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The fall of Assyria.

CHAPTER XXXII.

A lumenuanion for Egyp. Before chesnut-trees were not like his branches; nor any tree 5 And I will lay thy 'flesh upon the mountains, Refore CHRIST

CHRIST in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty and fill the valleys with thy height.

9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his 6 I will also water with "thy blood the land where

branches : so that all the trees of Eden, that were in in thou swimmest, even to the mountains ; and the loveli, Gen. 2 the garden of God, envied him.

rivers shall be full of thee. 10 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Because 7 And when I shall 'put thee out, I will cover the Rev. 16, 4. thou hast 'lifted up thyself in height, and he bath} heaven, and make the stars thereof daik; /* will Jan 18, 5.

shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart { cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not Prov. 19, 7. ban 5, 20 is lifted up in his height;

give her light. 11 "I have, therefore, delivered him into the hand 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark 10.

of the nighty one of the heathen; he shall surely "deal over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the EX10.31. Dan 2 21. with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. Lord God.

12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have 9 I will also ovex the hearts of many people, when Rev!, Judg. 1.7. : Sala is cut him off, and have left him : upon the mountains I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into 10, is.

and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his the countries which thou hast not known.
boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land ; and 10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee,
all the people of the earth are gone down from hiss and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, pEx.15, 15.
shadow, and have left him.

when I shall brandish my sword before them; and olsa. 34, 6. 13 Upon his ruin shall all othe fowls of the heaven they shall tremble at every moment, every man for a Lev. 2,

remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his own life, in the day of thy fall.
his branches :

11 For thus saith the Lord God, The sword of the 14 P To the end that none of all the trees by the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. do 19. 12 waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot 12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause 'thy rch. 29, 19. PL. 113. led up their top among the thick boughs, neither their multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of sch. 23, 7.

trees stand up in their height, all that drink water : them; and they shall spoil the pompof Egypt, and all
for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, 13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from
with them that go down to the pit.

beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of 15 Thus saith the Lord God, In the day when he man trouble them any inore, nor the hoofs of beasts 12 Sam. 15, went down to the grave I caused a mourning: 'I trouble them.

covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods 14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause
thereof, and the great waters were stayed; and I their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord God.
caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees 15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, ch. 31, 13.
of the field fainted for him.

and the country shall be * destitute of that whereot , Psal. 105,
16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell 3
fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.
descend into the pit : and all the trees of Eden, the 16 This is the lanientation wherewith they shall , 2 Sam. 1,

choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, lament her: the daughters of the pations shall lament verse 2 ? Ise , eing shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth her; they shall lament for her, eren for Egypt, and for 12 Sam.1,

17 They also went down into hell with him, unto all her multitude, saith the Lord God. them that be slain with the sword; and they that were 17 1 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the 2

Jer. 9, 17. Hab. 2, 17. his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of} fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD the heathen.

came unto me, saying, 18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in 18 Son of mani, wail for the multitude of Egypt, a Phil. S. 16 greatness among the trees of Eden ? yet shalt thousand cast them down, even her, and the daughters of Pa 37, 35. be brought down with thetreesof Edenuntothe nether the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, Lar's 'S. parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the with them that go down into the pit.

uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. 19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty ? go down, 2 Chr. 22. This is Pharaoh, and all his multitude, saith the and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. Pie 52,7. Lord God.

20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are CHAPTER XXXII.

slain by the sword; she is delivered to the sword: A lamentation for the fearsul fall of Egypt. draw her and all her multitudes.

chap. So, it 21 The strong among the mighty shall • speak to cle!, twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by

2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh the sword. i Rev. 17, king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a 22 Asshur is there, and all her company: his graves

young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in are about him; all of them slain, fallen by the sword: Kings 23, the seas; and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and 23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit,

troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst and her company is round about her grave; all of ch. 12 13 their rivers.

them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror llosea 7,12

3 Thus saith the Lord God, I will, therefore, spread in 'the land of the living. 1 ch. 30, 11, out my net over thee with a company of many peo- 24 There is : Elam, and all her multitude round un 9,1, ple; and they shall 'bring thee up in my net. about her grave; all of them slain, fallen hy the sword, 2

4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether van A 2 E thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the in

the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I land of the living; vet have they borne their sharpe 1. Rev. ich will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. with them that go down to the pit.

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Ezekiel admonished of his duty.

