Symbolic Acts of Siege and Judgment on Jerusalem

Ezekiel 4:1-5:17

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Genesis

The Creation of the World 1:1-2:3 The Creation of Man and Woman 2:4-25 The Fall of Man 3:1-24 Cain and Abel 4:1-26 From Adam to Noah 5:1-32 The Flood 6:1-8:22 God’s Covenant with Noah 9:1-17 Noah’s Drunkenness and Curse 9:18-29 Nations Descended from Noah 10:1-32 The Tower of Babel 11:1-9 From Shem to Abram 11:10-32 The Call of Abram 12:1-9 Abram in Egypt 12:10-20 Abram and Lot Separate 13:1-18 Abram Rescues Lot 14:1-24 God’s Covenant with Abram 15:1-21 Hagar and Ishmael 16:1-16 The Covenant of Circumcision 17:1-27 A Son Promised to Sarah 18:1-15 Abraham Intercedes for Sodom 18:16-33 The Destruction of Sodom 19:1-29 The Origin of Moab and Ammon 19:30-38 Abraham and Abimelech 20:1-18 The Birth of Isaac 21:1-7 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away 21:8-21 A Treaty with Abimelech 21:22-34 The Sacrifice of Isaac 22:1-19 Nahor’s Children 22:20-24 The Death and Burial of Sarah 23:1-20 A Wife for Isaac 24:1-67 The Death of Abraham 25:1-11 Ishmael’s Descendants 25:12-18 Esau and Jacob 25:19-34 Isaac and Abimelech 26:1-35 Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing 27:1-40 Jacob Sent to Paddan-aram 27:41-28:9 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel 28:10-22 Jacob Meets Rachel 29:1-14 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 29:15-30 The Children of Jacob 29:31-30:24 Jacob’s Prosperity 30:25-43 Jacob Flees from Laban 31:1-21 Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant 31:22-55 Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau 32:1-21 Jacob Wrestles with God 32:22-32 Jacob Meets Esau 33:1-20 Dinah and the Shechemites 34:1-31 God Blesses Jacob at Bethel 35:1-15 Deaths of Rachel and Isaac 35:16-29 Esau’s Descendants 36:1-30 The Kings of Edom 36:31-43 Joseph’s Dreams 37:1-11 Joseph Sold by His Brothers 37:12-36 Judah and Tamar 38:1-30 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39:1-23 Joseph Interprets Dreams in Prison 40:1-23 Pharaoh’s Dreams 41:1-40 Joseph Rises to Power 41:41-57 Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt 42:1-38 Joseph’s Brothers Return with Benjamin 43:1-34 The Silver Cup 44:1-34 Joseph Reveals Himself 45:1-28 Jacob Goes to Egypt 46:1-47:12 Joseph and the Famine 47:13-31 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48:1-22 Jacob Blesses His Sons 49:1-28 The Death and Burial of Jacob 49:29-50:14 Joseph Reassures His Brothers 50:15-21 The Death of Joseph 50:22-26

Exodus

Israel Increases in Egypt 1:1-22 The Birth of Moses 2:1-10 Moses Flees to Midian 2:11-25 The Burning Bush 3:1-22 Signs for Moses 4:1-17 Moses Returns to Egypt 4:18-31 Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 5:1-21 God Promises Deliverance 5:22-6:12 The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron 6:13-27 Moses and Aaron Sent to Pharaoh 6:28-7:7 Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Serpent 7:8-13 The First Plague: Water to Blood 7:14-24 The Second Plague: Frogs 7:25-8:15 The Third Plague: Gnats 8:16-19 The Fourth Plague: Flies 8:20-32 The Fifth Plague: Livestock Die 9:1-7 The Sixth Plague: Boils 9:8-12 The Seventh Plague: Hail 9:13-35 The Eighth Plague: Locusts 10:1-20 The Ninth Plague: Darkness 10:21-29 A Final Plague Threatened 11:1-10 The Passover 12:1-30 The Exodus 12:31-42 Passover Regulations 12:43-51 Consecration of the Firstborn 13:1-16 Crossing the Red Sea 13:17-14:31 The Song of Moses 15:1-21 Bitter Water Made Sweet 15:22-27 Manna from Heaven 16:1-36 Water from the Rock 17:1-7 Amalek Defeated 17:8-16 Jethro’s Advice 18:1-27 Israel at Mount Sinai 19:1-25 The Ten Commandments 20:1-21 Laws About Altars 20:22-21:1 Laws About Slaves 21:2-11 Laws About Personal Injuries 21:12-36 Laws About Restitution 22:1-15 Laws About Holiness 22:16-31 Laws About Justice 23:1-9 Sabbath Years and Weeks 23:10-13 The Three Feasts 23:14-19 The Angel and the Promises 23:20-33 The Covenant Confirmed 24:1-18 Contributions for the Sanctuary 25:1-9 The Ark of the Testimony 25:10-22 The Table for Bread 25:23-30 The Golden Lampstand 25:31-40 The Tabernacle 26:1-37 The Bronze Altar 27:1-8 The Court of the Tabernacle 27:9-19 Oil for the Lamp 27:20-21 The Priests’ Garments 28:1-5 The Ephod 28:6-14 The Breastpiece of Judgment 28:15-30 Other Priestly Garments 28:31-43 Consecration of the Priests 29:1-46 The Altar of Incense 30:1-10 The Census Tax 30:11-16 The Bronze Basin 30:17-21 The Anointing Oil 30:22-33 The Incense 30:34-38 Oholiab and Bezalel 31:1-11 The Sabbath Sign 31:12-18 The Golden Calf 32:1-33:6 The Tent of Meeting 33:7-11 Moses’ Intercession and God’s Glory 33:12-23 New Tablets and Covenant 34:1-28 The Shining Face of Moses 34:29-35 Sabbath Regulations 35:1-3 Freewill Offerings for the Tabernacle 35:4-29 Bezalel and Oholiab Set Apart 35:30-36:7 Making the Tabernacle 36:8-38 Making the Ark 37:1-9 Making the Table 37:10-16 Making the Lampstand 37:17-24 Making the Altar of Incense 37:25-29 Making the Bronze Altar 38:1-7 Making the Bronze Basin 38:8 Making the Court 38:9-20 Materials of the Tabernacle 38:21-31 Making the Priests’ Garments 39:1 The Ephod Made 39:2-7 The Breastpiece Made 39:8-21 Other Garments Made 39:22-31 The Work Completed 39:32-43 The Tabernacle Erected 40:1-33 The Glory Fills the Tabernacle 40:34-38

Numbers

The Census of Israel 1:1-54 Arrangement of the Camp 2:1-34 The Levites’ Duties 3:1-51 Kohathites’ Service 4:1-20 Gershonites’ Service 4:21-28 Merarites’ Service 4:29-33 Census of the Levites 4:34-49 Unclean Removed from Camp 5:1-4 Restitution for Wrongs 5:5-10 The Test for Adultery 5:11-31 The Nazirite Vow 6:1-21 The Priestly Blessing 6:22-27 Offerings of the Leaders 7:1-89 The Lamps 8:1-4 The Levites Consecrated 8:5-26 The Passover Celebrated 9:1-14 The Cloud Over the Tabernacle 9:15-23 The Silver Trumpets 10:1-10 Departure from Sinai 10:11-36 Complaint and Quail; Seventy Elders 11:1-35 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 12:1-16 Spies Sent into Canaan 13:1-25 Report of the Spies 13:26-33 The People Rebel 14:1-45 Offerings and Firstfruits 15:1-21 Unintentional Sin and Presumptuous Sin 15:22-31 The Sabbath-Breaker 15:32-36 Tassels on Garments 15:37-41 Korah’s Rebellion 16:1-50 Aaron’s Staff Buds 17:1-13 Priests’ and Levites’ Duties 18:1-7 Portions for Priests and Levites 18:8-32 The Red Heifer 19:1-22 Water from the Rock at Meribah 20:1-13 Edom Refuses Passage 20:14-21 Aaron’s Death 20:22-29 Arad Defeated 21:1-3 The Bronze Serpent 21:4-9 Journeys in the Wilderness 21:10-20 Victories over Sihon and Og 21:21-35 Balaam Summoned 22:1-20 Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel 22:21-41 Balaam’s First Oracle 23:1-12 Balaam’s Second Oracle 23:13-26 Balaam’s Third Oracle 23:27-24:14 The Star out of Jacob 24:15-19 Balaam’s Final Sayings 24:20-25 Baal of Peor and Phinehas 25:1-18 The Second Census 26:1-65 Daughters of Zelophehad 27:1-11 Joshua Appointed 27:12-23 Daily Offerings 28:1-8 Sabbath Offerings 28:9-10 Monthly Offerings 28:11-15 Passover Offerings 28:16-25 Weeks (Firstfruits) Offerings 28:26-31 Trumpets Offerings 29:1-6 Day of Atonement Offerings 29:7-11 Booths Offerings 29:12-40 Vows 30:1-16 War with Midian—Spoils 31:1-24 Division of the Spoils 31:25-54 Reuben, Gad, and Half-Manasseh 32:1-42 Stages of Israel’s Journey 33:1-56 Boundaries of the Land 34:1-29 Levitical Cities 35:1-5 Cities of Refuge 35:6-34 Marriage of Zelophehad’s Daughters 36:1-13

Deuteronomy

Preamble and Setting 1:1-8 Leaders Appointed 1:9-18 Spies Sent 1:19-25 Rebellion and Judgment 1:26-46 Journey Through Edom, Moab, Ammon 2:1-23 Victory over Sihon 2:24-37 Victory over Og 3:1-11 Allotment East of Jordan 3:12-20 Moses Forbidden to Enter 3:21-29 Call to Obey 4:1-14 No Idols 4:15-31 The LORD Alone Is God 4:32-40 Cities of Refuge East 4:41-43 Introduction to the Law 4:44-49 The Ten Commandments Rehearsed 5:1-33 The Shema and Instruction 6:1-25 Warning Against the Nations 7:1-26 Do Not Forget the LORD 8:1-20 Not for Your Righteousness 9:1-6 Israel’s Rebellions Recounted 9:7-29 New Tablets; Ark 10:1-11 Fear the LORD 10:12-22 Love, Obey, Choose 11:1-32 The Place of Worship 12:1-32 False Prophets and Idolatry 13:1-18 Clean and Unclean Foods 14:1-21 Tithes 14:22-29 Sabbatical Year 15:1-11 Hebrew Slaves 15:12-18 Firstborn Animals 15:19-23 Passover 16:1-8 Weeks 16:9-12 Booths 16:13-17 Justice 16:18-20 Forbidden Worship 16:21-17:7 Difficult Cases 17:8-13 Laws for the King 17:14-20 Provision for Levites 18:1-8 Abominable Practices 18:9-13 A Prophet Like Moses 18:14-22 Cities of Refuge 19:1-14 Witnesses and Penalties 19:15-21 Rules for War 20:1-20 Unsolved Murder 21:1-9 Wives from War 21:10-14 Rights of the Firstborn 21:15-17 Rebellious Son 21:18-21 Various Laws 21:22-22:12 Laws of Chastity 22:13-30 Assembly Exclusions 23:1-8 Camp Purity 23:9-14 Various Laws Continued 23:15-25:19 Firstfruits and Tithes Confession 26:1-15 You Are the LORD’s People 26:16-19 Law on Stones and Altar 27:1-8 Curses Pronounced 27:9-26 Blessings for Obedience 28:1-14 Curses for Disobedience 28:15-68 Renewal in Moab 29:1-29 Choose Life 30:1-20 Joshua Commissioned 31:1-8 Public Reading of the Law 31:9-13 Moses’ Warning of Apostasy 31:14-29 The Song of Moses 31:30-32:47 Moses to Die on Nebo 32:48-52 Moses Blesses Israel 33:1-29 The Death of Moses 34:1-12

Joshua

Joshua Commissioned and Encouraged 1:1-18 Rahab Protects the Spies 2:1-24 Crossing the Jordan and Memorial Stones 3:1-4:24 Renewal at Gilgal: Circumcision and Passover 5:1-12 The Commander Appears and the Fall of Jericho 5:13-6:27 Defeat at Ai and Achan's Sin Revealed 7:1-26 The Capture and Destruction of Ai 8:1-29 Altar on Mount Ebal and the Law Proclaimed 8:30-35 The Gibeonite Deception and Treaty 9:1-27 Victory at Gibeon and the Long Day 10:1-15 Capture and Execution of the Five Kings 10:16-28 The Southern Campaign and Conquest of Cities 10:29-43 Defeat of the Northern Coalition and Hazor Destroyed 11:1-23 Lists of Kings Defeated East and West of the Jordan 12:1-24 Land Remaining to Be Possessed 13:1-7 Allotments East of the Jordan 13:8-33 Procedure for Distributing the Land and Levitical Cities 14:1-5 Caleb's Claim and Inheritance of Hebron 14:6-15 Boundaries and Towns of Judah 15:1-63 Ephraim and West Manasseh: Boundaries and Claims 16:1-17:18 Shiloh Established and the Land Surveyed 18:1-10 Territory and Towns of Benjamin 18:11-28 Territory of Simeon 19:1-9 Territory of Zebulun 19:10-16 Territory of Issachar 19:17-23 Territory of Asher 19:24-31 Territory of Naphtali 19:32-39 Territory of Dan 19:40-48 Completion of the Allotments and Joshua's Inheritance 19:49-51 Cities of Refuge Established 20:1-9 Levitical Cities and Their Holdings 21:1-45 The Eastern Tribes' Altar and the Reconciliation 22:1-34 Joshua's Farewell Exhortation and Warning 23:1-16 Renewal of the Covenant at Shechem 24:1-27 Death and Burial of Joshua and Eleazar 24:28-33

1 Samuel

Hannah's Prayer for a Son 1:1-20 Hannah Presents Samuel to the Lord 1:21-28 Hannah's Song of Praise 2:1-11 Eli's Corrupt Sons and Samuel's Childhood 2:12-26 Prophecy of Judgment on Eli's House 2:27-36 Samuel's Call and the Lord's Word to Eli 3:1-4:1 Israel Defeated and the Ark Captured 4:2-11 Eli's Death and the Birth of Ichabod 4:12-22 The Ark Brings Judgment in Philistine Cities 5:1-12 The Ark Returned to Israel 6:1-7:1 Samuel Judges Israel and Delivers Them at Mizpah 7:2-17 Israel Demands a King 8:1-22 Saul Chosen and Given Signs 9:1-10:8 Saul Proclaimed King by Lot 10:9-27 Saul's Victory at Jabesh-Gilead 11:1-11 Saul Confirmed as King at Gilgal 11:12-15 Samuel's Farewell and Exhortation to Israel 12:1-25 Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice and Rebuke 13:1-15 Philistine Pressure and Israel's Lack of Arms 13:16-22 Jonathan's Bold Assault and Victory 13:23-14:14 Saul's Rash Oath and Its Consequences 14:15-23 Saul's Pursuit and Jonathan's Exploits 14:24-48 Saul's Family and Mighty Men 14:49-52 Saul's Disobedience and Rejection as King 15:1-35 David Anointed by Samuel 16:1-13 David Serves Saul and Eases His Torment 16:14-23 David and Goliath 17:1-58 David's Rise and Saul's Jealousy 18:1-30 Saul's Attempts on David's Life and Jonathan's Intervention 19:1-24 David and Jonathan's Covenant 20:1-42 David at Nob: Bread and Goliath's Sword 21:1-9 David Feigns Madness at Gath 21:10-15 David Gathers Followers and Seeks Priestly Aid 22:1-5 Massacre at Nob and Abiathar Joins David 22:6-23 David Delivers Keilah and Inquires of God 23:1-6 Saul's Pursuit, Ziphite Betrayal, and David's Escape 23:7-29 David Spares Saul in a Cave 24:1-22 Nabal's Folly and Abigail's Intervention 25:1-44 David Again Spares Saul in His Camp 26:1-25 David Seeks Refuge with Achish 27:1-12 Saul and the Witch of Endor 28:1-25 The Philistines Reject David 29:1-11 David Recovers His Family and Defeats the Amalekites 30:1-31 The Death of Saul and His Sons 31:1-13

2 Samuel

An Amalekite Reports Saul and Jonathan's Death 1:1-16 David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan 1:17-27 David Anointed King of Judah at Hebron 2:1-7 Ish‑Bosheth Made King; Civil War with David Begins 2:8-3:5 Abner Seeks Alliance with David 3:6-21 Joab Murders Abner; David's Protest and Mourning 3:22-39 Ish‑Bosheth Assassinated 4:1-12 David Anointed King over All Israel 5:1-5 David Captures Jerusalem and Establishes His House 5:6-16 David's Victories over the Philistines 5:17-25 Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem; Uzzah's Death and David's Joy 6:1-23 God's Covenant with David 7:1-17 David's Prayer of Thanksgiving for God's Promise 7:18-29 David's Military Victories 8:1-14 David's Officials and Mighty Men 8:15-18 David Shows Kindness to Mephibosheth 9:1-13 War with the Ammonites and Syrians 10:1-19 David and Bathsheba; the Death of Uriah 11:1-27 Nathan Rebukes David; Judgment and Aftermath 12:1-31 Amnon's Crime against Tamar 13:1-22 Absalom Kills Amnon and Flees 13:23-39 Joab Secures Absalom's Return and Reconciliation 14:1-33 Absalom's Conspiracy and Rise to Power 15:1-12 David Flees Jerusalem; Loyal Followers Accompany Him 15:13-37 Ziba Brings Provisions to David 16:1-4 Shimei Curses David as He Flees 16:5-14 Counsel in Absalom's Court; Ahithophel's Plan and Hushai's Counterplot 16:15-17:29 Battle in the Forest of Ephraim and Absalom's Death 18:1-18 Reports of Victory and David's Grief for Absalom 18:19-19:8 David's Return to Jerusalem; Reconciliation and Disputes 19:9-43 Sheba's Revolt and Its Suppression 20:1-26 Famine and the Gibeonites' Demand; Saul's Descendants Executed 21:1-14 David's Battles with the Philistines and the Valor of His Men 21:15-22 David's Song of Deliverance 22:1-51 David's Final Oracle 23:1-7 The Deeds of David's Mighty Warriors 23:8-39 David's Census and the Resulting Plague 24:1-17 David Purchases the Threshing Floor; Sacrifice and End of Plague 24:18-25

