Vision of the coals of fire, EZEKIEL, X. women: but ƒ come not near any B. C. 594. man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. f Re.9.4. g Je.25.29. h Ge. 18.23, &c. 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 i Je.5.1. 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 h of Is-k 2Ki.24.4. rael in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? 9 Then said he unto me, The inquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, i and the land is 7 full of blood, k 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, 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 ink-horn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me. CHAPTER X. The vision of the coals of fire, and of the cherubims. filled with. 8 or, wrest- Ps. 10.11. Is.29.15. (CHAP. 10.) a ch.1.22,26. b ch.9.2,3. the hollow c ch. 1.13. d Ex.9.8-10. Nu. 16.19. Tthe firmament a that was above 2 was lifted. the head of the cherubims there IKI.8.10. g ch.1.24. 99.1. 2 And he spake unto the man b clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the h Ps.80.1. cherub, and fill thine hand with coals c of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter d 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 e of the LORD 2 went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled f with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory. 11. and of the cherubima went in, and stood beside th wheels. 7 And one cherub 3 stretched forth his hand from between the cher bims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took there! ,and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out. 8 T And i 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 s the colour of a beryl-stone. 10 And as for their appearances they four had one likeness, as if wheel had been in the midst of 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 fol lowed 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, went full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. 13 As for the wheels, 5 it was eried unto them in my hearing, wheel! 14 And 7 every one had four faces the first face was the faceof a cherub and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of s lion, and the fourth the face of a 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 3 sent forth. wings to mount up from the earth. the same wheels also turned no from beside them. i ver.21. k ch.1.15,&c. 4 17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, thes lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of 6 the living creature was in them. flesh. sor, they were called 18 Then the glory of the LORD de in my hear.parted from off the threshold of the ing, Wheel, house, and stood n over the cheru or, Galgal. bims. 5 And the sound g of the cheruZ ch.1.6,10. bims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the m ch.1.5. Almighty God when he speaketh. 6 And it came to pass, that when 6 life. he had commanded the man n ch.11.22. clothed with linen, saying, Take Ge.3.24. fire from between the wheels, from between A the cherubims; then he 19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in iny sight: when they went out, the wheels also were be side 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 tha Presumption of the princes. EZEKIEL, XI. CHAPTER XI. build houses near. Their sin and judgment. 13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatíah, t the son of Benaiah died. Then u 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 God showeth Ezekiel his purpose in f ch.12.22,27. inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, saving a remnant. 2Pe.3.4. MOREOVER a the spirit lifted 8 ch.24.3&c. Get you far from the LORD: unto Je. 1.13. h ch.2.7. Is.58.1. me up, and brought me unto the east gate b of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and be- Ps. 139.2,3. hold c 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, k ch.7.23. princes d of the people. 2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise e mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: Jno.2.24. He.4.13. Re.2.23. 2Ki.24.4. Is. 1.15. De.28.36. Ne.9.36,37. Ps. 106.41. 92Ki.14.25. n Je.52.10. 3 Which say, It is not 1 near; flet m ch. 16.38. us build houses: this city is the caldron and we be the flesh. 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. or, which. 9 Ezr.9.7. Ne.9.34. p Ps.9.16. 5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak;hr 2Ki. 18. 12. Thus saith the LORD, Thus have s ch.8.10,&c. ye said, O house of Israel: for I Le. 18.3,&c. know i the things that come into your mind, every one of them. 6 Ye have multiplied your slain k in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. De. 12.30. Ps. 106.35. t ver.1. De.7.4. Pr.6.15. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord u ch.9.8. GOD; Your slain whom ye have Le.26.44. laid in the midst of it, they are the De.30.3,4. flesh, and this city is the caldron: w Ps.90.1. but I will bring you forth out of the 91.9. midst of it. x ch.28.25. y ch.37.23. 8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD. Col.3.5-8. Je.32.39. 1Co. 1. 10. a ch. 18.31. b Zec.7.12. 9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, I and will execute judgments among m you. 10 Ye shall fall n by the sword; I will judge you in the border o of Is-d Ps. 105.45. rael; and ye shall know p that I Ro. 16.26. am the LORD. e Lu.1.6. 1Co.11.2. c ch.36.26. 2Ki.22.19. Jude 19. 