Contemplative Bible Reading

Ezekiel 18:30 (New Living Translation) 30 “Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign Lord. Repent, and turn from your sins. Don’t let them destroy you! God is speaking to the people through the prophet Ezekiel. Jehovah their God will judge them according to their […]

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Ezekiel 18:32 (New Living Translation) 32 I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign Lord. Turn back and live! God is speaking to the people through the prophet Ezekiel. The people have a choice of life or death. God doesn’t want his created and cherished people to die. God doesn’t want me to die […]

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Ezekiel 18:31 (New Living Translation) 31 Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel? There is a sermon in every phrase in this sentence. Let’s consider the second phrase and a new heart. “The heart” are the words […]

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Ezekiel 18:31 (New Living Translation) 31 Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel? There is a sermon in every phrase in this sentence. Let’s consider the first one. God is talking to the people through the prophet […]

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Ezekiel 2:6 (New Living Translation) 6 “Son of man, do not fear them or their words. Don’t be afraid even though their threats surround you like nettles and briers and stinging scorpions. Do not be dismayed by their dark scowls, even though they are rebels. God is speaking to the prophet Ezekiel. Words can hurt. […]

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Ezekiel 33:11 (New Living Translation) 11 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die? God is speaking […]

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Ezekiel 14:4 (New Living Translation) Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the Lord, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves. […]

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Ezekiel 22:30a (New Living Translation) I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. There is a wall of righteousness—a wall that separates right from wrong. That wall guards a land and safeguards a people. It appears that the wall of righteousness can be built and maintained; it can […]

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Ezekiel 22:7 (New Living Translation) Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you. The prophet is describing the collapse of a Godly people. The paragraph surrounding this verse includes many things such as these. Simply put, people are taking advantage […]

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Ezekiel 20:5 (New Living Translation) Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: When I chose Israel—when I revealed myself to the descendants of Jacob in Egypt—I took a solemn oath that I, the Lord, would be their God. The last part of this verse is quite simple and yet profound. All the people’s in […]

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