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1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month,
in the
fifth day of the month, as I was among the
captives by the
river of
Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions
of
God.
1:2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth
year of
king
Jehoiachin's captivity,
1:3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the
son of
Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the
hand of the
LORD was there upon him.
1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a
great
cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was
about
it, and
out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst
of the
fire.
1:5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four
living
creatures. And this was their appearance; they had
the
likeness of a
man.
1:6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
1:7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their
feet was
like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like
the colour of
burnished brass.
1:8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their
four
sides;
and they four had their faces and their wings.
1:9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not
when
they
went; they went every one straight forward.
1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of
a man,
and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four
had the face of
an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
1:11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were
stretched
upward; two
wings of every one were joined one to another, and
two covered
their
bodies.
1:12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit
was to
go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
1:13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was
like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of
lamps:
it went up
and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright,
and out of
the fire went forth lightning.
1:14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of
a flash
of lightning.
1:15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the
earth
by the living creatures, with his four faces.
1:16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto
the
colour
of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their
appearance and
their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a
wheel.
1:17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and
they
turned not
when they went.
1:18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful;
and
their rings were full of eyes round about them four.
1:19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them:
and when
the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels
were lifted
up.
1:20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was
their
spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against
them:
for the
spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
1:21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these
stood;
and
when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted
up over
against them: for the spirit of the living creature was
in the wheels.
1:22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living
creature
was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth
over their
heads above.
1:23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one
toward
the
other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and
every one had
two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
1:24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the
noise of
great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech,
as the
noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their
wings.
1:25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over
their
heads,
when they stood, and had let down their wings.
1:26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was
the
likeness
of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and
upon the likeness
of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man
above
upon it.
1:27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round
about
within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and
from the
appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the
appearance
of
fire, and it had brightness round about.
1:28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of
rain,
so was the appearance of the brightness round
about.
This was the
appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And
when I saw it,
I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
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2:1 And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will
speak
unto thee.
2:2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me
upon my
feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
2:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of
Israel,
to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they
and their
fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very
day.
2:4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do
send
thee unto
them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD.
2:5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear,
(for
they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there
hath
been a
prophet among them.
2:6 And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid
of their
words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou
dost
dwell among
scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed
at their looks,
though they be a rebellious house.
2:7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear,
or
whether they will forbear: for they are most
rebellious.
2:8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou
rebellious
like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that
I give thee.
2:9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and,
lo,
a roll
of a book was therein;
2:10 And he spread it before me; and it was written within and
without:
and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning,
and
woe.
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3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat
this
roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
3:2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
3:3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill
thy
bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it;
and it was in
my mouth as honey for sweetness.
3:4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of
Israel,
and speak with my words unto them.
3:5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and
of
an hard
language, but to the house of Israel;
3:6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language,
whose
words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee
to them, they
would have hearkened unto thee.
3:7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will
not
hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are
impudent
and
hardhearted.
3:8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy
forehead strong against their foreheads.
3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead:
fear them
not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a
rebellious
house.
3:10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall
speak
unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
3:11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of
thy
people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord
GOD;
whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
3:12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a
great
rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD
from his
place.
3:13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living
creatures
that
touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against
them, and a
noise of a great rushing.
3:14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in
bitterness,
in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong
upon me.
3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by
the
river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there
astonished
among them seven days.
3:16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of
the LORD
came unto me, saying,
3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of
Israel:
therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from
me.
3:18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest
him
not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked
way, to save
his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
but
his blood
will I require at thine hand.
3:19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness,
nor
from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast
delivered
thy soul.
3:20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his
righteousness,
and
commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall
die:
because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his
sin, and his
righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but
his blood
will I require at thine hand.
3:21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the
righteous
sin
not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is
warned; also
thou hast delivered thy soul.
3:22 And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me,
Arise,
go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.
3:23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold,
the glory of
the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of
Chebar: and
I fell on my face.
3:24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and
spake
with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
3:25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee,
and
shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
3:26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that
thou
shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for
they are a
rebellious house.
3:27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt
say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him
hear; and he
that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a
rebellious
house.
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4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee,
and
portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
4:2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast
a mount
against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering
rams against
it round about.