11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the fJe.24.7. flesh in the midst thereof; but I will Ho.2.23. judge you in the border of Israel: 8 He.10.38, 12 And ye shall know that I amh ch.22.31. the LORD: 2 for ye have not q walk-i ch. 10. 19. ed in my statutes, neither r execut-k Zec. 14.4. ed my judgments, but have done s 7 ch.3.12. after the manners of the heathen m ch.2.7. that are round about you. us is this land given in possession. 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although v 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 w 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, y 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 a within you; and I will take the stony b heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: c 20 That d they may walk in my statutes, and keepe mine ordinances, and do them: and they f shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 But as for them g whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense h their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. 22 T Then did the cherubims liftz 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 k which is on the east side of the city. 24 T Afterwards the spirit took i 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 m the things that the LORD had showed me. desolation. EZEKIEL, XII. Of Ezekiel's removing. I will draw out the sword afte them. 15 And they shall know that I am HE word of the LORD also (CHAP. 12.) the LORD, when I shall scatter Tame unto me, saying, a ch.2.3-8. 3.26,27. 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, a which nave eyes b to see, and see not; b Je.5.21. they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious 1 or, instruhouse. ments. c 2Ti.2.25. the goings forth of. 3 for thee. d ch.24.24. 4 for me. e ch.24.19. fch. 17.12. g Mal. 1.1. 5 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 c 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 2 they that go forth into captivity. 5 Dig thou 3 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 signd unto the house of Israel. 7 And I did so as I was command-i Je.39.4. ed: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in k La. 1.13. the even I digged 4 through the Ho.7.12. wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it 1 Je.52.S,&c. upon my shoulder in their sight. 8 And in the morning came the m ch.17.16. word of the LORD unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, Whate doest thou? by remov ing go into captivity. h 2Ki.25.4, &c. n ch.5.10,12. 10 Sayf thou unto them, Thus o ch.6.8-10. Baith the Lord GOD; This burden g concerneth the prince in Jerusalem. 6 men of and all the house of Israel that are number. among them. 11 Say, I am your sign: like as IP ch.4. 16. have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall 5 remove and 9 Zec.7.14. go h into captivity. the fulness thereof. 12 And the prince i that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall gor Ps. 107.34. forth they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby he shall s Am.6.3. cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. 13 My net k 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 be not see it, though he shall diem there. t Is. 14.24. 55.11. La.2. 17. Da.9.12. Lu.21.33. u 2Pe.3.4. 14 And I will scattern toward v Je.44.29. every wind ail that are about him to help him and all his bands; and them among the nations, and dis perse them in the countries. 16 But Io will leave 6 a few mer 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 shal know that I am the LORD. 17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18 Son of man, eat p thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with careful ness; 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 q from 7 all that is therein because of the violencer 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 s 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 vi sion. 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 T 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 u 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,v saith the Lord GOD. Lying prophets reproved. CHAPTER XIII. EZEKIEL, XIUI, XIV. The reproof of lying prophets. 17 B. C. 594. (CHAP. 13.) AND the word of the LORD came 1 are pro unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that 1 prophesy out of their own hearts, a Hear ye the word of the LORD; 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Wo unto the foolish prophets, that 2 follow their own spirit, and 3 have seen nothing! 4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. 2 phets. Je. 14.14. walk after. have not b Ps. 106.23. 5 hedged. 5 Ye have not gone up into the c Ep.6.13,14. 4 gaps, b neither 5 made up the d Re.6. 17. hedge for the house of Israel toe La.2.14. stand c in the battle in the day df Mat.24.23, of the LORD. 24. 6 They have seen vanity e and ly-g 1Ti.4.1,2. ing divination, saying, The LORD h Ps. 101.7. saith: and the LORD hath not sent or, secret,or, 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 f I have not spoken? 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, g 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 h shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing i of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land k 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 7 wall, and, lo, others daubed m it with untempered mortar : council, i Ezr.2.62. Re.22.15. or, slight wall. m ch.22.28. p Mat.7.26, 27. 