God's wrath for idolatry. CHAPTER IX, X. B. C. 594. B. C. cir. 594. seventy men of the ancients of 13 THe said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. 14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. there † Heb. mark. CEx.12.7. & 20. 4. 2 Co. 12. 8. ↑ Heb. mine ears. ever. 10. eh. 5. 11. f2 Ch.36. 17. destruc 16 And he brought me into them Joel 2. Heb to inner court of the LORD's house, 17. and behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between "ch.11.1.tion. the porch and the altar, "were Je. 2.27. h Je. 25. Re. 9, 4. about five and twenty men, with & 32. 33. 29.1Pe.. "their backs toward the temple P De. 4. 17. of the LORD, and their faces to- 19. 2 Ki. ch.8.11, ward the east; and they wor-23. 5, 11. 12, 16. shipped the sun toward the east. Job31.26. k Nn. 14. 17 Then he said unto me, Or, Is 22 45. Je.44. 17. 5. &16,4, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the Jos. 7. 6. house of Judah that they com- thing ch.11.13 mit the abominations which lighter m2Ki.21. 16. ch. 8. they commit here? for they than to 17. have filled the land with vio-commit. lence, and have returned to pro- ch.5. 13. with. 4 ch. 9.9. filled voke me to anger: and lo, they & 16. 42. Or, put the branch to their nose. 18 Therefore will I also deal ch.5. 11. of judg & 24. 13, wresting in fury: mine eye shall not & 7. 4, 9. spare, neither will I have pity: &9 5, 10. and though they cry in mine Pr.1.28. ears with a loud voice, yet will Is. 1. 15. I not hear them. Je. 11.11. 15. CHAPTER IX. A Vision, whereby it shewed the preservation of some, 1, 5 and the destruction of the rest. 8 God cannot be entreated for them. any Heb. ment. & 14. 12. Pch.5.11 Heb. a E cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge of his over the city to draw near, even reaking ch.1.22, every man with his destroying in piec- 26. weapon in his hand. 2 And behold, six men came "Le.16.4. from the way of the higher ch. 10, 2, gate, which lieth toward the 6,7 Re. beh.9.2,3. north, and every man fa slaugh- 15. 6. ter-weapon in his hand; "and Heb. ↑ Heb. one man among them was clo- upon his the hol thed with linen, with a writer's b See ch. thy low of inkhorn fby his side; and they 3.23. & 8. hand. went in and stood beside the 4.& 10. 4. ch.1.13. brazen altar. 18. & 11. d SeeRe. 22, 23. 8. L. 3 And bthe glory of the God of loins. 'The vision of the coals of fire. Israel was gone up from the cherub whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; 4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon sigh and that cry for all the the foreheads of the men dthat abominations that be done in the midst thereof. 5 TAnd to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: 6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. with the slain: go ye forth. And 7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts they went forth, and slew in the city. they were slaying them, and I 8 And it came to pass while 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? 9. Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is t full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, " The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and "the LORD seeth not. 10 And as for me also, mine Peye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recom pense their way upon their head. 11 And behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, freported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me. CHAPTER X. The vision of the coals of fire, to be scattered over the city. 8 The vi sion of the herubims. THEN I looked, and behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as of a throne. the appearance of the likeness 2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and d scatter them over the city And he went in in my sight. The vision of the cherubims. EZEKIEL. 5 And the sound of the cheru- 11. ch.43. bins' wings was heard even to 5. the outer court, as h the voice ch.1.24. of the Almighty God when he hPs.29.3, speaketh. &c. tHeb. 6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. 7 And one cherub stretched sent forth his hand from between the forth. cherubims unto the fire that was betweenthecherubims,and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen who took it, and went out. 8T And there appeared in the i ch. 1. 8. cherubims the forin of a man's ver. 21. hand under their wings. 9 And when I looked, behold k ch.1.15. the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. 10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. 11 When they went, they went upon 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. 1 ch. 1.16. mch.1.17. 12 And their whole body, and † Heb. their backs, and their hands, and flesh. their wings, and "the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. ch.1.18. were 13 As for the wheels, it was Or, cried unto them in my hearing, they O wheel! 14 "And every one had four called in faces: the first face was the face of a 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. 