Today is the 17th day of November. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is great to be here with you today as we continue the journey day by day, step by step.

And as we reach a conclusion of another one of our weeks together, we are in the book of Ezekiel and will continue the book of Ezekiel.

And in the New Testament we have some new territory to go into the letter, well, the book of James, which is a letter that will certainly challenge us in my experience with reading the Bible.

James is the buckkicker of them all, so we'll talk about that

when we get there, but first, Ezekiel, chapter 35 and 36.

The Lord's word came to me.

Human one.

face Mount Seer and prophesy against it.

Say to it, the Lord God proclaims,

I am against you, Mount Seer.

I will use my power against you.

I will make you into a desolate wasteland. I will turn your cities into ruins and you will become a desolation.

Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Because you nursed an ancient grudge, you handed the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their

distress during their final punishment.

So now the Lord God proclaims,

as surely as I live, I will prepare you for blood,

and blood will pursue you.

Because you don't hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue. blood shed,

will pursue you.

I will turn Mount Seer into a desolate wasteland when I cut off from it,

both passer-by and Homecomer. I will fill its highlands, your hills and

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