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GOD's Message came to me:

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The word of the LORD came to me:

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And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Then this message came to me from the LORD:

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"Son of man, preach against the prophets of Israel who are making things up out of their own heads and calling it "prophesying.'"Preach to them the real thing. Tell them, "Listen to GOD's Message!'

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"Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: 'Hear the word of the LORD!

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"Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, "Hear the word of the LORD!"'

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"Son of man, speak against the false prophets of Israel who are inventing their own prophecies. Tell them to listen to the word of the LORD.

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GOD, the Master, pronounces doom on the empty-headed prophets who do their own thing and know nothing of what's going on!

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This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

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Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

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This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Destruction is certain for the false prophets who are following their own imaginations and have seen nothing at all!

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Your prophets, Israel, are like jackals scavenging through the ruins.

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Your prophets, O Israel, are like jackals among ruins.

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O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the deserts.

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"O people of Israel, these prophets of yours are like jackals digging around in the ruins.

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They haven't lifted a finger to repair the defenses of the city and have risked nothing to help Israel stand on GOD's Day of Judgment.

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You have not gone up to the breaks in the wall to repair it for the house of Israel so that it will stand firm in the battle on the day of the LORD.

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You have not gone up into the gaps to build a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle on the day of the LORD.

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They have done nothing to strengthen the breaks in the walls around the nation. They have not helped it to stand firm in battle on the day of the LORD.

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All they do is fantasize comforting illusions and preach lying sermons. They say "GOD says...' when GOD hasn't so much as breathed in their direction. And yet they stand around thinking that something they said is going to happen.

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Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. They say, "The LORD declares," when the LORD has not sent them; yet they expect their words to be fulfilled.

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They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, "Thus says the LORD!' But the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed.

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Instead, they have lied and said, `My message is from the LORD,' even though the LORD never sent them. And yet they expect him to fulfill their prophecies!

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"Haven't you fantasized sheer nonsense? Aren't your sermons tissues of lies, saying "GOD says...' when I've done nothing of the kind?

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Have you not seen false visions and uttered lying divinations when you say, "The LORD declares," though I have not spoken?

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Have you not seen a futile vision, and have you not spoken false divination? You say, "The LORD says,' but I have not spoken."

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Can your visions be anything but false if you claim, `This message is from the LORD,' when I have not even spoken to you?

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Therefore--and this is the Message of GOD, the Master, remember--I'm dead set against prophets who substitute illusions for visions and use sermons to tell lies.

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"'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because of your false words and lying visions, I am against you, declares the Sovereign LORD.

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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you," says the Lord GOD.

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"Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because what you say is false and your visions are a lie, I will stand against you, says the Sovereign LORD.

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I'm going to ban them from the council of my people, remove them from membership in Israel, and outlaw them from the land of Israel. Then you'll realize that I am GOD, the Master.

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My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.

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"My hand will be against the prophets who envision futility and who divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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I will raise my fist against all the lying prophets, and they will be banished from the community of Israel. I will blot their names from Israel's record books, and they will never again see their own land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD!

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"The fact is that they've lied to my people. They've said, "No problem; everything's just fine,' when things are not at all fine. When people build a wall, they're right behind them slapping on whitewash.

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"'Because they lead my people astray, saying, "Peace," when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,

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"Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, "Peace!' when there is no peace--and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with untempered mortar--

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"These evil prophets deceive my people by saying, `All is peaceful!' when there is no peace at all! It's as if the people have built a flimsy wall, and these prophets are trying to hold it together by covering it with whitewash!

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Tell those who are slapping on the whitewash, "When a torrent of rain comes and the hailstones crash down and the hurricane sweeps in

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therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurtling down, and violent winds will burst forth.

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say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down.

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Tell these whitewashers that their wall will soon fall down. A heavy rainstorm will undermine it; great hailstones and mighty winds will knock it down.

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and the wall collapses, what's the good of the whitewash that you slapped on so liberally, making it look so good?'

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When the wall collapses, will people not ask you, "Where is the whitewash you covered it with?"

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Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, "Where is the mortar with which you plastered it?"'

