The corruption of the prophets, Before CHRIST 593. Or, every o Lev. 18. 90. & 20. 10. Jer. 5. 8. ch. Deut. 22. 22. 18.11. Or, every p Lev. 18. Or, by Lewdness. Lev. 18. 9. & 29. 17. r Exod. 23. 5. Deut. 16. 9.27 25. 25 Lev. 25. » Exod. 21. 36. Deut. 23. 19. ch. 18. 23. * Deut. 32. CHAP. XXIII. 11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath || lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. 12 In thee 'have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. 13 Behold, therefore I have "smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. 14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I 18. Jer. 3.21. shall deal with thee? 'I the LORD have ch. 21. 17. spoken it, and will do it. ch. 23-35 x See ch. 21. 7. y ch. 17. 24. 15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the 2 Deat. 4.27. countries, and will consume thy filthi& 28.25, 64ch. 12. 14, 15. ness out of thee. 21 Yea, I will gather you, and "blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. 22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I e ch. 20.8, the LORD have poured out my fury upon you. 33. ver. 31. 23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, CHRIST 593. priests, princes, and people, | things: they have put no difference be- Before tween the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the un- 1 Lev. 10. 10. clean and the clean, and have hid their ch.44.23 eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Jer. 15. 19. ch. 22. 6. 27 Her "princes in the midst thereof m Isai. 1.23. are like wolves ravening the prey, to Mic. 3. 2, 3, shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get Zeph. 3.3dishonest gain. 9, 10, 11. o ch. 13. 6, 7 . 28 And "her prophets have daubed ch.13.10. them with untempered morter, seeing & 21.29. vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the LORD hath not spoken. 29 "The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have 'oppressed the stranger twrongfully. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Jer. 5. 26. 12. 27, 28. ch.18, I Or, deceit. 5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, 6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable 24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou young men, horsemen riding upon horses. art the land that is not cleansed, nor 7 Thus she committed her whore-Heb. be rained upon in the day of indignation. doms with them, with all them that were 25 There is a conspiracy of her pro-+the chosen men of Assyria, and with all phets in the midst thereof, like a roaring on whom she doted: with all their idols Mic.3.11. lion ravening the prey; they have de- she defiled herself. Zeph.3.3.4. voured souls; they have taken the trea+Heb. offer sure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy Heb. the choice of the children ty Asshur. 8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought 'from Egypt: for in her youth f ver. 3. they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. EZEKIEL. 9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of 2 Kings 17. the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. 10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. & 18. 9, 10, 11. h ch. 16. 37, 41. + Heb. a name. i Jer. 3. 8. 47, 11 And when her sister Aholibah saw ch. 16:35. this, she was more corrupt in her inor+Heb. she dinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. corrupted her inordinate love more than, &c. + Heb. more than the whoredoms m 12 She doted upon the 1Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed of her sister. most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon 12 Kings 16. horses, all of them desirable young men. 13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, 7.10. 2 Chron. 28. 16,-23. ch. 16. 28. in ver. 6, 23. na Kings 24. 1. ch. 16. 29. + Heb. at the sight of ker eyes. tHeb.children of Babel. 14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, 15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: 16 "And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. 17 And the + Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polover. 22, 28. luted with them, and her mind was ed, or, dalienated from them. ↑ Heb. Jointed. Jer. 6.8. q ver. 3. 18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then 'my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. 19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. 20 For she doted upon their paramours, r ch. 16. 26. whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. ver. 28. 21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. 22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith sch. 16.37. the Lord GoD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; u ver. 12. 23 The Babylonians, and all the Chalt Jer. 50. 21. deans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: "all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. 24 And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall 690 Before CHRIST 593. set against thee buckler and shield and The prophet reproves their adulteries. helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. thee, and they shall deal furiously with 25 And I will set my jealousy against thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by thy daughters; and thy residue shall be the sword: they shall take thy sons and devoured by the fire. 26 They shall also strip thee out of ch.16.39. thy clothes, and take away thy fairments of fully, and shall take away all thy labour, 29 And they shall deal with thee hateand shall leave thee naked and bare: 16 and the nakedness of thy whoredoms and thy whoredoms. shall be discovered, both thy lewdness because thou hast gone a whoring after dcb.6. 2. 30 I will do these things unto thee, the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. way 31 Thou hast walked in the of cup & shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and 35 Thou shalt be filled with drunken- e Jer. 23-15 f ch. 22 34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck Px 738 thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: it out, and thou shalt break the sherds for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 35 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; me behind thy back, therefore bear thou. ch.24. 