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Ezekiel 17

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¹ But rumors from the east and from the north will alarm and disturb him, and he will set out with great fury to destroy and to annihilate many.

² He will pitch his palatial tents between the seas and the glorious Holy Mountain (Zion); yet he will come to his end with no one to help him [in his final battle with God].

³ "Now at that [end] time Michael, the great [angelic] prince who stands guard over the children of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; but at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the[1] Book [of Life], will be rescued.

⁴ Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).

⁵ Those who are [spiritually] wise will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead many to righteousness, [will shine] like the stars forever and ever.

⁶ But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the scroll until the end of time. Many will go back and forth and search anxiously [through the scroll], and knowledge [of the purpose of God as revealed by His prophets] will [greatly] increase."

⁷ Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood two others, the one [angel] on this bank of the river and the other [angel] on that bank of the river.

⁸ And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, "How long will it be until the end of these wonders?"

⁹ And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he held up his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and a half a time (three and a half years); and as soon as they finish shattering and crushing the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished.

¹⁰ As for me, I heard, but I did not understand; so I said, "My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?"

¹¹ And the angel said, "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are concealed and sealed up until the end of time.

¹² Many will be purged, purified (made white) and refined, but the wicked will behave wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are [spiritually] wise will understand.

¹³ From the time that the regular sacrifice [that is, the daily burnt offering] is taken away and the abomination of desolation is set up [ruining the temple for worship of the true God], there will be[2]1,290 days.

¹⁴ How blessed [happy, fortunate, spiritually prosperous] and beloved is he who waits expectantly [enduring without wavering for the period of tribulation] and comes to the[3]1,335 days!

¹⁵ But as for you (Daniel), go your way until the end [of your[4] life]; for you will rest and rise again for your allotted inheritance at the end of the age."

¹⁶ The word of the LORD that came to Hosea the son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel.

¹⁷ When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to him, "Go, take for yourself a[1] wife of prostitution and have children of [her] prostitution; for the land commits great acts of prostitution by[2] not following the LORD."

¹⁸ So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

¹⁹ And the LORD said to him, "Name him Jezreel; for yet in a little while I will avenge the blood [that was shed in the Valley] of Jezreel and inflict the punishment for it on the house of[3] Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the[4] house of Israel.

²⁰ On that day I will break the bow [of the military power] of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel."

²¹ Then Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to Hosea, "Name her Lo-Ruhamah (not shown mercy), for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.

²² But I will have mercy on the house of Judah and will rescue them by the LORD their God, and will[5] not rescue them by bow, sword, war, horses, or horsemen."

²³ Now when Gomer had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.

²⁴ And the LORD said, "Name him Lo-Ammi (not my people), for you are not My people and I am not your God."

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1	But rumors from the east and from the north will alarm and disturb him, and he will set out with great fury to destroy and to annihilate many.
2	He will pitch his palatial tents between the seas and the glorious Holy Mountain (Zion); yet he will come to his end with no one to help him [in his final battle with God].
3	"Now at that [end] time Michael, the great [angelic] prince who stands guard over the children of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; but at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the[1] Book [of Life], will be rescued.
4	Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).
5	Those who are [spiritually] wise will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead many to righteousness, [will shine] like the stars forever and ever.
6	But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the scroll until the end of time. Many will go back and forth and search anxiously [through the scroll], and knowledge [of the purpose of God as revealed by His prophets] will [greatly] increase."
7	Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood two others, the one [angel] on this bank of the river and the other [angel] on that bank of the river.
8	And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, "How long will it be until the end of these wonders?"
9	And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he held up his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and a half a time (three and a half years); and as soon as they finish shattering and crushing the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished.
10	As for me, I heard, but I did not understand; so I said, "My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?"
11	And the angel said, "Go your way, Daniel, for the words are concealed and sealed up until the end of time.
12	Many will be purged, purified (made white) and refined, but the wicked will behave wickedly. None of the wicked shall understand, but those who are [spiritually] wise will understand.
13	From the time that the regular sacrifice [that is, the daily burnt offering] is taken away and the abomination of desolation is set up [ruining the temple for worship of the true God], there will be[2]1,290 days.
14	How blessed [happy, fortunate, spiritually prosperous] and beloved is he who waits expectantly [enduring without wavering for the period of tribulation] and comes to the[3]1,335 days!
15	But as for you (Daniel), go your way until the end [of your[4] life]; for you will rest and rise again for your allotted inheritance at the end of the age."
16	The word of the LORD that came to Hosea the son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel.
17	When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to him, "Go, take for yourself a[1] wife of prostitution and have children of [her] prostitution; for the land commits great acts of prostitution by[2] not following the LORD."
18	So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
19	And the LORD said to him, "Name him Jezreel; for yet in a little while I will avenge the blood [that was shed in the Valley] of Jezreel and inflict the punishment for it on the house of[3] Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the[4] house of Israel.
20	On that day I will break the bow [of the military power] of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel."
21	Then Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to Hosea, "Name her Lo-Ruhamah (not shown mercy), for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.
22	But I will have mercy on the house of Judah and will rescue them by the LORD their God, and will[5] not rescue them by bow, sword, war, horses, or horsemen."
23	Now when Gomer had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.
24	And the LORD said, "Name him Lo-Ammi (not my people), for you are not My people and I am not your God."

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