The Emphasised Bible
also called Rotherham Version
1902 by Joseph Rotherham
Eze 1:1 ¶ And it came to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, I, being in the midst of them of the captivity, by the river Chebar, that the heavens, were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Eze 1:2 On the fifth of the month, that, was the fifth year of the captivity of King Jehoiachin,
Eze 1:3 in very deed, came the word of Yahweh, unto Ezekiel son of Buzi, the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar,––yea the hand of Yahweh, came on him there.
Eze 1:4 ¶ So then I beheld, and lo! a tempestuous wind coming out of the North, a great cloud, and a fire catching hold of itself, and it had a brightness round about,––and, out of the midst thereof, as burnished copper to look upon, out of the midst of the fire;
Eze 1:5 and, out of the midst thereof, a likeness of four living ones,––and, this, was their appearance, the likeness of a man, had they;
Eze 1:6 and, four faces each, and four wings each, had they;
Eze 1:7 and their feet, were straight feet,––and, the sole of their feet, was like the sole of the foot of a calf, but sparkling, as shining bronze to look upon;
Eze 1:8 and, the hands of a man! were under their wings, on their four, sides,––and, their faces and their wings, belonged to the four of them:
Eze 1:9 joined to each other, were their wings,––they turned not when they went, each one straight before him, did they go;
Eze 1:10 and, the likeness of their faces, was the face of a man, with the face of a lion to the right of the four of them, and, the face of an ox, on the left, of the four of them,––the face of an eagle, also had they four;
Eze 1:11 and, their wings, were spread, above,––two of each, joined one another, and, two, covered their bodies;
Eze 1:12 and, each one, straight before him, did they go,––whithersoever the spirit was minded to go, they went, they turned not when they went.
Eze 1:13 As for the likeness of the living ones, their appearance, was like live coals of fire, burning up like the appearance of torches, the same, went to and fro between the living ones,––and the fire had, brightness, and, out of the fire, went forth a lightning.
Eze 1:14 And, the living ones, ran and returned,––like the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Eze 1:15 ¶ And I looked at the living ones,––and lo! one wheel upon the earth beside the living ones, for each of his four faces.
Eze 1:16 The appearance of the wheels and of their structure, was like a Tarshish–stone to look upon, and they four had, one likeness,––and, their appearance and their structure, were just as would be, a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
Eze 1:17 Upon their four sides, when they went, so, did they go,––they turned not when they went.
Eze 1:18 As for their rings, they were so high, that they were terrible,––and, their rings full of eyes round about, had they four.
Eze 1:19 And when the living ones went, the wheels went beside them,––and when the living ones were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up:
Eze 1:20 whithersoever the spirit was minded to go, they went––thither, was the spirit minded to go,––and, the wheels, would be lifted up along with them, for, the spirit of the living one, was in the wheels:
Eze 1:21 when they went, these went, and, when they stood, these stood,––and, when they were lifted up from off the earth, the wheels were lifted up, along with them, for, the spirit of the living one, was in the wheels.
Eze 1:22 And there was a likeness, over the heads of the living one––an expanse, like terrible crystal to look upon,––stretched forth over their heads, above.
Eze 1:23 And, under the expanse, their wings, were straight, one towards another,––each one, had two, covering, on this side, and, each one, had two, covering, on that side, their bodies.
Eze 1:24 And I heard the sound of their wings, as the sound of many waters, as the sound of the Almighty, when they went, the sound of a storm, as the sound of a host,––when they stood, they let down their wings.
Eze 1:25 And there was a voice above the expanse that was over their head,––when they stood, they let down their wings.
Eze 1:26 ¶ And, above the expanse that was over their heads, as the appearance of a sapphire–stone, was the likeness of a throne,––and, upon the likeness of a throne, was a likeness, as the appearance of a man, upon it, above.
Eze 1:27 And I saw, as burnished copper to look upon, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upwards, and from the appearance of his loins and downwards, saw I, as the appearance of fire, and he had brightness round about:
Eze 1:28 as the appearance of the bow which is in a cloud, on a day of rain, so, was the appearance of the brightness round about, that, was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh,––and, when I saw, I fell upon my face, and heard a voice of one speaking.
Eze 2:1 ¶ And he said unto me,––Son of man, Stand upon thy feet, that I may speak with thee.
Eze 2:2 Then the Spirit entered into me, as soon as he spake unto me, and it caused me to stand upon my feet,––and I heard one speaking unto me.
Eze 2:3 And he said unto me––Son of man, I, am sending thee, unto the sons of Israel, unto rebellious, nations, which have rebelled against me,––they, and their fathers, have transgressed against me, until this very day;
Eze 2:4 and it is, unto such, sons––of shameless face, and emboldened heart, that I, am sending thee,––therefore shalt thou say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 2:5 And, they, whether they will hear or whether they will forbear, for, a perverse house, they are, shall then know that, a prophet, hath been in their midst.
Eze 2:6 ¶ But, thou, son of man, Be not afraid of them, Nor, of their words, be afraid, Though, thorns and thistles, are about thee, And, amongst prickly plants, thou dost dwell, Of their words, be not afraid, nor, At their faces, be thou dismayed, For, a perverse house, they are!
Eze 2:7 Thou shalt therefore speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, For, perverse, they are!
Eze 2:8 Thou, therefore, son of man, hear what I, am speaking unto thee, become not perverse, like the perverse house,––open thy mouth, and eat that which I, am giving unto thee.
Eze 2:9 So I looked, and lo! a hand, put forth unto me,––and lo! therein, a scroll;
Eze 2:10 and he spread it out before me, and, it, was written, on the front and the back,––and there were written thereon, lamentation and sighing, and wailing.
Eze 3:1 ¶ Then said he unto me, Son of man, What thou findest, eat,––eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
Eze 3:2 So I opened my mouth,––and he caused me to eat this roll.
Eze 3:3 Then said he unto me, Son of man, Thy belly, cause thou to eat, and, thy bowels, fill thou with this roll, which I, am giving unto thee. So I did eat, and it became, in my mouth, as honey for sweetness.
Eze 3:4 Then said he unto me,––Son of man, Go get thee unto the house of Israel, and thou shalt speak with my words, unto them.
Eze 3:5 For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue, art, thou, sent––[but] unto the house of Israel:
Eze 3:6 not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou couldst not understand,––surely, if, unto them, I had sent thee, they, would have hearkened unto thee.
Eze 3:7 But, the house of Israel, will not be willing to hearken, unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken, unto me,––for, all the house of Israel, are, bold of forehead and hard of heart.
Eze 3:8 Lo! I have made thy, face bold, like as their, faces,––and thy, forehead bold, like as their forehead.
Eze 3:9 As an adamant, harder than flint, have I made thy forehead,––thou shalt not fear them, neither shalt thou be dismayed at their faces, For, a perverse house, they are!
Eze 3:10 Then said he unto me,––Son of man, All my words which I shall speak unto thee, receive thou into thy heart, and, in thine ears, hear thou:
Eze 3:11 then go get thee unto them of the captivity, unto the sons of thy people, and thou shalt speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Eze 3:12 Then the Spirit, lifted me up, and I heard behind me the sound of a great rushing,––Blessed be the glory of Yahweh, From his place!
Eze 3:13 Yea the sound of the wings of the living ones, gently touching each other, and the sound of the wheels, along with them, even the sound of a great rushing.
Eze 3:14 So, the Spirit, lifted me up, and took me away,––and I went bitterly, in the rage of my spirit, but, the hand of Yahweh upon me, was, strong.
Eze 3:15 Thus came I unto them of the captivity, at Tel–abib, who were dwelling towards he river Chebar, and I dwelt where, they, were dwelling; yea I dwelt there seven days, stunned in their midst.
Eze 3:16 ¶ And it came to pass, at the end of seven days, that the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 3:17 Son of man, A watchman, have I appointed thee, to the house of Israel,––and thou shalt hear, at my mouth, a message, and shalt warn them, from me.
Eze 3:18 When I say to the lawless man––Thou shalt, surely die, and thou hast not given him warning, neither hast spoken to warn the lawless man from his lawless, way, to save himself alive, the same lawless man, in his iniquity, shall die, but, his blood, at thy hand, will I require.
Eze 3:19 Whereas, when, thou, hast warned a lawless man, and he hath not turned from his lawlessness, and from his lawless way, he, in his iniquity, shall die, but, thou, hast delivered, thine own soul.
Eze 3:20 And, when a righteous man hath turned, from his righteousness, and committed perversity, and I have suffered a stumbling–block to be laid before him, he, shall die,––though thou hast not warned him, in his sin, shall he die, neither shall be remembered, his righteous deeds which he hath done, but, his blood, at thy hand, will I require;
Eze 3:21 whereas, when, thou, hast warned a righteous man, That a righteous man, must not sin, and, he, hath not sinned, he shall, surely live, in that he took warning, and, thou, hast delivered, thine own soul.
Eze 3:22 ¶ Then came upon me, there, the hand of Yahweh,––and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the valley, and, there, will I speak with thee.
Eze 3:23 So I arose, and went forth into the valley, and lo! there, the glory of Yahweh, standing, like the glory which I saw, by the river Chebar,––and I fell upon my face.
Eze 3:24 Then the Spirit, entered into me, and caused me to stand upon my feet,––and he spake with me, and said unto me, Go in, shut thyself up, in the midst of thine own house.
Eze 3:25 And, thou––O son of man, lo! they have put upon thee bands, and they will bind thee therewith,––so that thou go not forth in their midst;
Eze 3:26 thy tongue also, will I cause to cleave unto the roof of thy mouth, so shalt thou be dumb, and not be to them a reprover,––For, a perverse house, they are!
Eze 3:27 But, when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh,––He that is minded to hear, let him hear, And, he that is minded to forbear, let him forbear! For, a perverse house, they are!
Eze 4:1 ¶ Thou, therefore, O son of man, Take thee a tile, and lay it before thee,––and portray thereon a city, even Jerusalem.
Eze 4:2 Then shalt thou lay siege against it, And build up against it a siege–wall, And cast up against it, a mound,––And set against it camps, And place against it battering–rams, round about.
Eze 4:3 Thou, therefore, take thee a pan of iron, and set it for a wall of iron, between thee and the city,––then shalt thou direct thy face against it, and it shall come into siege, and thou shalt lay siege to it, a sign, shall it be, to the house of Israel.
Eze 4:4 Thou, therefore, lie thou on thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel, upon it,––during the number of the days which thou shalt lie thereon, shalt thou bear their punishment.
Eze 4:5 I, therefore, have appointed thee the years of their punishment, by the number of days, a hundred and ninety days,––so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
Eze 4:6 And, when thou hast ended these, then shalt thou lie, on thy right side, a second, time, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah,––forty days, one day for each year, have I appointed thee.
Eze 4:7 Thus then, unto the siege of Jerusalem, shalt thou direct thy face, with thine arm made bare,––so shalt thou prophesy against it.
Eze 4:8 And lo! I have laid upon thee––bands,––and thou shalt not turn thee from thy one side to thine other, until thou have ended the days of thy siege.
Eze 4:9 ¶ Thou, therefore, take thee wheat and barley and peas and lentils and millet and spelt, and put them in one, vessel, and make them ready for thee as bread,––during the number of days which thou, art lying on thy side, a hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat it;
Eze 4:10 and, thy food, which thou shalt eat, shall be, by weight, twenty shekels a day,––from time to time, shalt thou eat it;
Eze 4:11 and, water, by measure, shalt thou drink, the sixth part of a hin,––from time to time shalt thou drink;
Eze 4:12 and, as a barley cake, shalt thou eat it,––and, the same, with dung proceeding from man, shalt thou bake, before their eyes.
