by the sword of Babylon. Before CHRIST CHAP. XXXIII. that the word of the LORD came unto me, Cir. 57. saying, ch. 26. 20. & 31.14. tch. 31. 2, 18. 18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and 'cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. 19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? ver. 21, 24, "go down, and be thou laid with the un&c. ch. 25. circumcised. 10. Or, the sword is laid. x Isai. 1.31. & 14.9, 10. ver. 27. 20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: || she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are v ver. 19, 25, gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. &c. z ver. 24, 26, 29, 30. a Isai. 14. 15. b ch. 26. 17, 25,26,27,32 20. ver. 24, 1 Or, dismaying. 82. d ver. 21. e ver. 23. y 22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused ||terror in the land of the living. 24 There is Elam and all her multiJer. 49.34, tude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are dgone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. Gen. 10. 2. .4.27.13& 39.2. e 25 They have set her a bed in the 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round Ever. 19, 20, about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the 1Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their k ch. 38. 6, terror they are ashamed of their might; 1. 28. 21. and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall comforted over all his multitude, be even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord Gon. 2 Son of man, speak to the child- ch. 3. 11. ren of thy people, and say unto them, + When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their 'watchman: 5 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; 4 Then + whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, "his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. bring a land when ! sword upon her. c 2 Sam. 18. 2 Kings 9. 17. .9.8. 24, 25 ver. 7. Hos. that hearing Heb. he heareth. d ch. 18. 13. © ver 8. &c. 7 'So thou, O son of man, I have set ch 17, thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in The justice of God's ways. Before CHRIST cir. 587, geb. 24. 23. 14. ch. 37. i 2 Sam. 14 14. ch. 18. 23, 32. 2 Pet. 3 k ch. 18.31. 18. 24, 26, 27. 7.14. EZEKIEL. 10 ¶ Therefore, O thou son of man, 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say 1 ch. 3. 20. & unto the children of thy people, 'The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, m Chron. he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. 13 When I shall say to the righteous, ch. 3. 20. that he shall surely live; "if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. & 18.24 ch. 3. 18, 19. & 18. 27. 14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn + Heb.judg from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; ment and justice. p ch. 18. 7. Exod. 22. 1, 4. Lev. 6. 2.4.5 Numb. 5. 6, 7. Luke 19. 15 If the wicked Prestore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in 'the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 16 None of his sins that he hath comch. 20. 11, 13, mitted shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. 8. r Lev. 18. 5. 21. s ch. 18. 22. t ver. 20. ch. 18. 25, 29. u ch. 18. 26, 27. x ver. 17. ch. 18. 25, 29. y ch. 1. 2. 17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. 18 "When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. 19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. 20 Yet ye say, 'The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. 21 ¶ And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, 2 ch. 24. 26. in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, "The city is smitten. a 2 Kings 25. 4. b ch. 1. 3. 22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; c ch. 24. 27. and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. c 23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 700 24 Son of man, they that inhabit those ing, 'Abraham was one, and he inherited a ch. 34-2. wastes of the land of Israel speak, saythe land: "but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. 25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus work abomination, and ye defile every saith the Lord GoD; As I live, surely 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus the sword, and him that is in the open they that are in the wastes shall fall by field will I give to the beasts to be dein the caves shall die of the pestilence. voured, and they that be in the forts and solate, and the 'pomp of her strength 3435 28 For I will lay the land most deshall cease; and the 'mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall destin pass through. am Heb. de 6, 22 ch. j lation and r ch. 7. 2430.67• ch. 6. 2, 3r 29 Then shall they know that I desolate because of all their abominations the LORD, when I have laid the land most & which they have committed. t Isui. 29. 13 30 ¶ Also, thou son of man, the childthee by the walls and in the doors of the ren of thy people still are talking against 1 Or, of ther. houses, and speak one to another, every you, and hear what is the word that comone to his brother, saying, Come, I pray eth forth from the LORD. people cometh, and they sit before + Heb. ac31 And "they come unto thee + as the ch 14 words, but they will not do them: for the ple thee as my people, and they hear thy the coat of with their mouth + they shew much love, ple est before but their heart goeth after their covet-x. 8. L ousness. 1Or, my per thee. 32 And lo, thou art unto them as ta sant voice, and can play well on an in- er, est very lovely song of one that hath a plea- + Heb try strument: for they hear thy words, but * they do them not. (lo, it will come,) then shall they know a 1 A reproof of the shepherds. 7 God's judg- AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say 2 Son of man, prophesy against the unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; "Woe be to the shepshould not the shepherds feed the flocks? herds of Israel that do feed themselves! 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you h ch. 33. 21, 28. i1 Kings n. 17. Matt. 9. Or, with 36. out a shepherd: And SO ver. 8. ksni. 56. 9.. Jer. 12.9. ver. 8. 5h And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. . 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. 7¶ Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my 1 ver. 5, 6. flock 1became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my m ver. 2, 10. flock, "but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; Hebr. 13. O ver. 2, 8. 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 10 Thus saith the Lord GoD; Behold, 17. I am against the shepherds; and "I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. + Heb. According to 11 ¶ For thus saith the Lord God; 'Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeketh out his the seeking flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. pch. 30. 3. Joel 2.2. q Isai. 65.9, 10. Jer. 23. 3 ch. 28. 25. & 3. 24. & 37. 21, 22. r Ps. 23. 2. 13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 'I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel Jer. 33. 12. shall their fold be: 'there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. The kingdom of Christ. CHRIST was sick but I will destroy "the fat Before and the strong; I will feed them with 587. judgment. u Isai. 10. 