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and silver; and thy raimenta was of fine 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.

14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.

15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.

16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come,

neither shall it be so.

17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of y men, and didst commit whoredom with them;

18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.

19 My meat also which I gave thee, 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 slaint 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,)

24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street.

25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.

26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. 27 Behold, therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way.

h

28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, yet couldest not be satisfied.

29 Thou hast, moreover, multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea, and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.

B. C. 594.

a Ps. 45.13,14
De. 32. 13,
14.

Ps. 81. 16.

147. 14.

c Ps. 48. 2.
a2 Ch.9. 23.
e Ho. 8. 9, 10.

ƒ Ps. 50. 2.
La. 2. 15.

De. 4. 7.
B bribest.

h Je. 7. 4.

Is. 1. 21.

Je. 2. 20.

3.1, 2, 6. Ho. 1. 2.

chap.7.20.

Ho. 2. 8.

Jno.4.10,18.
Ps. 139. 11,
12.

m Je. 2. 34.
Y a male.

Je.13.22,26.

La. 1. 8.

Ho. 2.3, 10.
savour of

rest.

with judg ments of.

o Le. 20. 10. De. 22. 22. p Ex. 21. 12. q 2 Ki. 16. 3. 2 Ch. 33. 6. Is. 57. 5.

r Na. 1. 2.

e devour.

& ver. 24, 31.
t Ps. 106. 37.
"Ho. 2. 3.
instru-
ments of
thine or-
nament.

v Je. 25. 9.
w Je. 2.2.

*2.25.9:
Job 34. 26.

y ch.5.8, 13.

1 Ti. 5. 20.

or, brothel

house.

z Je. 3. 2.

a Pr. 9. 14.
6 Ps. 78. 42.
ch. 20.7, 8.
Is. 30. 2, 3.
d chap.9.10.

11.21.

e Ho. 2. 9.

Ps. 106. 41.

μor, cities.

g2 Ch.28.18.

ch.23.12,&c.

2 Ki. 16. 7.

Je. 2. 18, 36. v sister lesser

than thou.

1 De. 32. 32.
j Pr. 7. 11.
π or, thy

daughters
is thine.

Her punishment.

hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;

32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

33 They give gifts to all whores; but 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; there fore thou art contrary.

35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD:

filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness 36 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Because thy discovered' through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the bloodm 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 ga ther 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 hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip" thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.

43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore, I also will recompensed 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 loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand and thy younger sister, that

30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord Por, that was dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom'

GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the

work of an imperious whorish woman;

loathed as a small thing. * Je. 2. 28.

and her daughters.

47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations; 31 In that thou buildest thine eminent 12 Ki. 21. 9. but, as if that were a very little thing, place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and

1 Co. 5.1.

thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.

Mercy in reserve.

EZEKIEL, XVII.

48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness, was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame, for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou; yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

53 When I shall bring again their 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 comfort unto them.

B. C. 595.

a Mat. 10. 15.

11.24. 62. 24. 12.

c Ge. 13.10,13 18.20.

put it in a De. 32. 15. field of seed.

d De. 8. 7..9.

e Is. 44. 4. Pr. 16. 18. 18. 12. a verse 14. Ge. 19. 24. Je. 20. 16. verse 15. Ro. 1. 32. 2. 1..10. Je. 23. 40. Yfield.

i Je. 3. 11.

m Je. 48. 47. 49.39.

n 2 Ki. 25. 7. overse 63. 2 chap. 19.12. Ho. 12. 1. 13. 15. r chap. 2. 5. for a report, or, hearing.

s verse 3.

2 Ki. 24.11.. 17.

55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former t Is. 65. 5. estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

Lu. 18. 11. Sprides, or, excellencies.

Parable of the eagles.

colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.

5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitfuld field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

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 Y 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, 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 great power, or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither," 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,

12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come

56 For thy sister Sodom was not men- 2 Ki. 16. 5. to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king tioned by thy mouth in the day of thy $ 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 Philistines, which despise thee round about.

58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. 59 For thus saith the Lord GOD, I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant."

60 Nevertheless, I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

62 And I will establish' my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:

m

Is. 7. 1.

η

Aram.

brought

him to.

v2 Ch. 36. 13. or, spoil.

w Je. 33. 24. λ them.

chap. 29. 14. u to keep his

covenant, to

stand to it. y Mat.7.1, 2. 2 Ki. 24. 20. De.29.12..15 Ps. 106. 45. d verse 9. e 2 Sa. 23. 5. Je. 32. 40. 50. 5.

a Is. 31. 1..3.

f Ps. 119. 59. chap. 12.13. hIs. 54. 1.

