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Книга пророка Иезекииля

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Ezekiel, Chapter 17

¹ Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine, ¹¹ Zedekiah’s Rebellion

¹ Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, ² “Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel, ³ ^asaying, ‘Thus says the Lord^bGOD, “A great eagle with great wings, long pinions and a full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar. ⁴ He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders. ⁵ He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in^cfertile soil. He^dplaced it beside abundant waters; he set it like a willow. ⁶ Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches.

⁷ “But there was^eanother great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him from the beds where it was planted, that he might water it. ⁸ It was planted in good^fsoil beside abundant waters, that it might yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.”’ ⁹ Say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers—so that all its sprouting leaves wither? And neither by great^gstrength nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again. ¹⁰ Behold, though it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it—wither on the beds where it grew?”’”

¹¹ Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ¹² “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon. ¹³ He took one of the royal^hfamily and made a covenant with him,ⁱputting him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land, ¹⁴ that the kingdom might be^jin subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue. ¹⁵ But he rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt that they might give him horses and many^ktroops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape? ¹⁶ As I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘Surely in the^lcountry of the king who^mput him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke,ⁿin Babylon he shall die. ¹⁷ Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not^ohelp him in the war, when they cast up ramps and build siege walls to cut off many lives. ¹⁸ Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he^ppledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.’” ¹⁹ Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, “As I live, surely My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will^qinflict on his head. ²⁰ I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. Then I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me. ²¹ All the^rchoice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.”

²² Thus says the Lord GOD, “I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. ²³ On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, that it may bring forth boughs and bear fruit and become a stately cedar. And birds of every^skind will^tnest under it; they will^unest in the shade of its branches. ²⁴ All the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD; I bring down the high tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will perform it.”

Ezekiel, Chapter 18

¹ God Deals Justly with Individuals

¹ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ² “What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,
But the children’s teeth^aare set on edge’?

³ As I live,” declares the Lord^bGOD, “you are surely not going to use this proverb in Israel anymore. ⁴ Behold, all^csouls are Mine; the^dsoul of the father as well as the^esoul of the son is Mine. The^fsoul who sins will die.

⁵ “But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness, ⁶ and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period— ⁷ if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, ⁸ if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man, ⁹ if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully—he is righteous and will surely live,” declares the Lord GOD.

¹⁰ “Then he may^ghave a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother ¹¹ (though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor’s wife, ¹² oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination, ¹³ he lends money on interest and takes increase; will he live? He will not live! He has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death; his blood will be^hon his own head.

¹⁴ “Now behold, heⁱhas a son who has observed all his father’s sins which he committed, and observing does not do likewise. ¹⁵ He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife, ¹⁶ or oppress anyone, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, ¹⁷ he keeps his hand from^jthe poor, does not take interest or increase, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes; he will not die for his father’s iniquity, he will surely live. ¹⁸ As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity.

¹⁹ “Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity?’ When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has observed all My statutes and done them, he shall surely live. ²⁰ The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

²¹ “But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die. ²² All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live. ²³ Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord GOD, “^krather than that he should turn from his ways and live?

²⁴ “But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die. ²⁵ Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right? ²⁶ When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die. ²⁷ Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life. ²⁸ Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. ²⁹ But the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Are My ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right?

³⁰ “Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord GOD. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you. ³¹ Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel? ³² For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord GOD. “Therefore, repent and live.”

Ezekiel, Chapter 19

¹ Lament for the Princes of Israel

¹ “As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel ² and say,‘^aWhat was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.

³‘When she brought up one of her cubs,
He became a lion,
And he learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.

⁴‘Then nations heard about him;
He was captured in their pit,
And they brought him with hooks
To the land of Egypt.

⁵‘When she saw, as she waited,
That her hope was lost,
She took^banother of her cubs
And made him a young lion.

⁶‘And he walked about among the lions;
He became a young lion,
He learned to tear his prey;
He devoured men.

⁷‘He^cdestroyed their^dfortified towers
And laid waste their cities;
And the land and its fullness were appalled
Because of the sound of his roaring.

⁸‘Then nations set against him
On every side from their provinces,
And they spread their net over him;
He was captured in their pit.

