September 21
Ezekiel 35 & Philemon 1
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Ezekiel 35

Chapter 35

35:1The word of the Lord came to me: 2"Son of man, turn your face toward Mount Seir and prophesy against it. 3Say to it: This is what the Lord God says:
Look! I am against you, Mount Seir.
I will stretch out My hand against you
and make you a desolate waste.
4I will turn your cities into ruins,
and you will become a desolation.
Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
5"Because you maintained an ancient hatred and handed over the Israelites to the power of the sword in the time of their disaster, the time of final punishment, 6therefore, as I live"-this is the declaration of the Lord God-"I will destine you for bloodshed, and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you. 7I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go. 8I will fill its mountains with the slain; those slain by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines. 9I will make you a perpetual desolation; your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
10"Because you said, 'These two nations and two lands will be mine, and we will possess them'-though the Lord was there- 11therefore, as I live"-the declaration of the Lord God-"I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them. I will make Myself known among them when I judge you. 12Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all the blasphemies you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, 'They are desolate. They have been given to us to devour!' 13You boasted against Me with your mouth, and spoke many words against Me. I heard it Myself!
14"This is what the Lord God says: While the whole world rejoices, I will make you a desolation. 15Just as you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it became a desolation, so I will deal with you: you will become a desolation, Mount Seir, and so will all Edom in its entirety. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

Philemon 1

Chapter 1

1:1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother:
To Philemon our dear friend and coworker, 2to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your home.
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4I always thank my God when I mention you in my prayers, 5because I hear of your love and faith toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints. 6I pray that your participation in the faith may become effective through knowing every good thing that is in us for the glory of Christ. 7For I have great joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
8For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right, 9I appeal to you, instead, on the basis of love. I, Paul, as an elderly man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus, 10appeal to you for my son, Onesimus. I fathered him while I was in chains. 11Once he was useless to you, but now he is useful both to you and to me. 12I am sending him back to you as a part of myself. 13I wanted to keep him with me, so that in my imprisonment for the gospel he might serve me in your place. 14But I didn't want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will. 15For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently, 16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave-as a dearly loved brother. He is especially so to me, but even more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
17So if you consider me a partner, accept him as you would me. 18And if he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. 19I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it-not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self. 20Yes, brother, may I have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ. 21Since I am confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. 22But meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.
23Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, and so do 24Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my coworkers.
25The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

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