Lying prophets reproved. CHAPTER XIII. EZEKIEL, XIII, XIV. 1 The reproof of lying prophets. 17 Of prophetesses and their pillows. B. C. 594. (CHAP. 13.) AND the word of the LORD came 1 are pro unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that 1 prophesy out of their own hearts,a Hear ye the word of the LORD; 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Wo unto the foolish prophets, that 2 follow their own spirit, and 3 have seen nothing! 4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. phets. a ver. 17. Je. 14.14. 23.16,26. 4 breaches. b Ps. 106.23. 5 hedged. 5 Ye have not gone up into thee Ep.6. 13,14. 4 gaps, b neither 5 made up the d Re.6.17. hedge for the house of Israel toe La.2.14. stand c in the battle in the day d f Mat.24.23, of the LORD. 24. 6 They have seen vanity e and ly-g 1Ti.4.1,2. ing divination, saying, The LORD h Ps. 101.7. saith: and the LORD hath not sentor, secret,or, them and they have made others council, to hope that they would confirm the word. Ge.49.6. i Ezr. 2.62. Ne.7.5. Ps.69.28. Re.20.12. Ho.9.3. Re.22.15. 7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORDk saith it; albeit f I have not spoken? 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord 1 Je.6.14. GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, g therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. 9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the 6 assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing i of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, 8.11. or, slight m ch.22.28. n ch.38.22. Is.28.2,18. o Is.30.30. Hag.2.17. p Mat.7.26, 27. q ver.9,21,23. 7 Je.5.31. 28. 1, &c. 29.31. s ver. 10. Of prophetesses, &c. pered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall,p and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof and ye shall know q that I am the LORD. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 16 To wit, the prophets of Israel, which prophesyr concerning Jerusaleni, and which see visions of peace for her,s and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. 17 T Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Wo to the women that sew pillows to all 8 arm-holes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature, to hunt souls! Will ye hunt t the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? 19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls u of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear v your lies? 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. 21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye Peace; and there was no peace; 8 or, ellows. shall know that I am the LORD. and one built up a 7 wall, and, lo, others daubed m it with untempered mortar: 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with ax ch.12.24. stormy wind in my fury; and there Mi.3.6. 22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened w the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, 10 by 11 promising him life: 23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people y out of your hand and ye shall know that I am the LORD. CHAPTER XIV. Hypocrites reproved, who inquire of God with idolatry in their heart. HEN came certain of the el shall be an overflowing shower in y Mar. 13.22.Tders a of Israel unto me, and mine anger, and great hailstones o Jude in my fury to consume it. (CHAP. 14.) 14 So will I break down the wall a ch.8.1. that ye have daubed with untem sat before me. 2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, God's irrevocable c Ps. 101.3. Is.33.15. EZEKIEL, XV. 3 Son of man, these men have set B. C. 594. up their idols in their heart, and put b the stumbling-block of their b ch.7.19. iniquity c before their face: should Id be inquired of at all by them? 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the d2K1.3.13,14. Lord GOD; Every man of the house Je.42.20,21, of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before 1 or, others. his face, and cometh to the pro e Ga.6.7. phet; I the LORD will answer him f Le.20.3-6. that cometh according e to the multitude of his idols; 5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. 6 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. i g Nu.26.10. De.28.37. 1Co. 10.11. h Ps.37.22. Ro. 11.22, Ki.22.23. Job 12.16. 2Th.2.11, 12. k Ps. 119.67. 1Pe.2.25. I ch.37.27. 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth m Le.26.26. up his idols in his heart, and put-n Je. 15.1. teth the stumbling-block of his o Ge.7.1. iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him con- p Da. 10.11. cerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: q Job 42.8. 8 And f I will set my face against that man, and will make him a r Pr.11.4. signg and a proverb, and I will cut him off h from the midst of my peo-s Le.26.22. ple; and ye shall know that am 2 or, bereave. the LORD. t Le.26.25. 9 And if the prophet be deceived 3 the midst of it. when he hath spoken a thing, Ii the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my u Zep.1.3. hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. v 2S3.24. 15. w ver. 14. 10 And they shall bear the punish-4 or, Also. ment of their iniquity: the punish-x ch.5.17. ment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; 33.27. ych.6.8. De.4.31. c De.8.2. Da.9.7. 