Eze 4:13 Then said Yahweh, In like manner, shall the sons of Israel eat their bread, defiled,––among the nations, whither I will drive them.
Eze 4:14 Then said, I, Ah! My Lord, Yahweh, lo! my person, hath not been defiled: neither of what hath died of itself, nor of what hath been torn in pieces: have I eaten, from my youthful days even unto now, neither hath come into my mouth, the flesh of a foul thing.
Eze 4:15 So then he said unto me, See, I have granted thee, cow’s dung for man’s dung,––and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereupon.
Eze 4:16 And he said unto me, Son of man, Behold me! breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, So shall they eat bread by weight, and with anxious care, And, water, by measure, and in astonishment, shall they drink:
Eze 4:17 that they may lack bread and water and be astonished one with another, and pine away in their punishment.
Eze 5:1 ¶ Thou, therefore, son of man, Take thee a sharp cuting instrument, a barber’s razor, shalt thou take thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head, and upon thy chin,––and shalt take the balances for weighing, and shalt divide the hair.
Eze 5:2 A third part, in the fire, shalt thou burn, in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege, are fulfilled,––and thou shalt take a third part, thou shalt smite it with the cuting instrument, round about it, and, a third part, shalt thou scatter to the wind, and, a sword, will I make bare after them;
Eze 5:3 and thou shalt take from thence, a few in number,––and shalt bind them in thy skirts;
Eze 5:4 and, of them, again, take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire,––therefrom, shall go forth a fire, unto all the house of Israel.
Eze 5:5 ¶ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, This, is Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations, I placed her,––and of the countries round about her;
Eze 5:6 But she hath changed my regulations into lawlessness, more than the nations, And my statutes, more than the countries which are round bout her, For, my regulations, have they rejected, And, in my statutes, have they not walked.
Eze 5:7 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because ye have become more rebellious than the nations who are round about you, In my statutes, have not walked, And, my regulations, have not done, And, according to the regulations of the nations which are round about you, have not done:
Eze 5:8 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Lo! I am against thee, even I, Therefore will I execute in thy midst, judgments, in the eyes of the nations;
Eze 5:9 Yea I will execute upon thee that which I have not executed, And like unto which I will not execute again,––Because of all thine abominations.
Eze 5:10 Therefore, fathers, will eat, sons, in thy midst, And, sons, will eat, fathers,––And I will execute upon thee judgments, And will scatter the whole remnant of thee, to every wind.
Eze 5:11 Therefore, as I, live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh,––Surely, because, my sanctuary, thou hast defiled, with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, Even I also, will cut off, and mine eye, shall not spare, Yea even I, will not pity.
Eze 5:12 The third part of thee, by pestilence, shall die, and, by famine, be consumed in thy midst, And, the third part, by the sword, shall fall round about thee,––And, the third part, to every wind, will I scatter, and, a sword, will I make bare after them.
Eze 5:13 So shall mine anger, have an end, And, I will cause mine indignation, to find rest, upon them, and will console myself,––And they shall know that, I, Yahweh, have spoken in my jealousy, when mine indignation, hath come to an end, upon them.
Eze 5:14 And I will deliver thee up to desolation and reproach, among the nations that are round about thee,––in the eyes of every passer–by.
Eze 5:15 So shall it become a reproach and an insult, a warning and an astonishment, to the nations that are round about thee,––in that I have executed upon thee judgments, in anger and in indignation, and in rebukes of indignation, I, Yahweh, have spoken:
Eze 5:16 In that I have sent the malignant arrows of famine among them, which were for destruction, which I will send to destroy you,––and, famine, will I increase upon you, and will break for you the staff of bread.
Eze 5:17 So will I send upon you famine and mischievous beast, and they shall bereave thee,––and, pestilence and blood, shall pass through thee,––and, a sword, will I bring in upon thee, I, Yahweh, have spoken.
Eze 6:1 ¶ Then came the word of Yahweh, unto me, saying:
Eze 6:2 Son of man, Set thy face against the mountains of Israel,––and prophesy unto them;
Eze 6:3 and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear ye the word of My Lord, Yahweh,––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh––To the mountains and to the hills, to the hollows and to the valleys,––Behold me! I, am bringing upon you a sword, And I will destroy your high places;
Eze 6:4 And your altars, shall be laid waste, And your sun–pillars, shall be broken in pieces,––And I will cause your slain, to fall, before your manufactured gods;
Eze 6:5 And I will lay the carcases of the sons of Israel, before their manufactured gods,––And will scatter your bones, round about your altars.
Eze 6:6 In all your dwelling–places, The cities, shall be laid waste, and, The high places, shall be made desolate,––To the end your altars, may be laid waste and become desolate, And your manufactured gods, be broken in pieces and cease, And your sun–pillars, be cut down, And your handiworks, be abolished.
Eze 6:7 And the slain, shall fall, in your midst,––So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 6:8 ¶ Yet will I leave a remnant, In that ye shall have such as are escaped of the sword throughout the nations,––when ye are scattered throughout the lands.
Eze 6:9 Then shall they who have escaped of you remember, me, among the nations whither they have been carried captive, In that I have broken their adulterous heart, which hath turned aside from me, And their eyes which have adulterously gone after their manufactured gods, So shall they become loathsome in their own sight, for the wicked things which they have done in all their abominations.
Eze 6:10 Then shall they know that, I, Yahweh,––not in vain, had threatened to bring upon them this calamity.
Eze 6:11 ¶ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas! regarding all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel,––in that, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, shall they fall:
Eze 6:12 He that is far off, by pestilence, shall die, and, He that is near, by the sword, shall fall, and, He that is left and is besieged, by the famine, shall die; Thus will I make an end of mine indignation against them.
Eze 6:13 So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh, In that their slain are in the midst of their manufactured gods, on every side of their altars,––Upon every high hill, In all the tops of the mountains, and, Under every green tree, and, Under every tangled oak, The place where they offered a satisfying, odour to all their manufactured gods.
Eze 6:14 Thus will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land a greater waste and devastation than the desert toward Diblah, throughout all their dwelling–places,––And they shall know that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 7:1 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 7:2 Thou, therefore, O son of man, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, To the so of Israel, there is an end,––The end, hath come, upon the four skirts of the land.
Eze 7:3 Now, is the end upon thee, Therefore will I send mine anger against thee, And judge thee according to thy ways,––And lay upon thee all thine abominations;
Eze 7:4 And mine eye, shall not shield thee, Neither will I pity,––For, thy ways––upon thee, will I lay, And, thine abominations, in thy midst, shall be found, So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 7:5 Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh: A calamity, a sole calamity, lo! it hath come.
Eze 7:6 An end, hath come, Come, hath the end, It hath roused itself up against thee,––Lo! it hath come.
Eze 7:7 The circle, hath come round, unto thee, O inhabitant of the land,––The time, hath come, The day of consternation, hath drawn near, And not the joyful shout of the mountains.
Eze 7:8 Now shortly, will I pour out mine indignation upon thee, And will bring to an end mine anger against thee, And will judge thee according to thy ways,––And will lay upon thee all thine abominations.
Eze 7:9 And mine eye shall not shield thee, Neither will I have pity,––According to thy ways, unto thee, will I render, And, thine abominations, in thy midst, shall be found, So shall ye know, that, I, Yahweh, am smiting.
Eze 7:10 Lo! the day, Lo! it hath come,––The circle, hath gone forth, The sceptre, hath blossomed, Insolence, hath sprouted:
Eze 7:11 Violence, hath risen up as a sceptre of lawlessness,––There are none of them, And none of their multitude, And none of their throngs, And no lamentation over them.
Eze 7:12 The time, hath come, The day, hath arrived, The buyer, let him not rejoice, and, The seller, let him not mourn,––For, indignation, is against all her multitude.
Eze 7:13 For, the seller, unto that which is to be sold, shall not return, though, yet, among the living, were their life,––for, the vision, is against all her multitude. He shall not return, And, no man, by his punishment, shall strengthen, his life.
Eze 7:14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make, All ready, Yet is there none going to the battle; For, mine indignation, is against all her multitude.
Eze 7:15 The sword, without, and, Pestilence and famine, within,––He that is in the field, by the sword, shall die, and, He that is in the city, famine or pestilence, shall devour him;
Eze 7:16 ¶ While they who escape of them, shall escape, and become, on the mountains, as the doves of the valleys, all of them cooing,––each one in his punishment.
Eze 7:17 All hands, shall be unnerved; and, All knees, shall be weak as water.
Eze 7:18 Therefore shall they gird themselves with sackcloth, And shuddering shall cover them,––And, in all faces, shall be paleness, And, in all their heads, baldness.
Eze 7:19 Their silver, into the streets, shall they cast, and, Their gold, for throwing away, shall serve, Their silver and their gold, shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of the wrath of Yahweh, Their craving, shall they not satisfy, and, Their belly, shall they not fill,––For, a stumbling–block, hath their iniquity become.
Eze 7:20 When, the beauty of his own ornament, he had, in majesty, placed, Then, the images, of their abominations, Their detestable things, Made they therein,––For this cause, have I delivered it up to them for removal;
Eze 7:21 Yea I will deliver it, Into the hand of foreigners, for a prey, And to the lawless ones of the earth, for a spoil, And they will profane it;
Eze 7:22 And I will turn away my face from them, And they will profane my cherished place,––Yea there will enter it violent men, Who will profane it.
Eze 7:23 ¶ Prepare thou a chain, For, the land, is full of the crime of bloodshed, And, the city, is full of violence.
Eze 7:24 So then I will bring in the wicked ones of the nations, And they shall take possession of their houses,––And I will cause to cease the pomp of the strong ones, And their holy places, shall be profaned.
Eze 7:25 Destruction, hath entered,––And they shall seek welfare, and there be, none.
Eze 7:26 Disaster upon disaster, shall come, And, report after report, shall arise,––Therefore shall they seek a vision from prophet, And, law, shall perish from priest, And counsel, from elders.
Eze 7:27 The king, shall mourn, and, The chief, shall clothe himself with astonishment, and, The hands of the people of the land, shall be wrung in anguish,––After their own way, will I deal with them, and, With their own sentences, will I sentence them, And they shall know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 8:1 ¶ And it came to pass, in the sixth year in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, I, being seated in my house, and the elders of Judah being seated before me, then fell upon me there, the hand of My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 8:2 So I looked, and lo! a likeness as the appearance of a man, from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire, and from his loins and upwards, as an appearance of shining, as the look of amber.
Eze 8:3 Then put he forth the similitude of a hand, and took me by the forelock of my head,––and the Spirit, lifted me up, between the earth and the heavens, and brought me to Jerusalem in the visions of God, into the opening of the inner gate that looketh toward the north, where was the seat of the Statue of Jealousy, that provoketh to jealousy;
Eze 8:4 and lo! there, the glory of the God of Israel, like the appearance which I had seen in the valley.
Eze 8:5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and lo! on the north, by the gate of the altar, this Statue of Jealousy, in the entrance.
Eze 8:6 Then said he unto me, Son of man, Canst thou, see what they, are doing,––the great abominations which, the house of Israel, are committing here, that I should go far away from my sanctuary? Howbeit, yet again, shalt thou see great abominations.
Eze 8:7 ¶ So he brought me into the opening of the court,––and I looked, and lo! a single hole, in the wall.
Eze 8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, Break, I pray thee, through the wall. So I broke through the wall, and lo! a single opening.
