gave herself to satisfy their lusts. 00:14:31.729 --> 00:14:36.329 Yet she turned to even greater prostitution, remembering her youth 00:14:36.329 --> 00:14:38.069 when she was a prostitute in Egypt. 00:14:39.149 --> 00:14:43.229 She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as the donkeys 00:14:43.589 --> 00:14:45.869 and emissions like those of a horse. 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:53.219 And so olba, you relived your former days as a young girl in Egypt when 00:14:53.219 --> 00:14:58.549 you first allowed your breasts to be fondled, therefore, olba, this 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:00.449 is what the sovereign Lord says. 00:15:01.229 --> 00:15:04.379 I will send your lovers against you from every direction. 00:15:05.114 --> 00:15:10.784 Those very nations from which you turned away and discussed for the Babylonians 00:15:10.784 --> 00:15:17.414 will come with all the Chaldeans from Peacock and Shoa and Koa, and all 00:15:17.414 --> 00:15:19.274 the Assyrians will come with them. 00:15:19.694 --> 00:15:25.124 Handsome young captains, commanders, chariot officers, and other high ranking 00:15:25.124 --> 00:15:27.344 officers all riding their horses. 00:15:28.379 --> 00:15:32.789 They will all come against you from the north with chariots, wagons, and 00:15:32.789 --> 00:15:34.889 a great army prepared for attack. 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:40.079 They will take up positions on every side surrounding you with men armed 00:15:40.079 --> 00:15:44.519 with shields and helmets, and I will hand you over to them for punishment 00:15:44.999 --> 00:15:47.069 so they can do with you as they please. 00:15:48.089 --> 00:15:52.499 I will turn my jealous anger against you and they will deal harshly with you. 00:15:53.264 --> 00:15:57.284 They will cut off your nose and ears and any survivors will then 00:15:57.284 --> 00:15:58.934 be slaughtered by the sword. 00:15:59.864 --> 00:16:01.574 Your children will be taken away. 00:16:01.574 --> 00:16:05.264 Its captives and everything that is left will be burned. 00:16:05.864 --> 00:16:11.144 They will strip you of your beautiful clothes and jewels In this way, I 00:16:11.174 --> 00:16:14.954 will put a stop to the lewdness and prostitution you brought from Egypt. 00:16:15.794 --> 00:16:20.594 You will never again cast longing eyes on those things or fondly. 00:16:20.594 --> 00:16:22.244 Remember your time in Egypt. 00:16:23.099 --> 00:16:27.449 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says, I will surely hand you 00:16:27.449 --> 00:16:31.769 over to your enemies, to those you loathe, those you rejected. 00:16:32.579 --> 00:16:35.819 They will treat you with hatred and rob you of all you 00:16:35.819 --> 00:16:38.099 own, leaving you stark naked. 00:16:38.969 --> 00:16:42.689 The shame of your prostitution will be exposed to all the world. 00:16:43.709 --> 00:16:48.089 You brought all this on yourself By prostituting yourself to other nations, 00:16:48.479 --> 00:16:50.849 defiling yourself with all their idols. 00:16:51.854 --> 00:16:55.874 Because you have followed in your sister's footsteps, I will force you to 00:16:55.874 --> 00:16:58.484 drink the same cup of terror she drank. 00:16:59.264 --> 00:16:59.804 Yes. 00:17:00.404 --> 00:17:04.244 This is what the sovereign Lord says, you will drink from 00:17:04.244 --> 00:17:06.014 your sister's cup of terror. 00:17:06.584 --> 00:17:08.444 A cup that is large and deep. 00:17:09.404 --> 00:17:10.724 It is filled to the brimm. 00:17:10.784 --> 00:17:16.754 With scorn and derision, drunkenness and anguish will fill you for 00:17:16.754 --> 00:17:20.114 your cup is filled to the brimm with distress and desolation. 00:17:20.909 --> 00:17:26.669 The same cup your sister Samaria drank, you will drain that cup of terror to the 00:17:26.669 --> 00:17:32.699 very bottom, then you will smash it to pieces and beat your breast in anguish. 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:39.119 I the sovereign Lord have spoken and because you have forgotten me 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:43.169 and turned your back on me, this is what the sovereign Lord says. 00:17:43.919 --> 00:17:47.849 You must bear the consequences of all your lewdness and prostitution. 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:54.359 The Lord said to me, son of man, you must accuse olah and olba 00:17:54.629 --> 00:17:56.489 of all their detestable sins. 00:17:57.329 --> 00:18:01.739 They have committed both adultery and murder, adultery 00:18:01.739 --> 00:18:03.659 by worshiping idols and murder. 