The book of the Prophet Ezekiel
Chapter
5
¹ And you, O mortal, take a sharp sword; use it as a barber's razor and run it over your head and your beard; then take balances for weighing, and divide the hair. ² One third of the hair you shall burn in the fire inside the city when the days of the siege are completed; one third you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city; and one third you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe the sword after them.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verses 1 to 2)
Oh brothers and sisters when God asks something of us, he gives us all the necessary instructions in how to fulfil the given task and even a given time when to do it Amen. I pray that we always be eyes and ears open in order to listen to the call of God and obey its instructions Amen.
³ Then you shall take from these a small number, and bind them in the skirts of your robe. From these, again, you shall take some, throw them into the fire and burn them up; from there a fire will come out against all the house of Israel.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 3)
Oh God, my Father, You judgment is never-ending. You decide whom to use and You decide whom shall perish the fires of hell. However, from those You choose for Yourself, a fire will burn out against the whole world. Amen.
⁴ From these, again you shall take some, throw them into the fire and burn them up; from there a fire will come out against all the house of Israel.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 4)
Oh God my Father, even from those who are under Your protection there will be those who will suffer pain and tribulations in order to be a sign for all of us. I pray that You teach us to learn the lesson behind such events Amen.
⁵Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the centre of the nations, with countries all around her, ⁶ But she has rebelled against my ordinances and my statutes, becoming more wicked than the nations and the countries all around her, rejecting my ordinances and not following my statutes. ⁷ Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you are more turbulent than the nations that are all around you, and have not followed my statutes or kept my ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations that are all around you; ⁸ therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I, I myself am coming against you; I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. ⁹ And because of all your abominations I will do to you what I have never yet done, and the like of which I will never do again.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verses 5 to 9)
Oh God, my Father, it is true that as a Roman Catholic Church we have gone against Your commandments, however, how can we ever continue to exist if You are against us. I pray oh God that You do not give us what we deserve even though we merit it, my God and Father Amen. In the name of the world, I a sinner beg for Your mercy and everlasting love Amen.
¹⁰ Surely parents shall eat their children in your midst, and children shall eat their parents; I will execute judgments on you, and any of you who survive I will scatter to every wind.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verses 5 to 10)
Oh God, my Father when we destroy each other's self-esteem or when we humiliate each other we are eating one another since we are destroying each other's self, which could have both psychological but even spiritual consequences. I pray that You teach us to construct each other on all levels Amen.
¹¹ Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations-therefore I will cut you down; my eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 11)
Oh God my Father as a nation we accept the responsibility of our misgivings be they great or small, we humbly express our sorry for what we have done. In the name of the World, I beg for Your mercy Amen for we deserve all we get for we are human and subject to sin and cannot exist without You Amen.
¹² One third of you shall die of pestilence or be consumed by famine among you; one third shall fall by the sword around you, and one third I will scatter to every wind and will unsheathe the sword after them.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 12)
I thank You oh God my Father for being a descendant of the last one-third of Your people, even though as a people we are still being harassed by the sword of sin, however, I am convinced that You are still with us Amen.
¹³ My anger shall spend itself, and I will vent my fury on them and satisfy myself; and they shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken in my jealousy when I spend my fury on them.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 13)
Oh God, my Father, I beg that You spare us of Your wrath, for if You are against us, who can ever be in our favour Amen.
¹⁴ Moreover I will make you a desolation and an object of mocking among the nations around you, in the sight of all that pass by.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 14)
Oh God, my Father there are moments when You cause us to feel desolate and depressed, stripped off our own resources, however, these times are very positive because we are transforming like the butterfly from our old natural and selfish state to a more spiritual and higher state of being Amen. I pray that You protect us oh God during this vulnerable time Amen.
¹⁵ You shall be a mockery and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations around you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and with furious punishments-I, the LORD, have spoken-¹⁶ when I loose against you my deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will let loose to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon you and break your staff of bread, ¹⁷ I will send famine and wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children; pestilence and bloodshed shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I the LORD, have spoken.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 15 to 17)
Oh God my Father, may Your will be done, I am fully convinced that You are in control of all that happens in my life, and even other events such as this Corona Virus that is infecting the world, All that has been written all shall be done to the last dot. Amen.