Eze 8:9 Then said he unto me,––Go in, and see the wicked abominations, which they, are committing here.
Eze 8:10 So I went in, and looked, and lo! every similitude of creeping thing, and detestable beast, and all the manufactured gods of the house of Israel,––portrayed upon the wall, round about on every side;
Eze 8:11 and, seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan, who stood in their midst, were standing before them, even every man with his censer in his hand,––and the fragrance of the cloud of incense, ascending.
Eze 8:12 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen, Son of man, what, the elders of the house of Israel, are doing in the dark, every man in his image–chambers? for they are saying––Yahweh doth not, see us! Yahweh hath forsaken, the land!
Eze 8:13 ¶ Then said he unto me,––Yet again, shalt thou see great abominations, which they, are committing.
Eze 8:14 So he brought me into the opening of the gate of the house of Yahweh, which was toward the north,––and Lo! there, women, sitting, weeping for Tammuz.
Eze 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen, O son of man? Yet again, shalt thou see greater abominations than these.
Eze 8:16 So he brought me into the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and lo! at the opening of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, about twenty–five men,––their backs, towards the temple of Yahweh, and, their faces, eastward, and they, were bowing down eastward, unto the Sun.
Eze 8:17 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen, O son of man? Is it too small a thing for the house of Judah, to be committing the abominations which they have committed here,––that they have filled the land with violence, and have again, provoked me to anger, and there they are! putting the branch to my nose.
Eze 8:18 Therefore, even I, will act with indignation, Mine eye, shall not shield, Neither will I pity,––Though they have cried in mine ears, with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
Eze 9:1 ¶ Then cried he in mine ears, with a loud voice, saying, Draw near, ye that have charge of the city,––even every man with his weapon of destruction in his hand.
Eze 9:2 And lo! six men, coming in out of the way of the upper gate, which looketh toward the north, even every man with his destructive weapon in his hand, and one man in their midst clothed with linen, having a scribe’s ink–holder by his side,––so they came in and stood, beside the altar of bronze.
Eze 9:3 And, the glory of the God of Israel, lifted itself up from off the cherub whereon it had been, unto the threshold of the house,––and he called unto the man clothed with linen, who had the scribe’s ink–holder by his side.
Eze 9:4 Then said Yahweh unto him, Pass along through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem,––and set thou a mark upon the foreheads of the men who are sighing and crying over all the abominations. that are being done in her midst.
Eze 9:5 ¶ But, unto these, said he in mine ears, Pass along through the city after him, and smite,––let not your eye, shield, neither have ye pity:
Eze 9:6 elder, young man and virgin, and little ones and women, shall ye slay utterly, but, unto any man who hath upon him the mark, do not ye come near, and, at my sanctuary, shall ye begin. So they began with the elder men, who were before the house.
Eze 9:7 And he said unto them, Defile ye the house, and fill the courts with the slain,––go ye forth! So they went forth, and smote in the city.
Eze 9:8 And it came to pass, while they were smiting them––I, being left remaining, that I fell upon my face and made outcry, and said, Alas! My Lord, Yahweh! art thou, about to destroy, all the remnant of Israel, in that thou art pouring out of thine indignation upon Jerusalem?
Eze 9:9 And he said unto me, the iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah, is, exceeding, great, and the land is filled, with shed blood, and, the city, is full of over–reaching,––for they have said, Yahweh hath forsaken, the land,––and, Yahweh doth not, see.
Eze 9:10 Therefore, as for even me, Mine eye, shall not shield, Neither will I pity,––Their way upon their own head, have I rendered.
Eze 9:11 And lo! the man clothed in linen, having the ink–holder by his side, bringing back word, saying,––I have done, according to all which thou didst command me.
Eze 10:1 ¶ Then looked I, and lo! in the expanse which was over the head of the cherubim, as a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne, appeared over them.
Eze 10:2 Then said he unto the man clothed in linen––then said he, Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both thy hands with live coals of fire from between the cherubim, and throw over the city. So he went in before mine eyes.
Eze 10:3 Now, the cherubim, were standing on the right side of the house, when the man went in,––and, the cloud, filled the inner court.
Eze 10:4 Then arose the glory of Yahweh from off the cherub, unto the threshold of the house,––and the house was filled, with the cloud, and, the court, was filled with the brightness of the glory of Yahweh.
Eze 10:5 And, the sound of the wings of the cherubim, was heard, as far as the outer court,––like the voice of the Almighty GOD when he speaketh.
Eze 10:6 So then it came to pass––when he commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, then went he in and stood beside the wheel.
Eze 10:7 And the cherub put forth his hand from between the cherubim, unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and took up [thereof] and gave into the hands of him who was clothed with linen,––who took [it] and went forth.
Eze 10:8 ¶ Now the cherubim appeared to have, the likeness of the hand of a man, under their wings.
Eze 10:9 Then looked I, and lo! four wheels, by the cherubim––one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub,––and, the appearance of the wheels, was to look upon like a Tarshish stone;
Eze 10:10 and, as for their appearance, one likeness, had they four,––as might be a wheel in the midst of a wheel.
Eze 10:11 When they went, upon their four sides, they went, they turned not when they went,––for, to the place whithersoever the head turned, after it, they went, they turned not when they went.
Eze 10:12 And, all their flesh, and their back, and their hands, and their wings,––and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even their wheels, which they four had,
Eze 10:13 To the wheels––to them, was made the cry––O whirling wheel! in mine ears.
Eze 10:14 And, four faces, had each one,––the first face, was the face of a cherub, and, the second face, was the face of a man, and, the third, was the face of a lion, and, the fourth, was the face of an eagle.
Eze 10:15 Then arose the cherubim,––the same, was the living one, which I had seen by the river Chebar.
Eze 10:16 When the cherubim went, then went the wheels beside them,––and, when the cherubim lifted up their wings, to arise from off the earth, the wheels themselves, turned not from beside them;
Eze 10:17 when they stood, these, stood, and, when they, arose, these, arose with them,––for, the spirit of the living one, was in them.
Eze 10:18 And, when the glory of Yahweh went forth from off the threshold of the house,––and stood over the cherubim,
Eze 10:19 then the cherubim uplifted, their wings and arose from the earth, before mine eyes, as they went forth, the wheels also in unison with them,––and it stood at the opening of the gate of the house of Yahweh that was toward the east, with the glory of the God of Israel over them, above.
Eze 10:20 The same, was the living one, which I saw under the God of Israel, by the river Chebar,––then knew I that, cherubim, they were.
Eze 10:21 Four faces severally, had each one, and, four wings, had each one,––and, the likeness of the hands of a man, was under their wings.
Eze 10:22 And, as for the likeness of their faces, they, were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves––every one straight before him, did they go.
Eze 11:1 ¶ And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the east gate of the house of Yahweh, which looketh eastward, and lo! in the opening of the gate, twenty–five men,––and I saw, in their midst, Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
Eze 11:2 Then said he unto me,––Son of man, These, are the men who are devising iniquity, and who are counselling wicked counsel, in this city;
Eze 11:3 who are saying, Not near! let us build houses,––It, is the caldron, and, we, are the flesh!
Eze 11:4 Therefore, prophesy against them,––prophesy, Son of man.
Eze 11:5 Then fell upon me the Spirit of Yahweh, and he said unto me, Say––Thus, saith Yahweh, Thus, have ye said, O house of Israel,––Yea, the things that come up on your spirit, I, know, every one.
Eze 11:6 Ye have multiplied your slain, in this city,––And have filled her streets, with slain.
Eze 11:7 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Your slain, whom ye have laid in her midst, They, are the flesh, and, She, is the caldron,––when, ye, are taken out of her midst.
Eze 11:8 A sword, have ye feared,––And, a sword, will I bring in upon you, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 11:9 So will I take you forth out of her midst, and will deliver you into the hand of foreigners,––and will execute upon you judgments.
Eze 11:10 By the sword, shall ye fall, Upon the boundary of Israel, will I judge you,––So shall, ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 11:11 This city, shall not serve you for a caldron, Neither shall, ye, serve in the midst thereof, for flesh,––Near the boundary of Israel, will I judge you.
Eze 11:12 So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh, In whose statutes, ye have not walked, And, whose appointments, ye have not executed,––But, according to the appointments of the nations that are round about you, have ye done.
Eze 11:13 And it came to pass, as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah, died,––so then I fell down upon my face, and made outcry with a loud voice, and said––Alas! My Lord, Yahweh! A full end, art thou, making of the remnant of Israel?
Eze 11:14 ¶ Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Eze 11:15 Son of man, Thine own brethren, thine own brethren, the men of thy kindred, even all the house of Israel, all of it, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far away from Yahweh, To us, it is, that the land, hath been given, for a possession!
Eze 11:16 Therefore, say, Thus saith My Lord, Yahweh, Although I have removed them far away among the nations, And although I have dispersed them throughout the lands, Yet have I become to them a sanctuary for a little while, in the lands which they have entered.
Eze 11:17 Therefore, say, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will I assemble you, from among the peoples, And gather you, out of the lands wherein ye have been dispersed,––And will give you the soil of Israel.
Eze 11:18 So shall they come in thither,––and take away all her detestable things, and all her abominations, out of her;
Eze 11:19 And I will give them another heart, And, a new spirit, will I put within you,––And will take away the heart of stone out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh:
Eze 11:20 To the end that, in my statutes, they may walk, And, mine appointments, they may keep, and do them,––So shall they become my, people, And, I, will become their, God.
Eze 11:21 But, as for them who, having a heart for their detestable things, and for their abominations, after their own heart, do walk, Their way upon their own heads, will I render, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 11:22 ¶ Then did the cherubim, lift up, their wings, the wheels also going in unison with them,––the glory of the God of Israel, being over them, above.
Eze 11:23 Thus went up the glory of Yahweh, out from the midst of the city,––and stood on the mountain, which is on the east of the city.
Eze 11:24 And, the spirit, lifted me up, and brought me to Chaldea, unto them of the captivity, in the vision, by the Spirit of God,––thus went up from me, the vision which I had seen.
Eze 11:25 So I spake unto them of the captivity,––all the words of Yahweh, which he had shewed me.
Eze 12:1 ¶ Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Eze 12:2 Son of man, In the midst of a perverse house, dost thou, dwell,––Who have eyes, to see––and have not seen, Ears, have they to hear––and have no heard, For, a perverse house, they are.
Eze 12:3 Thou, therefore, Son of man, Prepare thee baggage for exile, and exile thyself, by day, before their eyes,––so shalt thou exile thyself out of thy place unto another place, before their eyes, peradventure, they will consider,––though, a perverse house, they are.
Eze 12:4 Therefore shalt thou take forth thy baggage, as baggage for exile, by day before their eyes,––and, thou thyself, shalt go forth in the evening, before their eyes, like them who go forth to exile.
Eze 12:5 Before their eyes, break thou forth by thyself through the wall,––and carry forth through it.
Eze 12:6 Before their eyes, Upon the shoulder, shalt thou lift it, In thick darkness, take it forth, Thy face, shalt thou cover, so that thou see not the land; For, a sign, have I appointed thee to the house of Israel.
Eze 12:7 And I did so, just as I was commanded, My baggage, took I forth as baggage for exile, by day, and, in the evening, I brake forth by myself through the wall, by force: in the twilight, I took it forth––on to my shoulder, I lifted it, before their eyes.
Eze 12:8 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, in the morning, saying:
Eze 12:9 Son of man, Have not the house of Israel, the perverse house, said unto thee,––What art thou, doing?
Eze 12:10 Say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––[For] the Bearer, is this burden, in Jerusalem, and [for] all the house of Israel, such as are in their midst.