1 Kings

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Throne 1:1-27 Solomon Anointed King 1:28-53 David's Charge to Solomon and Death 2:1-12 Solomon Consolidates His Power 2:13-46 Solomon's Request for Wisdom 3:1-15 Solomon's Wise Judgment 3:16-28 Solomon's Officials and Administrative Order 4:1-19 The Wealth and Prosperity of Israel 4:20-28 Solomon's Wisdom and Fame 4:29-34 Alliances and Preparations for the Temple 5:1-18 Solomon Builds the Temple 6:1-38 Solomon's Palace and Structural Works 7:1-12 Temple Furnishings and the Work of Hiram 7:13-51 The Ark Brought into the Temple 8:1-21 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication 8:22-61 The Dedication Celebrated with Sacrifice 8:62-66 God's Promise and Warning to Solomon 9:1-9 Solomon's Building Projects and Trade 9:10-28 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 10:1-13 The Wealth and Splendor of Solomon's Reign 10:14-29 Solomon's Foreign Wives and Apostasy 11:1-13 Adversaries Raised Against Solomon 11:14-25 Jeroboam's Call and the Promise of Division 11:26-40 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 11:41-43 Rehoboam's Folly and the Kingdom Divides 12:1-24 Jeroboam Establishes Golden Calves 12:25-33 Prophetic Rebuke at Bethel and Deception 13:1-34 Ahijah's Prophecy Against Jeroboam 14:1-20 Rehoboam's Unfaithfulness and Shishak's Invasion 14:21-31 Abijam's Short Reign in Judah 15:1-8 Asa's Reforms and Early Reign 15:9-24 Nadab's Reign and Baasha's Conspiracy 15:25-32 Baasha's Reign and Jehu's Prophecy 15:33-16:7 Elah Assassinated and Zimri's Usurpation 16:8-14 Zimri's Suicide and Omri's Rise to Power 16:15-20 Omri Establishes Samaria as Capital 16:21-28 Ahab and Jezebel Introduce Baal Worship 16:29-34 Elijah Announces the Drought and Is Fed by Ravens 17:1-6 Elijah in Zarephath: Provision and Resurrection 17:7-24 Elijah Confronts Ahab and Prepares for Confrontation 18:1-15 Elijah on Mount Carmel and the Fall of Baal's Prophets 18:16-46 Elijah Flees to Horeb and Is Renewed 19:1-9 God's Response to Elijah and New Commissions 19:10-18 The Call of Elisha 19:19-21 Ben‑hadad Besieges Samaria; Israel's Defiant Response 20:1-12 Israel's Victories Over Aram and Ahab's Mercy 20:13-34 A Prophet Enacts Judgment on the King 20:35-43 Naboth's Vineyard: Ahab and Jezebel's Crime and Punishment 21:1-29 Ahab and Jehoshaphat Seek Counsel; Micaiah's True Prophecy 22:1-28 Ahab Dies at Ramoth‑Gilead 22:29-40 Jehoshaphat's Reign in Judah 22:41-50 Ahaziah Succeeds Ahab and Does Evil 22:51-53

2 Kings

Ahaziah Seeks Counsel and Elijah’s Judgment 1:1-18 Elijah Taken Up; Elisha Succeeds 2:1-18 Elisha Purifies Jericho’s Water 2:19-22 Mockers of Elisha Mauled by Bears 2:23-25 Alliance Against Moab and Elisha’s Miracle 3:1-27 The Widow’s Oil Multiplied 4:1-7 Elisha Restores the Shunammite’s Son 4:8-37 Poisoned Stew Made Safe 4:38-41 Elisha Feeds a Hundred Men 4:42-44 Naaman Healed of Leprosy and Gehazi’s Greed 5:1-27 The Floating Axe Head 6:1-7 Elisha Foils the Aramean Raid 6:8-23 Famine Besieges Samaria 6:24-7:2 Arameans Flee; Samaria’s Deliverance 7:3-20 The Shunammite Restored to Her Land 8:1-6 Elisha Foretells Hazael’s Rise 8:7-15 Jehoram’s Reign in Israel 8:16-24 Ahaziah of Judah Ascends the Throne 8:25-29 Anointing of Jehu as King 9:1-13 Jehu Slays Joram and the House of Ahab 9:14-29 The Death of Jezebel 9:30-37 Jehu Executes Ahab’s Kin at Jezreel 10:1-17 Jehu Destroys Baal Worship 10:18-36 Joash Crowned; Athaliah Overthrown 11:1-21 Joash Repairs the Temple 12:1-21 Jehoahaz of Israel and Aramean Oppression 13:1-9 Jehoash of Israel and Elisha’s Final Acts 13:10-25 Amaziah of Judah: Victory and Pride 14:1-22 Jeroboam II Restores Israel’s Borders 14:23-29 Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah 15:1-7 Zechariah’s Short Reign and Assassination 15:8-12 Shallum’s Brief Usurpation and Murder 15:13-16 Menahem’s Reign and Tribute to Assyria 15:17-22 Pekahiah Murdered; Pekah’s Conspiracy 15:23-26 Pekah Rules and Wars with Judah 15:27-31 Jotham King of Judah 15:32-38 Ahaz’s Reign and Submission to Assyria 16:1-20 Fall of Samaria and Israel’s Exile 17:1-6 Reasons for Israel’s Exile 17:7-23 Resettling Samaria and Syncretistic Worship 17:24-41 Hezekiah’s Reforms and Fortifications 18:1-16 Rabshakeh’s Taunts before Jerusalem 18:17-37 Hezekiah’s Plea and Isaiah’s Prophecy 19:1-13 Hezekiah’s Prayer of Surrender 19:14-19 The LORD Delivers Jerusalem from Sennacherib 19:20-37 Hezekiah’s Illness, Recovery, and the Sign 20:1-11 Hezekiah’s Pride and a Warning about Babylon 20:12-21 Manasseh’s Long, Wicked Reign 21:1-18 Amon’s Short Reign and Assassination 21:19-26 Josiah Finds the Book of the Law and Reforms 22:1-20 Josiah’s Covenant Renewal and Passover 23:1-30 Jehoahaz Deposed; Jehoiakim Installed by Egypt 23:31-35 Jehoiakim’s Reign and Babylonian Pressure 23:36-24:7 Jehoiachin’s Brief Reign and First Exile 24:8-17 Zedekiah Appointed as Babylon’s Vassal 24:18-19 Siege and Fall of Jerusalem; Destruction and Exile 24:20-25:26 Jehoiachin Released from Babylonian Prison 25:27-30

1 Chronicles

Genealogies from Adam to Abraham 1:1-27 The Descendants of Abraham 1:28-34 The Edomite Genealogies (Esau and Seir) 1:35-54 The Sons of Israel 2:1-2 The Genealogy and Families of Judah 2:3-55 David’s Descendants and the Royal Line 3:1-24 Judahite Families and Notable Descendants 4:1-23 The Families and Settlements of Simeon 4:24-43 Transjordanian Tribes and Their Chiefs 5:1-10 Wars and Settlements East of the Jordan 5:11-22 Loss of Territory and Exile East of the Jordan 5:23-26 The Levites: Genealogy and Temple Service 6:1-81 The Tribe of Issachar 7:1-5 A Register of Benjamin’s Households 7:6-12 A Brief Genealogical Note 7:13 The Tribe of Naphtali 7:14-19 The Tribe of Manasseh 7:20-29 The Tribe of Ephraim 7:30-40 The Genealogy of Benjamin (including Saul’s Line) 8:1-9:1 Resettlement of Jerusalem: Residents and Officials 9:2-34 Gatekeepers and Temple Servants in Jerusalem 9:35-44 The Death of Saul and the End of His House 10:1-14 David Anointed King over Israel 11:1-3 David Captures Jerusalem (Zion) 11:4-9 David’s Mighty Men and Warriors 11:10-47 Those Who Came to David at Hebron (Judah’s Support) 12:1-22 Israel’s Warriors Join David at Hebron 12:23-40 Bringing the Ark: Preparations and Uzzah’s Death 13:1-14 David’s Household and Philistine Submission 14:1-7 David’s Victories over the Philistines 14:8-17 Preparations for Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem 15:1-16:6 David Institutes Worship and a Song of Praise 16:7-43 God’s Covenant with David (Nathan’s Oracle) 17:1-15 David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Covenant 17:16-27 David’s Military Victories and Tribute 18:1-13 David’s Officials and the Spoils of War 18:14-17 War with the Ammonites and Their Allies 19:1-19 The Campaign against Rabbah (Ammon) 20:1-3 Defeat of the Philistines and Their Champions 20:4-8 David’s Census, Plague, and Purchase of the Temple Site 21:1-22:1 David’s Preparations and Instructions for Solomon 22:2-19 David Organizes the Levites 23:1-6 Levitical Families and Their Heads 23:7-11 Age Regulations and Duties of the Levites 23:12-20 Assignments of Levites: Singers, Gatekeepers, Treasurers 23:21-32 Divisions of the Priests into Twenty‑Four Courses 24:1-19 Priestly Families and Their Cities 24:20-31 The Levitical Musicians and Their Organization 25:1-31 Gatekeepers and Their Lineages 26:1-19 Officials Responsible for Treasuries and Records 26:20-32 Military Divisions and Their Commanders 27:1-15 David’s Civil Officials and Overseers 27:16-24 Heads of the King’s Household and Provisions 27:25-34 David’s Charge to Solomon and the Temple Plan 28:1-21 The Nation’s Offerings for the Temple 29:1-9 David’s Prayer of Praise and Blessing for Solomon 29:10-20 David’s Final Acts and Organization of the Kingdom 29:21-25 The Death of David and Solomon’s Accession 29:26-30

2 Chronicles

Solomon's Sacrifice at Gibeon and Prayer for Wisdom 1:1-17 Solomon Secures Materials and Craftsmen for the Temple 2:1-18 The Temple: Foundation and Structure 3:1-17 Temple Furnishings and Completion of the Work 4:1-5:1 The Ark Installed and Solomon's Dedication Prayer 5:2-6:11 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication and God's Assurance 6:12-42 The Lord Fills the Temple and the Dedication Festival 7:1-10 God Appears to Solomon and Gives a Conditional Promise 7:11-22 Solomon's Other Buildings and Relations with Hiram 8:1-18 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 9:1-12 Solomon's Wealth, Trade, and Administration 9:13-28 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 9:29-31 Rehoboam's Folly and the Division of the Kingdom 10:1-11:4 Rehoboam Fortifies Judah and Consolidates Support 11:5-17 Rehoboam's Descendants and Death 11:18-23 Shishak's Invasion and Judah's Loss 12:1-16 Abijah's Victory over Israel and His Death 13:1-14:1 Asa's Reforms and Victory over Ethiopia 14:2-15 Asa Strengthened by Prophecy and Covenant Renewal 15:1-19 Asa's Alliance with Aram and Reproof by Hanani 16:1-14 Jehoshaphat Strengthens Judah and Reforms Justice 17:1-19 Jehoshaphat's Alliance with Ahab and the Battle at Ramoth-gilead 18:1-27 Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat for the Alliance with Ahab 18:28-19:3 Judicial Reforms: Judges Appointed to Administer Justice 19:4-11 Jehoshaphat's Deliverance through Prayer and Praise 20:1-30 End of Jehoshaphat's Reign and Jehoram's Accession 20:31-21:3 Jehoram's Wicked Reign, Revolts, and Judgment 21:4-20 Ahaziah Succeeds His Father and Is Wounded 22:1-9 Athaliah's Usurpation Overthrown and Joash Crowned 22:10-23:21 Joash's Temple Restoration under Jehoiada 24:1-16 Joash's Apostasy, Punishment, and Assassination 24:17-27 Amaziah's Reign: Victory, Pride, and Defeat by Israel 25:1-28 Uzziah's Prosperity and Pride; Leprosy for Presumption 26:1-23 Jotham's Reign: Fortifications and Prosperity 27:1-9 Ahaz's Idolatry, Defeats, and Assyrian Subjugation 28:1-27 Hezekiah's Temple Restoration and Religious Reforms 29:1-36 Hezekiah's Passover and National Repentance 30:1-31:1 Hezekiah's Religious Administration and Temple Support 31:2-21 Hezekiah's Defense Against Sennacherib and Divine Deliverance 32:1-23 Hezekiah's Illness, Pride, and the Babylonian Envoys 32:24-33 Manasseh's Idolatry, Captivity, Repentance, and Restoration 33:1-20 Amon's Wicked Reign and Assassination 33:21-25 Josiah's Early Reforms and Temple Repair 34:1-13 The Book of the Law Found, Huldah's Prophecy, and Josiah's Covenant 34:14-33 Josiah's Observance of the Passover 35:1-19 Josiah Killed at Megiddo and National Mourning 35:20-36:1 Jehoahaz Reigns Briefly and Is Deposed by Pharaoh 36:2-4 Jehoiakim's Reign and Disobedience 36:5-8 Jehoiachin's Short Reign and Exile to Babylon 36:9-10 Zedekiah's Reign and Rejection of Prophetic Warnings 36:11-14 Judgment, Exile, and the Decree of Cyrus 36:15-23

Psalm

Psalms 1–2 1:1-2:12 Psalms 3–8 3:1-8 Psalms 4–8 4:1-8 Psalms 5–12 5:1-12 Psalms 6–10 6:1-10 Psalms 7–17 7:1-17 Psalms 8–9 8:1-9 Psalms 9–10 9:1-10:18 Psalms 11–7 11:1-7 Psalms 12–8 12:1-8 Psalms 13–6 13:1-6 Psalms 14–7 14:1-7 Psalms 15–5 15:1-5 Psalms 16–11 16:1-11 Psalms 17–15 17:1-15 Psalms 18–50 18:1-50 Psalms 19–14 19:1-14 Psalms 20–9 20:1-9 Psalms 21–13 21:1-13 Psalms 22–31 22:1-31 Psalms 23–6 23:1-6 Psalms 24–10 24:1-10 Psalms 25–22 25:1-22 Psalms 26–12 26:1-12 Psalms 27–14 27:1-14 Psalms 28–9 28:1-9 Psalms 29–11 29:1-11 Psalms 30–12 30:1-12 Psalms 31–24 31:1-24 Psalms 32–33 32:1-33:22 Psalms 34–22 34:1-22 Psalms 35–28 35:1-28 Psalms 36–12 36:1-12 Psalms 37–40 37:1-40 Psalms 38–22 38:1-22 Psalms 39–13 39:1-13 Psalms 40–17 40:1-17 Psalms 41–13 41:1-13 Psalms 42–43 42:1-43:5 Psalms 44–26 44:1-26 Psalms 45–17 45:1-17 Psalms 46–11 46:1-11 Psalms 47–9 47:1-9 Psalms 48–14 48:1-14 Psalms 49–20 49:1-20 Psalms 50–23 50:1-23 Psalms 51–19 51:1-19 Psalms 52–9 52:1-9 Psalms 53–6 53:1-6 Psalms 54–7 54:1-7 Psalms 55–23 55:1-23 Psalms 56–13 56:1-13 Psalms 57–11 57:1-11 Psalms 58–11 58:1-11 Psalms 59–17 59:1-17 Psalms 60–12 60:1-12 Psalms 61–8 61:1-8 Psalms 62–12 62:1-12 Psalms 63–11 63:1-11 Psalms 64–10 64:1-10 Psalms 65–13 65:1-13 Psalms 66–20 66:1-20 Psalms 67–7 67:1-7 Psalms 68–35 68:1-35 Psalms 69–36 69:1-36 Psalms 70–71 70:1-71:24 Psalms 72–20 72:1-20 Psalms 73–28 73:1-28 Psalms 74–23 74:1-23 Psalms 75–10 75:1-10 Psalms 76–12 76:1-12 Psalms 77–20 77:1-20 Psalms 78–72 78:1-72 Psalms 79–13 79:1-13 Psalms 80–19 80:1-19 Psalms 81–16 81:1-16 Psalms 82–8 82:1-8 Psalms 83–18 83:1-18 Psalms 84–12 84:1-12 Psalms 85–13 85:1-13 Psalms 86–17 86:1-17 Psalms 87–7 87:1-7 Psalms 88–18 88:1-18 Psalms 89–52 89:1-52 Psalms 90–91 90:1-91:16 Psalms 92–97 92:1-97:12 Psalms 98–99 98:1-99:9 Psalms 100–5 100:1-5 Psalms 101–8 101:1-8 Psalms 102–28 102:1-28 Psalms 103–106 103:1-106:48 Psalms 107–43 107:1-43 Psalms 108–13 108:1-13 Psalms 109–31 109:1-31 Psalms 110–118 110:1-118:29 Psalms 119–8 119:1-8 Psalms 119–16 119:9-16 Psalms 119–24 119:17-24 Psalms 119–32 119:25-32 Psalms 119–40 119:33-40 Psalms 119–48 119:41-48 Psalms 119–56 119:49-56 Psalms 119–64 119:57-64 Psalms 119–72 119:65-72 Psalms 119–80 119:73-80 Psalms 119–88 119:81-88 Psalms 119–176 119:89-176 Psalms 119–104 119:96-104 Psalms 119–112 119:105-112 Psalms 119–120 119:113-120 Psalms 119–128 119:121-128 Psalms 119–136 119:129-136 Psalms 119–144 119:137-144 Psalms 119–152 119:145-152 Psalms 119–160 119:153-160 Psalms 119–168 119:161-168 Psalms 119–176 119:169-176 Psalms 120–7 120:1-7 Psalms 121–8 121:1-8 Psalms 122–9 122:1-9 Psalms 123–4 123:1-4 Psalms 124–8 124:1-8 Psalms 125–5 125:1-5 Psalms 126–6 126:1-6 Psalms 127–5 127:1-5 Psalms 128–6 128:1-6 Psalms 129–8 129:1-8 Psalms 130–8 130:1-8 Psalms 131–3 131:1-3 Psalms 132–18 132:1-18 Psalms 133–3 133:1-3 Psalms 134–137 134:1-137:9 Psalms 138–8 138:1-8 Psalms 139–24 139:1-24 Psalms 140–13 140:1-13 Psalms 141–10 141:1-10 Psalms 142–7 142:1-7 Psalms 143–12 143:1-12 Psalms 144–15 144:1-15 Psalms 145–150 145:1-150:6

