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The princes' sin

EZEKIEL.

and judgment. river of Chebar, their appearauces my face, and cried with a loud voice. and themselves: they went every one and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of straight forward. Israel?

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CHAP. XI.

14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

́OREOVER the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the 15 Son of man, thy brethren, even east gate of the LORD's house, which thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, looketh eastward: and behold at the and all the house of Israei wholly, are door of the gate five and twenty men; they to whom the inhabitants of Je among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son rusalem bave said, Get you far from of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Be-the LORD; unto us is this land given naiah, princes of the people. in possession.

2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the these are the men that devise mis-Lord Goo; Although I have cast them chief, and give wicked counsel in this far off among the heathen, and alcity:

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 m the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but will bring you forth out of the of it.

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8 Ye have feared the sword; and 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 bands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.

though 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 abomingtions 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 a heart of flesh :

20 That they may walk in my statjutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my peo ple, 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 Goo. 10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will 22 ¶ Then did the cherubima lift up -judge you in the border of Israel; and their wings, and the wheels beside ye shall know that I am the Load. them; and the glory of the God of 11 This city shall not be your cald-1srael was over them above. rou, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:

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.

12 And ye shall know that I am the Lono: for ye have not walked in my 24 T Afterwards the spirit took me statutes, neither executed my judg-up, and brought me in a vision by the ments, but have done after the man-Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of ners of the heathen that are round the captivity. So the vision that I had about you. seen went up from me.

13 T And it came to pass, when I 25 Theu 1 spake unto them of the prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of captivity all the things that the Lond Benalah died. Then fell I down upon]had showed me.

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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.

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 3 Therefore, thou son of man, pre-among the nations, and disperse them pare thee stuff for removing, and re-in the countries.

move by day in their sight; and thou 16 But 1 will leave a few men of shaft remove from thy place to anoth- them from the sword, from the famer place in their sight; it may be they line, and from the pestilence, that they will consider, though they be a rebel- may declare all their abominations lious house. among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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,

17 Moreover, the word of the Lond came to me, saying,

18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; 6 In their sight shalt thou bear it 19 And say unto the people of the upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth|land, Thus saith the Lord Gov of the m the twilight: thou shalt cover thy inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the lace, that thou see not the ground; for land of Israel, They eball eat their I have set thee for a sign unto the bread with carefulness, and drink their house of Israel. water with astonishment, that ber 7 And I did so as I was commaded:[land may be desolate from all that is 1 brought forth my stuff by day, as therein, because of the violence of all stuff for captivity, and in the even them that dwell therein. digged through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and 1 bare it upon my shoulder|be in their sight.

8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, bath not the house of Israel, the rebellions 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 have done, so shall it be done unto them; they shall remove, and go into captivity,

12 And the prince that is among Chem 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 spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my share; and I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet

20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

21 T 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 Goo, 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 band, 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 Gov. 26 1 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

27 Son of mau, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that

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Jalse prophets. he seeth is for many days to come, and Gon; 1 will even rend it with a be prophesieth of the times that are stormy wind in my fury; and there far off. shall be an overtlowing shower in 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus mine anger, and great hailstones in saith the Lord God, There shall none my fury to consume it. of my words be prolonged any more; but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord Goo. CHAP. XIII.

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2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Llear ye the word of the LORD;

14 So will 1 break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, 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 mor

3 Thus saith the Lord God, Wo untotar, and will say unto you, The wall the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 40 Ísrael, 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 Lono.

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 Gov.

17 T Likewise, thou son of man,set thy face against the daughters of thy 6 They have seen vanity and lying|people, which prophesy out of their divination, saying, The LORD saith; own heart; and prophesy thou against and the LORD hath not sent them; and them, they have made others to hope that 18 And say,Thus saith the Lord Gov; they would confirm the word. Wo to the women that ġew pillows 7 Have ye not seen a vain vision,and to all armholes, and make kerchiefs have ye not spoken a lying divination, upon the head of every statue to hunt whereas ye say, The Lono saith it; sools! Will ye bunt the souls of my albeit I have not spoken ? people, and will ye save the souls 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord Gov;jalive that come unto you? Because ye have spoken vanity, and geen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord God.