⁹‘They put him in a cage with hooks
And brought him to the king of Babylon;
They brought him in hunting nets
So that his voice would be heard no more
On the mountains of Israel.

¹⁰‘Your mother was like a vine in your^evineyard,
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and full of branches
Because of abundant waters.

¹¹‘And it had^fstrong branches fit for scepters of rulers,
And its height was raised above the clouds
So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.

¹²‘But it was plucked up in fury;
It was cast down to the ground;
And the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its^gstrong branch^hwas torn off
So thatⁱit withered;
The fire consumed it.

¹³‘And now it is planted in the wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.

¹⁴‘And fire has gone out from its branch;
It has consumed its shoots and fruit,
So that there is not in it a^jstrong branch,
A scepter to rule.’”

This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

Ezekiel, Chapter 20

¹ God’s Dealings with Israel Rehearsed, ³³ God Will Restore Israel to Her Land

¹ Now in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month,^acertain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. ² And the word of the LORD came to me saying, ³ “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord^bGOD, “Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “I will not be inquired of by you.”’ ⁴ Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Make them know the abominations of their fathers; ⁵ and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On the day when I chose Israel and^cswore to the^ddescendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I^eswore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God, ⁶ on that day I swore to them, to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had^fselected for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands. ⁷ I said to them, ‘Cast away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.’ ⁸ But they rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me;^gthey did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt.

Then I^hresolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. ⁹ But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. ¹⁰ So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. ¹¹ I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a manⁱobserves them, he will live. ¹² Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. ¹³ But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, by which, if a man^jobserves them, he will live; and My sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I^kresolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them. ¹⁴ But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, before whose sight I had brought them out. ¹⁵ Also I swore to 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, ¹⁶ because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their idols. ¹⁷ Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not cause their annihilation in the wilderness.

¹⁸ “I said to their^lchildren in the wilderness, ‘Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. ¹⁹ I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and^mobserve them. ²⁰ Sanctify My sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ ²¹ But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to observe My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; they profaned My sabbaths. So Iⁿresolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the wilderness. ²² But I withdrew My hand and acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. ²³ Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands, ²⁴ because they had not observed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned My sabbaths, and their eyes were^oon the idols of their fathers. ²⁵ I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live; ²⁶ and I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts, in that they caused all^ptheir firstborn to pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might know that I am the LORD.”’

²⁷ “Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed Me by acting treacherously against Me. ²⁸ When I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma and there they poured out their drink offerings. ²⁹ Then I said to them, ‘What is the high place to which you go?’ So its name is called^qBamah to this day.”’ ³⁰ Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Will you defile yourselves^rafter the manner of your fathers and play the harlot after their detestable things? ³¹ ^sWhen you offer your gifts, when you cause your sons to pass through the fire, you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “I will not be inquired of by you. ³² What comes^tinto your mind will not come about, when you say: ‘We will be like the nations, like the tribes of the lands, serving wood and stone.’

³³ “As I live,” declares the Lord GOD, “surely with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I shall be king over you. ³⁴ I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out; ³⁵ and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face. ³⁶ As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you,” declares the Lord GOD. ³⁷ “I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; ³⁸ and I will purge from you the rebels and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they will not enter the^uland of Israel. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.

³⁹ “As for you, O house of Israel,” thus says the Lord GOD, “Go, serve everyone his idols;^vbut later you will surely listen to Me, and My holy name you will profane no longer with your gifts and with your idols. ⁴⁰ For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares the Lord GOD, “there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them and there I will^wseek your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things. ⁴¹ ^xAs a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations. ⁴² And you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the land which I swore to give to your forefathers. ⁴³ There you will remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves; and you will loathe yourselves in your own^ysight for all the evil things that you have done. ⁴⁴ Then you will know that I am the LORD when I have dealt with you for My name’s sake, not according to your evil ways or according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel,” declares the Lord GOD.’”

