The sin of the princes. B. C. 594. a ch. 3. 12, 14. & 8. 3. ver. 24. b ch. 10. 19. c See ch. 8. 16. Il Or, It is not for us to build houses near. d ch. 12. 22, 27. 2 Pet. 3. 4. e See Jer. 1. 13. ch. 24. 3, &c. 24. CHAPTER XI. EZEKIEL. The presumption of the princes. 4 Their sin and punishment. 13 God's gracious purpose in the chastisement of his people. 22 The glory of God leaveth the city. 21 The end of the vision. Mo OREOVER the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men ; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: 3 Which say, "It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. 4¶ Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. 5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; fch. 2. 2. & 3. Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. 8 ch. 7. 23. & 22. 3, 4. h ch. 24. 3, 6, 10, 11. Mic. 3. 3. i ver. 9. ch. 3. 8. 12 Kings 25. 19, 20, 21. Jer. 39. 6. & 52. 10. m 1 Kings 8. 65. 2 Kings 14. 25. n Ps. 9. 16. ch. 6. 7. & 13. 9, 14, 21, 23. o See ver. 3. p ver. 10. | Or, which have not walked. q Lev. 18. 3, 24, &c. Deut. 12. 30, 31. ch. 8. 10, 14, 16. 10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: 12 And Pye shall know that I am the LORD for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. 13 T And it came to pass, when I rver. 1. Acts prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down 5.5. ■ ch. 9. 8. A remnant to be saved. 14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GoD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, ' yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. 17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; "I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. 18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detest-ch. 57. 25. able things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh : 20 b That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord Gon. 22 ¶ Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. 24 T Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. 25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me. CHAPTER XII. The prophet by the type of his removal sheweth the flight and captivity of Zedekiah. 17 The famine and consternation of the people during the siege typified. 21 Their presumption reproved. 2 The prophecy to be speedily fulfilled. ПНЕ upon my face, and cried with a loud word of the LORD also came voice, and said, Ah Lord GoOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the bls. 6, 9. & 42. midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they 14. Zedekiah's captivity. B. C. 594. ech 2. 5. 1 Or, instrumrats. - Heb. as the ings furth 'esplicity. *pio. Dig for Is. 8. 13. ch. 4. S. & 24. 21 ver. 11. EZEKIEL. 3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. 4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. 5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. 6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. 7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even + Heb. digged I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight. 14 And I will scatter toward every 4,5. ch. 5. 10. wind all that are about him to help ch. 5. 2, 12. · Pa. 9. M. P. 6. 7, 14. & Desolation of the land. may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. B. C. 594. 18 Son of man, 'eat thy bread with r ch. 4. 16. quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; 19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. 20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 21 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, "The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? Zech. 7. 14. ness thereof. t Ps. 107. 34. u ver. 27. ch. 11. 3. Am. 6. 3. 2 Pet 3. 4. 23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, Joel 2. 1. and the effect of every vision. 24 For there shall be no more any 2 vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. Zeph. 1. 14. ch. 13. 23. z Lam. 2. 14. ver. 28. Dan. 9. 12. Luke 21. 33. 25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall a Is. 55. 11. come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord God. 26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. d ver. 22. c 2 Pet. 3. 4. 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus & ver. 23, 25. saith the Lord GoD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God. CHAPTER XIII. him, and all his bands; and I will The sin and punishment of false prophets, 17 and of draw out the sword after them. 15 And they shall know that I am fulse prophetesses. 10. ver. 18, the LORD, when I shall scatter them AND the word of the Lord came The sin of lying prophets, B. C. 594. + Heb. walk seen. c Cant. 2. 15. I! Or, breach es. + Heb. hedged the hedge. d Ps. 106. 23, 30, ch. 22. 30. 12. 24. & 22. 28. EZEKIEL. n and of false prophetesses. 3 Thus saith the Lord GoD; Woelem, and which see visions of peace 4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. e 6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: e ver. 23. ch. and the Lord hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. 7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. 9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies they shall not be in the assembly of my people, 'neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye h ch. 11. 10, 12. shall know that I am the Lord God. 10 ¶ Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar : i 11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall B. C. 504. n Jer. 6. 14. & 28.9. 0 ch. 20. 45 21. 2. 