or, confirm the word. 7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. 9. And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine Or, secret, lies: they shall not be in the assembly of Ezra 2 50, my people, neither shall they be written 5. Ps. 69. 98. in the writing of the house of Israel, neigch. 20. 28. ther shall they enter into the land of Isch. 11. 10, rael; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God. 62. Neh. 7. 12. Jer.6.14. & 8.11. Or, a slight wall. k ch. 22 28. Of prophetesses and their pillows. will ye save the souls alive that come CRIST unto you? Before 594. r See Prov. 19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for 28. 21. Mie. pieces of bread, to slay the souls that 3-5should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear lies? your gardens. 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord Gop; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make or into them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. 21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and 22 Because with lies ye have made the 11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: ch. 38. 32, there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. Ecclus. 49.9. 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in CHAP. XIV. my fury; and there shall be an overflow- Israel unto me, and sat before me. 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed rn ver. 9.21, in the midst thereof: "and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 17 ¶ Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all Or, elbows. ||armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye "hunt the souls of my people, and 2 Pet. 2. 14. 2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, cir. 594. a ch. 8. 1. & 20. 1. & 33.31. ver. 4, 7. 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the beb. 7-19stumblingblock of their iniquity before c2 Kings 3. their face: should I be enquired of at 13. all by them? 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; 5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. 6 ¶ Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; 10r, others. and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and God's irrevocable judgments. Before CHRIST 594. d Lev. 17. 10. & 20. 3, 5, 6. ch. 15. 7. EZEKIEL. putteth the stumblingblock of his ini- 8 And I will set my face against that Jer. 44. 11. man, and will make him a sign and a 26. proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; 'and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 10. Dent. 28. 37. ch. 5. 15. f ch. 6. 7. 1 Kings 22 16. Jer. 4 2 Job 12. 10. 2 Thes. 2. 11. b 2 Pet. 2. 15. & 37.27. The rejection of Jerusalem. sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the Before CHRIST 994 z ch. 20.42 22 Yet, behold, therein shall be y ch.6.8. 9 And if the prophet be deceived 11 That the house of Israel may "go CHAP. XV. 1 By the unfitness of the vine branch for any no more astray from me, neither be pol- to me, saying, luted any more with all their transgres i ch. 11. 20. sions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD. 12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, 13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, ch. 4. 16.& and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: k Lev. 26. 5. 16. 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls "by their righteousness, saith the Lord God. 15 If I cause "noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they ||spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: 16 Though these three men were tin + Heb. in the it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they midst of it. shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. 2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for John 15 & fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it reaper? meet for any work? + Heb. H fit. 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall Heb mar it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. b Lev. 17. 7 And I will set my face against them; 18 they shall go out from one fire, and c.18 another fire shall devour them; and d cb. 6. 7. & ye 7.4. & II. shall know that I am the LORD, when I 10 & 5 set my face against them. Heb. 8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a tres- trend pass, saith the Lord God. CHAP. XVI. 1 Under the similitude of a wretched infant is AGAIN the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, a trespass. 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to ach know her abominations, 594 & 22.2.& 33.7, 8, 9+ Heb. cut GOD ting out, or, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord thy habitation. b ch. 21. 3 c ver. 15 The natural state of Jerusalem signified. CHAP. XVI. Before CHRIST Her monstrous whoredom. father was an Amorite, and thy mother | had given thee, and madest to thyself Before 594- an Hittite. images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them, d Hos. 2. 3. 4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, Or, when I neither wast thou washed in water || to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. tooked upon thee. 1 Or, trodden under foot. Exod. 1.7. + Heb. made lion. 5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. 6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. 7 I have caused thee to multiply as thee a mil the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to texcellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. ↑ Heb. ornament of ornaments. 8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was f Ruth 3.9. the time of love; fand I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, g Exod. 19. and thou becamest mine. 5. Jer. 2. 2. + Heb. bloods. b Gen. 24. Prov. 1.9. + Heb. nose; See Isai. 3. 21. 13. 14. 9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. 10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. 11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. 12 And I put a jewel on thy +forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine k Deut. 32. linen, and silk, and broidered work; *thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding 'beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. o Isai. 1. 21. 2. 20. & 3. 2, 6, 20. ch. 23. his it was. 3. 8, 11, 12 Hos. 1. 2. 23-7 ch. 7. 