Month of Tevet

And the word of YAHUAH came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, turn your face toward Yerushalayim, and preach against the miqdashim, and naḇa against the land of Yisra’ĕl.
3 “And you shall say to the land of Yisra’ĕl, ‘Thus said YAHUAH, “See, I am against you, and I shall draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
4 “Because I shall cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north.
5 “And all flesh shall know that I, YAHUAH, have drawn My sword out of its sheath, not to turn back again.” ’
6 “And you, son of man, sigh with a breaking of loins, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes.
7 “And it shall be when they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’ that you shall say, ‘Because of the report that is coming. And every heart shall melt, and all hands shall go limp, and every spirit become faint, and all knees be weak as water. See, it is coming, and it shall be,’ declares the Aḏon YAHUAH.”
8 And the word of YAHUAH came to me, saying,
9 “Son of man, naḇa, and you shall say, ‘Thus said YAHUAH! “Say, ‘A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished!
10 ‘It is sharpened to make a slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning!’ Or shall we rejoice? My son, you have despised the rod, every stick!
11 “And He has given it to be polished, to be taken by the hand. This sword is sharpened and polished, to be given into the hand of the slayer.
12 “Cry and wail, son of man, for it shall be on My people, on all the leaders of Yisra’ĕl. They shall be delivered to the sword together with My people, therefore strike your thigh.
13 “For it is a trier, and what if it even despises the rod? Shall it not be?” declares the Aḏon YAHUAH.
14 “And you, son of man, naḇa, and strike your hands together. And let the sword come down twice, thrice, the sword for the slain. It is the sword of the slain, the great one, which surrounds them.
15 “I have turned the point of the sword against all their gates, to melt the heart and that the overthrown be many. Ah! It is made like lightning, keen for slaughter.
16 “Sharpen yourself on the right, mark yourself on the left, wherever your edge is appointed!
17 And I too, I shall strike My hands together and cause My wrath to rest. I, YAHUAH, have spoken.”
18 And the word of YAHUAH came to me again, saying,
19 “And you, son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the sovereign of Baḇel to go, both of them coming from one land. And place a signpost, put it at the head of the way to the city.
20 “Appoint a way for the sword to go to Rabbah of the Ammonites, and to Yahuḏah, into the walled Yerushalayim.
21 “For the sovereign of Baḇel shall stand at the parting of the way, at the fork of the two ways, to practise divination. He shall shake the arrows, he shall ask the household idols, he shall look at the liver.
22 “In his right hand shall be the divination for Yerushalayim: to put up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to lift the voice with shouting, to put battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, to build a wall.
23 “And it shall be to them as a false divination in the eyes of those who have sworn oaths to them. But he is bringing their wickedness to remembrance, so that they are taken.
24 “Therefore thus said the Aḏon YAHUAH, ‘Because you have made your wickedness to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that your sins are seen in all your deeds. Because you have been remembered, you are taken by hand.
25 ‘And to you, O profane, wicked one, leader of Yisra’ĕl, whose day has come, in the time of the wickedness of the end,
26 thus said the Aḏon YAHUAH, ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown! This shall not remain! Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted.
27 ‘Overthrown, overthrown, I make it overthrown! It shall be no longer, until He comes to whom it rightly belongs - and I shall give it!’
28 “And you, son of man, naḇa and say, ‘Thus said the Aḏon YAHUAH concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach.’ And you shall say, ‘A sword, a sword, drawn for slaughter, polished to the utmost like lightning -
29 while they see false visions for you, while they divine a lie to you - to put you on the necks of the profaned ones, the wicked ones whose day has come, in the time of the wickedness of the end.
30 ‘Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I shall judge you.
31 ‘And I shall pour out My displeasure on you, blow against you with the fire of My wrath, and shall give you into the hands of beastly men, skilled to destroy.
32 ‘You are to be fuel for the fire, your blood to be in the midst of the land. You are not to be remembered, for I YAHUAH have spoken.’ ”

YEḤEZQĔL (EZEKIEL)
Chapter 21

12/21/25

And the word of YAHUAH came to me, saying,
2 “And now, son of man, judge, judge the city of blood! And you shall show her all her abominations!
3 “And you shall say, ‘Thus said the Aḏon YAHUAH, “The city sheds blood in her midst, that her time might come. And she has made idols within herself to become defiled.
4 “You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and have defiled yourself with the idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your days near, and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I shall make you a reproach to the gentiles, and a mockery to all lands.
5 “Those near and those far from you mock you - defiled is your name and great the confusion!
6 “See the leaders of Yisra’ĕl: each one has used his arm to shed blood in you.
7 “They have despised father and mother within you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst. They have oppressed the fatherless and the widow within you.
8 “You have despised that which is qodesh to Me, and you have profaned My Shabbathoth.
9 “Slanderous men have been in you to shed blood. And in you are those who eat on the mountains. They have done wickedness in your midst.
10 “In you they have uncovered the nakedness of a father. In you they have humbled women who are defiled during their uncleanness.
11 “And the one has done abomination with his neighbour’s wife. And another has wickedly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another within you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
12 “In you they have taken a bribe to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase. You have cut off your neighbour by extortion. And you have forgotten Me,” declares the Aḏon YAHUAH.
13 “And see, I shall smite My hand because of your greedy gain which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.
14 “Would your heart stand, your hands remain strong, in the days when I deal with you? I, YAHUAH, have spoken, and shall do it.
15 “And I shall scatter you among the gentiles, and shall disperse you throughout the lands, and shall consume your filthiness out of you.
16 “And you shall profane yourself before the eyes of the gentiles. And you shall know that I am YAHUAH.” ’ ”
17 And the word of YAHUAH came to me, saying,
18 “Son of man, the house of Yisra’ĕl has become dross to Me. All of them are bronze, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of a furnace - they have become the dross of silver.
19 “Therefore thus said the Aḏon YAHUAH, ‘Because all of you have become dross, therefore see, I am gathering you into the midst of Yerushalayim.
20 ‘As they gather silver, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and tin into the midst of a furnace, to blow fire on it, to melt it, so I gather you in My displeasure and in My wrath. And I shall blow and melt you.
21 ‘And I shall gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in its midst.
22 ‘As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so are you melted in its midst. And you shall know that I, YAHUAH, have poured out My wrath on you.’ ”
23 And the word of YAHUAH came to me, saying,
24 “Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of displeasure.’
25 “There is a conspiracy of her neḇi’im in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured life, they have taken treasure and wealth, they have made many widows in her midst.
26 “Her kohenim have done violence to My Torah and they profane My qodesh matters. They have not distinguished between the qodesh and profane, nor have they made known between the unclean and the clean. And they have hidden their eyes from My Shabbathoth, and I am profaned in their midst.
27 “Her leaders in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy lives, and to get greedy gain.
28 “And her neḇi’im have coated them with whitewash, seeing a false vision, and divining a lie for them, saying, ‘Thus said the Aḏon YAHUAH,’ when YAHUAH had not spoken.
29 “The people of the land have practised oppression, and committed robbery, and have oppressed the poor and needy. And they oppressed the stranger without right-ruling.
30 “And I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the breach before Me behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it - but I did not find one!
31 “Therefore I have poured out My displeasure on them, I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath. And I have put their way on their own head,” declares the Aḏon YAHUAH.

YEḤEZQĔL (EZEKIEL)
Chapter 22

12/22/25