Bible, King James Version
Ezekiel
Ezek.1
[1] Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the
fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the
river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of
God.
[2] In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of
king Jehoiachin's captivity,
[3] The word of the LORD came expressly
unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the
river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
[4] And I
looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a
fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst
thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
[5] Also
out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this
was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
[6] And every
one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
[7] And their feet
were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's
foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
[8] And
they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four
had their faces and their wings.
[9] Their wings were joined one to
another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight
forward.
[10] As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the
face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the
face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an
eagle.
[11] Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched
upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their
bodies.
[12] And they went every one straight forward: whither the
spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
[13]
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning
coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the
living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth
lightning.
[14] And the living creatures ran and returned as the
appearance of a flash of lightning.
[15] Now as I beheld the living
creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his
four faces.
[16] The appearance of the wheels and their work was like
unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance
and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
[17]
When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they
went.
[18] As for their rings, they were so high that they were
dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them
four.
[19] And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by
them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels
were lifted up.
[20] Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went,
thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them:
for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
[21] When
those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were
lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the
spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
[22] And the likeness
of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the
terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
[23] And
under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every
one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on
that side, their bodies.
[24] And when they went, I heard the noise of
their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the
voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their
wings.
[25] And there was a voice from the firmament that was over
their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
[26] And
above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as
the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the
likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
[27] And I saw as
the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the
appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even
downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round
about.
[28] As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the
day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the
appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell
upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Ezek.2
[1] And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet,
and I will speak unto thee.
[2] And the spirit entered into me when he
spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto
me.
[3] And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children
of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their
fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
[4] For
they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou
shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
[5] And they, whether
they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,)
yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
[6] And
thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words,
though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be
not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a
rebellious house.
[7] And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether
they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most
rebellious.
[8] But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be
not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I
give thee.
[9] And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me;
and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
[10] And he spread it before
me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein
lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
Ezek.3
[1] Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou
findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
[2] So
I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
[3] And he said
unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll
that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for
sweetness.
[4] And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the
house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
[5] For thou art
not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the
house of Israel;
[6] Not to many people of a strange speech and of an
hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to
them, they would have hearkened unto thee.
[7] But the house of Israel
will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house
of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
[8] Behold, I have made thy
face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their
foreheads.
[9] As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy
forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a
rebellious house.
[10] Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my
words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine
ears.
[11] And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the
children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
[12] Then
the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying,
Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
[13] I heard also the
noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the
noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great
rushing.
[14] So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went
in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong
upon me.
[15] Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that
dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there
astonished among them seven days.
[16] And it came to pass at the end
of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[17]
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear
the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
[18] When I say
unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor
speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same
wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine
hand.
[19] Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his
wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast
delivered thy soul.
[20] Again, When a righteous man doth turn from
his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock 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.
[21] Nevertheless if thou warn the
righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely
live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
[22]
And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth
into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
[23] Then I arose,
and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there,
as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my
face.
[24] Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet,
and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine
house.
[25] But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon
thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among
them:
[26] And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth,
that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a
rebellious house.
[27] But when I speak with thee, I will open thy
mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth,
let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious
house.
Ezek.4
[1] Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it
before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
[2] And
lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it;
set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round
about.
[3] Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a
wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it
shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to
the house of Israel.
[4] Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the
iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days
that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
[5] For I
have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the
days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the
house of Israel.
[6] And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again
on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty
days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
[7] Therefore thou
shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be
uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
[8] And, behold, I will
lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till
thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
[9] Take thou also unto thee
wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put
them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the
days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou
eat thereof.
[10] And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by
weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat
it.
[11] Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an
hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
[12] And thou shalt eat it as
barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their
sight.
[13] And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel
eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive
them.
[14] Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been
polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which
dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into
my mouth.
[15] Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung
for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
[16]
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in
Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall
drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
[17] That they may want
bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their
iniquity.
Ezek.5
[1] And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take
thee a barber's rasor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard:
then take thee balances to weight, and divide the hair.
[2] Thou shalt
burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege
are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a
knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a
sword after them.
[3] Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number,
and bind them in thy skirts.
[4] Then take of them again, and cast
them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a
fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
[5] Thus saith the Lord
GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries
that are round about her.
[6] And she hath changed my judgments into
wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that
are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they
have not walked in them.
[7] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have
not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done
according to the judgments of the nations that are round about
you;
[8] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am
against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of
the nations.
[9] And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and
whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine
abominations.
[10] Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the
midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute
judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the
winds.
