[20220706] Daily Bible Reading — Day 338

06
Jul

Ephesians 1; Ezekiel 4; Ezekiel 5; Psalm 150

Ephesians 1

Listen to Ephesians 1

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 
2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. 
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 
9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 
12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. 
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 
21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, 
23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Ezekiel 4

Listen to Ezekiel 4

1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 
2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. 
3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. 
4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. 
5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 
6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. 
7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. 
8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. 
9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. 
10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 
11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. 
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. 
13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. 
14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. 
15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 
16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: 
17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

Ezekiel 5

Listen to Ezekiel 5

1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. 
2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. 
3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. 
4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. 
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. 
6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. 
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. 
9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. 
10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. 
11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. 
12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 
13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 
14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. 
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: 
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.

Psalm 150

Listen to Psalms 150

1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 
2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

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