Ferufalems fins threatned: Ezekiel. A catalogue of them. 16 Go thee one way or other, either on where thou waft created, in the land of the right hand, or on the left, whitherfo- thy nativity. ever thy face is fet. 17 I will alfo fmite mine hands toge ther, and I will caufe my fury to reft: I the LORD have said it. 18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, faying, 19 Alfo thou fon of man, appoint thee two ways, that the fword of the king of Babylon may come both twain fhall come forth out of one land, and choofe thou a place, choofe it at the head of the way to the city. 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah and Jerufalem the defenced. 21 For the king of Babylon ftood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to ufe divination: he made his ar. rows bright, he confulted with images, he looked in the liver. 22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerufalem to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the flaughter, to lift up the voice with fhouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to caft a mount, and to build a fort. 23 And it fhall be unto them as a falfe divination in their fight, to them that have fworn oaths: but he will call to remem. brance the iniquity, that they may be taken. 24 Therefore thus faith the Lord GOD, Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembred, in that your tranfgreffions are difcovered, fo that in all your doings your fins do appear: becaufe, Ifay, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.. 25 And thou profane wicked prince of Ifael, whofe day is come, when iniquity hall have an end, 26 Thus faith the Lord God, Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this fhall not be the fame, exalt him that is low, and abafe him that is high. 27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it, and it fhall be no more until he come whofe right it is, and I will give it him. 28 And thou fon of man, prophefie and fay, Thus faith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach: even fey thou, The fword, the feerd is drawn: for the flaughter it furbished, to confume because of the glittering: 31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men,and skilful to deftroy. 32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire: thy blood fhall be in the midft of the land, thou shalt be no more remembred: for I the LORD have spoken it. M CHAP. XXII. Oreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, faying, 2 Now thou fon of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou fhalt fhew her all her abominations. 3 Then fay thou, Thus faith the Lord GOD, The city heddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols againft her felf, to defile her felf. blood that thou haft fhed, and haft def 4 Thou art become guilty, in thy led thy felf in thine idols, which thou haf made, and thou haft caufed thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years; therefore have I made thee a te proach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. 5 Trofe that be near, and thofe that b far from thee, fhall mock thee, which an infamous, and much vexed. 6 Behold, the princes of Ifrael,every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. 7 In thee have they fet light by father and mother: in the midft of thee have they dealt by oppreffion with the ftran ger: in thee have they vexed the fatherlefs and the widow. 8 Thou haft defpifed mine holy thing, and haft profaned my fabbaths. 9 In thee are men that carry tales to fhed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midft of thee they commit lewdnefs. to In thee have they difcovered their fr thers nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was fet a part for pollution. II And one hath committed abominati on with his neighbours wife, and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law, and another in thee hath humbled his fifter, his fathers daughter. 12 In thee have they taken gifts to fhed blood; thou haft taken ufury and increafe, and thou haft greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and haft forgotten me, faith the Lord GOD. 13 Behold therefore, I have fmitten mine hand at thy difhoneft gain which thou haft made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. 29 Whiles they fee vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee,to bring thee upon the necks of them that are fl-in, the wicked whofe day is come, when iniquity fball have an end. all I caufe it to return into his 14 Can thine heart endure, or can I will judge thee in the place thine hands be ftrong in the days that I hall The general corruption. Chap. xxiij. Aholah and Aholibah reproved. that should make up the hedge, and ftand in the gap before me for the land that I fhould not deftroy it: but I found none. all deal with thee? I the LORD have Is And I will scatter thee among the hea- 18 Son of man, the houfe of Ifrael is to As they gather filver, and brass, iron, and lead, and tin into the midft he furnace, to blow the fire upon it, nelt it, fo will I gather you in mine er, and in my fury, and I will leave there, and melt you. Yea, I will gather you,and blow upou in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall belted in the midft thereof. As filver is melted in the midft of the ace, fo fhall ye be melted in the midft eof, and ye shall know that I the LORD poured out my fury upon you. And the word of the LORD came ome, faying, Son of man, fay unto her, Thou art fand that