27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and 2 Chr. 28. 18, delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

19.

ver. 57.

1 Or, cities.

ch. 23. 14, LLC.

1 Or, In thy
daughters is
thine, &re.
4 ver. 24, 39.

• Is. 30. 6. Hos. 8. 9.

b

Her grievous punishment.

B. C. 594.

38 And I will judge thee, as + h WOmen that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee + Heb. with 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.

judgments of. h Lev. 20. 10. Deut. 22. 22. ch. 23. 45. i Gen. 9. 6. Ex. 21. 12. See ver. 20.

36.

ver. 24, 31. + Heb. instru

ments of thine ornament. 1 ch. 23, 26. Hos. 2. 3.

m ch. 23. 46, 47.

n John 8. 5, 7. o Deut. 13. 16. 2 Kings 25.9. Jer. 39. 8. & 52. 13.

40 m They shall also bring up a company against thee, "and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. 28 Thou hast played the whore 41 And they shall burn thine houses also with the Assyrians, because thou with fire, and execute judgments wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast play-upon thee in the sight of many woed the harlot with them, and yet men: and I will cause thee to cease couldest not be satisfied. from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. 42 So will I make my fury toward r ch. 5. 13. thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

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 a 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 Heb. bribest. 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,

f ver. 20. Jer. and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

2. 34.

46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sis-+ Heb. lesser ter, 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.

than thou.

Or, that was loathed as a small thing. y 2 Kings 21. 9. ch. 5, 6, 7. ver. 48, 51. z Matt. 10. 15. & 11. 24.

49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of a Gen. 13. 10. bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

b

50 And they were haughty, and
committed abomination before me:

b Gen. 13. 13. & 18. 20. & 19. 5.

A promise of mercy.

B. C. 594.

c Gen. 19. 24.

d Jer. 3. 11. Matt. 12. 41, 42.

e See Is. 1. 9. & ver. 60. 61. f Jer. 20. 16.

g ch. 14. 22, 25.

+ Heb. for a report, or, hearing.

+ Heb. prides, or, excellen

cies.

EZEKIEL.

therefore I took them away as I saw
good.

51 Neither hath Samaria committed
half of thy sins; but thou hast mul-
tiplied thine abominations more than

Parable of the eagles.

CHAPTER XVII.

The parable of two eagles and a vine. 11 The ex
planation of the parable. 22 God's promise of
prosperity.

they, and hast justified thy sisters in AND the word of the LORD came

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,

h

57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy re† Heb. Aram.proach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which I despise thee round about.

|| Or, spoil. † Heb. borne them.

h 2 Kings 16. 5. 2 Chr. 28. 18. Is. 7. 1.

& 14. 28.

i ver. 27.

k ch. 23. 49.

1 ch. 17. 13, 16. m Deut. 29. 12, 14.

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 o Jer. 32. 40. & thee an everlasting covenant.

n Ps. 106. 45.

50.5.

p ch. 20. 43. & 36. 31.

q Is. 54. 1. & 60. 4. Gal. 4. 26, &c.

r Jer. 31. 31, &c.

» Hos. 2. 19, 20.

t ver. 61.

u Rom. 3. 19.

10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly with- eh. 19, 12 61 Then thou shalt remember thyer, when the east wind toucheth it? ways, and be ashamed, when thou it shall wither in the furrows where shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

The parable explained.

B. C.

about 594.

+ Heb. to keep his covenant, to stand to it.

EZEKIEL.

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

ver. 6. ch. might stand.

1 2014.

• 2 Kings 24.

32 Chr. 36.

113.

15 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, Pthat 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, Jer. 32. 5. & 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.

⚫ Jer. 37. 7.

Jer 52. 4.
Cal. 4. 2.

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

1 Chr. 29. 24. 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.

ch. 12. 13. & 2. 3.

7 ch. 20. 36.

1 ch. 12. 14.

a Is. 11. 1. Jer. 20.3. Zech. 3. 8.

bls. 53. 2. € Ps. 2. 6.

4 Te. 2. 2, 3.

ci. 29. 40. Mic. 4. 1.

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.

God's ways vindicated.

CHAPTER XVIII.

God reproveth the people for their unjust proverb of
the sour grapes. 4 The soul that sinneth, it shall
die. 31 An exhortation to repentance.

THE

HE 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.

B. C. 594.

a Jer. 31. 29. Lam. 5. 7.

b ver. 20. Rom. 6. 23.

↑ Heb. judgment and justice.

6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his c ch. 22. 9. eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neigh- 4 Lev. 18. 20. bour'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;

h

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,

& 20. 10.

e Lev. 18. 19. & 20. 18.

f Ex. 22. 21. Lev. 19. 15. & 25. 14.

8 Ex. 22. 26. Deut. 24. 12, 13.

h Deut. 15.7, 8. Is. 58. 7. Matt. 25. 35, 36.

i Ex. 22. 25. Lev. 25. 36, 37. Deut. 23. 19. Neh. 5. 7. Ps. 15. 5. k Deut. 1. 16. Zech. 8. 16.

