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¹ Now it came to pass in the thirtieth 07970 year 08141, in the fourth 07243 month, in the fifth 02568 day of the month 02320, as I was among 08432 the captives 01473 by the river 05104 of Chebar 03529, that the heavens 08064 were opened 06605, and I saw 07200 visions 04759 of God 0430. captives: Heb. captivity

² In the fifth 02568 day of the month 02320, which was the fifth 02549 year 08141 of king 04428 Jehoiachin’s 03112 captivity 01546,

³ The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came expressly to Ezekiel 03168 the priest 03548, the son 01121 of Buzi 0941, in the land 0776 of the Chaldeans 03778 by the river 05104 Chebar 03529; and the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was there upon him. Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel

⁴ And I looked 07200, and, behold, a whirlwind 07307, 5591 came 0935 out of the north 06828, a great 01419 cloud 06051, and a fire 0784 infolding 03947 itself, and a brightness 05051 was about 05439 it, and from the midst 08432 of it as the colour 05869 of amber 02830, from the midst 08432 of the fire 0784. infolding…: Heb. catching itself

⁵ Also from the midst 08432 of it came the likeness 01823 of four 0702 living beings 02416. And this was their appearance 04758; they 02007 had the likeness 01823 of a man 0120.

⁶ And every one 0259 had four 0702 faces 06440, and every one 0259 had four 0702 wings 03671.

⁷ And their feet 07272 were straight 03477 feet 07272; and the sole 03709 of their feet 07272 was like the sole 03709 of a calf’s 05695 foot 07272: and they sparkled 05340 like the colour 05869 of burnished 07044 brass 05178. straight…: Heb. a straight foot

⁸ And they had the hands 03027 of a man 0120 under their wings 03671 on their four 0702 sides 07253; and they four 0702 had their faces 06440 and their wings 03671.

⁹ Their wings 03671 were joined 02266 one 0802 to another 0269; they turned 05437 not when they went 03212; they went 03212 every one 0376 straight 05676 forward 06440.

¹⁰ As for the likeness 01823 of their faces 06440, they four 0702 had the face 06440 of a man 0120, and the face 06440 of a lion 0738, on the right side 03225: and they four 0702 had the face 06440 of an ox 07794 on the left side 08040; they four 0702 also had the face 06440 of an eagle 05404.

¹¹ Thus were their faces 06440: and their wings 03671 were stretched 06504 upward 04605; two 08147 wings of every one 0376 were joined 02266 one 0376 to another 0376, and two 08147 covered 03680 their bodies 01472. stretched…: or, divided above

¹² And they went 03212 every one 0376 straight 05676 forward 06440: wherever the spirit 07307 was to go 03212, they went 03212; and they turned 05437 not when they went 03212.

¹³ As for the likeness 01823 of the living beings 02416, their appearance 04758 was like burning 01197 coals 01513 of fire 0784, and like the appearance 04758 of lamps 03940: it went up and down 01980 among the living beings 02416; and the fire 0784 was bright 05051, and out of the fire 0784 went forth 03318 lightning 01300.

¹⁴ And the living beings 02416 ran 07519 and returned 07725 as the appearance 04758 of a flash of lightning 0965.

¹⁵ Now as I beheld 07200 the living beings 02416, behold one 0259 wheel 0212 upon the earth 0776 by 0681 the living beings 02416, with his four 0702 faces 06440.

¹⁶ The appearance 04758 of the wheels 0212 and their work 04639 was like the colour 05869 of a beryl 08658: and they four 0702 had one 0259 likeness 01823: and their appearance 04758 and their work 04639 was as it were a wheel 0212 in the middle 08432 of a wheel 0212.

¹⁷ When they went 03212, they went 03212 upon their four 0702 sides 07253: and they turned 05437 not when they went 03212.

¹⁸ As for their rims 01354, they were so high 01363 that they were dreadful 03374; and their rims 01354 were full 04392 of eyes 05869 all around 05439 them four 0702. and their rings: or, and their strakes

¹⁹ And when the living beings 02416 went 03212, the wheels 0212 went 03212 by them 0681: and when the living beings 02416 were lifted up 05375 from the earth 0776, the wheels 0212 were lifted up 05375.

²⁰ Wherever the spirit 07307 was to go 03212, they went 03212, there was their spirit 07307 to go 03212; and the wheels 0212 were lifted up 05375 together with 05980 them: for the spirit 07307 of the living being 02416 was in the wheels 0212. of…: or, of life

²¹ When those went 03212, these went 03212; and when those stood 05975, these stood 05975; and when those were lifted up 05375 from the earth 0776, the wheels 0212 were lifted up 05375 together with 05980 them: for the spirit 07307 of the living being 02416 was in the wheels 0212. of…: or, of life

²² And the likeness 01823 of the firmament 07549 upon the heads 07218 of the living being 02416 was as the colour 05869 of the terrible 03372 crystal 07140, stretched forth 05186 over their heads 07218 above 04605.

²³ And under the firmament 07549 were their wings 03671 straight 03477, the one 0802 toward the other 0269: every one 0376 had two 08147, which covered 03680 on this side 02007, and every one 0376 had two 08147, which covered 03680 on that side 02007, their bodies 01472.

²⁴ And when they went 03212, I heard 08085 the noise 06963 of their wings 03671, like the noise 06963 of great 07227 waters 04325, as the voice 06963 of the Almighty 07706, the voice 06963 of speech 01999, as the noise 06963 of an host 04264: when they stood 05975, they let down 07503 their wings 03671.

²⁵ And there was a voice 06963 from the firmament 07549 that was over their heads 07218, when they stood 05975, and had let down 07503 their wings 03671.

²⁶ And above 04605 the firmament 07549 that was over their heads 07218 was the likeness 01823 of a throne 03678, as the appearance 04758 of a sapphire 05601 stone 068: and upon the likeness 01823 of the throne 03678 was the likeness 01823 as the appearance 04758 of a man 0120 above 04605 upon it.

²⁷ And I saw 07200 as the colour 05869 of amber 02830, as the appearance 04758 of fire 0784 around 05439 within 01004 it, from the appearance 04758 of his loins 04975 even upward 04605, and from the appearance 04758 of his loins 04975 even downward 04295, I saw 07200 as it were the appearance 04758 of fire 0784, and it had brightness 05051 on all sides 05439.

²⁸ As the appearance 04758 of the bow 07198 that is in the cloud 06051 in the day 03117 of rain 01653, so was the appearance 04758 of the brightness 05051 all around 05439. This was the appearance 04758 of the likeness 01823 of the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068. And when I saw 07200 it, I fell 05307 upon my face 06440, and I heard 08085 a voice 06963 of one speaking 01696.

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¹ And he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, stand 05975 upon thy feet 07272, and I will speak 01696 to thee.

² And the spirit 07307 entered 0935 into me when he spoke 01696 to me, and set 05975 me upon my feet 07272, that I heard 08085 him that spoke 01696 to me.

³ And he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, I send 07971 thee to the children 01121 of Israel 03478, to a rebellious 04775 nation 01471 that hath rebelled 04775 against me: they and their fathers 01 have transgressed 06586 against me, even to this very 06106 day 03117. nation: Heb. nations

⁴ For they are impudent 07186, 6440 children 01121 and obstinate in heart 02389, 3820. I send 07971 thee to them; and thou shalt say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. impudent: Heb. hard of face

⁵ And they, whether they will hear 08085, or whether they will forbear 02308, (for they are a rebellious 04805 house 01004,) yet shall know 03045 that there hath been a prophet 05030 among 08432 them.

⁶ And thou, son 01121 of man 0120, be not afraid 03372 of them, neither be afraid 03372 of their words 01697, though briers 05621 and thorns 05544 are with thee, and thou dost dwell 03427 among scorpions 06137: be not afraid 03372 of their words 01697, nor be dismayed 02865 at their looks 06440, though they are a rebellious 04805 house 01004. briers…: or, rebels

⁷ And thou shalt speak 01696 my words 01697 to them, whether they will hear 08085, or whether they will forbear 02308: for they are most rebellious 04805. most…: Heb. rebellion

⁸ But thou, son 01121 of man 0120, hear 08085 what I say 01696 to thee; Be not 01961 thou rebellious 04805 like that rebellious 04805 house 01004: open 06475 thy mouth 06310, and eat 0398 that which I give 05414 thee.

⁹ And when I looked 07200, behold, an hand 03027 was sent 07971 to me; and, lo, a scroll 04039, 5612 was in it;

¹⁰ And he spread 06566 it before 06440 me; and it was written 03789 within 06440 and without 0268: and there was written 03789 in it lamentations 07015, and mourning 01899, and woe 01958.

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¹ Moreover he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, eat 0398 what thou findest 04672; eat 0398 this scroll 04039, and go 03212 speak 01696 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478.

² So I opened 06605 my mouth 06310, and he caused me to eat 0398 that scroll 04039.

³ And he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, cause thy stomach 0990 to eat 0398, and fill 04390 thy body 04578 with this scroll 04039 that I give 05414 thee. Then did I eat 0398 it; and it was in my mouth 06310 as honey 01706 for sweetness 04966.

⁴ And he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, depart 03212, go 0935 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478, and speak 01696 with my words 01697 to them.

⁵ For thou art not sent 07971 to a people 05971 of a strange 06012 speech 08193 and of an hard 03515 language 03956, but to the house 01004 of Israel 03478; of a…: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of tongue

⁶ Not to many 07227 people 05971 of a strange 06012 speech 08193 and of an hard 03515 language 03956, whose words 01697 thou canst not understand 08085. Surely, had I sent 07971 thee to them, they would have hearkened 08085 to thee. of a…: Heb. deep of lip, and heavy of languageSurely…: or, If I had sent thee, etc. would they not have hearkened unto thee?

⁷ But the house 01004 of Israel 03478 will 014 not hearken 08085 to thee; for they will 014 not hearken 08085 to me: for all the house 01004 of Israel 03478 are impudent 02389, 4696 and hardhearted 07186, 3820. impudent…: Heb. stiff of forehead, and hard of heart

⁸ Behold, I have made 05414 thy face 06440 strong 02389 against 05980 their faces 06440, and thy forehead 04696 strong 02389 against 05980 their foreheads 04696.

⁹ As an adamant 08068 harder 02389 than flint 06864 have I made 05414 thy forehead 04696: fear 03372 them not, neither be dismayed 02865 at their looks 06440, though they are a rebellious 04805 house 01004.

¹⁰ Moreover he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, all my words 01697 that I shall speak 01696 to thee receive 03947 in thy heart 03824, and hear 08085 with thy ears 0241.

¹¹ And depart 03212, go 0935 to them of the captivity 01473, to the children 01121 of thy people 05971, and speak 01696 to them, and tell 0559 them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; whether they will hear 08085, or whether they will forbear 02308.

¹² Then the spirit 07307 lifted me up 05375, and I heard 08085 behind 0310 me a voice 06963 of a great 01419 rushing 07494, saying, Blessed 01288 be the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 from his place 04725.

¹³ I heard also the noise 06963 of the wings 03671 of the living beings 02416 that touched 05401 one 0802 another 0269, and the noise 06963 of the wheels 0212 beside 05980 them, and the noise 06963 of a great 01419 rushing 07494. touched: Heb. kissed

¹⁴ So the spirit 07307 lifted me up 05375, and took me away 03947, and I went 03212 in bitterness 04751, in the heat 02534 of my spirit 07307; but the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was strong 02388 upon me. in bitterness: Heb. bitterheat: Heb. hot anger

¹⁵ Then I came 0935 to them of the captivity 01473 at Telabib 08512, that dwelt 03427 by the river 05104 of Chebar 03529, and I sat 03427 where they sat 03427, and remained 03427 there overwhelmed 08074 among 08432 them seven 07651 days 03117.

¹⁶ And it came to pass at the end 07097 of seven 07651 days 03117, that the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

¹⁷ Son 01121 of man 0120, I have made 05414 thee a watchman 06822 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478: therefore hear 08085 the word 01697 at my mouth 06310, and give them warning 02094 from me.

¹⁸ When I say 0559 to the wicked 07563, Thou shalt surely 04191 die 04191; and thou givest him not warning 02094, nor speakest 01696 to warn 02094 the wicked 07563 from his wicked 07563 way 01870, to save his life 02421; the same wicked 07563 man shall die 04191 in his iniquity 05771; but his blood 01818 will I require 01245 at thy hand 03027.

¹⁹ Yet if thou shalt warn 02094 the wicked 07563, and he will not turn 07725 from his wickedness 07562, nor from his wicked 07563 way 01870, he shall die 04191 in his iniquity 05771; but thou hast delivered 05337 thy soul 05315.

²⁰ Again 07725, When a righteous 06662 man doth turn 07725 from his righteousness 06664, and commit 06213 iniquity 05766, and I lay 05414 a stumblingblock 04383 before 06440 him, he shall die 04191: because thou hast not given him warning 02094, he shall die 04191 in his sin 02403, and his righteousness 06666 which he hath done 06213 shall not be remembered 02142; but his blood 01818 will I require 01245 at thy hand 03027. righteousness which: Heb. righteousnesses

²¹ Nevertheless if thou shalt warn 02094 the righteous 06662 man, that the righteous 06662 sin 02398 not, and he doth not sin 02398, he shall surely 02421 live 02421, because he is warned 02094; also thou hast delivered 05337 thy soul 05315.

²² And the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was there upon me; and he said 0559 to me, Arise 06965, go forth 03318 into the plain 01237, and I will there talk 01696 with thee.

²³ Then I arose 06965, and went forth 03318 into the plain 01237: and, behold, the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 stood 05975 there, as the glory 03519 which I saw 07200 by the river 05104 of Chebar 03529: and I fell 05307 on my face 06440.

²⁴ Then the spirit 07307 entered 0935 into me, and set 05975 me upon my feet 07272, and spoke 01696 with me, and said 0559 to me, Go 0935, shut 05462 thyself within 08432 thy house 01004.

²⁵ But thou, O son 01121 of man 0120, behold, they shall put 05414 cords 05688 upon thee, and shall bind 0631 thee with them, and thou shalt not go out 03318 among 08432 them:

²⁶ And I will make thy tongue 03956 cleave 01692 to the roof of thy mouth 02441, that thou shalt be dumb 0481, and shalt not be to them a reprover 0376, 3198: for they are a rebellious 04805 house 01004. a reprover: Heb. a man reproving

²⁷ But when I speak 01696 with 0854 thee, I will open 06605 thy mouth 06310, and thou shalt say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; He that heareth 08085, let him hear 08085; and he that forbeareth 02310, let him forbear 02308: for they are a rebellious 04805 house 01004.

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¹ Thou also, son 01121 of man 0120, take 03947 thee a tile 03843, and lay 05414 it before 06440 thee, and portray 02710 upon it the city 05892, even Jerusalem 03389:

² And lay 05414 siege 04692 against it, and build 01129 a fort 01785 against it, and cast 08210 a mound 05550 against it; set 05414 the camp 04264 also against it, and set 07760 battering rams 03733 against it on every side 05439. battering…: chief leaders

³ Moreover take 03947 thou to thee an iron 01270 pan 04227, and set 05414 it for a wall 07023 of iron 01270 between thee and the city 05892: and set 03559 thy face 06440 against it, and it shall be besieged 04692, and thou shalt lay siege 06696 against it. This shall be a sign 0226 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478. an…: or, a flat plate, or, slice

⁴ Lie 07901 thou also upon thy left 08042 side 06654, and lay 07760 the iniquity 05771 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478 upon it: according to the number 04557 of the days 03117 that thou shalt lie 07901 upon it thou shalt bear 05375 their iniquity 05771.

⁵ For I have laid 05414 upon thee the years 08141 of their iniquity 05771, according to the number 04557 of the days 03117, three 07969 hundred 03967 and ninety 08673 days 03117: so shalt thou bear 05375 the iniquity 05771 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478.

⁶ And when thou hast accomplished 03615 them 0428, lie 07901 again 08145 on thy right 03233, 3227 side 06654, and thou shalt bear 05375 the iniquity 05771 of the house 01004 of Judah 03063 forty 0705 days 03117: I have appointed 05414 thee each day 03117, 3117 for a year 08141, 8141. each…: Heb. a day for a year, a day for a year

⁷ Therefore thou shalt set 03559 thy face 06440 toward the siege 04692 of Jerusalem 03389, and thy arm 02220 shall be uncovered 02834, and thou shalt prophesy 05012 against it.

⁸ And, behold, I will lay 05414 cords 05688 upon thee, and thou shalt not turn 02015 thee from one side 06654 to another 06654, till thou hast ended 03615 the days 03117 of thy siege 04692. from one…: Heb. from thy side to thy side

⁹ Take 03947 thou also to thee wheat 02406, and barley 08184, and beans 06321, and lentiles 05742, and millet 01764, and spelt 03698, and put 05414 them in one 0259 vessel 03627, and make 06213 thee bread 03899 of them, according to the number 04557 of the days 03117 that thou shalt lie 07901 upon thy side 06654, three 07969 hundred 03967 and ninety 08673 days 03117 shalt thou eat 0398 of it. fitches: or, spelt

¹⁰ And thy food 03978 which thou shalt eat 0398 shall be by weight 04946, twenty 06242 shekels 08255 a day 03117: from time 06256 to time 06256 shalt thou eat 0398 it.

¹¹ Thou shalt drink 08354 also water 04325 by measure 04884, the sixth part 08345 of an hin 01969: from time 06256 to time 06256 shalt thou drink 08354.

¹² And thou shalt eat 0398 it as barley 08184 cakes 05692, and thou shalt bake 05746 it with dung 01561 that cometh out 06627 of man 0120, in their sight 05869.

¹³ And the LORD 03068 said 0559, Even thus shall the children 01121 of Israel 03478 eat 0398 their defiled 02931 bread 03899 among the Gentiles 01471, where I will drive 05080 them.

¹⁴ Then said 0559 I, Ah 0162 Lord 0136 GOD 03069! behold, my soul 05315 hath not been polluted 02930: for from my youth 05271 even till now have I not eaten 0398 of that which dieth of itself 05038, or is torn in pieces 02966; neither hath abominable 06292 flesh 01320 come 0935 into my mouth 06310.

¹⁵ Then he said 0559 to me, Lo 07200, I have given 05414 thee cow’s 01241 dung 06832, 6832 for man’s 0120 dung 01561, and thou shalt prepare 06213 thy bread 03899 with them.

¹⁶ Moreover he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, behold, I will break 07665 the staff 04294 of bread 03899 in Jerusalem 03389: and they shall eat 0398 bread 03899 by weight 04948, and with care 01674; and they shall drink 08354 water 04325 by measure 04884, and in horror 08078:

¹⁷ That they may lack 02637 bread 03899 and water 04325, and be appalled 08074 one 0376 with another 0251, and pine away 04743 for their iniquity 05771.

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¹ And thou, son 01121 of man 0120, take 03947 thee a sharp 02299 knife 02719, take 03947 thee a barber’s 01532 razor 08593, and cause it to pass 05674 upon thy head 07218 and upon thy beard 02206: then take 03947 to thee balances 03976 to weigh 04948, and divide 02505 the hair.

² Thou shalt burn 01197 with fire 0217 a third part 07992 in the midst 08432 of the city 05892, when the days 03117 of the siege 04692 are fulfilled 04390: and thou shalt take 03947 a third part 07992, and smite 05221 about 05439 it with a sword 02719: and a third part 07992 thou shalt scatter 02219 in the wind 07307; and I will draw out 07324 a sword 02719 after 0310 them.

³ Thou shalt also take 03947 of them a few 04592 in number 04557, and bind 06696 them in thy skirts 03671. skirts: Heb. wings

⁴ Then take of them again 03947, and cast 07993 them into the midst 08432 of the fire 0784, and burn 08313 them in the fire 0784; from which a fire 0784 shall come forth 03318 into all the house 01004 of Israel 03478.

⁵ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; This is Jerusalem 03389: I have set 07760 it in the midst 08432 of the nations 01471 and countries 0776 that are around 05439 her.

⁶ And she hath changed 04784 my judgments 04941 into wickedness 07564 more than the nations 01471, and my statutes 02708 more than the countries 0776 that are around 05439 her: for they have refused 03988 my judgments 04941 and my statutes 02708, they have not walked 01980 in them.

⁷ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because ye multiplied 01995 more than the nations 01471 that are around 05439 you, and have not walked 01980 in my statutes 02708, neither have kept 06213 my judgments 04941, neither have done 06213 according to the judgments 04941 of the nations 01471 that are around 05439 you;

⁸ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute 06213 judgments 04941 in the midst 08432 of thee in the sight 05869 of the nations 01471.

⁹ And I will do 06213 in thee that which I have not done 06213, and the like of which I will not do 06213 any more, because 03282 of all thy abominations 08441.

¹⁰ Therefore the fathers 01 shall eat 0398 the sons 01121 in the midst 08432 of thee, and the sons 01121 shall eat 0398 their fathers 01; and I will execute 06213 judgments 08201 in thee, and the whole remnant 07611 of thee will I scatter 02219 into all the winds 07307.

¹¹ Therefore, as I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Surely, because thou hast defiled 02930 my sanctuary 04720 with all thy detestable things 08251, and with all thy abominations 08441, therefore I will also diminish 01639 thee; neither shall my eye 05869 spare 02347, neither will I have any pity 02550.

¹² A third part 07992 of thee shall die 04191 with the pestilence 01698, and with famine 07458 shall they be consumed 03615 in the midst 08432 of thee: and a third part 07992 shall fall 05307 by the sword 02719 around 05439 thee; and I will scatter 02219 a third part 07992 into all the winds 07307, and I will draw out 07324 a sword 02719 after 0310 them.

¹³ Thus shall my anger 0639 be accomplished 03615, and I will cause my fury 02534 to rest 05117 upon them, and I will be comforted 05162: and they shall know 03045 that I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it in my zeal 07068, when I have accomplished 03615 my fury 02534 in them.

¹⁴ Moreover I will make 05414 thee waste 02723, and a reproach 02781 among the nations 01471 that are around 05439 thee, in the sight 05869 of all that pass by 05674.

¹⁵ So it shall be a reproach 02781 and a taunt 01422, an instruction 04148 and an horror 04923 to the nations 01471 that are around 05439 thee, when I shall execute 06213 judgments 08201 in thee in anger 0639 and in fury 02534 and in furious 02534 rebukes 08433. I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it.

¹⁶ When I shall send 07971 upon them the evil 07451 arrows 02671 of famine 07458, which shall be for their destruction 04889, and which I will send 07971 to destroy 07843 you: and I will increase 03254 the famine 07458 upon you, and will break 07665 your staff 04294 of bread 03899:

¹⁷ So will I send 07971 upon you famine 07458 and evil 07451 beasts 02416, and they shall bereave 07921 thee; and pestilence 01698 and blood 01818 shall pass through 05674 thee; and I will bring 0935 the sword 02719 upon thee. I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it.

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¹ And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, set 07760 thy face 06440 toward the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478, and prophesy 05012 against them,

³ And say 0559, Ye mountains 02022 of Israel 03478, hear 08085 the word 01697 of the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 to the mountains 02022, and to the hills 01389, to the rivers 0650, and to the valleys 01516; Behold, I, even I, will bring 0935 a sword 02719 upon you, and I will destroy 06 your high places 01116.

⁴ And your altars 04196 shall be desolate 08074, and your images 02553 shall be broken 07665: and I will cast down 05307 your slain 02491 men before 06440 your idols 01544. images: or, sun images

⁵ And I will lay 05414 the dead bodies 06297 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 before 06440 their idols 01544; and I will scatter 02219 your bones 06106 about 05439 your altars 04196. lay: Heb. give

⁶ In all your dwellingplaces 04186 the cities 05892 shall be laid waste 02717, and the high places 01116 shall be desolate 03456; that your altars 04196 may be laid waste 02717 and made desolate 0816, and your idols 01544 may be broken 07665 and cease 07673, and your images 02553 may be cut down 01438, and your works 04639 may be abolished 04229. images: or, sun images

⁷ And the slain 02491 shall fall 05307 in the midst 08432 of you, and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

⁸ Yet will I leave a remnant 03498, that ye may have some that shall escape 06412 the sword 02719 among the nations 01471, when ye shall be scattered 02219 through the countries 0776.

⁹ And they that escape 06412 of you shall remember 02142 me among the nations 01471 where they shall be carried captives 07617, because I am broken 07665 with their adulterous 02181 heart 03820, which hath departed 05493 from me, and with their eyes 05869, which play the harlot 02181 with 0310 their idols 01544: and they shall lothe 06962 themselves 06440 for the evils 07451 which they have committed 06213 in all their abominations 08441.