9 ver.9,21,23. 28. 1,&c. s ver. 10. 8 or, elbows. 11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there n shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hail-stones, shall fall; and a stormy9 or, into 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? Pr.19.27. gardens. w Je.23. 14. 10 or, that I should save his life. 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord 11 quickening GOD; I will even rend it with ax ch.12.24. stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones o in my fury to consume it. y him. Mi.3.6. Mar. 13.22. Jude 24. (CHAP. 14.) 14 So will I break down the wallà ch.8.1. that ve have daubed with untem Of prophetesses, &c. pered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall,p and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know q that I am the LORD. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 16 To wit, the prophets of Israel, which prophesyr concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her,s 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; Wo to the women that sew pillows to all 8 arm-holes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature, to hunt souls! Will ye hunt t 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 u 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 v 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 shall know that I am the LORD. your hand to be hunted; and ye 22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened w the hands of the wicked, that he snould not return from his wicked way, 10 by 11 promising him life: 23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people y out of your hand and ye shall know that I am the LORD. CHAPTER XIV. Hypocrites reproved, who inquire of God with idolatry in their heart. THEN came certain of the el ders a of Israel unto me, and God's irrevocable EZEKIEL, XV. B. C. 594. c Ps. 101.3. d2Ki.3. 13,14. 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put b the stumbling-block of their b ch.7.19. iniquity c before their face: should Id 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 stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according e 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. i e Ga.6.7. 1 or, others. Le.20.3-6. De.28.37. 1Co. 10.11. h Ps.37.22. Ro. 11.22. 1Ki.22.23. Job 12. 16. 2Th.2.11, 12, k Ps. 119.67. 1Pe.2.25. 1 ch.37.27. 6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn 1 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 m Le.26.26. up his idols in his heart, and put-n Je. 15.1. teth the stumbling-block of his o Ge.7.1. iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him con-p Da. 10.11. cerning me; I the LORD will an- q Job 42.8. swer him by myself: 8 And ƒ I will set my face against that man, and will make him a signg and a proverb, and I will cut him off h from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. r Pr.11.4. Le.26.22. 2 or, bereave. 3 the midst of it. 9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, Ii the LORD have deceived that pro-t Le.26.25. phet, and I will stretch out my u Zep. 1.3. hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. v 2Sa.24.15. w ver. 14. 10 And they shall bear the punish- or, Also ment of their iniquity: the punish-z ch.5.17. ment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; 33.27. y ch.6.8. De.4.31. 11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray k from me, neí- z ch.20.43. ther be polluted any more with all a Is.40.1,2. their transgressions; but that they b He.12.6-11. 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, c De.8.2. Je.22.8,9. 13 Son of man, when the land sin-d Pr.26.2. neth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out (CHAP. 15.) mine hand upon it, and will break a Ps. 80.8.&c. the staffm of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will rut off man and beast from it: 14 Though n these three men, Noah, o Daniel, p and Job, g were Is.5.2.7. Je.2.21. Ho, 10.1. Jno. 15.6. sentence of famine. in it, they snould deliver but ther own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. 15 T If I cause noisome beasts sto pass through the land, and they 2 spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through be cause of the beasts: 16 Though these three men wet in 3 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 desclate. 17 T Or if I bring a sword t upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off u man and beast from it: 18 Though these three men wert in it, as I live, saith the Lord Gon, they shall deliver, neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. 19 T 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 w 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 z sore judgments upon Jeru salem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? 22 Yet, y 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 z see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted a concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusa em, 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 c that I have not done without cause d all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. CHAPTER XV. The rejection of Jerusalem foreshown. AND the word of the LORD came unto me saying, 2 Son of man, What is the vinetree, a 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 b into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the |