EZEKIEL

The justice of God's ways. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the 10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the slain with all her multitude : her graves are roundhouse of Israel, Thusye speak, saying, “ If our transabout him; all of them i uncircumcised, slain by the gressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away sword : though their terror was caused in the land in them, 'how should we then live? of the living, yet have they borne their shame with 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, than; 21.23 them that go down to the pit : he is put in the midst I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; Isa

. 49,14 of them that be slain.

" but tha: the wicked turn from his way and live: chap. 67.!? 26 There is ' Meshech, " Tubal, and all her mul- turn ye, turn ye, from your evil ways; for why will 1 Gen. 10,2 titude: her graves are round about him ; all of them ye die, 'O house of Israel? Le Cien. 10, uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caus- 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the chil- Lam., 5s ed their terror in the land of the living.

dren of thy people, The righteousness of the oright- liosea 11, &. 27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are eous shall not deliver him in the day of his trans- n Micah 7,

fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to įgression : as for the wickedness of the wicked, he Luke 15, 2a * Heb. with hell † with their weapons of war; and they have shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from o cb. 3, 20. el pomeri laid their swords under their heads; but their ini- his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to Malio 13 Isa. S4, 17. quities shall be upon their bones, though they were live for his righteousness in the day that he 9 sinneth. Lex. 5, 10, the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall 2

28 Yea, thou shalt be obroken in the midst of the surely 'live; if he 'trust to his own righteousness o Ps. 37, 35. uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not 1.2 Chr. 7 IN 2,35. with the sword.

be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath Jer. 4, 1. 29 There is P Edom, her kings, and all her o prin- committed, he shall die for it. od 63. 14. ces, which with their mightare laid by them that were

14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou s Rom. 10,8 Mal. 1, 3, 4. slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircum-shalt surely i die ; if he turn from his sin, and do 9 Gen.36, cised, and with them that go down to the pit. that which is " lawful and right;

30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, 15 If the wicked * restore the pledge, give again . Micah 6, fudg. 11, and all the 'Zidonians, which are gone down with that he hath robbed, walk in the statutes of life, cia p.21,21. the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, 12.

might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that he shall not die.
be slain by the sword, and bear tlieir shame with them 16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall
that go down to the pit.

be ? mentioned unto him ; he hath done that which 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comfort-is lawful and right; he shall surely live. Hab. 2, 17. ed over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his 17 Yet the children of thy people say, The 'way a ch. 18, 2% uler. 25, 15. army slain by the sword, saith the Lord God. of the Lord is not equal : but, as for them, their

32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the way is not equal.
living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncir- 18 When the righteous turneth from his right-
cumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even eousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die 102
Pharaoh, and all his multitude, saith the Lord God. thereby.
CHAPTER XXXIII.

19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness,
God sheweth the justice of his ways toward the penitent. and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live
A GAiN the word of the Lord came unto me, thereby:
saying,

20 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal.
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy peo-Oye house of Israel, I will judge you every one e Ps. 75,7.
ple, and say unto then, When I bring the sword upon e after his ways.
a land, if the people of the land take a inan of their 21 1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of

r chap. 3, 17. coasts, and set him for their watchman :

our captivity, in the 5 tenth month, in the fifth day of 4. 3 If, when he seeth the sword come upon the the mouth, that one that had escaped out of Jerusaland, he blow the trumpet, and . warn the people; } lem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trum- 22 Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in

pet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come and the evening, afore he that was escaped came, and cbnp. 241. d Ps. 19, 11. take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. had ' opened iny mouth, until he came to ine in the g Zech. 8,

5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no
Aces 20,28. warning; ' his blood shall be upon him: but he that more dumb.
taketh warning sha'l deliver his soul.

23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me,
6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and saying,
blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; 24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of

if the sword come and take any person from among the land of Israel speak, saying, " Abraham was one, Ezra3,18. them, he is taken away "in. his iniquity ; but his and he inherited the land: but we are many; the h

1 blood will I require at the watchman's hand. land is given us for inheritance.

7 So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watch- 25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jer. 7, 4.

man unto the house of Israel ; therefore thou shalt God, Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes Mat. 5. 1 Jer. 23, 21, hear the word 'at my mouth, and warn them from me. toward your idols, and shed blood : and shall ye

8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, s possess the land ? 1 Cor. 11, thou shalt surely die ; if thou dost not speak to warn 26 °Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomi- n John 8,

the wicked from bis way, that wicked man shall die nation, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife:
in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thiy band. and shall ye possess the land ?

