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Ezekiel 7:10

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“Look, the day is here. It has come. Disaster has come, violence has grown, and there is more pride than ever.

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then I will punish their sins with a rod and their wrongs with a whip.

Fools will be punished for their proud words, but the words of the wise will protect them.

Pride leads to destruction; a proud attitude brings ruin.

God says, “How terrible it will be for the king of Assyria. I use him like a rod to show my anger; in anger I use Assyria like a club.

The watchman answers, “Morning is coming, but then night will come again. If you have something to ask, then come back and ask.”

How terrible it will be for Samaria, the pride of Israel’s drunken people! That beautiful crown of flowers is just a dying plant set on a hill above a rich valley where drunkards live.

So say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says: I will make them stop saying this, and nobody in Israel will use this saying anymore.’ But tell them, ‘The time is near when every vision will come true.

Fire spread from the vine’s main branch, destroying its fruit. There is not a strong branch left on it that could become a scepter for a king.’ This is a funeral song; it is to be used as a funeral song.”

It is made sharp for the killing. It is polished to flash like lightning. “ ‘You are not happy about this horrible punishment by the sword. But my son Judah, you did not change when you were only beaten with a rod.

“ ‘The test will come. And Judah, who is hated by the armies of Babylon, will not last, says the Lord God.’

The day is near; the Lord’s day of judging is near. It is a cloudy day and a time when the nations will be judged.

The time has come; the day has arrived. Don’t let the buyer be happy or the seller be sad, because my burning anger is against the whole crowd.

The end has come! The end has come! It has stirred itself up against you! Look! It has come!

I will show no pity, and I will not hold back punishment. I will pay you back for the way you have lived and the things you have done that I hate. Then you will know that I am the Lord who punishes.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give praise and honor and glory to the King of heaven. Everything he does is right and fair, and he is able to make proud people humble.

What a terrible day it will be! The Lord’s day of judging is near, when punishment will come like a destroying attack from the Almighty.

The next day, when Moses entered the Tent, he saw that Aaron’s stick (which stood for the family of Levi) had grown leaves. It had even budded, blossomed, and produced almonds.

While people are saying, “We have peace and we are safe,” they will be destroyed quickly. It is like pains that come quickly to a woman having a baby. Those people will not escape.

But God gives us even more grace, as the Scripture says, “God is against the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”




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