Je. 52. 11.

60. 4.

63 That thou mayest remember, and be Ga.4.26..31. confounded, and never open thy" mouth iJe. 31. 31. any more because of thy shame, when IJno. 15. 16. am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

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Je. 37. 7.
Ho.2.19, 20.

m Ezr. 9. 6. Da. 9. 7, 8. n Ro. 3. 19. o1 Ch. 29. 24.

chap. 32. 3.

g Ho. 8. 1.

v embroidering.

thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:

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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 sending 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.

17 Neither shall Pharaoh, with his mighty army and great company, make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, 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 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.

20 And I will spread my net? upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

God's vindication of himself.

EZEKIEL, XVIII. 21 And all his fugitives with all his B. C. 594. 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 high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tendere one, and will plant it upon an high mountaind and eminent:

23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken, and have done it.

CHAPTER XVIII. THE word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye Ishall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

ẞpledged,

or, taken
to pledge.

a Am. 9.9, 10.
Is. 11. 1.

Je. 23. 5.

Equity of God's dealings.

16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not d chap. 20.40. die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

c Is. 53. 2.

Ps. 2. 6.

72.16. Is. 2. 2, 3.

Mi. 4. 1, 2.

• Jno. 8. 24.

chap. 31. 6.

Da. 4. 12.

Mat. 13. 47,
48.
Lu. 14. 21..
23.
Ex. 20. 5.
2 Ki. 23. 26.

24. 3, 4.

h Lu. 1.52, 53.
1Co.1.27,28.
iLu. 23. 31.

k De. 24. 16.
2 Ki. 14.5, 6.
Is. 3. 10, 11.
m Ro. 2. 9.

n Pr. 28. 13.
o Je. 31. 29.
La. 5.7.

P Ja. 2.14..26.

18 As for his father, because he cruelly and did that which is not good among his oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

19 Yet say ye, Why? doth note the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness' of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

21 But if the wicked will turn" from all his sins that he hath committed, and keepr all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

22 All his transgressions that he hath

4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul chap. 33.16. committed, they shall not be mentioned

of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

q

r Ps. 103. 12.

Ro. 8. 1.

& Ro. 6. 23.

5 But if a man be just, and do that 1 Ti. 2. 4. which is lawful and right,

6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near tow a menstruous woman,

7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

a

2

2 Pe. 3. 9.

y judgment
and justice.
u Le. 18. 19,

unto him in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

23 Have It any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD; and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth ini &c.quity, and doeth according to all the abomiHe. 6. 4..6. nations that the wicked man doeth, shall he 10.26,27. live? All his righteousness that he hath 2 Pe. 2. 20. done shall not be mentioned: in his tresw Le. 20. 10. pass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin * Ex. 22. 21, that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

&c. Pr. 3. 31.

y De.24.12,13

25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord 8 He that hath not given forth upon is not equal. Hear now, O house of usury, neither hath taken any increase, De. 15.7, 8. Israel; Is not my way equal? are not that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

10 If he beget a son that is a robber, ad shedder of blood, and that doeth Sthe like to any one of these things,

11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

14 Now, lo, if he beget a son that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

Is. 58.7.

Mat. 25. 35.

your ways unequal?

26 When a righteous man turneth away a Le. 25.36,37 from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

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Ne. 5. 7.

Ps. 15. 5.

Le.19.15, 35

Zec. 8. 16.

Ps. 119.1..6.
or, breaker
up of an
house.

Nu. 35. 31.
Cor, to his

brother be-
sides any
of these.

e Lu.15.17,&c
ƒ Pr. 19. 3.

Re. 2. 5.
or, others,
Lu. 22. 32.

Ps. 51. 13.

Obloods.

chap. 33. 4.

Ac. 18. 6.

Ep.4.22,23.

k verse 28.
I Ps. 51.10.
Je. 32. 39.

27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

28 Because he considereth, and turnhe hath committed, he shall surely live, eth away from all his transgressions that

he shall not die.

29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart' and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Fall of the royal family.

CHAPTER XIX.

EZEKIEL, XX.

MOREOVER, take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

5 Now, when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

6 And he went up and down among

a

B. C. 594.

chap.26.17.

27.2.