Proverbs

Introduction: The Purpose of Proverbs and the Fear of the Lord 1:1-7 Warning Against Enticement by Sinners 1:8-19 Wisdom's Public Call and the Folly of Rejection 1:20-33 The Value of Wisdom and Its Protection 2:1-22 Trusting God and Walking in Wisdom 3:1-35 A Father's Exhortation to Hold Fast to Wisdom 4:1-27 Warning Against Adultery and a Call to Fidelity 5:1-23 Warnings: Surety, Laziness, and Wickedness 6:1-19 Obey Parental Commands and the Dangers of Adultery 6:20-35 The Example of a Young Man Seduced 7:1-27 Wisdom's Proclamation and Blessings 8:1-36 Contrasting Invitations of Wisdom and Folly 9:1-18 Solomon's Proverbs: Contrasts of Righteousness and Folly 10:1-32 Proverbs on Justice, Integrity, and Righteous Living 11:1-31 Wise Conduct, Diligence, and Righteous Speech 12:1-28 Discipline, Wealth, and the Wise Child 13:1-25 Sayings on Wisdom, Folly, and the Fear of the Lord 14:1-35 The Power of Speech and the Benefits of Wisdom 15:1-33 God's Sovereignty Over Human Plans 16:1-33 Relations and Righteousness: Peace, Speech, and Integrity 17:1-28 The Power of Words and the Nature of Companionship 18:1-24 Advice on Wealth, Conduct, and Discipline 19:1-29 Counsel, Justice, and Warnings Against Excess 20:1-30 Divine Sovereignty, Justice, and the King's Role 21:1-31 Reputation, Generosity, and Child Discipline 22:1-16 Sayings of the Wise: Practical Moral Instruction 22:17-24:34 Solomon's Proverbs on Restraint and Leadership 25:1-28 Folly and Foolish Behavior in Speech and Deeds 26:1-28 Friendship, Counsel, and Practical Wisdom for Life 27:1-27 Justice, Righteousness, and the Results of Rebellion 28:1-28 Discipline, Leadership, and Social Order 29:1-27 The Sayings of Agur: Humility and Observations 30:1-33 Advice to King Lemuel and the Virtuous Woman 31:1-31

Isaiah

Judah's Rebellion and Call to Repentance 1:1-31 The Mountain of the Lord and the Nations' Hope 2:1-6 Judgment on Arrogance and Idolatry 2:7-22 Judgment on Jerusalem's Leaders and Social Order 3:1-4:1 The Branch and the Renewal of Zion 4:2-6 The Song of the Vineyard: Israel's Failure 5:1-7 Woes to Israel and Coming Judgment 5:8-30 Isaiah's Vision and Commission 6:1-13 Ahaz, the Immanuel Sign, and Invasion 7:1-25 The Sign of Plunder and a Call to Courage 8:1-10 Trust the Lord, Not Alliances or Diviners 8:11-22 A Child Is Born: Promise of Peace 9:1-7 Israel's Arrogance and Coming Punishment 9:8-10:4 Assyria: Instrument of Judgment and Its Doom 10:5-19 The Remnant and the Fall of Assyria 10:20-34 The Righteous Branch and the Peaceable Kingdom 11:1-16 A Song of Praise for God's Salvation 12:1-6 Babylon's Doom and the Day of the Lord 13:1-14:23 God's Decree: Assyria Overthrown 14:24-27 Oracle Concerning Philistia and Promise to Zion 14:28-32 Lament for Moab 15:1-16:14 Judgment on Damascus and Northern Israel 17:1-14 A Message to Cush (Ethiopia) 18:1-7 Judgment on Egypt and Future Salvation 19:1-25 Isaiah's Sign against Egypt and Cush 20:1-6 Prophecy of Babylon's Fall (The Watchman's Report) 21:1-10 Oracle concerning Dumah: The Night Watchman's Lament 21:11-12 Oracle Against Arabia (Dedan and Kedar) 21:13-17 The Valley of Vision: Jerusalem's Fall and Leadership Change 22:1-25 Tyre's Fall and Future Restoration 23:1-18 The Lord's Universal Judgment and Final Reign 24:1-23 Praise for God's Triumph and Deliverance 25:1-12 Trust in God and Hope for Deliverance 26:1-21 The Slaying of Leviathan and Israel's Restoration 27:1-13 Woe to Ephraim and Judah: Drunkenness and Judgment 28:1-29 Woe to Ariel (Jerusalem) and Promise of Enlightenment 29:1-24 Rebuke for Seeking Egypt's Help; Call to Trust the Lord 30:1-33 Egypt Is No Help; The Lord Will Save Jerusalem 31:1-9 A Righteous King and Just Leadership 32:1-8 Call to Repentance and Promise of Renewal 32:9-20 A Plea for Deliverance and the Lord's Judgment 33:1-24 The Lord's Vengeance on the Nations (Edom) 34:1-17 The Glorious Restoration of the Redeemed 35:1-10 Sennacherib's Siege and Rabshakeh's Taunt 36:1-22 Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah; Rabshakeh's Threat 37:1-13 Hezekiah's Prayer and Isaiah's Assurance 37:14-20 God Delivers Jerusalem and Sennacherib's Defeat 37:21-38 Hezekiah's Illness, Prayer, and Recovery 38:1-22 Babylonian Envoys and the Announcement of Exile 39:1-8 Comfort for Zion and the Majesty of God 40:1-31 God Defends Israel Against the Nations and Idols 41:1-29 The Servant of the Lord: Covenant and Mission 42:1-9 A Call to Praise and God's Guidance for the Blind 42:10-17 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Resulting Judgment 42:18-25 Israel Redeemed: God's Sovereign Deliverer 43:1-13 The Lord Proclaims Redemption and Rebukes Israel 43:14-28 Israel Chosen and Blessed by the Spirit 44:1-5 The Folly of Idols and God's Uniqueness 44:6-23 God the Creator and the Call of Cyrus for Israel's Restoration 44:24-45:25 The God Who Carries and Redeems: Yahweh's Sovereignty over Idols 46:1-13 The Humbling of Babylon the Mistress 47:1-15 Israel's Stubbornness and God's Resolute Purpose 48:1-11 God's Sovereign 'I Am' and Call to Return 48:12-22 The Servant's Commission to Restore Israel and the Nations 49:1-8 Restoration and Promise to Gather Israel 49:9-26 The Servant's Suffering and Israel's Rejection 50:1-11 Comfort for Zion: Remember Abraham; God's Salvation 51:1-16 Awakening of Zion and Proclamation of Salvation 51:17-52:12 The Suffering Servant and Atonement 52:13-53:12 The Exalted Zion: Promise of Restoration and Protection 54:1-17 Invitation to Life and the Power of God's Word 55:1-13 Justice, Inclusion, and Sabbath Observance 56:1-8 Condemnation of Idolatry and Complacency 56:9-57:13 Restoration for the Humble and Promise of Peace 57:14-21 True Fasting: Justice, Mercy, and Sabbath Blessing 58:1-14 Sin's Consequences and God's Redeeming Intervention 59:1-21 The Glory and Gathering of Zion 60:1-22 The Year of the Lord's Favor and Joyful Restoration 61:1-11 Zion's Vindication and New Name 62:1-12 The Lord's Vengeance: Treading the Winepress 63:1-6 Remembering God's Mercy and Plea for Restoration 63:7-64:12 God's Grace to the Faithful and Judgment on the Rebellious 65:1-16 A New Creation: Joy and Peace 65:17-25 The Lord's Final Judgment and the New Creation 66:1-24

Jeremiah

The Call and Commission of Jeremiah 1:1-19 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Call to Repentance 2:1-3:5 Judah's Spiritual Adultery and Call to Return 3:6-4:4 The Coming Calamity on the Land 4:5-31 An Accusation against Jerusalem's Corruption 5:1-31 The Siege and Devastation of Jerusalem 6:1-30 The Temple Sermon: False Security Condemned 7:1-29 Violence and Corruption in the Land 7:30-8:3 Persistent Idolatry and Coming Punishment 8:4-9:26 The Folly of Idols 10:1-16 Judah's Flight and Jeremiah's Lament 10:17-22 A Prayer for Direction and Deliverance 10:23-25 The Broken Covenant and a Public Warning 11:1-17 Conspiracy against Jeremiah and God's Vindication 11:18-23 Jeremiah's Complaint to God 12:1-4 A Call to Endure and Judgment on Nations 12:5-17 The Linen Belt: Symbol of Judah's Humiliation 13:1-11 A Sign of Shame and Pronounced Judgment 13:12-14 A Lament of Shame and Imminent Disaster 13:15-27 Famine, False Prophets, and Divine Judgment 14:1-15:21 Symbolic Acts and the People's Sinfulness 16:1-17:18 Warning about Sabbath Violations 17:19-27 The Potter and the Broken Jar: Judgment on Jerusalem 18:1-19:15 Persecution by Pashhur the Priest 20:1-6 Jeremiah's Lament and Resolve 20:7-18 A Message to the Royal House: Doom for Jerusalem 21:1-14 Judgment on the Kings and Royal House 22:1-30 False Shepherds Condemned and a Righteous Branch Promised 23:1-8 Condemnation of False Prophets 23:9-32 The Lord Rebukes False Oracles 23:33-40 The Two Figs: Exile and Remnant 24:1-10 Seventy Years of Babylonian Dominion 25:1-14 The Cup of God's Wrath on the Nations 25:15-38 Jeremiah's Temple Address, Arrest, and Vindication 26:1-24 The Yoke of Babylon and Call to Submit 27:1-22 Hananiah's False Prophecy and Its Rebuke 28:1-17 Letter to the Exiles: Seek the Welfare of Babylon 29:1-23 Shemaiah's Letter and Its Condemnation 29:24-32 The Book of Comfort: Restoration and the New Covenant 30:1-31:40 Jeremiah Buys a Field: Faith and Hope in Captivity 32:1-44 Promise of Restoration and the Davidic Covenant 33:1-26 Zedekiah's Appeal and Jeremiah's Warning 34:1-7 Breach of Covenant and Punishment for Oppression 34:8-22 The Rechabites' Fidelity as a Rebuke to Judah 35:1-19 Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Words and the Scroll Is Burned 36:1-32 Jeremiah Imprisoned during the Siege of Jerusalem 37:1-21 Jeremiah Cast into a Cistern 38:1-13 Ebed‑Melech Rescues Jeremiah; Zedekiah's Failure 38:14-28 The Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiah's Release 39:1-18 Gedaliah Appointed Governor and Jeremiah's Choice 40:1-6 Assassination of Gedaliah and the Terror in Judah 40:7-41:15 Rejection of Jeremiah's Counsel and Flight to Egypt 41:16-43:13 The Jews in Egypt: Idolatry and Condemnation 44:1-30 A Word to Baruch: Encouragement and Warning 45:1-5 Oracles against Egypt 46:1-28 Judgment on the Philistines 47:1-7 Judgment on Moab 48:1-47 Judgment on Ammon 49:1-6 Judgment on Edom 49:7-22 Judgment on Damascus and Aram 49:23-27 Destruction of Kedar and the Nomads 49:28-33 Judgment on Elam and Future Restoration 49:34-39 Judgment on Babylon and Its Final Fall 50:1-51:64 The Fall of Jerusalem and Zedekiah's Fate 52:1-30 Jehoiachin's Release from Babylonian Captivity 52:31-34

Ezekiel

The Vision of God's Glory and the Living Creatures 1:1-28 Ezekiel's Commission and the Eating of the Scroll 2:1-3:15 Ezekiel Appointed as Watchman and Made Speechless 3:16-27 Symbolic Acts of Siege and Judgment on Jerusalem 4:1-5:17 Judgment on Israel for Idolatry 6:1-14 The Day of the Lord: Impending Disaster 7:1-27 Visions of Temple Abominations 8:1-18 The Execution of Jerusalem's Wicked and the Marked Few 9:1-11 The Departure of God's Glory from the Temple 10:1-22 Condemnation of Jerusalem's Leaders 11:1-15 The Departure of God's Glory and Promise of Restoration 11:16-25 Signs of Exile and the Futility of False Hopes 12:1-28 Condemnation of False Prophets and Diviners 13:1-23 Elders' Idolatry and Its Consequences 14:1-11 Judgment on Nations and the Limits of Intercession 14:12-23 Jerusalem Portrayed as a Useless Vine 15:1-8 Jerusalem's Infidelity: Shame, Judgment, and Vindication 16:1-63 The Parable of the Two Eagles: Zedekiah's Folly 17:1-24 Individual Responsibility and the Call to Repentance 18:1-32 A Lament for Israel's Princes 19:1-14 Israel's History of Rebellion and Divine Judgment 20:1-29 Punishment for Profane Worship and Promise of Restoration 20:30-44 A Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel 20:45-49 The Sword of the Lord: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 21:1-32 Jerusalem's Corruption and the Search for a Righteous Remnant 22:1-31 The Sisters' Harlotry: Samaria and Jerusalem Condemned 23:1-49 The Boiling Pot: Prophecy of Jerusalem's Siege 24:1-14 The Sign of Ezekiel's Wife's Death: Judgment and Changed Lament 24:15-27 Oracle Against Ammon 25:1-7 Oracles Against Moab and Seir 25:8-11 Judgment on the Philistines 25:12-14 Oracle Against Tyre 25:15-17 The Fall of Tyre Foretold 26:1-21 Lamentation for Tyre, the Merchant City 27:1-36 The Pride and Fall of Tyre's Ruler 28:1-19 Judgment on Sidon and Promise of Israel's Security 28:20-26 Egypt's Humiliation and Years of Desolation 29:1-21 The Day of the Lord Against Egypt and Its Allies 30:1-26 Egypt Compared to the Fallen Cedar: Pride and Doom 31:1-18 Lament for Egypt's Collapse and Descent into Sheol 32:1-32 The Watchman's Duty and Personal Responsibility 33:1-20 Report of Jerusalem's Fall and the People's Alarm 33:21-33 Condemnation of Bad Shepherds and Promise of a Good Shepherd 34:1-31 Judgment on Edom for Rejoicing over Israel 35:1-15 Promise of Israel's Restoration and Spiritual Renewal 36:1-38 The Valley of Dry Bones: National Revival 37:1-14 The Two Sticks: Unity of Israel and the Davidic Covenant 37:15-28 The Invasion of Gog and Its Defeat 38:1-39:29 Vision of the Future Temple: Introduction and Commission 40:1-4 Measurements of the Outer Court and Gateways 40:5-16 Courtyard Entrances and Portico Dimensions 40:17-19 Inner Court Entrances and Chambers 40:20-23 Vestibules and Side Entrance Specifications 40:24-27 Details of Inner Chambers and Gate Structure 40:28-37 Porches, Chambers, and Steps of the Temple Court 40:38-43 Priests' Chambers and the Prince's Quarters 40:44-47 The Inner Sanctuary and Holy Place Measurements 40:48-41:26 Priestly Chambers and the Inner Court Layout 42:1-20 The Return of God's Glory to the Temple 43:1-12 Altar Design and Sacrificial Regulations 43:13-27 Temple Gates, Priestly Roles, and Exclusions 44:1-31 Land Allotments and the Prince's Portion 45:1-12 Worship Regulations: Offerings, Festivals, and the Prince 45:13-46:24 The Life-Giving River Flowing from the Temple 47:1-12 Division of the Land and Inheritance Boundaries 47:13-23 Tribal Allotments in the Restored Land 48:1-29 The City Gates and the Name: 'The Lord Is There' 48:30-35

