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Ezekiel 36:1-19

Ezekiel 36:1-19

36:1"Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. 2This is what the Lord God says: Because the enemy has said about you, 'Good! The ancient heights have become our possession,' 3therefore, prophesy and say: This is what the Lord God says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you from every side, so that you became a possession for the rest of the nations and an object of people's gossip and slander, 4therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become plunder and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.
5"This is what the Lord God says: Certainly in My burning zeal I speak against the rest of the nations and all of Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted rejoicing and utter contempt so that its pastureland became plunder. 6Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: This is what the Lord God says: Look, I speak in My burning zeal because you have endured the insults of the nations. 7Therefore this is what the Lord God says: I swear that the nations all around you will endure their own insults.
8"You, mountains of Israel, will produce your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel, since their arrival is near. 9Look! I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown. 10I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. 11I will fill you with people and animals, and they will increase and be fruitful. I will make you inhabited as you once were and make you better off than you were before. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. 12I will cause people, My people Israel, to walk on you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer deprive them of their children.
13"This is what the Lord God says: Because people are saying to you, 'You devour men and deprive your nation of children,' 14therefore, you will no longer devour men and deprive your nation of children." This is the declaration of the Lord God. 15"I will no longer allow the insults of the nations to be heard against you, and you will not have to endure the reproach of the peoples anymore; you will no longer cause your nation to stumble." This is the declaration of the Lord God.
16The word of the Lord came to me: 17"Son of man, while the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions. Their behavior before Me was like menstrual impurity. 18So I poured out My wrath on them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols. 19I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered among the countries. I judged them according to their conduct and actions.

Hebrews 1

Chapter 1

1:1Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways. 2In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him. 3The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. 4So He became higher in rank than the angels, just as the name He inherited is superior to theirs.
5For to which of the angels did He ever say, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father, or again, I will be His Father, and He will be My Son? 6When He again brings His firstborn into the world, He says, And all God's angels must worship Him. 7And about the angels He says:
He makes His angels winds,
and His servants a fiery flame,
8but to the Son:
Your throne, God,
is forever and ever,
and the scepter of Your kingdom
is a scepter of justice.
9You have loved righteousness
and hated lawlessness;
this is why God, Your God,
has anointed You
with the oil of joy
rather than Your companions.
10And:
In the beginning, Lord,
You established the earth,
and the heavens are the works of Your hands;
11they will perish, but You remain.
They will all wear out like clothing;
12You will roll them up like a cloak,
and they will be changed like a robe.
But You are the same,
and Your years will never end.
13Now to which of the angels has He ever said:
Sit at My right hand
until I make Your enemies Your footstool?
14Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?

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