[11] Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because
thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all
thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye
spare, neither will I have any pity.
[12] A third part of thee shall
die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of
thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee and I will
scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after
them.
[13] Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my
fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the
LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in
them.
[14] Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the
nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass
by.
[15] So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an
astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute
judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have
spoken it.
[16] When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine,
which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and
I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of
bread:
[17] So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they
shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will
bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezek.6
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel,
and prophesy against them,
[3] And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear
the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the
hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword
upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
[4] And your altars
shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your
slain men before your idols.
[5] And I will lay the dead carcases of
the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round
about your altars.
[6] In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be
laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid
waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images
may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
[7] And the slain
shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.
[8] Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall
escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the
countries.
[9] And they that escape of you shall remember me among the
nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their
whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a
whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which
they have committed in all their abominations.
[10] And they shall
know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this
evil unto them.
[11] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand,
and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the
house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence.
[12] He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and
he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged
shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon
them.
[13] Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men
shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in
all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick
oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their
idols.
[14] So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land
desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their
habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezek.7
[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the
land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the
land.
[3] Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger
upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon
thee all thine abominations.
[4] And mine eye shall not spare thee,
neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine
abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.
[5] Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is
come.
[6] An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee;
behold, it is come.
[7] The morning is come unto thee, O thou that
dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the
sounding again of the mountains.
[8] Now will I shortly pour out my
fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee
according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine
abominations.
[9] And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have
pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that
are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that
smiteth.
[10] Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone
forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
[11] Violence is
risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their
multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for
them.
[12] The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer
rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude
thereof.
[13] For the seller shall not return to that which is sold,
although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude
thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the
iniquity of his life.
[14] They have blown the trumpet, even to make
all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude
thereof.
[15] The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine
within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the
city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
[16] But they that
escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the
valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
[17] All
hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
[18] They
shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and
shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
[19]
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:
their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the
wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their
bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
[20] As
for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images
of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I
set it far from them.
[21] And I will give it into the hands of the
strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall
pollute it.
[22] My face will I turn also from them, and they shall
pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile
it.
[23] Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the
city is full of violence.
[24] Wherefore I will bring the worst of the
heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the
strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
[25]
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be
none.
[26] Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon
rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish
from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
[27] The king shall
mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the
people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and
according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the
LORD.
Ezek.8
[1] And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth
month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of
Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon
me.
[2] Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire:
from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even
upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
[3]
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and
the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the
visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward
the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to
jealousy.
[4] And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there,
according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
[5] Then said he unto
me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up
mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the
altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
[6] He said furthermore
unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that
the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary?
but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
[7]
And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in
the wall.
[8] Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall:
and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
[9] And he said unto
me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
[10]
So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable
beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round
about.
[11] And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of
the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of
Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense
went up.
[12] Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what
the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of
his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the
earth.
[13] He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt
see greater abominations that they do.
[14] Then he brought me to the
door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold,
there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
[15] Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater
abominations than these.
[16] And he brought me into the inner court
of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between
the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward
the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the
sun toward the east.
[17] Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O
son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the
abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with
violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch
to their nose.
[18] Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall
not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a
loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
Ezek.9
[1] He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying,
Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his
destroying weapon in his hand.
[2] And, behold, six men came from the
way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter
weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a
writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen
altar.
[3] And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the
cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the
man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his
side;
[4] And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the
city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the
men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst
thereof.
[5] And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after
him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye
pity:
[6] Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children,
and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my
sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the
house.
[7] And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the
courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the
city.
[8] And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was
left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou
destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon
Jerusalem?
[9] Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of
Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city
full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the
LORD seeth not.
[10] And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare,
neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their
head.
[11] And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the
inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast
commanded me.
Ezek.10
[1] Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was
above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire
stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
[2] And he spake
unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under
the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims,
and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
[3] Now
the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and
the cloud filled the inner court.
[4] Then the glory of the LORD went
up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was
filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's
glory.
[5] And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the
outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
[6]
And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen,
saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he
went in, and stood beside the wheels.
[7] And one cherub stretched
forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the
cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed
with linen: who took it, and went out.
[8] And there appeared in the
cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings.
[9] And when I
looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and
another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the
colour of a beryl stone.
[10] And as for their appearances, they four
had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
[11]
When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went,
but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as
they went.
[12] And their whole body, and their backs, and their
hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the
wheels that they four had.
[13] As for the wheels, it was cried unto
them in my hearing, O wheel.
[14] And every one had four faces: the
first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man,
and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an
eagle.