¹⁰ And they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, and that I have not said 01696 in vain 02600 that I would do 06213 this evil 07451 to them.

¹¹ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Smite 05221 with thy hand 03709, and stamp 07554 with thy foot 07272, and say 0559, Alas 0253 for all the evil 07451 abominations 08441 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478! for they shall fall 05307 by the sword 02719, by the famine 07458, and by the pestilence 01698.

¹² He that is far off 07350 shall die 04191 by the pestilence 01698; and he that is near 07138 shall fall 05307 by the sword 02719; and he that remaineth 07604 and is besieged 05341 shall die 04191 by the famine 07458: thus will I accomplish 03615 my fury 02534 upon them.

¹³ Then shall ye know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when their slain 02491 men shall be among 08432 their idols 01544 all around 05439 their altars 04196, upon every high 07311 hill 01389, on all the tops 07218 of the mountains 02022, and under every green 07488 tree 06086, and under every thick 05687 oak 0424, the place 04725 where they offered 05414 sweet 05207 savour 07381 to all their idols 01544.

¹⁴ So will I stretch out 05186 my hand 03027 upon them, and make 05414 the land 0776 desolate 08077, yea, more desolate 04923 than the wilderness 04057 toward Diblath 01689, in all their habitations 04186: and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068. more…: or, desolate from the wilderness

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¹ Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Also, thou son 01121 of man 0120, thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 to the land 0127 of Israel 03478; An end 07093, the end 07093 is come 0935 upon the four 0702 corners 03671 of the land 0776.

³ Now is the end 07093 come upon thee, and I will send 07971 my anger 0639 upon thee, and will judge 08199 thee according to thy ways 01870, and will recompense 05414 upon thee all thy abominations 08441. recompense: Heb. give

⁴ And my eye 05869 shall not spare 02347 thee, neither will I have pity 02550: but I will recompense 05414 thy ways 01870 upon thee, and thy abominations 08441 shall be in the midst 08432 of thee: and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

⁵ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; An evil 07451, an only 0259 evil 07451, behold, is come 0935.

⁶ An end 07093 is come 0935, the end 07093 is come 0935: it watcheth 06974 for thee; behold, it is come 0935. watcheth for: Heb. awaketh against

⁷ The morning 06843 is come 0935 upon thee, O thou that dwellest 03427 in the land 0776: the time 06256 is come 0935, the day 03117 of trouble 04103 is near 07138, and not the joyful shouting 01906 upon the mountains 02022. sounding…: or, echo

⁸ Now will I shortly 07138 pour out 08210 my fury 02534 upon thee, and accomplish 03615 my anger 0639 upon thee: and I will judge 08199 thee according to thy ways 01870, and will recompense 05414 thee for all thy abominations 08441.

⁹ And my eye 05869 shall not spare 02347, neither will I have pity 02550: I will recompense 05414 thee according to thy ways 01870 and thy abominations 08441 that are in the midst 08432 of thee; and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068 that smiteth 05221. thee according: Heb. upon thee, etc

¹⁰ Behold the day 03117, behold, it is come 0935: the morning 06843 is gone forth 03318; the rod 04294 hath blossomed 06692, pride 02087 hath budded 06524.

¹¹ Violence 02555 hath risen 06965 into a rod 04294 of wickedness 07562: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude 01995, nor of any 01991 of theirs: neither shall there be wailing 05089 for them. theirs: or, their tumultuous persons: Heb. tumult

¹² The time 06256 is come 0935, the day 03117 draweth near 05060: let not the buyer 07069 rejoice 08055, nor the seller 04376 mourn 056: for wrath 02740 is upon all their multitude 01995.

¹³ For the seller 04376 shall not return 07725 to that which is sold 04465, although they were yet alive 02416: for the vision 02377 is concerning their whole multitude 01995, who shall not return 07725; neither shall any 0376 strengthen 02388 himself in the iniquity 05771 of his life 02416. although they…: Heb. though their life were yet among the livingin the…: or, whose life is in his iniquitythe iniquity: Heb. his iniquity

¹⁴ They have blown 08628 the trumpet 08619, even to make all ready 03559; but none goeth 01980 to the battle 04421: for my wrath 02740 is upon all their multitude 01995.

¹⁵ The sword 02719 is without 02351, and the pestilence 01698 and the famine 07458 within 01004: he that is in the field 07704 shall die 04191 with the sword 02719; and he that is in the city 05892, famine 07458 and pestilence 01698 shall devour 0398 him.

¹⁶ But they that escape 06403 of them shall escape 06412, and shall be on the mountains 02022 like doves 03123 of the valleys 01516, all of them mourning 01993, every one 0376 for his iniquity 05771.

¹⁷ All hands 03027 shall be feeble 07503, and all knees 01290 shall be weak 03212 as water 04325. be weak…: Heb. go into water

¹⁸ They shall also gird 02296 themselves with sackcloth 08242, and horror 06427 shall cover 03680 them; and shame 0955 shall be upon all faces 06440, and baldness 07144 upon all their heads 07218.

¹⁹ They shall cast 07993 their silver 03701 in the streets 02351, and their gold 02091 shall be removed 05079: their silver 03701 and their gold 02091 shall not be able 03201 to deliver 05337 them in the day 03117 of the wrath 05678 of the LORD 03068: they shall not satisfy 07646 their souls 05315, neither fill 04390 their stomachs 04578: because it is the stumblingblock 04383 of their iniquity 05771. removed: Heb. for a separation, or, uncleannessit is…: or, their iniquity is their stumblingblock

²⁰ As for the beauty 06643 of his ornament 05716, he set 07760 it in majesty 01347: but they made 06213 the images 06754 of their abominations 08441 and of their detestable things 08251 in it: therefore have I set 05414 it far 05079 from them. set it far…: or, made it unto them an unclean thing

²¹ And I will give 05414 it into the hands 03027 of the strangers 02114 for a prey 0957, and to the wicked 07563 of the earth 0776 for a spoil 07998; and they shall pollute 02490 it.

²² My face 06440 will I turn 05437 also from them, and they shall pollute 02490 my secret 06845 place: for the robbers 06530 shall enter 0935 into it, and defile 02490 it. robbers: or, burglers

²³ Make 06213 a chain 07569: for the land 0776 is full 04390 of bloody 01818 crimes 04941, and the city 05892 is full 04390 of violence 02555.

²⁴ Therefore I will bring 0935 the worst 07451 of the heathen 01471, and they shall possess 03423 their houses 01004: I will also make the pomp 01347 of the strong 05794 to cease 07673; and their holy places 06942 shall be defiled 02490, 5157. their holy…: or, they shall inherit their holy places

²⁵ Destruction 07089 cometh 0935; and they shall seek 01245 peace 07965, and there shall be none. Destruction: Heb. Cutting off

²⁶ Mischief 01943 shall come 0935 upon mischief 01943, and rumour 08052 shall be upon rumour 08052; then shall they seek 01245 a vision 02377 of the prophet 05030; but the law 08451 shall perish 06 from the priest 03548, and counsel 06098 from the elders 02205.

²⁷ The king 04428 shall mourn 056, and the prince 05387 shall be clothed 03847 with desolation 08077, and the hands 03027 of the people 05971 of the land 0776 shall be troubled 0926: I will do 06213 to them after their way 01870, and according to their deserts 04941 will I judge 08199 them; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068. according…: Heb. with their judgments

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¹ And it came to pass in the sixth 08345 year 08141, in the sixth 08345 month, in the fifth 02568 day of the month 02320, as I sat 03427 in my house 01004, and the elders 02205 of Judah 03063 sat 03427 before 06440 me, that the hand 03027 of the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 fell 05307 there upon me.

² Then I beheld 07200, and lo a likeness 01823 as the appearance 04758 of fire 0784: from the appearance 04758 of his loins 04975 even downward 04295, fire 0784; and from his loins 04975 even upward 04605, as the appearance 04758 of brightness 02096, as the colour 05869 of amber 02830.

³ And he put forth 07971 the form 08403 of an hand 03027, and took 03947 me by a lock 06734 of my head 07218; and the spirit 07307 lifted me up 05375 between the earth 0776 and the heaven 08064, and brought 0935 me in the visions 04759 of God 0430 to Jerusalem 03389, to the door 06607 of the inner 06442 gate 08179 that looketh 06437 toward the north 06828; where was the seat 04186 of the image 05566 of jealousy 07068, which provoketh to jealousy 07069.

⁴ And, behold, the glory 03519 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 was there, according to the vision 04758 that I saw 07200 in the plain 01237.

⁵ Then said 0559 he to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, lift up 05375 thy eyes 05869 now the way 01870 toward the north 06828. So I lifted up 05375 my eyes 05869 the way 01870 toward the north 06828, and behold northward 06828 at the gate 08179 of the altar 04196 this image 05566 of jealousy 07068 in the entrance 0872.

⁶ He said 0559 furthermore to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, seest 07200 thou what they do 06213? even the great 01419 abominations 08441 that the house 01004 of Israel 03478 committeth 06213 here, that I should withdraw 07368 from my sanctuary 04720? but turn 07725 thee yet again, and thou shalt see 07200 greater 01419 abominations 08441.

⁷ And he brought 0935 me to the door 06607 of the court 02691; and when I looked 07200, behold a 0259 hole 02356 in the wall 07023.

⁸ Then said 0559 he to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, dig 02864 now in the wall 07023: and when I had dug 02864 in the wall 07023, behold a 0259 door 06607.

⁹ And he said 0559 to me, Go in 0935, and behold 07200 the wicked 07451 abominations 08441 that they do 06213 here.

¹⁰ So I went in 0935 and saw 07200; and behold every form 08403 of creeping things 07431, and abominable 08263 beasts 0929, and all the idols 01544 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478, portrayed 02707 around 05439 upon the wall 07023.

¹¹ And there stood 05975 before 06440 them seventy 07657 men 0376 of the elders 02205 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478, and in the midst 08432 of them stood 05975 Jaazaniah 02970 the son 01121 of Shaphan 08227, with every man 0376 his censer 04730 in his hand 03027; and a thick 06282 cloud 06051 of incense 07004 went up 05927.

¹² Then said 0559 he to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, hast thou seen 07200 what the elders 02205 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478 do 06213 in the dark 02822, every man 0376 in the chambers 02315 of his imagery 04906? for they say 0559, The LORD 03068 seeth 07200 us not; the LORD 03068 hath forsaken 05800 the earth 0776.

¹³ He said 0559 also to me, Turn 07725 thee yet again, and thou shalt see 07200 greater 01419 abominations 08441 that they do 06213.

¹⁴ Then he brought 0935 me to the door 06607 of the gate 08179 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004 which was toward the north 06828; and, behold, there sat 03427 women 0802 weeping 01058 for Tammuz 08542.

¹⁵ Then said 0559 he to me, Hast thou seen 07200 this, O son 01121 of man 0120? turn 07725 thee yet again, and thou shalt see 07200 greater 01419 abominations 08441 than these.

¹⁶ And he brought 0935 me into the inner 06442 court 02691 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004, and, behold, at the door 06607 of the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068, between the porch 0197 and the altar 04196, were about five 02568 and twenty 06242 men 0376, with their backs 0268 toward the temple 01964 of the LORD 03068, and their faces 06440 toward the east 06924; and they worshipped 07812 the sun 08121 toward the east 06924.

¹⁷ Then he said 0559 to me, Hast thou seen 07200 this, O son 01121 of man 0120? Is it a light thing 07043 to the house 01004 of Judah 03063 that they commit 06213 the abominations 08441 which they commit 06213 here? for they have filled 04390 the land 0776 with violence 02555, and have returned 07725 to provoke me to anger 03707: and, lo, they put 07971 the branch 02156 to their nose 0639. Is it…: or, Is there any thing lighter than to commit

¹⁸ Therefore will I also deal 06213 in fury 02534: my eye 05869 shall not spare 02347, neither will I have pity 02550: and though they cry 07121 in my ears 0241 with a loud 01419 voice 06963, yet I will not hear 08085 them.

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¹ He cried 07121 also in my ears 0241 with a loud 01419 voice 06963, saying 0559, Cause them that have charge 06486 over the city 05892 to draw near 07126, even every man 0376 with his destroying 04892 weapon 03627 in his hand 03027.

² And, behold, six 08337 men 0582 came 0935 from the way 01870 of the higher 05945 gate 08179, which lieth 06437 toward the north 06828, and every man 0376 a slaughter 04660 weapon 03627 in his hand 03027; and one 0259 man 0376 among 08432 them was clothed 03847 with linen 0906, with a writer’s 05608 inkhorn 07083 by his side 04975: and they went in 0935, and stood 05975 beside 0681 the brasen 05178 altar 04196. which lieth: Heb. which is turneda slaughter…: Heb. a weapon of his breaking in piecesby his…: Heb. upon his loins

³ And the glory 03519 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 had gone up 05927 from the cherub 03742, on which he was, to the threshold 04670 of the house 01004. And he called 07121 to the man 0376 clothed 03847 with linen 0906, who had the writer’s 05608 inkhorn 07083 by his side 04975;

⁴ And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to him, Go through 05674 the midst 08432 of the city 05892, through the midst 08432 of Jerusalem 03389, and set 08427 a mark 08420 upon the foreheads 04696 of the men 0582 that sigh 0584 and that cry 0602 for all the abominations 08441 that are done 06213 in the midst 08432 of it. set a mark: Heb. mark a mark

⁵ And to the others 0428 he said 0559 in my hearing 0241, Go 05674 ye after 0310 him through the city 05892, and smite 05221: let not your eye 05869 spare 02347, neither have ye pity 02550: mine hearing: Heb. mine ears

⁶ Slay 02026 utterly 04889 old 02205 and young 0970, both maids 01330, and little children 02945, and women 0802: but come not near 05066 any man 0376 upon whom is the mark 08420; and begin 02490 at my sanctuary 04720. Then they began 02490 at the elders 02205, 582 who were before 06440 the house 01004. utterly: Heb. to destruction

⁷ And he said 0559 to them, Defile 02930 the house 01004, and fill 04390 the courts 02691 with the slain 02491: go ye forth 03318. And they went forth 03318, and slew 05221 in the city 05892.

⁸ And it came to pass, while they were slaying 05221 them, and I was left 07604, that I fell 05307 upon my face 06440, and cried 02199, and said 0559, Ah 0162 Lord 0136 GOD 03069! wilt thou destroy 07843 the whole remnant 07611 of Israel 03478 in thy pouring out 08210 of thy fury 02534 upon Jerusalem 03389?

⁹ Then said 0559 he to me, The iniquity 05771 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478 and Judah 03063 is exceeding 03966, 3966 great 01419, and the land 0776 is full 04390 of blood 01818, and the city 05892 full 04390 of perverseness 04297: for they say 0559, The LORD 03068 hath forsaken 05800 the earth 0776, and the LORD 03068 seeth 07200 not. full of blood: Heb. filled with, etcperverseness: or, wresting of judgment

¹⁰ And as for me also, my eye 05869 shall not spare 02347, neither will I have pity 02550, but I will recompense 05414 their way 01870 upon their head 07218.

¹¹ And, behold, the man 0376 clothed 03847 with linen 0906, who had the inkhorn 07083 by his side 04975, reported 07725 the matter 01697, saying 0559, I have done 06213 as thou hast commanded 06680 me. reported…: Heb. returned the word

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¹ Then I looked 07200, and, behold, in the firmament 07549 that was above the head 07218 of the cherubim 03742 there appeared 07200 over them as it were a sapphire 05601 stone 068, as the appearance 04758 of the likeness 01823 of a throne 03678.

² And he spoke 0559 to the man 0376 clothed 03847 with linen 0906, and said 0559, Go in 0935 between 0996 the wheels 01534, even under the cherub 03742, and fill 04390 thy hand 02651 with coals 01513 of fire 0784 from between 0996 the cherubim 03742, and scatter 02236 them over the city 05892. And he entered 0935 in my sight 05869. thine hand: Heb. the hollow of thine hand

³ Now the cherubim 03742 stood 05975 on the right side 03225 of the house 01004, when the man 0376 went in 0935; and the cloud 06051 filled 04390 the inner 06442 court 02691.

⁴ Then the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 went up 07311 from the cherub 03742, and stood over the threshold 04670 of the house 01004; and the house 01004 was filled 04390 with the cloud 06051, and the court 02691 was full 04390 of the brightness 05051 of the LORD’S 03068 glory 03519. went up: Heb. was lifted up

⁵ And the sound 06963 of the cherubim’s 03742 wings 03671 was heard 08085 even to the outer 02435 court 02691, as the voice 06963 of the Almighty 07706 God 0410 when he speaketh 01696.

⁶ And it came to pass, that when he had commanded 06680 the man 0376 clothed 03847 with linen 0906, saying 0559, Take 03947 fire 0784 from between the wheels 01534, from between the cherubim 03742; then he went in 0935, and stood 05975 beside 0681 the wheels 0212.

⁷ And one cherub 03742 stretched forth 07971 his hand 03027 from between the cherubim 03742 to the fire 0784 that was between the cherubim 03742, and took 05375 of it, and put 05414 it into the hands 02651 of him that was clothed 03847 with linen 0906: who took 03947 it, and went out 03318. stretched forth: Heb. sent forth

⁸ And there appeared 07200 in the cherubim 03742 the form 08403 of a man’s 0120 hand 03027 under their wings 03671.

⁹ And when I looked 07200, behold the four 0702 wheels 0212 by 0681 the cherubim 03742, one 0259 wheel 0212 by 0681 one 0259 cherub 03742, and another 0259 wheel 0212 by 0681 another 0259 cherub 03742: and the appearance 04758 of the wheels 0212 was as the colour 05869 of a beryl 08658 stone 068.

¹⁰ And as for their appearances 04758, they four 0702 had one 0259 likeness 01823, as if a wheel 0212 had been in the midst 08432 of a wheel 0212.

¹¹ When they went 03212, they went 03212 upon their four 0702 sides 07253; they turned 05437 not as they went 03212, but to the place 04725 where the head 07218 looked 06437 they followed 03212, 310 it; they turned 05437 not as they went 03212.

¹² And their whole body 01320, and their backs 01354, and their hands 03027, and their wings 03671, and the wheels 0212, were full 04392 of eyes 05869 on every side 05439, even the wheels 0212 that they four 0702 had. body: Heb. flesh

¹³ As for the wheels 0212, it was cried 07121 to them in my hearing 0241, O wheel 01534. it was…: or, they were called in my hearing, wheel, or, galgal

¹⁴ And every one 0259 had four 0702 faces 06440: the first 0259 face 06440 was the face 06440 of a cherub 03742, and the second 08145 face 06440 was the face 06440 of a man 0120, and the third 07992 the face 06440 of a lion 0738, and the fourth 07243 the face 06440 of an eagle 05404.

¹⁵ And the cherubim 03742 were lifted up 07426. This is the living being 02416 that I saw 07200 by the river 05104 of Chebar 03529.

¹⁶ And when the cherubim 03742 went 03212, the wheels 0212 went 03212 by them 0681: and when the cherubim 03742 lifted up 05375 their wings 03671 to mount up 07311 from the earth 0776, the same wheels 0212 also 01992 turned 05437 not from beside 0681 them.

¹⁷ When they stood 05975, these stood 05975; and when they were lifted up 07311, these lifted up 07426 themselves also: for the spirit 07307 of the living being 02416 was in them. of…: or, of life

¹⁸ Then the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 departed 03318 from off the threshold 04670 of the house 01004, and stood 05975 over the cherubim 03742.

¹⁹ And the cherubim 03742 lifted up 05375 their wings 03671, and mounted up 07426 from the earth 0776 in my sight 05869: when they went out 03318, the wheels 0212 also were beside 05980 them, and every one stood 05975 at the door 06607 of the east 06931 gate 08179 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004; and the glory 03519 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 was over them above 04605.

²⁰ This is the living being 02416 that I saw 07200 under the God 0430 of Israel 03478 by the river 05104 of Chebar 03529; and I knew 03045 that they were the cherubim 03742.

²¹ Every one 0259 had four 0702 faces 06440 each 0259, and every one 0259 four 0702 wings 03671; and the likeness 01823 of the hands 03027 of a man 0120 was under their wings 03671.

²² And the likeness 01823 of their faces 06440 was the same 01992 faces 06440 which I saw 07200 by the river 05104 of Chebar 03529, their appearances 04758 and themselves: they went 03212 every one 0376 straight 05676 forward 06440.

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¹ Moreover the spirit 07307 lifted me up 05375, and brought 0935 me to the east 06931 gate 08179 of the LORD’S 03068 house 01004, which looketh 06437 eastward 06921: and behold at the door 06607 of the gate 08179 five 02568 and twenty 06242 men 0376; among 08432 whom I saw 07200 Jaazaniah 02970 the son 01121 of Azur 05809, and Pelatiah 06410 the son 01121 of Benaiah 01141, princes 08269 of the people 05971.

² Then said 0559 he to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, these are the men 0582 that plot 02803 mischief 0205, and give 03289 wicked 07451 counsel 06098 in this city 05892:

³ Who say 0559, It is not near 07138; let us build 01129 houses 01004: this city is the caldron 05518, and we are the flesh 01320. It is…: or, It is not for us to build houses near

⁴ Therefore prophesy 05012 against them, prophesy 05012, O son 01121 of man 0120.

⁵ And the spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068 fell 05307 upon me, and said 0559 to me, Speak 0559; Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Thus have ye said 0559, O house 01004 of Israel 03478: for I know 03045 the things that come 04609 into your mind 07307, every one of them.

⁶ Ye have multiplied 07235 your slain 02491 in this city 05892, and ye have filled 04390 its streets 02351 with the slain 02491.

⁷ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Your slain 02491 whom ye have laid 07760 in the midst 08432 of it, they are the flesh 01320, and this city is the caldron 05518: but I will bring you forth 03318 out of the midst 08432 of it.

⁸ Ye have feared 03372 the sword 02719; and I will bring 0935 a sword 02719 upon you, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

⁹ And I will bring you out 03318 of the midst 08432 of it, and deliver 05414 you into the hands 03027 of strangers 02114, and will execute 06213 judgments 08201 among you.

¹⁰ Ye shall fall 05307 by the sword 02719; I will judge 08199 you in the border 01366 of Israel 03478; and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

¹¹ This city shall not be your caldron 05518, neither shall ye be the flesh 01320 in the midst 08432 of it; but I will judge 08199 you in the border 01366 of Israel 03478:

¹² And ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068: for ye have not walked 01980 in my statutes 02706, neither executed 06213 my judgments 04941, but have done 06213 after the manners 04941 of the heathen 01471 that are around 05439 you. for ye…: or, which have not walked

¹³ And it came to pass, when I prophesied 05012, that Pelatiah 06410 the son 01121 of Benaiah 01141 died 04191. Then I fell down 05307 upon my face 06440, and cried 02199 with a loud 01419 voice 06963, and said 0559, Ah 0162 Lord 0136 GOD 03069! wilt thou make 06213 a full end 03617 of the remnant 07611 of Israel 03478?

¹⁴ Again the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

¹⁵ Son 01121 of man 0120, thy brethren 0251, even thy brethren 0251, the men 0582 of thy kindred 01353, and all the house 01004 of Israel 03478 wholly, are they to whom the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389 have said 0559, Go far 07368 from the LORD 03068: to us is this land 0776 given 05414 in possession 04181.

¹⁶ Therefore say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Although I have cast them far off 07368 among the heathen 01471, and although I have scattered 06327 them among the countries 0776, yet will I be to them as a little 04592 sanctuary 04720 in the countries 0776 where they shall come 0935.

¹⁷ Therefore say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I will even gather 06908 you from the people 05971, and assemble 0622 you out of the countries 0776 where ye have been scattered 06327, and I will give 05414 you the land 0127 of Israel 03478.

¹⁸ And they shall come 0935 there, and they shall take away 05493 from there all its detestable things 08251 and all its abominations 08441.

¹⁹ And I will give 05414 them one 0259 heart 03820, and I will put 05414 a new 02319 spirit 07307 within 07130 you; and I will take 05493 the stony 068 heart 03820 out of their flesh 01320, and will give 05414 them an heart 03820 of flesh 01320:

²⁰ That they may walk 03212 in my statutes 02708, and keep 08104 my ordinances 04941, and do 06213 them: and they shall be my people 05971, and I will be their God 0430.

