GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:26urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:26Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year , in the fourth [ month ] , on the fifth of the month , as I was among the captives by the river Chebar , the heavens were opened , and I saw visions of God . On the fifth of the month , ( it was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity , ) the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest , the son of Buzi , in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar ; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him . And I looked , and behold , a stormy wind came out of the north , a great cloud , and a fire infolding itself , and a brightness was about it , and out of the midst thereof as the look of glowing brass , out of the midst of the fire . Also out of the midst thereof , the likeness of four living creatures . And this was their appearance : they had the likeness of a man . And every one had four faces , and every one of them had four wings . And their feet were straight feet ; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot ; and they sparkled as the look of burnished brass . And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides ; and they four had their faces and their wings : their wings were joined one to another ; they turned not when they went ; they went every one straight forward . And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man ; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side ; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side ; they four had also the face of an eagle . And their faces and their wings were parted above ; two [ wings ] of every one were joined one to another , and two covered their bodies . And they went every one straight forward : whither the Spirit was to go , they went ; they turned not when they went . And as for the likeness of the living creatures , their appearance was like burning coals of fire , as the appearance of torches : it went up and down among the living creatures ; and the fire was bright ; and out of the fire went forth lightning . And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning . And I looked at the living creatures , and behold , one wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures , toward their four faces . The appearance of the wheels and their work was as the look of a chrysolite ; and they four had one likeness ; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel . When they went , they went upon their four sides ; they turned not when they went . As for their rims , they were high and dreadful ; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about . And when the living creatures went , the wheels went beside them ; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth , the wheels were lifted up . Whithersoever the Spirit was to go , they went , thither would [ their ] spirit go ; and the wheels were lifted up along with them : for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels . When those went , they went ; and when those stood , they stood ; and when those were lifted up from the earth , the wheels were lifted up along with them : for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels . And there was the likeness of an expanse over the heads of the living creature , as the look of the terrible crystal , stretched forth over their heads above . And under the expanse 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 . And when they went , I heard the noise of their wings , like the noise of great waters , as the voice of the Almighty , a tumultuous noise , as the noise of a host : when they stood , they let down their wings ; and there was a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads . When they stood , they let down their wings . And above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne , as the appearance of a sapphire stone ; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it . And I saw as the look of glowing brass , as the appearance of fire , within it round about ; from the appearance of his loins and upward , and from the appearance of his loins and downward , I saw as it were the appearance of fire , and it had brightness round about . 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 Jehovah . And when I saw , I fell on my face , and I heard a voice of one that spoke . And he said unto me , Son of man , stand upon thy feet , and I will speak with thee . And the Spirit entered into me when he spoke unto me , and set me upon my feet ; and I heard him that spoke unto me . And he said unto me , Son of man , I send thee to the children of Israel , to nations that are rebellious , which have rebelled against me : they and their fathers have transgressed against me unto this very day ; and these children are impudent and hard-hearted : I am sending thee unto them ; and thou shalt say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah . And they , whether they will hear or whether they will forbear -- for they are a rebellious house -- yet shall they know that there hath been a prophet among them . And thou , son of man , be not afraid of them , and be not afraid of their words ; for briars and thorns are with thee , and thou dwellest among scorpions : be not afraid of their words , and be not dismayed at their faces ; for they are a rebellious house . And thou shalt speak my words unto them , whether they will hear or whether they will forbear ; for they are rebellious . And 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 . And I looked , and behold , a hand was put forth toward me ; and behold , a roll of a book therein . And he spread it out before me ; and it was written within and without ; and there were written in it lamentations , and mourning , and woe . And he said unto me , Son of man , eat what thou findest ; eat this roll , and go , speak unto the house of Israel . So I opened my mouth , and he caused me to eat that roll . And he said unto me , Son of man , cause thy belly to eat , and fill thy bowels with this roll which I give thee . And I ate , and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness . And he said unto me , Son of man , go , get thee unto the house of Israel , and speak with my words unto them . For thou art not sent to a people of strange language , and of difficult speech , [ but ] to the house of Israel ; not to many peoples of strange language and of difficult speech , whose words thou canst not understand : had I sent thee to them , would they not hearken unto thee ? But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee , for none of them will hearken unto me . For all the house of Israel are hard of forehead and stiff of heart . Behold , I have made thy face hard against their faces , and thy forehead hard against their foreheads . As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead . Fear them not , neither be dismayed at them , for they are a rebellious house . And he said unto me , Son of man , all my words which I shall speak unto thee , receive in thy heart , and hear with thine ears ; and go , get thee to them of the captivity , unto the children of thy people , and speak unto them , and tell them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah , -- whether they will hear or whether they will forbear . And the Spirit lifted me up , and I heard behind me the sound of a great rushing , [ saying , ] Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place ! -- and the sound of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another , and the sound of the wheels beside them , and the sound of a great rushing . And the Spirit lifted me up , and took me away ; and I went in bitterness , in the heat of my spirit , and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me . And I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib , that dwelt by the river Chebar , and I sat where they sat ; and I sat there astonied among them seven days . And it came to pass at the end of seven days , that the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel , and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth , and give them warning from me . When I say unto the wicked , Thou shalt certainly die ; and thou givest him not warning , nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way , that he may live : the same wicked [ man ] shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thy hand . But 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 hast delivered thy soul . And when a righteous [ man ] doth turn from his righteousness , and do what is wrong , and I lay a stumbling-block before him , he shall die ; because thou hast not given him warning , he shall die in his sin , and his righteous acts which he hath done shall not be remembered ; but his blood will I require at thy hand . And if thou warn the righteous [ man ] , that the righteous sin not , and he doth not sin , he shall certainly live , for he hath taken warning ; and thou hast delivered thy soul . And the hand of Jehovah was there upon me ; and he said unto me , Arise , go forth into the valley , and there I will talk with thee . And I arose , and went forth into the valley , and behold , the glory of Jehovah stood there , like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar ; and I fell on my face . And the Spirit entered into me , and set me upon my feet ; and he spoke with me , and said unto me , Go , shut thyself within thy house . And thou , son of man , behold , they shall put bands upon thee , and shall bind thee therewith , and thou shalt not go out among them . And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth , that thou shalt be dumb , and shalt not be to them a reprover ; for they are a rebellious house . And when I speak with thee , I will open thy mouth , and thou shalt say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : He that heareth , let him hear ; and he that forbeareth , let him forbear : for they are a rebellious house . And thou , son of man , take thee a brick , and lay it before thee , and portray upon it a city , -- Jerusalem : and lay siege against it , and build forts against it , and cast a mound against it , and set camps against it , and place battering-rams against it round about . And take thou unto thee an iron plate , and put it [ for ] a wall of iron between thee and the city ; and set thy face against it , and it shall be besieged , and thou shalt lay siege against it : this shall be a sign to the house of Israel . And thou , lie upon thy left side , and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it : the number of the days that thou liest upon it , thou shalt bear their iniquity . And I have appointed thee the years of their iniquity , according to the number of the days , three hundred and ninety days ; and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Israel . And when thou hast accomplished them , thou shalt lie again on thy right side , and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days : I have appointed thee each day for a year . And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem , and thine arm shall be uncovered , and thou shalt prophesy against it . And behold , I lay bands upon thee , and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other , till thou hast ended the days of thy siege . And thou , take unto thee wheat , and barley , and beans , and lentils , and millet , and spelt , and put them in one vessel , and make thee bread thereof , [ according to ] the number of the days that thou liest upon thy side : three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof . And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight , twenty shekels a day : from time to time shalt thou eat it . And thou shalt drink water by measure , the sixth part of a hin : from time to time shalt thou drink . And thou shalt eat it [ as ] barley-cake , and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man . And Jehovah said , So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them . Then said I , Ah , Lord Jehovah ! behold , my soul hath not been defiled , and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself , or of that which is torn ; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth . And he said unto me , See , I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung , and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith . And he said unto me , Son of man , behold , I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem ; and they shall eat bread by weight , and with anxiety ; and they shall drink water by measure , and with astonishment : because bread and water shall fail them , and they shall be astonied one with another , and waste away in their iniquity . And thou , son of man , take thee a sharp knife ; a barber's razor shalt thou take ; and cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard : and thou shalt take balances to weigh , and divide the [ hair ] . A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city , when the days of the siege are fulfilled ; and thou shalt take a third part , [ and ] smite about it with a knife ; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind , and I will draw out a sword after them . And thou shalt take thereof a few in number , and bind them in thy skirts ; and thou shalt take of these again , and cast them into the midst of the fire , and burn them in the fire : from it shall a fire come forth against all the house of Israel . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : This is Jerusalem : I have set her in the midst of the nations , and the countries are round about her . And she hath rebelled against my judgments in wickedness more than the nations , and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her : for mine ordinances have they refused ; and my statutes , they have not walked in them . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because ye have been turbulent more than the nations that are round about you , [ and ] have not walked in my statutes , neither have kept mine ordinances , nor [ even ] have done according to the ordinances of the nations that are round about you ; therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I , even I , am against thee , and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations ; and I will do in thee that which I have not done , and whereunto I will not do any more the like , because of all thine abominations . Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee , and the sons shall eat their fathers ; and I will execute judgments in thee , and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter to all the winds . Wherefore , [ as ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , verily because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things , and with all thine abominations , therefore will I also withdraw mine eye , and it shall not spare , nor will I have any pity . A third part of thee shall die by the pestilence , and shall be consumed by the famine in the midst of thee ; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee ; and I will scatter a third part to all the winds , and I will draw out a sword after them . And mine anger shall be accomplished , and I will satisfy my fury upon them , and I will comfort myself ; and they shall know that I Jehovah have spoken in my jealousy , when I have accomplished my fury upon them . And I will make thee a waste and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee , in the sight of all that pass by . And it shall be a reproach , and a taunt , an instruction , and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee , when I shall execute judgments upon thee in anger , and in fury , and in furious rebukes : I , Jehovah , have spoken . When I send upon them the evil arrows of famine , that are for [ their ] destruction , which I send to destroy you , then will I increase the famine upon you , and will break your staff of bread . And I will send upon you famine and evil beasts , which shall bereave thee of children ; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee ; and I will bring the sword upon thee : I , Jehovah , have spoken . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , set thy face toward the mountains of Israel , and prophesy against them , and say , Mountains of Israel , hear the word of the Lord Jehovah : thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills , to the water-courses and to the valleys : Behold , I , [ even ] I , do bring a sword upon you , and will destroy your high places . And your altars shall be desolate , and your sun-images shall be broken ; and I will cast down your slain [ men ] before your idols ; and I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols ; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars . In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste , and the high places shall be desolate ; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate , and your idols may be broken and cease , and your sun-images may be cut down , and your works may be abolished . And the slain shall fall in the midst of you , and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . Yet will I leave a remnant , in that ye shall have some escaped from the sword among the nations , when ye shall be scattered through the countries . And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they have been carried captives , when I shall have broken their whorish heart , which hath departed from me , and their eyes , which go a whoring after their idols ; and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed , in all their abominations . And they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah : I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Smite with thy hand , and stamp with thy foot , and say , Alas for all the abominations of the iniquities of the house of Israel ! for they shall fall by the sword , by the famine , and by the pestilence . He that is far off shall die of the pestilence ; and he that is near shall fall by the sword ; and he that is left , and is besieged , shall die by the famine : and I will accomplish my fury upon them . And ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , when their slain shall be among their idols , round about their altars , upon every high hill , on all the tops of the mountains , and under every green tree , and under every thick terebinth , the places where they offered sweet savour to all their idols . And I will stretch out my hand upon them , and make the land desolate , yea , more desolate than the wilderness of Diblath , in all their dwellings ; and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , And thou , son of man , thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto the land of Israel : An end , the end is come upon the four corners of the land . Now is the end upon thee ; and I will send mine anger upon thee , and will judge thee according to thy ways , and will bring upon thee all thine abominations . And mine eye shall not spare thee , neither will I have pity ; but I will bring thy ways upon thee , and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee ; and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : An evil , an only evil ! behold , it is come . The end is come , the end is come ; it awaketh against thee : behold , it cometh . The doom is come unto thee , inhabitant of the land ; the time is come , the day is near , -- tumult , and not the joyous cry from the mountains . Now will I soon pour out my fury upon thee , and accomplish mine anger against thee ; and I will judge thee according to thy ways , and will bring upon thee all thine abominations . And mine eye shall not spare , neither will I have pity : I will render unto thee according to thy ways , and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee ; and ye shall know that it is I , Jehovah , that smite . Behold the day , behold , it is come : the doom is gone forth ; the rod hath blossomed , pride is full blown . Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness : nothing of them [ shall remain ] , nor of their multitude , nor of their wealth , nor of the magnificence in the midst of them . The time is come , the day draweth near : let not the buyer rejoice , nor the seller mourn ; for fierce anger is upon all the multitude thereof . For the seller shall not return to that which is sold , even though he were yet alive amongst the living : for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof ; it shall not be revoked ; and none shall through his iniquity assure his life . They have blown the trumpet and made all ready , but none goeth to the battle ; for my fierce anger is upon all the multitude thereof . The sword is without , and the pestilence and the famine within : he that is in the field shall die by the sword ; and he that is in the city , famine and pestilence shall devour him . And they that escape of them shall escape , and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys , all of them moaning , every one for his iniquity . All hands shall be feeble , and all knees shall melt into water . And they shall gird on sackcloth , and horror shall cover them ; and shame shall be upon all faces , and baldness upon all their heads . They shall cast their silver in the streets , and their gold shall be as an impurity : their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath ; they shall not satisfy their souls , neither fill their belly ; for it hath been the stumbling-block of their iniquity . And he set in majesty his beautiful ornament ; but they made therein the images of their abominations [ and ] of their detestable things : therefore have I made it an impurity unto them . And I will give it into the hands of strangers for a prey , and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil ; and they shall profane it . And I will turn my face from them ; and they shall profane my secret [ place ] ; and the violent shall enter into it , and profane it . Make the chain ; for the land is full of bloody crimes , and the city is full of violence . Therefore will I bring the worst of the nations , and they shall possess their houses ; and I will make the pride of the strong to cease ; and their sanctuaries shall be profaned . Destruction cometh ; and they shall seek peace , but there shall be none . Mischief shall come upon mischief , and rumour shall be upon rumour ; and they shall seek a vision from a prophet ; but the law shall perish from the priest , and counsel from the elders . The king shall mourn , and the prince shall be clothed with dismay , and the hands of the people of the land shall tremble : I will do unto them according to their way , and with their judgments will I judge them ; and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And it came to pass in the sixth year , in the sixth [ month ] , on the fifth of the month , that [ as ] I sat in my house , and the elders of Judah sat before me , the hand of the Lord Jehovah fell there upon me . And I looked , and behold , a likeness as the appearance of fire ; from the appearance of his loins and downward , fire ; and from his loins and upward , as the appearance of brightness , as the look of glowing brass . And he stretched forth the form of a hand , and took me by a lock of my head ; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens , and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem , to the entry of the inner gate that looketh toward the north , where was the seat of the image of jealousy , which provoketh to jealousy . And behold , the glory of the God of Israel was there , according to the appearance that I saw in the valley . And he said unto me , Son of man , lift up now thine eyes toward the north . And I lifted up mine eyes toward the north , and behold , northward of the gate of the altar , this image of jealousy in the entry . And he said unto me , Son of man , seest thou what they do ? the great abominations that the house of Israel commit here , to cause [ me ] to go far off from my sanctuary ? And yet again thou shalt see great abominations . And he brought me to the entry of the court , and I looked , and behold , a hole in the wall . And he said unto me , Son of man , dig now through the wall ; and I digged through the wall , and behold , a door . And he said unto me , Go in , and behold the wicked abominations that they do here . And I went in and looked , and behold , every form of creeping thing and abominable beast , and all the idols of the house of Israel , portrayed upon the wall round about . And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel , and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan , with every man his censer in his hand ; and a thick cloud of incense went up . And he said unto me , Hast thou seen , son of man , what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark , every one in his chambers of imagery ? for they say , Jehovah seeth us not ; Jehovah hath forsaken the land . And he said unto me , Yet again thou shalt see great abominations which they do . And he brought me to the entry of the gate of Jehovah's house that was toward the north ; and behold , there sat women weeping for Tammuz . And he said unto me , Seest thou , son of man ? Thou shalt yet again see greater abominations than these . And he brought me into the inner court of Jehovah's house , and behold , at the entry of the temple of Jehovah , between the porch and the altar , were about five and twenty men , with their backs toward the temple of Jehovah and their faces toward the east ; and they worshipped the sun toward the east . And he said unto me , Seest thou , son of man ? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here , that they yet fill the land with violence , and keep provoking me afresh to anger ? And behold , they put the branch to their nose . And I also will deal in fury : mine eye shall not spare , neither will I have pity ; and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice , I will not hear them . And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice , saying , Draw near , ye that have charge of the city , and every man [ with ] his destroying weapon in his hand . And behold , six men came from the way of the upper gate , which is turned toward the north , and every man [ with ] his slaughter weapon in his hand ; and in the midst of them , one man clothed with linen , with a writer's ink-horn by his side ; and they went in , and stood beside the brazen altar . And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub , whereupon it was , to the threshold of the house ; and he called to the man clothed with linen , who had the writer's ink-horn by his side ; and Jehovah said unto him , Go through the midst of the city , through the midst of Jerusalem , and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof . And to the others he said in my hearing , Go after him through the city , and smite : let not your eye spare , neither have pity . Slay utterly the old man , the young man , and the maiden , and little children , and women ; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark ; and begin at my sanctuary . Then they began at the elders who were before the house . And he said unto them , Defile the house , and fill the courts with the slain : go forth . And they went forth , and smote in the city . And it came to pass , while they were smiting , and I was left , that I fell upon my face , and cried , and said , Ah , Lord Jehovah ! wilt thou destroy all the remnant of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem ? And he said unto me , The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great , and the land is full of blood , and the city full of perverseness ; for they say , Jehovah hath forsaken the earth , and Jehovah seeth not . And as for me also , mine eye shall not spare , neither will I have pity : I will recompense their way upon their head . And behold , the man clothed with linen , who had the ink-horn by his side , reported the matter , saying , I have done as thou hast commanded me . And I looked , and behold , in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone , as the appearance of the likeness of a throne . And he spoke unto the man clothed with linen , and said , Come in between the wheels , under the cherub , and fill the hollow of thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim , and scatter them over the city . And he went in in my sight . And the cherubim stood on the right side of the house , when the man went in ; and the cloud filled the inner court . And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub , [ and came ] over the threshold of the house ; and the house was filled with the cloud , and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory . And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard to the outer court , as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh . And it came to pass when he had commanded the man clothed with linen , saying , Take fire from between the wheels , from between the cherubim , then he went in , and stood beside the wheel . And the cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim , and took and put it into the hands of him [ that was ] clothed with linen ; who took [ it ] , and went out . And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings . And I looked , and behold , four wheels beside the cherubim , one wheel beside one cherub , and another wheel beside another cherub ; and the appearance of the wheels was as the look of a chrysolite stone . And as for their appearance , they four had one likeness , as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel . When they went , they went upon their four sides ; they turned not as they went , but to the place whither the head looked they followed it : they turned not as they went . And their whole body , and their backs , and their hands , and their wings , and the wheels were full of eyes round about , in them four [ and ] their wheels . As for the wheels , they were called in my hearing , Galgal . And every one had four faces : the first face was the face of a cherub , and the second face the face of a man , and the third the face of a lion , and the fourth the face of an eagle . And the cherubim mounted up . This was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar . And when the cherubim went , the wheels went beside them ; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth , the same wheels also turned not from beside them . When they stood , these stood ; and when they mounted up , these mounted up with them : for the spirit of the living creature was in them . And the glory of Jehovah departed from over the threshold of the house , and stood over the cherubim . And the cherubim lifted up their wings , and mounted up from the earth in my sight , when they went out ; and the wheels were beside them ; and they stood at the door of the east gate of Jehovah's house ; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above . This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar ; and I knew that they were cherubim . Each one had four faces , and every one four wings ; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings . And as for the likeness of their faces , they were the faces which I had seen by the river Chebar -- their appearance and themselves : they went every one straight before them . And the Spirit lifted me up , and brought me unto the east gate of Jehovah's house , which looketh eastward ; and behold , at the door of the gate were five and twenty men ; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur , and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah , princes of the people . And he said unto me , Son of man , these are the men that devise iniquity , and give wicked counsel in this city : who say , It is not the time to build houses : this is the cauldron , and we are the flesh . Therefore prophesy against them , prophesy , son of man . And the Spirit of Jehovah fell on me , and said unto me , Speak , Thus saith Jehovah : Thus have ye said , O house of Israel ; and the things that come into your mind , I know them . Ye have multiplied your slain in this city , and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it , they are the flesh , and it is the cauldron ; but you will I bring forth out of the midst of it . Ye have feared the sword , and I will bring a sword upon you , saith the Lord Jehovah . And I will bring you out of the midst of it , and give you into the hands of strangers , and will execute judgments among you . Ye shall fall by the sword ; I will judge you in the borders of Israel ; and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . This shall not be your cauldron , neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst of it : I will judge you in the borders of Israel ; and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , in whose statutes ye have not walked , neither have done mine ordinances , but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you . And it came to pass , when I prophesied , that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died . And I fell down on my face , and cried with a loud voice , and said , Ah , Lord Jehovah ! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel ? And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , [ it is ] thy brethren , thy brethren , the men of thy kindred , and all the house of Israel , the whole of it , unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem say , Get you far from Jehovah : unto us is this land given for a possession . Therefore say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Although I have removed them far off among the nations , and although I have scattered them among the countries , yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries whither they are come . Therefore say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will even gather you from the peoples , and assemble you out of the countries where ye are scattered , and I will give you the land of Israel . And they shall come thither , and they shall take away from thence all its detestable things and all its abominations . And I will give them one heart , and I will put a new spirit within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of their flesh , and will give them a heart of flesh ; 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 . But as for them whose heart walketh well-pleased with their detestable things and their abominations , I will recompense their way upon their heads , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the cherubim lifted up their wings , and the wheels were beside them ; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above . And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city , and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city . And the Spirit lifted me up , and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea , to them of the captivity ; and the vision that I had seen went up from me . And I spoke unto them of the captivity all the things that Jehovah had shewn me . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house , which have eyes to see , and see not , which have ears to hear , and hear not ; for they are a rebellious house . And thou , son of man , prepare thee a captive's baggage , and go captive by day in their sight ; and thou shalt go captive from thy place to another place in their sight . It may be they will consider , though they are a rebellious house . And bring forth thy baggage by day in their sight , as a captive's baggage , and thou thyself , go forth at even in their sight as they that go forth into captivity . Dig thou through the wall in their sight , and carry out thereby . In their sight shalt thou bear [ it ] upon [ thy ] shoulder , and carry it forth in the dark ; thou shalt cover thy face , and thou shalt not see the ground : for I have appointed thee for a sign unto the house of Israel . And I did so as I was commanded : I brought forth my baggage by day , as a captive's baggage , and in the even I digged through the wall with my hand ; I brought it forth in the dark , [ and ] bore it upon [ my ] shoulder , in their sight . And in the morning the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , hath not the house of Israel , the rebellious house , said unto thee , What doest thou ? Say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : This burden [ concerneth ] the prince in Jerusalem , and all the house of Israel that are among them . Say , I am your sign : as I have done , so shall it be done unto them : they shall go into exile , into captivity . And the prince that is among them shall bear upon [ his ] shoulder in the dark , and shall go forth ; they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby ; he shall cover his face , that he see not the land with [ his ] eyes . And I will spread my net upon him , and he shall be taken in my snare ; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans ; but he shall not see it , and there shall he die . And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him , and all his troops ; and I will draw out the sword after them . And they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah when I shall scatter them among the nations and disperse them through the countries . But I will leave a few men of them from the sword , from the famine , and from the pestilence ; that they may declare all their abominations among the nations whither they shall come ; and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came to me , saying , Son of man , eat thy bread with quaking , and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety ; and say unto the people of the land , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem , in the land of Israel : They shall eat their bread with anxiety , and drink their water with astonishment , because her land shall be left desolate of all that is in it , for the violence of all them that dwell therein . And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste , and the land shall be a desolation ; and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel , saying , The days shall be prolonged , and every vision faileth ? Tell them therefore , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : 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 , and the accomplishment of every vision . For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel . For I [ am ] Jehovah ; I will speak , and the word that I shall speak shall be performed , it shall be no more deferred . For in your days , O rebellious house , will I speak the word and will perform it , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , behold , they of the house of Israel say , The vision that he seeth is for many days , and he prophesieth of times that are far off . Therefore say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : There shall none of my words be deferred any more , but the word that I have spoken shall be done , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying : Son of man , prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy , and say unto them that prophesy out of their own heart , Hear ye the word of Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Woe unto the foolish prophets , that follow their own spirit , and have seen nothing ! O Israel , thy prophets have been like foxes in desert places . Ye have not gone up into the breaches , nor made up the fence for the house of Israel , to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah . They have seen vanity and lying divination , that say , Jehovah saith ! and Jehovah hath not sent them ; and they make [ them ] to hope that the word will be fulfilled . Have ye not seen a vain vision , and spoken a lying divination , when ye say , Jehovah saith ; and I have not spoken ? Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because ye speak vanity , and have seen lies , therefore behold , I am against you , saith the Lord Jehovah . And my hand shall be against the prophets that see vanity and that divine lies : they shall not be in the council of my people , neither shall they be written in the register of the house of Israel , and they shall not enter into the land of Israel : and ye shall know that I [ am ] the Lord Jehovah . Because , yea because they have seduced my people , saying , Peace ! and there is no peace ; and one buildeth up a wall , and lo , they daub it with untempered [ mortar ] -- say unto them which daub it with untempered [ mortar ] that it shall fall : there shall be an overflowing rain , and ye , O great hailstones , shall fall , and a stormy wind shall burst forth . And lo , when the wall is fallen , shall it not be said unto you , Where is the daubing with which ye have daubed [ it ] ? Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will cause to burst forth a stormy wind in my fury ; and there shall be an overflowing rain in mine anger , and hail-stones in fury for utter destruction . And I will break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered [ mortar ] , and bring it down to the ground , so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered ; and it shall fall , and ye shall be destroyed in the midst thereof ; and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And I will accomplish my fury upon the wall , and upon them that daub it with untempered [ mortar ] , and will say unto you , The wall is no [ more ] , neither they that daubed it , the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem , and who see a vision of peace for her , and there is no peace , saith the Lord Jehovah . And thou , son of man , set thy face against the daughters of thy people , who prophesy out of their own heart ; and prophesy against them , and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Woe unto the women that sew pillows for all wrists , and that make veils for the head [ of persons ] of every stature to catch souls ! Will ye catch the souls of my people , and will ye save your own souls alive ? And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for morsels 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 listen to lying ? Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I am against your pillows , that the souls which ye catch by their means may fly away ; and I will tear them from your arms , and will let the souls go , the souls that ye catch , that they may fly away . And I will tear your veils and deliver my people out of your hand , and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted ; and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . Because with falsehood ye have grieved the heart of the righteous , whom I have not made sad ; and have strengthened the hands of the wicked , that he should not return from his wicked way , to save his life : therefore ye shall no more see vanity , nor divine divinations ; and I will deliver my people out of your hand : and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And there came certain of the elders of Israel unto me , and sat before me . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , these men have set up their idols in their heart , and put the stumbling-block of their iniquity before their face : should I be inquired of at all by them ? Therefore speak to them , and say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart , and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face , and cometh to the prophet , I Jehovah will answer him according to this , according to the multitude of his idols : that I may take the house of Israel by their own heart , because they are all estranged from me through their idols . Therefore say unto the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Return ye , and turn yourselves from your idols ; and turn away your faces from all your abominations . For every one of the house of Israel , or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel , who separateth himself from me , and setteth up his idols in his heart , and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face , and cometh to the prophet to inquire of me by him , I Jehovah will answer him by myself ; and I will set my face against that man , and will make him desolate , [ so that he shall be ] for a sign and for proverbs , and I will cut him off from the midst of my people : and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And if the prophet be enticed and shall speak a word , I Jehovah have enticed that prophet ; and I will stretch out my hand against him , and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel . And they shall bear their iniquity : the iniquity of the prophet shall be even as the iniquity of the inquirer ; that the house of Israel may go no more astray from me , neither make themselves any more unclean with all their transgressions ; and they shall be my people , and I will be their God , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , when a land sinneth against me by working unfaithfulness , and I stretch out my hand upon it , and break the staff of the bread thereof , and send famine upon it , and cut off man and beast from it ; though these three men , Noah , Daniel , and Job , should be in it , they should deliver [ but ] their own souls by their righteousness , saith the Lord Jehovah . If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land , and they bereave it , and it become a desolation , so that no one passeth through because of the beasts ; -- though these three men should be in it , [ as ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , they should deliver neither sons nor daughters : they only should be delivered , and the land should be a desolation . Or [ if ] I bring the sword upon that land , and say , Sword , go through the land , so that I cut off man and beast from it , and these three men should be in it , [ as ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , they should deliver neither sons nor daughters , but they only themselves should be delivered . 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 , and Noah , Daniel , and Job should be in it , [ as ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , they should deliver neither son nor daughter : they should [ but ] deliver their own souls by their righteousness . For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem , the sword , and the famine , and the evil beast , and the pestilence , to cut off from it man and beast ! But behold , there shall be left in it those that escape , who shall be brought out of [ it ] , 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 , as to all that I have brought upon it . And they shall comfort you , when ye see their way and their doings ; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , what is the wood of the vine more than any wood , the vine-branch , which is among the trees of the forest ? Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work ? or will [ men ] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon ? Behold , it is given to the fire for fuel : the fire consumeth both the ends of it , and the midst of it is burned ; is it fit for [ any ] work ? Behold , when it was whole , it was used for no work ; how much less when the fire hath consumed it , and it is burned , should it yet be used for any work ? Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest , which I have given to the fire for fuel , so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem . And I will set my face against them : they shall go forth from [ one ] fire , and [ another ] fire shall devour them ; and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah when I set my face against them . And I will make the land a desolation , because they have wrought unfaithfulness , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , cause Jerusalem to know her abominations , and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem : Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite : thy father was an Amorite , and thy mother a Hittite . And as for thy nativity , in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut , neither wast thou washed in water for cleansing ; thou wast not rubbed with salt at all , nor swaddled at all . No eye pitied thee , to do any of these unto thee , to have compassion upon thee ; but thou wast cast out in the open field , from abhorrence of thy person , in the day that thou wast born . And I passed by thee , and saw thee weltering in thy blood , and I said unto thee , in thy blood , Live ! yea , I said unto thee , in thy blood , Live ! I caused thee to multiply , as the bud of the field ; and thou didst increase and grow great , and thou camest to fulness of beauty ; [ thy ] breasts were fashioned , and thy hair grew : but thou wast naked and bare . And I passed by thee , and looked upon thee , and behold , thy time was the time of love ; and I spread my skirt over thee , and covered thy nakedness ; and I swore unto thee , and entered into a covenant with thee , saith the Lord Jehovah , and thou becamest mine . And I washed thee with water , and thoroughly washed away thy blood from thee , and I anointed thee with oil ; and I clothed thee with embroidered work , and shod thee with badgers' skin , and I bound thee about with byssus , and covered thee with silk . And I decked thee with ornaments , and I put bracelets upon thy hands , and a chain on thy neck ; and I put a ring on thy nose , and earrings in thine ears , and a beautiful crown upon thy head . Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver , and thy raiment was byssus , and silk , and embroidered work . Thou didst eat fine flour , and honey , and oil ; and thou becamest exceedingly beautiful , and thou didst prosper into a kingdom . And thy fame went forth among the nations for thy beauty ; for it was perfect through my magnificence , which I had put upon thee , saith the Lord Jehovah . But thou didst confide in thy beauty , and playedst the harlot because of thy renown , and pouredst out thy whoredoms on every one that passed by : his it was . And of thy garments thou didst take , and madest for thyself high places decked with divers colours , and didst play the harlot thereupon : [ the like ] hath not come to pass , and shall be no more . And thou didst take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver , which I had given thee , and madest to thyself images of males , and didst commit fornication with them . And thou tookest thine embroidered garments , and coveredst them ; and thou didst set mine oil and mine incense before them . And my bread which I had given thee , the fine flour and the oil and the honey wherewith I fed thee , thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savour : thus it was , saith the Lord Jehovah . And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters , whom thou hadst borne unto me , and these didst thou sacrifice unto them , to be devoured . Were thy whoredoms a small matter , that thou didst slay my children and give them up in passing them over to them ? And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth , when thou wast naked and bare , when thou wast weltering in thy blood . And it came to pass after all thy wickedness ( woe , woe unto thee ! saith the Lord Jehovah ) , that thou didst also build unto thee a place of debauchery , and didst make thee a high place in every street : thou didst build thy high place at every head of the way , and madest thy beauty to be abhorred , and thou didst open thy feet to every one that passed by , and multiply thy whoredom . And thou didst commit fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours , great of flesh ; and didst multiply thy whoredom to provoke me to anger . And behold , I stretched out my hand over thee , and diminished thine appointed portion ; and I gave thee over unto the will of them that hate thee , the daughters of the Philistines , who were confounded at thy lewd way . And thou didst commit fornication with the Assyrians , because thou wast insatiable ; yea , thou didst commit fornication with them , and yet couldest not be satisfied . And thou didst multiply thy whoredom with the land of merchants , Chaldea , and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith . How weak is thy heart , saith the Lord Jehovah , seeing thou doest all these [ things ] , the work of a whorish woman , under no restraint ; in that thou buildest thy place of debauchery at the head of every way , and makest thy high place in every street ! And thou hast not been as a harlot , in that thou scornest reward , O adulterous wife , that taketh strangers instead of her husband . They give rewards to all harlots ; but thou gavest thy rewards to all thy lovers , and rewardedst them , that they might come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms . And in thee is the contrary from [ other ] women , in thy whoredoms , in that none followeth thee to commit fornication ; and whereas thou givest a reward , and no reward is given unto thee , so art thou contrary . Therefore , O harlot , hear the word of Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because thy money hath been poured out , and thy nakedness discovered through thy fornications with thy lovers , and with all the idols of thine abominations , and because of the blood of thy children which thou didst give unto them ; therefore , behold , I will gather all thy lovers with whom thou hast taken pleasure , and all that thou hast loved , with all that thou hast hated , -- I will even gather them round about against thee , and will discover thy nakedness unto them , that they may see all thy nakedness . And I will judge thee with the judgments of women that commit adultery and shed blood ; and I will give thee up to the blood of fury and jealousy ; and I will give thee into their hand , and they shall throw down thy place of debauchery , and shall break down thy high places ; and they shall strip thee of thy garments , and shall take thy fair jewels , and leave thee naked and bare . And they shall bring up an assemblage against thee , and they shall stone thee with stones , and thrust thee through with their swords . 