hi thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abomina- tions. 10Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee,t and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds. "Where- fore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely, because thou hast defiled My sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abomina- tions, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall Mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity. 12A third part of thee shall ^ die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them. 3Thus shall Mine anger spend itself, and I will satisfy My fury upon them, and I will be eased; and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken in My zeal, when I have spent My fury upon them. "Moreover I will make thee an amazement and a reproach, among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 15So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury, and in furious rebukes; I the LOBD have spoken it; 16when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you; and [ will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread; 17and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall EZEKIEL pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it/ g And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 2<Sonof man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, 3and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD: Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the mountains and concerning the hills, concerning the ravines and concerning the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. 4And your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. fiAnd I will lay the car- casses t of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. 6In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be blotted out. 7And the slam shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 8Yet will I leave a remnant, in that ye shall have some that escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. 9And they that escape of you shall remember Me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, how that I have been anguished with their stray- ing heart, which hath departed from Me, and with their eyes, which are gone astray after their idols; ; and they 11 loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. l°And they shall know that I am the LORD; I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.
"Thus saith the Lord GOD: Smite with thy hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say Alas! because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel; for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. 12He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that re- maineth and is besieged shall die by the famine; thus will I spend My fury upon them. 13And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every leafy tree, and under every thick terebinth, the place where they did offer sweet sa,vour to all their idols. 14And I will stretch out My hand upon them, and make the land desolate and waste, more than the wilderness of Diblah, throughout all their habitations; and they shall know that I am the LORD.'
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: *' And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the land of Israel: An end! the end is come upon the four corners of the land. 3Now is the end upon thee, and I will send Mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations. 4And Mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abomina- tions shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
^Thus saith the Lord GOD: An evil, a singular evil, behold, it cometh* 6An end is come, the end is come, it awaketh against thee; behold, it EZEKIEL cometh. 7The turn is come unto thee, 0 inhabitant of the land; the time is come, the day of tumult is near, and not of joyful shouting upon the moun- tains. 8Now will I shortly pour out My fury upon thee, and spend Mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways; and I will bring upon thee all thine abominations 9And Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; I will bring upon thee according to thy ways, and t thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I the LORD do smite. 10Behold the day; behold, it cometh; the turn is come forth; the rod hath blossomed, ar- rpgancy Jhath budded. 11Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; nought cometh from them, nor from their tumult, nor from their turmoil, neither is there eminency among them, ^he time is come, the day draweth near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 13For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive; for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any stand pos- sessed of the iniquity of his life. 14They have blown the horn, and have made all ready, but none goeth to the battle; for My wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 15The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within; he that is in the field shall die with the sword, and he that is in the city, famine and pesti- lence shall devour him. "But they that shall at 'all escape of them, shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity. 17A11 hands shall be slack, and all knees shall drip with water. 18They Shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. 19They shal] cast their* silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD; they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity. 20And as for the beauty of their ornament, which was set for a pride, they made the images of their abom- inations and their detestable things thereof; therefore have I made it unto them as an unclean thing. 21And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane it. ^I will also turn My face from them, and they shall profane My secret place; and robbers shall enter into it, and profane it.
^Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. 24Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned. 25Horror cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. 26Calamity shall come upon calamity, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet, and instruction shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders. 27The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with appalment, and the hands of the people of the land shall be enfeebled; I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts *will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.'
EZEKIEL Q And it came to pass in the sixth idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed ^ year, in the sixth month, in the upon the wall round about. "And fifth day of the month, as I sat in there stood before them seventy men my house, and the elders of Judah of the elders of the house of Israel, and sat before me, that the hand of the in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah Lord GOD fell there upon me. 2Then I the son of Shaphan, every man with beheld, and lo a likeness as the aphis censer in his hand; and a thick pearance of fire: from the appearance cloud of incense went up. 12Then said of his loins and downward, fire; and He unto me: 'Son of man, hast thou from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in of electrum. 3And the form of a his chambers of imagery? for they say: hand was put forth, and I was taken The LORD seeth us not, the LORD by a lock of my head; and a spirit hath forsaken the land.' 13He said lifted me up between the earth and the also unto me: 'Thou shalt again see heaven, and brought me in the visions yet greater abominations which they of God to Jerusalem, to the door of do.' 14Then He brought me to the the gate of the inner court that lookdoor of the gate of the LORD'S house eth toward the north; where was the which was toward the north; and, beseat of the image of jealousy, which hold, there sat the women weeping provoketh to jealousy. 4And, behold, for TammiLz. 15Then said He unto the glory of the God of Israel was me: 'Hast thou seen this, O son of there, according to the vision that I man? thou shalt again see yet greater saw in the plain. 6Then said He unto abominations than these.' 16And He me: 'Son of man, lift up thine eyes brought me into the inner court of the now the way toward the north.' So LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward of of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five the gate of the altar this image of and twenty men, with their backs jealousy in the entry.
toward the temple of the LORD, and 6And He said unto me: 'Son of their faces toward the east; and they man, seest thou what they do? even worshipped the sun toward the east.
the great abominations that the house "Then He said unto me: 'Hast thou of Israel do commit here, that I seen this, O son of man? Is it a light should go far off from My sanctuary?
thing to the house of Judah that they but thou shalt again see yet greater commit the abominations which they abominations.' 7And He brought me commit here in that they fill the land to the door of the court; and when I with violence, and provoke Me still looked, behold a hole in the wall.