19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that 9 And my hand shall be upon the should not die, aud to save the souls prophets that see vanity, and that di-jalive that should not live, by your ly vine lies they shall not be in the ing to my people that hear your lies? assembly of my people, neither shall 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord they be written in the writing of the Goo; Behold, I am against your pilhouse of Israel, neither shall they en-lows, wherewith ye there hunt the ter into the land of Israel; and ye shall souls to make them fly, and I will know that I am the Lord God. tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye bunt to make them fly.

10 Becauer, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one 21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed]and deliver my people out of your it with untempered mortar : band, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye sball know that I am the LORD.

11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing abower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rendit.

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

22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthen. ed 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

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vanity, nor divine divinations: for 11gressions; but that they may be my will deliver my people out of your people, and I may be their God, saith hand: and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

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CHAP. XIV. HENcame certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lonn came unto me, saying,

12 T The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

13 Son of man, when the land sin neth against me by trespassing griev ously, then will I stretch out my band 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:

3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity be fore their face: should I be inquired 14 Though these three men, Noah, of at all by them? Daniel, and Job, were in it, they 4 Therefore speak unto them, and should deliver but their own souls say unto them, Thus saith the Lord by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Is-GOD.

rael that seiteth up his idols in his 15 II cause noisome beasts to pass heart, and putteth the stumbling block through the land, and they spoil it, so of his iniquity before his face, aud that it be desolate, that no man may cometh to the prophet; I the LORD pass through because of the beasts: will answer hin that cometh accord- 16 Though these three men were in ing to the multitude of his idols; it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they 5 That I may take the house of Is-shall deliver neither sons nor daugh rael in their own heart, because they ters; they only shall be delivered, but are all estranged from me through the land shall be desolate.

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17 Or if I bring a sword upon that

6 T Therefore say unto the house of land, and say, Sword, go through the Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Re-land; so that I cut off man and beast pent, and turn yourselves from your from it: do's; and turn away your faces from 18 Though these three men were in al your abominations. it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they 7 For every one of the house of Is-shall deliver neither sons nor daugh rael, or of the stranger that sojourn ters, but they only shall be delivered eth in Israel, which separateth himself themselves. from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning ine; 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 Lond.

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 Noal, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as 1 live, saith the Lord Gon,they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall bat deliver their own souls by their righteousness. 21 For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four core judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine,and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

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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 22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left of my people Israel. a remnant that shall be brought forth, 10 And they shall bear the punish-both sous and daughters: behold, they ment of their iniquity; the punish-shall come forth unto you, and ye shall ment of the prophet shall be even as see their way and their doings; and ye the punishment of him that seeketh shall be conforted concerning the evil unto him; that I have brought upon Jerusalem, evenconcerning all that 1 have brought upon it.

11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be

polluted any more with all their trans | 23 And they shall comfort you,when

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to Jerusalem. ye see their ways and their doings: 7 I have caused thee to multiply as and ye shall know that I have not the bud of the field, and thou hast indone without cause all that I have creased and waxen great, and thou art done in it, saith the Lord Gov. come to excellent ornaments; thy breasts are fashioned, and thy hair is

CHAP. XV.

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2 Son of man, What is the vine-tree 8 Now when I passed by thee, and more than any tree, or than a branch looked upon thee, behold, thy time 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 s burned.

6 T 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.

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 Gon, and thou becam est mine.

9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee, and 1 anomted thes with oil.

10 Iclothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fit e linen, and I covered thee with silk. 11 Idecked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, fand a chain on thy neck.

12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beavtiful crown upon thy head.

13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered S And I will make the land desolate, work; thou didst eat fine flour, and because they have committed a tres-honey, and oil; and thou wast exceed pase, saith the Lord God.

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2 Son of man, cause Jerusalein to know her abominations,

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the laud of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite,and thy mother a Hittite.

4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy naval was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

ing beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.

14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beawy: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord God.

15 T But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredet out thy fornications on every one that passed by: his it was.

16 And of thy garments thou didst take,and deckedst tby high places with divers colours, and playedst the har lot thereupon; the like things shall 5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of not come, neither shall it be so. these unto thee, to have compassion 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair upon thee; but thou wast cast out in jewels of my gold and of my silver, the open field, to the loathing of thy which I had given thee, and madest person, in the day that thou wast born. to thyself images of men, and didst 6 T And when I passed by thee, and commit whoredom with them; saw thee polluted in thine own blood, 18 And tookest thy broidered gar I said unto thee rohen thou wast_in]ments, and coveredst them; and thou› thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee bast set mine oil and mine incense be when thou wast in thy blood, Live. fore them.

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