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And when the wall falls, the people will cry out, `Where is the whitewash you applied?'

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"And that's exactly what will happen. I, GOD, the Master, say so: "I'll let the hurricane of my wrath loose, a torrent of my hailstone-anger.

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"'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones and torrents of rain will fall with destructive fury.

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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it.

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"Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury.

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I'll make that wall you've slapped with whitewash collapse. I'll level it to the ground so that only the foundation stones will be left. And in the ruin you'll all die. You'll realize then that I am GOD.

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I will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the LORD.

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So I will break down the wall you have plastered with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.

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I will break down your wall right to the foundation, and when it falls, it will crush you. Then you will know that I am the LORD!

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I'll dump my wrath on that wall, all of it, and on those who plastered it with whitewash. I will say to them, There is no wall, and those who did such a good job of whitewashing it wasted their time,

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So I will spend my wrath against the wall and against those who covered it with whitewash. I will say to you, "The wall is gone and so are those who whitewashed it,

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"Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with untempered mortar; and I will say to you, "The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it,

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At last my anger against the wall and those who covered it with whitewash will be satisfied. Then I will say to you: `The wall and those who whitewashed it are both gone.

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those prophets of Israel who preached to Jerusalem and announced all their visions telling us things were just fine when they weren't at all fine. Decree of GOD, the Master.'

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those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign LORD."'

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that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,"' says the Lord GOD.

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They were lying prophets who claimed peace would come to Jerusalem when there was no peace. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!'

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"And the women prophets--son of man, take your stand against the women prophets who make up stuff out of their own minds. Oppose them.

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"Now, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them

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"Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them,

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"Now, son of man, also speak out against the women who prophesy from their own imaginations.

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Say "Doom' to the women who sew magic bracelets and head scarves to suit every taste, devices to trap souls. Say, "Will you kill the souls of my people, use living souls to make yourselves rich and popular?

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and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own?

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and say, "Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their sleeves and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive?

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This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Destruction is certain for you women who are ensnaring the souls of my people, both young and old alike. You tie magic charms on their wrists and furnish them with magic veils. Do you think you can trap others without bringing destruction on yourselves?

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You have profaned me among my people just to get ahead yourselves, used me to make yourselves look good--killing souls who should never have died and coddling souls who shouldn't live. You've lied to people who love listening to lies.'

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You have profaned me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.

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And will you profane Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?"

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You turn my people away from me for a few handfuls of barley or a piece of bread. By lying to my people who love to listen to lies, you kill those who should not die, and you promise life to those who should not live.

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"Therefore GOD says, "I am against all the devices and techniques you use to hunt down souls. I'll rip them out of your hands. I'll free the souls you're trying to catch.

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"'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free the people that you ensnare like birds.

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"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against your magic charms by which you hunt souls there like birds. I will tear them from your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you hunt like birds.

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"And so the Sovereign LORD says: I am against all your magic charms, which you use to ensnare my people like birds. I will tear them from your arms, setting my people free like birds set free from a cage.

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I'll rip your magic bracelets and scarves to shreds and deliver my people from your influence so they'll no longer be victimized by you. That's how you'll come to realize that I am GOD.

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I will tear off your veils and save my people from your hands, and they will no longer fall prey to your power. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be as prey in your hand. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.

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I will tear off the magic veils and save my people from your grasp. They will no longer be your victims. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Because you've confounded and confused good people, unsuspecting and innocent people, with your lies, and because you've made it easy for others to persist in evil so that it wouldn't even dawn on them to turn to me so I could save them,

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Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies, when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives,

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"Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to save his life.

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You have discouraged the righteous with your lies, when I didn't want them to suffer grief. And you have encouraged the wicked by promising them life, even though they continue in their sins.

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as of now you're finished. No more delusion-mongering from you, no more sermonic lies. I'm going to rescue my people from your clutches. And you'll realize that I am GOD.'"

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therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will save my people from your hands. And then you will know that I am the LORD.'"

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Therefore you shall no longer envision futility nor practice divination; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.""'

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But you will no longer talk of seeing visions that you never saw, nor will you practice your magic. For I will rescue my people from your grasp. Then you will know that I am the LORD."