Ps. 48. 2.

c Le. 18. 3. De.29.16..18 Jos. 24. 14.

34.

2Ch.36.4..6. Je.22.11..18

Privileges and sins of Israel.

land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

8 But they rebelled against me, and d2 Ki. 23.31.. would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

e Ju.2.12..15.

1 Ki.11.5..8.

2 Ki.21.3, &c f2Ki.22.16,17

g ch.36.21,22. De. 9. 28.

9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the

the lions, he became a young lion, and Nu. 14. 13, heathen, among whom they were, in whose learned to catch the prey, and devoured

men.

7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.m

9 And they put him in ward in Schains, and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

10 Thy mother is like a viner in thy Sblood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful, and full of branches, by reason of many waters.

11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit; her strong rods were broken and withered, the fire consumed them.

13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry" and thirsty ground.

14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

CHAPTER XX.

AND it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of thed elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.

2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,

Bor,

&c.

widows. i Ex. 13. 18. k De. 4. 8. Ne.9.13,14.

Ps. 147.19.

y made them to know. Le. 18. 5. 19.3,30.

m La. 4. 20.
Ex. 31. 13.
sor, hooks.
Is. 63. 10.
P ch.17.6, &c.
gor, quiet-

ness, or,
likeness.

De. 8. 7..9.
Ne. 13. 18.
Nu. 26. 65.
chap. 17.10.
Ho. 13. 15.

u Ps. 95. 11.
v Ps. 63.1.
10 Pr. 1.30,31.

Ju. 9. 15.
2 Ki. 24. 20.

Ps. 80. 16. y Ps. 79. 7.

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Ne. 9. 37.

Ho. 3. 4.

Am. 9. 11. Ps. 78. 37. bPs. 78. 38. De. V..XII. d chap. 8. 1. e Je. 9. 14. Am. 2. 4.

Am.5.25,26.

Ex. 20. 2.
Le.19.4, &c.
Ps. 119. 3.

h Je. 17. 22.

ch.14.1,3,&c

John 4. 24.

* Nu. 25. 1, 2. De.9.23,24.

3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will notior, be inquired of by you.

4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know' the abominations of their fathers;

5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Gop, In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;

6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the

8

31. 27.

plead

for. Ichap. 16. 2. m ver. 13, 16.

n De. 7. 6. e or, sware, verse 6. Ex. 6. 8.

• Ex. 3.8, &c. De.4.34,35.

p verse 17.

ver. 9, 14.

r Ps. 98. 2.

De. 8.7, &c.

sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness:

11 And I gave them my statutes, and Y shewed them my judgments, which' if a man do, he shall even live in them.

12 Moreover also, I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign" between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they, greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would" not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

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18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:"

19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;

20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they " polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.

22 Nevertheless? I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

23 I lifted up mine hand unto them

The sins and punishments of Israel. EZEKIEL, XXI.

also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;

24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

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25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live:

26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed m me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.

29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.

30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers?" and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?

31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day;" and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not a be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.

33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you;

34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.

35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face."

36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. 37 And will cause you to pass' under the rod, and I will bring you into n the bond of the covenant:

38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD, Gor ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

B. C. 593.

a Le. 26. 33.
De 28. 64.

Ps. 106. 26,
27.

6 Is. 2. 2, 3.

25. 6, 7.
c Is. 60. 7.

Zec. 8. 20,
&c.

Mal. 3. 4.

chap. 6. 9. Ps. 119.37. Bor, chief.

e verse 39.

Ps. 81. 12.
Ho. 8. 11.
Ro. 1. 24.

2 Th. 2. 11.

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rest.

Phi. 4. 18.
1.1.11.15.

g1 Pe. 2. 9.

i 2 Ki. 17. 17.
Je. 32. 35.

k Is. 5. 16.
chap.38.23.
m Ro. 2. 24.
& trespassed.
n chap.16.61.

• Job 42. 6.

Is. 57. 5, &c.

Je. 3. 6.
Ps. 25. 11.

115. 1.

1 John 2.12.

"Ps. 103. 10.
De. 31. 20.
1 Co. 10.22.
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40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the ß firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

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41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.

42 And ye shall know' that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.

43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight, for all your evils that ye have committed.

44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not" according to your wicked ways, nor according to your rayso corrupt doings, ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

45 Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;

47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.*

49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? CHAPTER XXI. AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword* go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north;

5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return" any more. 6 Sigh, therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

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7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings, because it cometh and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be

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