Matthew

The Genealogy of Jesus 1:1-17 The Birth of Jesus Foretold to Joseph 1:18-25 The Visit of the Magi 2:1-12 Flight into Egypt and the Slaughter of the Innocents 2:13-18 Return to Nazareth 2:19-23 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3:1-12 The Baptism of Jesus 3:13-17 The Temptation of Jesus 4:1-11 Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 4:12-17 Jesus Calls the First Disciples 4:18-22 Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee 4:23-25 The Beatitudes 5:1-12 Salt and Light 5:13-16 Jesus and the Law 5:17-20 Teaching on Anger and Reconciliation 5:21-26 Teaching on Adultery and Lust 5:27-30 Teaching on Divorce 5:31-32 Teaching on Oaths and Honesty 5:33-37 Teaching on Retaliation and Generosity 5:38-42 Love Your Enemies 5:43-48 Giving to the Needy in Secret 6:1-4 Prayer and the Lord's Prayer 6:5-15 Teaching on Fasting 6:16-18 Treasures and Serving God 6:19-24 Do Not Worry 6:25-34 Do Not Judge 7:1-6 Ask, Seek, Knock and the Golden Rule 7:7-12 The Narrow and Wide Gates 7:13-14 Recognizing False Prophets 7:15-23 Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders 7:24-29 Jesus Cleanses a Leper 8:1-4 The Faith of the Centurion 8:5-13 Jesus Heals Many and Fulfills Prophecy 8:14-17 The Cost of Discipleship 8:18-22 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:23-27 Healing of Two Demon-Possessed Men 8:28-34 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9:1-8 Jesus Calls Matthew and Eats with Sinners 9:9-13 Fasting and the New Cloth and Wineskins 9:14-17 A Daughter Restored and a Woman Healed 9:18-26 Two Blind Men Healed and a Mute Man Restored 9:27-34 Jesus' Compassion and the Call for Workers 9:35-38 The Mission of the Twelve 10:1-42 John's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony about John 11:1-19 Woe to Unrepentant Cities 11:20-24 The Father's Revelation and Rest for the Weary 11:25-30 Sabbath Controversies: Grain and Healing 12:1-14 Jesus Heals and Fulfills Isaiah's Prophecy 12:15-21 Accusation, Blasphemy Against the Spirit, and the Heart's Fruit 12:22-37 The Sign of Jonah and the Unclean Spirit 12:38-45 Jesus Redefines Family 12:46-50 The Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 13:1-23 The Parable of the Weeds 13:24-30 The Mustard Seed and the Yeast 13:31-35 Explanation of the Weeds and End-Time Judgment 13:36-43 Treasure and Pearl: The Kingdom's Value 13:44-46 The Net and New and Old Treasures 13:47-52 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 13:53-58 The Execution of John the Baptist 14:1-12 Feeding the Five Thousand 14:13-21 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals Many 14:22-36 Tradition, Purity, and the Canaanite Woman's Faith 15:1-28 Jesus Heals Many and Feeds the Four Thousand 15:29-39 Pharisees Demand a Sign 16:1-4 Warning About the Teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees 16:5-12 Peter's Confession: You Are the Christ 16:13-20 Jesus Foretells His Death and Discipleship 16:21-28 The Transfiguration 17:1-13 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy and a Second Prediction of Death 17:14-23 Payment of the Temple Tax 17:24-27 Humility and Care for Little Ones 18:1-9 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 18:10-14 Church Discipline and Prayer 18:15-20 Forgiveness and the Unforgiving Servant 18:21-35 Marriage, Divorce, and Children 19:1-15 The Rich Young Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 19:16-30 The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard 20:1-16 Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 20:17-19 Request for Honor and Teaching on Servanthood 20:20-28 Two Blind Men Healed Near Jericho 20:29-34 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 21:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Heals 21:12-17 The Withered Fig Tree and Teaching on Faith 21:18-22 Jesus' Authority Challenged 21:23-27 The Parable of the Two Sons 21:28-32 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 21:33-46 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 22:1-14 Question about Paying Taxes to Caesar 22:15-22 The Sadducees and the Resurrection 22:23-33 The Greatest Commandment 22:34-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees about the Messiah 22:41-46 Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees 23:1-39 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of the End and the Temple's Destruction 24:1-35 The Olivet Discourse: Watchfulness and Judgment 24:36-51 The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:1-13 The Parable of the Talents 25:14-30 The Final Judgment: Sheep and Goats 25:31-46 The Plot to Arrest Jesus 26:1-5 The Anointing at Bethany 26:6-13 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 26:14-16 The Last Supper 26:17-30 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 26:31-35 Prayer in Gethsemane 26:36-46 The Arrest of Jesus 26:47-56 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin 26:57-68 Peter's Denial and Repentance 26:69-75 Judas' Remorse and Suicide 27:1-10 Jesus Sentenced by Pilate 27:11-26 Jesus Mocked and Scourged 27:27-31 The Crucifixion and Mockery 27:32-44 The Death of Jesus 27:45-56 Jesus Is Buried 27:57-61 The Tomb Secured by the Authorities 27:62-66 The Resurrection: Women at the Tomb 28:1-10 The Guards' Report and the Chief Priests' Lie 28:11-15 The Great Commission 28:16-20

Mark

John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1:1-8 The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 1:9-13 Jesus Begins His Ministry and Calls the First Disciples 1:14-20 Jesus Teaches with Authority and Casts Out an Unclean Spirit 1:21-28 Healings and Demons Cleansed at Simon's Home 1:29-34 Jesus Prays and Proclaims the Kingdom in Galilee 1:35-39 Healing of a Man with Leprosy 1:40-45 Forgiveness and Healing of a Paralytic 2:1-12 Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 2:13-17 Questions about Fasting; New Cloth and Wineskins 2:18-22 Sabbath Controversies: Grain, Healing, and Plot Against Jesus 2:23-3:6 Great Crowds Follow; Unclean Spirits Acknowledge Jesus 3:7-12 Jesus Appoints the Twelve Apostles 3:13-19 Accusations of Beelzebul and the Parable of the Strong Man 3:20-30 Jesus Redefines True Family 3:31-35 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 4:1-20 A Lamp, Measure, and the Principle of Growth 4:21-25 Parable of the Growing Seed 4:26-29 The Mustard Seed and the Kingdom's Growth 4:30-34 Jesus Calms the Storm 4:35-41 The Gerasene Demoniac Restored 5:1-20 A Woman Healed and Jairus' Daughter Raised 5:21-43 Jesus Rejected in His Hometown 6:1-6 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve 6:7-13 Herod, Herodias, and the Death of John the Baptist 6:14-29 Feeding of the Five Thousand 6:30-44 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals at Gennesaret 6:45-56 Tradition, Inner Purity, and What Truly Defiles 7:1-23 A Gentile Woman's Faith and the Healing at Tyre 7:24-30 Jesus Heals a Deaf Man Who Could Not Speak Clearly 7:31-37 Feeding the Four Thousand and the Pharisees' Demand for a Sign 8:1-13 Beware the Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod 8:14-21 Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida 8:22-26 Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 8:27-30 Jesus Predicts His Death and Calls Disciples to Take Up the Cross 8:31-9:1 The Transfiguration and the Return of Elijah 9:2-13 Healing of a Boy with an Unclean Spirit; Jesus Predicts His Passion Again 9:14-32 Who Is the Greatest? A Child as the Model of Service 9:33-37 Tolerance for Those Who Serve in Jesus' Name 9:38-41 Warnings about Causing Sin; Exhortations on Salt and Holiness 9:42-50 Jesus' Teaching on Divorce 10:1-12 Jesus Blesses Little Children 10:13-16 The Rich Young Man and the Cost of Discipleship 10:17-31 Jesus Again Predicts His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection 10:32-34 Ambition and Servanthood: The Way of True Greatness 10:35-45 Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 10:46-52 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 11:1-11 Withered Fig Tree and the Cleansing of the Temple 11:12-19 Faith, Prayer, and the Call to Forgiveness 11:20-26 Religious Leaders Question Jesus' Authority 11:27-33 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 12:1-12 Render to Caesar: Taxes and Allegiance 12:13-17 Sadducees Challenge Resurrection; Jesus Teaches Eternal Life 12:18-27 The Greatest Commandment: Love God and Neighbor 12:28-34 Jesus Questions the Messiah and Warns Against Scribes 12:35-40 The Widow's Offering: True Generosity 12:41-44 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of Destruction and the End 13:1-31 No One Knows the Day: Be Watchful 13:32-37 Plot to Kill Jesus and the Anointing at Bethany 14:1-11 The Passover Meal and Institution of the Lord's Supper 14:12-26 Jesus Predicts the Disciples' Flight and Peter's Denial 14:27-31 Gethsemane: Jesus' Agony and Prayer 14:32-42 The Arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane 14:43-52 Jesus Before the Council 14:53-65 Peter's Denial and His Remorse 14:66-72 Jesus Before Pilate; Barabbas Released 15:1-15 The Soldiers Mock and Scourge Jesus 15:16-20 The Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion 15:21-32 Jesus' Death and the Centurion's Confession 15:33-41 The Burial of Jesus 15:42-47 The Resurrection: Women Find the Empty Tomb 16:1-8 Appearances of the Risen Lord and the Commission 16:9-20

Luke

Purpose and Order of the Gospel 1:1-4 Announcement of John the Baptist's Birth 1:5-25 The Annunciation to Mary 1:26-38 Mary Visits Elizabeth 1:39-45 Mary's Song (The Magnificat) 1:46-56 The Birth and Naming of John 1:57-66 Zechariah's Prophecy and John's Mission 1:67-80 The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 2:1-7 Angels Announce the Shepherds' Good News 2:8-20 Presentation in the Temple; Simeon and Anna 2:21-40 The Boy Jesus in the Temple 2:41-52 John the Baptist's Call to Repentance 3:1-20 The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 3:21-38 Jesus Tested in the Wilderness 4:1-13 Rejection at Nazareth 4:14-30 Authority over Unclean Spirits in Capernaum 4:31-37 Healings and Preaching in Galilee 4:38-44 The Call of the First Disciples 5:1-11 Healing a Man with Leprosy 5:12-16 A Paralytic Forgiven and Healed 5:17-26 The Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 5:27-32 Questions about Fasting; New Wine and Old Wineskins 5:33-39 Lord of the Sabbath and a Sabbath Healing 6:1-11 The Appointment of the Twelve Apostles 6:12-16 The Sermon on the Plain: Blessings and Woes 6:17-26 Love Your Enemies and Be Merciful 6:27-36 Judging Others and the Speck and Log 6:37-42 A Tree and Its Fruit: True Character Revealed 6:43-45 The Wise and Foolish Builders 6:46-49 The Faith of the Centurion 7:1-10 Raising the Widow's Son at Nain 7:11-17 John the Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony 7:18-35 A Sinful Woman Forgiven 7:36-50 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 8:1-15 Lighted Lamp and Hearing the Word 8:16-18 Jesus Redefines His Family 8:19-21 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:22-25 Healing the Gerasene Demoniac 8:26-39 Jairus' Daughter Raised and a Woman Healed 8:40-56 The Twelve Sent Out 9:1-9 Feeding the Five Thousand 9:10-17 Peter's Confession and the Way of the Cross 9:18-27 The Transfiguration 9:28-36 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy; A Second Passion Prediction 9:37-45 Who Is Greatest and a Servant's Ministry 9:46-50 Jesus Resolves for Jerusalem; Samaritan Rejection 9:51-56 The Cost of Discipleship 9:57-62 The Seventy Sent Out and Their Return 10:1-24 The Good Samaritan 10:25-37 Mary and Martha: Choosing the Better Part 10:38-42 The Lord's Prayer and Persistent Prayer 11:1-13 Jesus, Beelzebul, and True Blessedness 11:14-28 Demand for a Sign; Jonah and the Queen of the South 11:29-32 The Light of the Body and Inner Purity 11:33-36 Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers 11:37-54 Warnings against Hypocrisy and Confession before Men 12:1-12 The Parable of the Rich Fool 12:13-21 Do Not Worry; Seek God's Kingdom 12:22-34 Watchfulness and Faithful Stewardship 12:35-48 Division Caused by Christ 12:49-53 Interpreting the Times and Settling with Adversaries 12:54-59 Call to Repentance and the Barren Fig Tree 13:1-9 Healing on the Sabbath and Jesus' Rebuke 13:10-17 Parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast 13:18-21 The Narrow Door and the Cost of Entry 13:22-30 Jesus Laments over Jerusalem 13:31-35 Healing at a Pharisee's House and Humility at the Table 14:1-14 Parable of the Great Banquet 14:15-24 The Cost of Following Jesus; Salt and Saltiness 14:25-35 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15:1-7 The Parable of the Lost Coin 15:8-10 The Parable of the Prodigal Son 15:11-32 The Shrewd Manager and Teaching on Wealth 16:1-15 Law, the Kingdom, and Divorce 16:16-18 The Rich Man and Lazarus 16:19-31 Teachings on Temptation, Forgiveness, and Duty 17:1-10 Healing of the Ten Lepers 17:11-19 The Coming of the Kingdom and End-Time Sayings 17:20-37 Parable of the Persistent Widow 18:1-8 Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 18:9-14 Jesus Blesses Little Children 18:15-17 The Rich Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 18:18-30 Jesus Predicts His Death Again 18:31-34 Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 18:35-43 Zacchaeus: Salvation Comes to His House 19:1-10 Parable of the Ten Minas 19:11-27 Triumphal Entry and Lament over Jerusalem 19:28-44 Cleansing the Temple and Teaching 19:45-48 Jesus' Authority Challenged 20:1-8 Parable of the Wicked Tenants 20:9-19 Paying Taxes to Caesar 20:20-26 Question about the Resurrection 20:27-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees; Warnings against Hypocrisy 20:41-47 The Widow's Offering 21:1-4 The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End 21:5-38 The Plot to Kill Jesus and Judas' Agreement 22:1-6 The Last Supper and Predictions of Denial 22:7-38 Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane 22:39-46 Jesus Arrested 22:47-53 Peter's Denial Fulfilled 22:54-62 Jesus Mocked and Beaten 22:63-65 Jesus before the Council and Pilate; Sentencing 22:66-23:25 The Way of the Cross and the Penitent Thief 23:26-43 The Death of Jesus and the Centurion's Confession 23:44-49 The Burial of Jesus 23:50-56 The Empty Tomb and the Women's Report 24:1-12 The Road to Emmaus and Recognition of the Risen Lord 24:13-35 Jesus Appears to the Disciples and Explains Scripture 24:36-49 The Ascension and the Disciples' Worship 24:50-53

John

The Word Became Flesh 1:1-18 John the Baptist's Witness 1:19-28 Behold the Lamb of God 1:29-34 The First Disciples and Simon Peter 1:35-42 Calling of Philip and Nathanael 1:43-51 The Wedding at Cana: Water Made Wine 2:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Speaks of His Body 2:12-25 Nicodemus and the New Birth 3:1-21 John the Baptist Exalts Jesus 3:22-36 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well 4:1-26 The Harvest Is Ready 4:27-38 Samaritans Believe in Jesus 4:39-42 Healing of the Royal Official's Son 4:43-54 Jesus Heals at Bethesda 5:1-15 Jesus Claims Authority Over Life and Judgment 5:16-30 Witnesses to Jesus and Israel's Unbelief 5:31-47 Feeding the Five Thousand 6:1-15 Jesus Walks on the Sea 6:16-24 Jesus the Bread of Life 6:25-59 Many Turn Away; Peter's Confession 6:60-71 Jesus Stays Away from Judea 7:1-13 Jesus Teaches at the Festival 7:14-24 Growing Division Over Jesus 7:25-44 Temple Officers and the Adulterous Woman 7:45-8:11 Jesus the Light and His Claim 8:12-30 True Discipleship and Freedom 8:31-41 Jesus' Divine Origin and Opposition 8:42-47 Jesus' 'I Am' and Preexistence 8:48-59 Healing of a Man Born Blind 9:1-12 Controversy with the Pharisees over the Healing 9:13-34 Spiritual Sight and Blindness 9:35-41 The Good Shepherd and His Sheep 10:1-21 Feast of Dedication and Controversy over Jesus 10:22-42 Lazarus' Sickness and Jesus' Intention 11:1-16 Jesus Weeps at Lazarus' Tomb 11:17-37 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead 11:38-44 Plot to Kill Jesus and Caiaphas' Counsel 11:45-57 Mary Anoints Jesus; Plot to Kill Lazarus 12:1-11 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 12:12-19 Greeks Seek Jesus; He Predicts His Death 12:20-36 Unbelief and Jesus' Final Appeal 12:37-50 Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13:1-17 The Prediction of Judas' Betrayal 13:18-30 The New Commandment and Peter's Denial 13:31-38 Jesus Promises a Place in the Father's House 14:1-4 Jesus the Way to the Father 14:5-14 Promise of the Holy Spirit and Peace 14:15-31 The Vine and the Command to Love 15:1-17 The World's Hatred and the Cost of Discipleship 15:18-16:4 The Holy Spirit's Work 16:5-16 Sorrow Turned to Joy; Peace in Christ 16:17-33 The Son's Prayer for Glory 17:1-5 Prayer for the Disciples' Protection and Sanctification 17:6-19 Prayer for Unity Among Believers 17:20-26 Jesus Arrested in Gethsemane 18:1-11 Jesus Brought to Annas 18:12-14 Peter's First Denial 18:15-18 Jesus Questioned and Struck Before the High Priest 18:19-24 Peter Denies Jesus Three Times 18:25-27 Jesus Before Pilate 18:28-40 Jesus Scourged, Mocked, and Sentenced to Crucifixion 19:1-16 The Crucifixion and Jesus' Care for His Mother 19:17-27 Jesus' Death and the Fulfillment of Scripture 19:28-37 Jesus' Burial 19:38-42 The Empty Tomb Discovered 20:1-9 Mary Magdalene Meets the Risen Lord 20:10-18 Jesus Appears to His Disciples and Breathes the Spirit 20:19-23 Thomas Believes; Purpose of John's Gospel 20:24-31 The Miraculous Catch and Breakfast by the Sea 21:1-14 Peter Reinstated and the Beloved Disciple 21:15-25