4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a
wall
of
iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against
it, and it shall
be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall
be a sign
to the house of Israel.
4:4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house
of
Israel upon it: according to the number of the days
that
thou shalt lie
upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according
to the
number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt
thou bear the
iniquity of the house of Israel.
4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side,
and
thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty
days:
I have
appointed thee each day for a year.
4:7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem,
and
thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy
against
it.
4:8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn
thee
from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy
siege.
4:9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and
lentiles,
and
millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee
bread
thereof, according to the number of the days that thou
shalt
lie upon thy
side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
4:10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight,
twenty
shekels
a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
4:11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an
hin:
from
time to time shalt thou drink.
4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake
it
with
dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
4:13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat
their
defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been
polluted: for
from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which
dieth of
itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh
into my
mouth.
4:15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's
dung,
and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
4:16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the
staff of
bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight,
and with care; and
they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
4:17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with
another,
and consume away for their iniquity.
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5:1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's
razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy
beard:
then
take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
5:2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city,
when
the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take
a third part,
and smite about it with a knife: and a third part
thou
shalt scatter in
the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
5:3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in
thy
skirts.
5:4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire,
and
burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come
forth
into all the
house of Israel.
5:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have
set
it in the
midst of the nations and countries that are round about
her.
5:6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the
nations,
and my statutes more than the countries that are round
about
her: for
they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not
walked in
them.
5:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than
the
nations that are round about you, and have not
walked in
my statutes,
neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to
the
judgments of the nations that are round about you;
5:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am
against
thee,
and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight
of the
nations.
5:9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto
I will
not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
5:10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee,
and the
sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in
thee, and the
whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
5:11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because
thou
hast
defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with
all thine
abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee;
neither
shall mine eye
spare, neither will I have any pity.
5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with
famine
shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third
part shall fall
by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part
into all the
winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury
to rest
upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know
that I the LORD
have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my
fury
in them.
5:14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations
that
are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
5:15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an
astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee,
when
I shall
execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious
rebukes. I
the LORD have spoken it.
5:16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall
be
for their destruction, and which I will send to
destroy you:
and I
will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff
of bread:
5:17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall
bereave
thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I
will bring
the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
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6:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
6:2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and
prophesy
against them,
6:3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD;
Thus
saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the
rivers, and
to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword
upon
you, and I
will destroy your high places.
6:4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be
broken:
and
I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
6:5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before
their
idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
6:6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and
the high
places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste
and made
desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images
may be
cut down, and your works may be abolished.
6:7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know
that I
am the LORD.
6:8 Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that
shall
escape
the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through
the
countries.
6:9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations
whither
they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their
whorish
heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which
go a whoring
after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves for
the evils which
they have committed in all their abominations.
6:10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I
have not
said in
vain that I would do this evil unto them.
6:11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with
thy
foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house
of Israel!
for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence.
6:12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is
near
shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged
shall die by
the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
6:13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men
shall
be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high
hill, in all
the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under
every
thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all
their idols.
6:14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land
desolate,
yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all
their
habitations: and they shall know that I am the
LORD.
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7:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
7:2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of
Israel;
An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
7:3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine
anger upon
thee,
and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense
upon thee
all thine abominations.
7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity:
but I will
recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be
in the midst
of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
7:5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.
7:6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee;
behold,
it is
come.
7:7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the
land:
the
time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the
sounding
again of
the mountains.
7:8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine
anger
upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways,
and will
recompense thee for all thine abominations.
7:9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I
will
recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that
are in
the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD
that
smiteth.
7:10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone
forth; the rod
hath blossomed, pride hath budded.
7:11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall
remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs:
neither shall
there be wailing for them.
7:12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer
rejoice, nor
the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the
multitude
thereof.
7:13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although
they
were yet alive: for the vision is touching the
whole
multitude thereof,
which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen
himself
in the
iniquity of his life.
7:14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none
goeth to
the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude
thereof.
7:15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine
within:
he
that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he
that is in the
city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
7:16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the
mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every
one for
his iniquity.
7:17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as
water.
7:18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror
shall
cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and
baldness
upon all
their heads.
