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Ezekiel 23:25-49

Ezekiel 23:25-49

25When I vent My jealous rage on you, they will deal with you in wrath. They will cut off your nose and ears, and your descendants will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your descendants will be consumed by fire. 26They will strip off your clothes and take your beautiful jewelry. 27So I will put an end to your indecency and sexual immorality, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not look longingly at them or remember Egypt anymore.
28"For this is what the Lord God says: I am going to hand you over to those you hate, to those you turned away from in disgust. 29They will treat you with hatred, take all you have worked for, and leave you stark naked, so that the shame of your debauchery will be exposed, both your indecency and promiscuity. 30These things will be done to you because you acted like a prostitute with the nations, defiling yourself with their idols. 31You have followed the path of your sister, so I will put her cup in your hand."
32This is what the Lord God says:
You will drink your sister's cup,
which is deep and wide.
You will be an object of ridicule and scorn,
for it holds so much.
33You will be filled with drunkenness and grief,
with a cup of devastation and desolation,
the cup of your sister Samaria.
34You will drink it and drain it;
then you will gnaw its broken pieces,
and tear your breasts.
For I have spoken.

This is the declaration of the Lord God.
35Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: "Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and promiscuity."
36Then the Lord said to me: "Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare their detestable practices to them. 37For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. They have even made the children they bore to Me pass through the fire as food for the idols. 38They also did this to Me: they defiled My sanctuary on that same day and profaned My Sabbaths. 39On the same day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, that is what they did inside My house.
40"In addition, they sent for men who came from far away when a messenger was dispatched to them. And look how they came! You bathed, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry for them. 41You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and oil. 42The sound of a carefree crowd was there. Drunkards from the desert were brought in, along with common men. They put bracelets on the women's hands and beautiful crowns on their heads. 43Then I said concerning this woman worn out by adultery: Will they now have illicit sex with her, even her? 44Yet they had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. This is how they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those obscene women. 45But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses and those who shed blood are judged, for they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.
46"This is what the Lord God says: Summon an assembly against them and consign them to terror and plunder. 47The assembly will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses with fire. 48So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your indecent behavior. 49They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences for your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh."

1Timothy 3

Chapter 3

3:1This saying is trustworthy: "If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble work." 2An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher, 3not addicted to wine, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy- 4one who manages his own household competently, having his children under control with all dignity. 5(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God's church?) 6He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and fall into the condemnation of the Devil. 7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the Devil's trap.
8Deacons, likewise, should be worthy of respect, not hypocritical, not drinking a lot of wine, not greedy for money, 9holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10And they must also be tested first; if they prove blameless, then they can serve as deacons. 11Wives, too, must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything. 12Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently. 13For those who have served well as deacons acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
14I write these things to you, hoping to come to you soon. 15But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. 16And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated in the Spirit,
seen by angels,
preached among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.

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