more, and, lo, they put the branch to 8Then said He unto me: ' Son of man, their nose? "Therefore will I also dig now in the wall'; and when I had deal in fury; Mine eye shall not spare, digged in the wall, behold a door.
neither will I have pity; and though 9And He said unto me: 'Go in, and they cry in Mine ears with a loud see the wicked abominations that they voice, yet will I not hear them.'
do here.' 10So I went in and saw; and O Then He called in mine ears with behold every detestable form of ^ a loud voice, saying: 'Cause ye creeping things and beasts, and all the them that have charge over the city EZBKIEL to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand/ 2And, behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth to- ward the north, every man with his weapon of destruction in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's ink- horn on his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar. 3And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, where- upon it was, to the threshold of the house; and He called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer's inkhorn on his side. 4And the LORD said unto him: 'Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Je- rusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof/ 5And to the others He said in my hearing: 'Go ye through the city after him, and smite; let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity; 6slay utterly the old man, the young man and the maiden, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary.7 Then they began at the elders that were before the house. 7And He said unto them: 'Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain; go ye forth.' And they went forth, and smote in the city. 8And it came to pass, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said* ' Ah Lord GOD! wilt Thou destroy all the residue of Israel in Thy pouring out of Thy fury upon Jerusalem?' 9Then said He unto me: 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting of judgment; for they say: The LORD hath forsaken the land, and the LORD seeth not. 10And as for Me also, Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.' uAnd, behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn on his side, reported, saying. 'I have done ac- cording to all that Thou hast com- manded me.'
"1 Q Then I looked, and, behold, upon A the firmament that was over the, head of the cherubim, there app'eared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. 2And He spoke unto the man clothed in linen, and said: 'Go in between the wheel- work, even under the cherub, and fill both thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and dash them against the city ' And he went in in my sight 3Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 4And the glory of the LORD mounted up from the cherub to the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory. 5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when He speaketh. 6And it came to pass, when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying: 'Take fire from be- tween the wheelwork, from between the cherubim', that he went in, and stood beside a wheel. 7And the cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed in linen, who took it and went out. 8And there appeared in the cherubim the form EZEKIEL of a man's hand under their wings. 9And I looked, and behold four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the ap- pearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. 10And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been within a wheel. "When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. 12And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. 13As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing The wheelwork. 14And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15And the cherubim mounted up — this is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar. 16And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. 17When they stood, these stood, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them. 18And the glory of the LORD went forth from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cher- ubim. 19And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD'S house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim. 21Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. ^And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their ap- pearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward. "| "j Then a spirit lifted me up, and ^ *~ brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh east- ward; and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2And He said unto me: 'Son of man, these are the men that devise iniquity, and that give wicked counsel in this city; Hhat say: The time is not near to build houses! this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh. 4Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man/ 5And the spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said unto me: 'Speak: Thus saith the LORD: Thus have ye said, 0 house of Israel; for I know the things that come into your mind. 6Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the' slain.
7Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but ye shall be brought forth out of the midst of it. 8Ye have feared the sword; and the sword will I bring upon you, saith the Lord GOD. 9And I will bring you forth out of the midst thereof, and deli ver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. l°Ye shall fall by the sword, EZEKIEL [ will judge you upon the border of [srael; and ye shall know that I am he LORD. "Though this city shall lot be your caldron, ye shall be the lesh in the midst thereof; I will udge you upon the border of Israel; 2and ye shall know that I am the LORD; for ye have not walked in My statutes, neither have ye executed VEine ordinances, but have done after jhe ordinances of the nations that ire round about you.' 13And it came jO pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and sried with a loud voice, and said. Ah Lord GOD! wilt Thou make a ull end of the remnant of Israel?'
14And the word of the LORD came into me, saying: 15<Son of man, as "or thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the tiouse of Israel, all of them, concerning whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem tiave said: Get you far from the LORD! unto us is this land given for i possession; therefore say: Thus jaith the Lord GOD: Although I have •emoved them far off among the na- ,ions, and although I have scattered /hem among the countries, yet have I >een to them as a little sanctuary in «he countries where they are come; therefore say: Thus saith the Lord }OD: I will even gather you from the )eoples, and assemble you out of the sountries where ye have been acat- ,ered, and I will give you the land of srael. 18And they shall come thither, Jid they shall take away all the letestable things thereof and all the bominations thereof from thence. 'And I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit within you; and will remove the stony heart out of heir flesh, and will give them a heart f flesh; 20that they may walk in My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances, and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God. ^But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD/ 22Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels were beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. MAnd the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. 24And a ^ spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. 25Then I spoke unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shown me. 1 O The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying: 2'Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the rebellious house, that have eyes to see, and see not, that have ears to hear, and hear not; for they are a rebellious house. 3Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for exile, and remove as though for exile by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight; it may be they will perceive, for they are a rebellious house. 4And thou shalt bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, a$ stuff for exile; and thou shalt go forth thyself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile. 5Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. 6In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulder, and carry it forth in the darkness; thou shalt cover thy face.
\JLUlJ. AJLL^OiO, UJULVSU. K3.LJ.CliJ. U UW V CJ. VLlJ AOlVA?, that thou see not the ground; for I EZEKIEL have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.' 7And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for exile, and in the even I digged through the wall with my hand; I carried out in the darkness, and bore it upon my shoulder in their sight.