⁴⁵ ^zNow the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ⁴⁶ “Son of man, set your face toward^aaTeman, and speak out against the south and prophesy against the forest^abland of the Negev, ⁴⁷ and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every^acgreen tree in you, as well as every dry tree; the blazing flame will not be quenched and^adthe whole surface from south to north will be burned by it. ⁴⁸ All flesh will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.”’” ⁴⁹ Then I said, “Ah Lord GOD! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking parables?’”

Ezekiel, Chapter 21

¹ Parable of the Sword of the Lord, ¹⁸ The Instrument of God’s Judgment

¹ ^aAnd the word of the LORD came to me saying, ² “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and^bspeak against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel; ³ and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, I am against you; and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked. ⁴ Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go forth from its sheath against all flesh from south to north. ⁵ Thus all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword out of its sheath. It will not return to its sheath again.”’ ⁶ As for you, son of man, groan with breaking^cheart and bitter grief, groan in their sight. ⁷ And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will^dfaint and all knees will^ebe weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,’ declares the Lord^fGOD.”

⁸ Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ⁹ “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the LORD.’ Say,‘A sword, a sword sharpened
And also polished!

¹⁰‘Sharpened to make a slaughter,
Polished^gto flash like lightning!’

Or shall we rejoice, the^hrod of My son despising every tree?

¹¹ It is given to be polished, that it may be handled; the sword is sharpened and polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. ¹² Cry out and wail, son of man; for it is against My people, it is against all the officials of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with My people, therefore strike your thigh. ¹³ For there is a testing; and what if even theⁱrod which despises will be no more?” declares the Lord GOD.

¹⁴ “You therefore, son of man, prophesy and clap your hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword for the slain. It is the sword for the great one slain, which surrounds them, ¹⁵ that their hearts may melt, and many fall at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword. Ah! It is made for striking like lightning, it is wrapped up in readiness for slaughter. ¹⁶ ^jShow yourself sharp, go to the right; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your^kedge is appointed. ¹⁷ I will also clap My hands together, and I will^lappease My wrath; I, the LORD, have spoken.”

¹⁸ The word of the LORD came to me saying, ¹⁹ “As for you, son of man,^mmake two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them will go out of one land. Andⁿmake a signpost;^omake it at the head of the way to the city. ²⁰ You shall^pmark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem. ²¹ For the king of Babylon stands at the^qparting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the^rhousehold idols, he looks at the liver. ²² Into his right hand came the divination, ‘Jerusalem,’ to set battering rams, to open the mouth^sfor slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall. ²³ And it will be to them like a false divination in their eyes; they have sworn solemn oaths. But he brings iniquity to remembrance, that they may be seized.

²⁴ “Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear—because you have come to remembrance, you will be seized with the hand. ²⁵ And you, O slain, wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the^tpunishment of the end,’ ²⁶ thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will^uno longer be the same. Exalt that which is low and abase that which is high. ²⁷ A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, I will make it. This also will be no more until He comes whose right it is, and I will give it to Him.’

²⁸ “And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, polished for the slaughter, to cause it^vto consume, that it may be like lightning— ²⁹ while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the time of the^wpunishment of the end. ³⁰ Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you. ³¹ I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men,^xskilled in destruction. ³² You will be^yfuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”

Ezekiel, Chapter 22

¹ The Sins of Israel

¹ Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ² “And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations. ³ You shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord^aGOD, “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her interest, for defilement! ⁴ You have become guilty by^bthe blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your^cday near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands. ⁵ Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of ill repute, full of turmoil.

⁶ “Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his^dpower, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood. ⁷ They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you. ⁸ You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths. ⁹ Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness. ¹⁰ In you^ethey have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who was unclean in her menstrual impurity. ¹¹ One has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter. ¹² In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

¹³ “Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at^fthe bloodshed which is among you. ¹⁴ Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken and will act. ¹⁵ I will scatter you among the nations and I will disperse you through the lands, and I will consume your uncleanness from you. ¹⁶ You will profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will know that I am the LORD.”’”

¹⁷ And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ¹⁸ “Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver. ¹⁹ Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. ²⁰ As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath and I will lay you there and melt you. ²¹ I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it. ²² As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath on you.’”

