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 3 each day for a year. 7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face towards the siege of Jerusalem, and thy 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 4 from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. 4 Heb. from thy side to thy side. 9 T Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and 5 fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, ac-5 or, spelt. cording to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat of it. 10 And thy food 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 a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. 12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with human excrement 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. Lev. 26. 26. c. 5. 16. & 14. 13. 14 Then said I, Ah Lord Gon! be-1 Heb. hold, my soul hath not been polluted: wings. for from my youth even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither hath abominable flesh come into my mouth. 15 Then he said to me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, Lev. 26. 29. and thou shalt prepare thy bread with them. 16 Moreover he said to 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 astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. CHAP. V. 1 Under the type of hair, 5 is shown the judg. ment of Jerusalem for their rebellion, 12 by famine, sword, and dispersion. ND thou, son of man, take thee a Deut. 28. 53. 2 Kings 6. 29. Lam. 4. 10. bc. 7. 4. 9. 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 of them a few in number, and bind them in thy i skirts. 4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire: from which a fire shall 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 around her. 6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are around 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 around 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 around 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 the like to which I will not do any more, because of all thy 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 thy abominations, therefore I will also diminish thee; neither shall my 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 around thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. 13 Thus shall my 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 around thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment to the nations that are around 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 d staff of bread: 17 So will I send upon you famine and] e 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. CHAP. VI. 1 The judgment of Israel for their idolatry. SA remnant shall be saved. 11 The faith ful are exhorted to lament their calamities. AND the word the LORD came to me, saying, Before 594. d Lev. 26. 26. 2 Son of man, set thy face towards e Lev. 26. 22. 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 i images shall be broken: and a c. 36. 1. 1 or, sun- verse 6. tars, upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they offered sweet savor to all their idols. 14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, even, 3 more desolate than the wilderness towards Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD. CHAP. VII. 1 The final desolation of Israel: 16 The mournful repentance of them that escape. 20 The enemies defile the sanctuary because of the abominations of the Israelites. 23 Under the type of a chain is shown their miserable captivity. MOREOVER the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God to 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 my anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thy I will cast down your slain men before 2 Heb. give. abominations. your idols. 5 And I will 2 lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their c. 21. 17. 6 In all your dwelling-places 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. 4 And my eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thy 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 2 watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. The morning is come upon thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst is come, the day of trouble is near, and 3 or, desoof you, and ye shall know that I am the late from not the 3 sounding again of the mounLORD. the wilder-tains. 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 apostate heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes which go astray 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 to them. 2 3 4 11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite & with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas, for all the evil abomina-7 tions of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. ness. Heb. give. Heb. awaketh against thee. or, echo. 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish my anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thy abominations. 9 And my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense 4 thee according to thy ways and thy abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that Heb. upon smiteth. thee. 6 or, their tu- persons. though 12 He that is far off shall die by the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth 8 or, whose and is besieged shall die by the famine: life is in thus will I accomplish my fury upon ty. them. his iniqui 13 Then shall ye know that I am the 9 Heb. his LORD, when their slain men shall be iniquity. among their idols round about their al 10 Behold the day, behold, it is come; the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. 11 Violence hath risen into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their 5 multitude, nor of any of 6 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, 7 although they were yet alive: for the vision is concerning the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself's in 9 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 mul-j titude thereof. Before CHRIST, 594. a Isa. 13. 7. 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 pesti-10 lence 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 10 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 11 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 12 because it is the stumbling-block of their iniquity, 20 TAs 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 13 set it far from them. Jer. 6. 24. Heb. go into water. Isa. 15. 2.3. Jer. 48. 37. 11 Heb. for c a separa tion, or, uncleanness. Prov. 11. 4. Zeph. 1. 18. 12 or, because their iniquity is bing block. 13or, made it to them an unclean thing. their stum 14 or, burg 15 lars. or, they shall in herit their holy places. 16 Heb. Cut21 And I will give it into the hands of ting off. the strangers for a prey, and to the wick-17 Heb. with ed of the earth for a spoil; and they shall their judg pollute it. 22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for 14 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 15 their holy places shall be defiled. 25 16 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. 26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders. ments. a Dan. 5. 5. 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 to them after their way, and 17 according to their deserts will I judge them, and they shall c. 3. 