[15] And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living
creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
[16] And when the
cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their
wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside
them.
[17] When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up,
these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in
them.
[18] Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold
of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
[19] And the cherubims
lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went
out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the
east gate of the LORD's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them
above.
[20] This is the living creature that I saw under the God of
Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the
cherubims.
[21] Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four
wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their
wings.
[22] And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I
saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every
one straight forward.
Ezek.11
[1] Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto
the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the
door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of
Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the princes of the people.
[2]
Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and
give wicked counsel in this city:
[3] Which say, It is not near; let
us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
[4]
Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
[5] And the
Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD;
Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your
mind, every one of them.
[6] Ye have multiplied your slain in this
city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
[7]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of
it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth
out of the midst of it.
[8] Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring
a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
[9] And I will bring you out of
the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute
judgments among you.
[10] Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you
in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[11]
This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst
thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
[12] And ye
shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither
executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are
round about you.
[13] And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that
Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with
a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of
Israel?
[14] Again the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[15] Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of
thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the
inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this
land given in possession.
[16] Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have
scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary
in the countries where they shall come.
[17] Therefore say, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of
the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of
Israel.
[18] And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all
the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from
thence.
[19] And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new
spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will
give them an heart of flesh:
[20] That they may walk in my statutes,
and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will
be their God.
[21] But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart
of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way
upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
[22] Then did the cherubims
lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of
Israel was over them above.
[23] And the glory of the LORD went up
from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east
side of the city.
[24] Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought
me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So
the vision that I had seen went up from me.
[25] Then I spake unto
them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.
Ezek.12
[1] The word of the LORD also came unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious
house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear
not: for they are a rebellious house.
[3] Therefore, thou son of man,
prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou
shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will
consider, though they be a rebellious house.
[4] Then shalt thou bring
forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go
forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into
captivity.
[5] Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out
thereby.
[6] In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and
carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the
ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
[7]
And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for
captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought
it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their
sight.
[8] And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me,
saying,
[9] Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious
house, said unto thee, What doest thou?
[10] Say thou unto them, Thus
saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the
house of Israel that are among them.
[11] Say, I am your sign: like as
I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into
captivity.
[12] And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his
shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to
carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his
eyes.
[13] My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken
in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet
shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
[14] And I will
scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands;
and I will draw out the sword after them.
[15] And they shall know
that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse
them in the countries.
[16] But I will leave a few men of them from
the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all
their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that
I am the LORD.
[17] Moreover the word of the LORD came to me,
saying,
[18] Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy
water with trembling and with carefulness;
[19] And say unto the
people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink
their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is
therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
[20]
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be
desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[21] And the word of
the LORD came unto me, saying,
[22] Son of man, what is that proverb
that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every
vision faileth?
[23] Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I
will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in
Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every
vision.
[24] For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering
divination within the house of Israel.
[25] For I am the LORD: I will
speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more
prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will
perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
[26] Again the word of the LORD came
to me, saying,
[27] Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel
say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of
the times that are far off.
[28] Therefore say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word
which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek.13
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that
prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye
the word of the LORD;
[3] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the
foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen
nothing!
[4] O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the
deserts.
[5] Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the
hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the
LORD.
[6] They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD
saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that
they would confirm the word.
[7] Have ye not seen a vain vision, and
have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit
I have not spoken?
[8] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye
have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith
the Lord GOD.
[9] And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see
vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people,
neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither
shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord
GOD.
[10] Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying,
Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed
it with untempered morter:
[11] Say unto them which daub it with
untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and
ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend
it.
[12] Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you,
Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
[13] Therefore thus
saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there
shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to
consume it.
[14] So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed
with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation
thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the
midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[15] Thus will I
accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with
untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that
daubed it;
[16] To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy
concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no
peace, saith the Lord GOD.
[17] Likewise, thou son of man, set thy
face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart;
and prophesy thou against them,
[18] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the
head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and
will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
[19] And will ye
pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to
slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not
live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
[20] Wherefore
thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there
hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will
let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
[21]
Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and
they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.
[22] Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous
sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he
should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
[23]
Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will
deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezek.14
[1] Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me,
and sat before me.
[2] And the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[3] Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their
heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I
be inquired of at all by them?
[4] Therefore speak unto them, and say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 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 the LORD will answer him
that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
[5] That I may
take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from
me through their idols.
[6] Therefore say unto the house of Israel,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn
away your faces from all your abominations.
[7] For 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
inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by
myself:
[8] And 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 the LORD.
[9] And if the prophet be deceived when
he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will
stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people
Israel.