is not cleanfed, nor rained a in the day of indignation. There is a confpiracy of her prophets e midft thereof like a roaring lion rang the prey: they have devoured they have taken the treafure and ious things: they have made her mavidows in the midft thereof. Her priefts have violated my law, have profaned mine holy thing: they put no difference between the holy profane, neither have they fhewed ence between the unclean and the Land have hid their eyes from my fabs, and I am profaned among them. Her princes in the midft thereof are wolves ravening the prey, to fhed dyand to deftroy fouls to get dishoneft And her prophets have daubed them buntempered morter, feeing vanity, divining lies unto them, faving, Thus the Lord God, when the LORD hath poken. The people of the land have ufed opon, and exercifed robbery, and have I'd the poor and needy: yea,they have puffed the ftranger wrongfully. And I fought for a man among them 31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them, I have confumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompenfed upon their heads, faith the Lord GOD. CHAP. XXIII. TH He word of the LORD came again unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother. 3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt,they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts preffed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. 4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her fifter: and they were mine, and they bare fons and daughters: thus were their names, Samaria is Aholah, and Jerufalem Aholibah. s And Aholah played the harlot when the was mine, and the doted on her lovers, on the Affyrians her neighbours, 6 Which were cloathed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them defirable young men, horfemen riding upon horfes. 7 Thus the committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chofen men of Affyria, and with all on whom the doted, with all their idols the defiled her felf. 8 Neither left the her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breafts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. 9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the band of her lovers, into the hand of the Affyrians, upon whom the doted. 10 Thefe difcovered her nakedness, they took her fons and her daughters, and flew her with the fword: and the became famous among women, for they had executed judgment upon her. 11 And when her fifter Aholibah Law this, he was more corrupt in her inordinate love than the, and in her whoredoms more than her fifter in her whoredoms. 12 She doted upon the Affyrians ber neighbours, captains and rulers cloathed moft gorgeously, horfemen riding upon horfes, all of them defirable young men. 13 Then I faw that he was defiled, that they took both one way, 14 And that the increafed her whoredoms: for when the faw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Che deans pourtrayed with vermilion, 15 Girded with girdles upon the exceeding in dyed attire upon the E e Aholibah plagued. Ezekiel. all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: 16 And as foon as the faw them with her eyes, the doted upon them, and fent mef fengers unto them into Chaldea. 17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and he was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. 18 So the difcovered her whoredoms, and difcovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her fifter. 19 Yet the multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein the had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. 20 For the doted upon their paramours, whofe flesh is as the flesh of affes, and whofe fues is like the iffue of horfes. 21 Thus thou calledft to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruifing thy teats, by the Egyptians, for the paps of thy youth. 22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus faith the Lord GoD, Behold, I will raife up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every fide; 23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa and Koa, and all the Affyrians with them: all of them defirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horfes. 24 And they fhall come against thee with chariots, wagons and wheels, and with an affembly of people, which hall fet against thee buckler and fhield,and helmet sound about: and I will fet judgment be fore them, and they fhall judge thee according to their judgments. as And I will fet my jealouse against thee, and they fhall deal furioufly with thee: they hall take away thy nofe, and thine ears, and thy remnant fhall fall by the fword: they fhall take thy fons and thy daughters, and thy refidue fhall be devoured by the fire. 26 They fhall alfo ftrip thee out of thy loaths, and take away thy fair jewels. 27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to ceafe from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: fo that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. Idolatry punished. fully, and fhall take away all thy labour, and fhall leave thee naked and bare, and the nakedness of thy whoredoms fhall be difcovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. 30 I will do thefe things unto thee, be caufe thou haft gone a whoring after the heathen, and becaufe thou art polluted with their idols. 31 Thou haft walked in the way of thy fifter, therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. 