²³ And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ²⁴ “Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’ ²⁵ There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her. ²⁶ Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. ²⁷ Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain. ²⁸ Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ when the LORD has not spoken. ²⁹ The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice. ³⁰ I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found^gno one. ³¹ Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads,” declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel, Chapter 23

¹ Oholah and Oholibah’s Sin and Its Consequences

¹ The word of the LORD came to me again, saying, ² “Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother; ³ and they played the harlot in Egypt. They played the harlot in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and there their virgin bosom was handled. ⁴ Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah.

⁵ “Oholah played the harlot^awhile she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors, ⁶ who were clothed in purple, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. ⁷ She bestowed her harlotries on them, all of whom were the choicest^bmen of Assyria; and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she defiled herself. ⁸ She did not forsake her harlotries from the time in Egypt; for in her youth^cmen had lain with her, and they handled her virgin bosom and poured out their^dlust on her. ⁹ Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the^eAssyrians, after whom she lusted. ¹⁰ They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they slew her with the sword. Thus she became a^fbyword among women, and they executed judgments on her.

¹¹ “Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister. ¹² She lusted after the^gAssyrians, governors and officials, the ones near, magnificently dressed, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. ¹³ I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took^hthe same way. ¹⁴ So she increased her harlotries. And she saw men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, ¹⁵ girded with belts on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers,ⁱlike the^jBabylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth. ¹⁶ ^kWhen she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. ¹⁷ The^lBabylonians came to her to the bed of love and defiled her with their harlotry. And when she had been defiled by them,^mshe became disgusted with them. ¹⁸ She uncovered her harlotries and uncovered her nakedness; thenⁿI became disgusted with her, as^oI had become disgusted with her sister. ¹⁹ Yet she multiplied her harlotries, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the harlot in the land of Egypt. ²⁰ She lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses. ²¹ Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when^pthe Egyptians handled your bosom because of the breasts of your youth.

²² “Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord^qGOD, ‘Behold I will arouse your lovers against you, from whom^ryou were alienated, and I will bring them against you from every side: ²³ the^sBabylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the^tAssyrians with them; desirable young men, governors and officials all of them, officers and^umen of renown, all of them riding on horses. ²⁴ They will come against you with weapons, chariots and^vwagons, and with a company of peoples. They will set themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their customs. ²⁵ I will set My jealousy against you, that they may deal with you in wrath. They will remove your nose and your ears; and your^wsurvivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters; and your^xsurvivors will be consumed by the fire. ²⁶ They will also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels. ²⁷ Thus I will make your lewdness and your harlotry brought from the land of Egypt to cease from you, so that you will not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’ ²⁸ For thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I will give you into the hand of those whom you hate, into the hand of those from whom^yyou were alienated. ²⁹ They will deal with you in hatred, take all your property, and leave you naked and bare. And the nakedness of your harlotries will be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotries. ³⁰ These things will be done to you because you have played the harlot with the nations, because you have defiled yourself with their idols. ³¹ You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.’ ³² Thus says the Lord GOD,‘You will drink your sister’s cup,
Which is deep and wide.
^zYou will be laughed at and held in derision;
It contains much.

³³‘You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow,
The cup of horror and desolation,
The cup of your sister Samaria.

³⁴‘You will drink it and drain it.
Then you will gnaw its fragments
And tear your breasts;

for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.

³⁵ Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, bear now the punishment of your lewdness and your harlotries.’”

³⁶ Moreover, the LORD said to me, “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. ³⁷ For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to^aathem as food. ³⁸ Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and have profaned My sabbaths. ³⁹ For when they had slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary on the same day to profane it; and lo, thus they did within My house.

⁴⁰ “Furthermore,^abthey have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came—for whom you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments; ⁴¹ and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil. ⁴² The sound of a^accarefree multitude was with her; and drunkards were brought from the wilderness with men of the^adcommon sort. And they put bracelets on^aethe hands of the women and beautiful crowns on their heads.