[10] And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the
punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh
unto him;
[11] That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me,
neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be
my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
[12] The word
of the LORD came again to me, saying,
[13] Son of man, when the land
sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand
upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine
upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
[14] Though these
three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own
souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
[15] If I cause
noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be
desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
[16]
Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall
deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land
shall be desolate.
[17] Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say,
Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from
it:
[18] Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord
GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be
delivered themselves.
[19] Or if I send a pestilence into that land,
and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and
beast:
[20] Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith
the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but
deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
[21] For thus saith
the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem,
the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off
from it man and beast?
[22] Yet, behold, therein shall be left a
remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall
come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall
be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even
concerning all that I have brought upon it.
[23] And they shall
comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I
have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek.15
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or
than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
[3] Shall wood
be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel
thereon?
[4] Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire
devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any
work?
[5] Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much
less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it
is burned?
[6] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree
among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will
I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[7] And I will set my face
against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour
them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against
them.
[8] And I will make the land desolate, because they have
committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek.16
[1] Again the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her
abominations,
[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy
birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and
thy mother an Hittite.
[4] And as for thy nativity, in the day thou
wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple
thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
[5] None eye
pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but
thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day
that thou wast born.
[6] And when I passed by thee, and saw thee
polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live;
yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
[7] I have
caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and
waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are
fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and
bare.
[8] Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy
time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy
nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith
the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.
[9] Then washed I thee with
water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee
with oil.
[10] I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee
with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee
with silk.
[11] I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets
upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
[12] And I put a jewel on thy
forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine
head.
[13] Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment
was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and
honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a
kingdom.
[14] And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy
beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee,
saith the Lord GOD.
[15] But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and
playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on
every one that passed by; his it was.
[16] And of thy garments thou
didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the
harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be
so.
[17] Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my
silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst
commit whoredom with them,
[18] And tookest thy broidered garments,
and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before
them.
[19] My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and
honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet
savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD.
[20] Moreover thou hast
taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast
thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small
matter,
[21] That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to
cause them to pass through the fire for them?
[22] And in all thine
abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth,
when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
[23]
And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the
Lord GOD;)
[24] That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place,
and hast made thee an high place in every street.
[25] Thou hast built
thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be
abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied
thy whoredoms.
[26] Thou hast also committed fornication with the
Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to
provoke me to anger.
[27] Behold, therefore I have stretched out my
hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto
the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are
ashamed of thy lewd way.
[28] Thou hast played the whore also with the
Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with
them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
[29] Thou hast moreover
multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast
not satisfied herewith.
[30] How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord
GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish
woman;
[31] In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of
every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an
harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
[32] But as a wife that committeth
adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
[33] They
give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and
hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy
whoredom.
[34] And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy
whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou
givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art
contrary.
[35] Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the
LORD:
[36] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured
out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and
with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which
thou didst give unto them;
[37] Behold, therefore I will gather all
thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast
loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about
against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all
thy nakedness.
[38] And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock
and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and
jealousy.
[39] And I will also give thee into their hand, and they
shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they
shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave
thee naked and bare.
[40] They shall also bring up a company against
thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their
swords.
[41] And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute
judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease
from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any
more.
[42] So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy
shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more
angry.
[43] Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth,
but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will
recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not
commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.
[44] Behold, every
one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the
mother, so is her daughter.
[45] Thou art thy mother's daughter, that
lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters,
which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and
your father an Amorite.
[46] And thine elder sister is Samaria, she
and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that
dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
[47] Yet hast
thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if
that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy
ways.
[48] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not
done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy
daughters.
[49] Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom,
pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her
daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and
needy.
[50] And they were haughty, and committed abomination before
me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
[51] Neither hath
Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations
more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which
thou hast done.
[52] Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear
thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they:
they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy
shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.
[53] When I shall
bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the
captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of
thy captives in the midst of them:
[54] That thou mayest bear thine
own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art
a comfort unto them.
[55] When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters,
shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return
to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former
estate.
[56] For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in
the day of thy pride,
[57] Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at
the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about
her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round
about.
[58] Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith
the LORD.
[59] For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee
as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the
covenant.
[60] Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in
the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting
covenant.
[61] Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when
thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give
them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
[62] And I will
establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the
LORD:
[63] That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never
open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for
all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek.17
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto
the house of Israel;
[3] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great
eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours,
came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
[4] He
cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick;
he set it in a city of merchants.
[5] He took also of the seed of the
land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set
it as a willow tree.