Eze 12:11 Say, I, am your sign: As I have done, so, shall it be done to them, Into exile––into captivity, shall they go.
Eze 12:12 Yea, the Bearer who is in their midst, Upon his shoulder, shall lift it. In thick darkness, shall he go forth, Through the wall, shall they break, to bear forth through it,––His face, shall he cover, to the end that, his own eye, may not see the land.
Eze 12:13 Then will I spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare; And I will take him to Babylon, in the land of the Chaldeans, The which, indeed, he shall not see. And yet, there, shall he die!
Eze 12:14 And, all who are round about him to help him, and all his troops, will I scatter to every wind,––and, a sword, will I make bare after them.
Eze 12:15 So shall they know, that, I, am Yahweh,––By my dispersing them among the nations, And scattering them throughout the lands.
Eze 12:16 Yet will I leave remaining of them, men easily counted, from the sword, from the famine and from the pestilence,––that they may recount all their abominations among the nations whither they have come, So shall they know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 12:17 ¶ Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Eze 12:18 Son of man, Thy bread, with trembling, shalt thou eat,––And, thy water, in agitation and in fear, shalt thou drink.
Eze 12:19 Then shalt thou say unto the people of the land, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, upon the soil of Israel, Their bread, with anxious care, shall they eat, And, their water, in astonishment, shall they drink,––That there land, may be deserted, of her fulness, because of the violence of all them who dwell therein:
Eze 12:20 Yea, the cities that are inhabited, shall be laid waste, And, the land, shall become, an astonishment,––So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 12:21 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 12:22 Son of man, What is this proverb ye have, concerning the soil of Israel, saying,––The days, are prolonged, Therefore, shall every vision, come to nought?
Eze 12:23 Therefore, say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, I will cause this proverb, to cease, And they shall use it as a proverb no more, in Israel,––But speak unto them, The days, are drawn near, And the substance of every vision.
Eze 12:24 For there shall no more be––Any vision of falsehood, Or divination of deceit, In the midst of the house of Israel.
Eze 12:25 For, I, Yahweh, will speak whatsoever word I please to speak, And it shall be done, It shall not be delayed any more,––For, in your own days, O perverse house, will I speak a word, and perform it, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 12:26 And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 12:27 Son of man, Lo! the house of Israel, are saying, The vision which he, seeth, is for many days, Yea, for times far away, hath, he, prophesied.
Eze 12:28 Therefore, say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, None of my words, shall be delayed any more,––Whatsoever word I speak, then, shall it be performed, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 13:1 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 13:2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying,––and say unto them who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Yahweh,
Eze 13:3 Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Alas for the base prophets,––who follow their own spirit, and have seen, nothing.
Eze 13:4 As jackals, among ruins, thy prophets, O Israel, have been.
Eze 13:5 Ye have not gone up into the breaches, Nor built a wall about the house of Israel,––to stand in the battle, in the day of Yahweh.
Eze 13:6 They have had, Visions of falsehood, and, Divinations of lies, Who say, Declareth Yahweh, when, Yahweh, hath not sent them,––Yet have they waited for a fulfilling of the word.
Eze 13:7 Is it not, a Vision of falsehood, ye have seen, and, a Divination of lies, ye have spoken, Since ye are saying, Declareth Yahweh! when, I, have not spoken?
Eze 13:8 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because ye have spoken falsehood, And have had visions of lies, Therefore, behold me! against you, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 13:9 So then my hand shall be against the prophets, who have Visions of falsehood, and, who divine Divinations of lies––In the council of my people, shall they not be found, And, in the register of the house of Israel, shall they not be written, And, upon the so of Israel, shall they not enter,––So shall ye know, that, I, am The Lord, Yahweh,
Eze 13:10 ¶ Because, yea, even because, they have led astray my people, saying, Prosperity! when there was no, prosperity,––and, one man, was building a partition wall, when, there they were! eating it with whitewash.
Eze 13:11 Say thou, unto them who are coating with whitewash, It shall fall,––There hath come an overflowing rain, And I will make hail–stones fall, And, a tempestuous wind, shall break it down.
Eze 13:12 Lo! when the wall hath fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where, is the coating, wherewith ye coated it?
Eze 13:13 Therefore, Thus, saith my Lord, Yahweh, So will I break down with a tempestuous wind, in mine indignation,––And, an overflowing rain in mine anger, shall there be, With hailstones, in wrath, to make an end;
Eze 13:14 And I will pull down the wall which ye have coated with whitewash, And will bring it unto the ground, So shall be discovered, its foundation, Yea it shall fall, And ye shall come to an end in the midst thereof, So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 13:15 Thus will I bring to an end mine indignation against the wall, and against them who were coating it with whitewash, And will say to you, No more, is the wall, And no more, are they who were coating it:
Eze 13:16 [to wit] the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying unto Jerusalem, and are seeing, on her behalf, visions of prosperity,––when there is no, prosperity, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 13:17 ¶ And, thou, Son of man Set thy face against the daughters of thy people, Those who are prophesying out of their own heart,––And prophesy thou against them;
Eze 13:18 and say, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Alas! for the women, Who sew oracle–cases on all elbows, And prepare wraps upon the head of every stature, to hunt souls,––The souls ye hunt, are those of my people, Whereas, your own [souls], ye keep alive.
Eze 13:19 Thus have ye profaned me unto my people, for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, Putting to death the souls that should not die, and, Keeping alive the souls that should not live,––By your lying to my people, who hearken to lies.
Eze 13:20 Therefore, Thus, saith my Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! against your oracle–cases wherewith ye, are hunting the souls, to make them fly, And I will tear them off your arms,––And let go the souls of them whose souls ye, are hunting as birds;
Eze 13:21 And will tear off your wraps, And deliver my people out of your hand, And they shall be no longer in your hand, to be hunted; ––So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 13:22 Because of the paining of the heart of the righteous man with falsehood, whom, I, have not pained,––And strengthening the hands of the lawless man, that he should not turn from his wicked way, by letting him live.
Eze 13:23 Therefore––of falsehood, shall ye have no vision, And, a divination, shall ye not divine any more,––So will I deliver my people out of your hand, And ye shall know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 14:1 ¶ Then came there unto me, men, of the elders of Israel,––and sat before me.
Eze 14:2 And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 14:3 Son of man, These men, have brought up their manufactured gods, upon their hear, And, their stumbling–block of iniquity, have they set straight before their face,––Shall I be, at all enquired of, by them?
Eze 14:4 Therefore, speak unto them and say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Any man whatsoever of the house of Israel, Who shall bring up his manufactured gods upon his heart, And set, his stumbling–block of iniquity, straight before his face, And then come in unto the prophet, I, Yahweh, have myself answered him, thereby, By the multitude of his manufactured gods:
Eze 14:5 To the end the house of Israel may be taken by their own hearts,––in that they have estranged themselves from me, through their manufactured gods––all of them!
Eze 14:6 Therefore, say thou unto the house of Israel, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Turn ye––and make good your return––from your manufactured gods; And, from all your abominations, make good the turning away of your faces.
Eze 14:7 For, what man soever of the house of Israel, Or of the sojourners who sojourn in Israel, Who shall estrange himself from following me, And who shall bring up his manufactured gods, on his heart, And, whose stumbling–block of iniquity, he shall set straight before his face, And then come in unto the prophet, to enquire by him of me, I, Yahweh, will myself answer him, on my own account;
Eze 14:8 And will set my face against that man, And will make of him a sign and a proverb, And will cut him off out of the midst of my people: So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 14:9 Yea, the prophet himself, when he suffereth himself to be deceived, and speaketh a word, I, Yahweh, have suffered that prophet to be deceived. Then will I stretch forth my hand against him, and destroy him out of the midst of my people, Israel:
Eze 14:10 So shall they bear their punishment, As, the punishment of him that enquireth, So, shall, the punishment of the prophet, be:
Eze 14:11 That the house of Israel, may no more go astray, from following me, And no more defile themselves by any of their transgressions,––But may become my, people, and, I, may become their, God, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 14:12 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 14:13 Son of man, When, a land, shall sin against me by committing treachery, and I shall stretch out my hand against it, And break for it the staff of bread, And send thereon famine, And cut off therefrom, man and beast,
Eze 14:14 Then, should these three men be in the midst thereof, Noah, Daniel, and Job, They, by their righteousness, should deliver their own lives––Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 14:15 If, a mischievous wild beast, I suffer to pass through the land, and that beast bereave, it, so that it become too desolate for any man to pass through, by reason of the wild beast,
Eze 14:16 [Were] these three men in the midst thereof, As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely, neither sons nor daughters, should they deliver, They alone, should be delivered, But, the land, should become a desolation.
Eze 14:17 Or, a sword, I should bring upon that land, and should say, O sword! thou shalt go through the land, and so I should cut off therefrom, man and beast,
Eze 14:18 Were these three men in the midst thereof, As I live! Saith My Lord, Yahweh, They should deliver neither sons nor daughters,––For, they alone, should be delivered.
Eze 14:19 Or, pestilence, I should send into that land,––and should pour out mine indignation thereon in blood, to cut off therefrom, man and beast,
Eze 14:20 Were Noah, Daniel and Job in the midst thereof, As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely neither, son nor daughter, should they deliver, They, by their righteousness, should deliver [only] their own lives.
Eze 14:21 For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, How much less [should they avail] when, my four calamitous judgments, sword, and, famine, and, mischievous wild beast, and, pestilence, I have sent against Jerusalem,––to cut off therefrom, man and beast?
Eze 14:22 Yet lo! there hath been left therein, a remnant of fugitives to be brought forth––sons and daughters––There they are! coming forth unto you, And so ye shall see their way, and their doings, and be consoled, over the calamity which I have brought in upon Jerusalem, even all that I have brought in upon her.
Eze 14:23 Yea they shall console you, when ye see their way and their doings,––So shall ye know that, not without cause, have I done, anything that I have done with her, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 15:1 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 15:2 Son of man, What can the vine–tree be more than any other tree,––any, branch, which hath been found among the trees of the forest?
Eze 15:3 Shall there be taken from it wood, to be made into any work? Or will men take therefrom a peg, to hang thereon any vessel?
Eze 15:4 Lo! into the fire, it is given up for fuel,––The two ends thereof, doth the fire devour, And, the middle thereof, is charred, Is it fit for any work?
Eze 15:5 Lo! while it was yet whole, it could not be made into any work,––how much less, when, the fire, hath devoured it, and it is charred, can it still be made into any work?
Eze 15:6 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, As a vine–tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire for fuel, so, have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Eze 15:7 Therefore will I set my face against them, Out of one fire, have they come forth, But, another fire, shall devour them,––So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh, by my setting my face against them;
Eze 15:8 I will therefore give up the land as a desolation,––because they have committed treachery, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 16:1 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 16:2 Son of man, Let Jerusalem know her abominations,
Eze 16:3 Therefore shalt thou say––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, To Jerusalem, Thine origin and thy birth, were of the land of the Canaanite,––Thy father, was the Amorite, And, thy mother, a Hittite,
Eze 16:4 And, as for thy birth, in the day thou wast born, Thy navel–cord was not cut, And, in water, wast thou not bathed, to cleanse thee,––And, as for being salted, thou was not salted, And, as for being bandaged, thou wast not bandaged.
Eze 16:5 No eye, threw a shield over thee, by doing for thee one of these things, taking pity on thee,––But thou wast cast out, on the face of the field, Because thy person, was abhorred, in the day thou wast born.