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Some of the leaders of Israel approached me and sat down with me.

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Some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me.

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Now some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.

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Then some of the leaders of Israel visited me, and while they were there,

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GOD's Message came to me:

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Then the word of the LORD came to me:

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And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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this message came to me from the LORD:

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"Son of Man, these people have installed idols in their hearts. They have embraced the wickedness that will ruin them. Why should I even bother with their prayers?

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"Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I let them inquire of me at all?

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"Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put before them that which causes them to stumble into iniquity. Should I let Myself be inquired of at all by them?

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"Son of man, these leaders have set up idols in their hearts. They have embraced things that lead them into sin. Why should I let them ask me anything?

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Therefore tell them, "The Message of GOD, the Master: All in Israel who install idols in their hearts and embrace the wickedness that will ruin them and still have the gall to come to a prophet, be on notice: I, GOD, will step in and personally answer them as they come dragging along their mob of idols.

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Therefore speak to them and tell them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face and then goes to a prophet, I the LORD will answer him myself in keeping with his great idolatry.

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"Therefore speak to them, and say to them, "Thus says the Lord GOD: "Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols,

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Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I, the LORD, will punish the people of Israel who set up idols in their hearts so they fall into sin and then come to a prophet asking for help.

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I am ready to go to work on the hearts of the house of Israel, all of whom have left me for their idols.'

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I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols.'

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that I may seize the house of Israel by their heart, because they are all estranged from Me by their idols."'

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I will do this to capture the minds and hearts of all my people who have turned from me to worship their detestable idols.

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"Therefore, say to the house of Israel: "GOD, the Master, says, Repent! Turn your backs on your no-god idols. Turn your backs on all your outrageous obscenities.

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"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!

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"Therefore say to the house of Israel, "Thus says the Lord GOD: "Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations.

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"Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your loathsome practices.

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To every last person from the house of Israel, including any of the resident aliens who live in Israel--all who turn their backs on me and embrace idols, who install the wickedness that will ruin them at the center of their lives and then have the gall to go to the prophet to ask me questions--I, GOD, will step in and give the answer myself.

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"'When any Israelite or any alien living in Israel separates himself from me and sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face and then goes to a prophet to inquire of me, I the LORD will answer him myself.

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For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell in Israel, who separates himself from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts before him what causes him to stumble into iniquity, then comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I the LORD will answer him by Myself.

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I, the LORD, will punish all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts so they fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.

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I'll oppose those people to their faces, make an example of them--a warning lesson--and get rid of them so you will realize that I am GOD.

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I will set my face against that man and make him an example and a byword. I will cut him off from my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.

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I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, destroying them. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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If a prophet is deceived and tells these idolaters the lies they want to hear, I, GOD, get blamed for those lies. He won't get by with it. I'll grab him by the scruff of the neck and get him out of there.

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"'And if the prophet is enticed to utter a prophecy, I the LORD have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.

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"And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I the LORD have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

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And if a prophet is deceived and gives a message anyway, it is because I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet. I will stand against such prophets and cut them off from the community of Israel.

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They'll be equally guilty, the prophet and the one who goes to the prophet,

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They will bear their guilt-the prophet will be as guilty as the one who consults him.

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And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired,

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False prophets and hypocrites--evil people who claim to want my advice--will all be punished for their sins.

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so that the house of Israel will never again wander off my paths and make themselves filthy in their rebellions, but will rather be my people, just as I am their God. Decree of GOD, the Master.'" [JC]

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Then the people of Israel will no longer stray from me, nor will they defile themselves anymore with all their sins. They will be my people, and I will be their God, declares the Sovereign LORD.'"

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that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be profaned anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God," says the Lord GOD."'

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In this way, the people of Israel will learn not to stray from me, polluting themselves with sin. They will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Sovereign LORD."

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GOD's Message came to me:

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The word of the LORD came to me:

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The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:

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Then this message came to me from the LORD:

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"Son of man, when a country sins against me by living faithlessly and I reach out and destroy its food supply by bringing on a famine, wiping out humans and animals alike,

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"Son of man, if a country sins against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply and send famine upon it and kill its men and their animals,

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"Son of man, when a land sins against Me by persistent unfaithfulness, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of bread, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it.