I would like to end this meditation on the fifth chapter of the book of the Prophet Ezekiel with the following prayer;-
If it is sickness or if it is health, if it is wealth or if it is poverty I accept from Your hand my God and Father, for it is You who gives and it is You that takes Away. Amen
³ Then you shall take from these a small number, and bind them in the skirts of your robe. From these, again, you shall take some, throw them into the fire and burn them up; from there a fire will come out against all the house of Israel.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 3)
Oh God, my Father, You judgment is never-ending. You decide whom to use and You decide whom shall perish the fires of hell. However, from those You choose for Yourself, a fire will burn out against the whole world. Amen.
⁴ From these, again you shall take some, throw them into the fire and burn them up; from there a fire will come out against all the house of Israel.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 4)
Oh God my Father, even from those who are under Your protection there will be those who will suffer pain and tribulations in order to be a sign for all of us. I pray that You teach us to learn the lesson behind such events Amen.
⁵Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the centre of the nations, with countries all around her, ⁶ But she has rebelled against my ordinances and my statutes, becoming more wicked than the nations and the countries all around her, rejecting my ordinances and not following my statutes. ⁷ Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you are more turbulent than the nations that are all around you, and have not followed my statutes or kept my ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations that are all around you; ⁸ therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I, I myself am coming against you; I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. ⁹ And because of all your abominations I will do to you what I have never yet done, and the like of which I will never do again.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verses 5 to 9)
Oh God, my Father, it is true that as a Roman Catholic Church we have gone against Your commandments, however, how can we ever continue to exist if You are against us. I pray oh God that You do not give us what we deserve even though we merit it, my God and Father Amen. In the name of the world, I a sinner beg for Your mercy and everlasting love Amen.
¹⁰ Surely parents shall eat their children in your midst, and children shall eat their parents; I will execute judgments on you, and any of you who survive I will scatter to every wind.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verses 5 to 10)
Oh God, my Father when we destroy each other's self-esteem or when we humiliate each other we are eating one another since we are destroying each other's self, which could have both psychological but even spiritual consequences. I pray that You teach us to construct each other on all levels Amen.
¹¹ Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations-therefore I will cut you down; my eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 11)
Oh God my Father as a nation we accept the responsibility of our misgivings be they great or small, we humbly express our sorry for what we have done. In the name of the World, I beg for Your mercy Amen for we deserve all we get for we are human and subject to sin and cannot exist without You Amen.
¹² One third of you shall die of pestilence or be consumed by famine among you; one third shall fall by the sword around you, and one third I will scatter to every wind and will unsheathe the sword after them.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 12)
I thank You oh God my Father for being a descendant of the last one-third of Your people, even though as a people we are still being harassed by the sword of sin, however, I am convinced that You are still with us Amen.
¹³ My anger shall spend itself, and I will vent my fury on them and satisfy myself; and they shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken in my jealousy when I spend my fury on them.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 13)
Oh God, my Father, I beg that You spare us of Your wrath, for if You are against us, who can ever be in our favour Amen.
¹⁴ Moreover I will make you a desolation and an object of mocking among the nations around you, in the sight of all that pass by.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 14)
Oh God, my Father there are moments when You cause us to feel desolate and depressed, stripped off our own resources, however, these times are very positive because we are transforming like the butterfly from our old natural and selfish state to a more spiritual and higher state of being Amen. I pray that You protect us oh God during this vulnerable time Amen.
¹⁵ You shall be a mockery and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations around you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and with furious punishments-I, the LORD, have spoken-¹⁶ when I loose against you my deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will let loose to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon you and break your staff of bread, ¹⁷ I will send famine and wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children; pestilence and bloodshed shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I the LORD, have spoken.
(The book of the Prophet Ezekiel Chapter 5 verse 15 to 17)
Oh God my Father, may Your will be done, I am fully convinced that You are in control of all that happens in my life, and even other events such as this Corona Virus that is infecting the world, All that has been written all shall be done to the last dot. Amen.
I would like to end this meditation on the fifth chapter of the book of the Prophet Ezekiel with the following prayer;-
If it is sickness or if it is health, if it is wealth or if it is poverty I accept from Your hand my God and Father, for it is You who gives and it is You that takes Away. Amen