[6] And it grew, and became a spreading vine of
low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under
him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth
sprigs.
[7] There was also another great eagle with great wings and
many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot
forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her
plantation.
[8] It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it
might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a
goodly vine.
[9] Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper?
shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it
wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great
power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
[10] Yea,
behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the
east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it
grew.
[11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[12] Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these
things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and
hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to
Babylon;
[13] And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant
with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the
land:
[14] That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift
itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
[15]
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they
might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that
doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be
delivered?
[16] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place
where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose
covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall
die.
[17] Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company
make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off
many persons:
[18] Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the
covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he
shall not escape.
[19] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live,
surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken,
even it will I recompense upon his own head.
[20] And I will spread my
net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to
Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed
against me.
[21] And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall
by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye
shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
[22] Thus saith the Lord
GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it;
I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it
upon an high mountain and eminent:
[23] In the mountain of the height
of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and
be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the
shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
[24] And all the
trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree,
have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry
tree to flourish: I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the
low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish:
I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
Ezek.18
[1] The word of the LORD came unto me again,
saying,
[2] What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land
of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth
are set on edge?
[3] As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have
occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
[4] Behold, all souls
are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the
soul that sinneth, it shall die.
[5] But if a man be just, and do that
which is lawful and right,
[6] And hath not eaten upon the mountains,
neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither
hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous
woman,
[7] And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor
his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry,
and hath covered the naked with a garment;
[8] He that hath not given
forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand
from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
[9]
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is
just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
[10] If he beget a son
that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of
these things,
[11] And that doeth not any of those duties, but even
hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
[12]
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored
the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed
abomination,
[13] Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken
increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these
abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
[14]
Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done,
and considereth, and doeth not such like,
[15] That hath not eaten
upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of
Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
[16] Neither hath
oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence,
but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a
garment,
[17] That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath
not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my
statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely
live.
[18] As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled
his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo,
even he shall die in his iniquity.
[19] Yet say ye, Why? doth not the
son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful
and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely
live.
[20] The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear
the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the
son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of
the wicked shall be upon him.
[21] But if the wicked will turn from
all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which
is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
[22] All
his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him:
in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
[23] Have I any
pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he
should return from his ways, and live?
[24] But when the righteous
turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth
according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All
his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that
he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he
die.
[25] Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O
house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
[26]
When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he
die.
[27] Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness
that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save
his soul alive.
[28] Because he considereth, and turneth away from all
his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not
die.
[29] Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not
equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways
unequal?
[30] Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one
according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all
your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
[31] Cast
away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make
you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of
Israel?
[32] For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth,
saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Ezek.19
[1] Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes
of Israel,
[2] And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down
among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
[3] And she
brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch
the prey; it devoured men.
[4] The nations also heard of him; he was
taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of
Egypt.
[5] Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was
lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young
lion.
[6] And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young
lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
[7] And he knew
their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was
desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
[8]
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread
their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
[9] And they put him in
ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into
holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of
Israel.
[10] Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the
waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many
waters.
[11] And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that
bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she
appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
[12] But
she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind
dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed
them.
[13] And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and
thirsty ground.
[14] And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches,
which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to
rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Ezek.20
[1] And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth
month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to
inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
[2] Then came the word of the
LORD unto me, saying,
[3] Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel,
and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to inquire of me? As I
live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
[4] Wilt
thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the
abominations of their fathers:
[5] And say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed
of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt,
when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your
God;
[6] In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring
them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing
with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
[7] Then said I
unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not
yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
[8] But
they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man
cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of
Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them to accomplish my anger
against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
[9] But I wrought for
my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom
they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth
out of the land of Egypt.
[10] Wherefore I caused them to go forth out
of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
[11] And I
gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall
even live in them.
[12] Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a
sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify
them.
[13] But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the
wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments,
which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly
polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to
consume them.
[14] But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should
not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them
out.
[15] Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness,
that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with
milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
[16] Because they
despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths:
for their heart went after their idols.
[17] Nevertheless mine eye
spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the
wilderness.
[18] But I said unto their children in the wilderness,
Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments,
nor defile yourselves with their idols:
[19] I am the LORD your God;
walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
[20] And
hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may
know that I am the LORD your God.
[21] Notwithstanding the children
rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments
to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my
sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my
anger against them in the wilderness.
[22] Nevertheless I withdrew
mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the
sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
[23] I
lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them
among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
[24]
Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and
had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers'
idols.