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"Son of man, suppose the people of a country were to sin against me, and I lifted my fist to crush them, cutting off their food supply and sending a famine to destroy both people and animals alike.

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even if Noah, Daniel, and Job--the Big Three--were alive at the time, it wouldn't do the population any good. Their righteousness would only save their own lives." Decree of GOD, the Master.

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even if these three men-Noah, Daniel and Job-were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD.

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Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness," says the Lord GOD.

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Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, declares the Sovereign LORD.

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"Or, if I make wild animals go through the country so that everyone has to leave and the country becomes wilderness and no one dares enter it anymore because of the wild animals,

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"Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,

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"If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts,

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"Or suppose I were to send an invasion of dangerous wild animals to devastate the land and kill the people.

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even if these three men were living there, as sure as I am the living God, neither their sons nor daughters would be rescued, but only those three, and the country would revert to wilderness.

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as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate.

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even though these three men were in it, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate.

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Even if these three men were there, the Sovereign LORD swears that it would do no good--it wouldn't save the people from destruction. Those three alone would be saved, but the land would be devastated.

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"Or, if I bring war on that country and give the order, "Let the killing begin!' leaving both people and animals dead,

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"Or if I bring a sword against that country and say, 'Let the sword pass throughout the land,' and I kill its men and their animals,

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"Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, "Sword, go through the land,' and I cut off man and beast from it,

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"Or suppose I were to bring war against the land, and I told enemy armies to come and destroy everything.

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even if those three men were alive at the time, as sure as I am the living God, neither sons nor daughters would be rescued, but only these three.

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as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.

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even though these three men were in it, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.

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Even if these three men were in the land, the Sovereign LORD swears that they could not save the people. They alone would be saved.

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"Or, if I visit a deadly disease on that country, pouring out my lethal anger, killing both people and animals,

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"Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath upon it through bloodshed, killing its men and their animals,

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"Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast,

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"Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic of disease into the land, and the plague killed people and animals alike.

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and Noah, Daniel, and Job happened to be alive at the time, as sure as I am the living God, not a son, not a daughter, would be rescued. Only these three would be delivered because of their righteousness.

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as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.

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even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live," says the Lord GOD, "they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness."

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Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were living there, the Sovereign LORD swears that they could not save the people. They alone would be saved by their righteousness.

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"Now then, that's the picture," says GOD, the Master, "once I've sent my four catastrophic judgments on Jerusalem--war, famine, wild animals, disease--to kill off people and animals alike. But look!

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"For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments-sword and famine and wild beasts and plague-to kill its men and their animals!

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For thus says the Lord GOD: "How much more it shall be when I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem--the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence--to cut off man and beast from it?

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"Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How terrible it will be when all four of these fearsome punishments fall upon Jerusalem--war, famine, beasts, and plague--destroying all her people and animals.

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Believe it or not, there'll be survivors. Some of their sons and daughters will be brought out. When they come out to you and their salvation is right in your face, you'll see for yourself the life they've been saved from. You'll know that this severe judgment I brought on Jerusalem was worth it, that it had to be.

Ezek.14.22

Yet there will be some survivors-sons and daughters who will be brought out of it. They will come to you, and when you see their conduct and their actions, you will be consoled regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem-every disaster I have brought upon it.

Ezek.14.22

Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it.

Ezek.14.22

Yet there will be survivors, and they will come here to join you as exiles in Babylon. You will see with your own eyes how wicked they are, and then you will feel better about what I have done to Jerusalem.

Ezek.14.23

Yes, when you see in detail the kind of lives they've been living, you'll feel much better. You'll see the reason behind all that I've done in Jerusalem." Decree of GOD, the Master.

Ezek.14.23

You will be consoled when you see their conduct and their actions, for you will know that I have done nothing in it without cause, declares the Sovereign LORD."

Ezek.14.23

And they will comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause that I have done in it," says the Lord GOD.