15 And the cherubims were lifted up. B. C. cir. 594. Or, of life. ver. 4. Ho.9.12. u ch. 11. 22. ch.1.22. ver. 15. Y ch. 1. 1. ch. 1. 6. ver. 14. ach. 1. 8. ver. 8. b ch.1.10. The presumption of the princes. stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. 18 Then the glory of the LORD of the house, and stood over the 'departed from off the threshold cherubims. 19 And "the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one 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. 20 This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. 21 Every one had four faces apiece,and everyone four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. 22 And bthe likeness of their faces was the same faces which 1 saw by the river of Chebar, their ch.1.12. appearances and themselves: they went every one straight for. ward. ach.3.12, 14. & 8.3. ver. 24. b ch. 10. 19. See ch. 8. 16. Or, It is not for us to build houses near. ch. 12. 27. 2Pe. 3. 4. See Je. 1. 13. ch. 24. 3, &c. my hear-22, 6, 0 ch. 1. 10. f ch. 2. 2. & 3. 24. This is the living P ch. 1.5.6 ch.7.23. creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. 16 "And when the cherubims 4 ch.1.19. went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. 17 When they stood, these r ch.1.12, 20, 21. CHAPTER XI. The presumption of the princes, 1. 4 Their sin and judgment. 13 Ezekiel complaining, God sheweth him his purpose in saving a remuant, 21 and punishing the wicked. 22 The glory of God leaveth the city. 24 Ezekiel is returned to the captivity. MORE JOREOVER, the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto bthe east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 3 Which say, It is not d near; let us build houses: "this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. 4 T Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. 5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD: Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. 6 Ye have multiplied your filled the streets thereof with slain in this city, and ye have &22.3, 4. the slain. hch.24.3. 6, 10, 11. Mi. 3. 3. i ver. 9. 7 Therefore 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: ibut I will bring you forth out of the midst of it. 8 Ye have feared the sword; 11 This city shall not be your 65. 2 Ki. caldron, neither shall ye be the 14. 25. flesh in the midst thereof; but In Ps.9.16.1 will judge you in the border of Israel: ch. 6.7.& 13. 9, 14, 21, 23. "See ver. 12 And Pye shall know that I am the LORD: | for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither 3. executed my judgments, but P ver.10. 9 have done after the manners | Or, of the heathen that are round which about you. 13 T And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that "Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then "fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? 14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GoD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered have not walked. Le.18.3, 24, &c. De.12.30, 31. ch. 8. 10, 14, 16. r ver. 1. Ac. 5. 5. ch. 9. 8. 4. g See Zec.14.4. h ch.43.2. ch. 8. 3. 594. ch.2.3,6, 7, 8. & 3. 26, 27. bIs.6.9.& 42.20. Je. 5.21.Mat. 13. 13, 14. ch. 2. 5. Or, instruments. Zedekiah's captivity typified. 22 T Then did the cherubims elift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the tain bwhich is on the east side city, and stood upon the moun of the city. 24 T Afterwards ithe spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. 25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me. CHAPTER XII. The type of Ezekiel's removing, 1. 8 It shewed the captivity of Zedekiah. 17 Ezekiel's trembling sheweth the Jews' desolation. 21 The Jews' presumptuous proverb is reproved. 26 The speediness of the vision. THE word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which bhave eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: "for they are a rebellious house. 3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt reinove from thy place to another place in their sight; it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. 4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, fas they that go forth into captivity. 57 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. 6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. 7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even If digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight. 8 And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, hath not the house, said unto thee, f What house of Israel, the rebellious doest thou? 10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This "burden concerneth the prince in Je EZEKIEL. B. C. 594. hver. 6. ↑ Heb. by removing go into captivity. 4, 5, 7. The desolation of the land. B. C. 594. b ver. 22. C2Pe.3.4. False prophets reproved speak shall come to pass; it shall 27 bSon of man, behold, they of Je. 52. 9. 11. ch.17. 16. 2Ki. 25. 4, 5. ch.5. a ver. 17. 15 PAnd they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. 