forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.

6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

10 Yea, I will make many people kamazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

11 For thus saith the Lord GOD: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, "the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. 13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts

trouble them.

14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD.

15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.

16 This is the "lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

17

It came to pass also in the

19 t Whom dost thou pass in beau-t ch. 31. 2, ty? "go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

u ver. 21, 24,

&c.
ch. 28. 10.

! Or,

the sword

is laid.

x ver. 27. Is. 1. 31. & 14. 9, 10.

20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie un-y ver. 19, 25, circumcised, slain by the sword. 22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:

24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain,, fallen by the sword, which are gone down un-e Jer. 49. 34. circumcised into the nether parts &c. of the earth, which caused theird ver. 21. terror in the land of the living; ever. 23. yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and Gen. 10. 2. all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them un& 38. 2. circumcised, slain by the sword, ver. 19, 20, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 And they shall not lie with ver. 21. the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.

3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh 2 Kin. 9. 17. not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

Hos. 9. 8.

↑ Heb. he that hearing heareth.

d ch. 18. 13.

e ver. 8.

f ch. 3. 17, &c.

5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

7¶So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

Before CHRIST

587.

10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how g ch. 24. 23. should we then live?

11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GoD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

h So Is. 49. 14.

ch. 37. 11. i 2 Sam. 14. 14.

ch. 18. 23,

32.

2 Pet. 3. 9. k ch. 18, 31.

ch. 3. 20. & 15. 24, 26, 27. m 2 Chr. 7.

14.

& 18. 24.

13 When I shall say to the rightcous, that he shall surely live; "if n ch. 9. 20. he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

19.

14 Again, when I say unto the ch. 3. 18, wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in "the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

& 18. 27. ↑ Heb. judgment

and justice. ch. 18. 7. Ex. 22. 1,

4.

Lev. 6. 2, 4,

5.

Num. 5, 6,

7. Luke 19. S.

16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely Lev. 18. 5. live.

17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

18 "When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

Before CHRIST 587.

d ch. 34. 2. e ver. 27. ch. 36. 4. ƒ Is. 51. 2. Acts 7. 5. g See Mic. 3. 11.

Matt. 3. 9. John 8. 39. h Gen. 9. 4. Lev. 3. 17. & 7. 26. & 17.10. & 19. 26.

23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile Deu. 12. 16. every one his neighbour's wife; and shall ye possess the land?

i ch. 18. 6.

k ch. 22. 6, 9.

ch. 18. 6. & 22. 11. m ver. 24.

n ch. 39. 4.
+ Heb.
to devour
him.

o Judg. 6. 2.

1 Sam. 13.1

6.

27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field "will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her p Jer. 44. 2, strength shall cease; and "the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

6, 22. ch. 36. 34, 35. + Heb. desolation and desolation. q ch. 7. 24. & 24. 21.

& 30. 6, 7. r ch. 6. 2, 3,

6.

29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls Or, of thee. and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.

8 Is. 29. 13. t ch. 14. 1.

& 20. 1, &c.

+ Heb. according to the coming of the people. Or, my people sit before thee.

u ch. 8. 1.

Ps. 78. 36,

37.

Is. 29. 13. + Heb. they make loves, or, jests. y Matt. 13.

22.

+ Heb.
a song
of loves.

21 Sam. 3. 20.

a ch. 2. 5.

587.

a ch. 33. 24.

b Jer. 23. 1. Zech. 11. 17.

8 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat ver. 5, 6. to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock,

but the shepherds fed themselves, m ver. 2, 10. and fed not my flock;

9 Therefore, Ŏ ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

Heb. 13. 17.

10 Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and "I will require my flock at n ch. 8. 18. their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds "feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both searchi my sheep, and seek them out.

12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in Pthe cloudy and dark day.

13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by & 37. 21, 22. the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

14 "I will feed them in a good pas-r Pa 23. 2. ture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there s Jer. 33. 12. shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again thatwhich was driven away, and will bind up that which was Luke 5. 32.

Mark 2. 17.

Zech. 10. 3. Matt. 25. 32, 33.

cattle of lambs and kids.

broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy "the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle,

31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.