Ezek.14.23

When you meet them and see their behavior, you will agree that these things are not being done to Israel without cause, says the Sovereign LORD."

Ezek.15.1

GOD's Message came to me:

Ezek.15.1

The word of the LORD came to me:

Ezek.15.1

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

Ezek.15.1

Then this message came to me from the LORD:

Ezek.15.2

"Son of man, how would you compare the wood of a vine with the branches of any tree you'd find in the forest?

Ezek.15.2

"Son of man, how is the wood of a vine better than that of a branch on any of the trees in the forest?

Ezek.15.2

"Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Ezek.15.2

"Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine's wood as useful as the wood of a tree?

Ezek.15.3

Is vine wood ever used to make anything? Is it used to make pegs to hang things from?

Ezek.15.3

Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?

Ezek.15.3

Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang any vessel on?

Ezek.15.3

Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?

Ezek.15.4

"I don't think so. At best it's good for fuel. Look at it: a flimsy piece of vine, thrown in the fire and then rescued--the ends burned off and the middle charred. Now is it good for anything?

Ezek.15.4

And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?

Ezek.15.4

Instead, it is thrown into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and its middle is burned. Is it useful for any work?

Ezek.15.4

No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.

Ezek.15.5

"Hardly. When it was whole it wasn't good for anything. Half-burned is no improvement. What's it good for?

Ezek.15.5

If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?

Ezek.15.5

Indeed, when it was whole, no object could be made from it. How much less will it be useful for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?

Ezek.15.5

Vine branches are useless both before and after being put into the fire!

Ezek.15.6

"So here's the Message of GOD, the Master: Like the wood of the vine I selected from among the trees of the forest and used as fuel for the fire, just so I'll treat those who live in Jerusalem.

Ezek.15.6

"Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem.

Ezek.15.6

"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

Ezek.15.6

"And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have set them aside to be burned!

Ezek.15.7

I am dead set against them. Even though at one time they got out of the fire charred, the fire's going to burn them up. When I take my stand against them, you'll realize that I am GOD.

Ezek.15.7

I will set my face against them. Although they have come out of the fire, the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezek.15.7

and I will set My face against them. They will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour them. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set My face against them.

Ezek.15.7

And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When this happens, you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezek.15.8

I'll turn this country into a wilderness because they've been faithless." Decree of GOD, the Master.

Ezek.15.8

I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD."

Ezek.15.8

Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,' says the Lord GOD."

Ezek.15.8

And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me, says the Sovereign LORD."

Heb.8.1

In essence, we have just such a high priest: authoritative right alongside God,

Heb.8.1

The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

Heb.8.1

Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

Heb.8.1

Here is the main point: Our High Priest sat down in the place of highest honor in heaven, at God's right hand.

Heb.8.2

conducting worship in the one true sanctuary built by God.

Heb.8.2

and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

Heb.8.2

a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

Heb.8.2

There he ministers in the sacred tent, the true place of worship that was built by the Lord and not by human hands.

Heb.8.3

The assigned task of a high priest is to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and it's no different with the priesthood of Jesus.

Heb.8.3

Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.

Heb.8.3

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer.

Heb.8.3

And since every high priest is required to offer gifts and sacrifices, our High Priest must make an offering, too.

Heb.8.4

If he were limited to earth, he wouldn't even be a priest. We wouldn't need him since there are plenty of priests who offer the gifts designated in the law.

Heb.8.4

If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already men who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

Heb.8.4

For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;

Heb.8.4

If he were here on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there already are priests who offer the gifts required by the law of Moses.

Heb.8.5

These priests provide only a hint of what goes on in the true sanctuary of heaven, which Moses caught a glimpse of as he was about to set up the tent-shrine. It was then that God said, "Be careful to do it exactly as you saw it on the Mountain."

Heb.8.5

They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."

Heb.8.5

who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."

Heb.8.5

They serve in a place of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: "Be sure that you make everything according to the design I have shown you here on the mountain."

Heb.8.6

But Jesus' priestly work far surpasses what these other priests do, since he's working from a far better plan.

Heb.8.6

But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises.

