Reading for December 27th

Read Ezekiel 6.11-14. Ezekiel returns to the imagery of sword, pestilence, and famine (5.1) to tie his oracles against Israel to the fate of Jerusalem. Altars, on every high hill, on all the mountain tops, under every green tree, and under very leafy oak: A common formulaic description of pagan worship (Deut 12.2; 1 Kings 14.23; Jer 2.20). The wilderness designates the Negeb Desert in southern Judah, and Riblah ("Diblah" in Hebrew; the Hebrew letters "resh" and "dalet" are similar and sometimes confused) is in Syria (2 Kings 23.33). Comments or Questions..