November 26 (Ezekiel 21–22; Psalm 119:145–152; Colossians 3–4)

Through the ESV Bible in a Year with Ray Ortlund

Crossway

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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❖ Follow along with today's reading: www.esv.org/Ezekiel21–22;Psalm119:145–152;Colossians3–4 ❖ The English Standard Version (ESV) is an 'essentially literal' translation of the Bible in contemporary English. Created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors, the ESV Bible emphasizes 'word-for-word' accuracy, literary excellence, and depth of meaning. ❖ To learn more about the ESV and other audio resources, please visit www.ESV.org

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0:00.0	A reading from the book of Ezekiel.
0:04.0	The Word of the Lord came to me.
0:06.0	Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries.
0:12.0	Prophesy against the Land of Israel and say to the Land of Israel,
0:16.0	Thus says the Lord,
0:18.0	Behold, I am against you, and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut
0:23.6	off from you both righteous and wicked. Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked,
0:31.1	therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh, from south to north.
0:42.6	And all flesh shall know that I am the Lord. I have drawn my sword from its sheath. It shall not be sheathed again. As for you, son of man, groan, with breaking heart
0:51.7	and bitter grief, groan before their eyes.
0:56.1	And when they say to you, why do you groan?
0:59.3	You shall say, because of the news that it is coming.
1:04.6	Every heart will melt and all hands will be feeble.
1:08.5	Every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold,
1:13.8	it is coming and it will be fulfilled, declares the Lord God. And the word of the Lord came
1:21.5	to me. Son of man prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say,
1:31.7	A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished,
1:35.9	sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning.
1:38.5	Or shall we rejoice?
1:47.9	You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood. So the sword is given to be polished,
1:54.4	that it may be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer. Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel.
2:03.3	They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Strike therefore upon your thigh, for it
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