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Ezekiel 19, World English Bible |
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Ezekiel, starting at chapter 19
{19:1} Moreover, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
{19:2} and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among
lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs. {19:3}
She brought up one of her cubs: he became a young lion, and he learned
to catch the prey; he devoured men. {19:4} The nations also heard of
him; he was taken in their pit; and they brought him with hooks to the
land of Egypt. {19:5} Now when she saw that she had waited, and her
hope was lost, then she took another of her cubs, and made him a young
lion. {19:6} He went up and down among the lions; he became a young
lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. {19:7} He
knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities; and the land was
desolate, and its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
{19:8} Then the nations set against him on every side from the
provinces; and they spread their net over him; he was taken in their
pit. {19:9} They put him in a cage with hooks, and brought him to the
king of Babylon; they brought him into strongholds, that his voice
should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel. {19:10} Your
mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters: it was
fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. {19:11} It had
strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule, and their stature
was exalted among the thick boughs, and they were seen in their height
with the multitude of their branches. {19:12} But it was plucked up in
fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its
fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed
them. {19:13} Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and
thirsty land. {19:14} Fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it
has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a
scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
{20:1} It happened in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the
tenth [day] of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to
inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me. {20:2} The word of Yahweh came
to me, saying, {20:3} Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and
tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Is it to inquire of me that you
have come? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of
by you. {20:4} Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them?
Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers; {20:5} and tell
them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and
swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them
in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your
God; {20:6} in that day I swore to them, to bring them forth out of
the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them,
flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands. {20:7} I
said to them, Cast you away every man the abominations of his eyes,
and don't defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Yahweh your
God. {20:8} But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me;
they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes,
neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour
out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst
of the land of Egypt. {20:9} But I worked for my name's sake, that it
should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they
were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them
forth out of the land of Egypt. {20:10} So I caused them to go forth
out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
{20:11} I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which
if a man does, he shall live in them. {20:12} Moreover also I gave
them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might
know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them. {20:13} But the house of
Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they didn't walk in my
statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he
shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said
I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
{20:14} But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be
profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them
out. {20:15} Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I
would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing
with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; {20:16} because
they rejected my ordinances, and didn't walk in my statutes, and
profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. {20:17}
Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them, neither
did I make a full end of them in the wilderness. {20:18} I said to
their children in the wilderness, Don't you walk in the statutes of
your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves
with their idols. {20:19} I am Yahweh your God: walk in my statutes,
and keep my ordinances, and do them; {20:20} and make my Sabbaths
holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know
that I am Yahweh your God. {20:21} But the children rebelled against
me; they didn't walk in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do
them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my
Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish
my anger against them in the wilderness. {20:22} Nevertheless I
withdrew my hand, and worked for my name's sake, that it should not be
profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them
forth. {20:23} Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I
would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the
countries; {20:24} because they had not executed my ordinances, but
had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes
were after their fathers' idols. {20:25} Moreover also I gave them
statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not
live; {20:26} and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they
caused to pass through [the fire] all that opens the womb, that I
might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am
Yahweh. {20:27} Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel,
and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In this moreover have your
fathers blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against
me. {20:28} For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore
to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree,
and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the
provocation of their offering; there also they made their pleasant
aroma, and they poured out there their drink offerings. {20:29} Then I
said to them, What means the high place whereunto you go? So its name
is called Bamah to this day. {20:30} Therefore tell the house of
Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Do you pollute yourselves after the
manner of your fathers? and play you the prostitute after their
abominations? {20:31} and when you offer your gifts, when you make
your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all
your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, house of
Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by
you; {20:32} and that which comes into your mind shall not be at all,
in that you say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the
countries, to serve wood and stone. {20:33} As I live, says the Lord
Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and
with wrath poured out, will I be king over you: {20:34} and I will
bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the
countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an
outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out; {20:35} and I will bring
you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into
judgment with you face to face. {20:36} Like as I entered into
judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so
will I enter into judgment with you, says the Lord Yahweh. {20:37} I
will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the
bond of the covenant; {20:38} and I will purge out from among you the
rebels, and those who disobey against me; I will bring them forth out
of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land
of Israel: and you shall know that I am Yahweh. {20:39} As for you,
house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Go you, serve everyone his
idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but my holy
name you shall no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.