7:19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall
be
removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able
to deliver them in
the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy
their souls,
neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock
of their
iniquity.
7:20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty:
but they made
the images of their abominations and of their detestable
things
therein:
therefore have I set it far from them.
7:21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey,
and to
the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it.
7:22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my
secret
place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and
defile
it.
7:23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and
the city is
full of violence.
7:24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall
possess
their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to
cease; and their
holy places shall be defiled.
7:25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall
be
none.
7:26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon
rumour;
then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall
perish from
the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
7:27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with
desolation,
and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled:
I will do unto
them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge
them; and
they shall know that I am the LORD.
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8:1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month,
in
the
fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house,
and the elders
of Judah
sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon
me.
8:2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire:
from the
appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins
even
upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
8:3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of
mine
head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the
heaven,
and
brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of
the inner
gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of
the
image of
jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
8:4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there,
according
to
the vision that I saw in the plain.
8:5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way
toward
the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the
north, and behold
northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in
the entry.
8:6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they
do?
even the great abominations that the house of Israel
committeth
here,
that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee
yet again, and
thou shalt see greater abominations.
8:7 And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked,
behold a
hole in the wall.
8:8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and
when I had
digged in the wall, behold a door.
8:9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations
that they
do here.
8:10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things,
and
abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel,
portrayed upon
the wall round about.
8:11 And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the
house of
Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of
Shaphan,
with
every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense
went up.
8:12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients
of
the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers
of his
imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD
hath forsaken the
earth.
8:13 He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt
see
greater
abominations that they do.
8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house
which
was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping
for Tammuz.
8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of
man?
turn thee
yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than
these.
8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and,
behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch
and the
altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs
toward
the temple
of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped
the sun
toward the east.
8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of
man?
Is it a
light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the
abominations
which
they commit here? for they have filled the land with
violence,
and have
returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the
branch to their
nose.
8:18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not
spare,
neither
will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with
a loud voice,
yet will I not hear them.
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9:1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them
that
have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with
his
destroying weapon in his hand.
9:2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which
lieth
toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand;
and one man
among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's
inkhorn
by his side:
and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
9:3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub,
whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he
called to the man
clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his
side;
9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city,
through
the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of
the men that
sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the
midst
thereof.
9:5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through
the
city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye
pity:
9:6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little
children,
and
women: but come not near any man upon whom is the
mark;
and begin at my
sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were
before the
house.
9:7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with
the
slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew
in the city.
9:8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left,
that
I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD!
wilt thou destroy
all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon
Jerusalem?
9:9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah
is
exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city
full of
perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the
earth, and the LORD
seeth not.
9:10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have
pity,
but I will recompense their way upon their head.
9:11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the
inkhorn
by his
side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast
commanded
me.
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10:1 Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the
head of
the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire
stone, as the
appearance of the likeness of a throne.
10:2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in
between
the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand
with
coals of fire
from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the
city.
And he went
in in my sight.
10:3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the
man
went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
10:4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood
over
the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the
cloud, and
the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.
10:5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to
the
outer
court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
10:6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man
clothed
with
linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between
the
cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.
10:7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the
cherubims
unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof,
and put
it into the hands of him that was clothed with
linen:
who took it,
and went out.
10:8 And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under
their wings.
10:9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one
wheel
by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and
the appearance of
the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
10:10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness,
as
if a
wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
10:11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned
not as
they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed
it; they
turned not as they went.
10:12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their
wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even
the wheels
that they four had.
10:13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was
the
face of a
cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and
the
third the face
of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
10:15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the
living
creature that
I saw by the river of Chebar.
10:16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and
when the
cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the
same wheels
also turned not from beside them.
10:17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted
up, these
lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the
living
creature was
in them.
10:18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of
the
house, and stood over the cherubims.
10:19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from
the earth
in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were
beside them, and
every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD'S
house; and the
glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
10:20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of
Israel
by
the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the
cherubims.
10:21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and
the
likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
10:22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which
I
saw by
the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves:
they went every one
straight forward.
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11:1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east
gate of
the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at
the door of the
gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son
of Azur, and
Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
11:2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that
devise
mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
11:3 Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this
city
is the
caldron, and we be the flesh.