Eze 16:6 ¶ And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, thrusting about thee in thy blood, And said to thee––Despite thy blood, live! Yea I said to thee––Despite thy blood, live!
Eze 16:7 Into myriads––like the bud of the field, made I thee, And thou didst increase, and become well–grown, and didst attain to most excellent adornments,––Thy breasts, were well–formed, And, thy hair, was grown, But, thou thyself, wast utterly naked.
Eze 16:8 And I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, and lo! thy time, was the time for endearments, So I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy shame,––And took an oath to thee, And entered into covenant with thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, And thou didst become mine.
Eze 16:9 And I bathed thee in water, and rinsed thy blood from off thee, And anointed thee with oil;
Eze 16:10 And clothed thee with an embroidered dress, And sandalled thee in red leather,––And wrapped thee about with fine linen, And put over thee a mantle of silk.
Eze 16:11 Then decked I thee with ornaments,––And put bracelets upon thy hands, And a neckchain upon thy throat;
Eze 16:12 And put a nose–jewel upon thy nose, And earrings in thine ears,––And a crown of adorning, upon thy head.
Eze 16:13 Thus wast thou adorned with gold and silver, And, thy raiment, was of fine linen and silk, and embroidered work, Fine flour and honey and oil, didst thou eat,––And so thou becamest exceedingly, beautiful, And didst attain unto royalty.
Eze 16:14 Then went forth thy fame among the nations, for thy beauty,––For, perfect, it was––in my splendour which I had put upon thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 16:15 ¶ Then didst thou trust in thy beauty, And become unchaste, because of thy fame,––And didst pour out thine unchastity upon every passer–by, his, it was!
Eze 16:16 Yea thou didst take of thy raiment and madest thee high places of hangings, And didst commit unchastity thereon,––Which ought not to have befallen, And not to have come to pass.
Eze 16:17 But thou didst take thine adorning, jewels, Of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, And didst make thee, images of the male,––And didst act unchastely with them;
Eze 16:18 And thou didst take thine embroidered raiment, and cover them,––And, mine oil and mine incense, didst thou set before them;
Eze 16:19 And my food, which I had given thee, Fine flour and oil and honey wherewith I fed thee, And didst set it before them for a satisfying, odour, Yea so it was,––Saith My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 16:20 And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, Whom thou hadst borne unto me, And didst sacrifice them unto them, to be devoured,––Is this, of thine unchastity, a light thing?
Eze 16:21 Yea thou didst slay my children,––And didst deliver them up, that they should be caused to pass through [the fire] unto them.
Eze 16:22 And, in all thine abominations, and thine unchaste ways, thou rememberedst not the days of thy youth,––When thou wast utterly naked. When thou wast, thrusting about thee in thy blood!
Eze 16:23 And it came to pass, after all thy wickedness, Woe! Woe! to thee, Exclaimeth My Lord, Yahweh;
Eze 16:24 That thou didst build thee a brothel,––and didst make thee a height, in every broadway:
Eze 16:25 At the head of every road, didst thou build thy height, And bring thy beauty into disgust, And open thy feet to every passer–by, So didst thou make thine unchaste ways to abound.
Eze 16:26 Then didst thou extend thine unchaste acts unto the sons of Egypt––thy neighbour, great of flesh,––And caused thine unchaste ways to abound, provoking me to anger.
Eze 16:27 Lo! therefore, I have stretched out my hand against thee, And diminished thine allotted portion,––And have delivered thee up unto the desire of them who hate thee, The daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of thy lewd way.
Eze 16:28 Thou didst also extend thine unchastity unto the sons of Assyria, because thou wast insatiable. Yet, though thou didst behave unchastely with them, yet, even so, couldst thou not be satisfied,
Eze 16:29 Thou didst therefore cause thine unchaste ways to abound unto the land of Canaan, as towards Chaldea. Yet, even herewith, wast thou not satisfied.
Eze 16:30 How weak was thy heart! Exclaimeth My Lord, Yahweh,––That thou couldst have done all these things, The doing of a lewd woman, without shame:
Eze 16:31 That thou couldst have built thy brothel at the head of every road, And, thy height, couldst have made in every broadway,––Yet becamest not as a harlot, to lay claim to a harlot’s hire.
Eze 16:32 A wife who committeth adultery, instead of her husband, accepteth strangers.
Eze 16:33 To all harlots, they give a present,––But, thou, didst give thy, presents to all thy lovers, And didst bribe them, to come in unto thee from every side, in thine unchastity!
Eze 16:34 And so there came about, in thee, the reverse of women, in thine unchastity, In that they, did not follow thee, for purposes of lewdness,––And in that thou, gavest a present, while, no present, was given to thee, So didst thou become, the reverse.
Eze 16:35 ¶ Therefore, O harlot, hear thou the word of Yahweh;
Eze 16:36 Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––Because thy money, was poured out, and thy shame, was uncovered, in thine unchastity, unto thy lovers,––and unto all thine abominable manufactured gods, even as the blood of thy children, whom thou didst deliver up unto them,
Eze 16:37 Therefore, behold me! gathering together all thy lovers, unto whom thou didst make thyself pleasant, Even all whom thou lovedst, With all whom thou hatedst,––Yea I will gather them, together unto thee from every side, And will uncover thy shame unto them, And they shall see all thy shame.
Eze 16:38 So will I judge thee, with the judgments meted out to adulteresses and shedders of blood,––And will repay thee with the blood of indignation and jealousy;
Eze 16:39 And will deliver thee, into their hand, And they shall pull down thy brothel, And break in pieces thy heights, And strip thee of thy raiment, And take away thine adorning, jewels,––And leave thee utterly naked.
Eze 16:40 Then will they bring up against thee a gathered host, And they will stone thee with stones,––And cut thee to pieces with their swords;
Eze 16:41 And burn up thy houses with fire, And execute upon thee judgments, before the eyes of many women,––So will I cause thee to cease from acting unchastely, Moreover also, a present, shalt thou not give any more.
Eze 16:42 So will I let mine indignation find rest in thee, And my jealousy shall depart, from thee,––And I will be quiet, and not be provoked any more.
Eze 16:43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, But hast enraged me with all these things, Therefore also, behold! I, thy way, upon thine own head, will place, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, And thou shalt not commit a crime above all thine abominations!
Eze 16:44 ¶ Lo! every one who useth proverbs, against thee, shall use a proverb, saying,––Like the mother, [so] her daughter!
Eze 16:45 The daughter of thy mother, thou art! One abhorring her own husband, and her own children,––Yea, the sister of thy sisters, thou art, Who abhorred their own husbands, and their own children, Your mother, was a Hittite, And, your father, an Amorite.
Eze 16:46 And, thine elder sister, was Samaria, she and her daughters, dwelling on thy left hand,––And, thy sister younger than thou, dwelling on thy right hand, was Sodom, and her daughters.
Eze 16:47 Yet, not in their ways, didst thou walk, nor, according to their abominations, didst thou do,––As though that were quite too little, thou didst corrupt thyself beyond them, in all thy ways.
Eze 16:48 As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Very! Sodom thy sister had not done, neither she nor her daughters,––as, thou and thy daughters, have done.
Eze 16:49 Lo! this, became the iniquity of Sodom thy sister,––Pride, fulness of bread, and careless security, came to her and to her daughters, And, the hand of the oppressed and the needy, she strengthened not.
Eze 16:50 So then they became haughty, and committed abomination before me,––And I took them away, when I saw [it],
Eze 16:51 Nor did, Samaria, commit, one–half thy sins,––But thou didst multiply thine abominations more than they, And didst cause thy sisters to appear righteous, by all the abominations which thou didst commit.
Eze 16:52 Thou also, bear thine own reproach, which thou didst adjudge to thy sisters, by thy sins, in which thou wast more abominable than they, thou didst make them appear more righteous than thou,––Thou also, therefore, turn thou pale, and bear thine own reproach, for making thy sisters appear righteous!
Eze 16:53 When therefore I bring back their captivity, The captivity of Sodom and her daughters, And the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, Then will I bring back thy captivities in their midst:
Eze 16:54 That thou mayest bear thine own reproach, And take to thyself reproach, because of all that thou didst in comforting them.
Eze 16:55 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.
Eze 16:56 And Sodom thy sister was never heard in thy mouth,––In the day of thy pride:
Eze 16:57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, As, now, [thou art] the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all round about her, the daughters of the Philistines,––who are despising thee, on every side.
Eze 16:58 As for thy crime, and thine abominations, thou thyself, dost bear them,––Declareth Yahweh.
Eze 16:59 For, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will I deal with thee, just as thou hast dealt,––In that thou didst despise an oath, by breaking a covenant.
Eze 16:60 ¶ Therefore will, I, remember my covenant with thee, in the days of thy youth,––And will establish for thee, a covenant age–abiding.
Eze 16:61 Thou shalt therefore remember thy ways, and take to thyself reproach, by receiving thy sisters, The older than thou, And the younger than thou,––And I will give them unto thee for daughters, Though not by thine own covenant.
Eze 16:62 But, I myself, will establish my covenant with, thee––And thou shalt know, that, I, am Yahweh:
Eze 16:63 To the end thou mayest remember, and turn pale, and there be to thee, no more, an opening of mouth, because of thy reproach,––In that I have accepted a propitiatory covering for thee, as to all that thou hast done, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 17:1 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 17:2 Son of man, Put thou forth a riddle, And speak thou a parable,––Unto the house of Israel:
Eze 17:3 So then thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––A great eagle, with large wings of long pinion, full of plumage, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
Eze 17:4 The crown of its young twigs, plucked he off, and brought it into a land of traffic, in a city of merchants, he set it.
Eze 17:5 So he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a field for seed,––He took it near mighty waters, Like a willow–tree, he set it.
Eze 17:6 And it shot forth, and became a spreading vine of lowly stature, Its branches turning towards him, And, its roots, under him, spread,––So it became a vine, And brought forth shoots, And sent forth boughs.
Eze 17:7 And it came to pass, that there was another great eagle, with large wings, and abundant plumage,––And lo! this vine, stretched its roots hungry towards him, And its, branches, sent it forth unto him, That he might cause it to drink, out of the beds where it was planted:
Eze 17:8 In a goodly field, by mighty waters, was it, planted,––That it might bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, That it might become, a splendid vine.
Eze 17:9 Say thou, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Shall it thrive? Its roots, will he not tear up? Its fruit, will he not cut off, that it wither? All the fresh leaves it hath caused to spring forth, shall wither, without a strong arm, or many people, to pull it up by its roots.
Eze 17:10 Lo! therefore, though [it remain] planted, shall it thrive? As soon as an east wind toucheth, it, will it not, utterly wither? On the beds where it sprang up, will it not wither?
Eze 17:11 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Eze 17:12 Say, I pray thee, unto the perverse house, Know ye not what these things are? Say thou, Lo! the King of Babylon entered Jerusalem, And took her king and her princes, And brought them unto him in Babylon;
Eze 17:13 Yea took of the seed royal, And solemnised with him a covenant,––And brought him into an oath, Also, the mighty ones of the land, did he take.
Eze 17:14 That, the kingdom, might be, abased, so as not to lift itself up,––By the keeping of his covenant, might be made to stand.
Eze 17:15 But he hath rebelled against him, by sending his messengers to Egypt, that there should be given to him horses, and much people. Shall he thrive? Shall he escape that doeth these things? Shall he break a covenant, and escape?
Eze 17:16 As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Very! in the place where dwelleth the king that made him, king, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him, in the midst of Babylon, shall he die.