00:18:03.659 --> 00:18:06.779 By burning his sacrifices, the children they bore to me. 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:12.449 Furthermore, they have defiled my temple and violated my Sabbath day. 00:18:13.334 --> 00:18:17.324 On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they 00:18:17.324 --> 00:18:19.634 boldly came into my temple to worship. 00:18:20.444 --> 00:18:23.324 They came in and defiled my house. 00:18:24.524 --> 00:18:28.004 You sisters sent messengers to distant lands to get men. 00:18:28.604 --> 00:18:33.374 Then when they arrived, you bathed yourselves, painted your eyelids, and 00:18:33.374 --> 00:18:35.564 put on your finest jewels for them. 00:18:36.584 --> 00:18:40.994 You sat with them on a beautifully embroidered couch and put my incense 00:18:40.994 --> 00:18:46.214 and my special oil on a table that was spread before you from your room 00:18:46.214 --> 00:18:48.584 came the sound of many men, carousing. 00:18:49.304 --> 00:18:54.494 They were lustful men and drunkards from the wilderness who put bracelets on your 00:18:54.494 --> 00:18:57.374 wrists and beautiful crowns on your heads. 00:18:58.364 --> 00:19:02.654 Then I said, if they really want to have sex with old, worn out 00:19:02.654 --> 00:19:05.174 prostitutes like these, let them. 00:19:06.269 --> 00:19:07.439 That is what they did. 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:14.249 They had sex with Ola and Olba, these shameless prostitutes, but righteous 00:19:14.249 --> 00:19:17.459 people will judge these sister cities for what they really are. 00:19:18.089 --> 00:19:20.459 Adulterers and murderers. 00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:25.799 Now, this is what the sovereign Lord says, bring an army against them 00:19:26.069 --> 00:19:30.839 and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered for their enemies will 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:33.119 stone them and kill them with swords. 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:36.929 They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes. 00:19:37.769 --> 00:19:43.139 In this way, I will put an end to lewdness and idolatry in the land and my 00:19:43.139 --> 00:19:45.419 judgment will be a warning to all women. 00:19:45.449 --> 00:19:47.789 Not to follow your wicked example. 00:19:48.809 --> 00:19:53.879 You will be fully repaid for all your prostitution you worship of idols. 00:19:54.449 --> 00:19:57.299 Yes, you will suffer the full penalty. 00:19:57.899 --> 00:20:01.169 Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord. 00:20:02.654 --> 00:20:06.644 On January 15th, during the ninth year of King Jo Jolla Kin's 00:20:06.644 --> 00:20:11.774 Captivity, this message came to me from the Lord Son of Man. 00:20:11.864 --> 00:20:16.304 Write down today's date because on this very day, the King of Babylon is 00:20:16.304 --> 00:20:18.374 beginning his attack against Jerusalem. 00:20:19.244 --> 00:20:24.344 Then give these rebels and illustration with this message from the sovereign Lord. 00:20:25.394 --> 00:20:28.184 Put a pot on the fire and pour in some water. 00:20:28.574 --> 00:20:30.224 Fill it with choice pieces of meat. 00:20:30.944 --> 00:20:33.914 The rump and the shoulder and all the most tender cuts. 00:20:34.784 --> 00:20:39.314 Use only the best cheap from the flock and heap fuel on the fire beneath the pot. 00:20:39.884 --> 00:20:43.514 Bring the pot to a boil and cook the bones along with the meat. 00:20:44.564 --> 00:20:46.754 Now this is what the sovereign Lord says. 00:20:47.714 --> 00:20:47.954 What? 00:20:47.954 --> 00:20:51.404 Sorrow awaits Jerusalem, the city of murderers. 00:20:52.244 --> 00:20:55.364 She is a cooking pod whose corruption can't be cleaned out. 00:20:56.549 --> 00:21:00.659 Take the meat out in random order for no peace is better than another. 00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:05.009 For the blood of her murders is splashed on the rocks. 00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:09.359 It isn't even spilled on the ground where the dust could cover it. 00:21:10.229 --> 00:21:16.139 So I will splash her blood on a rock for all to see an expression of my 00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:18.329 anger and vengeance against her. 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:21.749 This is what the sovereign Lord says. 00:21:22.889 --> 00:21:24.989 What sorrow awaits Jerusalem. 