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 being a harlot , and thou also shalt give no more any reward . And I will appease my fury against thee , and my jealousy shall depart from thee ; and I will be quiet , and will be no more angry . Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth , but hast raged against me in all these [ things ] , behold , therefore , I also will recompense thy way upon [ thy ] head , saith the Lord Jehovah , and thou shalt not commit this lewdness besides all thine abominations . Behold , every one that useth proverbs shall speak in a proverb against thee , saying , As the mother , [ so is ] her daughter ! Thou art the daughter of thy mother that loathed her husband and her children ; and thou art the sister of thy sisters , who loathed their husbands and their children . Your mother was a Hittite , and your father an Amorite . And thine elder sister is Samaria that dwelleth at thy left hand , she and her daughters ; and thy younger sister , that dwelleth at thy right hand , is Sodom and her daughters . And thou hast not walked in their ways , nor done according to their abominations ; but as though that were a very little , thou hast been more corrupt than they in all thy ways . [ As ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , Sodom thy sister hath not done , she nor her daughters , as thou hast done , thou and thy daughters ! Behold , this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom : pride , fulness of bread , and careless ease was in her and in her daughters , but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy . And they were haughty , and committed abomination before me , and I took them away when I saw [ it ] . And Samaria hath not sinned according to the half of thy sins ; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they , and hast justified thy sisters by all thine abominations which thou hast done . Thou also , who hast judged thy sisters , bear thine own confusion , because of thy sins in which thou hast acted more abominably than they : they are more righteous than thou . So be thou ashamed also , and bear thy confusion , in that thou hast justified thy sisters . And I will bring again their captivity , the captivity of Sodom and her daughters , and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters , and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them ; that thou mayest bear thy confusion , and mayest be confounded for all that thou hast done , in that thou comfortest them . And thy sisters , Sodom and her daughters , shall return to their former estate , and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate ; thou also and thy daughters , ye shall return to your former estate . Yea , Sodom thy sister was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride , before thy wickedness was discovered , as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria , and of all that are round about her , the daughters of the Philistines , who despise thee on every side . Thy lewdness and thine abominations , thou bearest them , saith Jehovah . For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will even deal with thee as thou hast done , who hast despised the oath , and broken the covenant . Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth , and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant . And thou shalt remember thy ways , and be confounded , when thou shalt receive thy sisters who are older than thou , together with those who are younger than thou ; for I will give them unto thee for daughters , but not by virtue of thy covenant . And I will establish my covenant with thee , and thou shalt know that I [ am ] Jehovah ; that thou mayest remember , and be ashamed , and no more open thy mouth because of thy confusion , when I forgive thee all that thou hast done , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , put forth a riddle , and speak a parable unto the house of Israel , and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : A great eagle with great wings , long-pinioned , full of feathers , which was of divers colours , came unto Lebanon , and took the highest branch of the cedar . He cropped off the top of its young shoots , and carried it into a merchants' land ; he set it in a city of traders . And he took of the seed of the land , and planted it in a fruitful field ; he placed it by great waters , he set it as a willow tree . And it grew , and became a spreading vine of low stature , so that its branches should turn toward him , and the roots thereof be under him ; and it became a vine , and brought forth branches , and shot forth sprigs . And there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers ; and behold , from the beds of her plantation , this vine did bend her roots unto him , and shot forth her branches toward him , that he might water it . It was planted in a good field by many waters , that it might bring forth branches and bear fruit , that it might be a noble vine . Say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Shall it prosper ? Shall he not pull up its roots , and cut off its fruit , that it may wither ? All its fresh sprouting leaves shall wither , even without a great arm and many people to pluck it up by its roots . And behold , being planted , shall it prosper ? shall it not utterly wither when the east wind toucheth it ? It shall wither in the beds where it grew . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Say now to the rebellious house , Know ye not what these things are ? Say , Behold , the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem , and took its king and its princes , and led them with him to Babylon . And he took of the king's seed , and made a covenant with him , and brought him under an oath , and he took away the mighty of the land ; that the kingdom might be abased , that it might not lift itself up , that it might keep his covenant in order to stand . But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt , that they might give him horses and much people . Shall he prosper ? shall he escape that doeth such things ? shall he break the covenant , and yet escape ? [ As ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , verily in the place of the king that made him king , whose oath he despised , and whose covenant he broke , even with him , in the midst of Babylon , shall he die . Neither shall Pharaoh with a mighty army and a great assemblage do anything for him in the war , when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons . He despised the oath , and broke the covenant ; and behold , he had given his hand , yet hath he done all these things : he shall not escape . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : [ As ] I live , verily , mine oath which he hath despised , and my covenant which he hath broken , even it will I recompense upon his head . And I will spread my net upon him , and he shall be taken in my snare ; and I will bring him to Babylon , and will enter into judgment with him there for his unfaithfulness in which he hath been unfaithful against me . And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword , and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind ; and ye shall know that I Jehovah have spoken . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will also take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar , and will set it ; I will crop off from the top of its young shoots a tender one , and I will plant it upon a high and eminent mountain : upon the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it ; and it shall bring forth branches , and bear fruit , and become a noble cedar ; and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing ; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell . And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah have brought down the high tree , have exalted the low tree , have dried up the green tree , and made the dry tree to flourish : I Jehovah have spoken , and will do [ it ] . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , What mean ye , ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel , saying , [ The ] fathers eat sour grapes , and the children's teeth are set on edge ? [ As ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , ye shall not have any more to use this proverb in Israel . Behold , all the souls are mine ; as the soul of the father , so also the soul of the son is mine : the soul that sinneth , it shall die . And if a man be righteous , and do judgment and justice : -- he hath not eaten upon the mountains , nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel , neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife , nor come near to a woman in her separation , and hath not oppressed any ; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge , hath not exercised robbery , hath given his bread to the hungry , and covered the naked with a garment ; he hath not given forth upon usury , nor taken increase ; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness , hath executed true judgment between man and man , hath walked in my statutes , and kept mine ordinances , to deal faithfully : he is righteous , he shall certainly live , saith the Lord Jehovah . And if he have begotten a son that is violent , a shedder of blood , and that doeth only one of any of these [ things ] , and that doeth not any of those [ duties ] , but also hath eaten upon the mountains , and defiled his neighbour's wife , hath oppressed the poor and needy , exercised robbery , hath not restored the pledge , and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols , committed abomination , given forth upon usury , and taken increase ; shall he then live ? He shall not live : he hath done all these abominations ; he shall certainly die ; his blood shall be upon him . But lo , if he have begotten a son that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done , and considereth , and doeth not such like : -- he hath not eaten upon the mountains , nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel ; he hath not defiled his neighbour's wife , and hath not oppressed any , nor withholden the pledge , neither hath exercised robbery ; he hath given his bread to the hungry , and covered the naked with a garment ; he hath withdrawn his hand from the poor , hath not received usury nor increase , hath executed my judgments , [ and ] walked in my statutes : he shall not die for the iniquity of his father , he shall certainly live . As for his father , because he practised oppression , exercised robbery upon his brother , and did what was not good among his people , behold , he shall die in his iniquity . And ye say , Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father ? But the son hath done judgment and justice , hath kept all my statutes , and hath done them ; he shall certainly live . The soul that sinneth , it shall die . The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father , 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 . And the wicked , if he turn from all his sins which he hath committed , and keep all my statutes , and do judgment and justice , he shall certainly live , he shall not die . None of his transgressions which he hath committed shall be remembered against him ; in his righteousness which he hath done shall he live . Have I any pleasure at all in the death of the wicked ? saith the Lord Jehovah ; is it not in his turning from his way , that he may live ? And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong , [ and ] doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth , shall he live ? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered : in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought , and in his sin which he hath sinned , in them shall he die . And ye say , The way of the Lord is not equal . Hear then , house of Israel . Is not my way equal ? are not your ways unequal ? When the righteous turneth away from his righteousness , and practiseth what is wrong , and dieth for it ; in his wrong that he hath done shall he die . And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness which he hath committed , and doeth judgment and justice , he shall keep his soul alive . Because he considereth , and turneth from all his transgressions which he hath committed , he shall certainly live , he shall not die . But the house of Israel say , The way of the Lord is not equal . O house of Israel , are not my ways equal ? Is it not your ways that are unequal ? Therefore I will judge you , house of Israel , every one according to his ways , saith the Lord Jehovah . Return ye , and turn from all your transgressions ; so iniquity shall not be your snare . Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed , and make you a new heart and a new spirit : why then will ye die , house of Israel ? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth , saith the Lord Jehovah ; therefore turn ye and live . And thou , take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel , and say , What was thy mother ? A lioness : she lay down among lions , she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions . And she brought up one of her whelps ; it became a young lion , and he learned to catch the prey ; he devoured men . And the nations heard of him ; he was taken in their pit , and they brought him with nose-rings into the land of Egypt . And when she saw that she had waited [ and ] her hope was lost , she took another of her whelps , [ and ] made him a young lion . And he went up and down among the lions ; he became a young lion , and learned to catch the prey ; he devoured men . And he knew their [ desolate ] palaces , and he laid waste their cities , so that the land was desolate , and all it contained , by the noise of his roaring . Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces , and spread their net over him ; he was taken in their pit . And they put him in a cage with nose-rings , and brought him to the king of Babylon ; they brought him into strongholds , that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel . Thy mother was as a vine , in thy rest , planted by the waters : it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters . And it had strong rods for sceptres of them that bear rule , and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs ; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its branches . But it was plucked up in fury , it was cast down to the ground , and the east wind dried up its fruit ; its strong rods were broken and withered ; the fire consumed them . And now it is planted in the wilderness , in a dry and thirsty ground : and a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches , [ which ] hath devoured its fruit ; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling . This is a lamentation , and shall be for a lamentation . And it came to pass in the seventh year , in the fifth [ month ] , the tenth of the month , [ that ] certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Jehovah , and they sat before me . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , speak unto the elders of Israel , and say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Are ye come to inquire of me ? [ As ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , I will not be inquired of by you . Wilt thou judge them , wilt thou judge , son of man ? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers , and say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : 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 ] Jehovah your God , in that day I lifted up my hand unto them , to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them , flowing with milk and honey , which is the ornament of all lands ; and I said unto them , Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes , and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt : I [ am ] Jehovah your God . But they rebelled against me , and would not hearken unto me : none of them cast away the abominations of his eyes , neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt . Then I thought to pour out my fury upon them , so as to accomplish mine anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt . But I wrought for my name's sake , that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they were , in whose sight I had made myself known unto them in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt . And I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt , and brought them into the wilderness . And I gave them my statutes , and made known unto them mine ordinances , which if a man do , he shall live by them . And I also gave them my sabbaths , to be a sign between me and them , that they might know that I [ am ] Jehovah that hallow them . But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness : they walked not in my statutes , and they rejected mine ordinances , which if a man do , he shall live by them ; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned : and I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness , to consume them . But I wrought for my name's sake , that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations , in whose sight I had brought them out . And I also lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness , that I would not bring them into the land that I had given [ them ] , flowing with milk and honey , which is the ornament of all lands ; because they rejected mine ordinances and walked not in my statutes , and profaned my sabbaths : for their heart went after their idols . But mine eye spared them so as not to destroy them , neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness . And I said unto their children in the wilderness , Walk not in the statutes of your fathers , neither keep their ordinances , nor defile yourselves with their idols . I [ am ] Jehovah your God : walk in my statutes , and keep mine ordinances , and do them ; and hallow my sabbaths ; and they shall be a sign between me and you , that ye may know that I [ am ] Jehovah your God . And the children rebelled against me : they walked not in my statutes , neither kept mine ordinances to do them , which if a man do , he shall live by them ; they profaned my sabbaths : and I said I would pour out my fury upon them , to accomplish mine anger against them in the wilderness . But I withdrew my hand , and wrought for my name's sake , that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations , in whose sight I had brought them out . I lifted up my hand also unto them in the wilderness , that I would scatter them among the nations , and disperse them through the countries ; because they performed not mine ordinances , and rejected my statutes , and profaned my sabbaths , and their eyes were after their fathers' idols . And I also gave them statutes that were not good , and ordinances whereby they should not live ; and I defiled them by their own gifts , in that they devoted all that opened the womb , that I might make them desolate , to the end that they might know that I [ am ] Jehovah . Therefore , son of man , speak unto the house of Israel , and say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me , in that they have wrought unfaithfulness against me . When I had brought them into the land which I had lifted up my hand to give unto them , then they saw every high hill and all the thick trees , and they offered there their sacrifices , and there they presented the provocation of their offering ; and there they placed their sweet savour , and there poured out their drink-offerings . And I said unto them , What is the high place whither ye go ? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day . Therefore say unto the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Do ye defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers ? and do ye commit fornication after their abominations ? And when ye offer your gifts , making your sons to pass through the fire , ye defile yourselves with all your idols , even unto this day ; and shall I be inquired of by you , O house of Israel ? [ As ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , I will not be inquired of by you . And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all , that ye say , We will be as the nations , as the families of the countries , in serving wood and stone . [ As ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , verily with a mighty hand , and with an outstretched arm , and with fury poured out , will I reign over you . And I will bring you out from the peoples , and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered , with a mighty hand , and with an outstretched arm , and with fury poured out ; and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples , and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face . Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt , so will I enter into judgment with you , saith the Lord Jehovah . And I will cause you to pass under the rod , and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant . And I will purge out from among you the rebels , and them that transgress against me ; I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn , but they shall not enter into the land of Israel : and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . As for you , O house of Israel , thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Go ye , serve every one his idols henceforth also , if none of you will hearken unto me ; but profane my holy name no more with your gifts and with your idols . For in my holy mountain , in the mountain of the height of Israel , saith the Lord Jehovah , there shall all the house of Israel serve me , the whole of it , in the land ; there will I accept them , and there will I require your heave-offerings and the first-fruits of your offerings , with all your holy things . As a sweet savour will I accept you , when I bring you out from the peoples , and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered ; and I will be hallowed in you in the sight of the nations . And ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , when I have brought you into the land of Israel , into the country which I lifted up my hand to give to your fathers . And there shall ye remember your ways , and all your doings , wherein ye have been defiled ; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils which ye have committed . And ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , when I have wrought with you for my name's sake , not according to your wicked ways , nor according to your corrupt doings , O house of Israel , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , set thy face toward the south , and drop [ words ] against the south , and prophesy against the forest of the south field ; and say to the forest of the south , Hear the word of Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will kindle a fire in thee , and it shall devour every green tree in thee , and every dry tree : the flashing flame shall not be quenched ; and all that it meets from the south to the north shall be burned thereby . And all flesh shall see that I Jehovah have kindled it : it shall not be quenched . And I said , Ah , Lord Jehovah ! they say of me , Doth he not speak parables ? And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , set thy face against Jerusalem , and drop [ words ] against the holy places , and prophesy against the land of Israel , and say to the land of Israel , Thus saith Jehovah : Behold , I am against thee , and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath , and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked . Seeing that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked , therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh , from the south to the north ; and all flesh shall know that I Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath : it shall not return any more . Sigh then , thou son of man ; with breaking of the loins , and with bitterness sigh before their eyes . And it shall be , when they say unto thee , Wherefore dost thou sigh ? that thou shalt say , Because of the tidings , for it cometh ; and every heart shall melt , and all hands shall be feeble , and every spirit shall languish , and all knees shall melt into water : behold , it cometh ; it is here , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , prophesy , and say , Thus saith Jehovah : Say , A sword , a sword is sharpened , and also furbished . It is sharpened for sore slaughter , it is furbished that it may glitter . Shall we then make mirth , [ saying , ] The sceptre of my son contemneth all wood ? And he hath given it to be furbished that it may be handled . The sword , -- it is sharpened , and it is furbished to give it into the hand of the slayer . Cry and howl , son of man ; for it shall be against my people , it shall be against all the princes of Israel : they are given up to the sword along with my people : smite therefore upon the thigh . For the trial [ is made ] ; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no [ more ] ? saith the Lord Jehovah . And thou , son of man , prophesy , and smite thy hands together ; for [ the strokes of ] the sword shall be doubled the third time : it is the sword of the slain , the sword that hath slain the great one , which encompasseth them privily . In order that the heart may melt , and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied , I have set the threatening sword against all their gates : ah ! it is made glittering , it is whetted for the slaughter . Gather up [ strength ] , go to the right hand , turn thee , go to the left , whithersoever thy face is appointed . And I myself will smite my hands together , and I will satisfy my fury : I Jehovah have spoken [ it ] . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , And thou , son of man , set thee two ways , by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come -- out of one land shall they both come -- and make thee a signpost , make it at the head of the way to the city . Appoint a way for the coming of the sword to Rabbah of the children of Ammon , and to Judah at the fenced [ city ] of Jerusalem . For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way , at the head of the two ways , to use divination : he shaketh [ his ] arrows , he inquireth of the teraphim , he looketh in the liver . In his right hand is the lot of Jerusalem to appoint battering-rams , to open the mouth for bloodshed , to lift up the voice with shouting , to appoint battering-rams against the gates , to cast mounds , to build siege-towers . And this shall be a false divination in their sight , for them that have sworn oaths ; but he will call to remembrance the iniquity , that they may be taken . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because ye make your iniquity to be remembered in that your transgressions are discovered , so that in all your doings your sins appear ; because ye are come to remembrance , ye shall be taken with the hand . And thou , profane , wicked prince of Israel , whose day is come , at the time of the iniquity of the end , -- thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Remove the mitre and take off the crown ; what is shall be no [ more ] . Exalt that which is low , and abase that which is high . I will overturn , overturn , overturn it ! This also shall be no [ more ] , until he come whose right it is ; and I will give it [ to him ] . And thou , son of man , prophesy and say , Thus speaketh the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon , and concerning their reproach ; and thou shalt say , A sword , a sword is drawn ; for the slaughter is it furbished , that it may consume , that it may glitter : whilst they see vanity for thee , whilst they divine a lie unto thee , to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are slain , whose day is come at the time of the iniquity of the end . Restore [ it ] to its sheath . I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created , in the land of thy birth . And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee , I will blow upon thee the fire of my wrath , and give thee into the hand of brutish men , skilful to destroy . Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire ; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land ; thou shalt not be remembered : for I Jehovah have spoken . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , And thou , son of man , wilt thou judge , wilt thou judge the bloody city ? Yea , cause her to know all her abominations , and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : A city that sheddeth blood in her midst , that her time may come , and maketh idols against herself to defile herself . Thou art become guilty by thy blood which thou hast shed , and hast defiled thyself with thine idols which thou hast made ; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near , and art come unto thy years : therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations , and a mocking unto all countries . Those that are near , and those that are far from thee , shall mock thee , who art infamous [ and ] full of tumult . Behold , the princes of Israel have been in thee to shed blood , each according to his power . In thee have they made light of father and mother ; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger ; in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow . Thou hast despised my holy things , and hast profaned my sabbaths . In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood ; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains ; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness ; in thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness ; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her separation . 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 . In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood ; thou hast taken usury and increase , and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression , and hast forgotten me , saith the Lord Jehovah . And behold , I have smitten mine hand at thine overreaching which thou hast done , and at thy bloodshed which hath been in the midst of thee . Shall thy heart endure , shall thy hands be strong , in the days that I shall deal with thee ? I Jehovah have spoken , and will do [ it ] . And I will scatter thee among the nations , and disperse thee through the countries , and will consume thy filthiness out of thee . And thou shalt be polluted through thyself in the sight of the nations , and thou shalt know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , the house of Israel is become dross to me : they are all copper , and tin , and iron , and lead , in the midst of the furnace : they are become the dross of silver . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because ye are all become dross , therefore behold , I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem . [ As ] they gather silver , and copper , and iron , and lead , and tin , into the midst of the furnace , to blow the fire upon it , to melt it , so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury , and I will lay you on and melt you . Yea , I will collect you , and blow upon you the fire of my wrath , and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof . 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 Jehovah have poured out my fury upon you . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , say unto her , Thou art a land that is not cleansed , nor rained upon in the day of indignation . There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of her like a roaring lion ravening the prey ; they devour souls ; they take away treasure and precious things ; they increase her widows in the midst of her ; her priests do violence to my law , and profane my holy things : they put no difference between the holy and profane , neither do they make known [ the difference ] between the unclean and the clean , and they hide their eyes from my sabbaths , and I am profaned among them . Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey , to shed blood , to destroy souls , to get dishonest gain . And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered [ mortar ] , seeing vanity and divining lies unto them , saying , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah ! and Jehovah hath not spoken . The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery ; and they vex the poor and needy , and oppress the stranger wrongfully . And I sought for a man among them , that should make up the fence , and stand in the breach before me for the land , that I should not destroy it ; but I found none . And I will pour out mine indignation upon them ; I will consume them in the fire of my wrath : their own way will I recompense upon their head , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , there were two women , daughters of one mother . And they committed whoredom in Egypt ; they committed whoredom in their youth : there were their breasts pressed , and there were handled the teats of their virginity . And their names were Oholah the elder , and Oholibah her sister ; and they were mine , and they bore sons and daughters . As for their names : Samaria is Oholah , and Jerusalem Oholibah . And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine ; and she lusted after her lovers , after the Assyrians [ her ] neighbours , clothed with blue , governors and rulers , all of them attractive young men , horsemen riding upon horses . And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them , all of them the choice of the children of Asshur ; and with all after whom she lusted , with all their idols she defiled herself . Neither left she her whoredoms [ brought ] from Egypt ; for in her youth they had lain with her , and had handled the breasts of her virginity , and poured their fornication upon her . Therefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers , into the hand of the children of Asshur , after whom she lusted . These discovered her nakedness , they took her sons and her daughters , and slew her with the sword ; and she became a name among women ; and they executed judgment upon her . And her sister Oholibah saw [ this ] , and was more corrupt in her passion than she , and in her fornications more than the whoredoms of her sister . She lusted after the children of Asshur [ her ] neighbours , governors and rulers , clothed most gorgeously , horsemen riding upon horses , all of them attractive young men . And I saw that she was defiled : both took one way . And she increased her fornications ; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall , the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion , girded with girdles upon their loins , with flowing turbans on their heads , all of them captains in appearance , [ after ] the likeness of the children of Babylon , of Chaldea , the land of their nativity . And as soon as she saw them with her eyes , she lusted after them , and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea . And the children of Babylon came to her into the bed of love , and they defiled her with their fornication ; she too defiled herself with them , and her soul was alienated from them . And she discovered her whoredoms , and discovered her nakedness ; and my soul was alienated from her , like as my soul was alienated from her sister . Yet she multiplied her whoredoms , calling to remembrance the days of her youth , wherein she played the harlot in the land of Egypt ; and she lusted after their paramours , whose flesh is [ as ] the flesh of asses , and whose issue is [ as ] the issue of horses . And thou didst look back to the lewdness of thy youth , in the handling of thy teats by the Egyptians , for the breasts of thy youth . Therefore , Oholibah , thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will raise up thy lovers against thee , from whom thy soul is alienated , and I will bring them against thee on every side . The children of Babylon , and all the Chaldeans , Pekod and Shoa and Koa , all the children of Asshur with them ; all of them attractive young men , governors and rulers , great lords and renowned , all of them riding upon horses . And they shall come against thee [ with ] armour , chariots and wheels , and with an assemblage of peoples ; they shall set themselves against thee [ with ] target , and shield , and helmet round about ; and I will put judgment before them , and they shall judge thee according to their judgments . And I will set my jealousy against thee , and they shall deal furiously with thee : they shall cut off thy nose and thine ears , and thy remnant shall fall by the sword ; they shall take thy sons and thy daughters ; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire . They shall also strip the of thy garments , and take away thy fair jewels . And I will make thy lewdness to cease from thee , and thy whoredom [ brought ] from the land of Egypt ; and thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them , nor remember Egypt any more . For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will give thee over into the hand of them whom thou hatest , into the hand of them from whom thy soul is alienated . And they shall deal with thee in hatred , and shall take away all thy labour , and shall leave thee naked and bare ; so that the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered , both thy lewdness and thy fornications . These things shall be done unto thee , because thou hast gone a whoring after the nations , because thou hast defiled thyself with their idols . Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister ; and I have given her cup into thy hand . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large ; thou shalt be for a laughing-stock and a derision , [ for ] it containeth much . Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow , with the cup of astonishment and desolation , the cup of thy sister Samaria ; thou shalt even drink it and suck it out , and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof , and pluck off thine own breasts : for I have spoken [ it ] , saith the Lord Jehovah . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because thou hast forgotten me , and cast me behind thy back , therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy fornications . And Jehovah said unto me , Son of man , wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah ? yea , declare unto them their abominations . For they have committed adultery , and blood is in their hands ; and with their idols have they committed adultery , and have also passed over unto them their children , whom they bore unto me , to be devoured . Moreover this have they done unto me : in the same day have they defiled my sanctuary and profaned my sabbaths . For when they had slaughtered their children unto their idols , they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it ; and behold , thus have they done in the midst of my house . And furthermore , they sent for men to come from far , unto whom a messenger was sent ; and behold , they came : for whom thou didst wash thyself , paintedst thine eyes , and deckedst thyself with ornaments ; and satest upon a stately bed , with a table prepared before it , whereupon thou hadst set mine incense and mine oil . And the voice of a multitude living carelessly was with her ; and with people of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness , and they put bracelets upon their hands , and a beautiful crown upon their heads . And I said of her that was old in adulteries , Will she now commit her fornications , even she . And they went in unto her , as they go in unto a whorish woman : so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah the lewd women . And righteous men , they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses , and with the judgment of women that shed blood ; for they are adulteresses , and blood is in their hands . For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will bring up an assemblage against them , and will give them to be driven hither and thither and spoiled . And the assemblage shall stone them with stones , and despatch them with their swords ; they shall kill their sons and their daughters , and burn their houses with fire . And I will cause lewdness to cease out of the land , and all women shall receive instruction and shall not do according to your lewdness . And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you , and ye shall bear the sins of your idols ; and ye shall know that I [ am ] the Lord Jehovah . And in the ninth year , in the tenth month , on the tenth of the month , the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , write thee the name of the day , of this selfsame day : on this selfsame day the king of Babylon draws near to Jerusalem . And propose a parable unto the rebellious house , and say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Set on the pot , set [ it ] on , and also pour water into it . Gather the pieces thereof into it , every good piece , the thigh and the shoulder ; fill [ it ] with the choice bones : take the choice of the flock ; and also [ put ] a pile of wood under it , for the bones ; make it boil well , and let the bones of it seethe therein . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Woe to the bloody city , to the pot whose rust is therein , and whose rust is not gone out of it ! Bring it out piece by piece ; let no lot fall upon it : for her blood is in the midst of her ; she set it upon the bare rock ; she poured it not upon the ground , to cover it with dust . That it might cause fury to come up to execute vengeance , I have set her blood upon the bare rock , that it should not be covered . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Woe to the bloody city ! I also will make the pile great . Heap on the wood , kindle the fire , boil thoroughly the flesh , and spice it well , and let the bones be burned . Then set it empty upon its coals , that it may be hot , and the brass of it may burn , and that its filthiness may be molten in it , [ and ] that its rust may be consumed . She hath exhausted [ her ] labours , yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her : let her rust be in the fire . In thy filthiness is lewdness , for I have purged thee , and thou art not pure . Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness , till I have satisfied my fury upon thee . I Jehovah have spoken [ it ] : it shall come to pass , and I will do it ; I will not go back , neither will I spare , nor will I repent . According to thy ways , and according to thy doings , shall they judge thee , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , behold , I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke ; yet thou shalt not mourn nor weep , neither shall thy tears run down . Sigh in silence , make no mourning for the dead ; bind thy turban upon thee , and put thy sandals upon thy feet , and cover not the beard , and eat not the bread of men . -- And I spoke unto the people in the morning ; and at even my wife died . And I did in the morning as I was commanded . And the people said unto me , Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us , which thou doest ? And I said to them , The word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Say unto the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will profane my sanctuary , the pride of your strength , the desire of your eyes , and your soul's longing ; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword . And ye shall do as I have done : ye shall not cover the beard , neither eat the bread of men ; and your turbans shall be upon your heads , and your sandals upon your feet : ye shall not mourn nor weep ; but ye shall waste away in your iniquities and moan one toward another . Thus Ezekiel shall be unto you a sign ; according to all that he hath done shall ye do : when it cometh , then ye shall know that I [ am ] the Lord Jehovah . And thou , son of man , shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength , the joy of their glory , the desire of their eyes , and that whereunto they lift up their soul , their sons and their daughters , that in that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee , to cause [ thine ] ears to hear [ it ] ? In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped , and thou shalt speak , and be no more dumb . So shalt thou be a sign unto them ; and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , set thy face against the children of Ammon , and prophesy against them ; and say unto the children of Ammon , Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because thou saidst , Aha , against my sanctuary , when it was profaned ; and against the land of Israel , when it was made desolate ; and against the house of Judah , when they went into captivity : therefore behold , I will give thee to the children of the east for a possession , and they shall set their encampments in thee , and make their dwellings in thee ; they shall eat thy fruits , and they shall drink thy milk . And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels , and the children of Ammon a couching-place for flocks : and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because thou hast clapped the hands , and stamped with the feet , and rejoiced with all the despite of thy soul against the land of Israel ; therefore behold , I will stretch out my hand upon thee , and will give thee for a spoil to the nations ; and I will cut thee off from the peoples , and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries : I will destroy thee , and thou shalt know that I [ am ] Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because Moab and Seir do say , Behold , the house of Judah is like unto all the nations , therefore behold , I will open the side of Moab from the cities , from his cities even to the last of them , the glory of the country , Beth-jeshimoth , Baal-meon , and Kirjathaim , unto the children of the east , with [ the land of ] the children of Ammon ; and I will give it them for a possession , that the children of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations : and I will execute judgments upon Moab , and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance , and hath made himself very guilty , and revenged himself upon them , therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will also stretch out my hand upon Edom ; and will cut off man and beast from it ; and I will make it desolate from Teman ; and unto Dedan shall they fall by the sword . And I will execute my vengeance upon Edom , by the hand of my people Israel ; and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury ; and they shall know my vengeance , saith the Lord Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge , and have taken vengeance with despite of soul , to destroy , from old hatred ; therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I stretch out my hands upon the Philistines , and I will cut off the Kerethites , and cause the remnant of the sea-coast to perish . And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes ; and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , when I shall lay my vengeance upon them . And it came to pass in the eleventh year , on the first of the month , [ that ] the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , because Tyre hath said against Jerusalem , Aha , she is broken , the gate of the peoples ! she is turned unto me : I shall be replenished [ now ] she is laid waste ; therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I am against thee , Tyre , and will cause many nations to come up against thee , as the sea causeth its waves to come up . And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre , and break down her towers . And I will scrape her dust from her , and make her a bare rock . She shall be [ a place ] for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea ; for I have spoken [ it ] , saith the Lord Jehovah ; and she shall become a spoil for the nations . And her daughters that are in the field shall be slain by the sword ; and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will bring from the north , against Tyre , Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon , the king of kings , with horses , and with chariots , and with horsemen , and an assemblage , and much people . He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field , and he shall make forts against thee , and cast up a mound against thee , and lift up the target against thee ; and he shall set his engines of attack against thy walls , and with his spikes he shall break down thy towers . 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 through thy gates , as a city is entered into , wherein is made a breach . With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets ; he shall slay thy people by the sword , and the pillars of thy strength shall go down to the ground . And they shall make a spoil of thy riches , and make a prey of thy wares ; 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 waters . And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease ; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard . And I will make thee a bare rock ; thou shalt be [ a place ] for the spreading of nets ; thou shalt be built no more : for I Jehovah have spoken [ it ] , saith the Lord Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre : Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall , when the wounded groan , when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee ? And all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones , and lay aside their robes , and put off their broidered garments : they shall clothe themselves with trembling , they shall sit upon the ground , and shall tremble [ every ] moment , and be astonied because of thee . And they shall take up a lamentation for thee , and say to thee , How hast thou perished , that wast inhabited from the seas , O renowned city , which wast strong in the sea , -- she and her inhabitants , who caused their terror to be on all them that dwell therein ! Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall ; and the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure . For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : When I shall make thee a desolate city , like the cities that are not inhabited ; when I bring up the deep upon thee , and the great waters cover thee : then will I bring thee down , with them that go down to the pit , to the people of old time , and will cause thee to dwell in the lower parts of the earth , in places desolate of old , with them that go down to the pit , that thou be not inhabited ; and I will set glory in the land of the living . And I will make thee a terror , and thou shalt be no [ more ] ; and thou shalt be sought for , and shalt never be found again , for ever , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying : And thou , son of man , take up a lamentation for Tyre , and say unto Tyre : O thou that art situate at the entries of the sea , and traffickest with the peoples in many isles , thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Thou , Tyre , hast said , I am perfect in beauty . Thy borders are in the heart of the seas , thy builders have perfected thy beauty . They made all thy double boards of cypress-trees of Senir ; they took cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee . Of the oaks of Bashan did they make thine oars ; they made thy benches of ivory , inlaid in box-wood , out of the isles of Chittim . Byssus with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail , to serve thee for a banner ; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning . The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy rowers ; thy wise men , O Tyre , who were in thee , were thy pilots . The elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee repairing thy leaks ; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee , to barter with thee . Persia and Lud and Phut were in thine army , thy men of war : they hanged shield and helmet in thee ; they gave splendour to thee . The children of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about , and the Gammadim were on thy towers : they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about ; they made thy beauty perfect . Tarshish dealt with thee by reason of the abundance of all substance ; with silver , iron , tin , and lead , they furnished thy markets . Javan , Tubal , and Meshech , they were thy traffickers : they bartered with thee the persons of men , and vessels of bronze . They of the house of Togarmah furnished thy markets with horses , and horsemen , and mules . The children of Dedan were thy traffickers ; many isles were the mart of thy hand : they rendered in payment horns of ivory , and ebony . Syria dealt with thee for the multitude of thy handiworks : they traded in thy markets with carbuncles , purple , and broidered work , and fine linen , and corals , and rubies . Judah and the land of Israel were thy traffickers : they bartered with thee wheat of Minnith , and sweet cakes , and honey , and oil , and balm . Damascus dealt with thee because of the multitude of thy handiworks , by reason of the abundance of all substance , with wine of Helbon , and white wool . Vedan and Javan of Uzal traded in thy markets : wrought iron , cassia , and calamus were in thy traffic . Dedan was thy trafficker in precious riding-cloths . Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of thy hand : in lambs , and rams , and goats , in these did they trade with thee . The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were thy traffickers : they furnished thy markets with all the choice spices , and with all precious stones and gold . Haran , and Canneh , and Eden , the merchants of Sheba , Asshur , and Chilmad traded with thee : these traded with thee in sumptuous clothes , in wrappings of blue and broidered work , and in chests full of variegated stuffs , bound with cords and made of cedar-wood , amongst thy merchandise . The ships of Tarshish were thy caravans for thy traffic ; and thou wast replenished , and highly honoured , in the heart of the seas . Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters ; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas . Thy substance , and thy markets , thy merchandise , thy mariners , and thy pilots , they that repair thy leaks , and they that barter with thee , and all thy men of war that are in thee , along with all thine assemblage which is in the midst of thee , shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy fall . The open places shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots . And all that handle the oar , the mariners , all the pilots of the sea , shall come down from their ships ; they shall stand upon the land , and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee , and shall cry bitterly ; and they shall cast up dust upon their heads ; they shall wallow themselves in ashes . And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee , and gird themselves with sackcloth ; and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning . And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee , and lament over thee , [ saying , ] Who is like Tyre , like her that is destroyed in the midst of the sea ? When thy wares went forth over the seas , thou filledst many peoples ; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the abundance of thy substance and of thy merchandise . In the time [ when ] thou art broken by the seas , in the depths of the waters , thy merchandise and all thine assemblage in the midst of thee have fallen . All the inhabitants of the isles are amazed at thee , and their kings are horribly afraid , [ their ] countenance is troubled . The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee ; thou art become a terror , and thou shalt never be any more . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , say unto the prince of Tyre , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because thy heart is lifted up , and thou hast said , I am a god , I sit [ in ] the seat of God , in the heart of the seas , ( and thou art a man , and not God , ) and thou settest thy heart as the heart of God : behold , thou art wiser than Daniel ! nothing secret is obscure for thee ; by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches , and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures ; by thy great wisdom thou hast by thy traffic increased thy riches , and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God , therefore behold , I will bring strangers upon thee , the terrible of the nations ; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom , and they shall tarnish thy brightness . They shall bring thee down to the pit , and thou shalt die the deaths of those that are slain in the heart of the seas . Wilt thou then say before him that slayeth thee , I am God ? but thou shalt be a man , and not God , in the hand of him that pierceth thee . Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised , by the hand of strangers : for I have spoken [ it ] , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyre , and say unto him , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Thou , who sealest up the measure of perfection , full of wisdom and perfect in beauty , thou wast in Eden , the garden of God . Every precious stone was thy covering : the sardius , the topaz , and the diamond , the chrysolite , the onyx , and the jasper , the sapphire , the carbuncle , and the emerald , and gold . The workmanship of thy tambours and of thy pipes was in thee : in the day that thou wast created were they prepared . Thou wast the anointed covering cherub , and I had set thee [ so ] : thou wast upon the holy mountain of God ; thou didst walk up and down in the midst of stones of fire . Thou wast perfect in thy ways , from the day that thou wast created , till unrighteousness was found in thee . By the abundance of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence , and thou hast sinned ; therefore have I cast thee as profane from the mountain of God , and have destroyed thee , O covering cherub , from the midst of the stones of fire . Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty ; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness : I have cast thee to the ground , I have laid thee before kings , that they may behold thee . By the multitude of thine iniquities , by the unrighteousness of thy traffic , thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries : and I have brought forth a fire out of the midst of thee -- it hath consumed thee ; and I have brought thee to ashes upon the earth , in the sight of all them that behold thee . All they that know thee among the peoples shall be amazed at thee : thou art become a terror , and thou shalt never be any more . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , set thy face towards Zidon , and prophesy against it , and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I am against thee , Zidon , and I will be glorified in the midst of thee ; and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , when I shall have executed judgments in her , and shall be hallowed in her . And I will send into her the pestilence , and blood in her streets ; and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her , by the sword upon her on every side : and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And there shall be no more a wounding sting for the house of Israel , nor any grieving thorn , among all that were round about them , that despised them : and they shall know that I [ am ] the Lord Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered , and shall be hallowed in them in the sight of the nations , then shall they dwell in their land which I have given to my servant Jacob . They shall dwell in it in safety , and shall build houses and plant vineyards ; and they shall dwell in safety , when I have executed judgments upon all those that despised them round about them : and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah their God . In the tenth year , in the tenth [ month ] , on the twelfth of the month , the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt , and prophesy against him , and against the whole of Egypt ; speak , and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I am against thee , Pharaoh king of Egypt , the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers , which saith , My river is mine own , and I made it for myself . And I will put hooks in thy jaws , and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales , and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers , and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales ; and I will cast thee into the wilderness , thee and all the fish of thy rivers : thou shalt fall upon the open field ; thou shalt not be brought together nor gathered : I will give thee for meat to the beasts of the earth and to the fowl of the heavens . And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel . When they took hold of thee by thy hand , thou didst give way and rend all their shoulder ; and when they leaned upon thee , thou didst break , and didst make all their loins to tremble . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will bring a sword upon thee , and cut off man and beast from thee . And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste : and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , because he saith , The river is mine , and I made it . Therefore behold , I am against thee , and against thy rivers , and I will make the land of Egypt deserts of wasteness and desolation , from Migdol to Syene , even unto the border of Ethiopia . No foot of man shall pass through it , nor shall foot of beast pass through it , nor shall it be inhabited , forty years . And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolated , and her cities shall be , in the midst of the cities that are laid waste , a desolation forty years ; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations , and will disperse them through the countries . Yet thus saith the Lord Jehovah : At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered ; and I will turn again the captivity of Egypt , and will cause them to return to the land of Pathros , into the land of their birth , and they shall there be a base kingdom . It shall be the basest of kingdoms ; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations ; and I will diminish them , so that they shall no more rule over the nations . And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel , bringing iniquity to remembrance , when they turn after them : and they shall know that I [ am ] the Lord Jehovah . And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year , in the first [ month ] , on the first of the month , [ that ] the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to do hard service against Tyre ; every head was made bald , and every shoulder was peeled : yet had he from Tyre no wages , nor his army , for the service that he had served against it . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ; and he shall carry away her multitude , and seize her spoil , and take her prey ; and it shall be the wages for his army . I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it , because they wrought for me , saith the Lord Jehovah . In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth , and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them : and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , prophesy and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Howl ye , Alas for the day ! For the day is at hand , yea , the day of Jehovah is at hand , a day of clouds ; it shall be the time of the nations . And the sword shall come upon Egypt , and there shall be anguish in Ethiopia , when the slain shall fall in Egypt , and they shall take away her multitude , and her foundations shall be overthrown . Cush , and Phut , and Lud , and all the mingled people , and Chub , and the children of the land that is in league , shall fall with them by the sword . Thus saith Jehovah : They also that uphold Egypt shall fall ; and the pride of her strength shall come down : from Migdol to Syene shall they fall in her by the sword , saith the Lord Jehovah . And they shall be desolated in the midst of the countries that are desolated , and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted . And they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , when I have set a fire in Egypt , and all her helpers shall be broken . In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships , to make careless Ethiopia afraid ; and anguish shall come upon them , as in the day of Egypt : for behold , it cometh ! Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon . He and his people with him , the terrible of the nations , shall be brought to destroy the land ; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt , and fill the land with slain . And I will make the rivers dry , and sell the land into the hand of the wicked ; and I will make the land desolate , and all that is therein , by the hand of strangers : I Jehovah have spoken [ it ] . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will also destroy the idols , and I will cause the images to cease out of Noph ; and there shall be no more a prince out of the land of Egypt ; and I will put fear in the land of Egypt . And I will make Pathros desolate , and will set a fire in Zoan , and will execute judgment in No . And I will pour my fury upon Sin , the stronghold of Egypt ; and I will cut off the multitude of No . And I will set a fire in Egypt : Sin shall be in great anguish , and No shall be rent asunder , and at Noph [ there shall be ] enemies in open day . The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword ; and these shall go into captivity . And at Tehaphnehes the day shall be darkened , when I break there the yokes of Egypt , and the pride of her strength shall cease in her ; as for her , a cloud shall cover her , and her daughters shall go into captivity . Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt ; and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And it came to pass in the eleventh year , in the first [ month ] , on the seventh of the month , the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt ; and behold , it shall not be bound up to apply remedies , to put a bandage to bind it , to make it strong to hold the sword . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt , and will break his arms , the strong one , and that which was broken ; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand . And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations , and will disperse them through the countries . And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon , and put my sword in his hand ; and I will break Pharaoh's arms , so that he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly-wounded [ man ] . And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon , and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down ; and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , when I have put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon , and he shall have stretched it out upon the land of Egypt . And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations , and disperse them through the countries : and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And it came to pass in the eleventh year , in the third [ month ] , on the first of the month , [ that ] the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt , and to his multitude : Whom art thou like in thy greatness ? Behold , Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon , with fair branches and a shadowing shroud , and of a high stature : and his top was amidst the thick boughs . The waters made him great , the deep set him up on high ; its streams ran round about his plantation , and it sent out its rivulets unto all the trees of the field . Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field , and his boughs were multiplied , and his branches became long , because of great waters , when he shot forth . All the fowl of the heavens made their nests in his boughs , and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young , and under his shadow dwelt all the great nations . Thus was he fair in his greatness , in the length of his branches : because his root was by great waters . The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him ; the cypresses were not like his boughs , and the plane-trees were not as his branches : no tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty . I had made him fair by the multitude of his branches ; and all the trees of Eden , that were in the garden of God , envied him . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because thou hast lifted up thyself in stature , . . . and he hath set his top amidst the thick boughs , and his heart is lifted up in his height , I have given him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations ; he shall surely deal with him : I have driven him out for his wickedness . And strangers , the terrible of the nations , have cut him off and have left him ; upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen , and his boughs are broken in all the watercourses of the land ; and all the peoples of the earth are gone down from his shadow , and have left him . Upon his fallen [ trunk ] do all the fowl of the heavens dwell , and all the beasts of the field are upon his branches : to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature , nor set their top amidst the thick boughs , and that none of them that drink water stand up in his height by himself ; for they are all given over unto death in the lower parts of the earth , in the midst of the children of men , with them that go down to the pit . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : In the day when he went down to Sheol , I caused a mourning : I covered the deep for him , and I restrained the floods thereof , and the great waters were stayed ; and I made Lebanon black for him , and all the trees of the field fainted for him . I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall , when I cast him down to Sheol , with them that go down into the pit ; and all the trees of Eden , the choice and best of Lebanon , all that drink water , were comforted in the lower parts of the earth . They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that were slain with the sword , and [ that were ] his arm , that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations . To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden ? Yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden , unto the lower parts of the earth ; thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised , with them that are slain by the sword . This is Pharaoh and all his multitude , saith the Lord Jehovah . And it came to pass in the twelfth year , in the twelfth month , on the first of the month , that the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt , and say unto him , Thou wast like a young lion among the nations , and thou wast as a monster in the seas ; and thou didst break forth in thy rivers , and troubledst the waters with thy feet , and fouledst their rivers . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will also spread out my net over thee with an assemblage of many peoples ; and they shall bring thee up in my net . And I will leave thee upon the land , I will cast thee forth upon the open field , and will cause all the fowl of the heavens to settle upon thee , and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee . And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains , and fill the valleys with the heap of thy [ members ] ; and I will water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest , even to the mountains ; and the water-courses shall be full of thee . And when I shall put thee out , I will cover the heavens , and make the stars thereof black ; I will cover the sun with a cloud , and the moon shall not give her light . All the bright lights of the heavens will I make black over thee , and bring darkness upon thy land , saith the Lord Jehovah . And I will vex the heart of many peoples , when I bring [ the news of ] thy destruction among the nations , into the countries that thou hast not known . And I will make many peoples amazed at thee , and their kings shall be horribly afraid at thee , when I brandish my sword before them ; and they shall tremble at every moment , each one for his life , in the day of thy fall . For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee . By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall : the terrible of the nations are they all : and they shall spoil the pride of Egypt , and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed . And I will destroy all the beasts thereof , from beside the great waters ; and the foot of man shall not trouble them any more , nor shall the cloven hoofs of beasts trouble them . Then will I make their waters clear , and cause their rivers to run like oil , saith the Lord Jehovah . When I shall make the land of Egypt a desolation , and the country shall be left desolate of all that was in it , when I have smitten all them that dwell therein , then shall they know that I [ am ] Jehovah . It is a lamentation , and [ thus ] they shall lament her : the daughters of the nations shall say it in lamenting ; they shall say it in lamenting over Egypt and over all her multitude , saith the Lord Jehovah . And it came to pass in the twelfth year , on the fifteenth of the month , the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , wail for the multitude of Egypt , and cast them down , her and the daughters of the famous nations , unto the lower parts of the earth , with them that go down into the pit . Whom dost thou surpass in beauty ? Go down , and be thou laid with the uncircumcised . They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword . The sword hath been given : draw her out , and all her multitudes . The strong among the mighty , with them that helped him , shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol : they are gone down , they lie still , the uncircumcised , slain by the sword . There is Asshur and all his assemblage , his graves round about him : all of them slain , fallen by the sword ; their graves are set in the sides of the pit , and his assemblage is round about his grave ; all of them slain , fallen by the sword , -- who caused terror in the land of the living . There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave , all of them slain , fallen by the sword , who are gone down uncircumcised unto the lower parts of the earth , who caused their terror in the land of the living ; yet have they borne their confusion with them that go down to the pit . They have set him a bed in the midst of the slain , with all his multitude : their graves are round about him , all of them uncircumcised , slain by the sword , though their terror was caused in the land of the living ; and they have borne their confusion with them that go down to the pit : he is put in the midst of them that are slain . There is Meshech , Tubal , and all their multitude , their graves round about them , all of them uncircumcised , slain by the sword , though they caused their terror in the land of the living . And they lie not with the mighty , [ that are ] fallen of the uncircumcised , who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war ; and whose swords are laid under their heads , and whose iniquities are upon their bones , though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living . Thou also shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised , and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword . There is Edom , her kings , and all her princes , who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword : they lie with the uncircumcised , and with them that go down to the pit . There are the princes of the north , all of them , and all the Zidonians , that are gone down with the slain -- ashamed of the terror which