Beth el

Hear , oh Israel ,           the words of the King

and you , Oh Beth el ,           house of the prophets

I sent my own messengers 

to collect        the fruits of the harvest

one by one         you have driven them off

I have sent           my own Sons

whom you have beaten

and bit their ankles            like jackals

you have despoiled the fields

have broken                    the tender shoots of the ground

filled my house          with thorns and thistles

and in your hearts have said

 

"God has taken no notice,

all things rest in our houses in peace,

surly security dwells in the house of God"

 

I shall expose you            like the harlot 

that you are               uncover your secret deeds

all the world hides                   will be disclosed

 

but you oh keepers of my vineyard

will be punished        every wicked action unearthed

before the full populace of the nations

 

Surely when they openly see those

who hated my instructions                   they will

fear and repent of their own deeds

deeds not nearly as heinous as those of yours

 

I will shake out what is mine

leave you desolated , alone , and afraid

You have exalted yourselves 

like the rulers of the wicked

have stolen the Glory of my Son

have purloined a kingdom

whose appointed Master is my True overseer

 

and concluded a covenant with death

you say       in your hearts       surly we will live

and spread our tables       with the wealth of the lands

 

Is not my house more than meat

and your prayers for favor an abomination

Repent and do the deeds

of the one               you make professions of love

perhaps your appointed Lord

will be as merciful as God

and unlike the painful penitence 

you visit upon lambs of my flock

 

Therefore consider that I will

take my house         and give it to ones 

more worthy than yourselves

 

Take heed to yourselves and

all the sheep of my pasture

Do I not know you have allowed

the wolves                     in among the lambs

the hired shepherds             have fled their stations

as those who                    protect the lambs

 

Did you suppose I would take no note

that my people should cower in fear

of their lives                in the fields 

where I sent my workers.

 

I will bring you down                   and take your precious coins

which you have           hoarded   

and kept                for yourselves  .               You

shall fall before me as did                   Ananius and Sapphira

who held back                 what was already mine              and lied

to my own servants .                    Therefore repent

or I shall bury you                in the fields of the wicked

and take away your               hoped for crown.  

I sent my rain              freely         into the fields

but you collect the rents           and keep them for yourselves

 

The witness of your greed       and luxurious living

and neglect of the oppressed

the seals of your penury           and profits

are in place.               Has not the daughter 

become like her mother          and her fornications

with Rome             and what is detestable   as bloody rags

of the unclean.     Come out of her my people

that you do not                    partake of her plagues.

 

 

See I have set           my own servants             witness

against you.           Repent of your abominations          or

I will strip you of                   the little clothing that 

remains upon your nakedness.

Behold the King comes quickly,

and will not delay his fathers appointments.

 

Amen come ,                 Lord Jesus

Jeremiah 6 & 23  Ezekiel 34

 

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