CHAPTER 35.

The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel.

goats.

LORD came unto me,

Before CHRIST 587.

z Ps. 100. 3. John 10. 11.

587.

a ch. 6. 2.

he goats.

z ver. 17.

a ver. 17.-
b Is. 40. 11.
Jer. 23.4, 5.

John 10. 11.

Heb. 13. 20. 1 Pet. 2. 25.

& 5. 4.

c Jer. 30. 9.
ch. 37. 24,
25.

Hos. 3. 5.
d ver. 30.
Ex. 29. 45.
ch. 37. 27.
e ch. 37. 22.
Luke 1. 32,
33.

f ch. 37. 26.
g Lev. 26. 6.
Is. 11. 6-9.
& 35. 9.
Hos. 2. 18.
h ver. 28.
Jer. 23. 6.
i Is. 56. 7.
ch. 20. 40.

19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. 20 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and "I will judge between cattle and cattle.

23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the Woods.

26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill ka blessing; and I will 'cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.

k Gen. 12. 2. 27 And "the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

Is, 19, 24. Zech. 8. 13. i Lev. 26. 4. m Ps. 68. 9. Mal. 3. 10. n Lev. 26. 4. Ps. 85. 12. Is. 4. 2. o Lev. 26. 13. Jer. 2. 20.

p Jer. 25. 14. q See ver. 8. ch. 36. 4. r ver. 25. Jer. 30. 10. & 46. 27. 8 Is. 11. 1. Jer. 23. 5. I Or, for

renown.

+ Heb. taken away.

28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

30 Thus shall they know that "I the LORD their God am with them, ch. 36. 3, 6, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.

15.

u ver. 24. ch. 37. 27.

3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and dI will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. 4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: hsith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

c Jer. 49. 7,

8.

ch. 25. 12. Amos 1. 11. Obad. 10,

&c.

d ch. 6. 14.

Heb. desolation and desolation: So ver. 7.

e ver. 9.

fch. 25. 12.

Obad. 10.

Or, hatred of old, ch. 25. 15. + Heb. poured out the children. ↑ Heb. hands.

9 Ps. 137. 7.
ch. 21. 25,
29.

Dan. 9. 24.
Obad. 11.

h Ps. 109. 17. Heb.

desolation
and
desolation,
ver. 3.

9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not Judg. 5. 6. return and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will "possess it; whereas the LORD was there:

11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do Paccording to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

Before CHRIST 587.

a ch. C. 2, 3.

b ch 25, 3. & 26. 2.

d ch. 35. 10. ↑ Heb.

because.

CHAPTER 36. 1 The land of Israel is comforted, both by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it, 8 and by the blessings of God promised unto it. 16 Israal was rejected for their sin, 21 and shall be restored without their desert. 25 The bless ings of Christ's kingdom.

ALSO, thou son of man, prophesy A unto the "mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: 2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high e Deu. 32. 13. places dare ours in possession: 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they Because for have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: Dan. 9. 16. 4 Therefore, ye mountains of IsOr, ye are made to rael, hear the word of the Lord come upon GOD; Thus saith the Lord Gop to the lip of the mountains, and to the hills, to the tongue. the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

e Deu. 28. 37.

1 Kin. 9. 7.

Lam. 2. 15.

Or,

bottoms, or, dales. f ch. 34. 28. 9 Ps. 79. 4.

ch. 38. 19.

5 Therefore thus saith the Lord h Deu. 4. 24. GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

i ch. 35. 10, 12.

k ver. 15. Ps. 123. 3,

4.

ch. 34. 29. 7 ch. 20. 5.

m ver. 33. Is. 58. 12. & 61. 4. Amos 9. 14.

& 33. 12.

6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.

8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:

11 And "I will multiply upon you n Jer. 31. 27. man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

o ch. 35, 9.

& 37. 6, 13.

p Obad. 17, &c.

12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; Pand they

20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they "profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. 21 ¶ But I had pity for mine holy ch. 20. 9, name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.

22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy Ps. 106. 8. name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be dsanctified in youd ch. 20. 41. before their eyes.

24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.