[25] Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good,
and judgments whereby they should not live;
[26] And I polluted them
in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that
openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might
know that I am the LORD.
[27] Therefore, son of man, speak unto the
house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your
fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against
me.
[28] For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I
lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all
the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they
presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet
savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
[29] Then I said
unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is
called Bamah unto this day.
[30] Wherefore say unto the house of
Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your
fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?
[31] For
when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye
pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be
inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not
be inquired of by you.
[32] And that which cometh into your mind shall
not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the
countries, to serve wood and stone.
[33] As I live, saith the Lord
GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury
poured out, will I rule over you:
[34] And I will bring you out from
the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered,
with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured
out.
[35] And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and
there will I plead with you face to face.
[36] Like as I pleaded with
your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you,
saith the Lord GOD.
[37] And I will cause you to pass under the rod,
and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
[38] And I will
purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will
bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter
into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
[39] As
for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one
his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my
holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
[40] For in
mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD,
there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there
will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits
of your oblations, with all your holy things.
[41] I will accept you
with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out
of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you
before the heathen.
[42] And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I
shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted
up mine hand to give it to your fathers.
[43] And there shall ye
remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye
shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have
committed.
[44] And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have
wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor
according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord
GOD.
[45] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[46] Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy
word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south
field;
[47] And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the
LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it
shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame
shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned
therein.
[48] And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it:
it shall not be quenched.
[49] Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of
me, Doth he not speak parables?
Ezek.21
[1] And the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy
word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of
Israel,
[3] And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD;
Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and
will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
[4] Seeing then
that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my
sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the
north:
[5] That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my
sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
[6] Sigh
therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness
sigh before their eyes.
[7] And it shall be, when they say unto thee,
Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it
cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every
spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and
shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
[8] Again the word of
the LORD came unto me, saying,
[9] Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus
saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also
furbished:
[10] It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is
furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod
of my son, as every tree.
[11] And he hath give it to be furbished,
that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it
into the hand of the slayer.
[12] Cry and howl, son of man: for it
shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by
reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy
thigh.
[13] Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even
the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
[14] Thou therefore,
son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be
doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men
that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
[15] I have
set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint,
and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the
slaughter.
[16] Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or
on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
[17] I will also smite
mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said
it.
[18] The word of the LORD came unto me again,
saying,
[19] Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the
sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one
land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the
city.
[20] Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the
Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
[21] For the king
of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use
divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in
the liver.
[22] At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to
appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with
shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to
build a fort.
[23] And it shall be unto them as a false divination in
their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the
iniquity, that they may be taken.
[24] Therefore thus saith the Lord
GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your
transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear;
because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the
hand.
[25] And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is
come, when iniquity shall have an end,
[26] Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him
that is low, and abase him that is high.
[27] I will overturn,
overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it
is; and I will give it him.
[28] And thou, son of man, prophesy and
say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their
reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is
furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
[29] Whiles they see
vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the
necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their
iniquity shall have an end.
[30] Shall I cause it to return into his
sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of
thy nativity.
[31] And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I
will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand
of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
[32] Thou shalt be for fuel to
the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more
remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezek.22
[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the
bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
[3] Then
say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it,
that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile
herself.
[4] Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed;
and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast
caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I
made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all
countries.
[5] Those that be near, and those that be far from thee,
shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
[6] Behold, the
princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed
blood.
[7] In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the
midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they
vexed the fatherless and the widow.
[8] Thou hast despised mine holy
things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
[9] In thee are men that carry
tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of
thee they commit lewdness.
[10] In thee have they discovered their
fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for
pollution.
[11] And one hath committed abomination with his
neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and
another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
[12]
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase,
and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten
me, saith the Lord GOD.
[13] Behold, therefore I have smitten mine
hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath
been in the midst of thee.
[14] Can thine heart endure, or can thine
hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken
it, and will do it.
[15] And I will scatter thee among the heathen,
and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of
thee.
[16] And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the
sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
[17] And
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[18] Son of man, the house
of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and
lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of
silver.
[19] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all
become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of
Jerusalem.
[20] As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead,
and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so
will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and
melt you.
[21] Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire
of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
[22] As
silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst
thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon
you.
[23] And the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[24] Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not
cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
[25] There is a
conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening
the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious
things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
[26] Her
priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put
no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference
between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and
I am profaned among them.
[27] Her princes in the midst thereof are
like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get
dishonest gain.
[28] And her prophets have daubed them with untempered
morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord
GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
[29] The people of the land have
used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea,
they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
[30] And I sought for a
man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me
for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
[31]
Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them
with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads,
saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek.23
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one
mother:
[3] And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed
whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they
bruised the teats of their virginity.