17 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, P which prophesy out of their p ver. 2. own heart; and prophesy thou against them, 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows! to all armholes, and make kerchiefs Or, elbows upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of a 2 Pet. 2 14 my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? 21. Mic. 3.5 19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley See Prov. 2 and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GoD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will Or, into gertear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. dens. 21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye ver. 9 shall know that I am the LORD. 22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strength-t Jer. 23. 14. ened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life; 23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: * and ye shall know that I am the LORD. CHAPTER XIV. HEN came certain of the elders that ye have daubed with untemper-el unto me, and sat before ed mortar, and bring it down to the 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath me. 2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, b 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquitych. 7. 19. before their face: should I be inver. 4, 7. e2 Kings S quired of at all by them? 15. 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Is16 To wit, the prophets of Israel rael that setteth up his idols in his which prophesy concerning Jerusa- | heart, and putteth the stumblingblock B. C. of his iniquity before his face, and about 594. cometh to the prophet; I the LORD I Or, others. 4 Lev. 17. 10. ⚫ Num. 26. 10. will answer him that cometh, accord- 6 Therefore say unto the house 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: e A remnant are to be left. ters; they only shall be delivered, but 17 Or if I bring a sword upon B. C. about 594. P Lev. 26. 25. ch. 5. 12. & 21. 3, 4. & 29. 8. & 38. 21. q ch. 25, 13. Zeph. 1. 3. r ver. 14. • 2 Sam. 24. 15. ch. 38. 22. t ch. 7. 8. when. x ch. 5. 17. & 33. 27. 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, u ver. 14. were in 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 Or, Also 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? 22 Yet, behold, therein shall be y ch. 6. 8. 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 ch. 20, 43. doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought 10 And they shall bear the punish-upon Jerusalem, even concerning all ment of their iniquity: the punish- that I have brought upon it. ment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; 8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the 16. Jer. 4. 10. LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 2 Thess. 2. £2 Pet. 2. 15. 87.27. h 11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their ch. 11. 20. & transgressions; but that they may As the vine branch is fit only for fuel, 6 sn Jerusalem a Jer. 22. 8, 9. 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for John 15. 6. fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. + Is it meet for any work? + Heb. Will it prosper? fit. 5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less + Heb, made shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord Gop; 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. b Lev. 17. 10. 7 And I will set my face against ch. 14.8. EZEKIEL. them; they shall go out from one about 594. fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. © Is. 24. 18. d ch. 6. 7. & 7. 4. & 11. 10. & 20. 38, 42, 44. + Heb. trespassed a trespass. 594. a ch. 20. 4. & 8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GoD. CHAPTER XVI. Under the similitude of an exposed infant, is shewn the state of Jerusalem at first. 6 God's great good ness towards her. 15 lier monstrous idolatry. 35 Her grievous punishment. 44 She is more guilty than Sodom or Samaria. 60 Yet God will remember his covenant with her. The monstrous idolatry B. C. 594. + Heb. nose; see Is. S. 21 h Gen. 24. 22, 47. ments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. 12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold Prov. 1. §. and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding 'beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. 14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: AGAIN the word of the LORD for it was perfect through my come, came unto me, saying, a liness, which I had put upon thee, 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to saith the Lord God. 22. 2. & 33. 7, know her abominations, 4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. 5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. 6 ¶ And when I passed by thee, and saw thee 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 ment of orna- breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. + Heb. orna ments. Ruth 3. 9. g Ex. 19. 5. Jer. 2. 2. 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 + Heb. bloods. blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. 10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. 15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. 16 P And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places P2 Kings A 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 † Heb. of a commit whoredom with them, 18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them and thou hast, set mine oil and mine incense before them. 25 Thou hast built thy high place yat every head of the way, and hast | y Prov. 9. 14. 11 I decked thee also with orna- made thy beauty to be abhorred, and |