THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Ezekiel Chapter 1 to 30)

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Ezekiel 23:41 (NLT)
You sat with them on a beautifully embroidered couch and put my incense and my special oil on a table that was spread before you.
 
Ezekiel 23:42 (NLT)
From your room came the sound of many men carousing . They were lustful men and drunkards from the wilderness, who put bracelets on your wrists, and beautiful crowns on your heads.
 
Ezekiel 23:43 (NLT)
Then I said, 'If they really want to have sex with old worn-out prostitutes like these, then let them!'
 
Ezekiel 23:45 (NLT)
But righteous people will judge these sister cities for what they really are__adulterers and murderers.
 
Ezekiel 23:46 (NLT) - 46 “Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring an army against them and hand them over to be terrorized and plundered.
 
Ezekiel 23:47 (NLT) - 47 For their enemies will stone them and kill them with swords. They will butcher their sons and daughters and burn their homes.
 
Ezekiel 23:48 (NLT) - 48 In this way, I will put an end to lewdness and idolatry in the land, and my judgment will be a warning to all women not to follow your wicked example.
 
Ezekiel 23:49 (NLT) - 49 You will be fully repaid for all your prostitution—your worship of idols. Yes, you will suffer the full penalty. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”
 
Ezekiel 24:1 (NLT) - 1 On January 15, during the ninth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:
 
Ezekiel 24:2 (NLT) - 2 “Son of man, write down today’s date, because on this very day the king of Babylon is beginning his attack against Jerusalem.
 
Ezekiel 24:3 (NLT) - 3
Then give these rebels an illustration with this message from the Sovereign Lord:

“Put a pot on the fire,
and pour in some water.
 
Ezekiel 24:5 (NLT) - 5
Use only the best sheep from the flock,
and heap fuel on the fire beneath the pot.
Bring the pot to a boil,
and cook the bones along with the meat.
 
Ezekiel 24:6 (NLT)

6 “Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
What sorrow awaits Jerusalem,
the city of murderers!
She is a cooking pot
whose corruption can’t be cleaned out.
Take the meat out in random order,
for no piece is better than another.
 
Ezekiel 24:9 (NLT)
This is what the Soveriegn Lord says:
What sorrow awaits Jerussalem,
the city of murderers!
I myself will pile up the fuel beneath her.
 
Ezekiel 24:10 (NLT)
Yes, heap on the wood!
Let the fire roar to make the pot boil.
Cook the meat with many spices,
and afterward burn the bones.
 
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