Acts

The Ascension of Jesus 1:1-11 Prayer in the Upper Room and the Choosing of Matthias 1:12-26 Pentecost: The Coming of the Spirit 2:1-13 Peter's Sermon and Three Thousand Converted 2:14-41 The Early Christian Community 2:42-47 Healing at the Beautiful Gate 3:1-10 Peter's Address at Solomon's Colonnade 3:11-26 The Apostles Before the Sanhedrin 4:1-22 Believers Pray for Boldness 4:23-31 The Believers Share Possessions 4:32-37 Ananias and Sapphira 5:1-11 Signs Performed by the Apostles 5:12-16 Persecution of the Apostles and Their Witness 5:17-42 The Appointment of the Seven Deacons 6:1-7 Stephen's Wisdom and Opposition 6:8-15 Stephen's Speech before the Sanhedrin 7:1-53 The Stoning of Stephen and the Persecution of the Church 7:54-8:1 Saul's Persecution Scatters the Church 8:2-3 Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria 8:4-8 Simon Magus and Peter's Rebuke 8:9-25 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch 8:26-40 The Conversion of Saul 9:1-19 Saul's Early Ministry and Acceptance by the Church 9:20-31 Peter Heals Aeneas and Raises Tabitha 9:32-43 Cornelius' Vision and the Call for Peter 10:1-8 Peter's Vision and the Messengers from Cornelius 10:9-23 Peter at Cornelius' House: Gentiles Receive the Spirit 10:24-48 Peter Defends the Conversion of Gentiles 11:1-18 The Church in Antioch and Famine Relief 11:19-30 Herod Executes James; Peter Miraculously Freed 12:1-19 Herod's Death and the Church's Continued Growth 12:20-25 The First Missionary Sending 13:1-3 Ministry in Cyprus and Elymas's Blinding 13:4-12 Paul's Mission in Pisidian Antioch 13:13-52 Paul and Barnabas in Iconium 14:1-7 Healing in Lystra and Paul's Stoning 14:8-20 Paul and Barnabas Strengthen the Churches 14:21-28 The Jerusalem Council on Gentile Circumcision 15:1-21 The Council's Letter and Peace with Antioch 15:22-35 Paul and Barnabas Separate 15:36-41 Timothy Joins Paul and Churches Are Strengthened 16:1-5 The Call to Macedonia 16:6-10 Lydia's Conversion at Philippi 16:11-15 Paul and Silas Imprisoned and Released in Philippi 16:16-40 Preaching in Thessalonica and Opposition 17:1-9 Berea's Noble Reception and Paul's Departure 17:10-15 Paul's Address at the Areopagus 17:16-34 Paul's Ministry in Corinth and Conflict 18:1-17 Paul Departs; Apollos Instructed by Priscilla and Aquila 18:18-28 Paul's Ministry and the Ephesian Disciples 19:1-22 The Ephesian Riot over Artemis 19:23-41 Paul's Journeys Through Macedonia and Greece 20:1-6 Eutychus Raised in Troas 20:7-12 Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders 20:13-38 Paul's Voyage to Jerusalem 21:1-16 Paul's Arrival in Jerusalem and the Temple Ritual 21:17-26 Paul Seized in the Temple 21:27-36 Paul's Defense: His Conversion and Mission 21:37-22:21 Paul's Arrest and the Council's Division 22:22-23:11 The Plot to Kill Paul and the Soldier's Intervention 23:12-22 Paul Escorted to Caesarea under Guard 23:23-35 Paul's Defense before Governor Felix 24:1-27 Paul Brought before Festus and the Jewish Charges 25:1-12 King Agrippa Learns of Paul's Case 25:13-22 Paul's Defense Before Agrippa 25:23-26:32 Paul's Voyage to Rome Begins 27:1-12 The Storm at Sea and God's Promise of Safety 27:13-26 Shipwreck and Deliverance on Malta 27:27-44 Paul on Malta: Healing and Hospitality 28:1-10 Voyage to Rome and Arrival 28:11-16 Paul in Rome: Preaching under House Arrest 28:17-31

Romans

Paul's Greeting and the Gospel's Power 1:1-17 God's Wrath Against Ungodliness 1:18-32 God's Impartial Judgment and Conscience 2:1-16 The Law, True Circumcision, and Jewish Identity 2:17-29 Israel's Advantage and God's Faithfulness 3:1-8 Universal Sinfulness and the Law's Condemnation 3:9-20 Righteousness Through Faith and Justification 3:21-31 Abraham: Justification by Faith 4:1-25 Peace with God and Reconciliation 5:1-11 Adam and Christ: Death, Grace, and Righteousness 5:12-21 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 6:1-14 Slavery to Sin or to Righteousness 6:15-23 Released from the Law to Serve in the Spirit 7:1-6 The Inner Conflict: Law, Sin, and the Flesh 7:7-25 Life in the Spirit: Freedom and Adoption 8:1-17 Future Glory and the Spirit's Intercession 8:18-27 Assurance of God's Love: Nothing Can Separate Us 8:28-39 Paul's Sorrow and God's Sovereign Election 9:1-29 Righteousness by Faith and Israel's Unbelief 9:30-10:21 A Remnant Preserved and Israel's Hardening 11:1-10 Gentiles Grafted In and a Warning Against Boasting 11:11-24 The Mystery of Israel's Salvation and God's Mercy 11:25-32 Doxology: Praise for God's Wisdom and Sovereignty 11:33-36 A Living Sacrifice and the Diversity of Gifts 12:1-8 Christian Conduct: Love, Humility, and Ethical Duties 12:9-21 Submission to Authorities and Civic Duty 13:1-7 Love Fulfills the Law; Walk in the Light 13:8-14 Christian Liberty, Conscience, and Mutual Acceptance 14:1-15:13 Paul's Service to the Gentiles and Missionary Ambition 15:14-22 Paul's Travel Plans and Prayer Requests 15:23-33 Personal Greetings, Final Warnings, and Doxology 16:1-27

Revelation

The Revelation Announced and the Blessing 1:1-3 Greeting and the Lord's Self‑Declaration 1:4-8 John's Vision of the Glorified Son of Man 1:9-20 Letter to Ephesus: Faithfulness and the Call to Repent 2:1-7 Letter to Smyrna: Persecution and the Crown of Life 2:8-11 Letter to Pergamum: Fidelity and False Teaching 2:12-17 Letter to Thyatira: Tolerance of Immorality and Promise to Overcomers 2:18-29 Letter to Sardis: Wakefulness and Repentance 3:1-6 Letter to Philadelphia: An Open Door and a Promise of Protection 3:7-13 Letter to Laodicea: Lukewarmness and the Call to Repent 3:14-22 The Throne in Heaven and Heavenly Worship 4:1-11 The Sealed Scroll and the Worthy Lamb 5:1-14 The Six Seals: Tribulation and Cosmic Disturbance 6:1-17 The Sealing of the 144,000 7:1-8 The Multitude Before the Throne: Salvation and Comfort 7:9-17 The Seventh Seal and the Prayers of the Saints 8:1-5 The Trumpet Judgments: Plagues and Woes 8:6-9:21 The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll 10:1-11 The Two Witnesses: Prophecy, Death, and Resurrection 11:1-14 The Seventh Trumpet: God's Kingdom Proclaimed and the Temple Opened 11:15-19 The Cosmic Conflict: The Woman, the Dragon, and the Male Child 12:1-13:1 The Sea Beast: Blasphemy and Persecution 13:2-10 The Earth Beast and the Mark of the Beast 13:11-18 The Lamb on Mount Zion and the 144,000 14:1-5 The Three Angels' Messages and the Call to Endure 14:6-13 The Harvest of the Earth: Reaping God's Judgment 14:14-20 The Seven Last Plagues and the Victors' Song 15:1-8 The Bowl Judgments: The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath 16:1-21 The Fall of Babylon the Great and the Beast's Doom 17:1-18:24 Heavenly Praise and the Marriage of the Lamb 19:1-10 Christ's Triumphant Return and the Defeat of the Beast 19:11-21 Satan Bound and the Reign of the Saints 20:1-6 Satan's Final Rebellion and Defeat 20:7-10 The Great White Throne and the Final Judgment 20:11-15 The New Heaven and New Earth and the New Jerusalem 21:1-27 The River of Life and the Throne of God 22:1-6
1 And you, Son of man, take a brick and set it before you; portray on it the city—Jerusalem.

Eze.4.1 - Details

Original Text

ואתה בן־ אדם קח־ לך לבנה ונתתה אותה לפניך וחקות עליה עיר את־ ירושלם׃

Morphology

  • ואתה: CONJ+PRON,2,m,sg
  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אדם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • קח: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • לבנה: ADJ,f,sg,abs
  • ונתתה: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אותה: PRON,dem,3,f,sg
  • לפניך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • וחקות: VERB,piel,perf,2,m,sg
  • עליה: PREP,3,f,sg
  • עיר: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • את: PRT,acc
  • ירושלם: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Isaiah 20:2-3 (thematic): Isaiah is commanded to walk naked and barefoot for three years as a public, physical sign against Egypt and Cush—both passages employ enacted prophetic performances to symbolize impending national humiliation and conquest.
  • Jeremiah 19:1-11 (thematic): Jeremiah is told to take a potter’s earthenware jar and break it before the elders as a sign of Jerusalem’s destruction—closely parallels Ezekiel’s use of a clay object to represent the city and portray its fate.
  • Jeremiah 13:1-11 (thematic): Jeremiah’s instruction to hide and later ruin a linen waistband functions as a symbolic object-lesson about Judah’s moral and political decay, similar to Ezekiel’s use of a model-brick to enact judgment on Jerusalem.
  • Hosea 1:2-9 (thematic): Hosea’s symbolic marriage and the naming of his children enact Israel’s unfaithfulness and coming judgment—another example of prophetic sign-actions that communicate theological and political realities through lived symbolism.
  • Ezekiel 12:3-6 (structural): Ezekiel himself performs a dramatic sign-act (packing belongings and digging through a wall to enact exile). This closely parallels Ezekiel 4:1 in genre and method: the prophet uses staged, physical actions to demonstrate Jerusalem’s impending siege and exile.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And you, son of man, take a brick and place it before you; inscribe upon it a likeness of the city—Jerusalem.
  • And you, Son of man, take a brick and set it before you, and inscribe on it the city—Jerusalem.
2 Lay siege against it, build siegeworks against it, cast up a ramp against it, set camps around it, and place battering‑rams all about it.

Eze.4.2 - Details

Original Text

ונתתה עליה מצור ובנית עליה דיק ושפכת עליה סללה ונתתה עליה מחנות ושים־ עליה כרים סביב׃

Morphology

  • ונתתה: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • עליה: PREP,3,f,sg
  • מצור: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ובנית: VERB,qal,impf,2,ms,sg
  • עליה: PREP,3,f,sg
  • דיק: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ושפכת: VERB,qal,perf,2,ms
  • עליה: PREP,3,f,sg
  • סללה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ונתתה: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • עליה: PREP,3,f,sg
  • מחנות: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ושים: VERB,qal,imperat,2,m,sg
  • עליה: PREP,3,f,sg
  • כרים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • סביב: ADV

Parallels

  • 2 Kings 25:2 (verbal): Describes Nebuchadnezzar besieging Jerusalem and building siege-works round about the city—language and actions closely parallel Ezekiel’s command to portray a siege.
  • Jeremiah 52:4-5 (verbal): Parallel account of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem that records encampment and siege-works against the city, echoing the imagery of surrounding and battering the city.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:5 (thematic): Describes enemy preparations and siege tactics against Jerusalem (Sennacherib’s campaign), thematically paralleling the encampment, siegeworks, and engines placed round a city.
  • Ezekiel 4:1 (structural): Immediate literary parallel within the same prophetic enactment: verse 4:1 commands making a model of Jerusalem, to which 4:2 adds the specific siege-operations to be depicted.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Lay siege against it, build a siege wall and raise a ramp and cast up a mound against it; set camps against it, and place battering-rams all around.
  • Lay siege against it; build a siege-mound and raise a ramp; cast up a rampart against it; set camps against it, and put siege-works round about it.
3 And take an iron plate and set it as an iron wall between you and the city; face toward it— it shall be under siege, and you shall be the besieger; it is a sign to the house of Israel.

Eze.4.3 - Details

Original Text

ואתה קח־ לך מחבת ברזל ונתתה אותה קיר ברזל בינך ובין העיר והכינתה את־ פניך אליה והיתה במצור וצרת עליה אות היא לבית ישראל׃

Morphology

  • ואתה: CONJ+PRON,2,m,sg
  • קח: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • מחבת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ברזל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ונתתה: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אותה: PRON,dem,3,f,sg
  • קיר: NOUN,m,sg,cstr
  • ברזל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בינך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • ובין: CONJ+PREP
  • העיר: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • והכינתה: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • פניך: NOUN,f,pl,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • אליה: PREP+PRON,3,f,sg
  • והיתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • במצור: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וצרת: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • עליה: PREP,3,f,sg
  • אות: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • היא: PRON,dem,3,f,sg
  • לבית: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,cns
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:1 (structural): Immediate context: the prophet is commanded to fashion a model of Jerusalem on a tile — a closely connected symbolic, demonstrative action to the iron pan used as a barrier between him and the city.
  • Ezekiel 4:4-6 (thematic): Continuation of the same sign-act program: lying on his side and other bodily demonstrations serve as enacted prophecy about siege and judgment on Israel, reinforcing the siege imagery of v.3.
  • Ezekiel 5:1-4 (thematic): Another symbolic action by Ezekiel (shaving, weighing and scattering hair) that depicts famine, siege and destruction — thematically parallel depictions of Jerusalem under siege and punishment.
  • Isaiah 20:2-4 (thematic): Isaiah’s public sign-act (walking naked and barefoot for three years) parallels Ezekiel’s use of symbolic actions to enact coming humiliation and defeat of a city/people.
  • Jeremiah 19:1-11 (thematic): Jeremiah smashes a clay jar as a sign of Jerusalem’s irrevocable destruction and siege; like Ezekiel’s iron plate, it uses a physical object/gesture to portray impending siege and catastrophe.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And take an iron pan and set it as a wall of iron between you and the city; turn your face toward it— it shall be under siege; it shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
  • And take a flat iron pan and set it as an iron wall between you and the city; turn your face toward it, and it shall be shut up and besieged—it is a sign to the house of Israel.
4 Then lie on your left side and place the guilt of the house of Israel upon it; number the days that you lie on it—you shall bear their guilt.

Eze.4.4 - Details

Original Text

ואתה שכב על־ צדך השמאלי ושמת את־ עון בית־ ישראל עליו מספר הימים אשר תשכב עליו תשא את־ עונם׃

Morphology

  • ואתה: CONJ+PRON,2,m,sg
  • שכב: VERB,qal,inf
  • על: PREP
  • צדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+2ms
  • השמאלי: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • ושמת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • עון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עליו: PREP,3,m,sg
  • מספר: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg
  • הימים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • תשכב: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • עליו: PREP,3,m,sg
  • תשא: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • עונם: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3mp

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:5-8 (verbal): Direct continuation/repetition of the same sign-act: specifies the number of days and again states the prophet shall bear the iniquity of Israel (near-verbal parallel).
  • Ezekiel 5:1-4 (thematic): Another Ezekiel sign-act using the prophet's own body (hair) to symbolize Jerusalem's judgment and the consequences borne by the people—same method of embodied prophecy.
  • Isaiah 20:2-3 (allusion): Isaiah performs a public, physical sign-act (walking naked and barefoot for a set period) to symbolize coming humiliation/captivity—parallels Ezekiel's use of bodily action to portray judgment.
  • Jeremiah 13:1-11 (allusion): Jeremiah's symbolic use of a loincloth (wearing, hiding, and discarding it) to represent Judah's disgrace and exile—another prophetic acted parable similar in function to Ezekiel's lying on his side.
  • Isaiah 53:4-6 (thematic): Theme of bearing the people's iniquities: though a different genre (suffering servant language), it resonates with Ezekiel's literal enactment of bearing Israel's sin on his body.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And lie on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it; number the days that you shall lie on it—you shall bear their iniquity.
  • And lie on your left side, and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it; the number of days that you lie on it you shall bear their iniquity.
5 I have assigned to you the number of their days: three hundred and ninety days—you shall bear the guilt of the house of Israel.

Eze.4.5 - Details

Original Text

ואני נתתי לך את־ שני עונם למספר ימים שלש־ מאות ותשעים יום ונשאת עון בית־ ישראל׃

Morphology

  • ואני: PRON,1,sg
  • נתתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • שני: NUM,m,pl,construct
  • עונם: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3mp
  • למספר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ימים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • שלש: NUM,card,f,sg
  • מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • ותשעים: NUM,card,90
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ונשאת: VERB,qal,perf,2,ms
  • עון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Numbers 14:34 (verbal): Expresses the day-for-a-year principle for punishment ("forty days... forty years") which Ezekiel invokes by numbering days to represent years of Israel's iniquity.
  • Ezekiel 4:6 (structural): Immediate parallel within the same prophetic sign-act—commands another set of days (forty) to symbolize years for Judah, continuing the day‑for‑year symbolism of 4:5.
  • Ezekiel 4:1-3 (structural): The surrounding instructions to make a brick and perform a prolonged sign-act provide the context for 4:5—Ezekiel's symbolic actions embody the period of punishment he is to bear.
  • Isaiah 20:2-3 (thematic): Another prophetic sign-act in which a prophet undergoes a public, time‑defined action (walking naked/barefoot for years) to symbolize forthcoming judgment on nations—parallels Ezekiel's use of enacted chronology.
  • Daniel 9:24-27 (thematic): Uses symbolic, calculated time periods (weeks of years) to represent prophetic fulfillment; thematically related to Ezekiel's use of numbered days to signify years of national culpability and exile.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For I have assigned you the days of their iniquity—three hundred and ninety days; you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
  • For I have assigned you the years of their guilt—three hundred and ninety days—you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6 And when you have completed these, lie again on your right side and bear the guilt of the house of Judah forty days—a day for a year I have given you.

Eze.4.6 - Details

Original Text

וכלית את־ אלה ושכבת על־ צדך הימני שנית ונשאת את־ עון בית־ יהודה ארבעים יום יום לשנה יום לשנה נתתיו לך׃

Morphology

  • וכלית: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אלה: DEM,pl,abs
  • ושכבת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • צדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+2,m,sg
  • הימני: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • שנית: ADV
  • ונשאת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • עון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • ארבעים: NUM,m,pl
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לשנה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לשנה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • נתתיו: VERB,qal,perf,1,com,sg+3,m,sg(obj)
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:4-5 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the same chapter: Ezekiel lies on his left side 390 days for Israel, then is commanded to lie on his right side 40 days for Judah—same sign-act and the 'day for a year' equation.
  • Isaiah 20:2-3 (thematic): Isaiah performs a prophetic sign-act—walking naked and barefoot for three years—as a bodily demonstration of judgment on Egypt and Cush, paralleling Ezekiel's use of his body to symbolize Israel's and Judah's punishment.
  • Jeremiah 13:1-11 (thematic): Jeremiah's symbolic action with the linen belt (wearing, hiding, and retrieving it) functions as a prophetic sign illustrating Judah's fate—another example of using enacted symbolism to convey national judgment like Ezekiel's timed lying on his side.
  • Hosea 1:2-9 (thematic): Hosea's marriage and the naming of his children serve as lived symbols of Israel's covenant breach and impending judgment, comparable to Ezekiel's embodied prophetic demonstration representing Judah's guilt and timeline.
  • Ezekiel 12:6-11 (structural): Within Ezekiel, other sign-acts (packing baggage, carrying it through the city, being a 'sign' to the house of Israel) follow the same prophetic method—performative actions enacted by the prophet to depict impending exile and judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When you have completed these, lie again on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days; a day for a year I have appointed you.
  • And when you have completed these, lie again on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. A day for a year, a day for a year I have given you.
7 Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem; uncover your loins and prophesy against her.

