Israel exhorted to repent. EZEKIEL.-CHAP. XV., XVI. God's compassion to Jerusalem. work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon ? 8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and i B. C. 594. g Le. 20.3..6 De. 28.37. P37.22 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? Ro.11.22.. 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet J IKI.22.23. Job 12.16. for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? I will cut him off from the midst of my peo-h Nu. 26.10. 10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him ; 2 Th.2.11, P119.67. 1 Pe.2.25. 1 c.37.27. m Le. 26.26. o Ge.7.1. 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. 8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Le.26.25 Lord GOD. w Zep.1.3. x 28a.24.15. y ver.14. zor, Also. u the midst 13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will break the staff m of the bread thereof, and will send famine a c5.17. upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God. r 15 ¶ If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: 33.27. c c.20.43. e He 12.6.. f De. 8.2. Je 22.8,9. g Pr.26.2. &c. I.5.2,7. 16 Though these three men were "in it, as I a P.80.8, live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. 17 ¶ Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off w man and beast from it: V b 18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall delivere neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. 19 ¶ Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: Jn. 15.6. e Will it prosper? Am.5.18, 19. f c.14.8. trespass erl. a Is.53.1. 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in b cutting it, as I live, saith the Lord GoD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. 21 For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? b d Ho.2.3. or, when I looked f or, trod- der foot a million. i Ex.1.7. 22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. 23 And they shall comfort you, when ye seek Ca.4.5. their ways and their doings: and ye shall know 1 Ru.3.9. f that I have not done without cause all that m Ex.19.5. I have done in it, saith the Lord God. And when I passed by thee, and saw thee f polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. 7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thy hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. 8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant" with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest" mine. 9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly washed away thy P blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. 10 Í clothed thee also with broidered work and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linep, and I covered thee with silk. 11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. 12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head. Monstrous whoredom of Jerusalem. EZEKIEL.-CHAP. XVI. B. C. Her grievous judgment. ceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper 30them, that they may come unto thee on every 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. 2 t Ps. 48.2 a 2 Ch.9.23. V P.50.2. w De.4.7. x Je.7.4. y Is.1.21. Ho.1.2. Ho.2.8. a a male. 2 KL. 16.3. 16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and c.7.20 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 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. 2 Ch.33.6. a devour. e Ps. 106.37. g or brothel i Pr.9.14. 19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, h Je.3.2 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 | 1 P.106.41. me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? k Ho.29. mor, cities n 2Ch.28.18 02 Ki 16.7 c.23.12, daughters p Pr.7.11. 22 And in all thine abominations and thy or, thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked r Je.2.28. and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. 23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (wo, wo unto thee! saith the Lord God;) 24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee a high place in every street. s Ho.8.9,10. u Jn.4.10,18 25 Thou hast built thy high place at every w Je.234. 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. 28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and 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. 30 How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious P whorish woman; 31 In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thy high place in every street; and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire; 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, therefore thou art contrary. 35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear "the word of the LORD: 36 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; 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 thy 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 i remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all y with judg these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thy head, saith the Lord GoD: and thou shalt not commit this a Ex.21.12. 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. z Le. 20.10. b Na. 1.2. ver.24,31. a Ho.2.3 e instru ments of thine or- f Je 25.9. 2K1.25.9. c.5.8,13. i Pa. 78.42. 11.21. k sister than thou. thing. n 2 Ki.21.9. 32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, p Ge.13 10, dance of idleness was in her and in her B. C. God's judgments on her abomination before me: therefore I took them | AM 3410|ward him, and the roots thereof were under away as I saw good. him so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. r Ge. 19.24. t Ro. 1.32 51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abo- Je.3.11. minations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. u Je.23.40. v Je. 48.47. w ver.63. 