The duty of a watchman. shame with them that go down to the pit. EZEKIEL. B. C. cir. 587. B. C. cir. 587. bch.14.17. † Heb. A land when 1 bring a sword upon her. Heb. he that C2 Sa. 18. 24,25.2Ki 9. 17. ver. f Ge.10.2.7.0.9.8. ch. 27. 13. & 38. 2. 8 ver. 19, 20, &c. h ver. 21. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them. 8 uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the Is. 14. 18, uncircumcised, which are gone 19. down to hell fwith their wea-† Heb. pons of war: and they have laid with their swords under their heads, weapons but their iniquities shall be upon of their their bones, though they were the war. terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. 29 There is Edom. her kings, ich.25.12, and all her princes, which with &c. their might are flaid by them† Heb. that were slain by the sword: given, they shall lie with the uncircum-or, put. cised, and with them that go down to the pit. Ich.28.21. 30 There be the princes of the kch. 38.6. north, all of them, and all the 15.&39.2. Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. hearing heareth.. dch.18.13 fch. 3.17, &c. The justice of God's ways. unto them, btWhen I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: 3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4 Then,twhosoever heareth the sound of the trum et, and taketh not warning; if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among ver. 8. them, "he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. 7 T fSo thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way. that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Ech.24.23. hSols.49. m ch. 31. 14-ch. 37. 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his 16. multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. 32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. CHAPTER XXXIIL According to the duty of a watchman, in warning the people, 1. 7 Ezekiel Is adinonished of his duty. 10 God sheweth the justice of his ways towards the penitent, and towards revolters. 17 He maintaineth his justice. 21 Upon the news of the taking of Jerusalem he prophesieth the desolation of the land. 30 God's judg ment upon the mockers of the prophets. A GAIN the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak to "the children of thy people, and say 587. ch. 3. 11. 11. i 2 Sa. 24. 14. ch. 18. 23, 32. 2 Pe. 3.9. kch.18.31 Ich. 3. 20. & 18. 24, 26, 27. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, bhow should we then live? 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GoD, il have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for kwhy will ye die, O house of lsrael? 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the m2 Ch. 7. wicked, "he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. 14. CHAPTER XXXIV. B. C. cir. 587. ch.3.18, 19. & 18. God maintaineth his Justice. iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do 27. fthat which is lawful and right; † Heb. 15 If the wicked Prestore the judg pledge, give again that he had ment robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. 17 Tt Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the LORD is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. B. C. cir. 587. Heb. desolation and desolation. Tch.7.24. & 24. 21. & 30.6,7. ch.6.2,3, Or, of thee. tIs.29.13. and jus- "Le. 18.5. ch.20.11, 13, 21. ch. 18. 22. 18 "When the righteous turn-tver. 20. eth from his righteousness, and ch.18.25, committeth iniquity, he shall 29. even die thereby. 19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. 20 T Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. 21 T And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, "that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me saying, "The city is smitten. 22 Now bthe hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and 1 was no more dumb. u ch. 18. 26, 27. ch.14.1. & 20. 1, &c. Heb.ac cording to the coming of the people. | Or, ver. 17. my peo ch.18.25, 29. ch. 1. 2. Z 26. ple sit before thee. Ich 8.1. YPs. 78. 36,37.Is. 29. 13. Heb. ch. 24. 2Ki. 25. they make loves, or, zMat. 13. 22. r Bad shepherds reproved. tmost desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and "the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. 29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. 30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and 'speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and || they I sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: Y for with their mouth † they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. 32 And lo, thou art unto them as fa very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. 33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then bshall they know that a prophet hath been among them. CHAPTER XXXIV. A reproof of the shepherds, 1. 7 God's judgment against them. 11 His providence for his flock. 20 The kingdom of Christ. ND the word of the LORD Heb. A came unto me, saying, 23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24 Son of man, dthey that inhabit those "wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, f Abraham was one, and he inherited 3.11.Mat. the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. 25 Wherefore, say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; h Ye eat with the blood, and i lift up your eyes toward your idols, and k shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? 