Eze.4.7 - Details

Original Text

ואל־ מצור ירושלם תכין פניך וזרעך חשופה ונבאת עליה׃

Morphology

  • ואל: CONJ+PREP
  • מצור: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ירושלם: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • תכין: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • פניך: NOUN,f,pl,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • וזרעך: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs,poss:2ms
  • חשופה: ADJ,f,sg,abs
  • ונבאת: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • עליה: PREP,3,f,sg

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:1-6 (verbal): Immediate context: Ezekiel is given a series of symbolic actions (lying on his side, bearing the siege) and instructions to face and prophesy against Jerusalem, closely matching the language and sign-action in 4:7.
  • Ezekiel 21:2-3 (verbal): Repeats the command to 'set your face toward Jerusalem' and to prophesy against the city/land—same phrasing and prophetic purpose elsewhere in Ezekiel.
  • Isaiah 20:2-4 (thematic): Isaiah performs a prophetic sign (walking naked and barefoot) to symbolize coming judgment—parallels Ezekiel’s use of visible, enacted prophecy to announce siege and humiliation.
  • Jeremiah 13:1-7 (thematic): Jeremiah’s symbolic action with the linen belt (a acted parable) serves the same function as Ezekiel’s sign-acts: a physical demonstration prophesying Judah’s impending disgrace.
  • Jeremiah 1:17 (allusion): God charges the prophet to 'set your face' and stand to speak God’s words boldly—echoes the imperative in Ezek. 4:7 to turn toward Jerusalem and proclaim judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem; uncover your arm and prophesy against it.
  • Set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem; uncover your head and prophesy against her.
8 Behold, I will bind you with bands so that you shall not turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

Eze.4.8 - Details

Original Text

והנה נתתי עליך עבותים ולא־ תהפך מצדך אל־ צדך עד־ כלותך ימי מצורך׃

Morphology

  • והנה: ADV
  • נתתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • עליך: PREP+2ms
  • עבותים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ולא: CONJ
  • תהפך: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • מצדך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,_,sg
  • אל: NEG
  • צדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,_,sg
  • עד: PREP
  • כלותך: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,2,_,sg
  • ימי: NOUN,m,pl,cs
  • מצורך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,_,sg

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:4-6 (structural): Immediate context: same commanded sign-action (lie on your sides) with the explicit timing language—explains and repeats the prohibition against turning until the appointed days are completed.
  • Isaiah 20:2-3 (thematic): Isaiah performs a public sign-act (walking naked and barefoot for years) to symbolize Assyrian humiliation and exile—parallels Ezekiel’s embodied prophetic action representing siege and captivity.
  • Jeremiah 13:1-11 (thematic): Jeremiah’s use of a worn linen belt as a symbolic object enacted Judah’s impending ruin and exile; like Ezekiel, Jeremiah enacts a symbolic demonstration to convey upcoming judgment.
  • Hosea 1:2-3; 3:1 (thematic): Hosea’s commanded marriage and related actions function as lived parables of Israel’s unfaithfulness and consequences—another example of prophetic sign-acts conveying national fate.
  • Ezekiel 24:15-18 (verbal): Ezekiel is told not to mourn his wife’s death as a prophetic sign concerning Jerusalem’s loss; another instance where the prophet’s personal behavior is used as a deliberate, symbolic message.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Behold, I will fasten bands upon you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
  • Behold, I will bind you with bands so that you shall not turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
9 And take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them into one vessel and make them for yourself a bread—for the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days—you shall eat it.

Eze.4.9 - Details

Original Text

ואתה קח־ לך חטין ושערים ופול ועדשים ודחן וכסמים ונתתה אותם בכלי אחד ועשית אותם לך ללחם מספר הימים אשר־ אתה ׀ שוכב על־ צדך שלש־ מאות ותשעים יום תאכלנו׃

Morphology

  • ואתה: CONJ+PRON,2,m,sg
  • קח: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • חטין: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ושערים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ופול: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ועדשים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ודחן: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וכסמים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ונתתה: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אותם: PRON,3,m,pl,obj
  • בכלי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אחד: NUM,card,m,sg
  • ועשית: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • אותם: PRON,3,m,pl,obj
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • ללחם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מספר: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg
  • הימים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • אתה: PRON,2,m,sg
  • שוכב: VERB,qal,ptc,2,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • צדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+2ms
  • שלש: NUM,card,f,sg
  • מאות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • ותשעים: NUM,card,90
  • יום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • תאכלנו: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg,suff:1,pl

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:12-15 (structural): Immediate continuation of the same prophetic sign—further instructions about the siege-bread (how to bake, what to use for fuel, portion sizes), so these verses form one enacted message with 4:9.
  • Deuteronomy 8:7-8 (thematic): Both passages enumerate staple agricultural products to evoke sustenance and land-provision; Deut. lists the 'seven species' of the promised land, while Ezek. 4:9 lists mixed grains/legumes to symbolize scarcity and siege rations.
  • Leviticus 2:1-3 (thematic): Leviticus sets out regulations for grain offerings (fine flour, oil, frankincense) and use of cereals in cultic bread—parallels Ezekiel's focus on particular grains and forms of bread, though for different purposes (cultic vs. symbolic prophecy).
  • Daniel 1:11-16 (thematic): Daniel negotiates for and is given an alternative diet (pulse/vegetables and water) instead of royal bread/meat; both texts center on prescribed/limited diets that have theological and symbolic significance for identity and survival.
  • Exodus 16:31 (thematic): Exodus' description of manna as bread-like (like coriander seed, cakes in oil) resonates with Ezekiel's detailed description of mixed breads—both passages use unusual or notable bread imagery to comment on God's provision or on extraordinary circumstances of Israel's life.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them into one vessel, and make them for yourself a bread—by number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days you shall eat it.
  • Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them into one vessel and make them into bread for yourself. For the number of the days that you lie on your side—three hundred and ninety days—you shall eat it.
10 Your food shall be by weight—twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.

Eze.4.10 - Details

Original Text

ומאכלך אשר תאכלנו במשקול עשרים שקל ליום מעת עד־ עת תאכלנו׃

Morphology

  • ומאכלך: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs,poss:2ms
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • תאכלנו: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg,suff:1,pl
  • במשקול: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עשרים: NUM,card,pl
  • שקל: NOUN,m,sg,cstr
  • ליום: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מעת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • עד: PREP
  • עת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • תאכלנו: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg,suff:1,pl

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:11 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the same prophetic sign—specifies the same rationing (weight/measure of food and water) and continues the instruc­tion about the daily allotment.
  • 2 Kings 6:25 (thematic): Depicts extreme famine during a siege (Samaria) with rationing and exorbitant prices—parallels Ezekiel’s portrayal of starvation and scarcity under siege conditions.
  • Lamentations 4:4-10 (thematic): Lament’s graphic account of hunger and diminished rations in Jerusalem’s siege echoes Ezekiel’s symbolic rationing and the effects of siege-induced famine on the population.
  • Isaiah 20:2-4 (structural): Like Ezekiel’s acted oracle, Isaiah performs a public sign (walking naked and barefoot for years) to symbolize coming humiliation/siege—both use enacted prophetic gestures with set durations to communicate siege consequences.
  • Deuteronomy 28:53-57 (thematic): Part of the covenant curses describing siege conditions and extreme hunger (including eating food under duress and the distortion of normal eating rhythms), providing a legal-theological backdrop to Ezekiel’s rationing imagery.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Your food shall be by weight—twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
  • Your food shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; at measured times you shall eat it.
11 And you shall drink water by measure, a sixth of a hin; from time to time you shall drink.

Eze.4.11 - Details

Original Text

ומים במשורה תשתה ששית ההין מעת עד־ עת תשתה׃

Morphology

  • ומים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • במשורה: PREP
  • תשתה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • ששית: NUM,ord,f,sg
  • ההין: DEM,m,pl
  • מעת: PREP
  • עד: PREP
  • עת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • תשתה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:9-10 (structural): Immediate context: Ezekiel is commanded to eat a measured mixture of food for a set number of days—verse 11 continues the acted sign by specifying that his water also be measured.
  • Ezekiel 4:16 (verbal): Continues the same prophetic enactment theme: God says Israel will eat defiled food and drink polluted water as part of the judgment—echoes the measured, punitive rationing of verse 11.
  • 2 Kings 6:25-26 (thematic): Description of the siege of Samaria with extreme scarcity and rationing of food (high prices, little available), paralleling the motif of measured food and water under siege/judgment.
  • Lamentations 4:4-5 (thematic): Portrait of famine and thirst in Jerusalem’s siege (children’s tongues cleaving for thirst, extreme scarcity), thematically parallel to the measured drinking in Ezekiel 4:11.
  • Deuteronomy 28:38-40 (thematic): Covenantal curse language promising poor yields and scarcity (planting without sufficient harvest or produce to drink), which parallels the prophetic symbolism of rationed food and water as a consequence of disobedience.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And you shall drink water by measure—the sixth part of a hin; from time to time you shall drink.
  • And you shall drink water by measure—a sixth of a hin; at measured times you shall drink.
12 And you shall bake it as barley cakes, using human dung for the fire before their eyes.

Eze.4.12 - Details

Original Text

ועגת שערים תאכלנה והיא בגללי צאת האדם תעגנה לעיניהם׃

Morphology

  • ועגת: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,2,f,sg
  • שערים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • תאכלנה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,pl
  • והיא: CONJ+PRON,3,f,sg
  • בגללי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • צאת: NOUN,f,sg,cs
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • תעגנה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,pl
  • לעיניהם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:13 (structural): Immediate continuation/parallel within the same prophetic sign-act; repeats and explains that the Israelites will eat defiled bread and that the food is to be baked over human dung (textual/contextual continuation).
  • Deuteronomy 23:12-14 (verbal): Regulates human excrement outside the camp and treats it as a source of ritual/physical defilement; provides the cultural/ritual background that makes baking on human dung in Ezekiel a shocking sign of defilement and dishonor.
  • 2 Kings 6:24-29 (thematic): Siege narrative of Samaria describing famine, extreme and unclean food (e.g., boiling donkey's head) and horrors of siege—parallels Ezekiel's depiction of humiliation, starvation, and eating defiled food as judgment.
  • Jeremiah 19:9 (thematic): Pronounces extreme deprivations and abominations (eating flesh in judgment) as consequences of divine wrath; shares the motif of extreme degradation and horrific dietary imagery used to portray national judgment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And you shall bake it as dung of man; it shall be before their eyes that they may bear an abhorrence at your food.
  • And you shall bake it as barley cakes; you shall bake it using human excrement for fuel in their sight.
13 And the LORD said, "Thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will drive them."

Eze.4.13 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר יהוה ככה יאכלו בני־ ישראל את־ לחמם טמא בגוים אשר אדיחם שם׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ככה: ADV
  • יאכלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • בני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • את: PRT,acc
  • לחמם: NOUN,m,sg,abs,3,m,pl
  • טמא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • בגוים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • אדיחם: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg,3,m,pl
  • שם: ADV

Parallels

  • Ezek.4.12 (structural): Immediate context: the sign-act instructions about baking and eating defiled bread (using dung as fuel) — 4:13 summarizes the prophetic sign shown in 4:12.
  • Hosea 9:3 (verbal): Parallel wording and theme — Israel/Ephraim driven out and forced to ‘eat unclean things’ among foreign peoples (Hosea uses the same idea of exile bringing ritual/physical defilement).
  • Isaiah 65:4–5 (thematic): Condemns those who eat swine’s flesh and other ‘abominable’ foods and mix with profane practices — reflects prophetic concern with Israelites adopting unclean practices among nations or in exile.
  • Ezekiel 36:20–21 (allusion): Speaks of the people profaning God’s name among the nations to which they are carried — connects exile, defilement, and the shame of being seen as unclean in foreign lands, a broader theme behind 4:13.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the LORD said, “Thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations where I drive them.”
  • Then the LORD said, "Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread defiled among the nations where I will drive them."
14 Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, my soul has not been defiled; from my youth until now I have not eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts—there was no such thing in my mouth."

Eze.4.14 - Details

Original Text

ואמר אהה אדני יהוה הנה נפשי לא מטמאה ונבלה וטרפה לא־ אכלתי מנעורי ועד־ עתה ולא־ בא בפי בשר פגול׃

Morphology

  • ואמר: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • אהה: INTJ
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • הנה: PART
  • נפשי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1cs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • מטמאה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • ונבלה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וטרפה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • אכלתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,sg
  • מנעורי: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,suff
  • ועד: CONJ+PREP
  • עתה: ADV
  • ולא: CONJ
  • בא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • בפי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,construct
  • בשר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • פגול: ADJ,m,sg

Parallels

  • Leviticus 17:15 (verbal): Uses the same concern with eating a 'carcass' (nebelah) and the legal/ritual impurity that follows — parallels Ezekiel's claim he has not eaten carrion.
  • Leviticus 11:8 (thematic): Part of the dietary purity laws forbidding consumption of unclean flesh and contact with carcasses; provides the legal background for Ezekiel's protest about not defiling himself.
  • Daniel 1:8–16 (thematic): Daniel refuses the king's food to avoid defilement and emphasizes personal purity; thematically parallels Ezekiel's refusal to eat defiling flesh from his youth.
  • Ezekiel 4:15 (structural): Immediate literary continuation: God responds to Ezekiel's protest by permitting cow dung for fuel instead of human excrement — directly linked to the claim of ritual scrupulousness in v.14.
  • Acts 10:14–15 (allusion): Peter's vision ('What God has cleansed, do not call common') presents a later re-evaluation of food purity that contrasts with Ezekiel's strict refusal to eat defiling flesh.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then I said, “Ah, Sovereign LORD! Behold, my soul has not been defiled; from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat come into my mouth.”
  • And I said, "Ah Lord GOD! Behold, my soul has never been defiled; from my youth until now I have not eaten what died of itself or was torn, nor has unclean meat entered my mouth."
15 And he said to me, "See, I give you cow's dung instead of human dung, and you shall prepare your bread over it."

Eze.4.15 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר אלי ראה נתתי לך את־ צפיעי הבקר תחת גללי האדם ועשית את־ לחמך עליהם׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • ראה: VERB,qal,imperat,2,m,sg
  • נתתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • צפיעי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • הבקר: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • תחת: PREP
  • גללי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ועשית: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • לחמך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+SUF,2,m,sg
  • עליהם: PREP,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:12 (verbal): Immediate earlier instruction in the same enactment that the prophet should bake his bread on human dung — the exact image that 4:15 revises/clarifies.
  • Ezekiel 4:14 (structural): Direct contextual parallel: Ezekiel protests that he has not defiled himself with human dung, and God thereupon permits cow's dung instead (the incident that 4:15 describes).
  • Deuteronomy 23:12-14 (thematic): Orders for camp sanitation and disposal of human waste to preserve the holiness of the community — a legal concern with human excrement and purity in Israelite life related to the symbolic use of dung in Ezekiel's act.
  • Numbers 19:11-12 (thematic): Laws on ritual impurity from contact with the dead and necessary cleansing procedures — relates to the broader biblical theme of impurity/defilement and the treatment of uncleanness that underlies Ezekiel's symbolic actions.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And he said to me, “See, I give you cow’s dung in place of human dung, and you shall prepare your bread over it.”
  • And he said to me, "See, I give you the dung of cattle instead of human excrement, and you shall prepare your bread upon it."
16 And the LORD said, "Son of man, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem; they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and in dismay."

Eze.4.16 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר אלי בן־ אדם הנני שבר מטה־ לחם בירושלם ואכלו־ לחם במשקל ובדאגה ומים במשורה ובשממון ישתו׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אדם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הנני: PRT+PRON,1,sg
  • שבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מטה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לחם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בירושלם: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ואכלו: VERB,qal,imp,2,mp
  • לחם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • במשקל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ובדאגה: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ומים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • במשורה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ובשממון: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ישתו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:11-12 (quotation): Same enacted-siege instruction — eat measured bread and drink measured water; verse 4:16 repeats and expands the ration imagery used earlier in the chapter.
  • Isaiah 3:1 (verbal): Uses the 'stay'/'staff' metaphor for what sustains a city (staff of bread/support) and announces removal — closely parallels Ezekiel's 'break the staff of bread' image.
  • Deuteronomy 28:38-40 (thematic): Part of the covenant curses describing agricultural failure and scarcity (little harvest, lack of bread) as consequences of disobedience — thematically parallels famine and rationing in Ezek. 4:16.
  • Lamentations 4:9-10 (thematic): Describes the effects of siege and famine — people 'are consumed for want of bread' and horrific deprivation, echoing the starvation and measured rations of Ezekiel's vision.
  • Jeremiah 52:6-7 (cf. 2 Kings 25:3-4) (structural): Historical account of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem and a severe famine in the city, providing a real-world counterpart to Ezekiel's prophetic enactment of measured bread and water.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and with dismay.
  • And the LORD said to me, "Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and drink water by measure, anxious and astonished.
17 So they will lack bread and water, and they will faint one toward another and waste away on account of their iniquity.