9 Hath walked in my statutes, and
hath kept my judgments, to deal
truly; he is just, he shall surely live, 1 ch. 20. 11.
saith the Lord God.

21 And all his fugitives with all
his bands shall fall by the sword, and
they that remain shall be scattered 10 If he beget a son that is a "rob-
toward all winds: and ye shal know|ber, "a shedder of blood, and "that
that I the LORD have spoken it. doeth the like to any one of these
things,

23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, See ch. 31. 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.

6. Dan. 4. 12.

(Luke 1. 52

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 flourh. 22. 14. & ish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.

24. 14.

God's ways vindicated.

B. C. 594.

+ Heb. hath not pledged the pledge, or, taken to pledge.

4 ch. 3. 18.

r Ex. 20, 5. Deut. 5. 9.

2 Kings 23.

EZEKIEL.

mountains, neither hath lifted up his
eyes to the idols of the house of Is-
rael, 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 gar-
ment,

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 stat-
utes; 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 fa26. & 24. 3, 4. ther? 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.

s ver. 4.

Deut. 24. 16.

2 Kings 14.6. 2 Chr. 25. 4.

Jer. 31. 29, 30.

u Is. 3. 10, 11.

x Rom. 2. 9.

y ver. 27. ch. 33. 12, 19.

z ch. 33. 16.

a ver. 32. ch. 33. 11. 1 Tim. 2. 4. 2 Pet. 3. 9.

b ch. 3. 20. & 33. 12, 13, 18.

c 2 Pet. 2. 20.

d ver. 29. ch. 33. 17, 20.

e ver. 24.

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.

Israel urged to repent.

But if the wicked will turn from M lamentation for the princes of

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 right-
eousness 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?

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.

a ch. 26. 17. & 27. 2.

7 And he knew their desolate pal-Or, their aces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

2.

8 Then the nations set against him 2 Kings 24. on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

b ver. 4

Desolation of Jerusalem.

B. C. 594.

2 Chr. 36, 6. Jer. 22. 18.

k

EZEKIEL.

9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king Or, in hooks. 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.

1k ch. 6. 2.

1 Or, in thy quietness, or, in thy like

ch. 17. 6.

Deut. 8.7, 8, 9.

So ch. 31. 3. Dan. 4. 11.

ch. 17. 10. Hos. 13. 15.

P Judg. 9. 15. 2 Kings 24. 20. ch. 17. 18

Lam. 4. 20.

about 503.

a ch. 8. 1. & 14. 1.

m

n

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.

CHAPTER XX.

God will not be inquired of by the elders of Israel. 5
The history of Israel's rebellions in Egypt, 10 in the
wilderness, and in their own land. 33 God will

gather and purify his people. 45 The destruction
of Jerusalem prefigured.

ND sev

A Nen it came to pass in the oth,

The rebellions of Israel.

B. C.

away every man 'the abominations of
his eyes, and defile not yourselves about 593.
with the idols of Egypt: I am the
LORD your God.

1 2 Chr. 15. 8. m Lev. 17. 7. & 18. 3. Deut. 29. 16, 17, 18. Josh. 24. 14.

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 ch. 7. 8. ver. 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.

13, 21.

o See Ex. 32.
12. Num.
14. 13, &c.
Deut. 9. 28.
ver. 14, 22.
ch. 36. 21, 22.

q Deut. 4. 8. Neh. 9. 13, 14. Ps. 147. 19,

10 ¶ Wherefore I caused them to p Ex. 13. 18. 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, Heb. made 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 of a
the tenth day of the month, that cer- and my sabbaths they greatly pol-
tain of the elders of Israel came to in-luted: then I said, I would pour out
quire of the LORD, and sat before me. my fury upon them in the wilder-
2 Then came the word of the LORD ness, to consume them.
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 bver. 31. ch. Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of

20.

them to know. r Lev. 18. 5. ver. 13, 21. Rom. 10. 5. Gal. 3. 12.

s Ex. 20. 8. & 31. 13, &c. & 35. 2. Deut. 5. 12. Neh. 9. 14.

t Num. 14. 22. Ps. 78, 40, & 95. 8, 9, 10.

u ver. 16, 24. Prov. 1. 25.

Ex. 16. 27. Num. 14. 29.

& 26.65. Ps. 106. 23.

z ver. 9, 22.

a Num. 11. 28. Ps. 95. 11. & 106. 26.

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 gloryb ver. 6. of all lands;

© ver. 13, 24

16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their 4 Num. 15. 39 heart went after their idols.

e

Ps. 78. 37.
Am. 5, 25, 26.
Acts 7. 42, 43.

17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither Ps. 78. 58. 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 Deut. 5. 32, in my statutes, and keep my judg7 Then said I unto them, Cast yements, and do them;

k

33. & 6, & 7, & 8, & 10, & 11, & 12.