Ezekiel 34:17-22
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17 “As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I will (A)judge between one [a]sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats. 18 Is it too (B)slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must [b]foul the rest with your feet? 19 As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you [c]foul with your feet!’”
20 Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them, “Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you push with side and with shoulder, and (C)thrust at all the [d]weak with your horns until you have scattered them [e]abroad, 22 therefore, I will (D)deliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.
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- Ezekiel 34:17 Or lamb
- Ezekiel 34:18 Lit foul by trampling
- Ezekiel 34:19 Lit foul by trampling
- Ezekiel 34:21 Or sick
- Ezekiel 34:21 Lit to the outside
Amos 9:9-10
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9 “For behold, I am commanding,
And I will (A)shake the house of Israel among all nations
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a [a]kernel will fall to the ground.
10 “All the (B)sinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘(C)The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’
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- Amos 9:9 Or pebble
Zechariah 13:8-9
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8 “It will come about in all the land,”
Declares the Lord,
“That (A)two parts in it will be cut off and perish;
But the third will be left in it.
9 “And I will bring the third part through the (B)fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will (C)call on My name,
And I will (D)answer them;
I will say, ‘They are (E)My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
Malachi 3:3
New American Standard Bible 1995
3 He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will (A)purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may (B)present to the Lord [a]offerings in righteousness.
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- Malachi 3:3 Or grain offerings
Malachi 4:1-3
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Final Admonition
4 “[a]For behold, the day is coming, (A)burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be (B)chaff; and the day that is coming will (C)set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.” 2 “But for you who [b]fear My name, the (D)sun of righteousness will rise with (E)healing in its wings; and you will go forth and (F)skip about like calves from the stall. 3 You will (G)tread down the wicked, for they will be (H)ashes under the soles of your feet (I)on the day [c]which I am preparing,” says the Lord of hosts.
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- Malachi 4:1 Ch 3:19 in Heb
- Malachi 4:2 Or revere
- Malachi 4:3 Or when I act
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