⁴³ “Then I said concerning her who was worn out by adulteries, ‘^afWill they now commit adultery with her when she is thus?’ ⁴⁴ ^agBut they went in to her as they would go in to a harlot. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women. ⁴⁵ But they, righteous men, will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

⁴⁶ “For thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Bring up a company against them and give them over to terror and plunder. ⁴⁷ The company will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they will slay their sons and their daughters and burn their houses with fire. ⁴⁸ Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and not commit^ahlewdness as you have done. ⁴⁹ Your lewdness^aiwill be requited upon you, and you will bear the penalty of worshiping your idols; thus you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”

Ezekiel, Chapter 24

¹ Parable of the Boiling Pot, ¹⁵ Death of Ezekiel’s Wife Is a Sign

¹ And the word of the LORD came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying, ² “Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon^ahas laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. ³ Speak a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord^bGOD,“Put on the pot, put it on and also pour water in it;

⁴^cPut in it the pieces,
Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder;
Fill it with choice bones.

⁵“Take the choicest of the flock,
And also pile^dwood under^ethe pot.
Make it boil vigorously.
Also seethe its bones in it.”

⁶ ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD,“Woe to the bloody city,
To the pot in which there is rust
And whose rust has not gone out of it!
Take out of it piece after piece,
^fWithout making a choice.

⁷“For her blood is in her midst;
She placed it on the bare rock;
She did not pour it on the ground
To cover it with dust.

⁸“That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,
I have put her blood on the bare rock,
That it may not be covered.”

⁹ ‘Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD,“Woe to the bloody city!
I also will make the pile great.

¹⁰“Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,
^gBoil the flesh well
And mix in the spices,
And let the bones be burned.

¹¹“Then set it empty on its coals
So that it may be hot
And its bronze may^hglow
And its filthiness may be melted in it,
Its rust consumed.

¹²“She has wearied Me with toil,
Yet her great rust has not gone from her;
Let her rust be in the fire!

¹³“In your filthiness is lewdness.
Because I would have cleansed you,
Yet you are not clean,
You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again
Until I haveⁱspent My wrath on you.

¹⁴ I, the LORD, have spoken; it is coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not pity and I will not be sorry; according to your ways and according to your deeds^jI will judge you,” declares the Lord GOD.’”

¹⁵ And the word of the LORD came to me saying, ¹⁶ “Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come. ¹⁷ Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and do not eat the bread of men.” ¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded. ¹⁹ The people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?” ²⁰ Then I said to them, “The word of the LORD came to me saying, ²¹ ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword. ²² You will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men. ²³ Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep, but you will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan^kto one another. ²⁴ Thus Ezekiel will be a sign to you; according to all that he has done you will do; when it comes, then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”

²⁵ ‘As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their^lpride, the desire of their eyes and^mtheir heart’s delight, their sons and their daughters, ²⁶ that on that day he who escapes will come to you with information for your ears? ²⁷ On that day your mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.’”

Ezekiel, Chapter 25

¹ Judgment on Gentile Nations—Ammon, ⁸ Moab, ¹² Edom, ¹⁵ Philistia

¹ And the word of the LORD came to me saying, ² “Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them, ³ and say to the sons of Ammon, ‘Hear the word of the Lord^aGOD! Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because you said, ‘Aha!’ against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile, ⁴ therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the sons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk. ⁵ I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.” ⁶ For thus says the Lord GOD, “Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel, ⁷ therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you and I will give you for spoil to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.”

⁸ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because Moab and Seir say, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,’ ⁹ therefore, behold, I am going to^bdeprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its^cfrontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim, ¹⁰ and I will give it for a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the sons of the east, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations. ¹¹ Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

¹² ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred grievous guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,” ¹³ therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword. ¹⁴ I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom according to My anger and according to My wrath; thus they will know My vengeance,” declares the Lord GOD.

¹⁵ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Because the Philistines have acted in revenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity,” ¹⁶ therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. ¹⁷ I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will know that I am the LORD when I lay My vengeance on them.”’”

Ezekiel, Chapter 26

¹ Judgment on Tyre

¹ Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, ² “Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has^aopened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,’ ³ therefore thus says the Lord^bGOD, ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. ⁴ They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; and I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock. ⁵ She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘and she will become spoil for the nations. ⁶ Also her daughters who are^con the mainland will be slain by the sword, and they will know that I am the LORD.’”