11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray k from me, nei-z ch.20.43. ther be polluted any more with all a Is.40.1.2. their transgressions; but that theyb He.12.6-11. may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD. 12 T The word of the LORD came Je.22.8,9. again to me, saying, 13 Son of man, when the land sin-d Pr.26.2. neth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staffm of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: 14 Though n these three men, Noah, o Daniel, p and Job, q were (CHAP. 15.) a Ps 80.8,&c. Is.5.2.7. b Jno. 15.6. sentence of famine. in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, r saith the Lord GOD. 15 If I cause noisome beasts s to pass through the land, and they 2 spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: 16 Though these three men were in 3 it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be deso late. 17 T Or if I bring a sword t upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off u man and beast from it: 18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver, neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. 19 Or if I send a pestilence v into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 20 Though w Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. 21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; 4 How much more when I send my four z sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? 22 Yet, y behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall z see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted a concerning the evil b that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. 23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know c that I have not done without caused all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. EZEKIEL, XVI. The natural state ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? 5 Behold, when it was whole it was 2 meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? Will it 19. 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the d ch.14.8. trees of the forest, which I have 3 trespassed. given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another c fire shall devour them; and d ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. 8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have 3 committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD. CHAPTER XVI. God's extraordinary love toward Je rusalem. tion. Ge.11.26,29. of Jerusalem signified. thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. 10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. 11 1 decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. 12 And I put a jewel on thy 7 fore(CHAP. 16.) head,and ear-rings in thine ears,and a Is.58.1. a beautiful crown upon thine head. cutting out, 13 Thus wast thou decked with or, habita-gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat m fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, n and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. 14 And thy renown went forth o among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect p through my q comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. Ne.9.7. thee. 3 or, trodden d Ex.3.7,8. AGAIN the word of the LORD made the a 15 But thou didst trust in thine came unto me, saying. 2 Son of man, cause a Jerusalem to know her abominations, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy 1 birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father b was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. million. e Ex. 1.7. 5 ornament 4 And as for thy nativity, in the h Ex. 19.5. day thou c wast born thy navel was i Je.2.2. not cut, neither wast thou washed k 1Jno.5.8. in water 2 to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled 6 bloods. at all. 5 None eye pitied thee, to do any nose, own beauty, and playedst the harlot s because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. 16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst t thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of 8 men, and of these unto thee, to have compas-1 Ps.45. 13, 14. didst commit whoredom with them; sion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the loathing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. 18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. 19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a 9 sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and u thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to 10 be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 21 That thou hast slain v my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? 22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, w when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. 23 And it came to pass after all EZEKIEL, XVI. Jerusalem's whoredom thy wickedness, (wo, wo unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;) 24 That thou hast also built unto 11 or, brothel thee an 11 eminent place, and hasta made thee an high place in every street. house. x Je.3.2. 25 Thou hast built thy high place y Pr.9.14. at every heady of the way, and hast z ch.20.7,8. made thy beauty to be abhorred, Is.30.2,3. and hast opened thy feet to every a Ho.2.9. one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. b Ps. 106.41. 26 Thou hast also committed for- 12 or, cities. nication with the Egyptians z thye 2Ch.28.18. neighbours, great of flesh; and hasta ch.23.12, &c. increased thy whoredoms, to proyoke me to anger. 2Ki. 16.7. e Pr.7.11. 27 Behold, therefore I have stretch- 29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. k Je.2.31. 12. 1 Je. 13.22,26. 30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impe-15 rious e whorish woman; 31 In 13 that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; 32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! and grievous judgments. 37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them 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. 