²¹ But as for them whose heart 03820 walketh 01980 after the heart 03820 of their detestable things 08251 and their abominations 08441, I will recompense 05414 their way 01870 upon their own heads 07218, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

²² Then the cherubim 03742 raised 05375 their wings 03671, and the wheels 0212 beside 05980 them; and the glory 03519 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 was over them above 04605.

²³ And the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 went up 05927 from the midst 08432 of the city 05892, and stood 05975 upon the mountain 02022 which is on the east side 06924 of the city 05892.

²⁴ Afterwards the spirit 07307 took me up 05375, and brought 0935 me in vision 04758 by the Spirit 07307 of God 0430 into Chaldea 03778, to them of the captivity 01473. So the vision 04758 that I had seen 07200 went up 05927 from me.

²⁵ Then I spoke 01696 to them of the captivity 01473 all the things 01697 that the LORD 03068 had shown 07200 me.

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¹ The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 also came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, thou dwellest 03427 in the midst 08432 of a rebellious 04805 house 01004, who have eyes 05869 to see 07200, and see 07200 not; they have ears 0241 to hear 08085, and hear 08085 not: for they are a rebellious 04805 house 01004.

³ Therefore, thou son 01121 of man 0120, prepare 06213 thee thy baggage 03627 for captivity 01473, and move 01540 by day 03119 in their sight 05869; and thou shalt move 01540 from thy place 04725 to another 0312 place 04725 in their sight 05869: it may be they will consider 07200, though they are a rebellious 04805 house 01004. stuff: or, instruments

⁴ Then shalt thou bring forth 03318 thy baggage 03627 by day 03119 in their sight 05869, as baggage 03627 for captivity 01473: and thou shalt go forth 03318 at evening 06153 in their sight 05869, as they that go forth 04161 into captivity 01473. as they…: Heb. as the goings forth of captivity

⁵ Dig 02864 thou through the wall 07023 in their sight 05869, and carry them out 03318 through it. Dig…: Heb. Dig for thee

⁶ In their sight 05869 shalt thou bear 05375 it upon thy shoulders 03802, and carry it forth 03318 in the twilight 05939: thou shalt cover 03680 thy face 06440, that thou mayest not see 07200 the ground 0776: for I have set 05414 thee for a sign 04159 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478.

⁷ And I did 06213 so as I was commanded 06680: I brought forth 03318 my baggage 03627 by day 03119, as baggage 03627 for captivity 01473, and in the evening 06153 I dug 02864 through the wall 07023 with my hand 03027; I brought it forth 03318 in the twilight 05939, and I bore 05375 it upon my shoulder 03802 in their sight 05869. digged: Heb. digged for me

⁸ And in the morning 01242 came the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 to me, saying 0559,

⁹ Son 01121 of man 0120, hath not the house 01004 of Israel 03478, the rebellious 04805 house 01004, said 0559 to thee, What doest 06213 thou?

¹⁰ Say 0559 thou to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; This burden 04853 concerneth the prince 05387 in Jerusalem 03389, and all the house 01004 of Israel 03478 that are among 08432 them.

¹¹ Say 0559, I am your sign 04159: as I have done 06213, so shall it be done 06213 to them: they shall move 01473 and go 03212 into captivity 07628. they…: Heb. by removing go into captivity

¹² And the prince 05387 that is among 08432 them shall bear 05375 upon his shoulder 03802 in the twilight 05939, and shall go forth 03318: they shall dig 02864 through the wall 07023 to carry them out 03318 through it: he shall cover 03680 his face 06440, that 03282 he may not see 07200 the ground 0776 with his eyes 05869.

¹³ My net 07568 also will I spread 06566 upon him, and he shall be taken 08610 in my snare 04686: and I will bring 0935 him to Babylon 0894 to the land 0776 of the Chaldeans 03778; yet shall he not see 07200 it, though he shall die 04191 there.

¹⁴ And I will scatter 02219 toward every wind 07307 all that are about 05439 him to help 05828 him, and all his bands 0102; and I will draw out 07324 the sword 02719 after 0310 them.

¹⁵ And they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when I shall scatter 06327 them among the nations 01471, and disperse 02219 them in the countries 0776.

¹⁶ But I will leave 03498 a few 04557 men 0582 of them from the sword 02719, from the famine 07458, and from the pestilence 01698; that they may declare 05608 all their abominations 08441 among the heathen 01471 where they come 0935; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068. a few…: Heb. men of number

¹⁷ Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

¹⁸ Son 01121 of man 0120, eat 0398 thy bread 03899 with quaking 07494, and drink 08354 thy water 04325 with trembling 07269 and anxious care 01674;

¹⁹ And say 0559 to the people 05971 of the land 0127, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 of the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389, and of the land 0776 of Israel 03478; They shall eat 0398 their bread 03899 with anxious care 01674, and drink 08354 their water 04325 with horror 08078, that her land 0776 may be desolate 03456 from all that is in it 04393, because of the violence 02555 of all them that dwell 03427 in it. all that…: Heb. the fulness thereof

²⁰ And the cities 05892 that are inhabited 03427 shall be laid waste 02717, and the land 0776 shall be desolate 08077; and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

²¹ And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

²² Son 01121 of man 0120, what is that proverb 04912 that ye have in the land 0127 of Israel 03478, saying 0559, The days 03117 are prolonged 0748, and every vision 02377 faileth 06?

²³ Tell 0559 them therefore, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I will make this proverb 04912 to cease 07673, and they shall no more use it as a proverb 04911 in Israel 03478; but say 01696 to them, The days 03117 are at hand 07126, and the effect 01697 of every vision 02377.

²⁴ For there shall no more be any vain 07723 vision 02377 nor flattering 02509 divination 04738 within 08432 the house 01004 of Israel 03478.

²⁵ For I am the LORD 03068: I will speak 01696, and the word 01697 that I shall speak 01696 shall come to pass 06213; it shall no more be prolonged 04900: for in your days 03117, O rebellious 04805 house 01004, will I say 01696 the word 01697, and will perform 06213 it, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

²⁶ Again the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

²⁷ Son 01121 of man 0120, behold, they of the house 01004 of Israel 03478 say 0559, The vision 02377 that he seeth 02372 is for many 07227 days 03117 to come, and he prophesieth 05012 of the times 06256 that are distant 07350.

²⁸ Therefore say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; There shall none of my words 01697 be further deferred 04900, but the word 01697 which I have spoken 01696 shall be done 06213, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

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¹ And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, prophesy 05012 against the prophets 05030 of Israel 03478 that prophesy 05012, and say 0559 thou to them that prophesy 05030 out of their own hearts 03820, Hear 08085 ye the word 01697 of the LORD 03068; that prophesy out…: Heb. that are prophets out of their own hearts

³ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Woe 01945 to the foolish 05036 prophets 05030, that follow 01980, 310 their own spirit 07307, and have seen 07200 nothing! follow: Heb. walk afterand…: or, and things which they have not seen

⁴ O Israel 03478, thy prophets 05030 are like the foxes 07776 in the deserts 02723.

⁵ Ye have not gone up 05927 into the gaps 06556, neither made up 01443 the hedge 01447 for the house 01004 of Israel 03478 to stand 05975 in the battle 04421 in the day 03117 of the LORD 03068. gaps: or, breachesmade…: Heb. hedged the hedge

⁶ They have seen 02372 vanity 07723 and lying 03577 divination 07081, saying 0559, The LORD 03068 saith 05002: and the LORD 03068 hath not sent 07971 them: and they have made others to hope 03176 that they would confirm 06965 the word 01697.

⁷ Have ye not seen 02372 a vain 07723 vision 04236, and have ye not spoken 01696 a lying 03577 divination 04738, though ye say 0559, The LORD 03068 saith 05002 it; although I have not spoken 0559?

⁸ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because ye have spoken 01696 vanity 07723, and seen 02372 lies 03577, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

⁹ And my hand 03027 shall be upon the prophets 05030 that see 02374 vanity 07723, and that divine 07080 lies 03577: they shall not be in the assembly 05475 of my people 05971, neither shall they be written 03789 in the writing 03791 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478, neither shall they enter 0935 into the land 0127 of Israel 03478; and ye shall know 03045 that I am the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. assembly: or, secret, or, counsel

¹⁰ Because, even because they have seduced 02937 my people 05971, saying 0559, Peace 07965; and there was no peace 07965; and one built up 01129 a wall 02434, and, lo 02009, others daubed 02902 it with untempered 08602 mortar: a wall: or, a slight wall

¹¹ Say 0559 to them who daub 02902 it with untempered 08602 mortar, that it shall fall 05307: there shall be an overflowing 07857 shower 01653; and ye 0859, O great hailstones 0417, 68, shall fall 05307; and a stormy 05591 wind 07307 shall rend 01234 it.

¹² Lo, when the wall 07023 hath fallen 05307, shall it not be said 0559 to you, Where is the daubing 02915 with which ye have daubed 02902 it?

¹³ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I will even rend 01234 it with a stormy 05591 wind 07307 in my fury 02534; and there shall be an overflowing 07857 shower 01653 in my anger 0639, and great hailstones 0417, 68 in my fury 02534 to consume 03617 it.

¹⁴ So will I break down 02040 the wall 07023 that ye have daubed 02902 with untempered 08602 mortar, and bring 05060 it down to the ground 0776, so that its foundation 03247 shall be made bare 01540, and it shall fall 05307, and ye shall be consumed 03615 in the midst 08432 of it: and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

¹⁵ Thus will I accomplish 03615 my wrath 02534 upon the wall 07023, and upon them that have daubed 02902 it with untempered 08602 mortar, and will say 0559 to you, The wall 07023 is no more, neither they that daubed 02902 it;

¹⁶ That is, the prophets 05030 of Israel 03478 who prophesy 05012 concerning Jerusalem 03389, and who see 02374 visions 02377 of peace 07965 for her, and there is no peace 07965, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁷ Likewise, thou son 01121 of man 0120, set 07760 thy face 06440 against the daughters 01323 of thy people 05971, who prophesy 05012 out of their own heart 03820; and prophesy 05012 thou against them,

¹⁸ And say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Woe 01945 to the women that sew 08609 magic charms 03704 on all wrists 0679, 3027, and make 06213 kerchiefs 04555 upon the head 07218 of every stature 06967 to hunt 06679 souls 05315! Will ye hunt 06679 the souls 05315 of my people 05971, and will ye save 02421 the souls 05315 alive 02421 that come to you? armholes: or, elbows

¹⁹ And will ye profane 02490 me among my people 05971 for handfuls 08168 of barley 08184 and for pieces 06595 of bread 03899, to slay 04191 the souls 05315 that should not die 04191, and to save 02421 the souls 05315 alive 02421 that should not live 02421, by your lying 03576 to my people 05971 that hear 08085 your lies 03577?

²⁰ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I am against your magic charms 03704, by which ye 0859 there hunt 06679 the souls 05315 to make them fly 06524, and I will tear 07167 them from your arms 02220, and will let the souls 05315 go 07971, even the souls 05315 that ye hunt 06679 to make them fly 06524. to make…: or, into gardens

²¹ Your kerchiefs 04555 also will I tear 07167, and deliver 05337 my people 05971 out of your hand 03027, and they shall no more be in your hand 03027 to be hunted 04686; and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

²² Because with lies 08267 ye have made the heart 03820 of the righteous 06662 sad 03512, whom I have not made sad 03510; and strengthened 02388 the hands 03027 of the wicked 07451, that he should not return 07725 from his wicked 07563 way 01870, by promising him life 02421: by…: or, that I should save his life: Heb. by quickening him

²³ Therefore ye shall see 02372 no more vanity 07723, nor divine 07080 divinations 07081: for I will deliver 05337 my people 05971 out of your hand 03027: and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

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¹ Then came 0935 certain 0582 of the elders 02205 of Israel 03478 to me, and sat 03427 before 06440 me.

² And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

³ Son 01121 of man 0120, these men 0582 have set up 05927 their idols 01544 in their heart 03820, and put 05414 the stumblingblock 04383 of their iniquity 05771 before 05227 their face 06440: should I be enquired 01875 of at all 01875 by them?

⁴ Therefore speak 01696 to them, and say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Every man 0376 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478 that setteth up 05927 his idols 01544 in his heart 03820, and putteth 07760 the stumblingblock 04383 of his iniquity 05771 before 05227 his face 06440, and cometh 0935 to the prophet 05030; I the LORD 03068 will answer 06030 him that cometh 0935 according to the multitude 07230 of his idols 01544;

⁵ That I may take 08610 the house 01004 of Israel 03478 in their own heart 03820, because they are all estranged 02114 from me through their idols 01544.

⁶ Therefore say 0559 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Repent 07725, and turn 07725 yourselves from your idols 01544; and turn away 07725 your faces 06440 from all your abominations 08441. yourselves: or, others

⁷ For every one 0376 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478, or of the foreigner 01616 that sojourneth 01481 in Israel 03478, who separateth 05144 himself from me 0310, and setteth up 05927 his idols 01544 in his heart 03820, and putteth 07760 the stumblingblock 04383 of his iniquity 05771 before 05227 his face 06440, and cometh 0935 to a prophet 05030 to enquire 01875 of him concerning me; I the LORD 03068 will answer 06030 him by myself:

⁸ And I will set 05414 my face 06440 against that man 0376, and will make 08074 him a sign 0226 and a proverb 04912, and I will cut him off 03772 from the midst 08432 of my people 05971; and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

⁹ And if the prophet 05030 be deceived 06601 when he hath spoken 01696 a thing 01697, I the LORD 03068 have deceived 06601 that prophet 05030, and I will stretch out 05186 my hand 03027 upon him, and will destroy 08045 him from the midst 08432 of my people 05971 Israel 03478.

¹⁰ And they shall bear 05375 the punishment of their iniquity 05771: the punishment 05771 of the prophet 05030 shall be even as the punishment 05771 of him that seeketh 01875 to him;

¹¹ That the house 01004 of Israel 03478 may no more go astray 08582 from me 0310, neither be polluted 02930 any more with all their transgressions 06588; but that they may be my people 05971, and I may be their God 0430, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹² The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came again to me, saying 0559,

¹³ Son 01121 of man 0120, when the land 0776 sinneth 02398 against me by trespassing 04603 grievously 04604, then will I stretch out 05186 my hand 03027 upon it, and will break 07665 the staff 04294 of its bread 03899, and will send 07971 famine 07458 upon it, and will cut off 03772 man 0120 and beast 0929 from it:

¹⁴ Though these three 07969 men 0582, Noah 05146, Daniel 01840, and Job 0347, were in it 08432, they should deliver 05337 their own souls 05315 only by their righteousness 06666, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁵ If 03863 I cause evil 07451 beasts 02416 to pass through 05674 the land 0776, and they lay it waste 07921, so that it be desolate 08077, that no man may pass through 05674 because 06440 of the beasts 02416: spoil: or, bereave

¹⁶ Though these three 07969 men 0582 were in it 08432, as I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, they shall deliver 05337 neither sons 01121 nor daughters 01323; they only shall be delivered 05337, but the land 0776 shall be desolate 08077. in it: Heb. in the midst of it

¹⁷ Or if I bring 0935 a sword 02719 upon that land 0776, and say 0559, Sword 02719, go through 05674 the land 0776; so that I cut off 03772 man 0120 and beast 0929 from it:

¹⁸ Though these three 07969 men 0582 were in it 08432, as I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, they shall deliver 05337 neither sons 01121 nor daughters 01323, but they only shall be delivered 05337 themselves.

¹⁹ Or if I send 07971 a pestilence 01698 into that land 0776, and pour out 08210 my fury 02534 upon it in blood 01818, to cut off 03772 from it man 0120 and beast 0929:

²⁰ Though Noah 05146, Daniel 01840, and Job 0347, were in it 08432, as I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, they shall deliver 05337 neither son 01121 nor 0518 daughter 01323; they shall deliver 05337 their own souls 05315 only by their righteousness 06666.

²¹ For thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; How much more when I send 07971 my four 0702 grievous 07451 judgments 08201 upon Jerusalem 03389, the sword 02719, and the famine 07458, and the evil 07451 beast 02416, and the pestilence 01698, to cut off 03772 from it man 0120 and beast 0929? How…: or, Also when

²² Yet, behold, in it shall be left 03498 a remnant 06413 that shall be brought forth 03318, both sons 01121 and daughters 01323: behold, they shall come forth 03318 to you, and ye shall see 07200 their way 01870 and their doings 05949: and ye shall be comforted 05162 concerning the evil 07451 that I have brought 0935 upon Jerusalem 03389, even concerning all that I have brought 0935 upon it.

²³ And they shall comfort 05162 you, when ye see 07200 their ways 01870 and their doings 05949: and ye shall know 03045 that I have not done 06213 without cause 02600 all that I have done 06213 in it, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

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¹ And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, What is the vine 01612 tree 06086 more than any tree 06086, or than a branch 02156 which is among the trees 06086 of the forest 03293?

³ Shall wood 06086 be taken 03947 of it to do 06213 any work 04399? or will men take 03947 a pin 03489 of it to hang 08518 any vessel 03627 on it?

⁴ Behold, it is cast 05414 into the fire 0784 for fuel 0402; the fire 0784 devoureth 0398 both 08147 the ends 07098 of it, and the middle 08432 of it is burned 02787. Is it fit 06743 for any work 04399? Is it…: Heb. Will it prosper?

⁵ Behold, when it was whole 08549, it was fit 06213 for no work 04399: how much less then shall it be fit 06213 for any work 04399, when the fire 0784 hath devoured 0398 it, and it is burned 02787? meet: Heb. made fit

⁶ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; As the vine 01612 tree 06086 among the trees 06086 of the forest 03293, which I have given 05414 to the fire 0784 for fuel 0402, so will I give 05414 the inhabitants 03427 of Jerusalem 03389.

⁷ And I will set 05414 my face 06440 against them; they shall go out 03318 from one fire 0784, and another fire 0784 shall devour 0398 them; and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when I set 07760 my face 06440 against them.

⁸ And I will make 05414 the land 0776 desolate 08077, because they have committed 04603 a trespass 04604, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. committed…: Heb. trespassed a trespass

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¹ Again the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, cause Jerusalem 03389 to know 03045 her abominations 08441,

³ And say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 to Jerusalem 03389; Thy birth 04351 and thy nativity 04138 is of the land 0776 of Canaan 03669; thy father 01 was an Amorite 0567, and thy mother 0517 an Hittite 02850. birth: Heb. cutting out, or, habitation

⁴ And as for thy nativity 04138, in the day 03117 thou wast born 03205 thy navel 08270 was not cut 03772, neither wast thou washed 07364 in water 04325 to cleanse 04935 thee; thou wast not salted 04414 at all 04414, nor swaddled 02853 at all 02853. to supple…: or, when I looked upon thee

⁵ No eye 05869 pitied 02347 thee, to do 06213 any 0259 of these to thee, to have compassion 02550 upon thee; but thou wast cast out 07993 in the open 06440 field 07704, to the lothing 01604 of thy person 05315, in the day 03117 that thou wast born 03205.

⁶ And when I passed 05674 by thee, and saw 07200 thee polluted 0947 in thy own blood 01818, I said 0559 to thee when thou wast in thy blood 01818, Live 02421; yea, I said 0559 to thee when thou wast in thy blood 01818, Live 02421. polluted: or, trodden under foot

⁷ I have caused 05414 thee to multiply 07233 as the bud 06780 of the field 07704, and thou hast increased 07235 and become great 01431, and thou art come 0935 to excellent 05716 ornaments 05716: thy breasts 07699 are fashioned 03559, and thy hair 08181 is grown 06779, though thou wast naked 05903 and bare 06181. caused…: Heb. made thee a millionexcellent…: Heb. ornament of ornaments

⁸ Now when I passed 05674 by thee, and looked 07200 upon thee, behold, thy time 06256 was the time 06256 of love 01730; and I spread 06566 my skirt 03671 over thee, and covered 03680 thy nakedness 06172: yea, I swore 07650 to thee, and entered 0935 into a covenant 01285 with thee, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, and thou becamest mine.

⁹ Then I washed 07364 thee with water 04325; yea, I thoroughly washed away 07857 thy blood 01818 from thee, and I anointed 05480 thee with oil 08081. blood: Heb. bloods

¹⁰ I clothed 03847 thee also with embroidered work 07553, and shod 05274 thee with badgers’ skin 08476, and I girded 02280 thee with fine linen 08336, and I covered 03680 thee with silk 04897.

¹¹ I decked 05710 thee also with ornaments 05716, and I put 05414 bracelets 06781 upon thy hands 03027, and a chain 07242 on thy neck 01627.

¹² And I put 05414 a jewel 05141 on thy forehead 0639, and earrings 05694 in thy ears 0241, and a beautiful 08597 crown 05850 upon thy head 07218. forehead: Heb. nose

¹³ Thus wast thou decked 05710 with gold 02091 and silver 03701; and thy raiment 04403 was of fine linen 08336, 8336, and silk 04897, and embroidered work 07553; thou didst eat 0398 fine flour 05560, and honey 01706, and oil 08081: and thou wast exceeding 03966 beautiful 03302, and thou didst prosper 06743 into a kingdom 04410.

¹⁴ And thy renown 08034 went forth 03318 among the heathen 01471 for thy beauty 03308: for it was perfect 03632 through my comeliness 01926, which I had put 07760 upon thee, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁵ But thou didst trust 0982 in thy own beauty 03308, and didst play the harlot 02181 because of thy renown 08034, and didst pour out 08210 thy harlotries 08457 on every one that passed by 05674; his it was.

¹⁶ And of thy garments 0899 thou didst take 03947, and didst deck 06213 thy high places 01116 with various colours 02921, and didst play the harlot 02181 upon them: the like things shall not come 0935, neither shall it be so.

¹⁷ Thou hast also taken 03947 thy fair 08597 jewels 03627 of my gold 02091 and of my silver 03701, which I had given 05414 thee, and hast made 06213 to thyself images 06754 of men 02145, and hast committed harlotry 02181 with them, of men: Heb. of a male

¹⁸ And hast taken 03947 thy embroidered 07553 garments 0899, and didst cover 03680 them: and thou hast set 05414 my oil 08081 and my incense 07004 before 06440 them.

¹⁹ My food 03899 also which I gave 05414 thee, fine flour 05560, and oil 08081, and honey 01706, with which I fed 0398 thee, thou hast even set 05414 before 06440 them for a sweet 05207 savour 07381: and thus it was, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. a sweet…: Heb. a savour of rest

²⁰ Moreover thou hast taken 03947 thy sons 01121 and thy daughters 01323, whom thou hast borne 03205 to me, and these hast thou sacrificed 02076 to them to be devoured 0398. Is this of thy harlotries 08457 a small matter 04592, to be…: Heb. to devour

²¹ That thou hast slain 07819 my children 01121, and delivered 05414 them to cause them to pass through 05674 the fire for them?

²² And in all thy abominations 08441 and thy harlotries 08457 thou hast not remembered 02142 the days 03117 of thy youth 05271, when thou wast naked 05903 and bare 06181, and wast polluted 0947 in thy blood 01818.

²³ And it came to pass after 0310 all thy wickedness 07451, (woe 0188, woe 0188 to thee! saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069;)

²⁴ That thou hast also built 01129 to thee an eminent place 01354, and hast made 06213 thee an high place 07413 in every street 07339. eminent…: or, brothel house

²⁵ Thou hast built 01129 thy high place 07413 at every head 07218 of the way 01870, and hast made thy beauty 03308 to be abhorred 08581, and hast offered thyself 06589, 7272 to every one that passed by 05674, and multiplied 07235 thy harlotries 08457.

²⁶ Thou hast also committed harlotry 02181 with the Egyptians 01121, 4714 thy neighbours 07934, great 01432 of flesh 01320; and hast multiplied 07235 thy harlotry 08457, to provoke me to anger 03707.

²⁷ Behold, therefore I have stretched out 05186 my hand 03027 over thee, and have diminished 01639 thy ordinary 02706 food, and delivered 05414 thee to the will 05315 of them that hate 08130 thee, the daughters 01323 of the Philistines 06430, who are ashamed 03637 of thy lewd 02154 way 01870. daughters: or, cities

²⁸ Thou hast played the harlot 02181 also with the Assyrians 01121, 804, because 01115 thou wast not satisfied 07646; yea, thou hast played the harlot 02181 with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied 07654.

²⁹ Thou hast moreover multiplied 07235 thy harlotry 08457 in the land 0776 of Canaan 03667 to Chaldea 03778; and yet with this 02063 thou wast not satisfied 07646.