16. x Jer. 10. 24. 17 And as for you, O my flock, thus Amos 4 1. saith the Lord GoD; Behold, I judge y ch. 20. 379 between cattle and cattle, between the 3er 20, rams and the the goats. 22. Zech. 10. 3. Matt. 25. 32,33. cattle of 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you + Heb.small to have eaten up the good pasture, but lambs and ye must tread down with your feet the kids. residue of your pastures? and to have he goats. drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which have fouled with your feet. 2 ye + Heb. great 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will 2 ver. 17. judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. 21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and *I will judge between cattle and cattle. a ver. 17. 11. Hebr. 13. 20. 23 And I will set up one shepherd, over them, and he shall feed them, even John 10. 11. my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. Pet. 2 25 & 5.4. ch. 37. 24, 25. ver. 30. Hos. 3.5 Exod. 29. 45. ch.37.27. Luke 1. 32, 25 And 'I will make with them a cove- e ch. 37. 22. nant of peace, and will cause the evil 33. beasts to cease out of the land: and they fch. 37. 26, shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and fai: 11.6, sleep in the woods. 26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be "showers of blessing. i Lev. 26. 6. 9. & 35-9. Hos. 2. 18. hver. 28. Jer. 23. 6. Isai. 56. 7. ch. 20. 40. Isai. 19. 24. Zech. 8. 13. 1 Lev. 26. 4. n Lev. 26. 4. P. 85. 12. Isai. 4. 2. 27 And "the tree of the field shall m Ps. 68. g. Mal. 3. 10. yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands Jer. 2. 26. of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that 'served themselves p Jer. 25. 14. of them. o Lev. 26. 13. they, even the house of Israel, are my x P. 100. 3. 31 And ye my flock, the flock of my CHAP. XXXV. The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred Mime unto me, saying, OREOVER the word of the LORD came 2 Son of man, "set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, C Before CHRIST Israel revenged and comforted, was desolate, so will I do unto thee: "thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they user. shall know that I am the LORD. CHAP. XXXVI. 1 The land of Israel is comforted, both by 3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord ALSO, thou son of man, prophesy GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against desolate. 4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. 5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the Heb. pour- sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: of old, ch. 25. 15. ed out the children. + Heb. hands. K Ps. 137. 7. ch. 21. 25, 29. Dan. 9. 24. Obad. ii. h Ps. 109. 17. + Heb. desolation and desolation, Judg. 5.6. ver. 3. ch. 29. 11. & 32.5. 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. 587. a ch. 6. 2, 3. bcb. 25-3 2 Thus saith the Lord GoD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha,&2 even the ancient high places are our's in possession: c c Deut. 32 13 d ch. 35. 10. cause for be 5 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; † Because they have + Heb Be made you desolate, and swallowed you c up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talk-Things ers, and are an infamy of the people: e Dent. 2 ST. Lam. 2. 15. Dan. 4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the || rivers, and to 7 Thus will I make mount Seir + most the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and, of desolate, and cut off from it him that to the cities that are forsaken, which be-a, passeth out and him that returneth. came a prey and derision to the residue P+ 8 * And I will fill his mountains with of the heathen that are round about; k k ch. 31. 12. his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they "Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I 4.3 fall that are slain with the sword. spoken against the residue of the heathen, 9 1I will make thee perpetual desola- and against all Idumea, which have ap-2 ch. 25. 13. tions, and thy cities shall not return: pointed my land into their possession and ye shall know that I am the LORD. with the joy of all their heart, with de10 Because thou hast said, These two spiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. nations and these two countries shall be Ps. 83. 4 mine, and we will "possess it; whereas 12. ch. 36. 5. Obad. 13. "the LORD was there: 12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us + to consume. 13 Thus with your mouth ye have +boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. 14 Thus saith the Lord GoD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. 15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the 1s heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. 8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown 10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: m &&& Ames & is 11 And "I will multiply upon you man a Jey and beast: and they shall increase and 21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, Ps. 106. 9. but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. del 20. 41. Or, your. 5 28. 22. ech. 34. 13. & 57.21. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be a sanctified in d you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water Jer. 33. 8. upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. Before Israel restored for God's name's sake. 26 A new heart also will I give you, CHRIST and a new spirit will I put within you: 587. and I will take away the stony heart out her. 32. 39. of your flesh, and I will give you an heart ch. 11. 19. of flesh. & 37. 14 27 And I will put my spirit within ich. 11. 19. you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. m k ch. 26. 25. Jer. 30. 22. & 37-25. ch. 11. 20. 37.27. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; 1and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will also save you from all uncleannesses: and "I will call for the 26. corn, and will increase it, and lay no 105. 16. famine upon you. 30 P your m Matt. 4. 21. Rom. 11. n See Ps. o ch. 34. 20. And I will multiply the fruit of the P ch.34.27. tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. ch. 16. 61, r Lev. 26. 31 Then shall ye remember your own & evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in 39. ch. 6. 9. your own sight for your iniquities and & 20. 43. for your abominations. 32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. Deut. 9. 5. ver. 22. 33 Thus saith the Lord GoD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall t ver. 10. be builded. 34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. 35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of "Eden; and the waste and desolate and "Isa. 51.3. ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. 36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. 38 As the holy flock, as the flock ofte fuck Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall things. the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD. CHAP. XXXVII. 1 By the resurrection of dry bones, 11 the dead hope of Israel is revived. 15 By the uniting of two sticks, 18 is shewed the incorporation of Israel into Judah. 21 The promises of Christ's kingdom. THE hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, |