⁷ For thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, chariots, cavalry and^da great army. ⁸ He will slay your daughters^eon the mainland with the sword; and he will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. ⁹ The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his^faxes he will break down your towers. ¹⁰ Because of the multitude of his horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of cavalry and^gwagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached. ¹¹ With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will come down to the ground. ¹² Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise, break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and^hthrow your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water. ¹³ So I willⁱsilence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more. ¹⁴ I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more, for I the LORD have spoken,” declares the Lord GOD.

¹⁵ Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre, “Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? ¹⁶ Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with^jtrembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you. ¹⁷ They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you,‘How you have perished, O inhabited one,
From the seas, O renowned city,
Which was mighty on the sea,
She and her inhabitants,
Who^kimposed^lher terror
On all her inhabitants!

¹⁸‘Now the coastlands will tremble
On the day of your fall;
Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea
Will be terrified at your passing.’”

¹⁹ For thus says the Lord GOD, “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, ²⁰ then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not^mbe inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living. ²¹ I willⁿbring terrors on you and you will be no more; though you will be sought, you will never be found again,” declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel, Chapter 27

¹ Lament over Tyre

¹ Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying, ² “And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre; ³ and say to Tyre, who dwells at the^aentrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord^bGOD,“O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

⁴“Your borders are in the heart of the seas;
Your builders have perfected your beauty.

⁵“They have^cmade all your planks of fir trees from Senir;
They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

⁶“Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars;
With ivory they have^dinlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus.

⁷“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your^edistinguishing mark;
Your^fawning was^gblue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah.

⁸“The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers;
Your wise men, O Tyre, were^haboard; they were your pilots.

⁹“The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams;
All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.

¹⁰ “Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor. ¹¹ The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and theⁱGammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

¹² “Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin and lead they paid for your wares. ¹³ Javan, Tubal and Meshech, they were your traders; with the lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise. ¹⁴ Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses and war horses and mules for your wares. ¹⁵ The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were^jyour market; ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment. ¹⁶ Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your^kgoods; they paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies. ¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith,^lcakes, honey, oil and balm they paid for your merchandise. ¹⁸ Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your^mgoods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. ¹⁹ Vedan and Javan paid for your waresⁿfrom Uzal; wrought iron, cassia and^osweet cane were among your merchandise. ²⁰ Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. ²¹ Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were^pyour customers for lambs, rams and goats; for these they were your customers. ²² The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold. ²³ Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴ They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of^qblue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise. ²⁵ The ships of Tarshish were^rthe carriers for your merchandise.And you were filled and were very^sglorious
In the heart of the seas.
²⁶ “Your rowers have brought youInto great waters;
The east wind has broken you
In the heart of the seas.

²⁷“Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,
Your sailors and your pilots,
Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise
And all your men of war who are in you,
With all your company that is in your midst,
Will fall into the heart of the seas
On the day of your overthrow.

²⁸“At the sound of the cry of your pilots
The pasture lands will shake.

²⁹“All who handle the oar,
The sailors and all the pilots of the sea
Will come down from their ships;
They will stand on the land,

³⁰And they will make their voice heard over you
And will cry bitterly.
They will cast dust on their heads,
They will wallow in ashes.

³¹“Also they will make themselves bald for you
And gird themselves with sackcloth;
And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul
With bitter mourning.

³²“Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you
And lament over you:
‘Who is like Tyre,
Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?

³³‘When your wares went out from the seas,
You satisfied many peoples;
With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise
You enriched the kings of earth.

³⁴‘^tNow that you are broken by the seas
In the depths of the waters,
Your merchandise and all your company
Have fallen in the midst of you.

³⁵‘All the inhabitants of the coastlands
Are appalled at you,
And their kings are horribly afraid;
They are troubled in countenance.

³⁶‘The merchants among the peoples hiss at you;
You have become^uterrified
And you will cease to be forever.’”’”

Ezekiel, Chapter 28

¹ Tyre’s King Overthrown, ²⁰ Judgment of Sidon, ²⁵ Israel Regathered

¹ The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, ² “Son of man, say to the^aleader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord^bGOD,“Because your heart is lifted up
And you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of^cgods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a man and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

³Behold, you are wiser than Daniel;
There is no secret that is a match for you.

