The judgment of mount Seir. Before 587. yield her fruit, and the earth shall | thine envy, which thou hast used Before CHRIST yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall_know that I am the LORD, when I have o Lev. 26. 13. broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that Pserved themselves of them. Jer. 2. 20. p Jer. 25. 14. q See ver. 8. ch. 36. 4. r Jer. 30. 10. & 46. 27. ver. 25. s Is. 11. 1. Jer. 23. 5. Or, for re nown. † Heb. taken away. tch. 36, 3, 6, 15. u ver. 24. ch. 37. 27. xPs. 100. 3. John 10, 11. 587. ach. 6. 2. b Deut. 2. 5. c Jer. 49. 7, 8. ch. 25. 12. Amos 1. 11. Obad. 10, &c. dch. 6. 14. 28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. 29 And I will raise up for them a $ plant || of renown, and they shall be no more + consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. 30 Thus shall they know that "I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD. 31 And ye my * flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GoD. CHAPTER XXXV. The judgment of mount Seir for their ha- M OREOVER the word of the 587. ch. 6. 7. out of thy hatred against them; and CHRIST mount Seir, and prophesy against ALSO, thou son of man, prophesy it, 3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and d I will stretch tion and des- out mine hand against thee, and I † Heb. desola olation: So ver. 7. e ver. 9. fch. 25. 12. Obad, 10. Or, hatred of old, ch. 25. 15. out the children. will make thee most desolate. 4 I will lay thy cities waste, and 5 Because thou hast had a || perpet ual hatred, and hast tshed the blood | lowed you up on every side, that ye + Heb. poured of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: † Heb. hands. g Ps. 137. 7. ch. 21. 25, 29. Dan. 9 21. Obad. 11. 1 Ps. 109. 17. + Heb. desola tion and des olation, ver. 3. i Judg. 5. 6. ch. 29. 11. k ch. 31. 12. & 32. 5. 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the 7 Thus will I make mount Seir 8 k And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and 1 Jer.49.17,18. in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword. might be a possession unto the resi- 26. 2. c Deut. 33. 13, d ch. 35. 10. + Heb. Because for because. e Deut. 28.37. 1 Kings 9. 7. Lam 2. 15. Dan. 9. 16. 4 Therefore, ye mountains of Is- Or. ye are rael, 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, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about; made to come upon the lip of the tongue. || Or, bottoms, or, dales. fch. 34. 28. gPs. 79. 4. h Deut. 4. 24. ch. 38. 19. 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord 6 Prophesy therefore concerning Lord GOD, I will even do Paccord-saith the Lord GoD; Behold, I have ing to thine anger, and according to Israel was rejected for sin. Before EZEKIEL. The blessings of Christ's kingdom. fury, because ye have k borne the | 22 Therefore say unto the house CHRIST shame of the heathen: 587. fall. sch. 34. 29. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. 8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: 10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: 11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; Pand they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. 13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; Before 587. c Ps. 106. 8. of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; CHRIST I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be dsanctified in you before || their eyes. deh. 20.41. & 28 22. 24 For I will take you from among || Or, your. the heathen, and gather you out of ech. 34.13. & all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 37.21. Heb. 10. 22, g Jer. 33.8. 25TfThen will I sprinkle clean fIs. 52. 15. water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. ch. 11. 19. 26 A new heart also will I give h Jer. 32. 39. you, and a new spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my i Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. 28 kAnd ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; land ye i ch. 11. 19. & 37. 14. k ch. 28.25. & 37. 25. 14 Therefore thou shalt devour men S tions any more, saith the Lord GOD. 15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD. 16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, t Lev. 18.25, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as "the uncleanness of a removed woman. b ch, 20. 9, 14. i 19 And I y scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: "according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. 20 And when they entered unto 21 1 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. 36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I : u Is. 51. 3. ch. 28. 13. Joel 2, 3. 37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; VI will yet for this be inquired of by the ySee ch. 14.3. house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. & 20. 3, 31. z ver. 10. + Heb. flock of holy things. about 587. ach. 1. 3. 38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD. CHAPTER XXXVII. 1 By the resurrection of dry bones, 11 the dead hope of Israel is revived. 15 By the uniting of two sticks, 18 is shewed incorporation of Israel into Judah. 20 The promises of Christ's kingdom. HE *hand of the LORD was upon the TH me, and carried me out bin the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down 8. 3. & 11.24. in the midst of the valley which was b ch. 3. 14. & Luke 4. 1. || Or, full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open || valley; champaign. and, lo, they were very dry. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answer c Deut. 32.39. ed, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. 1 Sam. 2. 6. John 5. 21. Rom. 4. 17. 2 Cor, 1.9. d Ps. 104. 30. ver. 9. e ch. 6. 7. & 35. 12. Joel 2. 27. & 3. 17. [Or, breath. fPs. 104. 30. ver. 5. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, Oye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. 5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will d cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the || wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; f Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10 So I prophesied as he commandg Rev. 11. 11. ed me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great Promises of Christ's kingdom. Behold, iO my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and k bring you into the land of Israel. Before CHRIST about 587. i ls. 26. 10. Hos, 13, 14. 13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your kch. 36. 24. graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, ver, 25, 14 And I shall put my Spirit in you, Ich. 36. 27. and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. 