Jer 13:11, 19:1, 27:2, Eze 4-5, Heb 1:1 | ESV | STEP | For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man , so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the Lord , that they might be for me a people , a name , a praise , and a glory , but they would not listen .

11 For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the Lord, ^athat they might be for me a people, ^ba name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.

Jeremiah 19:1

The Broken Flask

1 Thus says the Lord, “Go, buy ^ca potter’s earthenware ^dflask, and take some of ^ethe elders of the people and some of ^fthe elders of the priests,

Jeremiah 27:2

2 Thus the Lord said to me: ^g“Make yourself straps and ^hyoke-bars, and put them on your neck.

Ezekiel 4

The Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized

1 “And you, ⁱson of man, ^jtake a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem. 2 ^kAnd put siegeworks against it, ^land build a siege wall against it, ^mand cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, ⁿand plant battering rams against it all around. 3 And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; ^oand set your face toward it, ^pand let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is ^qa sign for the house of Israel.

4 “Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment ^{▼▼Or iniquity; also verses 5, 6, 17} of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, ^syou shall bear their punishment. 5 For I assign to you a number of days, ^t390 days, ^uequal to the number of the years of their punishment. ^vSo long shall you bear ^wthe punishment of the house of Israel. 6 And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and ^xbear ^ythe punishment of the house of Judah. ^zForty days I assign you, a day for each year. 7 ^aaAnd you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, ^abwith your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city. 8 And behold, ^acI will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed ^adthe days of your siege.

9 “And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, ^{▼▼A type of wheat} and put them into a single vessel and make your ^afbread from them. ^agDuring the number of days that you lie on your side, ^ah390 days, you shall eat it. 10 And your food that you eat shall be ^aiby weight, ^ajtwenty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} a day; from day to day ^{▼▼Or at a set time daily; also verse 11} you shall eat it. 11 And water you shall drink ^amby measure, the sixth part of a hin; ^{▼▼A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters} from day to day you shall drink. 12 And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it ^aoin their sight on human dung.” 13 And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat ^aptheir bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” 14 Then I said, ^aq“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. ^{▼▼Hebrew my soul (or throat) has never been made unclean} ^asFrom my youth up till now I have never eaten ^atwhat died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has ^autainted meat come into my mouth.” 15 Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.” 16 Moreover, he said to me, ^av“Son of man, behold, ^awI will break the supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread ^ayby weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water ^azby measure and in dismay. 17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and ^balook at one another in dismay, and ^bbrot away because of their punishment.

Ezekiel 5

Jerusalem Will Be Destroyed

1 “And you, ^bcO son of man, take a ^bdsharp sword. Use it as ^bea barber’s razor and ^bfpass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair. 2 ^bgA third part you shall burn in the fire ^bhin the midst of the city, ^biwhen the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. ^bjAnd a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and ^bkI will unsheathe the sword after them. 3 ^blAnd you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe. 4 ^bmAnd of these again you shall take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.

5 “Thus says the Lord God: ^bnThis is Jerusalem. I have set her ^boin the center of the nations, with countries all around her. 6 And she has rebelled against my rules by doing wickedness ^bpmore than the nations, and against my statutes more than ^bqthe countries all around her; for they have rejected my rules and have not walked in my statutes. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you are ^brmore turbulent than the nations that are all around you, ^bsand have not walked in my statutes or obeyed my rules, ^btand have not ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac lack not} even acted according to the rules of the nations that are all around you, 8 therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, even I, ^bvam against you. ^bwAnd I will execute judgments ^{▼▼The same Hebrew expression can mean obey rules, or execute judgments, depending on the context} in your midst ^byin the sight of the nations. 9 And because of all your abominations I will do with you ^bzwhat I have never yet done, and the like of which I will never do again. 10 Therefore ^cafathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers. ^cbAnd I will execute judgments on you, ^ccand any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds. 11 Therefore, ^cdas I live, declares the Lord God, surely, ^cebecause you have defiled my sanctuary ^cfwith all your detestable things and with all your ^cgabominations, ^chtherefore I will withdraw. ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts I will cut you down} ^cjMy eye will not spare, and I will have no pity. 12 ^ckA third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; ^cla third part shall fall by the sword all around you; ^cmand a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

13 ^cn“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that ^coI am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy— ^cpwhen I spend my fury upon them. 14 Moreover, I will make you ^cqa desolation and ^cran object of reproach among ^csthe nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by. 15 You shall be ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Masoretic Text And it shall be} a reproach and a taunt, a warning ^cuand a horror, to ^cvthe nations all around you, ^cwwhen I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and ^cxwith furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken— 16 when I send against you ^{▼▼Hebrew them} ^czthe deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon ^dayou and break your supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread. 17 I will send famine and ^dcwild beasts against you, ^ddand they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and ^deblood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the Lord; I have spoken.”

Hebrews 1:1

The Supremacy of God’s Son

1 Long ago, at many times and ^dfin many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,