[4] And the names of them were
Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare
sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem
Aholibah.
[5] And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she
doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
[6] Which were
clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men,
horsemen riding upon horses.
[7] Thus she committed her whoredoms with
them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom
she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
[8] Neither left
she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and
they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon
her.
[9] Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers,
into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
[10] These
discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her
with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed
judgment upon her.
[11] And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was
more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her
sister in her whoredoms.
[12] She doted upon the Assyrians her
neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon
horses, all of them desirable young men.
[13] Then I saw that she was
defiled, that they took both one way,
[14] And that she increased her
whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the
Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
[15] Girded with girdles upon
their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to
look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their
nativity:
[16] And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted
upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
[17] And the
Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their
whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from
them.
[18] So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her
nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated
from her sister.
[19] Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to
remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land
of Egypt.
[20] For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as
the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
[21]
Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy
teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth.
[22] There, O
Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against
thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on
every side;
[23] The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and
Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men,
captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon
horses.
[24] And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons,
and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler
and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they
shall judge thee according to their judgments.
[25] And I will set my
jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take
away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they
shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the
fire.
[26] They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take
away thy fair jewels.
[27] Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from
thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not
lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
[28] For
thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom
thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is
alienated:
[29] And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall
take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness
of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy
whoredoms.
[30] I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast
gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their
idols.
[31] Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will
I give her cup into thine hand.
[32] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou
shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn
and had in derision; it containeth much.
[33] Thou shalt be filled
with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with
the cup of thy sister Samaria.
[34] Thou shalt even drink it and suck
it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own
breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
[35] Therefore thus
saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back,
therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
[36] The LORD
said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea,
declare unto them their abominations;
[37] That they have committed
adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed
adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for
them through the fire, to devour them.
[38] Moreover this they have
done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned
my sabbaths.
[39] For when they had slain their children to their
idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo,
thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
[40] And furthermore,
that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and,
lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and
deckedst thyself with ornaments,
[41] And satest upon a stately bed,
and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine
oil.
[42] And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and
with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which
put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their
heads.
[43] Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they
now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?
[44] Yet they went
in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in
unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
[45] And the righteous
men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the
manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in
their hands.
[46] For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a
company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled.
[47]
And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their
swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses
with fire.
[48] Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land,
that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
[49] And
they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your
idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezek.24
[1] Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the
tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2]
Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of
Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
[3] And utter a
parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
[4] Gather the
pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill
it with the choice bones.
[5] Take the choice of the flock, and burn
also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of
it therein.
[6] Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody
city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it!
bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall up on it.
[7] For her
blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it
not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
[8] That it might cause
fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock,
that it should not be covered.
[9] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
[10]
Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the
bones be burned.
[11] Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that
the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be
molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
[12] She hath
wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her
scum shall be in the fire.
[13] In thy filthiness is lewdness: because
I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy
filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon
thee.
[14] I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I
will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent;
according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith
the Lord GOD.
[15] Also the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[16] Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of
thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall
thy tears run down.
[17] Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the
dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet,
and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
[18] So I spake
unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the
morning as I was commanded.
[19] And the people said unto me, Wilt
thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
[20]
Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[21]
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane
my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that
which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left
shall fall by the sword.
[22] And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall
not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
[23] And your tires
shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor
weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward
another.
[24] Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that
he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord
GOD.
[25] Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I
take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes,
and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their
daughters,
[26] That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto
thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
[27] In that day shall
thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no
more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the
LORD.
Ezek.25
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and
prophesy against them;
[3] And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word
of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my
sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was
desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into
captivity;
[4] Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the
east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their
dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy
milk.
[5] And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the
Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.
[6] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine
hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite
against the land of Israel;
[7] Behold, therefore I will stretch out
mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I
will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the
countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the
LORD.
[8] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say,
Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
[9]
Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities
which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon,
and Kiriathaim,
[10] Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and
will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the
nations.
[11] And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall
know that I am the LORD.
[12] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that
Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly
offended, and revenged himself upon them;
[13] Therefore thus saith
the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man
and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan
shall fall by the sword.
[14] And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by
the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger
and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord
GOD.
[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt
by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for
the old hatred;
[16] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will
stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims,
and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.
[17] And I will execute
great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am
the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
Ezek.26
[1] And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the
first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against
Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned
unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
[3] Therefore
thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many
nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come
up.
[4] And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her
towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a
rock.