³⁰ How weak 0535 is thy heart 03826, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, seeing thou doest 06213 all these things, the work 04639 of an imperious 07986 harlot 02181, 802;

³¹ In that thou buildest 01129 thy eminent place 01354 in the head 07218 of every way 01870, and makest 06213 thy high place 07413 in every street 07339; and hast not been as an harlot 02181, in that thou scornest 07046 hire 0868; In that thou buildest…: or, In thy daughters is thine, etc

³² But as a wife 0802 that committeth adultery 05003, who taketh 03947 strangers 02114 instead of her husband 0376!

³³ They give 05414 gifts 05078 to all harlots 02181: but thou givest 05414 thy gifts 05083 to all thy lovers 0157, and hirest 07809 them, that they may come 0935 to thee on every side 05439 for thy harlotry 08457. hirest: Heb. bribest

³⁴ And thou art the opposite 02016 from other women 0802 in thy harlotries 08457, though none followeth 0310 thee to commit harlotries 02181: and in that thou givest 05414 a reward 0868, and no reward 0868 is given 05414 to thee, therefore thou art 01961 the opposite 02016.

³⁵ Therefore, O harlot 02181, hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068:

³⁶ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because thy filthiness 05178 was poured out 08210, and thy nakedness 06172 uncovered 01540 through thy harlotries 08457 with thy lovers 0157, and with all the idols 01544 of thy abominations 08441, and by the blood 01818 of thy children 01121, which thou didst give 05414 to them;

³⁷ Behold, therefore I will gather 06908 all thy lovers 0157, with whom thou hast taken pleasure 06149, and all them that thou hast loved 0157, with all them that thou hast hated 08130; I will even gather 06908 them on every side 05439 against thee, and will uncover 01540 thy nakedness 06172 to them, that they may see 07200 all thy nakedness 06172.

³⁸ And I will judge 08199 thee, as women that break wedlock 05003 and shed 08210 blood 01818 are judged 04941; and I will give 05414 thee blood 01818 in fury 02534 and jealousy 07068. as: Heb. with judgments of

³⁹ And I will also give 05414 thee into their hand 03027, and they shall throw down 02040 thy eminent place 01354, and shall break down 05422 thy high places 07413: they shall strip 06584 thee also of thy clothes 0899, and shall take 03947 thy fair 08597 jewels 03627, and leave 03240 thee naked 05903 and bare 06181. thy fair…: Heb. instruments of thine ornament

⁴⁰ They shall also bring up 05927 a company 06951 against thee, and they shall stone 07275 thee with stones 068, and thrust thee through 01333 with their swords 02719.

⁴¹ And they shall burn 08313 thy houses 01004 with fire 0784, and execute 06213 judgments 08201 upon thee in the sight 05869 of many 07227 women 0802: and I will cause thee to cease 07673 from playing the harlot 02181, and thou also shalt give 05414 no hire 0868 any more.

⁴² So will I make my fury 02534 toward thee to rest 05117, and my jealousy 07068 shall depart 05493 from thee, and I will be quiet 08252, and will be no more angry 03707.

⁴³ Because thou hast not remembered 02142 the days 03117 of thy youth 05271, but hast provoked 07264 me in all these things; behold 01887, therefore I also will recompense 05414 thy way 01870 upon thy head 07218, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069: and thou shalt not commit 06213 this lewdness 02154 above all thy abominations 08441.

⁴⁴ Behold, every one that useth proverbs 04911 shall use this proverb 04911 against thee, saying 0559, As is the mother 0517, so is her daughter 01323.

⁴⁵ Thou art thy mother’s 0517 daughter 01323, that lotheth 01602 her husband 0376 and her children 01121; and thou art the sister 0269 of thy sisters 0269, who lothed 01602 their husbands 0582 and their children 01121: your mother 0517 was an Hittite 02850, and your father 01 an Amorite 0567.

⁴⁶ And thy elder 01419 sister 0269 is Samaria 08111, she and her daughters 01323 that dwell 03427 at thy left hand 08040: and thy younger 06996 sister 0269, that dwelleth 03427 at thy right hand 03225, is Sodom 05467 and her daughters 01323. thy younger: Heb. lesser than thou

⁴⁷ Yet hast thou not walked 01980 after their ways 01870, nor done 06213 after their abominations 08441: but, as if that were a very 06985 little 04592, 6962 thing, thou wast corrupted 07843 more than they 02004 in all thy ways 01870. as if…: or, that was lothed as a small thing

⁴⁸ As I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, Sodom 05467 thy sister 0269 hath not done 06213, she nor her daughters 01323, as thou hast done 06213, thou and thy daughters 01323.

⁴⁹ Behold, this was the iniquity 05771 of thy sister 0269 Sodom 05467, pride 01347, fulness 07653 of bread 03899, and abundance 07962 of idleness 08252 was in her and in her daughters 01323, neither did she strengthen 02388 the hand 03027 of the poor 06041 and needy 034.

⁵⁰ And they were haughty 01361, and committed 06213 abomination 08441 before 06440 me: therefore I took them away 05493 as I saw 07200 good.

⁵¹ Neither hath Samaria 08111 committed 02398 half 02677 of thy sins 02403; but thou hast multiplied 07235 thy abominations 08441 more than they 02007, and hast justified 06663 thy sisters 0269 in all thy abominations 08441 which thou hast done 06213.

⁵² Thou also, who hast judged 06419 thy sisters 0269, bear 05375 thy own shame 03639 for thy sins 02403 that thou hast committed more abominable 08581 than they 02004: they are more righteous 06663 than thou: yea, be thou confounded 0954 also, and bear 05375 thy shame 03639, in that thou hast justified 06663 thy sisters 0269.

⁵³ When I shall bring again 07725 their captivity 07622, 7622, the captivity 07622, 7622 of Sodom 05467 and her daughters 01323, and the captivity 07622, 7622 of Samaria 08111 and her daughters 01323, then will I bring again the captivity 07622, 7622 of thy captives 07622 in the midst 08432 of them:

⁵⁴ That thou mayest bear 05375 thy own shame 03639, and mayest be confounded 03637 in all that thou hast done 06213, in that thou art a comfort 05162 to them.

⁵⁵ When thy sisters 0269, Sodom 05467 and her daughters 01323, shall return 07725 to their former state 06927, and Samaria 08111 and her daughters 01323 shall return 07725 to their former state 06927, then thou and thy daughters 01323 shall return 07725 to your former state 06927.

⁵⁶ For thy sister 0269 Sodom 05467 was not mentioned 08052 by thy mouth 06310 in the day 03117 of thy pride 01347, mentioned: Heb. for a report, or, hearingpride: Heb. prides, or, excellencies

⁵⁷ Before thy wickedness 07451 was discovered 01540, as at the time 06256 of thy reproach 02781 of the daughters 01323 of Syria 0758, and all that are around 05439 her, the daughters 01323 of the Philistines 06430, who despise 07590 thee on every side 05439. Syria: Heb. Aramdespise: or, spoil

⁵⁸ Thou hast borne 05375 thy lewdness 02154 and thy abominations 08441, saith 05002 the LORD 03068. borne: Heb. borne them

⁵⁹ For thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I will even deal 06213 with thee as thou hast done 06213, who hast despised 0959 the oath 0423 in breaking 06565 the covenant 01285.

⁶⁰ Nevertheless I will remember 02142 my covenant 01285 with thee in the days 03117 of thy youth 05271, and I will establish 06965 to thee an everlasting 05769 covenant 01285.

⁶¹ Then thou shalt remember 02142 thy ways 01870, and be ashamed 03637, when thou shalt receive 03947 thy sisters 0269, thy elder 01419 and thy younger 06996: and I will give 05414 them to thee for daughters 01323, but not by thy covenant 01285.

⁶² And I will establish 06965 my covenant 01285 with thee; and thou shalt know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068:

⁶³ That thou mayest remember 02142, and be confounded 0954, and never open 06610 thy mouth 06310 any more because 06440 of thy shame 03639, when I am pacified 03722 toward thee for all that thou hast done 06213, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

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¹ And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, put forth 02330 a riddle 02420, and speak 04911 a parable 04912 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478;

³ And say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; A great 01419 eagle 05404 with great 01419 wings 03671, longwinged 083, 750, full 04392 of feathers 05133, which had many colours 07553, came 0935 to Lebanon 03844, and took 03947 the highest branch 06788 of the cedar 0730: divers…: Heb. embroidering

⁴ He cropped off 06998 the top 07218 of its young twigs 03242, and carried 0935 it into a land 0776 of trade 03667; he set 07760 it in a city 05892 of merchants 07402.

⁵ He took 03947 also of the seed 02233 of the land 0776, and planted 05414 it in a fruitful 02233 field 07704; he placed 03947 it by great 07227 waters 04325, and set 07760 it as a willow tree 06851. planted…: Heb. put it in a field of seed

⁶ And it grew 06779, and became a spreading 05628 vine 01612 of low 08217 stature 06967, whose branches 01808 turned 06437 toward him, and its roots 08328 were under him: so it became a vine 01612, and brought forth 06213 branches 0905, and shot 07971 forth sprigs 06288.

⁷ There was also another 0259 great 01419 eagle 05404 with great 01419 wings 03671 and many 07227 feathers 05133: and, behold, this vine 01612 did bend 03719 her roots 08328 toward him, and shot forth 07971 her branches 01808 toward him, that he might water 08248 it by the furrows 06170 of her plantation 04302.

⁸ It was planted 08362 in a good 02896 soil 07704 by great 07227 waters 04325, that it might bring forth 06213 branches 06057, and that it might bear 05375 fruit 06529, that it might be a well favoured 0155 vine 01612. soil: Heb. field

⁹ Say 0559 thou, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Shall it prosper 06743? shall he not pull up 05423 its roots 08328, and cut off 07082 its fruit 06529, that it may wither 03001? it shall wither 03001 in all the leaves 02964 of her spring 06780, even without great 01419 power 02220 or many 07227 people 05971 to pluck it up 05375 by its roots 08328.

¹⁰ Yea, behold, being planted 08362, shall it prosper 06743? shall it not utterly 03001 wither 03001, when the east 06921 wind 07307 toucheth 05060 it? it shall wither 03001 in the furrows 06170 where it grew 06780.

¹¹ Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

¹² Say 0559 now to the rebellious 04805 house 01004, Know 03045 ye not what these things mean? tell 0559 them, Behold, the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 hath come 0935 to Jerusalem 03389, and hath taken 03947 its king 04428, and its princes 08269, and led 0935 them with him to Babylon 0894;

¹³ And hath taken 03947 of the king’s 04410 seed 02233, and made 03772 a covenant 01285 with him, and hath taken 0935 an oath 0423 from him: he hath also taken 03947 the mighty 0352 of the land 0776: taken an…: Heb. brought him to an oath

¹⁴ That the kingdom 04467 might be base 08217, that it might not lift itself up 05375, but that by keeping 08104 his covenant 01285 it might stand 05975. but…: Heb. to keep his covenant, to stand to it

¹⁵ But he rebelled 04775 against him in sending 07971 his ambassadors 04397 into Egypt 04714, that they might give 05414 him horses 05483 and many 07227 people 05971. Shall he prosper 06743? shall he escape 04422 that doeth 06213 such things? or shall he break 06565 the covenant 01285, and be delivered 04422?

¹⁶ As I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, surely in the place 04725 where the king 04428 dwelleth that made him king 04427, whose oath 0423 he despised 0959, and whose covenant 01285 he broke 06565, even with him in the midst 08432 of Babylon 0894 he shall die 04191.

¹⁷ Neither shall Pharaoh 06547 with his mighty 01419 army 02428 and great 07227 company 06951 help 06213 him in the war 04421, by casting up 08210 siege mounds 05550, and building 01129 forts 01785, to cut off 03772 many 07227 persons 05315:

¹⁸ Seeing he despised 0959 the oath 0423 by breaking 06565 the covenant 01285, when, lo, he had given 05414 his hand 03027, and hath done 06213 all these things, he shall not escape 04422.

¹⁹ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; As I live 02416, surely my oath 0423 that he hath despised 0959, and my covenant 01285 that he hath broken 06331, even that will I recompense 05414 upon his own head 07218.

²⁰ And I will spread 06566 my net 07568 upon him, and he shall be taken 08610 in my snare 04686, and I will bring 0935 him to Babylon 0894, and will enter into judgment 08199 with him there for his trespass 04603 that he hath trespassed 04604 against me.

²¹ And all his fugitives 04015 with all his bands 0102 shall fall 05307 by the sword 02719, and they that remain 07604 shall be scattered 06566 toward all winds 07307: and ye shall know 03045 that I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it.

²² Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I will also take 03947 of the highest branch 06788 of the high 07311 cedar 0730, and will set 05414 it; I will crop off 06998 from the top 07218 of its young twigs 03127 a tender one 07390, and will plant 08362 it upon an high 01364 mountain 02022 and eminent 08524:

²³ In the mountain 02022 of the height 04791 of Israel 03478 will I plant 08362 it: and it shall bring forth 05375 boughs 06057, and bear 06213 fruit 06529, and be a well favoured 0117 cedar 0730: and under it shall dwell 07931 all fowl 06833 of every wing 03671; in the shadow 06738 of its branches 01808 shall they dwell 07931.

²⁴ And all the trees 06086 of the field 07704 shall know 03045 that I the LORD 03068 have brought down 08213 the high 01364 tree 06086, have exalted 01361 the low 08217 tree 06086, have dried 03001 up the green 03892 tree 06086, and have made the dry 03002 tree 06086 to flourish 06524: I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 and have done 06213 it.

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¹ The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me again, saying 0559,

² What mean ye, that ye use 04911 this proverb 04912 concerning the land 0127 of Israel 03478, saying 0559, The fathers 01 have eaten 0398 sour grapes 01155, and the children’s 01121 teeth 08127 are set on edge 06949?

³ As I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, ye shall not have occasion any more to use 04911 this proverb 04912 in Israel 03478.

⁴ Behold, all souls 05315 are mine; as the soul 05315 of the father 01, so also the soul 05315 of the son 01121 is mine: the soul 05315 that sinneth 02398, it shall die 04191.

⁵ But if a man 0376 is just 06662, and doeth 06213 that which is lawful 04941 and right 06666, that…: Heb. judgment and justice

⁶ And hath not eaten 0398 upon the mountains 02022, neither hath lifted up 05375 his eyes 05869 to the idols 01544 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478, neither hath defiled 02930 his neighbour’s 07453 wife 0802, neither hath come near 07126 to a polluted 05079 woman 0802,

⁷ And hath not oppressed 03238 any 0376, but hath restored 07725 to the debtor 02326 his pledge 02258, hath stripped 01497 none by violence 01500, hath given 05414 his bread 03899 to the hungry 07457, and hath covered 03680 the naked 05903 with a garment 0899;

⁸ He that hath not given forth 05414 upon interest 05392, neither hath taken 03947 any increase 08636, that hath withdrawn 07725 his hand 03027 from iniquity 05766, hath executed 06213 true 0571 judgment 04941 between man 0376 and man 0376,

⁹ Hath walked 01980 in my statutes 02708, and hath kept 08104 my judgments 04941, to deal 06213 truly 0571; he is just 06662, he shall surely 02421 live 02421, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁰ If he begetteth 03205 a son 01121 that is a robber 06530, a shedder 08210 of blood 01818, and that doeth 06213 the like 0251 any one 0259 of these things, robber: or, breaker up of an housethat doeth…: or, that doeth to his brother besides any of these

¹¹ And that doeth 06213 not any of those duties, but even hath eaten 0398 upon the mountains 02022, and defiled 02930 his neighbour’s 07453 wife 0802,

¹² Hath oppressed 03238 the poor 06041 and needy 034, hath stripped 01497 by violence 01500, hath not restored 07725 the pledge 02258, and hath lifted up 05375 his eyes 05869 to the idols 01544, hath committed 06213 abomination 08441,

¹³ Hath given forth 05414 upon interest 05392, and hath taken 03947 increase 08636: shall he then live 02425? he shall not live 02421: he hath done 06213 all these abominations 08441; he shall surely 04191 die 04191; his blood 01818 shall be upon him. blood: Heb. bloods

¹⁴ Now, lo, if he begetteth 03205 a son 01121, that seeth 07200 all his father’s 01 sins 02403 which he hath done 06213, and considereth 07200, and doeth 06213 not likewise 02004,

¹⁵ That hath not eaten 0398 upon the mountains 02022, neither hath lifted up 05375 his eyes 05869 to the idols 01544 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478, hath not defiled 02930 his neighbour’s 07453 wife 0802,

¹⁶ Neither hath oppressed 03238 any 0376, hath not withheld 02254 the pledge 02258, neither hath stripped 01497 by violence 01500, but hath given 05414 his bread 03899 to the hungry 07457, and hath covered 03680 the naked 05903 with a garment 0899, hath not…: Heb. hath not pledged the pledge, or, taken to pledge

¹⁷ That hath taken off 07725 his hand 03027 from the poor 06041, that hath not received 03947 interest 05392 nor increase 08636, hath executed 06213 my judgments 04941, hath walked 01980 in my statutes 02708; he shall not die 04191 for the iniquity 05771 of his father 01, he shall surely 02421 live 02421.

¹⁸ As for his father 01, because he cruelly 06233 oppressed 06231, stripped 01497 his brother 0251 by violence 01499, and did 06213 that which is not good 02896 among 08432 his people 05971, lo, even he shall die 04191 in his iniquity 05771.

¹⁹ Yet say 0559 ye, Why? doth not the son 01121 bear 05375 the iniquity 05771 of the father 01? When the son 01121 hath done 06213 that which is lawful 04941 and right 06666, and hath kept 08104 all my statutes 02708, and hath done 06213 them, he shall surely 02421 live 02421.

²⁰ The soul 05315 that sinneth 02398, it shall die 04191. The son 01121 shall not bear 05375 the iniquity 05771 of the father 01, neither shall the father 01 bear 05375 the iniquity 05771 of the son 01121: the righteousness 06666 of the righteous 06662 shall be upon him, and the wickedness 07564 of the wicked 07563 shall be upon him.

²¹ But if the wicked 07563 will turn 07725 from all his sins 02403 that he hath committed 06213, and keep 08104 all my statutes 02708, and do 06213 that which is lawful 04941 and right 06666, he shall surely 02421 live 02421, he shall not die 04191.

²² All his transgressions 06588 that he hath committed 06213, they shall not be mentioned 02142 to him: in his righteousness 06666 that he hath done 06213 he shall live 02421.

²³ Have I any pleasure 02654 at all 02654 that the wicked 07563 should die 04194? saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069: and not that he should return 07725 from his ways 01870, and live 02421?

²⁴ But when the righteous 06662 turneth away 07725 from his righteousness 06666, and committeth 06213 iniquity 05766, and doeth 06213 according to all the abominations 08441 that the wicked 07563 man doeth 06213, shall he live 02425? All his righteousness 06666 that he hath done 06213 shall not be mentioned 02142: in his trespass 04603 that he hath trespassed 04604, and in his sin 02403 that he hath sinned 02398, in them shall he die 04191.

²⁵ Yet ye say 0559, The way 01870 of the Lord 0136 is not equal 08505. Hear 08085 now, O house 01004 of Israel 03478; Is not my way 01870 equal 08505? are not your ways 01870 unequal 08505?

²⁶ When a righteous 06662 man turneth away 07725 from his righteousness 06666, and committeth 06213 iniquity 05766, and dieth 04191 in them; for his iniquity 05766 that he hath done 06213 shall he die 04191.

²⁷ Again, when a wicked 07563 man turneth away 07725 from his wickedness 07564 that he hath committed 06213, and doeth 06213 that which is lawful 04941 and right 06666, he shall save 02421 his soul 05315 alive 02421.

²⁸ Because he considereth 07200, and turneth away 07725 from all his transgressions 06588 that he hath committed 06213, he shall surely 02421 live 02421, he shall not die 04191.

²⁹ Yet saith 0559 the house 01004 of Israel 03478, The way 01870 of the Lord 0136 is not equal 08505. O house 01004 of Israel 03478, are not my ways 01870 equal 08505? are not your ways 01870 unequal 08505?

³⁰ Therefore I will judge 08199 you, O house 01004 of Israel 03478, every one 0376 according to his ways 01870, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. Repent 07725, and turn 07725 yourselves from all your transgressions 06588; so iniquity 05771 shall not be your ruin 04383. yourselves: or, others

³¹ Cast away 07993 from you all your transgressions 06588, by which ye have transgressed 06586; and make 06213 for yourselves a new 02319 heart 03820 and a new 02319 spirit 07307: for why will ye die 04191, O house 01004 of Israel 03478?

³² For I have no pleasure 02654 in the death 04194 of him that dieth 04191, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069: therefore turn 07725 ye, and live 02421. yourselves: or, others

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¹ Moreover take thou up 05375 a lamentation 07015 for the princes 05387 of Israel 03478,

² And say 0559, What is thy mother 0517? A lioness 03833: she lay down 07257 among lions 0738, she nourished 07235 her whelps 01482 among 08432 young lions 03715.

³ And she brought up 05927 one 0259 of her whelps 01482: it became a young lion 03715, and it learned 03925 to catch 02963 the prey 02964; it devoured 0398 men 0120.

⁴ The nations 01471 also heard 08085 of him; he was taken 08610 in their pit 07845, and they brought 0935 him with chains 02397 to the land 0776 of Egypt 04714.

⁵ Now when she saw 07200 that she had waited 03176, and her hope 08615 was lost 06, then she took 03947 another 0259 of her whelps 01482, and made 07760 him a young lion 03715.

⁶ And he went up and down 01980 among 08432 the lions 0738, he became a young lion 03715, and learned 03925 to catch 02963 the prey 02964, and devoured 0398 men 0120.

⁷ And he knew 03045 their desolate palaces 0490, and he laid waste 02717 their cities 05892; and the land 0776 was desolate 03456, and all it containeth 04393, by the noise 06963 of his roaring 07581. their desolate…: or, their widowsthe fulness…: or, all it containeth

⁸ Then the nations 01471 set 05414 against him on every side 05439 from the provinces 04082, and spread 06566 their net 07568 over him: he was taken 08610 in their pit 07845.

⁹ And they put 05414 him in custody 05474 in chains 02397, and brought 0935 him to the king 04428 of Babylon 0894: they brought 0935 him into strong holds 04685, that his voice 06963 should no more be heard 08085 upon the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478. in chains: or, in hooks

¹⁰ Thy mother 0517 is like a vine 01612 in thy blood 01818, 1818, planted 08362 by the waters 04325: she was fruitful 06509 and full of branches 06058 by reason of many 07227 waters 04325. in…: or, in thy quietness, or, in thy likeness

¹¹ And she had strong 05797 rods 04294 for the sceptres 07626 of them that bore rule 04910, and her stature 06967 was exalted 01361 among the thick branches 05688, and she appeared 07200 in her height 01363 with the multitude 07230 of her branches 01808.

¹² But she was plucked up 05428 in fury 02534, she was cast down 07993 to the ground 0776, and the east 06921 wind 07307 dried up 03001 her fruit 06529: her strong 05797 rods 04294 were broken 06561 and withered 03001; the fire 0784 consumed 0398 them.

¹³ And now she is planted 08362 in the wilderness 04057, in a dry 06723 and thirsty 06772 ground 0776.

¹⁴ And fire 0784 hath gone out 03318 of a rod 04294 of her branches 0905, which hath devoured 0398 her fruit 06529, so that she hath no strong 05797 rod 04294 to be a sceptre 07626 to rule 04910. This is a lamentation 07015, and shall be for a lamentation 07015.

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¹ And it came to pass in the seventh 07637 year 08141, in the fifth 02549 month, the tenth 06218 day of the month 02320, that certain 0582 of the elders 02205 of Israel 03478 came 0935 to enquire 01875 of the LORD 03068, and sat 03427 before 06440 me.

² Then came the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 to me, saying 0559,

³ Son 01121 of man 0120, speak 01696 to the elders 02205 of Israel 03478, and say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Are ye come 0935 to enquire 01875 of me? As I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, I will not be enquired 01875 of by you.