Eze 17:17 Neither shall Pharaoh, with a great force, or with a large gathered host, work with him, in the war, by casting up an earthwork, and by building a siege–wall, ––to the cuting off of many lives.
Eze 17:18 Seeing he hath despised an oath, by breaking a covenant––yea lo! hath given his hand, and, all these things, hath done, he shall not escape.
Eze 17:19 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, As I live, Surely it is mine oath, which he hath despised, And, my covenant, which he hath broken, Therefore will I bring it upon his own head:
Eze 17:20 And I will spread over him my net, And he shall be taken in my snare, And I will bring him into Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there, as to his treachery wherewith he hath been treacherous against me;
Eze 17:21 And, all his fugitives, throughout all his bands, by the sword, shall fall, And, they who are left, to every wind, shall be scattered,––So shall ye know, that, I, Yahweh, have spoken!
Eze 17:22 ¶ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Therefore will, I, myself, take, of the highest branch of the lofty cedar, and set it,––Of the crown of its young twigs, a tender one, will I pluck off, and, I, myself, will plant it upon a mountain high and terraced,
Eze 17:23 In the mountain of the height of Israel, will I plant it, And it shall put forth boughs, And bear fruit, And become a majestic, cedar,––And every bird of every wing shall dwell under it, In the shade of its branches, shall they dwell.
Eze 17:24 So shall all the trees of the field know, that, I, Yahweh, Have laid low the high, tree, Have exalted the low, tree, Have dried up the moist, tree, And have caused to flourish the tree, that was dry,––I, Yahweh, have spoken, and performed.
Eze 18:1 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 18:2 What occasion have, ye, to be using this proverb, concerning the soil of Israel, saying,––Fathers, eat sour grapes, And, the children’s teeth, are blunted?
Eze 18:3 As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely ye shall have occasion no longer to use this proverb, in Israel.
Eze 18:4 Lo! as for all persons, mine, they are, As, the person of the father, so, also the person of the son, mine, they are,––The person that sinneth, the same, shall die.
Eze 18:5 But, when, any man, shall be righteous,––and do justice and righteousness:
Eze 18:6 Upon the mountains, hath not eaten, And, his eyes, hath not lifted up unto the manufactured gods of the house of Israel, And, the wife of his neighbour, hath not defiled, And, unto a woman during her removal, hath not approached;
Eze 18:7 And, no man, hath treated with violence, But, his debt–pledge, hath restored, Plunder, hath not seized,––His bread––to the famished, hath given, And, the naked, hath covered with clothing;
Eze 18:8 Upon interest, hath not put out [his money], And, increase, hath not accepted, From dishonesty, hath turned back his hand,––Justice, in truth, hath done, between man and man;
Eze 18:9 In my statutes, hath walked, And, my regulations, hath observed, to do them in truth, Righteous, he is, He shall, surely live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 18:10 ¶ But he hath begotten a son, Who is a violent man, A shedder of blood,––Who doeth the like of any of these things;
Eze 18:11 Whereas, he, none of those other things, doeth, For indeed, upon the mountains, he hath eaten, And, the wife of his neighbour, hath defiled;
Eze 18:12 The oppressed and the needy, hath treated with violence, Hath ruthlessly plundered, The pledge, hath not restored, But, unto the manufactured gods, hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination, hath wrought;
Eze 18:13 Upon interest, hath put out, And, increase, hath accepted,––And shall he, live? He shall not live, All these abominations, he hath done, He shall, surely be put to death, His blood, upon himself, shall be.
Eze 18:14 But lo! he hath begotten a son, Who hath considered all the sins of his father, which he hath done,––Yea he hath considered, and not done like them:
Eze 18:15 Upon the mountains, hath not eaten, And, his eyes, hath not lifted up unto the manufactured gods of the house of Israel, The wife of his neighbour, hath not defiled;
Eze 18:16 And, no man, hath he treated with violence, Hath, by no means withholden the pledge, And, plunder, hath not seized,––His bread––to the famished, hath given, And, the naked, hath covered with clothing;
Eze 18:17 From dishonesty, hath turned back his hand, Neither interest nor increase, hath accepted, my regulations, hath executed, In my statutes, hath walked,––He, shall not die for the iniquity of his father, He shall, surely live.
Eze 18:18 His father, Because he exacted unjust gain, Seized plunder of a brother, And, that which was not good, had done in the midst of his people, Therefore lo! he died, in his iniquity.
Eze 18:19 Will ye then say, Why, hath not the son, borne a part of the iniquity of the father? But, the son, hath done, justice and righteousness, All my statutes, hath observed and done them, He shall, surely live.
Eze 18:20 The person that sinneth, the same, shall die,––A, son, shall not bear a part of the iniquity of, the father, Neither shall, a father, bear a part of the iniquity of the son, the righteousness of the righteous, upon himself, shall be, And, the lawlessness of a lawless man, upon himself, shall be.
Eze 18:21 ¶ But, as for the lawless man––When he shall turn back from all his sins which he hath committed, And observe all my statutes, And do justice and righteousness, He shall, surely live, He shall not die:
Eze 18:22 None of his transgressions which he hath committed, shall be remembered against him,––In his righteousness which he hath done, he shall live.
Eze 18:23 Could I take, delight, in the death of the lawless? Demandeth My Lord, Yahweh. Must it not be in his turning from his ways [in which case] he shall live?
Eze 18:24 But, when a righteous man, shall turn away, from his righteousness and do that which is perverse, Shall do, according to all the abominations which the lawless man hath done, Shall he, live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done, shall be remembered, In his treachery wherein he hath been treacherous, And in his sin wherein he hath sinned, In them, shall he, die.
Eze 18:25 Can ye then say––The way of My Lord, will not be equal? Hear, I pray you, O house of Israel, Will, my way, not be equal? Will not, your ways, be unequal?
Eze 18:26 When a righteous man, shall turn away, from his righteousness and do that which is perverse, and die because of those things, In his own perversity which he hath done, shall he die.
Eze 18:27 But, when a lawless man, turneth away, from his lawlessness which he hath done, And hath done justice and righteousness, He, shall save, his own soul, alive:
Eze 18:28 When he considered, then he turned away from all his transgressions, which he had committed, He shall, surely live, He shall not die.
Eze 18:29 Can the house of Israel then say,––The way of My Lord, will not be equal? Will, my ways, not be equal, O house of Israel? Will not, your ways, be unequal?
Eze 18:30 ¶ Therefore, Every man according to his own ways, will I judge you, O house of Israel, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Return ye––and make good your return––from all your transgressions, That they become not unto you a stumbling–block of iniquity.
Eze 18:31 Cast off from you, all your transgressions which ye have committed against me, And make you a new heart; And a new spirit,––For why, should ye die, O house of Israel?
Eze 18:32 For I cannot take delight in the death of him that dieth, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Make good your return then, and, live!
Eze 19:1 ¶ Thou, therefore, take up a dirge, for the prince of Israel;
Eze 19:2 and thou shalt say––How was, thy mother, a lioness! Between lions, she lay down,––In the midst of young lions, She nourished her whelps;
Eze 19:3 And she reared up one of her whelps––A young lion, he became, And he learned to rend prey, Men, he devoured.
Eze 19:4 Then nations, heard of him, In their pit, was he caught,––So they brought him with hooks, Into the land of Egypt.
Eze 19:5 And she saw she had waited, Lost, was her hope, Then took she another of her whelps, A young lion, she made him.
Eze 19:6 Yea he went to and fro amidst lions, A young lion, he became,––And he learned to rend prey, Men, he devoured;
Eze 19:7 And he injured his widows, And, their cities, laid waste,––And deserted, was the land, and its fulness, At the noise of his roaring.
Eze 19:8 Then, set upon him, the nations round about, From the provinces,––And spread over him their net, In their pit, was he caught;
Eze 19:9 And they put him in a cage with hooks, And brought him to Babylon’s king,––They brought him into strong–holds, That his noise might be heard no more, Among the mountains of Israel.
Eze 19:10 ¶ Thy mother, [was] like a vine of thy vineyard, By waters, was planted,––Fruitful and full of branches, she became, By reason of waters abundant;
Eze 19:11 And they served her as staves of power, For the sceptres of rulers, And high, became the stature thereof, With its interwoven foliage,––And it was seen by its height, By its multitude of branches.
Eze 19:12 Then was she uprooted in indignation, To the ground, was she cast, And, an east wind, dried up her fruit,––Broken off and withered, were her staves of power, A fire, devoured them.
Eze 19:13 Now, therefore, is she planted in a desert,––In a land parched and dry;
Eze 19:14 And there hath gone forth a fire out of her staves of rods, Her fruit, hath it devoured, And there is in her no staff of power, As a sceptre to bear rule. A dirge, it is, and hath been made, a dirge.
Eze 20:1 ¶ And it came to pass, in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tent of the month, that there came in men of the elders of Israel to enquire of Yahweh,––and they sat before me.
Eze 20:2 Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:––
Eze 20:3 Son of man, Speak thou with the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, To enquire of me, are ye, coming in? As I live, verily I will no be enquired of by you, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 20:4 Wilt thou judge them, wilt thou judge, O son of man? The abominations of their fathers, let them know:
Eze 20:5 ¶ So then thou shalt say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, In the day when I made choice of Israel, then lifted I up my hand, to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them, in the land of Egypt,––Yea I lifted up my hand to them, saying, I, Yahweh, am your God.
Eze 20:6 In that day, lifted I up my hand to them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt,––into a land that I had looked out for them, flowing with milk and honey, The beauty, it was, of all lands.
Eze 20:7 And I said unto them., Every one, the abomination of his eyes, cast ye away, And, with the manufactured gods of Egypt, let it not be that ye defile yourselves: I, Yahweh, am your God.
Eze 20:8 But they rebelled against me, And were not willing to hearken unto me, Every man, the abominations of their eyes, they cast not away, And, the manufactured gods of Egypt, forsook they not; Therefore spake I of pouring out mine indignation upon them, to bring mine anger to an end against them, in the midst of the land of Egypt.
Eze 20:9 Howbeit I wrought with effect, for the sake of mine own Name, that it might not be profaned––before the eyes of the nations in whose midst they were,––before whose eyes I made myself known unto them, by bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
Eze 20:10 ¶ Therefore brought I them forth out of the land of Egypt,––and caused them to come into the desert.
Eze 20:11 Then gave I unto them my statutes, And, my regulations, caused I them to know,––By the which the man, that doeth them, shall live.
Eze 20:12 Moreover also, my sabbaths, gave I unto them, to become a sign betwixt me and them,––that it might be known, that, I, Yahweh, was hallowing them.
Eze 20:13 But the house of Israel, rebelled against me, in the desert, In my statutes, walked they not, And my regulations, they rejected, By the which the man, that doeth them, shall live, My sabbaths also, they profaned exceedingly. Therefore spake I of pouring out mine indignation upon them in the desert, to make an end of them.
Eze 20:14 Howbeit I wrought with effect, for the sake of mine own Name,––that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations, in whose eyes I had brought them forth.
Eze 20:15 Yet, even I, lifted up my hand to them, in the desert,––That I would not bring them into the land which I had given to them, flowing with milk and honey, The beauty, it was, of all lands:
Eze 20:16 Because, my regulations, they had rejected, And, as for my statutes, they had not walked therein, My sabbaths also, had they profaned; For, after their manufactured gods, their heart, had been going.
Eze 20:17 Nevertheless mine eye, threw a shield, over them, that they should not be destroyed; So I made not of them a full end, in the desert.
Eze 20:18 But I said unto their children, in the desert, In the statutes of your fathers, let it not be that ye walk, And their regulations, let it not be that ye observe,––And with their manufactured gods, let it not be that ye defile yourselves.