14 Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast her. * * also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. me; Son of man, wilt thou || judge Aho-k ch for. nch. ver. 45 37 That they have committed adulwith their idols have they committed tery, and blood is in their hands, and adultery, and have also caused their sons, them through the fire, to devour them. whom they bare unto me, to pass for " 38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in 1. S 20. 20 44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. 45 And the righteous men, they shall x ch. 16. 38. judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. ver. 37. z ch. 16. 40. + Heb. for a remesing and spoil. a ch. 16. 41. 46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; 'I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. 47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons Con and their daughters, and burn up their 4 Or, single them out. 36. 17, 19. ch. 24. 21. e ch. 22. 15. ver. T. d Deut. 13. 11. 2 Pet. 2. La * ver. 35 houses with fire. 48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be lewdness. taught not to do after your 49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear ch. 20. 38, the sins of your idols: 'and ye shall know 42. & 25 that I am the Lord GOD. 500. CHAP. XXIV. 1 Under the parable of a boiling pot, 6 is AGAIN in the ninth year, in the tenth 2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king a 2 Kings of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem "this same day. 1. Jer. 39. 1. a Jerusalem's destruction signified, Before CHRIST 590. 3 And utter a parable unto the rebel- 4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, e See Jer. 1. 5 Take the choice of the flock, and d ch. 22.3 6 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; she 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; e See 2 Sam. 3: Obad. 11. Deut. 12. 16, 8 That it might cause fury to come up 9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, Nah. 3. 1. 11 Then set it empty upon the coals 12 She hath wearied herself with lies, 13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, *till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. 14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall 11 Sam. 15. 15 ¶ Also, the word of the LORD came 16 Son of man, behold, I take away 17 +Forbear to cry, "make no mourn g ver. 24. 500. a ch. 6. 2. & 35. 2. &c. ch. 21. 26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? 27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and "thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. CHAP. XXV. 1 God's vengeance, for their insolency against THE HE word of the LORD came again 2 Son of man, set thy face against 5. ch. 26. 2. 3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GoD; Thus saith Prov. 17 the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; + Heb. children. 4 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink d ch. 21. 20. thy milk. e Isai. 17.2. & 32. 14. 15. 5 And I will make "Rabbah a stable Zeph. 2. 14, for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingfch.24.24 place for flocks: 'and ye shall know that 35-9. I am the LORD. & 26.6. & 692 Moab, Seir, Edom, and the Philistines. 6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Be-Before 500. and stamped with the feet, and re- g Job 27. Lam. 2. 15. + Heb. hand. h ch. 36.5 10. mine hand upon thee, and will deliver Zeph. 28, Isai. 15. & 16. Jer. 48. 8 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GoD; Because the house of Judah is like unto all the 1, &c. Amos that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, heathen; 2.1. 1 ch. 35, 2, 5, shoulder of side of Moab from the cities, from his Heb 9 Therefore, behold, I will open the 12 of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baalcities which are on his frontiers, the glory Moab. meon, and Kiriathaim, m 10 Unto the men of the east with Moab; and they shall know that I am ver. 4 ch. 31. 32. the children 1 Or, agging of Amman. cause that Edom hath dealt against the &c. Amos L. &c. 1 Estr. 4-45 990. + Heb. by I will also stretch out mine hand upon ranging Edom by the hand of my people Israel: 15 Thus saith the Lord God; Be- CHAP. XXVII. ND it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, b 2 Son of man," because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she bch. 25.3 is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: & 36. 2. c ver. 14. d ch. 27.32. 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. 4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. C 5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations. 6 And her daughters which are in the cb. 25.5 field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 7¶ For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadf Ezra 7. 12. rezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. Dau. 2. 37. Or, pour 8 He shall slay with the sword thy ch. 21. 22. daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount gine of shot. against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. out the en And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. 10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy cording to gates, tas men enter into a city wherein + Heb. ac the enterings is made a breach. of a city broken up. + Heb. houses of thy 11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. 12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. h Isai. 14. 11. 13 And I will cause the noise of thy Jer. 7.34 & songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. devire. Her fall lamented. Before CHRIST 15 Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the 588. sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, 1 Jer. 49. 21. when the slaughter is made in the midst h. 27. 28. of thee? ver. 18. & 31. 16. m Isai. 23. 8. 16 Then all the "princes of the sea shall "come down from their thrones, and Jonah 3. 6. lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished P ch. 32. 10. at thee. 17 And they shall take up a 'lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast 'strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! |