⁴“By your wisdom and understanding
You have acquired riches for yourself
And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

⁵“By your great wisdom, by your trade
You have increased your riches
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches—

⁶ Therefore thus says the Lord GOD,‘Because you have made your heart
Like the heart of God,

⁷Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you,
The most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And defile your splendor.

⁸‘They will bring you down to the pit,
And you will die the death of those who are slain
In the heart of the seas.

⁹‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”
In the presence of your slayer,
Though you are a man and not God,
In the hands of those who wound you?

¹⁰‘You will die the death of the uncircumcised
By the hand of strangers,
For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord GOD!”’”

¹¹ Again the word of the LORD came to me saying, ¹² “Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,“You^dhad the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

¹³“You were in Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering:
The ruby, the topaz and the diamond;
The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;
The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;
And the gold, the workmanship of your^esettings and^fsockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.

¹⁴“You were the anointed cherub who^gcovers,
And I placed you there.
You were on the holy mountain of God;
You walked in the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁵“You were blameless in your ways
From the day you were created
Until unrighteousness was found in you.

¹⁶“By the abundance of your trade
^hYou were internally filled with violence,
And you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane
From the mountain of God.
And I have destroyed you, Oⁱcovering cherub,
From the midst of the stones of fire.

¹⁷“Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty;
You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.
I cast you to the ground;
I put you before kings,
That they may see you.

¹⁸“By the multitude of your iniquities,
In the unrighteousness of your trade
You profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you;
It has consumed you,
And I have turned you to ashes on the earth
In the eyes of all who see you.

¹⁹“All who know you among the peoples
Are appalled at you;
You have become^jterrified
And you will cease to be forever.”’”

²⁰ And the word of the LORD came to me saying, ²¹ “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her ²² and say, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,“Behold, I am against you, O Sidon,
And I will^kbe glorified in your midst.
Then they will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments in her,
And I will manifest My holiness in her.

²³“For I will send pestilence to her
And blood to her streets,
And the wounded will^lfall in her midst
By the sword upon her on every side;
Then they will know that I am the LORD.

²⁴ And there will be no more for the house of Israel a prickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”

²⁵ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their^mland which I gave to My servant Jacob. ²⁶ They will live in it securely; and they will build houses, plant vineyards and live securely when I execute judgments upon all who scorn them round about them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.”’”

Ezekiel, Chapter 29

¹ Judgment of Egypt

¹ In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, ² “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. ³ Speak and say, ‘Thus says the Lord^aGOD,“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great^bmonster that lies in the midst of his^crivers,
That has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’

⁴“I will put hooks in your jaws
And make the fish of your^drivers cling to your scales.
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your^erivers,
And all the fish of your^frivers will cling to your scales.

⁵“I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your^grivers;
You will fall on the^hopen field; you will not be brought together orⁱgathered.
I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

⁶“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD,
Because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.

⁷“When they took hold of you with the hand,
You broke and tore all their^jhands;
And when they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their loins^kquake.”

⁸ ‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will bring upon you a sword and I will cut off from you man and beast. ⁹ The land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Because^lyou said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’ ¹⁰ therefore, behold, I am against you and against your^mrivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and even to the border ofⁿEthiopia. ¹¹ A man’s foot will not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. ¹² So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.”

¹³ ‘For thus says the Lord GOD, “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples^oamong whom they were scattered. ¹⁴ I will turn the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom. ¹⁵ It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations. ¹⁶ And it will never again be the confidence of the house of Israel,^pbringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned^qto Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”’”

¹⁷ Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, ¹⁸ “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor^rhard against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had^sperformed against it.” ¹⁹ Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her^twealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army. ²⁰ I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he^uperformed, because they acted for Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

²¹ “On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will^vopen your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

Ezekiel, Chapter 30

¹ Lament over Egypt, ²⁰ Victory for Babylon

¹ The word of the LORD came again to me saying, ² “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord^aGOD,“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’

³“For the day is near,
Even the day of the LORD is near;
It will be a day of clouds,
A time of doom for the nations.