⁴ Wilt thou judge 08199 them, son 01121 of man 0120, wilt thou judge 08199 them? cause them to know 03045 the abominations 08441 of their fathers 01: Wilt…: or, Wilt thou plead for them

⁵ And say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; In the day 03117 when I chose 0977 Israel 03478, and lifted up 05375 my hand 03027 to the seed 02233 of the house 01004 of Jacob 03290, and made myself known 03045 to them in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, when I lifted 05375 up my hand 03027 to them, saying 0559, I am the LORD 03068 your God 0430; lifted…: or, sware

⁶ In the day 03117 that I lifted up 05375 my hand 03027 to them, to bring them forth 03318 from the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 into a land 0776 that I had searched out 08446 for them, flowing 02100 with milk 02461 and honey 01706, which is the glory 06643 of all lands 0776:

⁷ Then said 0559 I to them, Cast ye away 07993 every man 0376 the abominations 08251 of his eyes 05869, and defile 02930 not yourselves with the idols 01544 of Egypt 04714: I am the LORD 03068 your God 0430.

⁸ But they rebelled 04784 against me, and would 014 not hearken 08085 to me: they did not every man 0376 cast away 07993 the abominations 08251 of their eyes 05869, neither did they forsake 05800 the idols 01544 of Egypt 04714: then I said 0559, I will pour out 08210 my fury 02534 upon them, to accomplish 03615 my anger 0639 against them in the midst 08432 of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714.

⁹ But I wrought 06213 for my name’s 08034 sake, that it should not be profaned 02490 before 05869 the heathen 01471, among 08432 whom they were, in whose sight 05869 I made myself known 03045 to them, in bringing them forth 03318 from the land 0776 of Egypt 04714.

¹⁰ Therefore I caused them to go forth 03318 from the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, and brought 0935 them into the wilderness 04057.

¹¹ And I gave 05414 them my statutes 02708, and showed 03045 them my judgments 04941, which if a man 0120 doeth 06213, he shall even live 02425 in them. shewed…: Heb. made them to know

¹² Moreover also I gave 05414 them my sabbaths 07676, to be a sign 0226 between me and them, that they might know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068 that sanctify 06942 them.

¹³ But the house 01004 of Israel 03478 rebelled 04784 against me in the wilderness 04057: they walked 01980 not in my statutes 02708, and they despised 03988 my judgments 04941, which if a man 0120 doeth 06213, he shall even live 02425 in them; and my sabbaths 07676 they greatly 03966 profaned 02490: then I said 0559, I would pour out 08210 my fury 02534 upon them in the wilderness 04057, to consume 03615 them.

¹⁴ But I wrought 06213 for my name’s 08034 sake, that it should not be profaned 02490 before 05869 the heathen 01471, in whose sight 05869 I brought them out 03318.

¹⁵ Yet also I lifted up 05375 my hand 03027 to them in the wilderness 04057, that I would not bring 0935 them into the land 0776 which I had given 05414 them, flowing 02100 with milk 02461 and honey 01706, which is the glory 06643 of all lands 0776;

¹⁶ Because they despised 03988 my judgments 04941, and walked 01980 not in my statutes 02708, but profaned 02490 my sabbaths 07676: for their heart 03820 went 01980 after 0310 their idols 01544.

¹⁷ Nevertheless my eye 05869 spared 02347 them from destroying 07843 them, neither did I make 06213 an end 03617 of them in the wilderness 04057.

¹⁸ But I said 0559 to their children 01121 in the wilderness 04057, Walk 03212 ye not in the statutes 02706 of your fathers 01, neither observe 08104 their judgments 04941, nor defile 02930 yourselves with their idols 01544:

¹⁹ I am the LORD 03068 your God 0430; walk 03212 in my statutes 02708, and keep 08104 my judgments 04941, and do 06213 them;

²⁰ And hallow 06942 my sabbaths 07676; and they shall be a sign 0226 between me and you, that ye may know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068 your God 0430.

²¹ However the children 01121 rebelled 04784 against me: they walked 01980 not in my statutes 02708, neither kept 08104 my judgments 04941 to do 06213 them, which if a man 0120 doeth 06213, he shall even live 02425 in them; they profaned 02490 my sabbaths 07676: then I said 0559, I would pour out 08210 my fury 02534 upon them, to accomplish 03615 my anger 0639 against them in the wilderness 04057.

²² Nevertheless I withdrew 07725 my hand 03027, and wrought 06213 for my name’s 08034 sake, that it should not be profaned 02490 in the sight 05869 of the heathen 01471, in whose sight 05869 I brought them forth 03318.

²³ I lifted up 05375 my hand 03027 to them also in the wilderness 04057, that I would scatter 06327 them among the heathen 01471, and disperse 02219 them through the countries 0776;

²⁴ Because they had not executed 06213 my judgments 04941, but had despised 03988 my statutes 02708, and had profaned 02490 my sabbaths 07676, and their eyes 05869 were after 0310 their fathers 01’ idols 01544.

²⁵ Therefore I gave 05414 them also statutes 02706 that were not good 02896, and judgments 04941 by which they should not live 02421;

²⁶ And I polluted 02930 them in their own gifts 04979, in that they caused to pass through 05674 the fire all that openeth 06363 the womb 07356, that I might make them desolate 08074, to the end that they might know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

²⁷ Therefore, son 01121 of man 0120, speak 01696 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478, and say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Yet in this your fathers 01 have blasphemed 01442 me, in that they have committed 04603 a trespass 04604 against me. committed…: Heb. trespassed a trespass

²⁸ For when I had brought 0935 them into the land 0776, for which I lifted up 05375 my hand 03027 to give 05414 it to them, then they saw 07200 every high 07311 hill 01389, and all the thick 05687 trees 06086, and they offered 02076 there their sacrifices 02077, and there they presented 05414 the provocation 03708 of their offering 07133: there also they made 07760 their sweet 05207 savour 07381, and poured out 05258 there their drink offerings 05262.

²⁹ Then I said 0559 to them, What is the high place 01116 to which ye go 0935? And its name 08034 is called 07121 Bamah 01117 to this day 03117. I said…: or, I told them what the high place was, or, Bamah

³⁰ Therefore say 0559 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Are ye polluted 02930 after the manner 01870 of your fathers 01? and commit ye harlotry 02181 after 0310 their abominations 08251?

³¹ For when ye offer 05375 your gifts 04979, when ye make your sons 01121 to pass through 05674 the fire 0784, ye pollute 02930 yourselves with all your idols 01544, even to this day 03117: and shall I be enquired 01875 of by you, O house 01004 of Israel 03478? As I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, I will not be enquired 01875 of by you.

³² And that which cometh 05927 into your mind 07307 shall not be at all, that ye say 0559, We will be 01961 as the heathen 01471, as the families 04940 of the countries 0776, to serve 08334 wood 06086 and stone 068.

³³ As I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, surely with a mighty 02389 hand 03027, and with an outstretched 05186 arm 02220, and with fury 02534 poured out 08210, will I rule 04427 over you:

³⁴ And I will bring you out 03318 from the people 05971, and will gather 06908 you out of the countries 0776 in which ye are scattered 06327, with a mighty 02389 hand 03027, and with an outstretched 05186 arm 02220, and with fury 02534 poured out 08210.

³⁵ And I will bring 0935 you into the wilderness 04057 of the people 05971, and there will I enter into judgment 08199 with you face 06440 to face 06440.

³⁶ As I entered into judgment 08199 with your fathers 01 in the wilderness 04057 of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, so will I enter into judgment 08199 with you, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

³⁷ And I will cause you to pass 05674 under the rod 07626, and I will bring 0935 you into the bond 04562 of the covenant 01285: bond: or, delivering

³⁸ And I will purge out 01305 from among you the rebels 04775, and them that transgress 06586 against me: I will bring them forth 03318 out of the country 0776 where they sojourn 04033, and they shall not enter 0935 into the land 0127 of Israel 03478: and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

³⁹ As for you, O house 01004 of Israel 03478, thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Go 03212 ye, serve 05647 ye every one 0376 his idols 01544, and after this 0310 also, if ye will not hearken 08085 to me: but profane 02490 ye my holy 06944 name 08034 no more with your gifts 04979, and with your idols 01544.

⁴⁰ For on my holy 06944 mountain 02022, on the mountain 02022 of the height 04791 of Israel 03478, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, there shall all the house 01004 of Israel 03478, all of them in the land 0776, serve 05647 me: there will I accept 07521 them, and there will I require 01875 your offerings 08641, and the firstfruits 07225 of your oblations 04864, with all your holy things 06944. firstfruits: or, chief

⁴¹ I will accept 07521 you with your sweet 05207 savour 07381, when I bring you out 03318 from the people 05971, and gather 06908 you out of the countries 0776 in which ye have been scattered 06327; and I will be sanctified 06942 in you before 05869 the heathen 01471. sweet…: Heb. savour of rest

⁴² And ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when I shall bring 0935 you into the land 0127 of Israel 03478, into the country 0776 for which I lifted up 05375 my hand 03027 to give 05414 it to your fathers 01.

⁴³ And there shall ye remember 02142 your ways 01870, and all your doings 05949, in which ye have been defiled 02930; and ye shall lothe 06962 yourselves in your own sight 06440 for all your evils 07451 that ye have committed 06213.

⁴⁴ And ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when I have wrought 06213 with you for my name’s 08034 sake, not according to your wicked 07451 ways 01870, nor according to your corrupt 07843 doings 05949, O ye house 01004 of Israel 03478, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

⁴⁵ Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

⁴⁶ Son 01121 of man 0120, set 07760 thy face 06440 toward 01870 the south 08486, and drop 05197 thy word toward the south 01864, and prophesy 05012 against the forest 03293 of the south 05045 field 07704;

⁴⁷ And say 0559 to the forest 03293 of the south 05045, Hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068; Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I will kindle 03341 a fire 0784 in thee, and it shall devour 0398 every green 03892 tree 06086 in thee, and every dry 03002 tree 06086: the blazing 03852 flame 07957 shall not be quenched 03518, and all faces 06440 from the south 05045 to the north 06828 shall be burned 06866 in it.

⁴⁸ And all flesh 01320 shall see 07200 that I the LORD 03068 have kindled 01197 it: it shall not be quenched 03518.

⁴⁹ Then said 0559 I, Ah 0162 Lord 0136 GOD 03069! they say 0559 of me, Doth he not speak 04911 parables 04912?

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¹ And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, set 07760 thy face 06440 toward Jerusalem 03389, and drop 05197 thy word toward the holy places 04720, and prophesy 05012 against the land 0127 of Israel 03478,

³ And say 0559 to the land 0127 of Israel 03478, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth 03318 my sword 02719 out of its sheath 08593, and will cut off 03772 from thee the righteous 06662 and the wicked 07563.

⁴ Seeing 03282 then that I will cut off 03772 from thee the righteous 06662 and the wicked 07563, therefore shall my sword 02719 go forth 03318 from its sheath 08593 against all flesh 01320 from the south 05045 to the north 06828:

⁵ That all flesh 01320 may know 03045 that I the LORD 03068 have drawn 03318 my sword 02719 out of its sheath 08593: it shall not return 07725 any more.

⁶ Sigh 0584 therefore, thou son 01121 of man 0120, with breaking 07670 heart 04975; and with bitterness 04814 sigh 0584 before their eyes 05869.

⁷ And it shall be, when they say 0559 to thee, Why sighest 0584 thou? that thou shalt answer 0559, For the tidings 08052; because it cometh 0935: and every heart 03820 shall melt 04549, and all hands 03027 shall be feeble 07503, and every spirit 07307 shall faint 03543, and all knees 01290 shall be weak 03212 as water 04325: behold, it cometh 0935, and shall be brought to pass 01961, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. shall be weak…: Heb. shall go into water

⁸ Again the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

⁹ Son 01121 of man 0120, prophesy 05012, and say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; Say 0559, A sword 02719, a sword 02719 is sharpened 02300, and also polished 04803:

¹⁰ It is sharpened 02300 to make a grievous 02874 slaughter 02873; it is polished 04178 that it may glitter 01300: should 0176 we then make mirth 07797? it despiseth 03988 the rod 07626 of my son 01121, as every tree 06086. it contemneth…: or, it is the rod of my son, it despiseth every tree

¹¹ And he hath given 05414 it to be polished 04803, that it may be handled 03709, 8610: the sword 02719 is sharpened 02300, and it is polished 04178, to give 05414 it into the hand 03027 of the slayer 02026.

¹² Cry 02199 and wail 03213, son 01121 of man 0120: for it shall be upon my people 05971, it shall be upon all the princes 05387 of Israel 03478: terrors 04048 by reason of 0413 the sword 02719 shall be upon my people 05971: smite 05606 therefore upon thy thigh 03409. terrors…: or, they are thrust down to the sword with my people

¹³ Because it is a trial 0974, and what if the sword despise 03988 even the rod 07626? it shall be no more, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. Because…: or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod?

¹⁴ Thou therefore, son 01121 of man 0120, prophesy 05012, and smite 05221 thy hands 03709, 3709 together 05221, and let the sword 02719 be doubled 03717 the third 07992 time, the sword 02719 of the slain 02491: it is the sword 02719 of the great 01419 men that are slain 02491, which entereth into their private chambers 02314. hands…: Heb. hand to hand

¹⁵ I have set 05414 the point 019 of the sword 02719 against all their gates 08179, that their heart 03820 may faint 04127, and their ruins 04383 be multiplied 07235: ah 0253! it is made 06213 bright 01300, it is sharpened 04593 for the slaughter 02874. point: or, glittering, or, fearwrapped up: or, sharpened

¹⁶ Go thee one way or other 0258, either on 07760 the right hand 03231, or on the left 08041, wherever 0575 thy face 06440 is set 03259. or on…: Heb. set thyself, take the left hand

¹⁷ I will also smite 05221 my hands 03709 together 03709, and I will cause my fury 02534 to rest 05117: I the LORD 03068 have said 01696 it.

¹⁸ The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me again, saying 0559,

¹⁹ Also, thou son 01121 of man 0120, mark 07760 two 08147 ways 01870, that the sword 02719 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 may come 0935: both ways 08147 shall come forth 03318 from one 0259 land 0776: and choose 01254 thou a place 03027, choose 01254 it at the head 07218 of the way 01870 to the city 05892.

²⁰ Mark 07760 a way 01870, that the sword 02719 may come 0935 to Rabbah 07237 of the Ammonites 01121, 5983, and to Judah 03063 in Jerusalem 03389 the fortified 01219.

²¹ For the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 stood 05975 at the parting 0517 of the way 01870, at the head 07218 of the two 08147 ways 01870, to use 07080 divination 07081: he made his arrows 02671 bright 07043, he consulted 07592 with images 08655, he looked 07200 in the liver 03516. parting of: Heb. mother ofarrows: or, knivesimages: Heb. teraphim

²² At his right hand 03225 was the divination 07081 for Jerusalem 03389, to appoint 07760 captains 03733, to open 06605 the mouth 06310 in the slaughter 07524, to lift up 07311 the voice 06963 with shouting 08643, to appoint 07760 battering rams 03733 against the gates 08179, to cast 08210 a siege mound 05550, and to build 01129 a fort 01785. captains: or, battering rams: Heb. rams

²³ And it shall be to them as a false 07723 divination 07080 in their sight 05869, to them that have sworn 07650 oaths 07621: but he will call to remembrance 02142 the iniquity 05771, that they may be taken 08610. to them…: or, for the oaths made unto them

²⁴ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because ye have made your iniquity 05771 to be remembered 02142, in that your transgressions 06588 are discovered 01540, so that in all your doings 05949 your sins 02403 do appear 07200; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance 02142, ye shall be taken 08610 with the hand 03709.

²⁵ And thou, profane 02491 wicked 07563 prince 05387 of Israel 03478, whose day 03117 is come 0935, when 06256 iniquity 05771 shall have an end 07093,

²⁶ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Remove 05493 the diadem 04701, and take off 07311 the crown 05850: this shall not be the same 02063: exalt 01361 him that is low 08217, and abase 08213 him that is high 01364.

²⁷ I will overturn 05754, overturn 05754, overturn 05754, it: and it shall be 07760 no more, until he cometh 0935 whose right 04941 it is; and I will give 05414 it him. I will overturn…: Heb. Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I make it

²⁸ And thou, son 01121 of man 0120, prophesy 05012 and say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 concerning the Ammonites 01121, 5983, and concerning their reproach 02781; even say 0559 thou, The sword 02719, the sword 02719 is drawn 06605: for the slaughter 02874 it is polished 04803, to consume 0398 because of the glittering 01300:

²⁹ While they see 02372 vanity 07723 to thee, while they divine 07080 a lie 03577 to thee, to bring 05414 thee upon the necks 06677 of them that are slain 02491, of the wicked 07563, whose day 03117 is come 0935, when 06256 their iniquity 05771 shall have an end 07093.

³⁰ Shall I cause it to return 07725 into its sheath 08593? I will judge 08199 thee in the place 04725 where thou wast created 01254, in the land 0776 of thy nativity 04351. Shall…: or, Cause it to return

³¹ And I will pour out 08210 my indignation 02195 upon thee, I will blow 06315 against thee in the fire 0784 of my wrath 05678, and deliver 05414 thee into the hand 03027 of cruel 01197 men 0582, and skilful 02796 to destroy 04889. brutish: or, burning

³² Thou shalt be for fuel 0402 to the fire 0784; thy blood 01818 shall be in the midst 08432 of the land 0776; thou shalt be no more remembered 02142: for I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it.

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¹ Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Now, thou son 01121 of man 0120, wilt thou judge 08199, wilt thou judge 08199 the bloody 01818 city 05892? yea, thou shalt show 03045 her all her abominations 08441. judge: or, plead forbloody…: Heb. city of bloods?shew her: Heb. make her know

³ Then say 0559 thou, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, The city 05892 sheddeth 08210 blood 01818 in the midst 08432 of it, that her time 06256 may come 0935, and maketh 06213 idols 01544 against herself to defile 02930 herself.

⁴ Thou art become guilty 0816 in thy blood 01818 that thou hast shed 08210; and hast defiled 02930 thyself by thy idols 01544 which thou hast made 06213; and thou hast caused thy days 03117 to draw near 07126, and art come 0935 even to thy years 08141: therefore have I made 05414 thee a reproach 02781 to the heathen 01471, and a mocking 07048 to all countries 0776.

⁵ Those that are near 07138, and those that are far 07350 from thee, shall mock 07046 thee, who art infamous 02931, 8034 and much 07227 troubled 04103. infamous…: Heb. polluted of name, much in vexation

⁶ Behold, the princes 05387 of Israel 03478, every one 0376 were in thee to their power 02220 to shed 08210 blood 01818. power: Heb. arm

⁷ In thee have they set light 07043 by father 01 and mother 0517: in the midst 08432 of thee have they dealt 06213 by oppression 06233 with the stranger 01616: in thee have they oppressed 03238 the fatherless 03490 and the widow 0490. oppression: or, deceit

⁸ Thou hast despised 0959 my holy things 06944, and hast profaned 02490 my sabbaths 07676.

⁹ In thee are men 0582 that carry tales 07400 to shed 08210 blood 01818: and in thee they eat 0398 upon the mountains 02022: in the midst 08432 of thee they commit 06213 lewdness 02154. that…: Heb. of slanders

¹⁰ In thee have they uncovered 01540 their fathers 01’ nakedness 06172: in thee have they humbled 06031 her that was set apart 05079 for pollution 02931.

¹¹ And one 0376 hath committed 06213 abomination 08441 with his neighbour’s 07453 wife 0802; and another 0376 hath lewdly 02154 defiled 02930 his daughter in law 03618; and another 0376 in thee hath humbled 06031 his sister 0269, his father’s 01 daughter 01323. one: or, every oneanother: or, every onelewdly: or, by lewdness

¹² In thee have they taken 03947 gifts 07810 to shed 08210 blood 01818; thou hast taken 03947 interest 05392 and increase 08636, and thou hast greedily gained 01214 from thy neighbours 07453 by extortion 06233, and hast forgotten 07911 me, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹³ Behold, therefore I have smitten 05221 my hand 03709 at thy dishonest gain 01215 which thou hast made 06213, and at thy blood 01818 which hath been in the midst 08432 of thee.

¹⁴ Can thy heart 03820 endure 05975, or can thy hands 03027 be strong 02388, in the days 03117 that I shall deal 06213 with thee? I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it, and will do 06213 it.

¹⁵ And I will scatter 06327 thee among the heathen 01471, and disperse 02219 thee in the countries 0776, and will consume 08552 thy filthiness 02932 out of thee.

¹⁶ And thou shalt take thy inheritance 02490, 5157 in thyself in the sight 05869 of the heathen 01471, and thou shalt know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068. shalt take…: or, shalt be profaned

¹⁷ And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

¹⁸ Son 01121 of man 0120, the house 01004 of Israel 03478 is to me become dross 05509: all they are brass 05178, and tin 0913, and iron 01270, and lead 05777, in the midst 08432 of the furnace 03564; they are even the dross 05509 of silver 03701. dross of silver: Heb. drosses, etc

¹⁹ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because ye are all become dross 05509, behold, therefore I will gather 06908 you into the midst 08432 of Jerusalem 03389.

²⁰ As they gather 06910 silver 03701, and brass 05178, and iron 01270, and lead 05777, and tin 0913, into the midst 08432 of the furnace 03564, to blow 05301 the fire 0784 upon it, to melt 05413 it; so will I gather 06908 you in my anger 0639 and in my fury 02534, and I will leave 03240 you there, and melt 05413 you. As…: Heb. According to the gathering

²¹ Yea, I will gather 03664 you, and blow 05301 upon you in the fire 0784 of my wrath 05678, and ye shall be melted 05413 in the midst 08432 of it.

²² As silver 03701 is melted 02046 in the midst 08432 of the furnace 03564, so shall ye be melted 05413 in the midst 08432 of it; and ye shall know 03045 that I the LORD 03068 have poured out 08210 my fury 02534 upon you.

²³ And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

²⁴ Son 01121 of man 0120, say 0559 to her, Thou art the land 0776 that is not cleansed 02891, nor rained 01656 upon in the day 03117 of indignation 02195.

²⁵ There is a conspiracy 07195 of her prophets 05030 in the midst 08432 of her, like a roaring 07580 lion 0738 ravening 02963 the prey 02964; they have devoured 0398 souls 05315; they have taken 03947 the treasure 02633 and precious things 03366; they have made her many 07235 widows 0490 in the midst 08432 of her.

²⁶ Her priests 03548 have violated 02554 my law 08451, and have profaned 02490 my holy things 06944: they have put no difference 0914 between the holy 06944 and profane 02455, neither have they shown 03045 difference between the unclean 02931 and the clean 02889, and have hid 05956 their eyes 05869 from my sabbaths 07676, and I am profaned 02490 among 08432 them. violated: Heb. offered violence to

²⁷ Her princes 08269 in the midst 07130 of her are like wolves 02061 ravening 02963 the prey 02964, to shed 08210 blood 01818, and to destroy 06 souls 05315, to get 01214 dishonest gain 01215.

²⁸ And her prophets 05030 have daubed 02902 them with untempered 08602 mortar, seeing 02374 vanity 07723, and divining 07080 lies 03577 to them, saying 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, when the LORD 03068 hath not spoken 01696.

²⁹ The people 05971 of the land 0776 have used oppression 06231, 6233, and exercised 01497 robbery 01498, and have oppressed 03238 the poor 06041 and needy 034: yea, they have oppressed 06231 the stranger 01616 wrongfully 04941. oppression: or, deceitwrongfully: Heb. without right

³⁰ And I sought 01245 for a man 0376 among them, that should make up 01443 the hedge 01447, and stand 05975 in the gap 06556 before 06440 me for the land 0776, that I should not destroy 07843 it: but I found 04672 none.

³¹ Therefore have I poured out 08210 my indignation 02195 upon them; I have consumed 03615 them with the fire 0784 of my wrath 05678: their own way 01870 have I recompensed 05414 upon their heads 07218, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

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¹ The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came again to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, there were two 08147 women 0802, the daughters 01323 of one 0259 mother 0517:

³ And they committed harlotries 02181 in Egypt 04714; they committed harlotries 02181 in their youth 05271: there were their breasts 07699 pressed 04600, and there they bruised 06213 the teats 01717 of their virginity 01331.

⁴ And the names 08034 of them were Aholah 0170 the elder 01419, and Aholibah 0172 her sister 0269: and they were mine, and they bore 03205 sons 01121 and daughters 01323. Thus were their names 08034; Samaria 08111 is Aholah 0170, and Jerusalem 03389 Aholibah 0172. Aholah: that is, His tent, or, tabernacleAholibah: that is, My tabernacle in her

⁵ And Aholah 0170 played the harlot 02181 when she was mine 08478; and she doted 05689 on her lovers 0157, on the Assyrians 0804 her neighbours 07138,

⁶ Who were clothed 03847 with blue 08504, captains 06346 and rulers 05461, all of them desirable 02531 young men 0970, horsemen 06571 riding 07392 upon horses 05483.