Eze.4.17 - Details

Original Text

למען יחסרו לחם ומים ונשמו איש ואחיו ונמקו בעונם׃

Morphology

  • למען: PREP
  • יחסרו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • לחם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ומים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ונשמו: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואחיו: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:3,m,sg
  • ונמקו: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • בעונם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+POSS:3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 28:53-57 (thematic): Part of the covenant curses describing siege conditions and extreme scarcity (lack of bread, eating in distress) as punishment for sin—parallels Ezekiel’s link between sin and deprivation of bread and water.
  • 2 Kings 25:3 (verbal): Describes Jerusalem’s siege when the city was shut up and 'there was no bread'—a historical fulfillment of the same siege-famine language used in Ezekiel 4:17.
  • Lamentations 4:4-5 (thematic): Graphic depiction of famine and thirst in Jerusalem (children’s tongues cleaving for thirst; begging for bread), echoing Ezekiel’s image of lack of bread and water as judgment.
  • Amos 8:11 (thematic): Uses famine imagery as prophetic judgment—though Amos speaks of a 'famine of hearing' rather than literal bread and water, it parallels the motif of deprivation as divine punishment for covenant unfaithfulness.

Alternative generated candidates

  • That they may lack bread and water, and be appalled one at another, and waste away because of their iniquity.”
  • So they shall lack bread and water and gasp one for another, and waste away because of their iniquity."
1 And you, Son of man, take a sharp sword—take a barber's razor—and pass it over your head and your beard; take balances and divide the hair.

Eze.5.1 - Details

Original Text

ואתה בן־ אדם קח־ לך ׀ חרב חדה תער הגלבים תקחנה לך והעברת על־ ראשך ועל־ זקנך ולקחת לך מאזני משקל וחלקתם׃

Morphology

  • ואתה: CONJ+PRON,2,m,sg
  • בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אדם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • קח: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • חרב: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • חדה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • תער: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • הגלבים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • תקחנה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,pl
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • והעברת: CONJ+VERB,hiph,perf,2,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • ראשך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,m
  • ועל: CONJ+PREP
  • זקנך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • ולקחת: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • מאזני: NOUN,m,pl,construct
  • משקל: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • וחלקתם: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:1-3 (structural): Another prophetic sign-act in Ezekiel: building a model-siege and lying on his side to symbolize Jerusalem's coming siege—both passages use dramatic, enacted symbols to convey impending judgment.
  • Isaiah 7:20 (verbal): Uses the image of shaving with a razor (“shave with a razor hired beyond the River”)—a close verbal parallel to Ezekiel's instruction to take a sharp sword/razor, linking shaving imagery with foreign-inflicted judgment.
  • Isaiah 3:24 (thematic): Describes loss of hair and beard and shaming punishments (baldness instead of hair) as consequences of divine judgment—parallels Ezekiel's shaving as a sign of humiliation and devastation.
  • Micah 1:16 (thematic): Commands to 'make thee bald and poll' as part of prophetic announcements of desolation—uses baldness/shaving imagery similarly to signal ruin and disgrace.
  • Jeremiah 7:29 (verbal): GOD's command to 'cut off your hair and cast it away' functions as a prophetic rite of judgment/mourning, closely echoing Ezekiel's instruction to shave head and beard as a visible sign of doom.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And you, son of man, take a sharp sword— a barber’s razor— and pass it over your head and your beard; then take scales to weigh and divide the hair.
  • And you, Son of man, take a sharp sword—use it as a barber's razor—pass it over your head and beard; then take balances to weigh and divide the hair.
2 A third you shall burn in the middle of the city when the days of the siege are completed; a third you shall strike about with the sword; and a third you shall scatter to the wind, and a sword shall follow after them.

Eze.5.2 - Details

Original Text

שלשית באור תבעיר בתוך העיר כמלאת ימי המצור ולקחת את־ השלשית תכה בחרב סביבותיה והשלשית תזרה לרוח וחרב אריק אחריהם׃

Morphology

  • שלשית: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • באור: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • תבעיר: VERB,hiphil,impf,2,m,sg
  • בתוך: PREP
  • העיר: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • כמלאת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,const
  • ימי: NOUN,m,pl,cs
  • המצור: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ולקחת: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • השלשית: ADJ,f,sg,def
  • תכה: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • בחרב: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • סביבותיה: NOUN,f,pl,abs,poss:3,f,sg
  • והשלשית: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,def
  • תזרה: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • לרוח: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וחרב: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אריק: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • אחריהם: PREP,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 5:12 (verbal): Same prophetic schema — a division of the population into thirds with corresponding fates (fire, sword, scattering); 5:12 restates and explicates the outcomes sketched in 5:2–4.
  • Ezekiel 4:1-3 (structural): An earlier sign‑act prophecy portraying the siege of Jerusalem; both passages use symbolic, performative actions by the prophet to represent impending siege and judgment.
  • Ezekiel 14:21 (thematic): Lists the severe judgments God will send (sword, famine, pestilence, etc.); thematically parallels the disastrous fates implicit in the thirds of Ezek. 5:2.
  • Deuteronomy 28:64 (thematic): Pronounces that the LORD will 'scatter' Israel among the nations as punishment for disobedience — parallels the image of a portion being 'scattered to the wind' in Ezek. 5:2.

Alternative generated candidates

  • You shall burn a third of it in the city inside the midst of the land when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and you shall take a third and strike about it with the sword; and a third you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
  • A third you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are completed; and a third you shall strike about with the sword; and a third you shall scatter to the wind, and a sword shall follow after them.
3 Take from them a few in number and bind them in the folds of your garment.

Eze.5.3 - Details

Original Text

ולקחת משם מעט במספר וצרת אותם בכנפיך׃

Morphology

  • ולקחת: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • משם: PREP
  • מעט: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • במספר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וצרת: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אותם: PRON,3,m,pl,obj
  • בכנפיך: PREP

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 4:1-4 (structural): Same prophetic sign-action with hair: Ezekiel is commanded to shave/divide hair and appoint portions to symbolize Jerusalem’s fate—verse 5:3 is part of this broader enacted warning.
  • Ezekiel 5:1-4 (structural): Immediate context: the sequence of shaving, dividing, burning, striking and scattering hair explains the meaning of taking 'a few' and binding them in the garment.
  • Isaiah 20:2-4 (thematic): Isaiah performs a prolonged sign-act (walking naked and barefoot) to dramatize judgment on Egypt and Cush; parallels Ezekiel’s use of a prophetic symbolic action to communicate coming destruction.
  • Jeremiah 13:1-11 (thematic): Jeremiah’s use of a loincloth/belt as a symbolic object acted out to portray Judah’s fate is a close parallel in method—object-based prophetic symbolism representing national humiliation and judgment.
  • Isaiah 10:20-22 (thematic): Speaks of a small surviving remnant of Israel after judgment; connects with the motif in Ezekiel 5:3 of taking 'a few in number'—the idea of a scant remnant preserved amid destruction.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And from these take a little and bind it in the skirts of your robe.
  • And take from them a small number and bind them in the skirts of your garment.
4 And take some of them again and cast them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from there a fire shall go forth to all the house of Israel.

Eze.5.4 - Details

Original Text

ומהם עוד תקח והשלכת אותם אל־ תוך האש ושרפת אתם באש ממנו תצא־ אש אל־ כל־ בית ישראל׃

Morphology

  • ומהם: CONJ+PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • עוד: ADV
  • תקח: VERB,qal,imperfect,2,m,sg
  • והשלכת: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • אותם: PRON,3,m,pl,obj
  • אל: NEG
  • תוך: PREP
  • האש: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • ושרפת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • אתם: PRON,2,m,pl
  • באש: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ממנו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • תצא: VERB,qal,impf,2,ms
  • אש: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אל: NEG
  • כל: DET
  • בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 5:2-3 (structural): Immediate context/continuation—commands to take a few and smite or burn as a symbolic act of judgment; v.4 continues the same ritual of burning and its spread.
  • Leviticus 10:2 (verbal): Fire from the LORD consumes Nadab and Abihu for offering unauthorized fire—uses divine fire as direct punishment, paralleling burning as God’s judgment.
  • Numbers 16:35 (thematic): The LORD sends fire to consume Korah, Dathan and Abiram and their households—similar motif of judgment by fire affecting entire households/communities.
  • Isaiah 66:16 (thematic): God executes judgment ‘by fire and by his sword,’ with fire devouring the guilty—echoes prophetic imagery of fire spreading through Israel as divine punishment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And take a few again and cast them into the fire and burn them in the midst of the city; from them a fire shall go out into all the house of Israel.
  • And of those yet take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them; from them a fire shall go forth to all the house of Israel.
5 Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem; she is in the midst of the nations and countries around her.

Eze.5.5 - Details

Original Text

כה אמר אדני יהוה זאת ירושלם בתוך הגוים שמתיה וסביבותיה ארצות׃

Morphology

  • כה: ADV
  • אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • זאת: DEM,f,sg
  • ירושלם: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בתוך: PREP
  • הגוים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • שמתיה: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • וסביבותיה: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,abs,poss3f
  • ארצות: NOUN,f,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 28:64 (thematic): Deuteronomy warns that Israel (and by implication Jerusalem) will be scattered among the nations as judgment — parallels Ezekiel’s placing of Jerusalem ‘in the midst of the nations’ and the theme of exile.
  • Psalm 48:2 (thematic): Psalmic portrayal of Zion as the joy/center of the whole earth echoes the motif of Jerusalem’s centrality among the nations mentioned in Ezekiel 5:5 (contrast of prominence amid surrounding peoples).
  • Isaiah 2:2–3 (cf. Micah 4:1–2) (thematic): Prophecies that many nations will come to the hill of the LORD highlight Jerusalem’s relation to the nations—like Ezekiel’s statement that Jerusalem is set amid the surrounding peoples, though Isaiah/Micah portray a future gathering/privileged role.
  • Zechariah 8:3 (allusion): Zechariah’s declaration that God will dwell ‘in the midst of Jerusalem’ connects to Ezekiel’s locational formula about Jerusalem among the nations and emphasizes God’s presence and the city’s central place among surrounding lands.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Thus says the Lord GOD: “This is Jerusalem; she is in the midst of the nations, and lands are all around her.
  • Thus says the Lord GOD: "This is Jerusalem; she is in the midst of the nations, and lands are round about her."
6 And she has changed my judgments for wickedness from the nations round about her, and my statutes she has cast aside from the countries that surround her; for my judgments they despised, and my statutes they would not walk in.

Eze.5.6 - Details

Original Text

ותמר את־ משפטי לרשעה מן־ הגוים ואת־ חקותי מן־ הארצות אשר סביבותיה כי במשפטי מאסו וחקותי לא־ הלכו בהם׃

Morphology

  • ותמר: VERB,qal,impf,3,f,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • משפטי: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1cs
  • לרשעה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מן: PREP
  • הגוים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • ואת: CONJ
  • חקותי: NOUN,f,pl,abs,1cs
  • מן: PREP
  • הארצות: NOUN,f,pl,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • סביבותיה: NOUN,f,pl,abs,3s
  • כי: CONJ
  • במשפטי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs,1s
  • מאסו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • וחקותי: CONJ+NOUN,f,pl,abs,1s
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • הלכו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • בהם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 20:13 (verbal): Direct verbal parallel within Ezekiel: the people are accused of not walking in God's statutes and despising his rules—same language and charge as Ezek. 5:6.
  • 2 Kings 17:14 (verbal): Describes Israel's rejection of the LORD's statutes and covenant as the cause of judgment—uses virtually the same complaint and links disobedience to exile.
  • Leviticus 18:4 (structural): The legal injunction to 'keep my statutes and my rules' (the law's demand); Ezekiel 5:6 functions as its antithesis by reporting Israel's refusal to obey those statutes.
  • Psalm 78:10 (thematic): Speaks of the people's failure to keep God's covenant and refusal to walk in his law—a thematic lament about communal rejection of divine statutes like Ezek. 5:6.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And she has rebelled against my ordinances more than the nations and has not walked in my statutes in the lands around her.
  • She has rejected my statutes and profaned my laws; she has not walked in my judgments but has followed the practices of the nations that are around her.
7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have behaved worse than the nations that surround you and have not walked in my statutes nor done my judgments—

Eze.5.7 - Details

Original Text

לכן כה־ אמר ׀ אדני יהוה יען המנכם מן־ הגוים אשר סביבותיכם בחקותי לא הלכתם ואת־ משפטי לא עשיתם וכמשפטי הגוים אשר סביבותיכם לא עשיתם׃

Morphology

  • לכן: ADV
  • כה: ADV
  • אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • יען: CONJ
  • המנכם: PRON,2,m,pl (suffix)
  • מן: PREP
  • הגוים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • סביבותיכם: NOUN,f,pl,abs+2,m,pl
  • בחקותי: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs,pss=1s
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • הלכתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • ואת: CONJ
  • משפטי: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1cs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • עשיתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • וכמשפטי: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • הגוים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • סביבותיכם: NOUN,f,pl,abs+2,m,pl
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • עשיתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl

Parallels

  • Leviticus 18:3 (verbal): Explicitly forbids Israelites from ‘walking in’ the statutes of the nations around them — language and idea echoed in Ezek. 5:7’s charge that Israel did not walk in God’s statutes but followed neighboring customs.
  • Leviticus 20:23 (verbal): Prohibits adopting the practices of the nations (’you shall not walk in their statutes’), linking foreign customs to defilement — a verbal and legal precedent for Ezekiel’s condemnation.
  • Deuteronomy 12:30-31 (thematic): Warns Israel not to be led to follow the detestable practices of surrounding peoples in worship and law; thematically parallels Ezekiel’s accusation that Israel imitated surrounding nations instead of God’s laws.
  • Ezekiel 16:15-16 (thematic): Uses the motif of harlotry/infidelity toward God because of attraction to foreign nations and their ways — closely parallels Ezek. 5:7’s charge that Israel ‘multiplied whoring among the nations’ and abandoned divine statutes.
  • Ezekiel 23:3-5 (thematic): Portrays Israel (and Judah) as prostitutes who pursue foreign lovers and foreign practices; reinforces the same charge in 5:7 that the people followed the laws and customs of surrounding nations instead of God’s.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have multiplied your transgressions above the nations that are around you and have not walked in my statutes or executed my judgments, nor done according to the judgments of the nations that are around you,
  • Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you multiplied your abominations more than those nations and did not walk in my statutes or keep my judgments, nor do as the nations around you—
8 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, even I, will deal with you; I will execute judgments within you in the sight of the nations.

Eze.5.8 - Details

Original Text

לכן כה אמר אדני יהוה הנני עליך גם־ אני ועשיתי בתוכך משפטים לעיני הגוים׃

Morphology

  • לכן: ADV
  • כה: ADV
  • אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • הנני: PRT+PRON,1,sg
  • עליך: PREP+2ms
  • גם: ADV
  • אני: PRON,1,sg
  • ועשיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,?,sg
  • בתוכך: PREP,2,m,sg
  • משפטים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • לעיני: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • הגוים: NOUN,m,pl,def

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 5:5 (structural): Same chapter/context: Jerusalem is presented as placed ‘in the midst of the nations,’ providing the setting for God to act ‘before the nations’—closely tied language and setting for the judgment announced in 5:8.
  • Leviticus 26:17 (verbal): Uses the formula of God setting Himself 'against' Israel as punishment (I will set my face against you) and threatens defeat before enemies—verbal and conceptual parallel to 'I am against you' and execution of judgment.
  • Deuteronomy 28:25 (thematic): Covenantal curse language that Israel will be defeated and humbled 'before your enemies' and among the nations—echoes the theme of God bringing public punishment to be seen by surrounding peoples.
  • Jeremiah 25:9 (thematic): God summons nations (the 'king of the north' motif) to execute judgment on Judah; like Ezek. 5:8 it portrays God using or directing events so that judgment occurs visibly in the sight of other nations.
  • Isaiah 2:12 (thematic): Announces 'a day' of the LORD against the proud and lofty of all nations—shares the theme of a divinely decreed, visible judgment enacted against a people and observed by the nations.

Alternative generated candidates

  • therefore behold: I, even I, am against you; and I will execute judgments in your midst in the sight of the nations.
  • therefore, behold, I—yes, I—am against you. I will execute judgments in your midst before the eyes of the nations.
9 And I will do to you what I have not done and the like of which I will never do again, because of all your abominations.

Eze.5.9 - Details

Original Text

ועשיתי בך את אשר לא־ עשיתי ואת אשר־ לא־ אעשה כמהו עוד יען כל־ תועבתיך׃

Morphology

  • ועשיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,com,sg
  • בך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • עשיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • ואת: CONJ
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • אעשה: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • כמהו: PRT+PRON,3,ms
  • עוד: ADV
  • יען: CONJ
  • כל: DET
  • תועבתיך: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 5:11 (structural): Immediate continuation of the same prophetic threat: 5:11 expands the unprecedented punishment announced in 5:9, giving specific forms of destruction (death, famine, dispersion).
  • Leviticus 26:21-22 (thematic): Part of covenantal warnings: God promises intensified, extraordinary punishment for persistent disobedience and abominations—paralleling Ezekiel’s declaration to do what He has not done before because of their abominations.
  • Deuteronomy 28:58-63 (thematic): Covenantal reversal motif—blessings turned into unprecedented curses because of covenant unfaithfulness and detestable practices; similar logic of extraordinary divine action in response to Israel’s abominations.
  • Jeremiah 44:11 (allusion): Judgment oracle against Judah/Judean exiles for idolatry and 'abominations'; God declares He will set His face against them for evil—echoes Ezekiel’s causal link between abominations and a unique, decisive punishment.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And I will do to you what I have not done, and I will not do again the like of it—because of all your abominations.
  • And I will do within you what I have not done, and the like which I will not do again, because of all your abominations.
10 Therefore fathers shall eat their sons within you, and children shall eat their fathers; I will execute judgments among you, and I will scatter all your remnant to every wind.