19 My meat also which I gave thee, 4 Hos. 2. 8. fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. 20 'Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? 22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. 23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;) 16 And of thy garments thou didst p 2 Kings, take, and deckedst thy high places with 31 In that thou buildest thine emi23. Hos. 28. divers colours, and playedst the harlot nent place in the head of every way, and thereupon: the like things shall not come, makest thine high place in every street; neither shall it be so. and hast not been as an harlot, in that 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jew-thou scornest hire; els of my gold and of my silver, which I 32 But as a wife that committeth adul Or, thy daughters is thine, &c. ver. 24, 39 1 33 They give gifts to all whores: but Tsai, 30.3. thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom. 34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary. f ver. 20. Jer. 2. 34. g Jer. 13. 22, 26. Lam. 1. 8. ch. 23.9, Hos. 2. 10. & 8.10. Nab. 3. 10, 22, 29. 5. + Heb. with judgments of. h Lev. 20. 10. Deut. 22. 22, ch. 23.45i Gen. 9. 6. Exod. 21. 12. 36. Hos. 2. 3. 35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: 36 Thus saith the Lord God; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; 37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. 38 And I will judge thee, † as "women that break wedlock and 'shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. 39 And I will also give thee into their See ver. 20, hand, and they shall throw down thine k ver. 24, 31. eminent place, and shall break down thy ch. 23-26. high places: 'they shall strip thee also of + Heb. in thy clothes, and shall take thy fair thine orna- jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. 40 "They shall also bring up a company against thee, "and they shall stone John 8.5, thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. struments of ment. in ch. 23. 10, 47. 7. 43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GoD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations. 44 ¶ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. 45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; She is worse than Sodom. and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: "your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. Before CHRIST 594 u ver. 3. 46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that x Dent. 32. dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and 10. her daughters. 32. Isai. I. + Heb. Lesser than thou. 53 When I shall bring again their & Se captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: 54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a .44% comfort unto them. 55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. ch. + Heb. for a bearing 56 For thy sister Sodom was not †mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thỳ ↑ Hick † pride, 57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of †Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the H Philistines, which despise thee round about. 58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. &c. 63 That thou mayest remember, and Rom.3.19. be confounded, "and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God. 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; • See ver. 12, A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had + divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and b2 Kings 24. took the highest branch of the cedar: + Heb. embroidering. 12. 4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. 5 He took also of the seed of the land, + Heb. put it and planted it in a fruitful field; he aced. placed it by great waters, and set it as a c Deut. 8.7, willow tree. in a field of d Isai. 44-4e ver. 14. f ver. 15 + Heb. field. 6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. 7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, 'this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. 8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. 9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Kings 25. Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without The cedar of the gospel planted. great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. Before CHRIST cir. 594. h ch. 19. 12. 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, Hos. 13. 15. when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew. 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, i ch. 2. 5. & k ver. 3. 2 Kings 24. 12 Say now to the rebellious house, 129. Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the 11-16. king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; m 17. 13 1And hath taken of the king's seed, 1 Kings 24. and made a covenant with him, and 2 Chron. 36. 13. hath + taken an oath of him: he hath also + Heb. taken the mighty of the land: brought him to an oath. n ver. 6. ch. 14 + Heb. to keep his co venant, to 14 That the kingdom might be "base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. 15 But he rebelled against him in send- stand to it. ing his ambassadors into Egypt, 'that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? 16 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. Kings 21. 13. 20. 2 Chron. 36. 16. Isai 31. 1, 3. & 36. 6, p Deut. 17. 9. q ver. 9. Jer. 32.5. 52.11 ch. & 34. 3. & 12. 13. t Jer. 4. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his Jer. 37. 7. mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, ch.4.2 and building forts, to cut off many persons: 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had "given his hand, and hath done all these Chron. things, he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. 29. 24. Lain. 5. 6. x ch. 12. 13. 20 And I will spread my net upon & 32. 3. him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and 'will y ch. 20. 36. plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. 21 And all his fugitives with all his ch. 12. 14. bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. 22 Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the Jer3.5.1. high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off Zeeh. 3.8. from the top of his young twigs a tender b Isai. 53. 2. one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: |