⁷ Thus she committed 05414 her harlotries 08457 with them, with all them that were the chosen 04005 men 01121 of Assyria 0804, and with all on whom she doted 05689: with all their idols 01544 she defiled 02930 herself. committed…: Heb. bestowed her whoredoms upon themthe chosen…: Heb. the choice of the children of Asshur

⁸ Neither left 05800 she her harlotries 08457 brought from Egypt 04714: for in her youth 05271 they lay 07901 with her, and they bruised 06213 the breasts 01717 of her virginity 01331, and poured 08210 their lust 08457 upon her.

⁹ Therefore I have delivered 05414 her into the hand 03027 of her lovers 0157, into the hand 03027 of the Assyrians 01121, 804, upon whom she doted 05689.

¹⁰ These uncovered 01540 her nakedness 06172: they took 03947 her sons 01121 and her daughters 01323, and slew 02026 her with the sword 02719: and she became a byword 08034 among women 0802; for they had executed 06213 judgment 08196 upon her. famous: Heb. a name

¹¹ And when her sister 0269 Aholibah 0172 saw 07200 this, she was more corrupt 07843 in her inordinate love 05691 than she, and in her harlotries 08457 more than her sister 0269 in her harlotries 02183. she was…: Heb. she corrupted her inordinate love more than, etcmore than…: Heb. more than the whoredoms of her sister

¹² She doted 05689 upon the Assyrians 01121, 804 her neighbours 07138, captains 06346 and rulers 05461 clothed 03847 most gorgeously 04358, horsemen 06571 riding 07392 upon horses 05483, all of them desirable 02531 young men 0970.

¹³ Then I saw 07200 that she was defiled 02930, that they took both 08147 one 0259 way 01870,

¹⁴ And that she increased 03254 her harlotries 08457: for when she saw 07200 men 0582 portrayed 02707 upon the wall 07023, the images 06754 of the Chaldeans 03778 portrayed 02710 with vermilion 08350,

¹⁵ Girded 02289 with belts 0232 upon their loins 04975, flowing 05628 turbans 02871 upon their heads 07218, all of them princes 07991 to look to 04758, after the manner 01823 of the Babylonians 01121, 894 of Chaldea 03778, the land 0776 of their nativity 04138:

¹⁶ And as soon as she saw 04758 them with her eyes 05869, she doted 05689 upon them, and sent 07971 messengers 04397 to them into Chaldea 03778. as soon…: Heb. at the sight of her eyes

¹⁷ And the Babylonians 01121, 894 came 0935 to her into the bed 04904 of love 01730, and they defiled 02930 her with their immorality 08457, and she was polluted 02930 with them, and her mind 05315 was alienated 03363 from them. Babylonians: Heb. children of Babelalienated: Heb. loosed, or, disjointed

¹⁸ So she revealed 01540 her harlotries 08457, and uncovered 01540 her nakedness 06172: then my mind 05315 was alienated 03363 from her, as my mind 05315 was alienated 05361 from her sister 0269.

¹⁹ Yet she multiplied 07235 her harlotries 08457, in calling to remembrance 02142 the days 03117 of her youth 05271, when she had played the harlot 02181 in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714.

²⁰ For she doted 05689 upon their paramours 06370, whose flesh 01320 is as the flesh 01320 of donkeys 02543, and whose issue 02231 is like the issue 02231 of horses 05483.

²¹ Thus thou didst call to remembrance 06485 the lewdness 02154 of thy youth 05271, in bruising 06213 thy teats 01717 by the Egyptians 04714 for the breasts 07699 of thy youth 05271.

²² Therefore, O Aholibah 0172, thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I will raise up 05782 thy lovers 0157 against thee, from whom thy mind 05315 is alienated 05361, and I will bring 0935 them against thee on every side 05439;

²³ The Babylonians 01121, 894, and all the Chaldeans 03778, Pekod 06489, and Shoa 07772, and Koa 06970, and all the Assyrians 01121, 804 with them: all of them desirable 02531 young men 0970, captains 06346 and rulers 05461, great lords 07991 and renowned 07121, all of them riding 07392 upon horses 05483.

²⁴ And they shall come 0935 against thee with chariots 02021, wagons 07393, and wheels 01534, and with an assembly 06951 of people 05971, which shall commit 07760 against thee buckler 06793 and shield 04043 and helmet 06959 on every side 05439: and I will set 05414 judgment 04941 before 06440 them, and they shall judge 08199 thee according to their judgments 04941.

²⁵ And I will set 05414 my jealousy 07068 against thee, and they shall deal 06213 furiously 02534 with thee: they shall take away 05493 thy nose 0639 and thy ears 0241; and thy remnant 0319 shall fall 05307 by the sword 02719: they shall take 03947 thy sons 01121 and thy daughters 01323; and thy remnant 0319 shall be devoured 0398 by the fire 0784.

²⁶ They shall also strip 06584 thee of thy clothes 0899, and take away 03947 thy fair 08597 jewels 03627. fair…: Heb. instruments of thy decking

²⁷ Thus will I make thy lewdness 02154 to cease 07673 from thee, and thy harlotry 02184 brought from the land 0776 of Egypt 04714: so that thou shalt not lift up 05375 thy eyes 05869 to them, nor remember 02142 Egypt 04714 any more.

²⁸ For thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I will deliver 05414 thee into the hand 03027 of them whom thou hatest 08130, into the hand 03027 of them from whom thy mind 05315 is alienated 05361:

²⁹ And they shall deal 06213 with thee in hatred 08135, and shall take away 03947 all thy labour 03018, and shall leave 05800 thee naked 05903 and bare 06181: and the nakedness 06172 of thy harlotries 02183 shall be uncovered 01540, both thy lewdness 02154 and thy harlotries 08457.

³⁰ I will do 06213 these things to thee, because thou hast played the harlot 02181 with 0310 the heathen 01471, and because thou art polluted 02930 with their idols 01544.

³¹ Thou hast walked 01980 in the way 01870 of thy sister 0269; therefore will I give 05414 her cup 03563 into thy hand 03027.

³² Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Thou shalt drink 08354 of thy sister’s 0269 cup 03563 deep 06013 and large 07342: thou shalt be laughed at 06712 and had in derision 03933; it containeth 03557 much 04767.

³³ Thou shalt be filled 04390 with drunkenness 07943 and sorrow 03015, with the cup 03563 of horror 08047 and desolation 08077, with the cup 03563 of thy sister 0269 Samaria 08111.

³⁴ Thou shalt even drink 08354 it and drain it 04680, and thou shalt break 01633 its pieces 02789, and pluck off 05423 thy own breasts 07699: for I have spoken 01696 it, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

³⁵ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because thou hast forgotten 07911 me, and cast 07993 me behind 0310 thy back 01458, therefore bear 05375 thou also thy lewdness 02154 and thy harlotries 08457.

³⁶ The LORD 03068 said 0559 moreover to me; Son 01121 of man 0120, wilt thou judge 08199 Aholah 0170 and Aholibah 0172? yea, declare 05046 to them their abominations 08441; judge: or, plead for

³⁷ That they have committed adultery 05003, and blood 01818 is in their hands 03027, and with their idols 01544 have they committed adultery 05003, and have also caused their sons 01121, whom they bore 03205 to me, to pass for them through 05674 the fire, to devour 0402 them.

³⁸ Moreover this they have done 06213 to me: they have defiled 02930 my sanctuary 04720 in the same day 03117, and have profaned 02490 my sabbaths 07676.

³⁹ For when they had slain 07819 their children 01121 to their idols 01544, then they came 0935 the same day 03117 into my sanctuary 04720 to profane 02490 it; and, lo, thus have they done 06213 in the midst 08432 of my house 01004.

⁴⁰ And furthermore 0637, that ye have sent 07971 for men 0582 to come 0935 from far 04801, to whom a messenger 04397 was sent 07971; and, lo, they came 0935: for whom thou didst wash 07364 thyself, didst paint 03583 thy eyes 05869, and didst deck 05710 thyself with ornaments 05716, to come: Heb. coming

⁴¹ And satest 03427 upon a stately 03520 bed 04296, and a table 07979 prepared 06186 before 06440 it, upon which thou hast set 07760 my incense 07004 and my oil 08081. stately: Heb. honourable

⁴² And a voice 06963 of a multitude 01995 being at ease 07961 was with her: and with the men 0582 of the common sort 07230, 120 were brought 0935 Sabeans 05436, 5433 from the wilderness 04057, who put 05414 bracelets 06781 upon their hands 03027, and beautiful 08597 crowns 05850 upon their heads 07218. of the…: Heb. of the multitude of menSabeans: or, drunkards

⁴³ Then said 0559 I to her that was old 01087 in adulteries 05004, Will they now commit 02181 harlotries 08457 with her, and she with them? whoredoms…: Heb. her whoredoms

⁴⁴ Yet they went in 0935 to her, as they go in 0935 to a woman 0802 that playeth the harlot 02181: so they went in 0935 to Aholah 0170 and to Aholibah 0172, the lewd 02154 women 0802.

⁴⁵ And the righteous 06662 men 0582, they shall judge 08199 them after the manner 04941 of adulteresses 05003, and after the manner 04941 of women that shed 08210 blood 01818; because they are adulteresses 05003, and blood 01818 is in their hands 03027.

⁴⁶ For thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I will bring up 05927 a company 06951 upon them, and will give 05414 them to be removed 02189 and plundered 0957. to be…: Heb. for a removing and spoil

⁴⁷ And the company 06951 shall stone 07275 them with stones 068, and dispatch 01254 them with their swords 02719; they shall slay 02026 their sons 01121 and their daughters 01323, and burn 08313 their houses 01004 with fire 0784. dispatch…: or, single them out

⁴⁸ Thus will I cause lewdness 02154 to cease 07673 out of the land 0776, that all women 0802 may be taught 03256 not to do 06213 after your lewdness 02154.

⁴⁹ And they shall recompense 05414 your lewdness 02154 upon you, and ye shall bear 05375 the sins 02399 of your idols 01544: and ye shall know 03045 that I am the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

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¹ Again in the ninth 08671 year 08141, in the tenth 06224 month 02320, in the tenth 06218 day of the month 02320, the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, write 03789 for thee the name 08034 of the day 03117, even of this same 06106 day 03117: the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 set 05564 himself against Jerusalem 03389 this same 06106 day 03117.

³ And utter 04911 a parable 04912 to the rebellious 04805 house 01004, and say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Set on 08239 a pot 05518, set it on 08239, and also pour 03332 water 04325 into it:

⁴ Gather 0622 its pieces 05409 into it, even every good 02896 piece 05409, the thigh 03409, and the shoulder 03802; fill 04390 it with the choice 04005 bones 06106.

⁵ Take 03947 the choice 04005 of the flock 06629, and burn 01754 also the bones 06106 under it, and make it boil 07570 well 07571, and let them boil 01310 its bones 06106 in it 08432. burn: or, heap

⁶ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Woe 0188 to the bloody 01818 city 05892, to the pot 05518 whose scum 02457 is in it, and whose scum 02457 is not gone out 03318 of it! bring it out 03318 piece 05409 by piece 05409; let no lot 01486 fall 05307 upon it.

⁷ For her blood 01818 is in the midst 08432 of her; she set 07760 it upon the top 06706 of a rock 05553; she poured 08210 it not upon the ground 0776, to cover 03680 it with dust 06083;

⁸ That it might cause fury 02534 to come up 05927 to take 05358 vengeance 05359; I have set 05414 her blood 01818 upon the top 06706 of a rock 05553, that it should not be covered 03680.

⁹ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Woe 0188 to the bloody 01818 city 05892! I will even make the pile 04071 for fire great 01431.

¹⁰ Heap 07235 on wood 06086, kindle 01814 the fire 0784, consume 08552 the flesh 01320, and spice 07543 it well 04841, and let the bones 06106 be burned 02787.

¹¹ Then set 05975 it empty 07386 upon its coals 01513, that the brass 05178 of it may be hot 03179, and may burn 02787, and that the filthiness 02932 of it may be melted 05413 in it 08432, that the scum 02457 of it may be consumed 08552.

¹² She hath wearied 03811 herself with lies 08383, and her great 07227 scum 02457 went not forth 03318 out of her: her scum 02457 shall be in the fire 0784.

¹³ In thy filthiness 02932 is lewdness 02154: because I have purged 02891 thee, and thou wast not purged 02891, thou shalt not be purged 02891 from thy filthiness 02932 any more, till I have caused my fury 02534 to rest 05117 upon thee.

¹⁴ I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it: it shall come to pass 0935, and I will do 06213 it; I will not go back 06544, neither will I spare 02347, neither will I repent 05162; according to thy ways 01870, and according to thy doings 05949, shall they judge 08199 thee, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁵ Also the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

¹⁶ Son 01121 of man 0120, behold, I take away 03947 from thee the desire 04261 of thy eyes 05869 with a stroke 04046: yet neither shalt thou mourn 05594 nor weep 01058, neither shall thy tears 01832 run down 0935. run down: Heb. go

¹⁷ Forbear 01826 to cry 0602, make 06213 no mourning 060 for the dead 04191, bind 02280 thy turban 06287 upon thee, and put on 07760 thy shoes 05275 upon thy feet 07272, and cover 05844 not thy lips 08222, and eat 0398 not the bread 03899 of men 0582. Forbear: Heb. Be silentlips: Heb. upper lip

¹⁸ So I spoke 01696 to the people 05971 in the morning 01242: and at evening 06153 my wife 0802 died 04191; and I did 06213 in the morning 01242 as I was commanded 06680.

¹⁹ And the people 05971 said 0559 to me, Wilt thou not tell 05046 us what these things are to us, that thou doest 06213 so?

²⁰ Then I answered 0559 them, The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

²¹ Speak 0559 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I will profane 02490 my sanctuary 04720, the excellency 01347 of your strength 05797, the desire 04261 of your eyes 05869, and that which your soul 05315 pitieth 04263; and your sons 01121 and your daughters 01323 whom ye have left 05800 shall fall 05307 by the sword 02719. that…: Heb. the pity of your soul

²² And ye shall do 06213 as I have done 06213: ye shall not cover 05844 your lips 08222, nor eat 0398 the bread 03899 of men 0582.

²³ And your turbans 06287 shall be upon your heads 07218, and your shoes 05275 upon your feet 07272: ye shall not mourn 05594 nor weep 01058; but ye shall pine away 04743 for your iniquities 05771, and mourn 05098 one 0376 toward another 0251.

²⁴ Thus Ezekiel 03168 is to you a sign 04159: according to all that he hath done 06213 shall ye do 06213: and when this cometh 0935, ye shall know 03045 that I am the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

²⁵ Also, thou son 01121 of man 0120, shall it not be in the day 03117 when I take 03947 from them their strength 04581, the joy 04885 of their glory 08597, the desire 04261 of their eyes 05869, and that on which they set 04853 their minds 05315, their sons 01121 and their daughters 01323, that…: Heb. the lifting up of their soul

²⁶ That he that escapeth 06412 in that day 03117 shall come 0935 to thee, to cause thee to hear 02045 it with thy ears 0241?

²⁷ In that day 03117 shall thy mouth 06310 be opened 06605 to him who hath escaped 06412, and thou shalt speak 01696, and be no more dumb 0481: and thou shalt be a sign 04159 to them; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

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¹ The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came again to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, set 07760 thy face 06440 against the Ammonites 01121, 5983, and prophesy 05012 against them;

³ And say 0559 to the Ammonites 01121, 5983, Hear 08085 the word 01697 of the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because thou saidst 0559, Aha 01889, against my sanctuary 04720, when it was profaned 02490; and against the land 0127 of Israel 03478, when it was desolate 08074; and against the house 01004 of Judah 03063, when they went 01980 into captivity 01473;

⁴ Behold, therefore I will deliver 05414 thee to the men 01121 of the east 06924 for a possession 04181, and they shall set 03427 their palaces 02918 in thee, and make 05414 their dwellings 04908 in thee: they shall eat 0398 thy fruit 06529, and they shall drink 08354 thy milk 02461. men: Heb. children

⁵ And I will make 05414 Rabbah 07237 a stable 05116 for camels 01581, and the Ammonites 01121, 5983 a couchingplace 04769 for flocks 06629: and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

⁶ For thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because thou hast clapped 04222 thy hands 03027, and stamped 07554 with the feet 07272, and rejoiced 08055 in heart 05315 with all thy despite 07589 against the land 0127 of Israel 03478; hands: Heb. handfeet: Heb. footheart: Heb. soul

⁷ Behold, therefore I will stretch out 05186 my hand 03027 upon thee, and will deliver 05414 thee for a spoil 0957, 897 to the heathen 01471; and I will cut thee off 03772 from the people 05971, and I will cause thee to perish 06 out of the countries 0776: I will destroy 08045 thee; and thou shalt know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068. a spoil: or, meat

⁸ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because 03282 that Moab 04124 and Seir 08165 do say 0559, Behold, the house 01004 of Judah 03063 is like all the heathen 01471;

⁹ Therefore, behold, I will open 06605 the side 03802 of Moab 04124 from the cities 05892, from his cities 05892 which are on his frontiers 07097, the glory 06643 of the country 0776, Bethjeshimoth 01020, Baalmeon 01186, and Kiriathaim 07156, side…: Heb. shoulder of Moab

¹⁰ To the men 01121 of the east 06924 with the Ammonites 01121, 5983, and will give 05414 them in possession 04181, that the Ammonites 01121, 5983 may not be remembered 02142 among the nations 01471. with…: or, against the children of Ammon

¹¹ And I will execute 06213 judgments 08201 upon Moab 04124; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

¹² Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because Edom 0123 hath dealt 06213 against the house 01004 of Judah 03063 by taking 05358 vengeance 05359, and hath greatly 0816 offended 0816, and revenged 05358 himself upon them; by…: Heb. by revenging revengement

¹³ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I will also stretch out 05186 my hand 03027 upon Edom 0123, and will cut off 03772 man 0120 and beast 0929 from it; and I will make 05414 it desolate 02723 from Teman 08487; and they of Dedan 01719 shall fall 05307 by the sword 02719. they…: or, they shall fall by the sword unto Dedan

¹⁴ And I will lay 05414 my vengeance 05360 upon Edom 0123 by the hand 03027 of my people 05971 Israel 03478: and they shall do 06213 in Edom 0123 according to my anger 0639 and according to my fury 02534; and they shall know 03045 my vengeance 05360, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁵ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because the Philistines 06430 have dealt 06213 by revenge 05360, and have taken 05358 vengeance 05359 with a despiteful 07589 heart 05315, to destroy 04889 it for the old 05769 hatred 0342; for the…: or, with perpetual hatred

¹⁶ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I will stretch out 05186 my hand 03027 upon the Philistines 06430, and I will cut off 03772 the Cherethims 03774, and destroy 06 the remnant 07611 of the sea 03220 coast 02348. sea coast: or, haven of the sea

¹⁷ And I will execute 06213 great 01419 vengeance 05360 upon them with furious 02534 rebukes 08433; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when I shall lay 05414 my vengeance 05360 upon them. great vengeance: Heb. great vengeances

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¹ And it came to pass in the eleventh 06249, 6240 year 08141, in the first 0259 day of the month 02320, that the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, because that Tyre 06865 hath said 0559 against Jerusalem 03389, Aha 01889, she is broken 07665 that was the gates 01817 of the people 05971: she is turned 05437 to me: I shall be replenished 04390, now she is laid waste 02717:

³ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre 06865, and will cause many 07227 nations 01471 to come up 05927 against thee, as the sea 03220 causeth its waves 01530 to come up 05927.

⁴ And they shall destroy 07843 the walls 02346 of Tyre 06865, and break down 02040 her towers 04026: I will also scrape 05500 her dust 06083 from her, and make 05414 her like the top 06706 of a rock 05553.

⁵ It shall be a place for the spreading 04894 of nets 02764 in the midst 08432 of the sea 03220: for I have spoken 01696 it, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069: and it shall become a spoil 0957 to the nations 01471.

⁶ And her daughters 01323 who are in the field 07704 shall be slain 02026 by the sword 02719; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

⁷ For thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I will bring 0935 upon Tyre 06865 Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894, a king 04428 of kings 04428, from the north 06828, with horses 05483, and with chariots 07393, and with horsemen 06571, and companies 06951, and many 07227 people 05971.

⁸ He shall slay 02026 with the sword 02719 thy daughters 01323 in the field 07704: and he shall make 05414 a fort 01785 against thee, and cast 08210 a siege mound 05550 against thee, and lift up 06965 the buckler 06793 against thee. cast…: or, pour out the engine of shot

⁹ And he shall set 05414 engines 04239 of war 06904 against thy walls 02346, and with his axes 02719 he shall break down 05422 thy towers 04026.

¹⁰ By reason of the abundance 08229 of his horses 05483 their dust 080 shall cover 03680 thee: thy walls 02346 shall shake 07493 at the noise 06963 of the horsemen 06571, and of the wheels 01534, and of the chariots 07393, when he shall enter 0935 into thy gates 08179, as men enter 03996 into a city 05892 in which is made a breach 01234. as men…: Heb. according to the enterings of a city broken up

¹¹ With the hoofs 06541 of his horses 05483 shall he tread down 07429 all thy streets 02351: he shall slay 02026 thy people 05971 by the sword 02719, and thy strong 05797 garrisons 04676 shall go down 03381 to the ground 0776.

¹² And they shall make a spoil 07997 of thy riches 02428, and make a prey 0962 of thy merchandise 07404: and they shall break down 02040 thy walls 02346, and destroy 05422 thy pleasant 02532 houses 01004: and they shall lay 07760 thy stones 068 and thy timber 06086 and thy dust 06083 in the midst 08432 of the water 04325. thy pleasant…: Heb. houses of thy desire

¹³ And I will cause the noise 01995 of thy songs 07892 to cease 07673; and the sound 06963 of thy harps 03658 shall be no more heard 08085.

¹⁴ And I will make 05414 thee like the top 06706 of a rock 05553: thou shalt be a place to spread 04894 nets 02764 upon 04894; thou shalt be built 01129 no more: for I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁵ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 to Tyre 06865; Shall not the isles 0339 shake 07493 at the sound 06963 of thy fall 04658, when the wounded 02491 cry 0602, when the slaughter 02027 is made 02026 in the midst 08432 of thee?

¹⁶ Then all the princes 05387 of the sea 03220 shall come down 03381 from their thrones 03678, and lay away 05493 their robes 04598, and put off 06584 their embroidered 07553 garments 0899: they shall clothe 03847 themselves with trembling 02731; they shall sit 03427 upon the ground 0776, and shall tremble 02729 at every moment 07281, and be astonished 08074 at thee. trembling: Heb. tremblings

¹⁷ And they shall take up 05375 a lamentation 07015 for thee, and say 0559 to thee, How art thou destroyed 06, that wast inhabited 03427 by seafaring men 03220, the renowned 01984 city 05892, which wast strong 02389 in the sea 03220, she and her inhabitants 03427, who cause 05414 their terror 02851 to be on all that dwelt in 03427 it! of…: Heb. of the seas

¹⁸ Now shall the isles 0339 tremble 02729 in the day 03117 of thy fall 04658; yea, the isles 0339 that are in the sea 03220 shall be troubled 0926 at thy departure 03318.