00:21:25.109 --> 00:21:29.849 The city of murderers, I myself will pile up the fuel beneath her. 00:21:30.389 --> 00:21:30.869 Yes. 00:21:30.899 --> 00:21:32.039 Heap on the wood. 00:21:32.849 --> 00:21:35.519 Let the fire roar to make the pot boil. 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:40.499 Cook the meat with many spices and afterward burn the bones. 00:21:41.429 --> 00:21:43.559 Now set the empty pot on the coals. 00:21:43.949 --> 00:21:47.969 Heated red hot, burn away the filth and corruption. 00:21:48.644 --> 00:21:49.544 It's hopeless. 00:21:49.904 --> 00:21:54.374 The corruption can't be cleaned out, so throw it into the fire. 00:21:55.004 --> 00:21:59.354 Your impurity is your lewdness and the corruption of your idolatry. 00:22:00.164 --> 00:22:06.464 I tried to cleanse you, but you refused, so now you will remain in your filth until 00:22:06.464 --> 00:22:09.224 my fury against you has been satisfied. 00:22:10.454 --> 00:22:16.664 I, the Lord have spoken, the time has come and I won't hold back. 00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:21.659 I will not change my mind and I will have no pity on you. 00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:25.919 You will be judged on the basis of all your wicked actions, 00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:27.839 says the sovereign Lord. 00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:34.679 Then this message came to me from the Lord, son of man with one blow. 00:22:34.679 --> 00:22:36.749 I will take away your dearest treasure. 00:22:37.499 --> 00:22:39.659 Yet you must not show any sorrow at her death. 00:22:40.424 --> 00:22:41.474 Do not weep. 00:22:41.684 --> 00:22:48.014 Let there be no tears groan silently, but let there be no wailing at her grave. 00:22:48.854 --> 00:22:51.884 Do not uncover your head or take off your sandals. 00:22:52.484 --> 00:22:57.104 Do not perform the usual rituals of mourning or accept any food 00:22:57.164 --> 00:22:59.114 brought to you by consoling friends. 00:23:00.104 --> 00:23:03.734 So I proclaimed this to the people the next morning and in the evening. 00:23:03.734 --> 00:23:06.974 My wife died the next morning. 00:23:06.974 --> 00:23:08.924 I did everything I had been told to do. 00:23:09.689 --> 00:23:12.299 Then the people asked, what does all this mean? 00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:14.159 What are you trying to tell us? 00:23:15.269 --> 00:23:20.729 So I said to them, A message came to me from the Lord and I was told to give 00:23:20.734 --> 00:23:22.679 this message to the people of Israel. 00:23:23.729 --> 00:23:28.379 This is what the sovereign Lord says, I will defile my temple. 00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:33.449 The source of your security and pride, the place your heart delights in. 00:23:34.574 --> 00:23:37.604 Your sons and daughters whom you left behind in Judah will 00:23:37.604 --> 00:23:39.164 be slaughtered by the sword. 00:23:40.064 --> 00:23:42.194 Then you will do as Ezekiel has done. 00:23:43.064 --> 00:23:47.054 You will not mourn in public or console yourselves by eating 00:23:47.054 --> 00:23:48.674 the food brought by friends. 00:23:49.544 --> 00:23:53.624 Your heads will remain covered and your sandals will not be taken off. 00:23:54.584 --> 00:23:59.984 You will not mourn or weep, but you'll waste away because of your sins. 00:24:01.364 --> 00:24:04.904 You will groan among yourselves for all the evil you have done. 00:24:05.894 --> 00:24:07.964 Ezekiel is an example for you. 00:24:08.114 --> 00:24:12.854 You will do just as he has done, and when that time comes, you'll 00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:15.254 know that I am the sovereign Lord. 00:24:16.334 --> 00:24:20.654 Then the Lord said to me, son of man, on the day I take away their 00:24:20.654 --> 00:24:26.564 stronghold, their joy and glory, their heart's desire, their dearest treasure. 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:30.299 I will also take away their sons and daughters. 00:24:31.529 --> 00:24:35.249 And on that day, a survivor from Jerusalem will come to you in Babylon 00:24:35.609 --> 00:24:36.899 and tell you what has happened. 00:24:37.739 --> 00:24:40.919 And when he arrives, your voice will suddenly return. 00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:44.729 So you can talk to him and you will be a symbol for these people. 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:48.359 Then they will know that I am the Lord. 00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:53.249 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.299 Thank you for joining us.