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, bey thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. ¡ covenant. k D 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: 63 That thou mayest remember, and be "confounded, and never open thy P mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD. for a re port, or, 1.65.5. Lu. 18.11. a 2 Ki. 16.5. b Aram. d Je.33.24. e them. f Mat.7.1,2 De 20.12. 15. P. 106.45. i 2 Sa. 23.5. J Pa. 119.59. k Is.54.1. Ga. 1.26.. 31. Je.31.31. n Ho.2.19, o Ezr.9.6. p Ro.3.19. a Ho.8.1. b embroi- © 2Ki.24.12. d put it in sced. 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 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 shali 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 to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king 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 P of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: 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 a field of 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? o brought P 2Ch.36.13 q c.29.14. r to keep his Covenant ⚫to stand 2K1.24.20. t Is.31.1..3. v Je. 52. 11. 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch w Je.37.7. 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. e x 1Ch.29.24 y c.323 a In. 11.1. 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 y 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. 21 And all his fugitives with all his 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 tender bone, and will M41,2 | plant it upon a high * mountain and eminent: 5 He took also of the seed of the land, and 6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned to c Pa. 2.6. HE 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 shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. d c.31.6. God defendeth his justice. crease, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, 1 Co.1.27, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. e Lu.1.52, 28. f Lu.23.31. Je.31.29. La.5.7. b Ro.6.23. © judgment and justice. &c. 19 Yet say ye, Why? doth not 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. son u 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The shall not bear the iniquity of the father, d Le.18.19, 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. e Le.20.10. f Ex.22.21, h 13. 2412 De 15.7,8. la 58.7. i Le. 25.36, Pa 15.5. 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: Le 19.15 the soul that sinneth, it shall die. C 5 But if a man be just, and do that 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 to e 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; Zec.8.16. k Pa. 119.1.. Ior,breaker up of a m Nu.35.31. brother 10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a m shedder of blood, and that doeth "the like u De 24.16. 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. W 22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. 23 Have I 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 T But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? Ail his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. 25 Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 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 turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, 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 trans2 Pe 2.30 gressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new i heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? d Lu.15.17, e Pr. 19.3. 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 neigh-f Re.25. pour's wife, 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not r 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 in gor, others h Ep.4.22, 23. i Ps. 51.10. a c.26.17. 27.2 Gaz showeth the manifold EZEKIEL.-CHAP. XX. became a young lion, and it learned to catch | A. M. 3410. 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 the lions, he became a young lion, and 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. d 8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him he was taken in their a pit. 9 And they put him in ward in chains, 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. i B. C. 594 b 2 Ki.23.31 2 Ch.36.4 Je.22.11.. 18. cor,widows d La.4.20. or, quiet ness,or, likeness. h De.8.7..9. 17.10. Ho. 13. 15. J Pa.63.1. rebellions of Israel 8 But they rebelled against me, and 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 mine anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight "Í made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. 10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out k Ju.9.15. of the land of Egypt, and brought them into 2K1.24.20. the wilderness. Ps.80.16. Pr.79.7. m Ne 9.37. Ho.3.4. A. M. 3411. B. C. 593. a c.8.1. be.141,3, &c. e or, plead dc.16.2 Ex.6.8. 10 Thy mother is like a vine fin thy & blood, 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 h De.3.7, 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. God refuseth to be consulted by the elders of Israel. 5 He showeth the story of their rebellions in Egypt, 10 in the wilderness, 27 and in the land. 33 He promiseth to gather them by the gospel. 45 Under the name of a forest he showeth the destruction of Jerusalem. g Ex.3.8, &c. &c. i Ps. 42 De. 29.16.. 18. 11 And I gave them my statutes, and showed 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 Jos 24.14. 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 11.5. lands; 4 T 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 GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; 6 In the day that I lifted up my hand unto them, to bring them forth of the 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. 19.3,30. 8 Ex.31.13. 1.63.10. u Ne. 13.18. Nu 26.65. w Ps.95.11. x Pr.1.30, P.78.37. Am.5.25, z Ps. 78.38. a De.c.5..12 c Ex.20.2. d Ps. 119.3. 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 mine anger against them in the wilderness. 22 Nevertheless I withdrew my 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 my hand unto them 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. 25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby 2Th 211. they should not live; Ro.1.24. |