THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Ezekiel Chapter 1 to 40)

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 39:19 (NLT)
Gorge yourselves with flesh until you are glutted: drink blood until you are drunk. This is the sacrificial feast I have prepared for you.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 39:20 (NLT)
Feast at my banquet table__feast on horses and charioteers, on mighty men, and all kinds of valiant warriors, says the Sovereign LORD.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 39:21 (NLT)
"In this way I will demonstrate my glory to the nations. Everyone will see the punishment I haave nflicted on them and the power of my fist when I strike.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 39:22 (NLT)
And from that time on the people of Isrsel will know that I am the LORD their God.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 39:23 (NLT)
The nations will then know why Israel was sent away to exike__it was punishment for sin, for they were unfaithful to their God. Therefore I turned away from them and let their enemies destroy them.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 39:24 (NLT)
I turned my face away and punished then because of their defilement and their sins.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 39:25 (NLT)
"So now, this is what the Soveriegn LORD says: "I will end the captivity of my people; I will have mercy on all of Israel, for I jealously guard my holy reputation!

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 39:26 (NLT)
They will accept responsibility for their past shame and unfaithfulness after they come home to live in peace in their own land, with no one to bother them.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 39:27 (NLT)
When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, I will display my holiness among them for all the nations to see.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 39:27 (NLT)
Then my people will know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them away to exile and brought them home again. I will leave none of my people behind.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 39:29 (NLT)
And I will never again turn my face from them for I shall pour out my Spirit out upon the people of Israel. I, the Sovereign LORD have spoken!"

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 40:1 (NLT)
On April 28, during the twenty-fith year of our captivity__fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem__the LORD took hold of me.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 40:2 (NLT)
In a vision from God he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain from there I could see toward the south what appeared to be a city.

 

[Cosia]

Ezekiel 40:3 (NLT)
As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze.
standing beside a gateway entrance. He was holding in his hand a linen measuring cord and a measuring rod.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 40:4 (NLT) - 4 said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.”

 

[Pastor Gary]

Ezekiel 40:5 (NLT) - 5 I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10 1⁄2 feet long and measured the wall, and the wall was 10 1⁄2 feet thick and 10 1⁄2 feet high.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezekiel 40:6 (NLT)

6 Then he went over to the eastern gateway. He climbed the steps and measured the threshold of the gateway; it was 10 1⁄2 feet front to back.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezekiel 40:7 (NLT)

7 There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10 1⁄2 feet square, with a distance between them of 8 3⁄4 feet along the passage wall. The gateway’s inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10 1⁄2 feet front to back.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezekiel 40:8 (NLT)

8 He also measured the entry room of the gateway.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Ezekiel 40:9 (NLT)

9 It was 14 feet across, with supporting columns 3 1⁄2 feet thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.