9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord
to turn from it; if he do notturn from his way, he shall Gop, As I live, surely they that are in the wastes
die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.shall fall by the sword; and him that is in the open

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The shepherds reproved.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

The blessings of Christ s kingitom. into the

field will I give to the beasts to be devoured; and 12 P As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the they that be in the forts, and in the caves, shall die day that he is among his sheep that are scattered ; of the pestilence.

so will I scek out my sheep, and will deliver them 28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the out of all places where they have been scattered in Joim 10, Con

ch. 7, 24. P pomp of her strength shall cease; and the moun- the cloudy and dark day cked tains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass

13 And I will bring them out from the people, q Song , through

2 and gather them from the countries, and will bring 29 Then shall they know that I am the Lord, them to their 'own land, and feed them upon the

when I have laid the land most desolate, because of mountains of Israel by itie rivers, and in all the in- & 29,8. chil

all their abominations which they have committed. habited places of the country. izh 30 Aiso, thou son of man, the children of thy people

14 I will feed them in a good pasturc, and upon s Ps. 98, 1. 162 Chr.36, still are "talking against thee by the walls, and in the the high mountains of Israel shalitheir fold be: there isa 8, 20. ILA

doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture 2 Thess. 2,
one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord. 15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to 1 Pet. 3, 2

31 And they come unto thee s as the people com- }' lie down, saith the Lord God.
eth, and they sit before thee als my people, and 'they

16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again Wher 13,? hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with that which was driven away, and will bind up that

their mouth they shew much love, but their heart which wus broken, and will strengthen that which 5. Iat. 18, yoeth after their covetousness.

was sick : but I will destroy the fat and the strong ; 15. 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely I will feed them with judgment. song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play 17 Andas for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord & 10,16. well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but God, Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, bethey do them not.

tween the rams and they he-goats. 33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have ? ea- Jer. 10, 24. come,) then shall they know that's a prophet hath ten up the good pasturc, bui ye niust tread down / ch.2, 37. been among them.

with your feet the residue of your pastures ? and to 33. CHAPTER XXXIV.

have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the , Mat. 1.5 11 God's providence for his flock....20 ? he kingdom of Christ. residue with your feet ? ND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

:

19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye
2 Son of man, prophesy against the a shep-have trodden with your feet; and they drink that
herds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus which ye have fouled with your feet.
saith the Lord Gov untu the shepherds, Wo be to 20 Therefore, thus saith the Lord God unto them,
the shepherds of Israel that do feed "themselves! Behold I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle
should not the shepherds feed the "flocks?

and between the lean cattle.
3 Ye eat the "fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, 21 Because ye have thrust with side and with
ye e kill them that are fed : but ye feed not the flock shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your

.
4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;
Afts 2002 have ve healed that which was sick, neither have ye 22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall

bound o Zech. 11,

up

that which was broken, neither have ye{no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle brought again that which was driven away, neither and cattle. * Nicols, have ye sought that which was 'lost; but with 23 And I will set up a one Shepherd orer them, ille".00, fler. 17, 4. force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. and he shall feed them, even my servant David ; he John 10, 11

5 And they were scattered, because there is "no shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. Luke 15, 6 shepherd : and they became meat to all the beasts 24 And I the Lord will be their God, and my Hosea 3, K 2.2 Cor. I, of the field when they were scattered.

servant David ' a prince among them; I the LORD IS. 8, 14, 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, have spoken it. Mai. 9,3%." and upon every high hill : yea, my flock was scat- 25 And I will make with them a covenant of | Lam. 2 tered upon all the face of the earth, and none did peace, and will cause the 'evil beasts to cease out 20. search or seek after them.

of the land; and they shall dwell 5 safely in the wil-
7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the derness, and sleep in the woods.
LORD;

26 And I will make them, and the places round 3.
8 As I live, saith the Lord Gop, surely because about "my hill, a ' blessing; and I will cause the (Isa. 11, 6,

to my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat shower to come down in his season : there shall be Hos. 2, 18

to every heast of the field, because there was no shep-showers of blessing.
Lees: 23; : herd, neither did my 'shepherds search for my flock, 27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit,

but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall
flock:

be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the
9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, ..
the LORD:

and delivered them out of the band of those that
10 Thus saith the Lord Gom, Behold, I amserved themselves of them.
riebe is,". against the shepherds; and I will "require my flock 23 And they shall no more be a prey to the hea- 1 Hom. 6, 6.

at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding then, neither shall the beasts of the land devour
the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves them: but they shall dwell safely, and none shall
any more: for I will deliver my flock from their make them afraid.
mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

29 And I will raise up for "thema Plant of renown, mise 11,1
11 For thus saith the Lord God, Behold I, even and they shall be no moreconsumed with hungerinthe
Tim's, 3 1, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

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The judgment of mount Seir.