Eze 20:19 I, Yahweh, am your God, In my statutes, walk ye,––And my regulations, observe ye and do them;
Eze 20:20 My sabbaths also, hallow ye,––And they shall become a sign betwixt me and you, That it may be known, that, I, Yahweh, am your God.
Eze 20:21 Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against me, In my statutes, walked they not, And my regulations, observed they not, to do them, Wherein the man, who shall do them, shall live, My sabbaths, they profaned. Therefore spake I of pouring out mine indignation upon them, to bring mine anger to an end against them, in the desert.
Eze 20:22 Howbeit I withdrew my hand, and wrought with effect, for the sake of mine own Name,––that it should not be profaned before the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had brought them forth:
Eze 20:23 Even, I, lifted up my hand to them, in the desert,––That I would disperse them throughout the nations, And scatter them throughout the lands;
Eze 20:24 Because, my regulations, had they not done, And, my statutes, they had rejected, My sabbaths also, they had profaned,––And, after the manufactured gods of their fathers, were their eyes [turned].
Eze 20:25 I myself, indeed, suffered them [to walk in] statutes which were, not good,––And regulations, in which they could not live.
Eze 20:26 Yea I let them defile themselves with their gifts, when they caused every firstborn to pass through [the fire], ––that I might make them desolate. To the end they might know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 20:27 ¶ Therefore, speak thou unto the house of Israel, Son of man, and say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––Yet further in this, did your fathers, insult me, by the treachery wherewith they dealt treacherously against me;
Eze 20:28 When I brought them into the land, as to which I had lifted up mine hand to give it them, then beheld they every high hill and every tangled tree, And offered, there, their sacrifices, And presented, there, their provoking, gift, And placed, there, their satisfying, odour, And poured out, there, their drink–offerings.
Eze 20:29 Therefore said I unto them, What! a high–place, whereinto ye, are entering? And so the name thereof hath been called High–place, unto this day.
Eze 20:30 Therefore, say thou unto the house of Israel, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Is it, in the way of your fathers, ye, are defiling yourselves,––And, after their abominations, that ye, are committing lewdness?
Eze 20:31 Yea, when ye lift up your gifts, When ye cause your children to pass through the fire, Ye, are defiling yourselves unto all your manufactured gods, unto this day, And shall, I, be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely I will not be enquired of by you.
Eze 20:32 And, as for that which is rising up on your spirit, it shall, not at all come to pass, In that ye, are saying, Let us be like the nations, Like the families of the lands, By ministering unto Wood and Stone!
Eze 20:33 ¶ As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely, with a strong hand, and, With an outstretched arm, and, With outpoured indignation, Will I be king over you;
Eze 20:34 And I will bring you forth from among the peoples, And gather you together, out of the lands, throughout which ye have been dispersed, With a strong hand, and, With an outstretched arm, and, With outpoured indignation;
Eze 20:35 And I will bring you, into the desert of the peoples,––and will contend with you there, face to face.
Eze 20:36 Just as I contended with yore fathers, in the desert of the land of Egypt, So, will I contend with you, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh;
Eze 20:37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, And will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
Eze 20:38 And will sever from you, those who are rebelling and those who are transgressing against me, Out of the land of their sojournings, will I bring them forth, Yet, upon the soil of Israel, shall they not enter, So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 20:39 But, as for you, O house of Israel, Thus, saith my Lord, Yahweh, Go, serve, every man, his own manufactured gods, Yet, afterwards, surely, Ye shall be ready to hearken unto me,––And, my holy name, shall ye profane no more, With your gifts, and, With your manufactured gods.
Eze 20:40 For, in my holy, mountain, In the mountain of the height of Israel, Declareth, My Lord, Yahweh, There, shall all the house of Israel, serve me, all of it, in the land, There, will I accept them, and, There, will I seek your heave–offerings, and the firstfruits of your gifts, in all your holy things:
Eze 20:41 As a satisfying, odour, will I accept, you, Through my bringing you forth from among the peoples, And gathering you, out of the lands, throughout which ye have been dispersed; Thus will I hallow myself in you, before the eyes of the nations.
Eze 20:42 So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh, Through my bringing you in unto the soil of Israel, Unto the land, as to which I lifted up my hand, to give it unto your fathers.
Eze 20:43 Then shall ye call to mind, there, your own ways, and all your own doings, wherewith ye had defiled yourselves,––And ye shall become loathsome in your own sight, for all your wickednesses, which ye have done.
Eze 20:44 So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh, Through my dealing effectively with you, for the sake of mine own Name,––Not according to your own wicked ways, Nor according to your corrupted doings, O house of Israel, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 20:45 ¶ Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Eze 20:46 Son of man, Set thy face the way towards Teman, And drop [thy word] against the land of the sun, And prophesy unto the forest of the field of the South;
Eze 20:47 And thou shalt say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of Yahweh,––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh––Behold me! kindling in thee a fire, And it shall devour in thee every moist tree and every dry tree, The spreading flame, shall not be quenched, Then, shall be scorched thereby, all faces, from south to north;
Eze 20:48 And all flesh shall see, that, I, Yahweh, have kindled it,––It shall not be quenched.
Eze 20:49 Then said I, Ah! My Lord, Yahweh: They, are saying of me, Is, not he a, putter forth of parables?
Eze 21:1 ¶ Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Eze 21:2 Son of man, Set thy face against Jerusalem, And drop [thy word] against the holy places, And prophesy against the soil of Israel.
Eze 21:3 Thou shalt say then to the soil of Israel, Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me against thee, Therefore will I bring forth my sword out of its sheath,––and will cut off from thee, the righteous and the lawless.
Eze 21:4 Because I have cut off from thee, the righteous and the lawless, Therefore, shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from south to north:
Eze 21:5 So shall all flesh know, that, I, Yahweh, have brought forth my sword, out of its sheath,––it shall not return any more.
Eze 21:6 Thou, therefore, O son of man, sigh,––In the sharp pain of thy loins and in bitterness, shalt thou sigh, before their eyes.
Eze 21:7 And it shall come to pass, when they shall say unto thee, Wherefore art thou, sighing? that thou shalt say, For the report, because it cometh, When every heart, shall melt, And all hands, be unnerved, And every spirit, shall become faint, And, all knees, shall be weak as water, Lo! it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, Saith My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 21:8 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 21:9 Son of man, Prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord,––Say, A sword! a sword! Sharpened, moreover also furbished:
Eze 21:10 To make a slaughter, is it sharpened, That it may flash as lightning, is it furbished. Or shall we flourish the royal rod of my son, which despiseth every tree?
Eze 21:11 It hath, however, been given to be furbished, that it may be grasped by the hand: The same, is a sword, sharpened, Yea, the same, is furbished, Ready to be given into the hand of the slayer.
Eze 21:12 Make an outcry and howl, son of man, For, the same, hath come against my people, The same, is against all the princes of Israel,––Who are, thrown to the sword, with my people, Therefore, smite thou upon thy thigh.
Eze 21:13 For trial hath been made, What then, even though the royal rod despiseth, shall it not be? Demandeth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 21:14 Thou, therefore, son of man, Prophesy, and smite thy hands together, And let the sword smite twice, thrice, the sword of the slain! The same, is the great sword of the slain, that which hemmeth them in.
Eze 21:15 That the heart, may melt, And the overthrow be multiplied, at all their gates, I have recompensed a slaying by the sword: Surely it hath been made ready to flash like lightning, keen for slaughter.
Eze 21:16 One firm stroke to the right, Turn to the left,––Whithersoever thine edge is directed,
Eze 21:17 Yea, even I myself, will smite my hands together, And will cause mine indignation to find rest,––I, Yahweh, have spoken.
Eze 21:18 ¶ Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Eze 21:19 Thou, therefore, son of man, Appoint thee two ways, For the sword of the king of Babylon to enter, Out of one land shall those two [ways] come,––And, a hand, engrave thou, At the head of the way to the city, engrave it.
Eze 21:20 A way, shalt thou appoint, for the sword, to enter, Even to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon,––And to Judah, against Jerusalem, the defenced,
Eze 21:21 For the king of Babylon, hath come to a stand, At the parting of the way, At the head of the two ways, To divine a divination: He hath shaken with arrows, He hath asked of the household gods, He hath inspected the liver.
Eze 21:22 On his right hand, hath come the divination––Jerusalem! To plant battering–rams. To open a hole by breach, To lift up the voice, with a war–shout,––To plant battering–rams against the gates, To cast up an earth–work, To build a siege–wall.
Eze 21:23 Though it will become to them a veritably false, divination in their eyes, even when bound by oaths to them, Yet, he, calling to mind iniquity, [will determine] that it shall be captured.
Eze 21:24 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because ye have brought to mind your iniquity, by revealing your transgressions, causing your sins to appear, in all your doings,––Because ye have brought yourselves to mind, By force, shall ye be captured.
Eze 21:25 Thou, therefore, O profane, lawless one, prince of Israel,––Whose day, hath come, in a time of final iniquity:
Eze 21:26 Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Remove the turban, And lift off the crown,––This, not that, The abased, exalt, And, the exalted, abase.
Eze 21:27 An overthrow, overthrow, overthrow, will I make it,––Even this, hath not befallen until the coming of One to whom belongeth the right, Then will I bestow it.
Eze 21:28 ¶ Thou, therefore, son of man, Prophesy and say, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, As to the sons of Ammon, and as to their reproach, Yea thou shalt say, A sword! a sword! Drawn, for slaughter, Furbished, that when it beginneth, it may flash like lightning;
Eze 21:29 Since they see for thee, false visions, Since they divine for thee, lies, To stretch thee upon the necks of them who are the most profaned of lawless ones, Whose day, hath come, in a time of final iniquity,
Eze 21:30 Put it back into its sheath! In the place where thou wast created, In the land of thy nativity, will I judge, thee
Eze 21:31 Then will I pour out upon thee mine indignation, With the fire of mine outburst, will I blow upon thee; and will deliver thee up into the hand of brutish men, skilled to destroy.
Eze 21:32 For the fire, shalt thou serve as fuel, Thy blood, shall be in the midst of the land,––Thou shalt not be remembered, For, I, Yahweh, have spoken.
Eze 22:1 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 22:2 Thou, therefore, son of man, Wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge, the city of bloodshed; and cause her to know all her abominations?
Eze 22:3 Thou shalt say then, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, A city shedding blood in her own midst, That her time, might come, Therefore hath she been making manufactured gods for herself, to be defiled.
Eze 22:4 Because of the blood which thou hast shed, hast thou become guilty, And, with the manufactured gods which thou hast made, hast thou defiled thyself, Thus hast thou brought near thy days, And hast come unto thy years,––For this cause, have I delivered thee, As a reproach, to the nations, And as a derision, to all the lands.
Eze 22:5 They who are near, and they who are far off from thee, shall shew themselves derisive over thee,––O thou of impure name, abounding in confusion!
Eze 22:6 Lo! the, princes of Israel, every man for his own arm, have they been in thee, For the sake of shedding blood.