11:4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
11:5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak;
Thus
saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for
I know the
things that come into your mind, every one of them.
11:6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled
the
streets thereof with the slain.
11:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid
in the
midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is
the caldron:
but I
will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
11:8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith
the
Lord GOD.
11:9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you
into the
hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
11:10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of
Israel;
and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
11:11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be
the
flesh
in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border
of
Israel:
11:12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have
not
walked in my
statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after
the manners of
the heathen that are round about you.
11:13 And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son
of
Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried
with a loud voice,
and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the
remnant of Israel?
11:14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
11:15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of
thy
kindred,
and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom
the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us
is this land given
in possession.
11:16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast
them far
off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among
the
countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the
countries
where they shall come.
11:17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you
from
the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have
been
scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
11:18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the
detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from
thence.
11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit
within
you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and
will give them
an heart of flesh:
11:20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances,
and do
them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their
God.
11:21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of
their
detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their
way upon
their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
11:22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside
them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them
above.
11:23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city,
and
stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the
city.
11:24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision
by the
Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So
the vision that I
had seen went up from me.
11:25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the
LORD
had showed me.
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12:1 The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying,
12:2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house,
which
have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear
not: for
they are a rebellious house.
12:3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and
remove
by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to
another
place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though
they be a
rebellious house.
12:4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as
stuff
for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their
sight, as they that
go forth into captivity.
12:5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
12:6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy
shoulders, and
carry
it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face,
that thou see not
the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the
house
of Israel.
12:7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff
by day, as
stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall
with mine
hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I
bare it
upon my
shoulder in their sight.
12:8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
12:9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house,
said
unto thee, What doest thou?
12:10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth
the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are
among them.
12:11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall
it
be done unto
them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
12:12 And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his
shoulder
in
the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through
the wall to carry
out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the
ground with
his eyes.
12:13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in
my snare:
and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the
Chaldeans;
yet shall
he not see it, though he shall die there.
12:14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about
him
to help
him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.
12:15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall
scatter
them
among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
12:16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the
famine,
and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their
abominations
among
the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am
the LORD.
12:17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
12:18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with
trembling and with carefulness;
12:19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD
of the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They
shall
eat their
bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment,
that her
land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the
violence of
all them that dwell therein.
12:20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the
land
shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
12:21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
12:22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in
the land
of
Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?
12:23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this
proverb
to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel;
but say
unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
12:24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering
divination
within the house of Israel.
12:25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that
I
shall speak
shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for
in your days, O
rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith
the Lord
GOD.
12:26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
12:27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The
vision
that
he seeth is for many days to come, and he
prophesieth of
the times
that are far off.
12:28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall
none of
my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken
shall be
done, saith the Lord GOD.
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13:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
13:2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy,
and
say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear
ye the word
of the LORD;
13:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that
follow
their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
13:4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.
13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for
the
house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
13:6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD
saith:
and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others
to hope that
they would confirm the word.
13:7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying
divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I
have
not spoken?
13:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity,
and
seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the
Lord
GOD.
13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and
that
divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my
people,
neither shall
they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither
shall they
enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am
the Lord GOD.
13:10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace;
and
there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo,
others
daubed it
with untempered mortar:
13:11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar,
that
it shall
fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great
hailstones,
shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
13:12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where
is
the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
13:13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it
with
a stormy
wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in
mine anger,
and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
13:14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered
mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the
foundation
thereof
shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed
in the
midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.
13:15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them
that have
daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you,
The
wall is no
more, neither they that daubed it;
13:16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning
Jerusalem,
and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no
peace,
saith the
Lord GOD.
13:17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters
of thy
people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou
against
them,
13:18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that
sew
pillows
to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every
stature
to hunt
souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye
save the souls
alive that come unto you?
13:19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley
and for
pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to
save the
souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people
that hear
your lies?
13:20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against
your
pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them
fly,
and I will
tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even
the
souls that
ye hunt to make them fly.
13:21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of
your
hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and
ye shall
know that I am the LORD.
13:22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad,
whom I
have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked,
that he should
not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
13:23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine
divinations:
for I
will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know
that I am the
LORD.
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