EZEKIEL

Israel comforted, &t. 30 Thus shall they know that I the Lord theirço swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be God um with them, and that they, even the house a possession unto the residuc of the heathen, and ye of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord Gop. are taken up in the e lips of talkers, and are an infa

d Obadiah, 31 And ye my pock, the flock of my pasture, are my of the people : men, and I am your P God, saith the Lord God. 4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word CHAPTER XXXV.

of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the 4 140, 11. The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel. mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the OXEOVER, the word of the LORD came un- valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that to me, saying,

are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to 2 Son of man, a set thy face against mount Seir, the residue of the heathen that are round about ;

b Gen 36, and prophesy against it,

5 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Surely in 3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God, Be-the' fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the 34 ..705 l, hold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea,

stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make which have appointed my land into their possessiol. obese, thee most desolate.

with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, 4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be to cast it out for a prey. e Ps. 9, 16. desolate ; and thou shalt e krow that I am the LORD. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel,

5 Because thou hast had ' a perpetual hatred, and and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the hast 6 shed the blood of the children of Israel by the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord God; force of the sword in the time of their calamiiy, in Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, the time that their iniquity had an end :

because ye have lorne the shame of the heathen : h Ps. 123, I 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I have list- . 34, 29. 1. Mat. 2, 2. "prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue ed up my hand, Surely the heathen that are about Res. 16, 4. thee : sith thou hast i not hated blood, even blood you, they shall bear their shame. i Px. 109, shall pursue thee.

8 1 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ve shall "shoot k Hos. 2, 7 Thus will I make mount Scir most desolate, forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my peo- Amos 9, 13 k Jer. 33, and cut off from it him that "passeth out, and himple of Israel ; for they are at hand to come. Zeph. 2, s. that returneth.

9 For behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto 8 And I will 'fill his mountains with his slain you, and ye shall be tilled and sown : men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy 10 And I will multiply men upon you," all the m Jer 31,

m rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword. house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be 27.

9 I will make thee TM perpetual desolations, and inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded :

thy cities shall " not return; and ye shall know that 11 And I will multiply upon you man anı) heast ; Eph. 2, 12 • Isa. 27, 7. I am the LORD.

and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will 10 Because thou hast said, • These two nations, settle you after your old estates, and will p do better verlag, 20

p . S. 1., and these two countries, shall be mine, and we will unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know u Isa. 24, possess it ; whereas P the LORD was there :

that I am the LORD. 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Gor, I 12 Yea, I will cause 9 men to walk upon you, the. will even do 9 according to thine anger, and accord- even my people Israel ; and they shall possess thee, 2 ing to thine envy, which thou hast used out of thy and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt is?

hatred against them; and I will make myself known' no more henceforth bereave them of men. r Isa. 2, 1 'among them, when I have judged thee.

13 Thus saith the Lord God; Because they say Jer. 15,7. 12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, unto you, Thou lond devourest up mer, and hast ch. 37, 23. and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which bereaved thy nations; thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel,

14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neisaying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to ther' bereavethy nationsany more, saiththe Lord God. ch. s7, 22

15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the t Isa. 25, 8. 13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou against ine, and have multiplied your words against bear " the reproach of the people any more, ncither , Isa. 49, me: I have heard them.

shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith Zepb. 3, 12. 14 Thus saith the Lord God, When the whole the Lord God. Ion 65, earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.

16 I Moreover the word of the Lord came unto
15 * As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of me, saying,
x ch A, 2. the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in

Ido unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, their own land, they * defiled it by their own way
and all Idumea, even all of it ; and they shall know and by their doings: their way was before me 'as Lev. 15,
that I am the Lord.

the uncleanness of a removed woman.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
18 Wherefore I ' poured my fury upon them for ? Ps

. 73. 1 'The land of Israel is comforted, &c....25 The blessings of the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for a Isa. I, is Christ's kingdom.

their fidols wherewith they had polluted it: LSO thou son of man, prophesy unto the 19 And "I scattered them among the heathen, and Lev.2, 52

mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of they were dispersed through the countries : accord- b Isa. 5, 5 Israel, hear the word of the Lord

ing to their way and according to their doings ! 2 Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy judged them. hath said against you, Aha, even the "ancient high 20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whi- Rom. 2, 2 places are ours in possession :

ther they went, they profaned my holy name, when d Lam 2, 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord they said tothem, “These are the people of the LORD, MaL 219

God; Because they have made you desolate, and I and are gone forth out of his land.