they caused through their might ; and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword , and bear their confusion with them that go down to the pit . Pharaoh shall see them , and shall be comforted over all his multitude , Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword , saith the Lord Jehovah . For I have caused my terror in the land of the living ; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised , with them that are slain by the sword , Pharaoh and all his multitude , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , speak to the children of thy people , and say unto them , When I bring the sword upon a land , and the people of the land take one man from among them all , and set him for their watchman : if he see the sword coming upon the land , and blow the trumpet , and warn the people ; 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 . He heard the sound of the trumpet , and took not warning ; his blood is upon him : whereas had he taken warning , he would have delivered his soul . But if the watchman see the sword coming , and blow not the trumpet , and the people be not warned , if the sword come and take a person from among them , he is taken away in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand . So thou , son of man , I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel ; and thou shalt hear the word from my mouth , and warn them from me . When I say unto the wicked , Wicked [ man ] , thou shalt certainly die ; and thou speakest not to warn the wicked from his way , that wicked [ man ] shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thy hand . But if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it , and he do not turn from his way , he shall die in his iniquity ; but thou hast delivered thy soul . And thou , son of man , say unto the house of Israel , Thus ye speak , saying , Our transgressions and our sins are upon us , and we waste away in them , how then should we live ? Say unto them , As I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , 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 ? And thou , son of man , say unto the children of thy people , The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression ; and as for the wickedness of the wicked , he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness ; neither shall the righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth . When I say to the righteous that he shall certainly live , and he trusteth to his righteousness and doeth what is wrong , none of his righteous acts shall be remembered ; but in his unrighteousness which he hath done , in it shall he die . And when I say unto the wicked , Thou shalt certainly die , and he turneth from his sin , and doeth judgment and justice ; if the wicked restore the pledge , give again that he had taken by robbery , walk in the statutes of life , doing nothing that is wrong ; he shall certainly live , he shall not die . None of his sins which he hath committed shall be remembered against him : he hath done judgment and justice ; he shall certainly live . Yet the children of thy people say , The way of the Lord is not equal : but as for them , their way is not equal . When the righteous turneth from his righteousness , and doeth what is wrong , then he shall die therein . And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness , and doeth judgment and justice , he shall live for these things . Yet ye say , The way of the Lord is not equal . O house of Israel , I will judge you every one after his ways . And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity , in the tenth [ month ] , on the fifth of the month , that one who had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me , saying , The city is smitten ! Now the hand of Jehovah had been upon me in the evening , before he that had escaped came ; and he had opened my mouth against his coming to me in the morning ; and my mouth was opened , and I was no more dumb . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak , saying , Abraham was one , and he inherited this land , and we are many : the land is given us for a possession . Therefore say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Ye eat with the blood , and lift up your eyes toward your idols , and shed blood ; and shall ye possess the land ? Ye stand upon your sword , ye work abomination , and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife ; and shall ye possess the land ? Say thou thus unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : [ As ] I live , verily they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword , and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured , and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence . And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment , and the pride of her strength shall cease ; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolated , so that none shall pass through . And they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , when I have made the land a desolation and an astonishment because of all their abominations which they have committed . And as for thee , son of man , the children of thy people keep talking of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses , and speak one to another , every one to his brother , saying , Come , I pray you , and hear what is the word that cometh forth from Jehovah . And they come unto thee as a people cometh , and they sit before thee [ as ] my people , and they hear thy words , but they do them not ; for with their mouth they shew much love , [ but ] their heart goeth after their dishonest gain . And behold , thou art unto them as a lovely song , a pleasant voice , and one that playeth well on an instrument ; and they hear thy words , but they do them not . And when this cometh to pass ( behold , it will come ) , then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , prophesy against the shepherds of Israel , prophesy ; and say unto them , unto the shepherds , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Woe to the shepherds of Israel that feed themselves ! Should not the shepherds feed the flock ? Ye eat the fat , and ye clothe you with the wool ; ye kill them that are fattened : [ but ] ye feed not the flock . The weak have ye not strengthened , nor have ye healed the sick , and ye have not bound up [ what was ] broken , neither have ye brought again that which was driven away , neither have ye sought for that which was lost ; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them . And they were scattered because there was no shepherd ; and they became meat to all the beasts of the field , and were scattered . My sheep wandered through all the mountains , and upon every high hill , and my sheep have been scattered upon all the face of the earth , and there was none that searched , or that sought for them . Therefore , ye shepherds , hear the word of Jehovah : [ As ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , verily because my sheep have been a prey , and my sheep have been meat to every beast of the field , because there was no shepherd , and my shepherds searched not for my flock , but the shepherds fed themselves , and fed not my flock , -- therefore , ye shepherds , hear the word of Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I am against the shepherds ; and I will require my sheep at their hand , and cause them to cease from feeding the flock : that the shepherds may feed themselves no more ; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth , that they may not be food for them . For thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold I , [ even ] I , will both search for my sheep , and tend them . As a shepherd tendeth his flock in the day that he is among his scattered sheep , so will I tend my sheep , and will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day . And I will bring them out from the peoples , and gather them from the countries , and will bring them to their own land ; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the water-courses , and in all the habitable places of the country . I will feed them in a good pasture , and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be : there shall they lie down in a good fold , and in a fat pasture they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel . I will myself feed my flock , and I will cause them to lie down , saith the Lord Jehovah . I will seek the lost , and bring again that which was driven away , and will bind up the broken , and will strengthen that which was sick ; but I will destroy the fat and the strong : I will feed them with judgment . And as for you , my flock , thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I judge between sheep and sheep , between the rams and the he-goats . Is it too small a thing unto you to have eaten up the good pastures , but ye must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures ; and to have drunk of the settled waters , but ye must foul the rest with your feet ? And my sheep have to eat that which ye have trodden with your feet , and to drink that which ye have fouled with your feet . Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto them : Behold , [ it is ] I , and I will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep . Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder , and push all the weak ones with your horns , till ye have scattered them abroad , -- I will save my flock , that they may no more be a prey ; and I will judge between sheep and sheep . And I will set up one shepherd over them , and he shall feed them , even my servant David : he shall feed them , and he shall be their shepherd . And I Jehovah will be their God , and my servant David a prince in their midst : I Jehovah have spoken [ it ] . And I will make with them a covenant of peace , and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land ; and they shall dwell in safety in the wilderness , and sleep in the woods . And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing ; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season : there shall be showers of blessing . And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit , and the earth shall yield its increase ; and they shall be in safety in their land , and shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , when I have broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them out of the hand of those that kept them in servitude . And they shall no more be a prey to the nations , neither shall the beast of the earth devour them ; but they shall dwell in safety , and none shall make them afraid . And I will raise up for them a plant of renown , and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land , neither bear the ignominy of the nations any more . And they shall know that I Jehovah their God [ am ] with them , and that they , the house of Israel , are my people , saith the Lord Jehovah . And ye , my flock , the flock of my pasture , are men : I [ am ] your God , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , set thy face against mount Seir , and prophesy against it , and say unto it , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I am against thee , mount Seir , and I will stretch out my hand upon thee , and I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment . I will lay thy cities waste , and thou shalt be a desolation : and thou shalt know that I [ am ] Jehovah . Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred , and hast given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword , in the time of their calamity , in the time of the iniquity of the end ; therefore , [ as ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , I will certainly appoint thee unto blood , and blood shall pursue thee ; since thou hast not hated blood , blood shall pursue thee . And I will make mount Seir a desolation and an astonishment , and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth ; and I will fill his mountains with his slain . In thy hills , and in thy valleys , and in all thy water-courses shall they fall that are slain with the sword . I will make thee perpetual desolations , and thy cities shall not be inhabited : and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . Because thou hast said , These two nations and these two countries shall be mine , and we will possess it , whereas Jehovah was there : therefore , [ as ] I live , saith the Lord Jehovah , I will even do according to thine anger and according to thine envy , as thou hast done out of thy hatred against them ; and I will make myself known among them , when I shall judge thee . And thou shalt know that I Jehovah have heard all thy reproaches , which thou hast uttered against the mountains of Israel , saying , They are laid desolate , they are given us to devour . And ye have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth , and have multiplied your words against me : I have heard [ them ] . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : When the whole earth rejoiceth , I will make thee a desolation . As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel , because it was desolated , so will I do unto thee : thou shalt be a desolation , O mount Seir , and all Edom , the whole of it : and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And thou , son of man , prophesy unto the mountains of Israel , and say , Mountains of Israel , hear the word of Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because the enemy hath said against you , Aha ! and , The ancient high places are become ours in possession ; therefore prophesy and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because , yea , because they have made [ you ] desolate , and have swallowed you up on every side , that ye might be a possession unto the remnant of the nations , and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers , and in the defaming of the people : therefore , ye mountains of Israel , hear the word of the Lord Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills , to the water-courses and to the valleys , to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken , which are become a prey and a derision to the remnant of the nations that are round about , -- therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the remnant of the nations , and against the whole of Edom , which have appointed my land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all [ their ] heart , with despite of soul , to plunder it by pillage . Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel , and say to the mountains and to the hills , to the water-courses and to the valleys , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury , because ye have borne the ignominy of the nations ; therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I have lifted up my hand , [ saying , ] Verily the nations that are about you , they shall bear their shame . And ye mountains of Israel shall shoot forth your branches , and yield your fruit to my people Israel : for they are at hand to come . For behold , I am for you , and I will turn unto you , and ye shall be tilled and sown . And I will multiply men upon you , all the house of Israel , the whole of it ; and the cities shall be inhabited , and the waste places shall be builded . And I will multiply upon you man and beast , and they shall increase and bring forth fruit ; and I will cause you to be inhabited as [ in ] your former times , yea , I will make it better than at your beginnings : and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And I will cause men to walk upon you , even my people Israel ; and they shall possess thee , and thou shalt be their inheritance , and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Because they say unto you , Thou devourest men , and hast bereaved thy nation , therefore thou shalt devour men no more , neither bereave thy nation any more , saith the Lord Jehovah ; neither will I cause thee to hear the ignominy of the nations any more , and thou shalt not bear the reproach of the peoples any more , neither shalt thou cause thy nation to fall any more , saith the Lord Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land , they defiled it by their way and by their doings : their way was before me as the uncleanness of a woman in her separation . And I poured out my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land , and because they had defiled it with their idols . And I scattered them among the nations , and they were dispersed through the countries : according to their way and according to their doings I judged them . And when they came to the nations whither they went , they profaned my holy name , when it was said of them , These are the people of Jehovah , and they are gone forth out of his land . But I had pity for my holy name , which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations whither they went . Therefore say unto the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I do not this for your sakes , O house of Israel , but for my holy name , which ye have profaned among the nations whither ye went . And I will hallow my great name , which was profaned among the nations , which ye have profaned in the midst of them ; and the nations shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , saith the Lord Jehovah , when I shall be hallowed in you before their eyes . And I will take you from among the nations , and gather you out of all the countries , and will bring you into your own land . And I will sprinkle clean water upon you , and ye shall be clean : from all your uncleannesses and from all your idols will I cleanse you . And I will give you a new heart , and I will put a new spirit within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh , and I will give you a heart of flesh . And I will put my Spirit within you , and cause you to walk in my statutes and keep mine ordinances , and ye shall do them . And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers , and ye shall be my people , and I will be your God . And I will save you from all your uncleannesses ; and I will call for the corn and will multiply it , and lay no famine upon you . And I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the increase of the field , so that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations . And ye shall remember your evil ways , and your doings which were not good , and shall loathe yourselves for your iniquities and for your abominations . Not for your sakes do I this , saith the Lord Jehovah , be it known unto you : be ashamed and confounded for your ways , O house of Israel . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : In the day that I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities I will also cause the cities to be inhabited , and the waste places shall be builded . And the desolate land shall be tilled , whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by . And they shall say , This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden ; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities [ are ] fortified [ and ] inhabited . And the nations that shall be left round about you shall know that I Jehovah build the ruined places [ and ] plant that which was desolate : I Jehovah have spoken , and I will do [ it ] . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel , to do it unto them ; I will increase them with men like a flock . As the holy flock , as the flock of Jerusalem in her set feasts , so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men : and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . The hand of Jehovah was upon me , and Jehovah carried me out in the Spirit , and set me down in the midst of a valley ; and it was full of bones . And he caused me to pass by them round about ; and behold , there were very many in the open valley ; and behold , they were very dry . And he said unto me , Son of man , Shall these bones live ? And I said , Lord Jehovah , thou knowest . And he said unto me , Prophesy over these bones , and say unto them , Ye dry bones , hear the word of Jehovah . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto these bones : Behold , I will cause breath to enter into you , and ye shall live . And I will put sinews upon you , and will bring up flesh upon you , and cover you with skin , and put breath in you , and ye shall live : and ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And I prophesied as I was commanded ; and as I prophesied , there was a noise , and behold a rustling , and the bones came together , bone to its bone . And I looked , and behold , sinews and flesh came up upon them , and the skin covered them over ; but there was no breath in them . And he said unto me , Prophesy unto the wind , prophesy , son of man , and say to the wind , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Come from the four winds , O breath , and breathe upon these slain , that they may live . And I prophesied as he had commanded me , and the breath came into them , and they lived , and stood up upon their feet , an exceeding great army . And he said unto me , Son of man , these bones are the whole house of Israel . Behold , they say , Our bones are dried , and our hope is lost : we are cut off ! Therefore prophesy and say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will open your graves , and cause you to come up out of your graves , O my people , and bring you into the land of Israel . And ye shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , when I have opened your graves , and have caused you to come up out of your graves , O my people . And I will put my Spirit in you , and ye shall live , and I will place you in your own land : and ye shall know that I Jehovah have spoken , and have done [ it ] , saith Jehovah . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , And thou , son of man , take thee one stick , and write upon it , For Judah , and for the children of Israel , his companions . And take another stick , and write upon it , For Joseph , the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel , his companions . And join them one to another into one stick ; and they shall become one in thy hand . And when the children of my people speak unto thee , saying , Wilt thou not declare unto us what thou meanest by these ? say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will take the stick of Joseph , which is in the hand of Ephraim , and the tribes of Israel his companions , and will put them with this , with the stick of Judah , and make them one stick , and they shall be one in my hand . And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes . And say unto them , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I will take the children of Israel from among the nations , whither they are gone , and will gather them from every side , and bring them into their own land : and I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel ; and one king shall be king to them all : and they shall be no more two nations , neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all . And they shall not defile themselves any more with their idols , or with their detestable things , or with any of their transgressions ; and I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned , and will cleanse them ; and they shall be my people , and I will be their God . And David my servant shall be king over them ; and they all shall have one shepherd : and they shall walk in mine ordinances , and keep my statutes , and do them . And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant , wherein your fathers have dwelt ; and they shall dwell therein , they , and their children , and their children's children for ever : and David my servant shall be their prince for ever . And I will make a covenant of peace with them : it shall be an everlasting covenant with them ; and I will place them , and multiply them , and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever . And my tabernacle shall be over them ; and I will be their God , and they shall be my people . And the nations shall know that I Jehovah do hallow Israel , when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for ever . And the word of Jehovah came unto me , saying , Son of man , set thy face against Gog , the land of Magog , the prince of Rosh , Meshech , and Tubal , and prophesy against him , and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I am against thee , O Gog , prince of Rosh , Meshech , and Tubal . And I will turn thee back , and put hooks into thy jaws , and I will bring thee forth , and all thine army , horses and horsemen , all of them thoroughly equipped , a great assemblage with targets and shields , all of them handling swords : Persia , Cush , and Phut with them , all of them with shield and helmet ; Gomer , and all his bands ; the house of Togarmah from the uttermost north , and all his bands ; -- many peoples with thee . Be thou prepared , and prepare for thyself thou , and all thine assemblage that are assembled unto thee , and be thou a guard unto them . After many days shalt thou be visited ; at the end of years thou shalt come into the land brought back from the sword [ and ] gathered out of many peoples , upon the mountains of Israel which have been a perpetual waste : but it is brought forth out from the peoples , and they shall all of them be dwelling in safety . And thou shalt ascend , thou shalt come like a storm , thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land , thou , and all thy bands , and many peoples with thee . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : It shall even come to pass in that day that things shall come into thy mind , and thou shalt think an evil thought ; and thou shalt say , I will go up to the land of unwalled villages ; I will come to them that are in quiet , that dwell in safety , all of them dwelling without walls , and having neither bars nor gates , to seize a spoil , and to take a prey ; to turn thy hand against the waste places that are [ now ] inhabited , and against a people gathered out of the nations , which have gotten cattle and goods , that dwell in the middle of the land . Sheba , and Dedan , and the merchants of Tarshish , with all the young lions thereof , shall say unto thee , Art thou come to seize a spoil ? hast thou gathered thine assemblage to take a prey ? to carry away silver and gold , to take cattle and goods , to seize a great spoil ? Therefore prophesy , son of man , and say unto Gog , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : In that day when my people Israel dwelleth in safety , shalt thou not know [ it ] ? And thou shalt come from thy place out of the uttermost north , thou and many peoples with thee , all of them riding upon horses , a great assemblage and a mighty army . And thou shalt come up against my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land -- it shall be at the end of days -- and I will bring thee against my land , that the nations may know me , when I shall be hallowed in thee , O Gog , before their eyes . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Art thou not he of whom I have spoken in old time through my servants the prophets of Israel , who prophesied in those days , for [ many ] years , that I would bring thee against them ? And it shall come to pass in that day , in the day when Gog shall come against the land of Israel , saith the Lord Jehovah , [ that ] my fury shall come up in my face ; for in my jealousy , in the fire of my wrath have I spoken , Verily in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel ; so that the fish of the sea , and the fowl of the heavens , and the beasts of the field , and all creeping things which creep upon the earth , and all mankind that are upon the face of the earth shall shake at my presence ; and the mountains shall be thrown down , and the steep places shall fall , and every wall shall fall to the ground . And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains , saith the Lord Jehovah : every man's sword shall be against his brother . And I will enter into judgment with him with pestilence and with blood ; and I will rain upon him , and upon his bands , and upon the many peoples that are with him , overflowing rain and great hailstones , fire and brimstone . And I will magnify myself , and sanctify myself , and I will be known in the eyes of many nations , and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And thou , son of man , prophesy against Gog , and say , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Behold , I am against thee , O Gog , prince of Rosh , Meshech , and Tubal ; and I will turn thee back , and lead thee , and will cause thee to come up from the uttermost north , and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel . And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand , and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand . Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel , thou , and all thy bands , and the peoples that are with thee : I have given thee to be meat for the birds of prey of every wing , and to the beasts of the field . Thou shalt fall on the open field ; for I have spoken [ it ] , saith the Lord Jehovah . And I will send a fire on Magog , and among them that dwell at ease in the isles : and they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah . And my holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel ; and I will not suffer my holy name to be profaned any more : and the nations shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah , the Holy One in Israel . Behold , it cometh , and shall be done , saith the Lord Jehovah . This is the day whereof I have spoken . And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth , and shall kindle fire , and burn weapons , and shields , and targets , bows , and arrows , and hand-staves , and spears : and they shall make fires with them seven years . And no wood shall be taken out of the field , neither cut down out of the forests ; for they shall make fire with the weapons ; and they shall spoil those that spoiled them , and plunder those that plundered them , saith the Lord Jehovah . And it shall come to pass in that day , [ that ] I will give unto Gog a place there for burial in Israel , the valley of the passers-by to the east of the sea ; and it shall stop [ the way ] of the passers-by ; and there shall they bury Gog and all the multitude ; and they shall call it , Valley of Hamon-Gog . And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them , that they may cleanse the land ; and all the people of the land shall bury [ them ] ; and it shall be to them for renown in the day that I shall be glorified , saith the Lord Jehovah . And they shall sever out men of continual employment to go through the land , who , with the passers-by , shall bury those that remain upon the face of the land , to cleanse it : at the end of seven months shall they make a search . And the passers-by shall pass through the land , and when [ any ] seeth a man's bone , he shall set up a sign by it , till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-Gog . And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah . Thus shall they cleanse the land . And thou , son of man , thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Speak unto the birds of every wing , and to every beast of the field , Gather yourselves together and come , assemble yourselves on every side to my sacrifice which I sacrifice for you , a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel , that ye may eat flesh , and drink blood . Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty , and drink the blood of the princes of the earth , of rams , of lambs , and of goats , [ and ] of bullocks , all of them fatted beasts of Bashan . And ye shall eat fat till ye are full , and drink blood till ye are drunken , of my sacrifice which I sacrifice for you . And ye shall be filled at my table with horses and charioteers , with mighty men , and with all men of war , saith the Lord Jehovah . And I will set my glory among the nations , and all the nations shall see my judgment which I have executed , and my hand which I have laid upon them . And the house of Israel shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah their God from that day and forward . And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity , because they were unfaithful against me ; and I hid my face from them , and gave them into the hand of their enemies , so that they fell all of them by the sword . According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I did unto them , and I hid my face from them . Therefore , thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob , and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel , and will be jealous for my holy name : and they shall bear their confusion , and all their unfaithfulness in which they have acted unfaithfully against me , when they shall dwell safely in their land , and none shall make them afraid ; when I have brought them again from the peoples , and gathered them out of their enemies' lands , and am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations . And they shall know that I [ am ] Jehovah their God , in that I caused them to be led into captivity among the nations , and have gathered them unto their own land , and have left none of them any more there . And I will not hide my face any more from them , for I shall have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel , saith the Lord Jehovah . In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity , in the beginning of the year , on the tenth of the month , in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten , on that same day the hand of Jehovah was upon me , and he brought me thither . In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel , and set me upon a very high mountain ; and upon it was as the building of a city , on the south . And he brought me thither , and behold , there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of brass , with a flax-cord in his hand , and a measuring-reed ; and he stood in the gate . And the man said unto me , Son of man , behold with thine eyes , and hear with thine ears , and set thy heart upon all that I shall shew thee ; for in order that it might be shewn unto thee art thou brought hither . Declare to the house of Israel all that thou seest . And behold , there was a wall on the outside of the house round about , and in the man's hand a measuring-reed of six cubits , [ each ] of one cubit and a hand breadth . And he measured the breadth of the building , one reed ; and the height , one reed . And he came to the gate which looked toward the east , and went up its steps ; and he measured the threshold of the gate , one reed broad ; and the other threshold one reed broad . And [ each ] chamber was one reed long and one reed broad ; and between the chambers were five cubits ; and the threshold of the gate , beside the porch of the gate within , was one reed . And he measured the porch of the gate within , one reed . And he measured the porch of the gate , eight cubits ; and the posts thereof , two cubits ; and the porch of the gate was inward . And the chambers of the gate which was toward the east were three on this side and three on that side : they three were of one measure ; and the posts on this side and on that side had one measure . And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate , ten cubits ; [ and ] the length of the gate , thirteen cubits . And there was a border before the chambers of one cubit , and a border of one cubit on the other side ; and the chambers were six cubits on this side , and six cubits on that side . And he measured the gate from the roof of [ one ] chamber to the roof [ of the other ] , a breadth of five and twenty cubits , entry opposite entry . And he made posts , sixty cubits , and by the post was the court of the gate round about . And from the front of the gate of the entrance unto the front of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits . And there were closed windows to the chambers , and to their posts within the gate round about , and likewise to the projections ; and the windows round about were inward ; and upon [ each ] post were palm-trees . And he brought me into the outer court , and behold , there were cells , and a pavement made for the court round about : thirty cells were upon the pavement . And the pavement was by the side of the gates , answering to the length of the gates , [ namely ] the lower pavement . And he measured the breadth from the front of the lower gate unto the front of the inner court outside , a hundred cubits eastward and northward . And the gate of the outer court , that looked toward the north , he measured its length and its breadth . And its chambers were three on this side and three on that side ; and its posts and its projections were according to the measure of the first gate : its length was fifty cubits , and breadth five and twenty cubits . And its windows , and its projections , and its palm-trees were according to the measure of the gate that looked toward the east ; and they went up to it by seven steps ; and the projections thereof were before them . And the gate of the inner court was opposite to the gate toward the north , and toward the east ; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits . And he brought me toward the south : and behold , there was a gate toward the south ; and he measured its posts and its projections according to these measures . And there were windows to it and to its projections round about , like those windows : the length was fifty cubits , and the breadth five and twenty cubits . And there were seven steps to go up to it ; and its projections were before them ; and it had palm-trees , one on this side and one on that side , upon its posts . And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south ; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south , a hundred cubits . And he brought me into the inner court by the south gate ; and he measured the south gate according to these measures : and its chambers , and its posts , and its projections , according to these measures ; and there were windows to it and to its projections round about : the length was fifty cubits , and the breadth twenty-five cubits . And there were projections round about , twenty-five cubits long , and five cubits broad . And its projections were toward the outer court ; and there were palm-trees upon its posts : and its ascent was [ by ] eight steps . And he brought me into the inner court toward the east ; and he measured the gate according to these measures : and its chambers , and its posts , and its projections , according to these measures ; and there were windows to it and to its projections round about : the length was fifty cubits , and the breadth twenty-five cubits . And its projections were toward the outer court ; and there were palm-trees upon its posts on this side and on that side : and its ascent was [ by ] eight steps . And he brought me to the north gate , and he measured [ it ] according to these measures : its chambers , its posts , and its projections ; and there were windows to it round about : the length was fifty cubits , and the breadth twenty-five cubits . And its posts were toward the outer court ; and there were palm-trees upon its posts , on this side and on that side : and its ascent was [ by ] eight steps . And there was a cell and its entry by the posts of the gates ; there they rinsed the burnt-offering . And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side , and two tables on that side , to slay thereon the burnt-offering and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering . And at the side without , at the ascent to the entry of the north gate , were two tables ; and on the other side , which was at the porch of the gate , were two tables : four tables on this side , and four tables on that side , by the side of the gate , -- eight tables , whereon they slew [ the sacrifice ] , -- and at the ascent , four tables of hewn stone , of a cubit and a half long , and a cubit and a half broad , and one cubit high ; whereon also they laid the instruments with which they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice . And the double hooks of a hand breadth were fastened round about within ; and upon the tables [ they put ] the flesh of the offering . And outside the inner gate were two cells in the inner court , one at the side of the north gate , and its front towards the south ; the other was at the side of the south gate , the front towards the north . And he said unto me , This cell whose front is towards the south is for the priests , the keepers of the charge of the house . And the cell whose front is toward the north is for the priests , the keepers of the charge of the altar . These are the sons of Zadok , those who , from among the sons of Levi , approach unto Jehovah to minister unto him . And he measured the court , the length a hundred cubits , and the breadth a hundred cubits , four square : and the altar was before the house . And he brought me to the porch of the house ; and he measured the post of the porch , five cubits on this side , and five cubits on that side ; and the breadth of the gate , three cubits on this side , and three cubits on that side . The length of the porch was twenty cubits , and the breadth eleven cubits , even by the steps whereby they went up to it ; and there were pillars by the posts , one on this side , and one on that side . And he brought me to the temple ; and he measured the posts , six cubits broad on the one side , and six cubits broad on the other side , the breadth of the tent . And the breadth of the entry was ten cubits , and the sides of the entry were five cubits on this side , and five cubits on that side ; and he measured its length , forty cubits , and the breadth , twenty cubits . And he went inwards , and measured the post of the entry , two cubits ; and the entry , six cubits ; and the breadth of the entry , seven cubits . And he measured its length , twenty cubits ; and the breadth , twenty cubits , before the temple : and he said unto me , This is the most holy [ place ] . And he measured the wall of the house , six cubits ; and the breadth of the side-chambers , four cubits , round about the house on every side . And the side-chambers were three , chamber over chamber , and thirty in order ; and they entered into the wall which the house had for the side-chambers round about , that they might have hold ; but they had not hold in the wall of the house . And for the side-chambers there was an enlarging , and it went round about [ the house ] increasing upward ; for the surrounding of the house increased upward round about the house ; therefore the house had width upward , and so ascended [ from ] the lower [ story ] to the upper , by the middle one . And I saw that the house had an elevation round about : the foundations of the side-chambers , a full reed , six cubits to the joint . The thickness of the wall , which was for the side-chambers without , was five cubits , as also what was left free along the building of the side-chambers that pertained to the house . And between the cells [ and the house ] was a width of twenty cubits round about the house on every side . And the entry of the side-chambers was toward what was left free , one entry toward the north , and one entry toward the south ; and the width of the space left free was five cubits round about . And the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad ; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about ; and its length ninety cubits . And he measured the house : the length a hundred cubits ; and the separate place , and the building , and its walls , the length a hundred cubits ; and the breadth of the front of the house , and of the separate places toward the east , a hundred cubits . And he measured the length of the building before the separate place , which was at the back of it , with its galleries on the one side and on the other side , a hundred cubits ; and the inner temple , and the porches of the court . The thresholds , and the closed windows , and the galleries round about the three of them ( opposite the thresholds it was wainscoted with wood round about , and from the ground up to the windows , and the windows were covered ) , [ and ] above , over the entry , even unto the inner house , and without , and by all the wall round about , within and without , [ all was ] by measure . And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees , and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub ; and the cherub had two faces : the face of a man was toward the palm-tree on the one side , and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side : [ so ] was it made upon all the house round about . From the ground unto above the entry were the cherubim and the palm-trees made , and [ on ] the wall of the temple . As for the temple , the door-posts were squared ; and the front of the sanctuary had the same appearance . The altar was of wood , three cubits high , and its length two cubits ; and its corners , and its length , and its walls were of wood . And he said unto me , This is the table which is before Jehovah . And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors . And the doors had two leaves , two turning-leaves : two for the one door , and two leaves for the other . And there were made on them , on the doors of the temple , cherubim and palm-trees , as there were made upon the walls ; and there was a wooden portal in front of the porch without , and closed windows and palm-trees on the one side and on the other side , on the sides of the porch and the side chambers of the house and the portals . And he brought me forth into the outer court , the way toward the north ; and he brought me to the cells that were over against the separate place and which were over against the building , toward the north , before the length of the hundred cubits : the entry was on the north , and the breadth was fifty cubits , over against the twenty [ cubits ] that pertained to the inner court , and over against the pavement that pertained to the outer court ; there was gallery against gallery in the third [ story ] ; and before the cells was a walk of ten cubits in breadth , [ and ] a way of a hundred cubits inward ; and their entries were toward the north . And the upper cells , because the galleries encroached on them , were shorter than the lower , and than the middle-most of the building . For they were in three [ stories ] , but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts ; therefore [ the third story ] was straitened more than the lowest and the middle-most from the ground . And the wall that was without , answering to the cells , toward the outer court in the front of the cells , its length was fifty cubits : for the length of the cells that were against the outer court was fifty cubits ; but behold , before the temple it was a hundred cubits . And under these cells was the entry from the east , as one goeth into them from the outer court . In the breadth of the wall of the court toward the south , before the separate place , and before the building , were cells ; and a passage before them , like the appearance of the cells that were toward the north , according to their length , according to their breadth and all their goings out , and according to their fashions , and according to their doors . And according to the doors of the cells that were toward the south there was a door at the head of the way , the way directly before the corresponding wall toward the east as one entereth into them . And he said unto me , The north cells [ and ] the south cells , which are before the separate place , they are holy cells , where the priests that come near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things ; there shall they lay the most holy things , both the oblation and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering : for the place is holy . When the priests enter in , they shall not go forth from the sanctuary into the outer court , but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister , for they are holy ; and they shall put on other garments , and shall approach to that which is for the people . And when he had made an end of measuring the inner house , he brought me forth toward the gate whose front was toward the east , and measured [ the enclosure ] round about . He measured the east side with the measuring-reed , five hundred reeds , with the measuring-reed round about . He measured the north side , five hundred reeds , with the measuring-reed round about . He measured the south side , five hundred reeds , with the measuring-reed . He turned about to the west side , [ and ] measured five hundred reeds with the measuring-reed . He measured it on the four sides ; it had a wall round about , five hundred long , and five hundred broad , to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common . And he brought me unto the gate , the gate which looked toward the east . And behold , the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east ; and his voice was like the voice of many waters ; and the earth was lit up with his glory . And the appearance of the vision that I saw was according to the vision that I had seen when I came to destroy the city ; and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar : and I fell upon my face . And the glory of Jehovah came into the house by the way of the gate whose front was toward the east . And the Spirit lifted me up , and brought me into the inner court ; and behold , the glory of Jehovah filled the house . And I heard one speaking unto me out of the house ; and a man was standing by me . And he said unto me , Son of man , [ this is ] the place of my throne , and the place of the soles of my feet , where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever ; and the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name , they nor their kings , with their fornication , and with the carcases of their kings [ in ] their high places , in that they set their threshold by my threshold , and their post by my post , and [ there was only ] a wall between me and them , and they defiled my holy name with their abominations which they committed ; and I consumed them in mine anger . Now let them put away their fornication , and the carcases of their kings , far from me , and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever . Thou , son of man , shew the house to the house of Israel , that they may be confounded at their iniquities ; and let them measure the pattern . And if they be confounded at all that they have done , make known to them the form of the house , and its fashion , and its goings out , and its comings in , and all its forms , and all its statutes , yea , all the forms thereof , and all the laws thereof ; and write it in their sight , that they may keep the whole form thereof , and all the statutes thereof , and do them . This is the law of the house : Upon the top of the mountain all its border round about is most holy . Behold , this is the law of the house . And these are the measures of the altar in cubits : the cubit is a cubit and a hand breadth . The bottom was a cubit [ in height ] and the breadth a cubit , and its border on the edge thereof round about , one span : and this was the base of the altar . And from the bottom upon the ground to the lower settle was two cubits , and the breadth one cubit ; and from the small settle to the great settle , four cubits , and the breadth a cubit . And the upper altar was four cubits ; and from the hearth of God and upward were four horns . And the hearth of God was twelve [ cubits ] long , by twelve broad , square in the four sides thereof . And the settle was fourteen [ cubits ] long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof ; and the border about it , half a cubit ; and the bottom thereof a cubit round about : and its steps looked toward the east . And he said unto me , Son of man , thus saith the Lord Jehovah : These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it , to offer up burnt-offerings thereon , and to sprinkle blood thereon . And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that are of the seed of Zadok , who come near unto me , to minister unto me , saith the Lord Jehovah , a young bullock for a sin-offering . And thou shalt take of its blood , and put it on the four horns thereof , and on the four corners of the settle , and upon the border round about : so shalt thou purge and make atonement for it . And thou shalt take the bullock of the sin-offering , and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house , outside the sanctuary . And on the second day thou shalt present a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering ; and they shall purge the altar , as they purged it with the bullock . When thou hast ended purging it , thou shalt present a young bullock without blemish , and a ram out of the flock without blemish ; and thou shalt present them before Jehovah ; and the priests shall cast salt upon them , and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah . Seven days shalt thou offer daily a goat for a sin-offering ; they shall also offer a young bullock , and a ram out of the flock without blemish . Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it , and consecrate it . And when these days are ended , it shall be that upon the eighth day and onwards the priests shall offer your burnt-offerings upon the altar , and your peace-offerings ; and I will accept you , saith the Lord Jehovah . And he brought me back toward the outer gate of the sanctuary which looked toward the east ; and it was shut . And Jehovah said unto me , This gate shall be shut ; it shall not be opened , and no one shall enter in by it : for Jehovah , the God of Israel , hath entered in by it ; and it shall be shut . As for the prince , he , the prince , shall sit in it to eat bread before Jehovah : he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate , and shall go out by the way of the same . And he brought me the way of the north gate before the house ; and I beheld , and lo , the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah : and I fell upon my face . And Jehovah said unto me , Son of man , apply thy heart , and behold with thine eyes , and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the statutes of the house of Jehovah , and all the laws thereof ; and mark well the entering in of the house , with every going forth of the sanctuary ; and say to the rebellious , to the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Let it suffice you of all your abominations , O house of Israel , in that ye have brought strangers , uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh , to be in my sanctuary , to profane it , [ even ] my house , when ye offered my bread , the fat and the blood ; and they have broken my covenant besides all your abominations . And ye have not kept the charge of my holy things , but have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : No stranger , uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh , shall enter into my sanctuary , of any stranger that is among the children of Israel . But the Levites who went away far from me , when Israel went astray , going astray from me after their idols , they shall even bear their iniquity ; but they shall be ministers in my sanctuary , having oversight at the gates of the house , and doing the service of the house : they shall slaughter the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people , and they shall stand before them to minister unto them . Because they ministered unto them before their idols , and were unto the house of Israel a stumbling-block of iniquity ; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them , saith the Lord Jehovah , that they shall bear their iniquity . And they shall not draw near unto me , to do the office of a priest unto me , nor to draw near to any of my holy things , [ even ] to the most holy ; but they shall bear their confusion , and their abominations which they have committed . And I will make them keepers of the charge of the house , for all the service thereof , and for all that shall be done therein . But the priests , the Levites , the sons of Zadok , that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me , they shall approach unto me to minister unto me , and they shall stand before me to present unto me the fat and the blood , saith the Lord Jehovah . They shall enter into my sanctuary , and they shall approach unto my table , to minister unto me , and they shall keep my charge . And it shall come to pass when they enter in at the gates of the inner court , they shall be clothed with linen garments ; and no wool shall come upon them , when they minister in the gates of the inner court , and towards the house . They shall have linen tires upon their heads , and shall have linen breeches upon their loins ; they shall not gird on anything that causeth sweat . And when they go forth into the outer court , into the outer court to the people , they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered , and lay them in the holy cells ; and they shall put on other garments , that they may not hallow the people with their garments . Neither shall they shave their heads , nor suffer their locks to grow long : they shall duly poll their heads . Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court . And they shall not take for their wives a widow , nor her that is put away ; but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel , or a widow that is the widow of a priest . And they shall teach my people [ the difference ] between holy and profane , and cause them to discern between unclean and clean . And in controversy they shall stand to judge : they shall judge it according to my judgments ; and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my solemnities ; and they shall hallow my sabbaths . And they shall come at no dead person to become unclean ; but for father , or for mother , or for son , or for daughter , for brother , or for sister that hath had no husband , they may become unclean . And after he is cleansed , they shall count unto him seven days . And on the day that he goeth into the sanctuary , unto the inner court , to minister in the sanctuary , he shall present his sin-offering , saith the Lord Jehovah . And it shall be unto them for an inheritance ; I am their inheritance : and ye shall give them no possession in Israel ; I am their possession . They shall eat the oblation and the sin-offering and the trespass-offering ; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs . And the first of all the first-fruits of every [ kind ] , and every heave-offering of every [ kind ] , of all your heave-offerings , shall be for the priests ; ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough , that he may cause the blessing to rest on thy house . The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself , or of that which is torn , whether of fowl or of beast . And when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance , ye shall offer a heave-offering unto Jehovah , a holy portion of the land : the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand [ cubits ] , and the breadth ten thousand . This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about . Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred [ reeds ] by five hundred , square round about ; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof . And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand , and the breadth of ten thousand ; and in it shall be the sanctuary , the holy of holies . This is the holy [ portion ] of the land ; it shall be for the priests who do the service of the sanctuary , who draw near to serve Jehovah , and it shall be a place for their houses , and a holy place for the sanctuary . And [ a space of ] five and twenty thousand in length , and ten thousand in breadth , shall the Levites , who do the service of the house , have for themselves , for a possession , for their habitations . And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand in breadth , and five and twenty thousand in length , alongside of the holy heave-offering : it shall be for the whole house of Israel . And the prince shall have [ his portion ] on the one side and on the other side of the holy heave-offering and of the possession of the city , over against the holy heave-offering , and over against the possession of the city , from the west side westward , and from the east side eastward ; and in length answering to one of the portions [ of the tribes ] from the west border unto the east border . As land shall it be his for a possession in Israel ; and my princes shall no more oppress my people ; but they shall give the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : Let it suffice you , princes of Israel ! Put away violence and spoil , and execute judgment and justice ; take off your exactions from my people , saith the Lord Jehovah . Ye shall have just balances , and a just ephah , and a just bath . The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure , so that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer , and the ephah the tenth part of a homer : the measure thereof shall be according to the homer . And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs ; twenty shekels , five and twenty shekels , fifteen shekels , shall be your maneh . This is the heave-offering which ye shall offer : the sixth part of an ephah out of a homer of wheat , and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah out of a homer of barley ; and the set portion of oil , by the bath of oil , the tenth part of a bath out of a cor , [ which is ] a homer of ten baths , for ten baths are a homer ; and one lamb out of the flock , out of two hundred , from the well-watered pastures of Israel ; -- for an oblation , and for a burnt-offering , and for peace-offerings , to make atonement for them , saith the Lord Jehovah . All the people of the land shall be [ held ] to this heave-offering for the prince in Israel . And it shall be the prince's part [ to supply ] the burnt-offerings , and the oblation , and the drink-offering , at the feasts , and at the new moons , and on the sabbaths , in all the solemnities of the house of Israel : it is he that shall prepare the sin-offering , and the oblation , and the burnt-offering , and the peace-offerings , to make atonement for the house of Israel . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : In the first [ month ] , on the first of the month , thou shalt take a young bullock , without blemish , and thou shalt purge the sanctuary . And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering , and put it upon the posts of the house , and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar , and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court . So thou shalt do also on the seventh of the month for every one that erreth , and for the simple ; and ye shall make atonement for the house . In the first [ month ] , on the fourteenth day of the month , ye shall have the passover , a feast of seven days : unleavened bread shall be eaten . And upon that day shall the prince offer for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin-offering . And the seven days of the feast he shall offer a burnt-offering to Jehovah , seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily for the seven days ; and a he-goat daily for a sin-offering . And he shall offer an oblation of an ephah for a bullock , and an ephah for a ram ; and oil , a hin for an ephah . In the seventh [ month ] , on the fifteenth day of the month , at the feast , shall he do the like seven days , according to the sin-offering , according to the burnt-offering , and according to the oblation , and according to the oil . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working-days ; but on the sabbath-day it shall be opened , and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened . And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of [ that ] gate from without , and shall stand by the post of the gate , and the priests shall offer his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings , and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate , and shall go forth : but the gate shall not be shut until the evening . And the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before Jehovah on the sabbaths and on the new moons . And the burnt-offering that the prince shall present unto Jehovah on the sabbath-day shall be six lambs without blemish , and a ram without blemish . And the oblation shall be an ephah for a ram , and the oblation for the lambs as he shall be able to give ; and oil , a hin for an ephah . And on the day of the new moon , a young bullock without blemish , and six lambs , and a ram : they shall be without blemish . And he shall offer an oblation , an ephah for the bullock , and an ephah for the ram , and for the lambs according to what his hand may attain unto ; and oil , a hin for an ephah . And when the prince cometh in , he shall come in by the way of the porch of the gate , and he shall go out by the way thereof . And when the people of the land come in before Jehovah in the set feasts , he that cometh in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate ; and he that cometh in by the way of the south gate shall go out by the way of the north gate : he shall not return by the way of the gate by which he came in , but shall go out straight before him . And the prince shall come in in the midst of them , when they come in ; and when they go out , they shall go out [ together ] . And on the feast-days , and in the solemnities , the oblation shall be an ephah for a bullock and an ephah for a ram , and for the lambs as he is able to give ; and oil , a hin for an ephah . And when the prince shall offer a voluntary burnt-offering or voluntary peace-offerings unto Jehovah , the gate that looketh toward the east shall be opened for him and he shall offer his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings as he did on the sabbath-day , and he shall go out again , and the gate shall be shut after he hath gone out . And thou shalt daily offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah , of a yearling-lamb without blemish : thou shalt prepare it morning by morning . And thou shalt prepare an oblation with it every morning , the sixth part of an ephah , and of oil the third part of a hin , to moisten the fine flour : an oblation unto Jehovah continually by a perpetual ordinance . They shall offer the lamb , and the oblation , and the oil , every morning for a continual burnt-offering . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons , it shall be that one's inheritance , for his sons : it shall be their possession by inheritance . But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants , it shall be his until the year of liberty ; and it shall return to the prince : to his sons alone shall his inheritance remain . And the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance , to thrust them by oppression out of their possession : he shall give his sons an inheritance out of his own possession : that my people be not scattered every one from his possession . Then he brought me through the passage which was at the side of the gate , into the holy cells which were for the priests , which looked toward the north ; and behold , a place was there at the end westward . And he said unto me , This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass-offering , and the sin-offering , [ and ] where they shall bake the oblation , that they bring them not out into the outer court , so as to hallow the people . And he brought me forth into the outer court , and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court ; and behold , in every corner of the court there was a court . In the four corners of the court there were enclosed courts , forty [ cubits ] long and thirty broad : these four corner courts were of one measure . And there was a row [ of building ] round about in them , round about those four , and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about . And he said unto me , These are the boiling-houses , where those who do the service of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people . And he brought me back to the door of the house ; and behold , waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward : for the front of the house was eastward . And the waters came down from under , from the right side of the house , south of the altar . And he brought me out by the way of the gate northward , and led me round outside unto the outer gate towards [ the gate ] that looketh eastward ; and behold , waters ran out on the right side . When the man went forth eastward , a line was in his hand ; and he measured a thousand cubits , and he caused me to pass through the waters : the waters were to the ankles . And he measured a thousand [ cubits ] , and caused me to pass through the waters : the waters were to the knees . And he measured a thousand and caused me to pass through : the waters were to the loins . And he measured a thousand : it was a river that I could not pass through , for the waters were risen , waters to swim in , a river that could not be passed through . And he said unto me , Son of man , hast thou seen [ this ] ? And he led me , and brought me back to the bank of the river . When I returned , behold , on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other . And he said unto me , These waters issue out toward the east district , and go down into the plain , and go into the sea ; when they are brought forth into the sea , the waters [ thereof ] shall be healed . And it shall come to pass that every living thing which moveth , whithersoever the double river shall come , shall live . And there shall be a very great multitude of fish ; for these waters shall come thither , and [ the waters of the sea ] shall be healed ; and everything shall live whither the river cometh . And it shall come to pass , that fishers shall stand upon it ; from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim shall be [ a place ] to spread forth nets : their fish shall be according to their kinds , as the fish of the great sea , exceeding many . But its marshes and its pools shall not be healed ; they shall be given up to salt . And by the river , upon its bank , on the one side and on the other , shall grow all trees for food , whose leaf shall not fade , nor their fruit fail : it shall bring forth new fruit every month , for its waters issue out of the sanctuary ; and the fruit thereof shall be for food , and the leaf thereof for medicine . Thus saith the Lord Jehovah : This shall be the border whereby ye shall allot the land as inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel : Joseph [ shall have two ] portions . And ye shall inherit it , one as well as another , [ the land ] concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it unto your fathers ; and this land shall fall to you for inheritance . And this shall be the border of the land : toward the north side , from the great sea , the way of Hethlon , as one goeth to Zedad , Hamath , Berothah , Sibraim , which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath ; Hazer-hatticon , which is by the border of Hauran . And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan , the border of Damascus , and the north northward , and the border of Hamath : this is the north side . -- And on the east side ye shall measure between Hauran and Damascus , and Gilead and the land of Israel [ by ] the Jordan , from the border unto the east sea : this is the east side . -- And the south side southward , from Tamar to the waters of Meribah-Kadesh , by the torrent , unto the great sea : this is the south side southward . -- And the west side shall be the great sea from the border , as far as over against the entering into Hamath : this is the west side . And ye shall divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel . And it shall come to pass that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you , and to the strangers that sojourn among you , who shall beget children among you ; and they shall be unto you as the home-born among the children of Israel : with you shall they draw by lot inheritance among the tribes of Israel . And it shall come to pass that in the tribe in which the stranger sojourneth , there shall ye give [ him ] his inheritance , saith the Lord Jehovah . And these are the names of the tribes : From the north end along the way of Hethlon , as one entereth into Hamath , Hazar-enan , the border of Damascus northward unto near Hamath -- the east and west side [ belonging ] to him -- shall Dan have one [ portion ] . And by the border of Dan , from the east side unto the west side , Asher one . And by the border of Asher , from the east side even unto the west side , Naphtali one . And by the border of Naphtali , from the east side unto the west side , Manasseh one . And by the border of Manasseh , from the east side unto the west side , Ephraim one . And by the border of Ephraim , from the east side even unto the west side , Reuben one . And by the border of Reuben , from the east side unto the west side , Judah one . And by the border of Judah , from the east side unto the west side , shall be the heave-offering that ye shall offer , five and twenty thousand [ cubits ] in breadth , and in length as one of the parts from the east side unto the west side : and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it . The heave-offering that ye shall offer unto Jehovah shall be five and twenty thousand in length , and ten thousand in breadth . And for them , for the priests , shall be the holy heave-offering , toward the north five and twenty thousand , and toward the west the breadth ten thousand , and toward the east the breadth ten thousand , and toward the south the length five and twenty thousand : and the sanctuary of Jehovah shall be in the midst of it . [ It shall be ] for the priests that are hallowed of the sons of Zadok , who kept my charge and went not astray when the children of Israel went astray , as the Levites went astray . And this offering heaved from the heave-offering of the land shall be unto them a thing most holy , by the border of the Levites . And answering to the border of the priests , the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length , and ten thousand in breadth : the whole length shall be five and twenty thousand , and the breadth ten thousand . And they shall not sell of it , neither exchange , nor alienate the first-fruits of the land : for it is holy unto Jehovah . And the five thousand that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand , shall be a common [ place ] for the city , for dwellings and for suburbs : and the city shall be in the midst of it . And these shall be the measures thereof : the north side four thousand and five hundred [ cubits ] , and the south side four thousand and five hundred , and the east side four thousand and five hundred , and the west side four thousand and five hundred . And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty [ cubits ] , and toward the south two hundred and fifty , and toward the east two hundred and fifty , and toward the west two hundred and fifty . And the residue in length , alongside the holy heave-offering , shall be ten thousand eastward and ten thousand westward : it shall be alongside the holy heave-offering ; and the increase thereof shall be for the support of them that serve the city . And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel . The whole heave-offering shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand ; ye shall offer the holy heave-offering foursquare with the possession of the city . And the rest shall be for the prince , on the one side and on the other of the holy heave-offering and of the possession of the city , in front of the five and twenty thousand of the heave-offering toward the east border , and westward in front of the five and twenty thousand toward the west border , answering to the [ other ] portions : it shall be for the prince ; and the holy heave-offering and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst of it . And from the possession of the Levites and from the possession of the city , being in the midst of that which shall be the prince's , between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin , shall be for the prince . And as for the rest of the tribes : from the east side unto the west side , Benjamin one [ portion ] . And by the border of Benjamin , from the east side unto the west side , Simeon one . And by the border of Simeon , from the east side unto the west side , Issachar one . And by the border of Issachar , from the east side unto the west side , Zebulun one . And by the border of Zebulun , from the east side unto the west side , Gad one . And by the border of Gad , at the south side southward , the border shall be from Tamar [ to ] the waters of Meribah-Kadesh , by the torrent , unto the great sea . This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance , and these are their portions , saith the Lord Jehovah . And these are the goings out of the city . On the north side , four thousand and five hundred [ cubits ] by measure . And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel : three gates northward : the gate of Reuben , one ; the gate of Judah , one ; the gate of Levi , one . And at the east side four thousand and five hundred , and three gates : the gate of Joseph , one ; the gate of Benjamin , one ; the gate of Dan , one . And at the south side four thousand and five hundred [ cubits ] by measure , and three gates : the gate of Simeon , one ; the gate of Issachar , one ; the gate of Zebulun , one . At the west side four thousand and five hundred , [ and ] their three gates : the gate of Gad , one ; the gate of Asher , one ; the gate of Naphtali , one . Round about it was eighteen thousand [ cubits ] ; and the name of the city from that day , Jehovah is there .