⁴“A sword will come upon Egypt,
And anguish will be in^bEthiopia;
When the slain fall in Egypt,
They take away her^cwealth,
And her foundations are torn down.

⁵ ^dEthiopia, Put, Lud, all^eArabia,^fLibya and the^gpeople of the land^hthat is in league will fall with them by the sword.”

⁶

‘Thus says the LORD,
“Indeed, those who support Egypt will fall
And the pride of her power will come down;
From Migdol to Syene
They will fall within her by the sword,”
Declares the Lord GOD.

⁷

“They will be desolate
In the midst of the desolated lands;
And her cities will be
In the midst of the devastated cities.

⁸

“And they will know that I am the LORD,
When I set a fire in Egypt
And all her helpers are broken.

⁹ On that day messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten secureⁱEthiopia; and anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!”

¹⁰ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,“I will also make the^jhordes of Egypt cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

¹¹“He and his people with him,
The most ruthless of the nations,
Will be brought in to destroy the land;
And they will draw their swords against Egypt
And fill the land with the slain.

¹²“Moreover, I will make the Nile canals dry
And sell the land into the hands of evil men.
And I will make the land desolate
And^kall that is in it,
By the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken.”

¹³ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,“I will also destroy the idols
And make the^limages cease from^mMemphis.
And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;
And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

¹⁴“I will make Pathros desolate,
Set a fire in Zoan
And execute judgments onⁿThebes.

¹⁵“I will pour out My wrath on^oSin,
The stronghold of Egypt;
I will also cut off the hordes of^pThebes.

¹⁶“I will set a fire in Egypt;
^qSin will writhe in anguish,
^rThebes will be breached
And^sMemphis will have^tdistresses daily.

¹⁷“The young men of^uOn and of Pi-beseth
Will fall by the sword,
And^vthe women will go into captivity.

¹⁸“In Tehaphnehes the day will^wbe dark
When I break there the yoke bars of Egypt.
Then the pride of her power will cease in her;
A cloud will cover her,
And her daughters will go into captivity.

¹⁹“Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt,
And they will know that I am the LORD.”’”

²⁰ In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, ²¹ “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up^xfor healing^yor wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword. ²² Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand. ²³ I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands. ²⁴ For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man. ²⁵ Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. ²⁶ When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

Ezekiel, Chapter 31

¹ Pharaoh Warned of Assyria’s Fate

¹ In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, ² “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes,‘Whom are you like in your greatness?

³‘Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and forest shade,
And^avery high,
And its top was among the^bclouds.

⁴‘The waters made it grow, the^cdeep made it high.
With its rivers it continually^dextended all around its planting place,
And sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.

⁵‘Therefore its height was loftier than all the trees of the field
And its boughs became many and its branches long
Because of many waters^eas it spread them out.

⁶‘All the birds of the heavens nested in its boughs,
And under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth,
And all great nations lived under its shade.

⁷‘So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches;
For its^froots extended to many waters.

⁸‘The cedars in God’s garden^gcould not match it;
The^hcypressesⁱcould not compare with its boughs,
And the plane trees^jcould not match its branches.
No tree in God’s garden^kcould compare with it in its beauty.

⁹‘I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches,
And all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it.

¹⁰ ‘Therefore thus says the Lord^lGOD, “Because^mit is high in stature and has set its top among theⁿclouds, and its heart is haughty in its loftiness, ¹¹ therefore I will give it into the hand of a^odespot of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. According to its wickedness I have driven it away. ¹² Alien tyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it; on the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have gone down from its shade and left it. ¹³ On its ruin all the birds of the heavens will dwell, and all the beasts of the field will be on its fallen branches ¹⁴ so that all the trees by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the^pclouds, nor their^qwell-watered mighty ones stand erect in their height. For they have all been given over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”

¹⁵ ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused lamentations; I closed the^rdeep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon^smourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it. ¹⁶ I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I made it go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the^twell-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the earth beneath. ¹⁷ They also went down with it to Sheol to those who were slain by the sword; and those who were its^ustrength lived under its shade among the nations.

¹⁸ “To which among the trees of Eden are you thus^vequal in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his hordes!”’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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