7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves ch. 18. 31. with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

12 Chr. 15.8. m Lev. 17.7. & 18. 3. Deut. 29.16, 17, 18. Josh. 24. 14.

8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto 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 will "pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

10 ¶ Wherefore IP caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

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11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even

2 Heb. made live in them.

them to

know.

12 Moreover also I gave them my Lev. 18. 5. sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

ver. 13, 21. Rom. 10. 5. Gal. 3. 12. s Ex. 20. 8. & 31. 13, &c. & 35. 2. Deut. 5. 12. Neh. 9. 14. t Num. 14. 22. Ps. 78. 40.

95.8,9,10. u ver. 16,24. Ex. 16. 27.

Prov. 1. 25.

y Num. 14.

29. & 26. 65.

Ps. 106. 23. z ver. 9, 22.

a Num. 14. 28.

Ps. 95. 11. & 106. 26.

b ver. 6.

• ver. 13, 24.

d Num. 15. 39. Ps. 78. 37. Amos 5. 25, 26.

13 But the house of Israel trebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they "despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto 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;

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16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.

17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither Acts.7.42,43. did I make an end of them in the wilderness.

e Pa. 78. 38.

Israel's rebellions.

in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

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cir. 593.

8 ver. 12.

20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and Jer. 17. 22. you, that ye may know that I am the LORD God.

your

Num. 25. Deut. 9. 23,

1.2.

24. & 81. 27.

I ver. 11, 13.

21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon ver. 8, 13. them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

22 'Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and "wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that "I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

24°Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then "they saw every high hill, and 1.57.5, &c. all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

God promiseth to gather

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z ver. 8.

a ch. 11. 5.

31 For when ye offer your gifts, when make ye your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you.

32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

33 ¶ As I live, saith the Lord GOD, b Jer. 21.5. surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: 34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.

Jer. 2.9.35.

ch. 17. 20.

d See Num. 14.21,22,23, 28, 29.

e Lev. 27.32. Jer. 33. 13.

2 Or, a delivering.

f ch. 34. 17, 20.

Matt. 25. 32, 33.

35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord God.

37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where 8 Jer. 44.14. they sojourn, and they shall not

b ch. 6. 7.

& 15.7. & 23.49.

I Judg. 10.
14.
Ps. 81. 12.
Amos 4. 4.

k Is. 1. 13. ch. 23.38,39.

1 Is. 2. 2, 3. ch. 17. 23. Mic. 4. 1.

m Is. 56.7. Zech. 8.20,

& 60. 7.

&c.
Mal. 3. 4.

Rom. 12. 1.

8 Or, chief.

4 Heb. savour of rest. a Eph. 5.2. Phil. 4. 18.

over. 38, 44.

ch. 36. 23. & 39. 23.

p ch. 11. 17.

& 34. 13. & S6. 24.

g

them by the gospel.

try for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.

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q ch. 16. 61.

Lev. 26.39. Hos. 5. 15.

ch. 6. 9.

☐ ver. 38. ch. 24. 24.

43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. 44 And shall know that I am ye the LORD, when I have wrought with you 'for my name's sake, not accord-tch. 36. 23. ing to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. 45 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

46 Son of man, set thy face to- ch. 6. 2. ward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord Gon; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it | xJer. 21. 14. shall devour every green tree in Luke 23.31. thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

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48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

CHAPTER XXI.

Ezekiel prophesieth against Jerusalem with a sign of sighing. 8 The sharp and bright sword, 18 against Jerusalem, 25 against the kingdom, 28 and against the Ammonites.

shall know that I am the LORD.

39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

40 For 'in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

41 I will accept you with your "sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, Pwhen I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the coun

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unto me, saying,

b

z ch. 21. 4.

593.

a ch. 20. 46.

b Deut.32.2. Amos 7. 16.

2 a Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy Mic. 2.6.11. against the land of Israel,

3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the Job 9. 22. wicked.

4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh d from the south to the north:

5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.

11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: 'terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

13 'Because it is 'a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? mit shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that 30. & 22. 25. their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! Pit is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. 16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the

7 Or, glittering, or, fear.

p ver. 10, 28. 8 Or, sharpened.

9 Heb. set

a ch. 14. 17. left, whithersoever thy face is set. 17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest I the LORD have said it.

thyself, take the left hand. r ver. 14. ch. 22. 13.

8 ch. 5. 13.

t Jer. 49. 2. ch. 25. 5.

18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.

t

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against Jerusalem.

21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

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22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint 56 captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.

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23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

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r the way.

mother of

8 Or, knives. 4 Heb.

teraphim.

5Or, batter

ing rams, ch. 4. 2. 6Heb.rams. a Jer. 51. 14. x ch.4.2.

7 Or, for the oaths made

unto them. ch. 17. 13,

15, 16, 18.

13.

25 ¶ And thou, profane wicked 2 Chr. 36. prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

Jer. 52. 2. ch. 17. 19. a ver. 29.

26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Re- ch. 35. 5. move the diadem, and take off the crown this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him ch. 17. 24. that is high.

Luke 1.52.

8 Heb. Perverted, perverted, perverted,

27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it will make is; and I will give it him.

28 ¶ And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD d concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

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29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

it.

© Gen.49.10. ver. 13. Luke 1. 32,

33. John 1. 49.

d Jer. 49. 1. ch. 25. 2,3,6.

Zeph. 2. 8,

9, 10.

⚫ ver. 9, 10.

f ch. 12. 24. & 22. 28.

8 ver. 25. Job 18, 20, Ps. 37. 18. 9 Or, Cause it to return. Jer.47.6,7.

30 h Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? 'I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, Gen. 15.14. in the land of thy nativity.

31 And I will 1pour 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 de

32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst

ch. 16. 38.

k ch. 16. 3. 1 ch. 7. 8. &

14. 19. & 22.

22.

m ch. 22. 20,

21.

2 Or, burning.