38 And I will judge thee, 15 as women that break wedlock m and shed blood n are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury o and jealousy. 39 And I will also give thee into down thine eminent place, p and their hand, and they shall throw shall break down thy high places: they shall strip q thee also of thy clothes, and shall take 16 thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. 40 They shall also bring up a company against r thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. 41 And they shall burns thine houses with fire, and execute judg ments upon thee in the sight of many women and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shall give no hire any more. 42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall Ho.2.3,10. depart from thee, and I will be with judg-quiet, and will be no more angry. ments of. 43 Because thou hast notu rememm Le.20.10. bered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; De.22.22. behold, therefore, I also will recompense v thy way upon thane head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations. n Ex.21.12. o Na.1.2. p ver.24.31. Ho.2.3. 44 T Behold, every one that useth 16 instruproverbs shall use thus proverb ments of against thee, saying. As is the mothine ornather, so is her daughter. 33 They give gifts to all whores: but thoug givest thy gifts to all thy lovers and 14 hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every sider for thy whoredom. ment. Je.25.9. $ 2Ki.25.9. 34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms; and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee; therefore v ch.9.10. thou art contrary. i u Ps.78.42. 11.21. 17 sister lesser 45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy 17 younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom w and her daughters. 35 Wherefore, O harlot, h hear the word of the LORD: 36 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out; 18 or,that was their ways, nor done after their w De.32.32. 47 Yet hast thou not walked after and thy nakedness discovered fitrough thy whoredoms with thy loathed us a abominations: but, as if is that were small thing. ers, and with all the idols of thy a very little thing, thou wast corminations, and by the blood kr 2Ki.21.9. rupted more r than they in all thy y children, which thou didst 1Co.5.1. to them; ways. 48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, EZEKIEL, XVII. B. C. 595. y Mat.10.15. 11.24. Mercy is promised Sodomy thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness zz Ge. 13. 10, of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, a and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away b as I saw good. 13. 18.20. De.32.15. a Pr. 16. 18. 18.12. b Ge. 19.24. c Je 3.11. 51 Neither hath Samaria commit-d ted half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more e Je.23.40. than they, and hast justified c thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.* f Je.48.47. 49.39. her in the end. der and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, q but r not by thy s covenant. 62 And I will establish t my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: 63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, u and never open thy v mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD. CHAPTER XVII. The parable of the two eagles and the vine. A ND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle a with 'great wings, long-winged, full of feathers, which had 1 divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest 52 Thoud also, which hast judged 53 When I shall bring again f their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: Lu. 18.11. excellen- i 2Ki. 16.5. 21 Aram. 22 or, spoil. 23 them. Mat.7.1,2. m De.29. 12- 4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. 5 He took also of the seed of the land, and 2 planted it in a fruitful c field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow d tree. 6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of lowe stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot 54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame,andmayestbe confoundedg in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. 55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and p Ps. 119.59. forth sprigs. her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to former estate. your 56 For thy sister Sodom was not 19 mentioned h by thy mouth in the day of thy 20 pride. 50.5. q Is.54.1. 60.4. Ga.4.26.31. r Je.31.31. sJno. 15. 16. t Ho.2.19,20. 57 Before thy wickedness was dis-u Ezr.9.6. covered, as at the time i of thy re- Da.9.7,8. proach of the daughters of 21 Syria, v Ro.3.19. and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despisek thee round about. 58 Thou hast borne 23 thy lewdness and thune abominations, saith the LORD. 59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; J will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.m GOT Nevertheless I will n remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting o coyenant. (CHAP. 17.) a Ho.8.1. 1 embroider ing. g 2Ki.25.7. 161 Then thou shalt remember thy 7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend f her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. 8 It was planted in a good 3 soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. 9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit g thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power, or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither,h when the east wind i toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew. 11 T Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 12 Say now to the rebellious k |