Daily Bible GNT October 15 Verses

God's Promise to the Exiles

¹⁴The LORD spoke to me. ¹⁵"Mortal man," he said, "the people who live in Jerusalem are talking about you and those of your nation who are in exile. They say, 'The exiles are too far away to worship the LORD. He has given us possession of the land.'

¹⁶"Now tell your fellow exiles what I am saying. I am the one who sent them to live in far-off nations and scattered them in other countries. Yet, for the time being I will be present with them in the lands where they have gone.

¹⁷"So tell them what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying. I will gather them out of the countries where I scattered them, and will give the land of Israel back to them. ¹⁸When they return, they are to get rid of all the filthy, disgusting idols they find. ¹⁹I will give them a new heart and a new mind. I will take away their stubborn heart of stone and will give them an obedient heart. ²⁰Then they will keep my laws and faithfully obey all my commands. They will be my people, and I will be their God. ²¹But I will punish the people who love to worship filthy, disgusting idols. I will punish them for what they have done." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.

God's Glory Leaves Jerusalem

²²The living creatures began to fly, and the wheels went with them. The dazzling light of the presence of the God of Israel was over them. ²³Then the dazzling light left the city and moved to the mountain east of it. ²⁴In the vision the spirit of God lifted me up and brought me back to the exiles in Babylonia. Then the vision faded, ²⁵and I told the exiles everything that the LORD had shown me.

This reading is from The Holy Bible, Today's English Version, Second Edition copyright © American Bible Society, 1992;
Old Testament copyright © American Bible Society, 1976, 1992; New Testament © American Bible Society, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992.

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