¹⁹ For thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; When I shall make 05414 thee a desolate 02717 city 05892, like the cities 05892 that are not inhabited 03427; when I shall bring up 05927 the deep 08415 upon thee, and great 07227 waters 04325 shall cover 03680 thee;

²⁰ When I shall bring thee down 03381 with them that descend 03381 into the pit 0953, with the people 05971 of old time 05769, and shall set 03427 thee in the low parts 08482 of the earth 0776, in places desolate 02723 of old 05769, with them that go down 03381 to the pit 0953, that thou be not inhabited 03427; and I shall set 05414 glory 06643 in the land 0776 of the living 02416;

²¹ I will make 05414 thee a terror 01091, and thou shalt be no more: though thou shalt be sought for 01245, yet shalt thou never 05769 be found 04672 again, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. a terror: Heb. terrors

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¹ The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came again to me, saying 0559,

² Now, thou son 01121 of man 0120, take up 05375 a lamentation 07015 for Tyre 06865;

³ And say 0559 to Tyre 06865, O thou that dwelleth 03427 at the entrance 03997 of the sea 03220, which art a merchant 07402 of the people 05971 for many 07227 isles 0339, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; O Tyre 06865, thou hast said 0559, I am of perfect 03632 beauty 03308. of perfect…: Heb. perfect of beauty

⁴ Thy borders 01366 are in the midst 03820 of the seas 03220, thy builders 01129 have perfected 03634 thy beauty 03308. midst: Heb. heart

⁵ They have made 01129 all thy ship planks 03871 of fir trees 01265 of Senir 08149: they have taken 03947 cedars 0730 from Lebanon 03844 to make 06213 masts 08650 for thee. made: Heb. built

⁶ Of the oaks 0437 of Bashan 01316 have they made 06213 thy oars 04880; the company 01323 of the Ashurites 0839 have made 06213 thy benches 07175 of ivory 08127, brought out of the isles 0339 of Chittim 03794. the company…: or, they have made thy hatches of ivory well troddencompany: Heb. daughter

⁷ Fine linen 08336 with embroidered work 07553 from Egypt 04714 was that which thou spreadest forth 04666 to be thy sail 05251; blue 08504 and purple 0713 from the isles 0339 of Elishah 0473 was that which covered 04374 thee. blue…: or, purple and scarlet

⁸ The inhabitants 03427 of Zidon 06721 and Arvad 0719 were thy mariners 07751: thy wise 02450 men, O Tyre 06865, that were in thee, were thy pilots 02259.

⁹ The ancients 02205 of Gebal 01380 and her wise 02450 men were in thee thy calkers 0919, 2388: all the ships 0591 of the sea 03220 with their mariners 04419 were in thee to exchange 06148 thy merchandise 04627. calkers: or, stoppers of chinks: Heb. strengtheners, etc

¹⁰ They of Persia 06539 and of Lud 03865 and of Phut 06316 were in thy army 02428, thy men 0582 of war 04421: they hung 08518 the shield 04043 and helmet 03553 in thee; they set forth 05414 thy comeliness 01926.

¹¹ The men 01121 of Arvad 0719 with thy army 02428 were upon thy walls 02346 on all sides 05439, and the Gammadims 01575 were in thy towers 04026: they hung 08518 their shields 07982 upon thy walls 02346 on every side 05439; they have made 03634 thy beauty 03308 perfect 03634.

¹² Tarshish 08659 was thy merchant 05503 by reason of the multitude 07230 of all kind of riches 01952; with silver 03701, iron 01270, tin 0913, and lead 05777, they traded 05414 in thy fairs 05801.

¹³ Javan 03120, Tubal 08422, and Meshech 04902, they were thy merchants 07402: they traded 05414 in the persons 05315 of men 0120 and vessels 03627 of brass 05178 in thy market 04627. market: or, merchandise

¹⁴ They of the house 01004 of Togarmah 08425 traded 05414 in thy fairs 05801 with horses 05483 and horsemen 06571 and mules 06505.

¹⁵ The men 01121 of Dedan 01719 were thy merchants 07402; many 07227 isles 0339 were the merchandise 05506 of thy hand 03027: they brought 07725 thee for a present 0814 horns 07161 of ivory 08127 and ebony 01894.

¹⁶ Syria 0758 was thy merchant 05503 by reason of the multitude 07230 of the wares of thy making 04639: they traded 05414 in thy fairs 05801 with emeralds 05306, purple 0713, and embroidered work 07553, and fine linen 0948, and coral 07215, and agate 03539. the wares…: Heb. thy worksagate: or, chrysoprase

¹⁷ Judah 03063, and the land 0776 of Israel 03478, they were thy merchants 07402: they traded 05414 in thy market 04627 in wheat 02406 of Minnith 04511, and Pannag 06436, and honey 01706, and oil 08081, and balm 06875. balm: or, rosin

¹⁸ Damascus 01834 was thy merchant 05503 in the multitude 07230 of the wares of thy making 04639, for the multitude 07230 of all riches 01952; in the wine 03196 of Helbon 02463, and white 06713 wool 06785.

¹⁹ Dan 02051, 1835 also and Javan 03120 going to and fro 0235 traded 05414 in thy fairs 05801: bright 06219 iron 01270, cassia 06916, and calamus 07070, were in thy market 04627. going…: or, Meuzal

²⁰ Dedan 01719 was thy merchant 07402 in precious 02667 clothes 0899 for chariots 07396. precious…: Heb. clothes of freedom

²¹ Arabia 06152, and all the princes 05387 of Kedar 06938, they traded 05503 with thee 03027 in lambs 03733, and rams 0352, and goats 06260: in these were they thy merchants 05503. they occupied…: Heb. they were the merchants of thy hand

²² The merchants 07402 of Sheba 07614 and Raamah 07484, they were thy merchants 07402: they traded 05414 in thy fairs 05801 with the best 07218 of all spices 01314, and with all precious 03368 stones 068, and gold 02091.

²³ Haran 02771, and Canneh 03656, and Eden 05729, the merchants 07402 of Sheba 07614, Asshur 0804, and Chilmad 03638, were thy merchants 07402.

²⁴ These were thy merchants 07402 in all sorts 04360 of things, in blue 08504 clothes 01545, and embroidered work 07553, and in chests 01595 of rich apparel 01264, bound 02280 with cords 02256, and made of cedar 0729, among thy merchandise 04819. all…: or, excellent thingsclothes: Heb. foldings

²⁵ The ships 0591 of Tarshish 08659 did sing 07788 of thee in thy market 04627: and thou wast replenished 04390, and made very 03966 glorious 03513 in the midst 03820 of the seas 03220.

²⁶ Thy rowers 07751 have brought 0935 thee into great 07227 waters 04325: the east 06921 wind 07307 hath broken 07665 thee in the midst 03820 of the seas 03220. midst: Heb. heart

²⁷ Thy riches 01952, and thy fairs 05801, thy merchandise 04627, thy mariners 04419, and thy pilots 02259, thy calkers 0919, 2388, and the traders 06148 of thy merchandise 04627, and all thy men 0582 of war 04421, that are in thee, and in all thy company 06951 which is in the midst 08432 of thee, shall fall 05307 into the midst 03820 of the seas 03220 in the day 03117 of thy ruin 04658. and in…: or, even with allmidst of the seas: Heb. heart, etc

²⁸ The waves 04054 shall shake 07493 at the sound 06963 of the cry 02201 of thy pilots 02259. suburbs: or, waves

²⁹ And all that handle 08610 the oar 04880, the mariners 04419, and all the pilots 02259 of the sea 03220, shall come down 03381 from their ships 0591, they shall stand 05975 upon the land 0776;

³⁰ And shall cause their voice 06963 to be heard 08085 against thee, and shall cry 02199 bitterly 04751, and shall cast up 05927 dust 06083 upon their heads 07218, they shall wallow 06428 themselves in the ashes 0665:

³¹ And they shall make themselves utterly 07144 bald 07139 for thee, and gird 02296 themselves with sackcloth 08242, and they shall weep 01058 for thee with bitterness 04751 of heart 05315 and bitter 04751 wailing 04553.

³² And in their wailing 05204 they shall take up 05375 a lamentation 07015 for thee, and lament 06969 over thee, saying, What city is like Tyre 06865, like the destroyed 01822 in the midst 08432 of the sea 03220?

³³ When thy wares 05801 went forth 03318 out of the seas 03220, thou didst fill 07646 many 07227 people 05971; thou didst enrich 06238 the kings 04428 of the earth 0776 with the multitude 07230 of thy riches 01952 and of thy merchandise 04627.

³⁴ In the time 06256 when thou shalt be broken 07665 by the seas 03220 in the depths 04615 of the waters 04325 thy merchandise 04627 and all thy company 06951 in the midst 08432 of thee shall fall 05307.

³⁵ All the inhabitants 03427 of the isles 0339 shall be astonished 08074 at thee, and their kings 04428 shall be terribly 08178 afraid 08175, they shall be troubled 07481 in their countenance 06440.

³⁶ The merchants 05503 among the people 05971 shall hiss 08319 at thee; thou shalt be a terror 01091, and never shalt be any more 05704, 5769. a terror: Heb. terrorsnever…: Heb. shalt not be for ever

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¹ The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came again to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, say 0559 to the prince 05057 of Tyre 06865, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because thy heart 03820 is lifted up 01361, and thou hast said 0559, I am a God 0410, I sit 03427 in the seat 04186 of God 0430, in the midst 03820 of the seas 03220; yet thou art a man 0120, and not God 0410, though thou settest 05414 thy heart 03820 as the heart 03820 of God 0430: midst: Heb. heart

³ Behold, thou art wiser 02450 than Daniel 01840; there is no secret 05640 that they can hide 06004 from thee:

⁴ With thy wisdom 02451 and with thy understanding 08394 thou hast gained for 06213 thee riches 02428, and hast gained 06213 gold 02091 and silver 03701 into thy treasuries 0214:

⁵ By thy great 07230 wisdom 02451 and by thy merchandise 07404 hast thou increased 07235 thy riches 02428, and thy heart 03824 is lifted up 01361 because of thy riches 02428: thy great…: Heb. the greatness of thy wisdom

⁶ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because thou hast set 05414 thy heart 03820 as the heart 03824 of God 0430;

⁷ Behold, therefore I will bring 0935 strangers 02114 upon thee, the terrible 06184 of the nations 01471: and they shall draw 07324 their swords 02719 against the beauty 03308 of thy wisdom 02451, and they shall defile 02490 thy brightness 03314.

⁸ They shall bring thee down 03381 to the pit 07845, and thou shalt die 04191 the deaths 04463 of them that are slain 02491 in the midst 03820 of the seas 03220.

⁹ Wilt thou yet 0559 say 0559 before 06440 him that slayeth 02026 thee, I am God 0430? but thou shalt be a man 0120, and no God 0410, in the hand 03027 of him that slayeth 02490 thee. of him that slayeth: or, of him that woundeth

¹⁰ Thou shalt die 04191 the deaths 04194 of the uncircumcised 06189 by the hand 03027 of strangers 02114: for I have spoken 01696 it, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹¹ Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

¹² Son 01121 of man 0120, take up 05375 a lamentation 07015 upon the king 04428 of Tyre 06865, and say 0559 to him, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Thou sealest up 02856 the sum 08508, full 04392 of wisdom 02451, and perfect 03632 in beauty 03308.

¹³ Thou hast been in Eden 05731 the garden 01588 of God 0430; every precious 03368 stone 068 was thy covering 04540, the sardius 0124, topaz 06357, and the diamond 03095, the beryl 08658, the onyx 07718, and the jasper 03471, the sapphire 05601, the emerald 05306, and the carbuncle 01304, and gold 02091: the workmanship 04399 of thy tabrets 08596 and of thy pipes 05345 was prepared 03559 in thee in the day 03117 that thou wast created 01254. sardius: or, rubyberyl: or, chrysoliteemerald: or, chrysoprase

¹⁴ Thou art the anointed 04473 cherub 03742 that covereth 05526; and I have set 05414 thee so: thou wast upon the holy 06944 mountain 02022 of God 0430; thou hast walked up and down 01980 in the midst 08432 of the stones 068 of fire 0784.

¹⁵ Thou wast perfect 08549 in thy ways 01870 from the day 03117 that thou wast created 01254, till iniquity 05766 was found 04672 in thee.

¹⁶ By the multitude 07230 of thy merchandise 07404 they have filled 04390 the midst 08432 of thee with violence 02555, and thou hast sinned 02398: therefore I will cast thee as profane 02490 out of the mountain 02022 of God 0430: and I will destroy 06 thee, O covering 05526 cherub 03742, from the midst 08432 of the stones 068 of fire 0784.

¹⁷ Thy heart 03820 was lifted up 01361 because of thy beauty 03308, thou hast corrupted 07843 thy wisdom 02451 by reason of 05921 thy brightness 03314: I will cast 07993 thee to the ground 0776, I will lay 05414 thee before 06440 kings 04428, that they may behold 07200 thee.

¹⁸ Thou hast defiled 02490 thy sanctuaries 04720 by the multitude 07230 of thy iniquities 05771, by the iniquity 05766 of thy merchandise 07404; therefore will I bring forth 03318 a fire 0784 from the midst 08432 of thee, it shall devour 0398 thee, and I will bring 05414 thee to ashes 0665 upon the earth 0776 in the sight 05869 of all them that behold 07200 thee.

¹⁹ All they that know 03045 thee among the people 05971 shall be astonished 08074 at thee: thou shalt be a terror 01091, and never 0369 shalt thou be any more 05704, 5769. a terror: Heb. terrors

²⁰ Again the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

²¹ Son 01121 of man 0120, set 07760 thy face 06440 against Zidon 06721, and prophesy 05012 against it,

²² And say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon 06721; and I will be glorified 03513 in the midst 08432 of thee: and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when I shall have executed 06213 judgments 08201 in her, and shall be sanctified 06942 in her.

²³ For I will send 07971 into her pestilence 01698, and blood 01818 into her streets 02351; and the wounded 02491 shall be judged 05307 in the midst 08432 of her by the sword 02719 upon her on every side 05439; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

²⁴ And there shall be no more a pricking 03992 brier 05544 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478, nor any grieving 03510 thorn 06975 of all that are around 05439 them, that despised 07590 them; and they shall know 03045 that I am the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

²⁵ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; When I shall have gathered 06908 the house 01004 of Israel 03478 from the people 05971 among whom they are scattered 06327, and shall be sanctified 06942 in them in the sight 05869 of the heathen 01471, then shall they dwell 03427 in their land 0127 that I have given 05414 to my servant 05650 Jacob 03290.

²⁶ And they shall dwell 03427 safely 0983 in it, and shall build 01129 houses 01004, and plant 05193 vineyards 03754; yea, they shall dwell 03427 with confidence 0983, when I have executed 06213 judgments 08201 upon all those that despise 07590 them around 05439 them; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068 their God 0430. safely: or, with confidencedespise: or, spoil

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¹ In the tenth 06224 year 08141, in the tenth 06224 month, in the twelfth 08147, 6240 day of the month 02320, the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, set 07760 thy face 06440 against Pharaoh 06547 king 04428 of Egypt 04714, and prophesy 05012 against him, and against all Egypt 04714:

³ Speak 01696, and say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh 06547 king 04428 of Egypt 04714, the great 01419 dragon 08577 that lieth 07257 in the midst 08432 of his rivers 02975, which hath said 0559, My river 02975 is my own, and I have made 06213 it for myself.

⁴ But I will put 05414 hooks 02397, 2397 in thy jaws 03895, and I will cause the fish 01710 of thy rivers 02975 to stick 01692 to thy scales 07193, and I will bring thee 05927 out of the midst 08432 of thy rivers 02975, and all the fish 01710 of thy rivers 02975 shall stick 01692 to thy scales 07193.

⁵ And I will leave 05203 thee thrown into the wilderness 04057, thee and all the fish 01710 of thy rivers 02975: thou shalt fall 05307 upon the open 06440 fields 07704; thou shalt not be brought together 0622, nor gathered 06908: I have given 05414 thee for food 0402 to the beasts 02416 of the field 0776 and to the fowls 05775 of heaven 08064. open…: Heb. face of the field

⁶ And all the inhabitants 03427 of Egypt 04714 shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, because they have been a staff 04938 of reed 07070 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478.

⁷ When they took hold 08610 of thee by thy hand 03709, thou didst break 07533, and rend 01234 all their shoulder 03802: and when they leaned 08172 upon thee, thou didst break 07665, and make all their loins 04975 quake 05976.

⁸ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I will bring 0935 a sword 02719 upon thee, and cut off 03772 man 0120 and beast 0929 out of thee.

⁹ And the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 shall be desolate 08077 and waste 02723; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068: because he hath said 0559, The river 02975 is mine, and I have made 06213 it.

¹⁰ Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers 02975, and I will make 05414 the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 utterly 02721 waste 02723 and desolate 08077, from the tower 04024 of Syene 05482 even to the border 01366 of Cush 03568. utterly…: Heb. wastes of wastefrom…: or, from Migdol to SyeneSyene: Heb. Seveneh

¹¹ No foot 07272 of man 0120 shall pass through 05674 it, nor foot 07272 of beast 0929 shall pass through 05674 it, neither shall it be inhabited 03427 forty 0705 years 08141.

¹² And I will make 05414 the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 desolate 08077 in the midst 08432 of the countries 0776 that are desolate 08074, and her cities 05892 among 08432 the cities 05892 that are laid waste 02717 shall be desolate 08077 forty 0705 years 08141: and I will scatter 06327 the Egyptians 04714 among the nations 01471, and will disperse 02219 them through the countries 0776.

¹³ Yet thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; At the end 07093 of forty 0705 years 08141 will I gather 06908 the Egyptians 04714 from the people 05971 among whom they were scattered 06327:

¹⁴ And I will bring again 07725 the captives 07622 of Egypt 04714, and will cause them to return 07725 into the land 0776 of Pathros 06624, into the land 0776 of their habitation 04351; and they shall be there a base 08217 kingdom 04467. habitation: or, birthbase: Heb. low

¹⁵ It shall be the basest 08217 of the kingdoms 04467; neither shall it exalt 05375 itself any more above the nations 01471: for I will diminish 04591 them, that they shall no more rule 07287 over the nations 01471.

¹⁶ And it shall be no more the confidence 04009 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478, which bringeth 02142 their iniquity 05771 to remembrance 02142, when they shall look 06437 after 0310 them: but they shall know 03045 that I am the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁷ And it came to pass in the seven 07651 and twentieth 06242 year 08141, in the first 07223 month, in the first 0259 day of the month 02320, the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

¹⁸ Son 01121 of man 0120, Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894 caused 05647 his army 02428 to serve 05647 a great 01419 service 05656 against Tyre 06865: every head 07218 was made bald 07139, and every shoulder 03802 was rubbed raw 04803: yet had he no wages 07939, nor his army 02428, for Tyre 06865, for the service 05656 that he had served 05647 against it:

¹⁹ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I will give 05414 the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 to Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894; and he shall take 05375 her multitude 01995, and take 07997 her spoil 07998, and take 0962 her prey 0957; and it shall be the wages 07939 for his army 02428. take her spoil…: Heb. spoil her spoil, and prey her prey

²⁰ I have given 05414 him the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 for his labour 06468 which he served 05647 against it, because they wrought 06213 for me, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. for his…: or, for his hire

²¹ In that day 03117 will I cause 06779 the horn 07161 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478 to bud forth 06779, and I will give 05414 thee the opening 06610 of the mouth 06310 in the midst 08432 of them; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

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¹ The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came again to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, prophesy 05012 and say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Wail 03213 ye, Alas 01929 the day 03117!

³ For the day 03117 is near 07138, even the day 03117 of the LORD 03068 is near 07138, a cloudy 06051 day 03117; it shall be the time 06256 of the heathen 01471.

⁴ And the sword 02719 shall come 0935 upon Egypt 04714, and great pain 02479 shall be in Cush 03568, when the slain 02491 shall fall 05307 in Egypt 04714, and they shall take away 03947 her multitude 01995, and her foundations 03247 shall be broken down 02040. pain: or, fear

⁵ Cush 03568, and Libya 06316, and Lydia 03865, and all the mingled 06153 people, and Chub 03552, and the men 01121 of the land 0776 that is in league 01285, shall fall 05307 with them by the sword 02719. Libya: Heb. Phutmen: Heb. children

⁶ Thus saith 0559 the LORD 03068; They also that uphold 05564 Egypt 04714 shall fall 05307; and the pride 01347 of her power 05797 shall come down 03381: from the tower 04024 of Syene 05482 shall they fall 05307 in it by the sword 02719, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. from…: or, from Migdol to Syene

⁷ And they shall be desolate 08074 in the midst 08432 of the countries 0776 that are desolate 08074, and her cities 05892 shall be in the midst 08432 of the cities 05892 that are wasted 02717.

⁸ And they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when I have set 05414 a fire 0784 in Egypt 04714, and when all her helpers 05826 shall be destroyed 07665. destroyed: Heb. broken

⁹ In that day 03117 shall messengers 04397 go forth 03318 from me 06440 in ships 06716 to make the careless 0983 Cushites 03568 afraid 02729, and great pain 02479 shall come upon them, as in the day 03117 of Egypt 04714: for, lo, it cometh 0935.

¹⁰ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I will also make the multitude 01995 of Egypt 04714 to cease 07673 by the hand 03027 of Nebuchadnezzar 05019 king 04428 of Babylon 0894.

¹¹ He and his people 05971 with him, the terrible 06184 of the nations 01471, shall be brought 0935 to destroy 07843 the land 0776: and they shall draw 07324 their swords 02719 against Egypt 04714, and fill 04390 the land 0776 with the slain 02491.

¹² And I will make 05414 the rivers 02975 dry 02724, and sell 04376 the land 0776 into the hand 03027 of the wicked 07451: and I will make the land 0776 waste 08074, and all that is in it 04393, by the hand 03027 of strangers 02114: I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it. dry: Heb. droughtall…: Heb. the fulness thereof

¹³ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I will also destroy 06 the idols 01544, and I will cause their images 0457 to cease 07673 out of Noph 05297; and there shall be no more a prince 05387 of the land 0776 of Egypt 04714: and I will put 05414 a fear 03374 in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714.

¹⁴ And I will make Pathros 06624 desolate 08074, and will set 05414 fire 0784 in Zoan 06814, and will execute 06213 judgments 08201 in No 04996. Zoan: or, Tanis

¹⁵ And I will pour 08210 my fury 02534 upon Sin 05512, the strength 04581 of Egypt 04714; and I will cut off 03772 the multitude 01995 of No 04996. Sin: or, Pelusium

¹⁶ And I will set 05414 fire 0784 in Egypt 04714: Sin 05512 shall have great 02342 pain 02342, and No 04996 shall be rent asunder 01234, and Noph 05297 shall have distresses 06862 daily 03119.

¹⁷ The young men 0970 of Aven 0206 and of Pibeseth 06364 shall fall 05307 by the sword 02719: and these cities shall go 03212 into captivity 07628. Aven: or, HeliopolisPibeseth: or, Pubastum

¹⁸ At Tehaphnehes 08471 also the day 03117 shall be darkened 02821, 2820, when I shall break 07665 there the yokes 04133 of Egypt 04714: and the pomp 01347 of her strength 05797 shall cease 07673 in her 01931: as for her, a cloud 06051 shall cover 03680 her, and her daughters 01323 shall go 03212 into captivity 07628. darkened: or, restrained

¹⁹ Thus will I execute 06213 judgments 08201 in Egypt 04714: and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

²⁰ And it came to pass in the eleventh 0259, 6240 year 08141, in the first 07223 month, in the seventh 07651 day of the month 02320, that the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

²¹ Son 01121 of man 0120, I have broken 07665 the arm 02220 of Pharaoh 06547 king 04428 of Egypt 04714; and, lo, it shall not be bound up 02280 to be healed 07499, 5414, to put 07760 a bandage 02848 to bind 02280 it, to make it strong 02388 to hold 08610 the sword 02719.

²² Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I am against Pharaoh 06547 king 04428 of Egypt 04714, and will break 07665 his arms 02220, the strong 02389, and that which was broken 07665; and I will cause the sword 02719 to fall 05307 out of his hand 03027.

²³ And I will scatter 06327 the Egyptians 04714 among the nations 01471, and will disperse 02219 them through the countries 0776.

²⁴ And I will strengthen 02388 the arms 02220 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and put 05414 my sword 02719 in his hand 03027: but I will break 07665 Pharaoh’s 06547 arms 02220, and he shall groan 05008 before 06440 him with the groanings 05009 of a deadly wounded 02491 man.

²⁵ But I will strengthen 02388 the arms 02220 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and the arms 02220 of Pharaoh 06547 shall fall down 05307; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when I shall put 05414 my sword 02719 into the hand 03027 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894, and he shall stretch it out 05186 upon the land 0776 of Egypt 04714.

²⁶ And I will scatter 06327 the Egyptians 04714 among the nations 01471, and disperse 02219 them among the countries 0776; and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

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¹ And it came to pass in the eleventh 0259, 6240 year 08141, in the third 07992 month, in the first 0259 day of the month 02320, that the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, speak 0559 to Pharaoh 06547 king 04428 of Egypt 04714, and to his multitude 01995; Whom art thou like 01819 in thy greatness 01433?