26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile everyone his neighbour's wife and shall ye possess the land? 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GoD; As I live. surely "they that are in the wastes, shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field, will I give to the beasts † to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and Pin the caves, shall die of the pestilence. 25 For I will lay the land C19.56.11. ever. 16. ich. 18. 6. Zec.11.16 kch.22.6, Lu.15.4. 9. 51 Pe.5.3. 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. f 5h And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd; k and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. 8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became Iver.5.6. a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search B. C. 2ver. 17. The kingdom of Christ. 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; "Behold, I,even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. 21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with for my flock, "but the shepherds ver. 2, a ver. 17. your horns, till ye have scatter fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. 11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, 1, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. 10. ch.3.18. He.13.17. ed them abroad; bls.40 11. Je.30.9. ch.37.24, 25. Ho. 3. 5. ver.2,8.dver. 30. e ch. 37. 32, 33. 23 And I will set up one b Shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant Da vid; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be thei God, and my servant David prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. : 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and 5 will fch.37.26. cause the evil beasts to cease out Le.26.6. of the land and they shall + Heb. Is.11.6.dwell safely in the wilderness, Accord-9.& 35.9. and sleep in the woods. ing to the Ho.2.18. seeking. ver. 28. Je, 23.6. ils, 56. 7. Peh.30.3. ch.20.40. 26 And I will make them and the places round about i my hill ka blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. 121 Asashepherd seekethout his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places) where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. 13 And I will bring them out Joel 2.2kGe.12.2. from the people,and gather them 91s. 65. 9. 1s. 19. 24. 27 And the tree of the field from the countries, and will 10.le.23. Zec. 8.13. shall yield her fruit,and the earth bringthem to their own land, and 3. ch. 28. Le.26.4. shall yield herincrease, and they feed them upon the mountains of, Israel by the rivers, and in all the 24. & 37. Ps.68.9. shall be safe in their land, and Mal.3.10. shall know that I am the LORD, inhabited places of the country. Le.26.4. when I have "broken the bauds 14 I will feed them in a good Ps.85.12. of their yoke,and delivered them pasture, and upon the high mounout of the hand of those that tains of Israel shall their fold be: Pserved themselves of them. there shall they lie in a goods Je. fold, and in a fat pasture shall 12. they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick but I will destroy "the fat and the strong: I will feed them with judgment. 28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beasts of the land devour them; but 'they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. 29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. 30 Thus shall they know that "I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD. 31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and 1 am your God, saith the Lord GOD. CHAPTER XXXV. 10.3.Mat. 3. Jn. 10. The judgment of mount Seir for the it 25.32, 33. 11. 17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Y Be-Je. 10. away. hold, I judge between f cattle 24. and cattle, between the rams and the the-goats. 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 19 And as for my flock, they eat and that which ye have trodden with kids. your feet; and they drink that † Heb. which ye have fouled with your great feet. ↑ Heb. small cuttle 587. ach. 6. 2. of lambs bDe. 2.5. Je.49.7, 8. ch. 25. hatred of Israel MOREOVER the word of the ing, came unto me, say c 2 Son of man, a set thy face against b mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 And say unto it, Thus saith he-goats. &c the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount B. C. 527. The judgment of mount Seir. CHAPTER XXXVI. 587. † Heb. 41 will lay thy cities waste, desola and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. 5 Because thou hast had a I perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, 5 in the time that their iniquity had an end: 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: h since thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. 7 Thus will 1 mak3 mount Seir fmost desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth. 8 kAnd I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword. 9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: mand ye shall know that I am the LORD. 10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will "possessit; whereas "the LORD was there: tion and a The land of Israel confirmed LSO, thou son of man, proA ch.6.2,3. of Israel, and say, Ye mountains phesy unto the mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: bch.25.3. & 26. 2. 13. d ch. 35. 10. † Heb. Because for be cause. e De. 28. 