of the guard took them, and brought ƒ 31 ¶ And it came to pass in the them to the king of Babylon to Rib-seven and thirtieth year of the capJah. tivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Evil-merodach king of Babylon in Thus Judah was carried away cap the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Ju tive out of his own land. f 28 This is the people whom Ne-dah, and brought him forth out of buchadrezzar carried away captive: prison, in the seventh year three thousand ·32 And spake kindly unto him, Jews and three and twenty: and set his throne above the throne 29 In the eighteenth year of Ne-of the kings that were with him in buchadrezzar he carried away cap. Babylon, tive from Jerusalem eight hundred 33 And changed his prison garthirty and two persons: ments: and he did continually eat f 30 In the three and twentieth bread before him all the days of his year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzar-life. adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. 34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylou, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. E H The LAMENTATIONS of JEREMIAH. TOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, and princes among the provinces, how is she become tributary! 2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. a 3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no test: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. 6 And from the daughter of Zioa all her beauty is departed her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer. g 7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when ber people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the ad. versaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. a 8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth back 4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts all her gates are desolate her priests sigh, her virgins are af-ward. flicted, and she is in bitterness. 5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude 9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter: O Lord 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness., 20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was k 9 They that be slain with the taken in their pits, of whom we sword are better than they that be said, Under his shadow we shall slain with hunger for these pine live among the heathen. away, stricken through for want ofg 21 Rejoice and be glad, O the fruits of the field. daughter of Edom, that dwellest in s 10 The hands of the pitiful wo- the land of Uz; the cup also shall men have sodden their own chil- pass through unto thee: thou shalt dren they were their meat in the be drunken, and shalt make thyself destruction of the daughter of my naked, people. 22 The punishment of thine a11 The LORD hath accomplished iniquity is accomplished, O daughhis fury; he hath poured out hister of Zion; he will no more carry fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire thee away into captivity: he will in Zion, and it hath devoured the visit thine iniquity, O daughter of foundations thereof. Edom; he will discover thy sins. R CHAP. V. EMEMBER, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. g 12 The kings of the earth, and 13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. c 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. i 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. 4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. 5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread, t 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. 8 Servants have ruled over us: t 16 The anger of the LORD hath there is none that doth deliver us divided them; he will no more re-out of their hand. gard them they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. : 9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. 17 As for us, our eyes as yet i 10 Our skin was black like an failed for our vain help in our oven because of the terrible fawatching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. 18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. 19 Our persecutors are swifter mine. 11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. 13 They took the young men to Zion, which is desolate, the foxes grind, and the children fell under walk upon it. the wood. 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. 15 The joy of our heart is ceased: our dance is turned into mourning. d 16 The crown is fallen from our head: wo unto us, that we have sinned! 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. น 19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? d 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old." Jou Count 22 But thou häst utterly/rejected us; thou art very wroth against 18 Because of the mountain of us. The Book of The Prophet EZEKIEL. TOW it came to pass in the month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, g 3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar;} and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. v4 And I looked, and behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thercof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. 8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four and their wings. their 9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. 10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man and the face of a lion, on the right side and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. 11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. 12 And they went every one straight forward; whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning." 15 ¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, v 26 ¶ And above the firmament with his four faces. that was over their heads was the 16 The appearance of the wheels likeness of a throne, as the appear and their work was like unto the ance of a sapphire stone: and upon colour of a beryl and they four the likeness of the throne was the had one likeness; and their appear-likeness as the appearance of a man ance and their work was as it were above upon it. a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17 When they went, they weat upon their four sides and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go and the wheels were lifted up over against them for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. 23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. T 27 And I saw as the colour' of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the ap pearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. i 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. CHAP. II. A ND he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. 2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. c 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. 4 For they are impudent children and stiff-hearted. 1 do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. t24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voiced 6 And thou, son of man, be not of the Almighty, the voice of speech, afraid of them, neither be afraid of as the noise of a host when they their words, though briers and thorns stood, they let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. d* 7 And thou shalt speak my words their looks, though they be a rebel> unto them, whether they will hear, lious house. or whether they will forbear: ford 10 Moreover he said unto me, they are most rebellious. 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. v 9 And when I looked, behold, a hand was sent unto me; and lo, a roll of a hook was therein; 10 And he spread it before me: and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and wo. CHAP. III. AMOR Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears. 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of and tell them, Thus saith the Lord thy people, and speak unto them, GOD; whether they will hear; or whether they will forbear, 12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. 13 Iheard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. 2 So I opened my mouth, and het 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and caused me to eat that roll. ness, in the heat of my spirit; but took me away, and I went in bitter the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. d 4 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. 5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel; g 15 ¶ Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. 16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, d 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning 6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words thou canst not under- from me. stand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. c7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. 8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their fore heads. t 9 As an adamant, harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at w 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou giv warn the wicked from his wicked est him not warning, nor speakest to way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou w 20 Again, When a righteous mam hast delivered thy soul. doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a 876 |