32 Thus faith the Lord GOD, Thou shalt drink of thy fifters cup deep and large: thou fhalt be laughed to fcorn, and had in derifion; it containeth much. 33 Thou shalt be filled with drunken. nefs and forrow, with the cup of aftonifi ment and defolation, with the cup of thy fifter Samaria. 34 Thou shalt even drink it and fuck it our, and thou fhalt break the herds there of, and pluck off thine own breafts: for! have fpoken it, faith the Lord God. 35 Therefore thus faith the Lord GoD because thou haft forgotten me, and caf me behind thy back, therefore bear tho alfo thy lewdness, and thy whoredoms. 36 The LORD faid moreover unto me Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them ther abominations, 37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have alfo caufed their fons whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire to devour them. 38 Moreover, this they have done unte me: they have defiled my fanctuary in the fame day, and have profaned my fabbaths. 39 For when they had flain their chil dren to their idols, then they came the fame day into my fanctuary to profane it; and lo, thus have they done in the midf of mine houfe. 40 And furthermore, that ye have fent for men to come from far, unto whom a mel fenger was fent,and lo,they came for whom thou didft wash thy felf,paintedft thy eyes, and deckedft thy felf with ornaments, 41 And fatteft upon a ftately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou haft fet mine incenfe and mine oyl. 42 And a voice of a multitude being at eafe was with her, and with the men of the common fort were brought Sabears from the wilderness, which put braceles upon their hands, and beautiful crowns 28 For thus faith the Lord GOD, Behold, will deliver thee into the hand of them upon their heads. thou hateft, into the hand of them hom thy mind is alienated. nd. they hall deal with thee hate 43 Then faid I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and the with them ? 44. Yet The boiling pot. Chap. xxiv. 44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harTot: fo went they in unto Aholah, and unto Aholibah the lewd women. 45 And the righteous men they fhall judge them after the manner of adultereffes, and after the manner of women that hed blood; because they are adultereffes, and blood is in their hands. 46 For thus faith the Lord GOD, I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and fpoiled. 47 And the company fhall ftone them with ftones, and difpatch them with their fwords, they fhall flay their fons and their daughters, and burn up their houfes with fire. 48 Thus will I caufe lewdness to ceafe out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness." 49 And they fhall recompense your lewdnefs upon you, and ye fhall bear the fins of your idols: and ye fhall know that I am the Lord GOD. CHA P. XXIV. Ezekiels wife a fign. thereof, that the brafs of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the fcum of it may be confumed. 12 She hath wearied her felf with lies, and her great fcum went not forth out of her: her fcum fhall be in the fire. 13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou waft not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caufed my fury to reft upon thee. 14 I the LORD have fpoken it, it fhall come to pafs, and I will do it, I will not go back, neither will I fpare, neither will I repent, according to thy ways, and according to thy doings fhall they judge thee, faith the Lord GOD. Is Alfo the word of the LORD came unto me, faying,, 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the defire of thine eyes with a ftroke: yet neither halt thou mourn nor weep, neither fhall thy tears run down. 17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning ninth head month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, Write thee the name of the day, even of this fame day: the king of Babylon fet himself against Jerufalem this fame day. 3. And utter a parable unto the rebellious houfe, and fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord GoD, Set on a pot, fet it on, and alfo pour water into it. 4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the fhoulder, fill it with the choice bones. s Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them feethe the bones of it therein. 6 Wherefore thus faith the Lord GOD, Wo to the bloody city, to the pot whofe fcum is therein, and whofe fcum is not gone out of it, bring it out piece by piece, let no lot fall upon it. 7 For her blood is in the midft of her, the fet it upon the top of a rock, the poured it not upon the ground to cover it with duft: 8 That it might caufe fury to come up to take vengeance: I have fet her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. 9 Therefore thus faith the Lord GOD, Wo to the bloody city, I will even make the pile for fire great 10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, confame the flesh, and fpice it well, and let the bones be burne 14 Then let it empty upon the coals. upon thee, and put on thy fhoes upon thy feet, and cover not tby lips, and eat not the bread of men. 18 So I fpake unto the people in the morning, and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was com manded. 19 And the people faid unto me," Wilt thou not tell us what thefe things are to us, that thou doeft fo? 20 Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, faying, 21 Speak unto the houfe of Ifrael, Thus faith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will profane my fanctuary, the excellency of your ftrength, the defire of your eyes, and that which your foul pitieth; and your fons and your daughters, whom ye have left, fhall fall by the fword. 