Heb.8.6

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

Heb.8.6

But our High Priest has been given a ministry that is far superior to the ministry of those who serve under the old laws, for he is the one who guarantees for us a better covenant with God, based on better promises.

Heb.8.7

If the first plan--the old covenant--had worked out, a second wouldn't have been needed.

Heb.8.7

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.

Heb.8.7

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

Heb.8.7

If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it.

Heb.8.8

But we know the first was found wanting, because God said, Heads up! The days are coming when I'll set up a new plan for dealing with Israel and Judah.

Heb.8.8

But God found fault with the people and said: "The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

Heb.8.8

Because finding fault with them, He says: "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah--

Heb.8.8

But God himself found fault with the old one when he said: "The day will come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.

Heb.8.9

I'll throw out the old plan I set up with their ancestors when I led them by the hand out of Egypt. They didn't keep their part of the bargain, so I looked away and let it go.

Heb.8.9

It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them, declares the Lord.

Heb.8.9

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD.

Heb.8.9

This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and led them out of the land of Egypt. They did not remain faithful to my covenant, so I turned my back on them, says the Lord.

Heb.8.10

This new plan I'm making with Israel isn't going to be written on paper, isn't going to be chiseled in stone; This time I'm writing out the plan in them, carving it on the lining of their hearts. I'll be their God, they'll be my people.

Heb.8.10

This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Heb.8.10

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Heb.8.10

But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds so they will understand them, and I will write them on their hearts so they will obey them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Heb.8.11

They won't go to school to learn about me, or buy a book called God in Five Easy Lessons. They'll all get to know me firsthand, the little and the big, the small and the great.

Heb.8.11

No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.

Heb.8.11

None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, "Know the LORD,' for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.

Heb.8.11

And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their family, saying, 'You should know the Lord.' For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will already know me.

Heb.8.12

They'll get to know me by being kindly forgiven, with the slate of their sins forever wiped clean.

Heb.8.12

For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."

Heb.8.12

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more."

Heb.8.12

And I will forgive their wrongdoings, and I will never again remember their sins."

Heb.8.13

By coming up with a new plan, a new covenant between God and his people, God put the old plan on the shelf. And there it stays, gathering dust.

Heb.8.13

By calling this covenant "new," he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

Heb.8.13

In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

Heb.8.13

When God speaks of a new covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and ready to be put aside.

Ps.120.1

I'm in trouble. I cry to GOD, desperate for an answer:

Ps.120.1

I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.

Ps.120.1

In my distress I cried to the LORD, And He heard me.

Ps.120.1

I took my troubles to the LORD; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.

Ps.120.2

"Deliver me from the liars, GOD! They smile so sweetly but lie through their teeth."

Ps.120.2

Save me, O LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

Ps.120.2

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips And from a deceitful tongue.

Ps.120.2

Rescue me, O LORD, from liars and from all deceitful people.

Ps.120.3

Do you know what's next, can you see what's coming, all you barefaced liars?

Ps.120.3

What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?

Ps.120.3

What shall be given to you, Or what shall be done to you, You false tongue?

Ps.120.3

O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you? How will he increase your punishment?

Ps.120.4

Pointed arrows and burning coals will be your reward.

Ps.120.4

He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree.

Ps.120.4

Sharp arrows of the warrior, With coals of the broom tree!

Ps.120.4

You will be pierced with sharp arrows and burned with glowing coals.

Ps.120.5

I'm doomed to live in Meshech, cursed with a home in Kedar,

Ps.120.5

Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

Ps.120.5

Woe is me, that I dwell in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Ps.120.5

How I suffer among these scoundrels of Meshech! It pains me to live with these people from Kedar!

Ps.120.6

My whole life lived camping among quarreling neighbors.

Ps.120.6

Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

Ps.120.6

My soul has dwelt too long With one who hates peace.

Ps.120.6

I am tired of living here among people who hate peace.

Ps.120.7

I'm all for peace, but the minute I tell them so, they go to war!

Ps.120.7

I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

Ps.120.7

I am for peace; But when I speak, they are for war.

Ps.120.7

As for me, I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war!