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The blessings of Christ's kingdom. CHAPTER XXXVII.

The resurrection of dry bones. 21 1 But I had pity for my holy name, which the me down in the midsı of the valley which was a full Before andre

chr. 587. house of Israel bad profaned among the heathen, of bones,
whither they went.

2 And caused me to pass by them round about :
22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus and, behold, there were very many.n the open valley; 12.
ch.20,24 saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, and, lo, they were very dry,

Ps. 118,1. house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these John 6,4 o the

ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, e thou that

knowest. 23 And I will % sanctify my great name, which 4 Again he said unto me, 'Prophesy upon these 19. was profaned among the heathen, which ye have bones, and say unto them, 60 ye dry bones, hear the f Jer 1, 12 profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall word of the Lord.

know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when 5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones, BePa

I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. hold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye h verses

24 For I will take you from among the heathen, shall live: os and gather you out of all countries, and will bring

' 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring
you into your own land.

up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put
25 1 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know
He and ye shall be clean: from all your 'filthiness, and that I am the Lord.
from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded : and as Act 19, 26 "A new heart also will I give you, and a new I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, ka sha

spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the king, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 19 m Jer. 32, stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh heart of flesh.

came up upon them, and the skin covered them 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and "cause above: but there was no breath in them. you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the 'wind, | Acts 2,2 judgments, and do them.

prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to the Lord God, Come from the "four winds, O breath, Gen. 17,1. your fathers; and ye shall be omy people, and I will and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

be
your
God.

10 So I prophesied, as he commanded me, and the 29 I will also save you from all your unclean-breath came into them, and they lived, and stood - Rer. II, kom. 11, 25. nesses : and I will call for the corn, and will in- up upon their feet, o an exceeding great army, 91 Tim. 4,8. crease it, and lay no fanine upon you.

11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones 30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and are the whole house of Israel: behold they say, Our paverse the

' the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more bones are dried, and our hope is lost; we are 'cut Hosen 1, 11.

9 reproach of famine among the heathen.

off for our parts. 31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, 12 Therefore prophesy, and say unto them, Thus sai 9,1 Hosea 11, 8. and your doings that were not good, and shall " loathe saith the Lord God, Behold, O my people, I will They 391,18 yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities, and open your graves, and cause you to come up out of for your abominations.

your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. Rom. 11,17. 32 · Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord 13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when i Isninh 28, Hom. 11.28. God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and con- Žhave opened your graves, O my people, and brought Dan

. 12, 2 founded for your own ways, O house of Israel. you up out of your graves, 33 Thus saith the Lord God; In the day that 1} 14 And shall "put my Spirit in you, and ye shall 23.

, shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities, I live; and I shall place you in your own land : then you let 14 Jer. 3, 18. will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and 15. wastes shall be builded.

performed it, saith the LORD. 34 And the desolate land shall be "tilled, whereas

15 I The word of the Lord came again unto me, Jer. 31,5k it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. saying,

35 And they shall say, This land that was deso- 16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick,
late is become like the garden of Eden ; and the and write upon it, For * Judah, and for the children x2 Chron

;
waste, and desolate, and ruined cities, are become of Israel his companions: then take another stick, "1, 12
fenced, and are inhabited.

and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, 36 Then the heathen, that are left round about and for all the house of Israel his companions : Amus 47. you, shall know that I the LORD build the ruined 17 And join them one to another into one stick ; y Isa. 11, 18.

places, and plant that that was desolate : I the LORD and they shall become one in thy hand. and hap. 27, have spoken it, and I will do it.

18 And when the children of “thy people shall Hosea 1, d.. 37 Thus

saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what 3 Zeph. d Mat. 3, 7. inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them ;{thou meanest by these? 9 I will increase them with men like a flock.

19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Be- a ch. 9, s. 38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in hold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the şi Chr

. As Rom. 121. her solemn feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, Mat

. 22, 19.
with flocks of men ; and they shall know that I am and will put them with him, even with the stick of Eph. 2,3
the Lord.

Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be
CHAPTER XXXVII.

one in my hand. i The resurrection of dry bones....21 The promises of Christ's

20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be kingdom.

in thy hand before their eyes. THE

HE • hand of the Lord was upon me, and car- 21 And say unto them, l'hus saith the Lord God,
ried me out in the Spirit of the Lori, and set Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among