23. know that I am the LORD. 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 color of amber. 3 And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my 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 towards 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 to me, Son of man, lift up thy eyes now the way towards the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way towards the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. 6 He said furthermore to me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should withdraw 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 to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. 9 And he said to 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 animals, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed around upon the wall. 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders 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 to me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders 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. C 13 ¶ He said also to 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 towards the north; and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 ¶ Then said he to 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 towards the temple of the LORD, and their 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, 1 which lieth towards the north, and every man 2 a slaughter-weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn 3 by his side: and they went in and stood beside the brazen altar. 3 And the glory of the God of Israel ment. b c. 8. 12. cc. 5. 11. & will recompense their way upon their head. 11 And behold, the man clothed with linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, 9 reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me. α CHAP. X. 1 The vision of the coals of fire to be scattered over the city. 8 The vision of the cherubim. Tafirmament that was above the head HEN I looked, and behold, in the of the cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. 2 And he spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill 1 thy hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he entered in my sight. 3 Now the cherubim 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 2 went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshhold 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 cherubim's 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 gone up from the cherub on which 7.4. &8. 18. had commanded the man clothed with he was, to the threshhold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side; 4 And the LORD said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and 4 set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst of it. 9 Heb..Te turned the 5 And to the others he said in 5 my hearing, Go ye after him through the ac. 1. 22. city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 1 Heb. the 6 Slay 6 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 elderly men who 2 Heb. was were before the house. lifted up. 7 And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city. b c. 1. 24. 3 Heb. sent 8 And it came to pass, while they forth. were slaying them, and I was left, that 1 fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the c. 1. 16. residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem ? 9 Then said he to me, The iniquity of 4 Heb. flesh. the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is 7 full of blood, and the city full of 8 perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. 10 And as for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. 7¶ And one cherub 3 stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim, to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took of it, 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 cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings. 9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the color 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 4 body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes on every side, even the wheels that they four had. 13 As for the wheels, 5 it was cried to them in my hearing, O wheel. 14 And every one had four faces: the 5 or, they first face was the face of a cherub, and were called the second face was the face of a man, in my hear. ing, Wheel, and the third the face of a lion, and the or, Galgal.fourth the face of an eagle. 15 And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Kebar. 16 And when the cherubim went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubim 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 6 of the living creature was in them. 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshhold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. 19 And the cherubim lifted up their Before CHRIST, 594. 9 And I will bring you out of the midst of it, 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 6 or, of life.shall know that I am the LORD. 11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst of it but I will judge you in the border of Israel: 12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: 2 for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the wings, and mounted up from the earth in 1or, It is not heathen that are around you. 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 Kebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim. 21 Every one had four faces each, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. for us to build houses near. 22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river 2 Pet. 3. 4. of Kebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward. CHAP. XI. 1 The presumption of the princes. 4 Their sin and judgment. 13 Ezekiel complaining, God showeth him his purpose in saving a remnant, 21 and punishing the wicked. 22 The glory of God leaveth the city. 24 Ezekiel is returned to the captivity. M and brought me to the east-gate of OREOVER the spirit lifted me up, 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, princes of the people. 2 Then said he to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 3 Who say, 1 It is not a near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh. 4 T Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. 5 And the spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said to 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 its streets 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. 2 or, which have not walked. Jer. 32. 39. c. 36. 26. 13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell 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 to 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 to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Retire far from the LORD: to 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 from thence all its detestable things, and all its abominations. 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 a heart of flesh : 20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my 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 the cherubim raised 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 T Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in 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 spoke to them of the cap |