16 But I will leave fa few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they men of Heb. shall know that I am the LORD. 17 T Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 9. 10. ↑ Heb. number. walk ufter, Or, and 18 Son of man, eat thy bread ch. 4.16. things with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; 19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from fall that is therein, 'because of the violence of all them that t Heb. dwell therein. Zec. 7. 14. the ful 20 And the cities that are in-ness habited shall be laid waste, and thereof. the land shall be desolate; and ve shall know that Iam the LORD. 21 T And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, "The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? which seen. 15. Cant.2. d Ps. 106. † Heb. cil. "ver 27. Ezra 2. 4. 23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, Zeph. 1. The days are at hand, and the 14. effect of every vision. 5 ch. 20. 38. Joel2.1.h ch. 11. Y ch. 13. & 8. 11. 24 For there shall be no more 23. 25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and "the word that I shall als.55.11. wall. k ch. 22. Da. 9. 12. 28. CHAPTER XIIL The reproof of lying prophets, 1, 10 and their untempered mortar. 17 Of prophetesses and their pillows. AND ND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own bhearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD: WO unto the foolish prophets, that f follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 40 Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. 5 Yed have not gone up into the gaps, neither fmade up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. 6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD bath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would 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 lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my peo ple, fneither shall they be writ ten in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; band ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar : 11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: Ithere shall be an False prophetesses reproved. CHAPTER XIV. overflowing shower; and ye, O Kreat hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. 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 my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: m and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; B. C. 594. myer. 9, 14. 8. 21,23.ch. 16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which "see vis-Je.6.14. ions of peace for her, and there & 28.9. is no peace, saith the Lord Gov. 17 Likewise, thou son of man, "set thy face against the daugh- ch. 20. ters of thy people, Pwhich pro- 46.&21.2. phesy out of their own heart; P ver. 2. and prophesy thou against them, 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Wo to the women that sew pillows to all arm-holes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive 14. that come unto you? Or, elbows. 92 Pe. 2. See Pr. 28.21. Mi. 19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not 3. 5. die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord Goo; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye B. C. 594. u ver. 6, &c. ch. 12.24. Mi. 3. 6. ver. 9. ch. 14. 8. & 15. 7. cir. 594. ach. 8. 1. &20.1.& 33. 31. ver. 4,7. 2 Ki. 3. bch.7.19. 1. Or, others. dLe. 17. Exhortation to repentance. 23 Therefore "ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. CHAPTER XIV. God answereth idolaters according to their own heart, 1. 6 They are exhorted to repent, for fear of judgments, by means of seduced prophets. 12 God's irrevocable sentence of famine, 15 of noisome beasts, 17 of the sword, 19 and of pestilence. 22 A remnant shall be reserved for example of oth 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 stumbling-block of his iniquity betore 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 T Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; 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 putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity betore his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 8 And I will set my face 10.&20.3, against that man, and will make will cut him off from the midst 5.6.e.44. him a sign and a proverb, and 1 gardens. 7. of my people; fand ye shall know that I am the LORD. there hunt the souls to make Or, into 11. ch.15. 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 deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I um the LORD. e Nu. 26. 10.De.28. 37. ch. 5. 15. fch. 6. 7. B1 Ki. 22. ver. 9.23. Job Je.23.14. 12.16.Je. 22 Because with lies ye have 10r, that 4.10.2Th. made the heart of the righteous I should 2. 11. sad, whom I have not made sad; save his life. and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, lit by promising him life; tHeb. by quickening him. h2 Pe. 2. 15. 9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they shall bear the pan. ishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him, 11 That the house of Israel may bgo no more astray from ine. |