Eze 22:7 Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression, in the midst of thee,––The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee:
Eze 22:8 My holy things, hast thou despised,––And, my sabbaths, hast thou profaned:
Eze 22:9 Slanders, have arisen in thee, For the sake of shedding blood,––And, unto the mountains, have they eaten in thee, Lewdness, have they practised in the midst of thee:
Eze 22:10 A father’s shame, hath been uncovered in thee, Her that was unclean in her removal, have they humbled in thee;
Eze 22:11 And, one man, with the wife of his neighbour, hath wrought abomination, And, another, hath defiled, his daughter–in–law, by shameful deed,––And, another, his own sister, daughter of his own father, hath humbled in thee:
Eze 22:12 Bribes, have they accepted in thee, For the sake of shedding blood,––Interest and increase, hast thou accepted, And thou hast overreached thy neighbour, by oppression, And, me, hast thou forgotten, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 22:13 Lo! therefore, I have smitten my hand, At thine unjust gain which thou hast made––And over thy bloodshed, which they have caused in thy midst.
Eze 22:14 Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days when I, am dealing with thee? I, Yahweh, have spoken, and will perform.
Eze 22:15 Therefore will I disperse thee among the nations, And scatter thee throughout the lands,––And will cause to cease thine impurity out of thee;
Eze 22:16 So shalt thou be profaned in thyself, before the eyes of nations, Thus shalt thou know, that, I, am Yahweh.
Eze 22:17 ¶ Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
Eze 22:18 Son of man, The house of Israel, hath become to me, dross,––They all, are copper and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of a furnace, The dross of silver, have they become.
Eze 22:19 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because ye all are become dross, Therefore, behold me! gathering you, into the midst of Jerusalem:
Eze 22:20 As they gather silver and copper and iron and lead and tin, into the midst of a furnace, to blow upon it the fire, to melt it, So, will I gather, in mine anger and in mine indignation, and will let be, and will melt you;
Eze 22:21 Yea I will gather you, together, and blow upon you, with the fire of my wrath,––And ye shall be melted in the midst thereof:
Eze 22:22 As silver is melted, in he midst of a furnace, So, shall ye be melted in the midst thereof,––Then shall ye know, that, I Yahweh, have poured out mine indignation upon you.
Eze 22:23 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 22:24 Son of man, say to her, Thou, art a land, that is, not to be rained upon, nor to receive fruitful showers, in the day of indignation.
Eze 22:25 Because, her princes in her midst, are like a roaring lion, rending prey,––Life, have they devoured, Wealth and precious things, have they been wont to take, Her widows, have they multiplied in her midst.
Eze 22:26 Her priests, have done violence to my law, And have profaned my holy things, Between the hallowed and the common, have they put no difference, And, between the unclean and clean, have they not taught men to discern,––And, from my sabbaths, have they hid their eyes, So that I have been profaned in their midst.
Eze 22:27 Her rulers within her, have been like wolves, rending prey,––In shedding blood, In destroying lives, For the sake of getting dishonest gain.
Eze 22:28 And, her prophets, have coated it for them with whitewash, Seeing visions of falsehood, And divining for them lies,––Saying, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, when, Yahweh, hath not spoken.
Eze 22:29 The people of the land, have exacted oppression, and seized plunder,––Even, the afflicted and the needy, have they maltreated, And, the sojourner, have they oppressed, without justice.
Eze 22:30 Then sought I from among them, a man, Who could build up a wall, And stand in the breach, before me in behalf of the land, So that I might not destroy her,––But I found none.
Eze 22:31 Therefore have I poured out upon them mine indignation, In the fire of mine outburst, have I consumed them,––Their way, upon their own head, have I placed, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 23:1 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Eze 23:2 Son of man, Two women, daughters of one mother, there were;
Eze 23:3 And they became unchaste in Egypt, In their youth, became they unchaste, There, were handled their breasts, And, there, were pressed their virgin bosoms.
Eze 23:4 And their names were Oholah––the elder, And Oholibah––her sister, And they became mine, and bare sons and daughters,––And as for their names, Samaria, was Oholah, And, Jerusalem, was Oholibah.
Eze 23:5 Then became Oholah unchaste, after she had become mine,––And lusted after her lovers, For Assyrians, so warlike,
Eze 23:6 Clothed in blue, Governors and deputies, Attractive young men, all of them,––Horsemen, riding on horses.
Eze 23:7 So she bestowed her unchastities upon them, The choicest men of Assyria, all, of them,––And, with whomsoever she lusted after––with all their manufactured gods, she defiled herself.
Eze 23:8 And, her unchaste doings from the time she was in Egypt, had she not forsaken, For, with her, had they lain in her youth, Yea, they, had pressed her virgin bosoms,––and had poured out their unchastity upon her.
Eze 23:9 Therefore, did I deliver her into the hand of her lovers,––Into the hand of the sons of Assyria, after whom she lusted:
Eze 23:10 They, disclosed her shame, Her sons and her daughters, took they away, And, herself––with the sword, they slew,––Thus became she a by–word among women, when, judgments, they had executed upon her.
Eze 23:11 ¶ And, though her sister Oholibah saw, Yet became she more corrupt in her lust than the other,––And, her unchaste doings, exceeded the unchaste doings of her sister.
Eze 23:12 After the sons of Assyria, she lusted, Governors and deputies so warlike. Clothed in splendid array, Horsemen, riding on horses,––Attractive young men, all, of them.
Eze 23:13 So I saw, that she defiled herself,––One way, had they both.
Eze 23:14 Yet did she add, unto her unchaste doings,––when she saw men portrayed upon the wall, likenesses of Chaldeans, Portrayed with vermilion:
Eze 23:15 Girded with waistcloths upon their loins, With overhanging high turbans upon their heads, In appearance, knights, all, of them,––The likeness of the sons of Babylon of Chaldea, the land of their birth.
Eze 23:16 Then lusted she after them, as soon as her eyes beheld them,––And she sent messengers unto them, to Chaldea.
Eze 23:17 Then, came in unto her, the sons of Babylon, into the bed of endearments, and defiled her with their unchaste doings,––And she, defiled herself with them, And then was her soul torn from them.
Eze 23:18 Thus disclosed she her unchaste desires, And disclosed, her shame,––So my soul was torn from her, Just as my soul had been torn from her sister.
Eze 23:19 Yea she multiplied her unchaste desires,––calling to mind the days of her youth, when she was unchaste in the land of Egypt;
Eze 23:20 So she lusted after their courtiers,––Whose flesh was, the flesh of asses, and, Whose issue was, the issue of horses.
Eze 23:21 Yea thou didst look about for the lewdness of thy youth,––When were pressed, by the Egyptians, thy bosoms, When they handled thy youthful breasts.
Eze 23:22 ¶ Therefore, O Oholibah, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! rousing up thy lovers against thee, Even them from whom thy soul hath been torn,––And I will bring them against thee from every side:
Eze 23:23 The sons of Babylon and all Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, All the sons of Assyria, with them,––Attractive young men, Governors and deputies, all, of them. Knights and men of renown, Riders on horses, all, of them;
Eze 23:24 And they shall come upon thee––With battle–axe, chariot and wheel, And with a gathered host of peoples, Shield and buckler and helmet, will they array against thee, on every side,––And I will put before them, judgment, And they shall judge thee with their judgments;
Eze 23:25 When I set forth my jealousy against thee, Then will they deal with thee, in indignation, Thy nose and thine ears, will they remove, And, that which is left of thee, by the sword, shall fall,––They, will take away, thy sons and thy daughters, And, that which is left of thee, shall be devoured by the fire;
Eze 23:26 And they shall strip off thy raiment,––And take away thine adorning, jewels!
Eze 23:27 Thus will I cause thy lewdness to cease, from thee, Even thine unchastity [brought] from the land of Egypt,––So that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, And, Egypt, shalt thou not call to mind any more.
Eze 23:28 For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! delivering thee up, into the hand of them whom thou hatest,––Into the hand of them from whom thy soul hath been torn;
Eze 23:29 And they shall deal with thee in hatred, And take away all thy labour, And leave thee utterly naked,––And thine unchaste, shame, shall be disclosed, with thy lewdness and unchastities,
Eze 23:30 These things shall be done, to thee,––In that thou hast gone unchastely after the nations, Because thou hast defiled thyself with their manufactured gods.
Eze 23:31 In the way of thy sister, hast thou walked,––Therefore will I put her cup into thy hand.
Eze 23:32 Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, The cup of thy sister, shalt thou drink, The [cup] deep and large, Thou shalt become a laughingstock and a derision, Much, doth it contain!
Eze 23:33 With drunkenness and grief, shalt thou be filled,––The cup of astonishment and desolation, The cup of thy sister Samaria;
Eze 23:34 Yea thou shalt drink it and drain it out, And the sherds thereof, shalt thou gnaw, And, thy breasts, shalt thou tear out,––For, I, have spoken, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 23:35 Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because thou hast forgotten me, and has cast me, behind thy back, Thou also thyself, bear thou thy lewdness, and thine unchaste doings.
Eze 23:36 ¶ And Yahweh said unto me, Son of man, Wilt thou judge Oholah, and Oholibah? Then declare thou unto them, their abominations.
Eze 23:37 For they have committed adultery, And, blood, is one their hands, Yea, with their manufactured gods, have they committed adultery. And, even their own children whom they bare unto me, have they set apart for them, to be devoured.
Eze 23:38 Yet more, this, have they done to me,––They have defiled my sanctuary, on the same day, And, my sabbaths, have they profaned.
Eze 23:39 Yea, when they had slaughtered their children, to their manufactured gods, then entered they into my sanctuary, on the same day, to profane it,––And lo! thus, have they done, in the midst of mine own house.
Eze 23:40 Yea verily, that ye must needs send for men, ready to come in, from afar,––in that, a messenger, was sent unto them, and lo! they came, For whom thou didst bathe thyself, Paint thine eyes, And deck thyself with ornaments.
Eze 23:41 Then satest thou upon a glorious couch, With a table prepared, before it,––And, mine incense and mine oil, didst thou set thereon.
Eze 23:42 The noise of careless throng also, was with her, And, besides men out of the mass of mankind, there were brought in drunkards, out of the desert; And they put bracelets upon the hands of both women, And crowns of adorning upon their heads.
Eze 23:43 Then said I, of her that was worn out with adulteries, Will they, now, join in her unchaste doings, even hers?
Eze 23:44 Yet came they in unto her, as men go in unto a woman that is a harlot,––So, came they in unto Oholah, and unto Oholibah––the lewd, women!
Eze 23:45 But, righteous men, they, shall judge them, With the judgment of adulteresses, and, With the judgment of women that shed blood,––Because, adulteresses, they are, And, blood, is on their hands.
Eze 23:46 For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––There shall be brought up against them a gathered host, Then shall they be delivered up, for a terror and for a prey,
Eze 23:47 Yea a gathered host, shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords, Their sons and their daughters, shall they slay, And, their houses––in the fire, shall they consume.
Eze 23:48 So will I make an end of lewdness, out of the land,––And all women, shall be disciplined, and shall not do according to your lewdness.
Eze 23:49 Yea the judges shall set your lewdness upon you, And, your sins with manufactured gods, shall ye bear; So shall ye know, that, I, am The Lord, Yahweh.
Eze 24:1 ¶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying:
Eze 24:2 Son of man, Write thee the name of the day, this selfsame day,––the king of Babylon cast, himself against Jerusalem, on this selfsame day.
Eze 24:3 Put thou forth, therefore, against the perverse house, a parable, and say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh: Set on the caldron, set it on, Moreover also, pour into it water:
Eze 24:4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, Every good piece, thigh and shoulder,––With the choice of the bones, fill it:
Eze 24:5 Take, of the choice of the rock, Moreover also, a pile of bones [place] under it,––Boil the pieces thereof, Yea, let the bones of it seethe, in the midst thereof.
Eze 24:6 Wherefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed. The caldron whose scum is in it, and, whose scum, hath not gone out of it: Piece by piece, bring it out, There hath fallen thereon no lot.
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