[5] It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst
of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a
spoil to the nations.
[6] And her daughters which are in the field
shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the
LORD.
[7] For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses,
and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much
people.
[8] He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field:
and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift
up the buckler against thee.
[9] And he shall set engines of war
against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy
towers.
[10] By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall
cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the
wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter
into a city wherein is made a breach.
[11] With the hoofs of his
horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the
sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
[12] And
they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and
they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall
lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the
water.
[13] And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the
sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
[14] And I will make thee
like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be
built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
[15]
Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy
fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of
thee?
[16] Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their
thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they
shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and
shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
[17] And
they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou
destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast
strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on
all that haunt it!
[18] Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy
fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy
departure.
[19] For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a
desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the
deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee;
[20] When I shall
bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old
time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of
old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall
set glory in the land of the living;
[21] I will make thee a terror,
and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be
found again, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezek.27
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me,
saying,
[2] Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for
Tyrus;
[3] And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of
the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
[4] Thy borders
are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy
beauty.
[5] They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir:
they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
[6] Of the
oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made
thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
[7] Fine
linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be
thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered
thee.
[8] The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy
wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
[9] The
ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the
ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy
merchandise.
[10] They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine
army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth
thy comeliness.
[11] The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy
walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their
shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty
perfect.
[12] Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of
all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy
fairs.
[13] Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they
traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
[14]
They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and
mules.
[15] The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the
merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and
ebony.
[16] Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the
wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and
broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
[17] Judah, and
the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of
Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
[18] Damascus was
thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of
all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.
[19] Dan also and
Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus,
were in thy market.
[20] Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes
for chariots.
[21] Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied
with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy
merchants.
[22] The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy
merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all
precious stones, and gold.
[23] Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the
merchants of Sheba, Assur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
[24] These
were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work,
and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy
merchandise.
[25] The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy
market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the
seas.
[26] Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east
wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
[27] Thy riches, and
thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the
occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in
all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the
seas in the day of thy ruin.
[28] The suburbs shall shake at the sound
of the cry of thy pilots.
[29] And all that handle the oar, the
mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they
shall stand upon the land;
[30] And shall cause their voice to be
heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their
heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
[31] And they shall
make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they
shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
[32]
And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over
thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the
sea?
[33] When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst
many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy
riches and of thy merchandise.
[34] In the time when thou shalt be
broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy
company in the midst of thee shall fall.
[35] All the inhabitants of
the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid,
they shall be troubled in their countenance.
[36] The merchants among
the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any
more.
Ezek.28
[1] The word of the LORD came again unto me,
saying,
[2] Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I
sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not
God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
[3] Behold, thou
art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from
thee:
[4] With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast
gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy
treasures:
[5] By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou
increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy
riches:
[6] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set
thine heart as the heart of God;
[7] Behold, therefore I will bring
strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their
swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy
brightness.
[8] They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt
die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
[9]
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a
man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.
[10] Thou shalt
die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken
it, saith the Lord GOD.
[11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying,
[12] Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of
Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full
of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
[13] Thou hast been in Eden the
garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and
the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and
the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was
prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
[14] Thou art the
anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy
mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of
fire.
[15] Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast
created, till iniquity was found in thee.
[16] By the multitude of thy
merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast
sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I
will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of
fire.
[17] Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast
corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the
ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
[18]
Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the
iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of
thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the
sight of all them that behold thee.
[19] All they that know thee among
the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt
thou be any more.
[20] Again the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
[21] Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy
against it,
[22] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am
against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they
shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and
shall be sanctified in her.
[23] For I will send into her pestilence,
and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her
by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the
LORD.
[24] And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house
of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that
despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
[25] Thus
saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the
people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the
sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to
my servant Jacob.
[26] And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall
build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I
have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and
they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
Ezek.29
[1] In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth
day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
[2] Son
of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him,
and against all Egypt:
[3] Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in
the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made
it for myself.
[4] But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause
the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of
the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy
scales.
[5] And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and
all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not
be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of
the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
[6] And all the inhabitants
of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed
to the house of Israel.
[7] When they took hold of thee by thy hand,
thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee,
thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
[8]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and
cut off man and beast out of thee.
[9] And the land of Egypt shall be
desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath
said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
[10] Behold, therefore I
am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt
utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of
Ethiopia.
[11] No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast
shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.
[12]
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that
are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be
desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and
will disperse them through the countries.
[13] Yet thus saith the Lord
GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people
whither they were scattered:
[14] And I will bring again the captivity
of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land
of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.
[15] It
shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more
above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over
the nati