{20:40} For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of
Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel, all
of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there
will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings,
with all your holy things. {20:41} As a pleasant aroma will I accept
you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the
countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified
in you in the sight of the nations. {20:42} You shall know that I am
Yahweh, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the
country which I swore to give to your fathers. {20:43} There you shall
remember your ways, and all your doings, in which you have polluted
yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all
your evils that you have committed. {20:44} You shall know that I am
Yahweh, when I have dealt with you for my name's sake, not according
to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of
Israel, says the Lord Yahweh. {20:45} The word of Yahweh came to me,
saying, {20:46} Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop
[your word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the
field in the South; {20:47} and tell the forest of the South, Hear the
word of Yahweh: Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will kindle a
fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every
dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from
the south to the north shall be burnt thereby. {20:48} All flesh shall
see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched. {20:49}
Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of
parables?
{21:1} The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, {21:2} Son of man, set
your face toward Jerusalem, and drop [your word] toward the
sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel; {21:3} and tell
the land of Israel, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I am against you, and
will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you
the righteous and the wicked. {21:4} Seeing then that I will cut off
from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go
forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
{21:5} and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, have drawn forth my
sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more. {21:6} Sigh
therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your thighs and with
bitterness you will sigh before their eyes. {21:7} It shall be, when
they tell you, Why do you sigh? that you shall say, Because of the
news, for it comes; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be
feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as
water: behold, it comes, and it shall be done, says the Lord Yahweh.
{21:8} The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, {21:9} Son of man,
prophesy, and say, Thus says Yahweh: Say, A sword, a sword, it is
sharpened, and also furbished; {21:10} it is sharpened that it may
make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall
we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it condemns every tree. {21:11}
It is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is
sharpened, yes, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the
killer. {21:12} Cry and wail, son of man; for it is on my people, it
is on all the princes of Israel: they are delivered over to the sword
with my people; strike therefore on your thigh. {21:13} For there is a
trial; and what if even the rod that condemns shall be no more? says
the Lord Yahweh. {21:14} You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and
strike your hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third
time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great
one who is deadly wounded, which enters into their chambers. {21:15} I
have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their
heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as
lightning, it is pointed for slaughter. {21:16} Gather you together,
go to the right, set yourself in array, go to the left, wherever your
face is set. {21:17} I will also strike my hands together, and I will
cause my wrath to rest: I, Yahweh, have spoken it. {21:18} The word of
Yahweh came to me again, saying, {21:19} Also, you son of man, appoint
two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they both
shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at
the head of the way to the city. {21:20} You shall appoint a way for
the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in
Jerusalem the fortified. {21:21} For the king of Babylon stood at the
parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he
shook the arrows back and forth, he consulted the teraphim, he looked
in the liver. {21:22} In his right hand was the divination [for]
Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter,
to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the
gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts. {21:23} It shall be to them
as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them;
but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken. {21:24}
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have made your
iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered,
so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because you have come
to memory, you shall be taken with the hand. {21:25} You, deadly
wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the
time of the iniquity of the end, {21:26} thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Remove the turban, and take off the crown; this [shall be] no more the
same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high. {21:27} I
will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more,
until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him]. {21:28}
You, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh
concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and
say you, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished,
to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning; {21:29} while they
see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you
on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day is come
in the time of the iniquity of the end. {21:30} Cause it to return
into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of
your birth, will I judge you. {21:31} I will pour out my indignation
on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath; and I will
deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy. {21:32}
You shall be for fuel to the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of
the land; you shall be no more remembered: for I, Yahweh, have spoken
it.
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