Eze.5.10 - Details

Original Text

לכן אבות יאכלו בנים בתוכך ובנים יאכלו אבותם ועשיתי בך שפטים וזריתי את־ כל־ שאריתך לכל־ רוח׃

Morphology

  • לכן: ADV
  • אבות: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • יאכלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • בנים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • בתוכך: PREP+NOUN,sg,abs+PRON,2,f,sg
  • ובנים: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יאכלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • אבותם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
  • ועשיתי: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,1,m,sg
  • בך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • שפטים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • וזריתי: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,1,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • כל: DET
  • שאריתך: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,2,f,sg
  • לכל: PREP
  • רוח: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Leviticus 26:29 (verbal): Uses the same horrific imagery of parents eating their children as a curse for covenant unfaithfulness; Ezekiel echoes this cultic-legal warning as a form of divine judgment.
  • Deuteronomy 28:53-57 (verbal): Part of the Deuteronomic curse traditions describing starvation-driven cannibalism during siege; parallels Ezekiel’s portrayal of famine and internal destruction as punishment.
  • Jeremiah 19:9 (allusion): Jeremiah employs the same image—'I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons'—as a prophetic sign of Jerusalem’s coming judgment, echoing the covenant curses found in Deuteronomy/Leviticus and reflected in Ezekiel.
  • Lamentations 4:10 (thematic): Lament’s graphic depiction of mothers boiling or eating their own children parallels Ezekiel’s horror-language, both portraying extreme familial collapse under siege and divine judgment.
  • 2 Kings 6:28-29 (cf. 2 Kings 25:3-4) (thematic): Narrative report of cannibalism during the siege of Samaria (and later reports at Jerusalem’s fall) provides a historical analogue to Ezekiel’s prophetic warning, illustrating the real-world fulfillment of such images of siege-induced atrocity.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Therefore fathers shall eat their sons within you, and sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in you, and will scatter all your remnant to every wind.
  • Therefore fathers shall eat their sons within you, and sons shall eat their fathers; I will execute judgments in you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.
11 As I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled my sanctuaries with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, I will cut you off; my eye shall not spare, nor will I have compassion.

Eze.5.11 - Details

Original Text

לכן חי־ אני נאם אדני יהוה אם־ לא יען את־ מקדשי טמאת בכל־ שקוציך ובכל־ תועבתיך וגם־ אני אגרע ולא־ תחוס עיני וגם־ אני לא אחמול׃

Morphology

  • לכן: ADV
  • חי: ADJ,m,sg
  • אני: PRON,1,sg
  • נאם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • אם: CONJ
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יען: CONJ
  • את: PRT,acc
  • מקדשי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • טמאת: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • בכל: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שקוציך: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:2,m,sg
  • ובכל: CONJ+PREP
  • תועבתיך: NOUN,f,pl,abs,poss:2,m,sg
  • וגם: CONJ
  • אני: PRON,1,sg
  • אגרע: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg
  • ולא: CONJ
  • תחוס: VERB,qal,impf,2,ms
  • עיני: NOUN,f,pl,cons+1s
  • וגם: CONJ
  • אני: PRON,1,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • אחמול: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg

Parallels

  • Leviticus 26:30-31 (thematic): Condemnation of profaning sacred places and divine judgment: God threatens to destroy high places and make sanctuaries desolate in response to idolatry, paralleling Ezekiel’s charge that the sanctuary was defiled and punishment will follow.
  • Ezekiel 8:6 (verbal): Part of the same prophetic temple-vision accusing the people of filling the house of the Lord with abominations—directly parallels the charge in 5:11 that the sanctuary has been defiled.
  • Ezekiel 8:18 (verbal): Declares God’s wrath over the temple’s abominations with language close to 5:11 (eye will not spare; no pity), echoing the same refusal of mercy because of temple defilement.
  • Jeremiah 7:30-34 (thematic): Jeremiah condemns the making of high places and detestable practices and announces desolation of the place—parallels Ezekiel’s theme that sacrilege in God’s house provokes removal of favor and judgment.
  • 2 Chronicles 36:17-21 (structural): Describes the historical outcome—Jerusalem and the temple delivered to Babylon and laid waste because of the people’s sins—showing the fulfillment of the threat in Ezekiel 5:11 that God will withdraw and not spare the defiled sanctuary.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Therefore, as I live—declares the Lord GOD—because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, I will also remove my compassion; I will not spare nor have pity.
  • Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, if I do not punish you for your abominations and all your detestable things—even if I diminish you—I will not spare, nor will I have pity.
12 A third of you shall die by plague and be consumed within your midst; a third shall fall by famine in your midst; and a third shall be slain by the sword around you; and I will scatter a third to all the winds, and a sword shall follow after them.

Eze.5.12 - Details

Original Text

שלשתיך בדבר ימותו וברעב יכלו בתוכך והשלשית בחרב יפלו סביבותיך והשלישית לכל־ רוח אזרה וחרב אריק אחריהם׃

Morphology

  • שלשתיך: NOUN,f,pl,abs,poss:2,m,sg
  • בדבר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ימותו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • וברעב: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יכלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • בתוכך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs,poss:2,m,sg
  • והשלשית: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,def
  • בחרב: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יפלו: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,pl
  • סביבותיך: NOUN,f,pl,abs,poss:2,m,sg
  • והשלישית: ADJ,f,sg,def
  • לכל: PREP
  • רוח: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אזרה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וחרב: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אריק: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • אחריהם: PREP,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 5:1-4 (structural): Immediate context — the symbolic shaving and dividing of hair into three parts that the verse explicates: one third to die by pestilence/famine, one third by sword, one third scattered.
  • Ezekiel 7:15-17 (thematic): Parallel catalogue of divine judgments (sword, famine, pestilence) and scattering of the people — similar language of devastation and pursuit by the sword.
  • Ezekiel 14:21 (thematic): Lists the calamities God brings for judgment (sword, famine, wild beasts, pestilence); echoes the same punitive motifs found in Ezek.5:12.
  • Leviticus 26:25-26 (allusion): Part of the covenant curses enumerating famine, pestilence and the sword as punishments for covenant unfaithfulness — background for Ezekiel’s threefold punishments.

Alternative generated candidates

  • A third of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed by famine within you; a third shall fall by the sword round about you; and a third I will scatter to all the winds, and I will unsheathe a sword after them.
  • A third part of you shall die by pestilence and be consumed by famine in your midst; a third part shall fall by the sword round about you; and a third I will scatter to all the winds, and an outstretched sword shall follow them.
13 My fury shall be accomplished, I will vent my burning anger on them and be satisfied; I will consecrate myself and be vindicated. Then they shall know that I am the LORD when I have executed my judgments upon them.

Eze.5.13 - Details

Original Text

וכלה אפי והנחותי חמתי בם והנחמתי וידעו כי־ אני יהוה דברתי בקנאתי בכלותי חמתי בם׃

Morphology

  • וכלה: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אפי: NOUN,m,sg,poss1s
  • והנחותי: VERB,hiph,perf,1,_,sg
  • חמתי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1s
  • בם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • והנחמתי: VERB,hiph,perf,1,_,sg
  • וידעו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • כי: CONJ
  • אני: PRON,1,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • דברתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,c,sg
  • בקנאתי: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+1s
  • בכלותי: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+1s
  • חמתי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1s
  • בם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 5:11 (structural): Immediate context in the same chapter: pronounces punishment on Jerusalem for defiling the sanctuary and prepares the consummation of God’s anger that 5:13 declares will be spent.
  • Ezekiel 7:8-9 (thematic): Speaks of God pouring out his fury and not having pity—parallel language of divine wrath being executed until it is accomplished so that people know the LORD.
  • Nahum 1:2-3 (verbal): Describes the LORD as jealous and full of wrath, who takes vengeance—echoes the themes of divine jealousy (קנאה) and spent fury in Ezek. 5:13.
  • Deuteronomy 32:21 (verbal): God says he will make nations jealous and provoke anger because Israel provoked him—uses the motif of divine jealousy that underlies Ezekiel’s declaration of wrath.
  • Numbers 14:18 (thematic): Affirms God’s character as slow to anger but who does not leave the guilty unpunished—relates to the tension in Ezek. 5:13 between God’s wrath being carried out and the purpose that people may know the LORD.

Alternative generated candidates

  • My anger will be spent, and I will vent my wrath on them and be satisfied; and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken in my jealousy when I have spent my fury upon them.
  • My fury shall be accomplished; I will vent my wrath upon them and satisfy my anger; then they shall know that I am the LORD when I have executed my judgments upon them.
14 I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are all about you, in the sight of every passerby.

Eze.5.14 - Details

Original Text

ואתנך לחרבה ולחרפה בגוים אשר סביבותיך לעיני כל־ עובר׃

Morphology

  • ואתנך: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,1,?,sg,obj:2ms
  • לחרבה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ולחרפה: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בגוים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • סביבותיך: NOUN,f,pl,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • לעיני: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • כל: DET
  • עובר: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 28:37 (verbal): Deuteronomy warns that Israel will become a horror, proverb and byword among the nations—language and idea echoed in Ezek 5:14's depiction of desolation and scorn before passersby.
  • Leviticus 26:33 (thematic): Leviticus predicts scattering of the people among the nations and their cities becoming desolate; thematically parallels Ezekiel's judgment of exile, desolation and shame among surrounding peoples.
  • Ezekiel 36:20 (verbal): Ezekiel 36:20 speaks of the exiles making God's land an object of scorn among the nations—a close verbal and thematic echo of the humiliation and reproach announced in Ezek 5:14.
  • Psalm 44:13-14 (thematic): The psalm laments that God has made the community a reproach and taunt among its neighbors—similar motif of national shame and derision before surrounding peoples found in Ezek 5:14.

Alternative generated candidates

  • I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of every passerby.
  • And I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
15 It shall be a reproach, a taunt, a lesson and an astonishment to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, in wrath, and in fierce rebuke. I the LORD have spoken.

Eze.5.15 - Details

Original Text

והיתה חרפה וגדופה מוסר ומשמה לגוים אשר סביבותיך בעשותי בך שפטים באף ובחמה ובתכחות חמה אני יהוה דברתי׃

Morphology

  • והיתה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • חרפה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וגדופה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • מוסר: NOUN,m,sg,const
  • ומשמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לגוים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • סביבותיך: NOUN,f,pl,abs+2,ms
  • בעשותי: PREP+INF,qal,infc,1,sg
  • בך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • שפטים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • באף: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ובחמה: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ובתכחות: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • חמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אני: PRON,1,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • דברתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,c,sg

Parallels

  • Deuteronomy 28:37 (verbal): Uses the same language of becoming a 'reproach and a byword' among the nations as the consequence of covenant disobedience, paralleling Ezekiel's announcement of shame among surrounding peoples.
  • Psalm 44:13-14 (thematic): Speaks of Israel as a byword and the object of scorn among the nations—echoing Ezekiel's depiction of national disgrace and derision before surrounding peoples.
  • Ezekiel 36:20-21 (thematic): Ezekiel elsewhere links Israel's profaning of God's name with being scattered and a reproach among the nations; this continues the prophet's theme that judgment results in shame and dispersion.
  • Deuteronomy 28:25 (thematic): Describes military defeat and becoming a 'horror' or object of dread among the nations, thematically related to Ezekiel's portrayal of judgment bringing shame and revulsion from surrounding peoples.

Alternative generated candidates

  • It shall be a taunt and a scoffing, a lesson and a horror to the nations that are all around you when I execute judgments in you in anger and in wrath and with furious rebukes— I the LORD have spoken.
  • It shall be a reproach and a taunt, a lesson and a scorn to the nations that are around you when I execute judgments among you in anger, in wrath, and in fierce rebuke; I the LORD have spoken.
16 I will send among you the sword—the evil of those I send to destroy you; I will bring famine upon you, and break your staff of bread.

Eze.5.16 - Details

Original Text

בשלחי את־ חצי הרעב הרעים בהם אשר היו למשחית אשר־ אשלח אותם לשחתכם ורעב אסף עליכם ושברתי לכם מטה־ לחם׃

Morphology

  • בשלחי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • את: PRT,acc
  • חצי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הרעב: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • הרעים: ADJ,m,pl,def
  • בהם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • היו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • למשחית: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • אשלח: VERB,qal,imperf,1,_,sg
  • אותם: PRON,3,m,pl,obj
  • לשחתכם: INF,qal,inf,2,m,pl
  • ורעב: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אסף: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • עליכם: PREP+PRON,2mp
  • ושברתי: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,1,c,sg
  • לכם: PREP,2,m,pl
  • מטה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לחם: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Leviticus 26:26 (verbal): Uses the same imagery of God ‘breaking the staff of bread’ as a judgment causing famine and food scarcity.
  • Deuteronomy 28:20-22, 28:51 (thematic): The covenant curses include famine, foreign oppression, and devastation as penalties for disobedience—paralleling Ezekiel’s threat to send famine and destroy sustenance.
  • Ezekiel 14:21 (structural): Repeats Ezekiel’s judgment formula (sword, famine, wild beasts, pestilence), situating famine as one of the divine means of punishment.
  • Amos 4:6-9 (thematic): God explicitly declares that he brought scarcity and want of bread (famine) on Israel to provoke repentance—matching the role of famine as punitive discipline.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When I send against them the terrors of the neighboring nations—the worst of those who are destroyers, whom I send to destroy you—then famine shall follow upon you, and I will break the staff of bread.
  • When I send against them the sharp arrows of famine—the worst of the famine that I send for destruction—then famine will gather over you, and I will break your staff of bread.
17 And I will send upon you famine and wild beasts and great bereavement; pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I the LORD have spoken.

Eze.5.17 - Details

Original Text

ושלחתי עליכם רעב וחיה רעה ושכלך ודבר ודם יעבר־ בך וחרב אביא עליך אני יהוה דברתי׃

Morphology

  • ושלחתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,c,sg
  • עליכם: PREP+PRON,2mp
  • רעב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וחיה: VERB,qal,juss,2,m,sg
  • רעה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ושכלך: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • ודבר: VERB,qal,fut,3,m,sg
  • ודם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • יעבר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • בך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • וחרב: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אביא: VERB,hiphil,impf,1,_,sg
  • עליך: PREP+2ms
  • אני: PRON,1,sg
  • יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • דברתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,c,sg

Parallels

  • Leviticus 26:21-26 (verbal): Lists covenant punishments including pestilence, wild beasts, famine and the sword — language and sequence closely parallel Ezekiel’s catalogue of judgments (‘I will bring a sword… I will send famine… beasts… pestilence’).
  • Deuteronomy 28:21-22,52-57 (thematic): Covenant curse passages that promise famine, siege, pestilence, and death by the sword (and related horrors of siege) as consequences for disobedience — background for Ezekiel’s pronouncement.
  • Ezekiel 4:16-17 (verbal): An earlier Ezekiel passage that enumerates similar judgments (famine, wild beasts, siege/attacking forces, scarcity of food) — the prophet repeats the same elements as part of Jerusalem’s punishment.
  • Amos 4:6-11 (thematic): Amos lists successive divine calamities (drought, blight, famine, pestilence, overthrow) sent to provoke repentance; thematically parallels Ezekiel’s catalogue of disasters as instruments of God’s judgment.},{

Alternative generated candidates

  • I will send upon you famine, wild beasts, pestilence, and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword against you—declares the Lord GOD.
  • And I will send against you famine, wild beasts, pestilence, and blood; and I will bring the sword upon you. I the LORD have spoken.

And you, Son of man, take a brick and set it before you; portray on it the city—Jerusalem.

Lay siege against it, build siegeworks against it, cast up a ramp against it, set camps around it, and place battering‑rams all about it. And take an iron plate and set it as an iron wall between you and the city; face toward it— it shall be under siege, and you shall be the besieger; it is a sign to the house of Israel.

Then lie on your left side and place the guilt of the house of Israel upon it; number the days that you lie on it—you shall bear their guilt.

I have assigned to you the number of their days: three hundred and ninety days—you shall bear the guilt of the house of Israel. And when you have completed these, lie again on your right side and bear the guilt of the house of Judah forty days—a day for a year I have given you.

Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem; uncover your loins and prophesy against her.

Behold, I will bind you with bands so that you shall not turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege. And take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them into one vessel and make them for yourself a bread—for the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days—you shall eat it.

Your food shall be by weight—twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it. And you shall drink water by measure, a sixth of a hin; from time to time you shall drink. And you shall bake it as barley cakes, using human dung for the fire before their eyes. And the LORD said, "Thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will drive them."

Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, my soul has not been defiled; from my youth until now I have not eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts—there was no such thing in my mouth." And he said to me, "See, I give you cow's dung instead of human dung, and you shall prepare your bread over it." And the LORD said, "Son of man, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem; they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and in dismay." So they will lack bread and water, and they will faint one toward another and waste away on account of their iniquity. And you, Son of man, take a sharp sword—take a barber's razor—and pass it over your head and your beard; take balances and divide the hair.

A third you shall burn in the middle of the city when the days of the siege are completed; a third you shall strike about with the sword; and a third you shall scatter to the wind, and a sword shall follow after them.

Take from them a few in number and bind them in the folds of your garment. And take some of them again and cast them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from there a fire shall go forth to all the house of Israel. Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem; she is in the midst of the nations and countries around her. And she has changed my judgments for wickedness from the nations round about her, and my statutes she has cast aside from the countries that surround her; for my judgments they despised, and my statutes they would not walk in.

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have behaved worse than the nations that surround you and have not walked in my statutes nor done my judgments—

therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, even I, will deal with you; I will execute judgments within you in the sight of the nations. And I will do to you what I have not done and the like of which I will never do again, because of all your abominations.

Therefore fathers shall eat their sons within you, and children shall eat their fathers; I will execute judgments among you, and I will scatter all your remnant to every wind.

As I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled my sanctuaries with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, I will cut you off; my eye shall not spare, nor will I have compassion.

A third of you shall die by plague and be consumed within your midst; a third shall fall by famine in your midst; and a third shall be slain by the sword around you; and I will scatter a third to all the winds, and a sword shall follow after them.

My fury shall be accomplished, I will vent my burning anger on them and be satisfied; I will consecrate myself and be vindicated. Then they shall know that I am the LORD when I have executed my judgments upon them.

I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are all about you, in the sight of every passerby.

It shall be a reproach, a taunt, a lesson and an astonishment to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, in wrath, and in fierce rebuke. I the LORD have spoken.

I will send among you the sword—the evil of those I send to destroy you; I will bring famine upon you, and break your staff of bread. And I will send upon you famine and wild beasts and great bereavement; pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I the LORD have spoken.