22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye fhall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. 23 And your tires fhall be upon your heads, and your fhoes upon your feet: ye thall not mourn nor weep, but ye fhall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one towards another. 24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a fign: according to all that he hath done all ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord God. 25 Allo thou fon of man, fhall it not be in the day when I take from them their ftrength, the joy of their glory, the de fire of their eyes, and that whereupon they fet their minds, their fons and their daughters 26. That he that escapeth in that Gods vengeance on Ammin, &c. Ezekiel. fhall come unto thee, to caufe thee to hear it with thine ears? 27 In that day fhall thy mouth be opened to him which is efcaped, and thou shalt fpeak and be no more dumb, and thou fhalt be a fign unto them, and they shall know that I am the LORD. CHAP. XXV. TH He word of the LORD came again unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, fet thy face againft the Ammonites, and prophefie against them, 3 And fay unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the LordGOD,Thus faith the Lord GOD, Because thou faidft, Aha, against my fanctuary, when it was profaned, and against the land of Ifrael, when it was defolate, and against the houfe of Judah, when they went into captivity, The fearful fall 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Ifrael, and they fhall do in Edom according to mine anger,and according to my fury,and they fhall know my vengeance, faith the Lord God, 15 Thus faith the Lord GOD, Because the Philiftines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a defpiteful heart, to deftroy it for the old hatred, 16 Therefore thus faith the Lord GoD, Behold, I will fretch out mine hand upon the Philiftines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and deftroy the remnant of the fea-coaft. 17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes, and they fhall know that I am the LORD, when I fhall lay my vengeance upon them. CHAP. XXVI. Nd it came to pafs in the eleventh 4. Behold therefore, I will deliver thee Near, in the firft day of the month, to the men of the east, for a poffeffion, and they shall fet their palaces in thee,and make their dwellings in thee: they fhall eat thy fruit, and they fhall drink thy milk. s And I will make Rabbah a ftable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 6 For thus faith the Lord GOD, Because thou haft clapped thine hands,and ftamped with the feet, and rejoyced in heart with all thy defpite againft the land of Ifrael: 7 Behold therefore, I will ftretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a fpoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will caufe thee to perish out of the countries: I will deftroy thee, and thou fhalt know that I am the LORD. 8Thus faith the Lord GOD, Because that Moab and Seir do fay, Behold, the houfe of Judah is like unto all the heathen: 9 Therefore behold, I will open the fide of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the Country Beth-jefhimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, 10 Unto the men of the eaft with the Ammonites, and will give them in poffeffion, that the Ammonites may not be remembred among the nations. II And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they fhall know that I am the LORD. 12 Thus faith the Lord God, Because that Edom hath dealt against the houfe of Judah,by taking vengeance, and hath great ly offended, and revenged himself upon them: 13 Therefore thus faith the Lord GOD, I Walfs ftretch out mine hand upon Edom, I cut off man and beaft from it,and ke it defolate from Teman, and dan shall fall by the sword that the word of the LORD came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath faid againft Jerufalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: the is turned unto me, I fhall be replenished, now the is laid wafte :. 3 Therefore thus faith the Lord GOD, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will caufe many nations to come up againft thee, as the fea caufeth his waves to come up. 4 And they fhall deftroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towres: I will alfo fcrape her duft from her, and make her like the top of a rock. s It fhall be a place for the fpreading of nets in the midst of the fea: for I have fpoken it, faith the Lord GOD, and it fhall become a spoil to the nations. 6 And her daughters which are in the field fhall be flain by the fword, and they fhall know that I am the LORD. 7. For thus faith the Lord God, Be hold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchad rezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horfes, and with chariots, and with horfemen, and compa nies, and much people. 8 He hall flay with the fword thy daughters in the field, and he fhall make a fort againft thee,and caft a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. 9 And he shall fet engines of war againft thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. 10 By reafon of the abundance of his hor fes, their duft fhail cover thee, thy wall fhall fake at the noife of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he fhall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. u With t t |