15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 16 Moreover, thou son of man, mtake thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for "the children of Israel his companions: then take anpanions: other stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. 18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, P Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? 194 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. m See Num. 17. 2. n2 Chr 11.12, 13. 16. & 15. 9.& 30,11,18. o See ver. 22, 24. pch. 12. 9. & 24. 19. q Zech. 10. 6.. r ver. 16, 17. 20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before sch. 12. 3. their eyes. 21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GoD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: t ch. 36. 24. u Is. 11. 13. Jer. 3. 18. & 50. 4. Hos 1. 11. x ch 34.23,24. John 10. 16. y ch. 36. 25. 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but "I zeh.36.28,29. will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. 24 And a David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 d And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their chil a Is. 40. 11. Jer 23, 5. & 30 9. ch 34 23, 24. Hos. 3.5. Luke 1. 32. b ver. 22. John 10. 16. cch. 36, 27. d ch. 36. 28. The army and malice of Gog. Before dren, and their children's children | 12 To take a spoil, and to take a Before HRIST for ever: and fmy servant David shall be their prince for ever. about 587. 26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and hmultiply them, and will set my i sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 27 k My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be 1 their God, and they shall be my people. 28m And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do "sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. CHAPTER XXXVIII. about 587. † Heb. tch.36.34,35. prey; to turn thine hand upon the CHRIST 1 The army, 8 and malice of Gog. 14 my people of Israel dwelleth safely, AND the word of the LORD came me, saying, 2a Son of man, bset thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, || the chief prince of d Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, fall of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and || Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 & Gomer, and all his bands; the house of h Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7 i Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou Cund a guard unto them. 8k After many days I thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, nch, 36. 1, 4, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of eh. 34. 13. 8. o Jer. 23.6. ch. 28. 26. & them. 34. 25, 28. ver. 11. p Is. 28. 2. q Jer. 4. 13. ver. 16. 9 Thou shalt ascend and come Plike a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy Or, conceive mind, and thou shalt || think an evil a mischiev ous purpose. rJer. 49.31. thought: 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, * that dwell || safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neiconfidently. ther bars nor gates, 15 And thou shalt come from thy d. ch. 39. 2. place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: 16 f And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; kit shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. gver. 8. h Ex. 14. 4. ch. 36. 23. && 39. 21. 17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art 18 And it shall come to pass at the & 39. 25. k Ps. 89. 46. 1 Hag. 2. 6, 7. Rev. 16. 18. m Hos. 4.3. 19 For i in my jealousy k and in the ich. 36, 5, 6. fire of my wrath have I spoken, I Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 So that in the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the || steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. nJer. 4. 24. Nah. 1. 5, 6. Or, towers, or, stairs. o Ps. 105. 16. peh. 14. 17. 21 And I will call for Pa sword against him throughout all my Judg. 7. 22. mountains, saith the Lord GOD: Tevery man's sword shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and * sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, 1 Sam. 14.20. 2 Chr. 20. 23. rIs. 66. 16. Jer. 25. 31. sch. 5. 17. t Ps. 11. 6. u ch. 13. 11. Rev. 16. 21. x ch. 36.23. y Ps. 9. 16. aver. 8. Ог, ch. 37. 28. & 39.7. ver, 16. God's judgment upon Gog. Before and they shall know that I am the | 14 And they shall sever out † men CHRIST LORD. about 587. ach. 38. 2, 3. Or, strike thee with six plagues; or, draw thee back with a hook of six teeth, as ch. 38. 4. b ch. 38. 15. † Heb. the sides of the north. cch. 38. 21. ver. 17. d ch. 33. 27, † Heb. wing. † Heb. to de vour. † Heb. the face of the field. e ch. 38. 22. Amos 1. 4. Or, confidently. fPs. 72. 10. g ver. 22. h Lev. 18. 21. ch, 20, 39. i ch. 38.16,23. k Rev. 16. 17. & 21. 6. 1 ch. 38. 17. CHAPTER XXXIX. 1 God's judgment upon Gog. 8 Israel's victory. 11 Gog's burial in Hamon-gog. THEREFORE, a thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 2 And I will turn thee back, and || leave but the sixth part of thee, band will cause thee to come up from † the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: 3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mount- 5 Thou shalt fall upon the open 6 And I will send a fire on Magog, 7 & So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: iand the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. 8Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day 1 whereof I have spoken. 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the Or, javelins. bows and the arrows, and the || handstaves, and the spears, and they shall || burn them with fire seven years: 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: mand they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. Or, make a fire of them. m Is. 14. 2. Before about 587. of continual employment, passing CHRIST a † Heb. men of continuance. pver. 12. 15 And the passengers that pass 16 And also the name of the city r 17 And, thou son of man, thus on come; every side to my || sacrifice sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice tupon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. multitude. q ver. 12. rRev. 19. 17. † Heb. te Jer. 12. 9. Zeph. 1. 7. 10. slaughter. tver. 4. u Rev. 19. 18. 18 " Ye shall eat the flesh of the 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, 20 Y Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, " with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea; and it shall stop Or, mouths. the || noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it, The ❘ by they have trespassed against me, valley of || Hamon-gog. 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; h Now_will I bring again the hJer. 30.3.18. captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the i whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; 26k After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses where |