Glory of a man like the kingdom, leaves as quickly as it came to the fore. Similarly the glory of an Empire on which the sun never set is now like one inured for long austerity. Bulldog quality long associated with Great Britain is more the yelp of a mongrel. Man like nations choose his own stumbling block when his heart departs from God. For this reason when God set Ezekiel as His watchman he had to say thus:"When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.(Ez.3:26)
4Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the LordGod; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I theLordwill answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
5That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
6Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the LordGod; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I theLordwill answer him by myself:
8And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am theLord.
Glory of a man like the kingdom, leaves as quickly as it came to the fore. Similarly the glory of an Empire on which the sun never set is now like one inured for long austerity. Bulldog quality long associated with Great Britain is more the yelp of a mongrel. Man like nations choose his own stumbling block when his heart departs from God. For this reason when God set Ezekiel as His watchman he had to say thus:"When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.(Ez.3:26)
4Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the LordGod; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I theLordwill answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
5That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
6Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the LordGod; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
7For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I theLordwill answer him by myself:
8And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am theLord.
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