2 Thus saith the Lord GOD Because b the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the an possession: ver. 9. De. 32. cient high places dare ours in 37.1 Ki.9. 15. Da. 9. 7. La. 2. 16. fch.25.12. † Heb. hands. Ps. 137. 7. ch. 21. 25.29.Da. 9. 24. Ob. tongue. hPs. 109. 17. 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. 12 4 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which though thou hast spoken against the the mountains of Israel, saying, LORD They are laid desolate, they are was given us to consume. Or, ye are made to come upon the lip of the Or, bottoms, or,dales. nps. 834, kPs. 123. 5. Ob. 13. I Or, there. PMat. 7. 2.Ja. 2.13. 9ch. 6. 7. Ps. 9. 16. 13 Thus with your mouth ye "Ps. 48.1, have t boasted against me, and 3. & 132. have multiplied your words 13, 14.ch. against me: I have heard them. 48. 35. 14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; "When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate, 15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Isra-t Heb. to el, because it was desolate, so devour. will I do unto thee: "thou shalt Isa.2.3. be desolate, Omount Seir,and all Re.13.6. Idumea, even all of it: and theyt Heb. shall know that I am the LORD. magniCHAPTER XXXVI. fied. The land of Israel is comforted, both $Is.65.13, by destruction of the heathen, who 14. Is. 58. 12. mver. 33. & 61. 4. Am.9. 14. "Je.31.27 & 33. 12. 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and appointed my land into their pos against all Idumea, iwhich have session with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in cause ye have borne the shame my jealousy and in my fury, be7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of the heathen: GOD; I have lifted up mine hand: Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. 8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. 9 For behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: 10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall shall be builded: be inhabited, and m the wastes 11 And " I will multiply, upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better nings: "and ye shall know that unto you than at your begin&37.6,13. I am the LORD. spitefully used it, 1, 8 and by the tob. 12, och. 35.9. blessings of God promised unto it. 16 Israel was rejected for their sin, 21 and shall be restored without their desert. 25 The blessings of Christ's kingdom. 15. uver.3,4. 12 Yea, I will cause men to walk POb. 17, upon you, even my people Israel; Pand they shall possess thee, and &c. Israel rejected for sin. thou shalt be their inheritance, EZEKIEL. B. C. 9 See Je. Or, cause to fall. B. C. 587. ich.11.19. & 37. 14. k ch. 28. 25. Je.30.22. 21. Ro. 15 "Neither will I cause men to ch. 34. m Mat.l. hear in thee the shame of the 29. heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD. "See Ps. 105. 16. 29. ch. 34. P ch. 34. 27. 4 ch. 16. 61, 63. 16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, tthey defiled it by their own way Le. 18. and by their doings: their way 25. 27, 28. Le. 26. was before me as the unclean-e. 2. 7. 39.ch.6.9. u Le. 15. & 20.43. ness of a removed woman. 19, &c. 18 Wherefore, I poured my De.9. 5. fury upon them for the blood ver. 22. that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: 19 And I scattered them a- ch. 22. mong the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. 20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. 21 But, I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. ch. 15. 36, 38. & 23. 37. Blessings of Christ's kingdom your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. within you, and cause you to 27 And I will put my iSpirit walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; land ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will also save you from will call for the corn, and will all your uncleannesses: and "I increase it, and 'lay no famine upon you. 30 P And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. 31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and 'shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities, and for your abominations. 32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. 33 Thus saith the Lord GOD, In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your initver. 10. quities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. Is.51.3. Joel 2. 3. ch. 28.13. ch. 17. Ps. 106. 24. & 22. 14. & 37. 14. Y See ch z ver. 10. 20. 41. & 28. 22. Or, I am the LORD, saith the Lordd ch. cir. 587. a ch. 1. 3. Je.33. 8.b ch.3.14. 26 A bnew heart also will I &8. 3. & give you, and a new spirit will I h Je. 32. 11.24.Lu. put within you: and I will take 39.ch. 11. 4. 1. away the stony heart out of 19. 34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of "Eden; and the waste and desolate and and are inhabited. ruined cities are become fenced, 36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. 37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. 38 As the t holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD. CHAPTER XXXVII. By the resurrection of dry bones, 1, il the dead hope of Israel is revived. 15 By the uniting of two sticks, 18 is shewed the incorporation of Israel into Judah. 20 The promises of Christ's kingdom. THE hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out b in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was tull of bones, |