Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred.

You were blameless in your behavior from the day you were created, until sin was discovered in you.

He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe.

Then a wind lifted me up and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me as the glory of the Lord rose from its place,

Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan – each one for his iniquity.

These were the living creatures which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim.

As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose appearance I had seen at the Kebar River. Each one moved straight ahead.

He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note – he gave his promise and did all these things – he will not escape!

“What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, “‘The fathers eat sour grapes And the children’s teeth become numb?’

does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,

Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live?

She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

“Her sister Oholibah watched this, but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister.

Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you.

Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord because they were a reed staff for the house of Israel;

I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre, because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord.

I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing.

They will say, “This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; the ruined, desolate, and destroyed cities are now fortified and inhabited.”