³ Behold, the Assyrian 0804 was a cedar 0730 in Lebanon 03844 with fair 03303 branches 06057, and with a shady 06751 cover 02793, and of an high 01362 stature 06967; and his top 06788 was among the thick boughs 05688. with fair branches: Heb. fair of branches

⁴ The waters 04325 made him great 01431, the deep 08415 set him up on high 07311 with her rivers 05104 running 01980 around 05439 his plants 04302, and sent out 07971 her little rivers 08585 to all the trees 06086 of the field 07704. made…: or, nourished himset…: or, brought him uplittle rivers: or, conduits

⁵ Therefore his height 06967 was exalted 01361 above all the trees 06086 of the field 07704, and his boughs 05634 were multiplied 07235, and his branches 06288 became long 0748 because of the multitude 07227 of waters 04325, when he shot forth 07971. when…: or, when it sent them forth

⁶ All the fowls 05775 of heaven 08064 made their nests 07077 in his boughs 05589, and under his branches 06288 did all the beasts 02416 of the field 07704 bring forth their young 03205, and under his shadow 06738 dwelt 03427 all great 07227 nations 01471.

⁷ Thus was he fair 03302 in his greatness 01433, in the length 0753 of his branches 01808: for his root 08328 was by great 07227 waters 04325.

⁸ The cedars 0730 in the garden 01588 of God 0430 could not hide 06004 him: the fir trees 01265 were not like 01819 his boughs 05589, and the chesnut trees 06196 were not like his branches 06288; not any tree 06086 in the garden 01588 of God 0430 was like 01819 him in his beauty 03308.

⁹ I have made 06213 him fair 03303 by the multitude 07230 of his branches 01808: so that all the trees 06086 of Eden 05731, that were in the garden 01588 of God 0430, envied 07065 him.

¹⁰ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because thou hast lifted up 01361 thyself in height 06967, and he hath shot up 05414 his top 06788 among the thick boughs 05688, and his heart 03824 is lifted up 07311 in his height 01363;

¹¹ I have therefore delivered 05414 him into the hand 03027 of the mighty one 0410 of the heathen 01471; he shall surely 06213 deal 06213 with him: I have driven him out 01644 for his wickedness 07562. he…: Heb. in doing he shall do unto him

¹² And strangers 02114, the terrible 06184 of the nations 01471, have cut him off 03772, and have left 05203 him: upon the mountains 02022 and in all the valleys 01516 his branches 01808 are fallen 05307, and his boughs 06288 are broken 07665 by all the rivers 0650 of the land 0776; and all the people 05971 of the earth 0776 have gone down 03381 from his shadow 06738, and have left 05203 him.

¹³ Upon his ruin 04658 shall all the fowls 05775 of the heaven 08064 remain 07931, and all the beasts 02416 of the field 07704 shall be upon his branches 06288:

¹⁴ To the end that none of all the trees 06086 by the waters 04325 exalt 01361 themselves for their height 06967, neither shoot up 05414 their top 06788 among the thick boughs 05688, neither their trees 0352 stand up 05975 in their height 01363, all that drink 08354 water 04325: for they are all delivered 05414 to death 04194, to the lower parts 08482 of the earth 0776, in the midst 08432 of the children 01121 of men 0120, with them that go down 03381 to the pit 0953. their trees…: or, stand upon themselves for their height

¹⁵ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; In the day 03117 when he went down 03381 to the grave 07585 I caused a mourning 056: I covered 03680 the deep 08415 for him, and I restrained 04513 its floods 05104, and the great 07227 waters 04325 were stayed 03607: and I caused Lebanon 03844 to mourn 06937 for him, and all the trees 06086 of the field 07704 fainted 05969 for him. to mourn: Heb. to be black

¹⁶ I made the nations 01471 to shake 07493 at the sound 06963 of his fall 04658, when I cast him down 03381 to hell 07585 with them that descend 03381 into the pit 0953: and all the trees 06086 of Eden 05731, the choice 04005 and best 02896 of Lebanon 03844, all that drink 08354 water 04325, shall be comforted 05162 in the lower parts 08482 of the earth 0776.

¹⁷ They also went down 03381 into hell 07585 with him to them that are slain 02491 with the sword 02719; and they that were his arm 02220, that dwelt 03427 under his shadow 06738 in the midst 08432 of the heathen 01471.

¹⁸ To whom art thou thus like 01819 in glory 03519 and in greatness 01433 among the trees 06086 of Eden 05731? yet shalt thou be brought down 03381 with the trees 06086 of Eden 05731 to the lower parts 08482 of the earth 0776: thou shalt lie 07901 in the midst 08432 of the uncircumcised 06189 with them that are slain 02491 by the sword 02719. This is Pharaoh 06547 and all his multitude 01995, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

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¹ And it came to pass in the twelfth 08147, 6240 year 08141, in the twelfth month 02320, in the first 0259 day of the month 02320, that the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, take up 05375 a lamentation 07015 for Pharaoh 06547 king 04428 of Egypt 04714, and say 0559 to him, Thou art like 01819 a young lion 03715 of the nations 01471, and thou art as a whale 08577, 8565 in the seas 03220: and thou didst come forth 01518 with thy rivers 05104, and didst trouble 01804 the waters 04325 with thy feet 07272, and didst foul 07515 their rivers 05104. whale: or, dragon

³ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I will therefore spread out 06566 my net 07568 over thee with a company 06951 of many 07227 people 05971; and they shall bring thee up 05927 in my net 02764.

⁴ Then will I leave 05203 thee upon the land 0776, and I will cast thee forth 02904 upon the open 06440 field 07704, and will cause all the fowls 05775 of the heaven 08064 to remain 07931 upon thee, and I will fill 07646 the beasts 02416 of the whole earth 0776 with thee.

⁵ And I will lay 05414 thy flesh 01320 upon the mountains 02022, and fill 04390 the valleys 01516 with thy height 07419.

⁶ I will also water 08248 with thy blood 01818 the land 0776 in which thou swimmest 06824, even to the mountains 02022; and the rivers 0650 shall be full 04390 of thee. the land wherein…: or, the land of thy swimming

⁷ And when I shall put thee out 03518, I will cover 03680 the heaven 08064, and make 06937 its stars 03556 dark 06937; I will cover 03680 the sun 08121 with a cloud 06051, and the moon 03394 shall not give 0215 her light 0216. put…: or, extinguish thee

⁸ All the bright 03974 lights 0216 of heaven 08064 will I make dark 06937 over thee, and set 05414 darkness 02822 upon thy land 0776, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. bright…: Heb. lights of the light in heavendark: Heb. them dark

⁹ I will also vex 03707 the hearts 03820 of many 07227 people 05971, when I shall bring 0935 thy destruction 07667 among the nations 01471, into the countries 0776 which thou hast not known 03045. vex: Heb. provoke to anger, or, grief

¹⁰ Yea, I will make many 07227 people 05971 astonished 08074 at thee, and their kings 04428 shall be horribly 08178 afraid 08175 for thee, when I shall brandish 05774 my sword 02719 before them 06440; and they shall tremble 02729 at every moment 07281, every man 0376 for his own life 05315, in the day 03117 of thy fall 04658.

¹¹ For thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; The sword 02719 of the king 04428 of Babylon 0894 shall come 0935 upon thee.

¹² By the swords 02719 of the mighty 01368 will I cause thy multitude 01995 to fall 05307, the terrible 06184 of the nations 01471, all of them: and they shall lay waste 07703 the pomp 01347 of Egypt 04714, and all its multitude 01995 shall be destroyed 08045.

¹³ I will destroy 06 also all its beasts 0929 from 05921 beside the great 07227 waters 04325; neither shall the foot 07272 of man 0120 trouble 01804 them any more, nor the hoofs 06541 of beasts 0929 trouble 01804 them.

¹⁴ Then will I make their waters 04325 deep 08257, and cause their rivers 05104 to run 03212 like oil 08081, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁵ When I shall make 05414 the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 desolate 08077, and the country 0776 shall be destitute 08074 of that of which it was full 04393, when I shall smite 05221 all them that dwell 03427 in it, then shall they know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068. destitute…: Heb. desolate from the fulness thereof

¹⁶ This is the lamentation 07015 which they shall lament 06969 her: the daughters 01323 of the nations 01471 shall lament 06969 her: they shall lament 06969 for her, even for Egypt 04714, and for all her multitude 01995, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁷ It came to pass also in the twelfth 08147, 6240 year 08141, in the fifteenth 02568, 6240 day of the month 02320, that the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

¹⁸ Son 01121 of man 0120, wail 05091 for the multitude 01995 of Egypt 04714, and cast them down 03381, even her, and the daughters 01323 of the famous 0117 nations 01471, to the lower parts 08482 of the earth 0776, with them that go down 03381 into the pit 0953.

¹⁹ Whom dost thou pass in beauty 05276? go down 03381, and be thou laid 07901 with the uncircumcised 06189.

²⁰ They shall fall 05307 in the midst 08432 of them that are slain 02491 by the sword 02719: she is delivered 05414 to the sword 02719: draw 04900 her and all her multitudes 01995. she…: or, the sword is laid

²¹ The strong 0410 among the mighty 01368 shall speak 01696 to him out of the midst 08432 of hell 07585 with them that help 05826 him: they are gone down 03381, they lie 07901 uncircumcised 06189, slain 02491 by the sword 02719.

²² Assyria 0804 is there and all her company 06951: his graves 06913 are about 05439 him: all of them slain 02491, fallen 05307 by the sword 02719:

²³ Whose graves 06913 are set 05414 in the sides 03411 of the pit 0953, and her company 06951 is around 05439 her grave 06900: all of them slain 02491, fallen 05307 by the sword 02719, who caused 05414 terror 02851 in the land 0776 of the living 02416. terror: or, dismaying

²⁴ There is Elam 05867 and all her multitude 01995 around 05439 her grave 06900, all of them slain 02491, fallen 05307 by the sword 02719, who are gone down 03381 uncircumcised 06189 into the lower parts 08482 of the earth 0776, who caused 05414 their terror 02851 in the land 0776 of the living 02416; yet have they borne 05375 their shame 03639 with them that go down 03381 to the pit 0953.

²⁵ They have set 05414 her a bed 04904 in the midst 08432 of the slain 02491 with all her multitude 01995: her graves 06913 are around 05439 him: all of them uncircumcised 06189, slain 02491 by the sword 02719: though their terror 02851 was caused 05414 in the land 0776 of the living 02416, yet have they borne 05375 their shame 03639 with them that go down 03381 to the pit 0953: he is put 05414 in the midst 08432 of them that are slain 02491.

²⁶ There is Meshech 04902, Tubal 08422, and all her multitude 01995: her graves 06913 are around 05439 him: all of them uncircumcised 06189, slain 02490 by the sword 02719, though they caused 05414 their terror 02851 in the land 0776 of the living 02416.

²⁷ And they shall not lie 07901 with the mighty 01368 that are fallen 05307 of the uncircumcised 06189, who are gone down 03381 to hell 07585 with their weapons 03627 of war 04421: and they have laid 05414 their swords 02719 under their heads 07218, but their iniquities 05771 shall be upon their bones 06106, though they were the terror 02851 of the mighty 01368 in the land 0776 of the living 02416. with their…: Heb. with weapons of their war

²⁸ Yea, thou shalt be broken 07665 in the midst 08432 of the uncircumcised 06189, and shalt lie 07901 with them that are slain 02491 with the sword 02719.

²⁹ There is Edom 0123, her kings 04428, and all her princes 05387, who with their might 01369 are laid 05414 by them that were slain 02491 by the sword 02719: they shall lie 07901 with the uncircumcised 06189, and with them that go down 03381 to the pit 0953. laid: Heb. given, or, put

³⁰ There are the princes 05257 of the north 06828, all of them, and all the Zidonians 06722, who are gone down 03381 with the slain 02491; with their terror 02851 they are ashamed 0954 of their might 01369; and they lie 07901 uncircumcised 06189 with them that are slain 02491 by the sword 02719, and bear 05375 their shame 03639 with them that go down 03381 to the pit 0953.

³¹ Pharaoh 06547 shall see 07200 them, and shall be comforted 05162 over all his multitude 01995, even Pharaoh 06547 and all his army 02428 slain 02491 by the sword 02719, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

³² For I have caused 05414 my terror 02851 in the land 0776 of the living 02416: and he shall be laid 07901 in the midst 08432 of the uncircumcised 06189 with them that are slain 02491 with the sword 02719, even Pharaoh 06547 and all his multitude 01995, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

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¹ Again the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, speak 01696 to the children 01121 of thy people 05971, and say 0559 to them, When I bring 0935 the sword 02719 upon a land 0776, if the people 05971 of the land 0776 take 03947 a 0259 man 0376 from among them 07097, and set 05414 him for their watchman 06822: When…: Heb. A land when I bring a sword upon her

³ If when he seeth 07200 the sword 02719 come 0935 upon the land 0776, he shall blow 08628 the trumpet 07782, and warn 02094 the people 05971;

⁴ Then whoever 08085 heareth 08085 the sound 06963 of the trumpet 07782, and taketh not warning 02094; if the sword 02719 will come 0935, and take him away 03947, his blood 01818 shall be upon his own head 07218. whosoever…: Heb. he that hearing heareth

⁵ He heard 08085 the sound 06963 of the trumpet 07782, and took not warning 02094; his blood 01818 shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning 02094 shall deliver 04422 his soul 05315.

⁶ But if the watchman 06822 will see 07200 the sword 02719 come 0935, and blow 08628 not the trumpet 07782, and the people 05971 be not warned 02094; if the sword 02719 will come 0935, and take 03947 any person 05315 from among them, he is taken away 03947 in his iniquity 05771; but his blood 01818 will I require 01875 at the watchman’s 06822 hand 03027.

⁷ So thou, O son 01121 of man 0120, I have set 05414 thee a watchman 06822 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478; therefore thou shalt hear 08085 the word 01697 at my mouth 06310, and warn 02094 them from me.

⁸ When I say 0559 to the wicked 07563, O wicked 07563 man, thou shalt surely 04191 die 04191; if thou dost not speak 01696 to warn 02094 the wicked 07563 from his way 01870, that wicked 07563 man shall die 04191 in his iniquity 05771; but his blood 01818 will I require 01245 at thy hand 03027.

⁹ Nevertheless, if thou shalt warn 02094 the wicked 07563 of his way 01870 to turn 07725 from it; if he will not turn 07725 from his way 01870, he shall die 04191 in his iniquity 05771; but thou hast delivered 05337 thy soul 05315.

¹⁰ Therefore, O thou son 01121 of man 0120, speak 0559 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478; Thus ye speak 0559, saying 0559, If our transgressions 06588 and our sins 02403 are upon us, and we pine away 04743 in them, how should we then live 02421?

¹¹ Say 0559 to them, As I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, I have no pleasure 02654 in the death 04194 of the wicked 07563; but that the wicked 07563 should turn 07725 from his way 01870 and live 02421: turn 07725 ye, turn 07725 ye from your evil 07451 ways 01870; for why will ye die 04191, O house 01004 of Israel 03478?

¹² Therefore, thou son 01121 of man 0120, say 0559 to the children 01121 of thy people 05971, The righteousness 06666 of the righteous 06662 shall not deliver 05337 him in the day 03117 of his transgression 06588: as for the wickedness 07564 of the wicked 07563, he shall not fall 03782 by it in the day 03117 that he turneth 07725 from his wickedness 07562; neither shall the righteous 06662 be able 03201 to live 02421 for his righteousness in the day 03117 that he sinneth 02398.

¹³ When I shall say 0559 to the righteous 06662, that he shall surely 02421 live 02421; if he will trust 0982 to his own righteousness 06666, and commit 06213 iniquity 05766, all his righteousnesses 06666 shall not be remembered 02142; but for his iniquity 05766 that he hath committed 06213, he shall die 04191 for it.

¹⁴ Again, when I say 0559 to the wicked 07563, Thou shalt surely 04191 die 04191; if he will turn 07725 from his sin 02403, and do 06213 that which is lawful 04941 and right 06666; that…: Heb. judgment and justice

¹⁵ If the wicked 07563 will restore 07725 the pledge 02258, give again 07999 that which he had robbed 01500, walk 01980 in the statutes 02708 of life 02416, without committing 06213 iniquity 05766; he shall surely 02421 live 02421, he shall not die 04191.

¹⁶ None of his sins 02403 that he hath committed 02398 shall be mentioned 02142 to him: he hath done 06213 that which is lawful 04941 and right 06666; he shall surely 02421 live 02421.

¹⁷ Yet the children 01121 of thy people 05971 say 0559, The way 01870 of the Lord 0136 is not equal 08505: but as for them, their way 01870 is not equal 08505.

¹⁸ When the righteous 06662 turneth 07725 from his righteousness 06666, and committeth 06213 iniquity 05766, for that he shall even die 04191.

¹⁹ But if the wicked 07563 will turn 07725 from his wickedness 07564, and do 06213 that which is lawful 04941 and right 06666, for that he shall live 02421.

²⁰ Yet ye say 0559, The way 01870 of the Lord 0136 is not equal 08505. O ye house 01004 of Israel 03478, I will judge 08199 you every one 0376 after his ways 01870.

²¹ And it came to pass in the twelfth 08147, 6240 year 08141 of our captivity 01546, in the tenth 06224 month, in the fifth 02568 day of the month 02320, that one that had escaped 06412 out of Jerusalem 03389 came 0935 to me, saying 0559, The city 05892 is smitten 05221.

²² Now the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was upon me in the evening 06153, before 06440 he that had escaped 06412 came 0935; and had opened 06605 my mouth 06310, until he came 0935 to me in the morning 01242; and my mouth 06310 was opened 06605, and I was no more dumb 0481.

²³ Then the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

²⁴ Son 01121 of man 0120, they that inhabit 03427 those wastes 02723 of the land 0127 of Israel 03478 speak 0559, saying 0559, Abraham 085 was one 0259, and he inherited 03423 the land 0776: but we are many 07227; the land 0776 is given 05414 to us for inheritance 04181.

²⁵ Therefore say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Ye eat 0398 with the blood 01818, and lift up 05375 your eyes 05869 toward your idols 01544, and shed 08210 blood 01818: and shall ye possess 03423 the land 0776?

²⁶ Ye stand 05975 upon your sword 02719, ye work 06213 abomination 08441, and ye defile 02930 every one 0376 his neighbour’s 07453 wife 0802: and shall ye possess 03423 the land 0776?

²⁷ Say 0559 thou thus to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; As I live 02416, surely they that are in the wastes 02723 shall fall 05307 by the sword 02719, and him that is in the open 06440 field 07704 will I give 05414 to the beasts 02416 to be devoured 0398, and they that are in the forts 04679 and in the caves 04631 shall die 04191 by the pestilence 01698. to be…: Heb. to devour him

²⁸ For I will lay 05414 the land 0776 most 04923 desolate 08077, and the pomp 01347 of her strength 05797 shall cease 07673; and the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478 shall be desolate 08074, that none shall pass through 05674. most…: Heb. desolation and desolation

²⁹ Then shall they know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when I have laid 05414 the land 0776 most 04923 desolate 08077 because of all their abominations 08441 which they have committed 06213.

³⁰ Also, thou son 01121 of man 0120, the children 01121 of thy people 05971 still are talking 01696 against 0681 thee by the walls 07023 and in the doors 06607 of the houses 01004, and speak 01696 one 02297 to another 0259, every one 0376 to his brother 0251, saying 0559, Come 0935, I pray you, and hear 08085 what is the word 01697 that cometh forth 03318 from the LORD 03068. against thee: of, of thee

³¹ And they come 0935 to thee as the people 05971 come 03996, and they sit 03427 before 06440 thee as my people 05971, and they hear 08085 thy words 01697, but they will not do 06213 them: for with their mouth 06310 they show 06213 much love 05690, but their heart 03820 goeth 01980 after 0310 their covetousness 01215. as the…: Heb. according to the coming of the peoplethey sit…: or, my people sit before theethey shew…: Heb. they make loves, or, jests

³² And, lo, thou art to them as a very lovely 05690 song 07892 of one that hath a pleasant 03303 voice 06963, and can play well 02895 on an instrument 05059: for they hear 08085 thy words 01697, but they do 06213 not perform them. a very…: Heb. a song of loves

³³ And when this cometh to pass 0935, (lo, it will come 0935,) then shall they know 03045 that a prophet 05030 hath been among 08432 them.

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¹ And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, prophesy 05012 against the shepherds 07462 of Israel 03478, prophesy 05012, and say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 to the shepherds 07462; Woe 01945 be to the shepherds 07462 of Israel 03478 that do feed 07462 themselves! should not the shepherds 07462 feed 07462 the flocks 06629?

³ Ye eat 0398 the fat 02459, and ye clothe 03847 yourselves with the wool 06785, ye kill 02076 them that are fed 01277: but ye feed 07462 not the flock 06629.

⁴ The diseased 02470 ye have not strengthened 02388, neither have ye healed 07495 that which was sick 02470, neither have ye bound up 02280 that which was broken 07665, neither have ye brought again 07725 that which was driven away 05080, neither have ye sought 01245 that which was lost 06; but with force 02394 and with cruelty 06531 have ye ruled 07287 them.

⁵ And they were scattered 06327, because there is no shepherd 07462: and they became food 0402 to all the beasts 02416 of the field 07704, when they were scattered 06327. because…: or, without a shepherd

⁶ My sheep 06629 wandered 07686 through all the mountains 02022, and upon every high 07311 hill 01389: yea, my flock 06629 was scattered 06327 upon all the face 06440 of the earth 0776, and none did search 01875 or seek 01245 for them.

⁷ Therefore, ye shepherds 07462, hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068;

⁸ As I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, surely because my flock 06629 became a prey 0957, and my flock 06629 became food 0402 to every beast 02416 of the field 07704, because there was no shepherd 07462, neither did my shepherds 07462 search 01875 for my flock 06629, but the shepherds 07462 fed 07462 themselves, and fed 07462 not my flock 06629; because…: or, without a shepherd

⁹ Therefore, O ye shepherds 07462, hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068;

¹⁰ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I am against the shepherds 07462; and I will require 01875 my flock 06629 at their hand 03027, and cause them to cease 07673 from feeding 07462 the flock 06629; neither shall the shepherds 07462 feed 07462 themselves any more; for I will deliver 05337 my flock 06629 from their mouth 06310, that they may not be food 0402 for them.

¹¹ For thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I, even I, will both search 01875 for my sheep 06629, and seek them out 01239.

¹² As a shepherd 07462 seeketh out 01243 his flock 05739 in the day 03117 that he is among 08432 his sheep 06629 that are scattered 06567; so will I seek out 01239 my sheep 06629, and will deliver 05337 them out of all places 04725 where they have been scattered 06327 in the cloudy 06051 and dark 06205 day 03117. As…: Heb. According to the seeking

¹³ And I will bring them out 03318 from the people 05971, and gather 06908 them from the countries 0776, and will bring 0935 them to their own land 0127, and feed 07462 them upon the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478 by the rivers 0650, and in all the inhabited places 04186 of the country 0776.

¹⁴ I will feed 07462 them in a good 02896 pasture 04829, and upon the high 04791 mountains 02022 of Israel 03478 shall their fold 05116 be: there shall they lie 07257 in a good 02896 fold 05116, and in a rich 08082 pasture 04829 shall they feed 07462 upon the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478.

¹⁵ I will feed 07462 my flock 06629, and I will cause them to lie down 07257, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁶ I will seek 01245 that which was lost 06, and bring again 07725 that which was driven away 05080, and will bind up 02280 that which was broken 07665, and will strengthen 02388 that which was sick 02470: but I will destroy 08045 the fat 08082 and the strong 02389; I will feed 07462 them with judgment 04941.

¹⁷ And as for you 0859, O my flock 06629, thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I judge 08199 between cattle 07716 and cattle 07716, between the rams 0352 and the male goats 06260. cattle: Heb. small cattle of lambs and kidshe goats: Heb. great he goats

¹⁸ Seemeth it a small thing 04592 to you to have eaten up 07462 the good 02896 pasture 04829, but ye must tread down 07429 with your feet 07272 the rest 03499 of your pastures 04829? and to have drunk 08354 of the deep 04950 waters 04325, but ye must foul 07515 the rest 03498 with your feet 07272?

¹⁹ And as for my flock 06629, they eat 07462 that which ye have trodden 04823 with your feet 07272; and they drink 08354 that which ye have fouled 04833 with your feet 07272.

²⁰ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 to them; Behold, I, even I, will judge 08199 between the fat 01274 cattle 07716 and between the lean 07330 cattle 07716.

²¹ Because ye have thrust 01920 with side 06654 and with shoulder 03802, and pushed 05055 all the diseased 02470 with your horns 07161, till ye have scattered 06327 them abroad 02351;

²² Therefore will I save 03467 my flock 06629, and they shall no more be a prey 0957; and I will judge 08199 between cattle 07716 and cattle 07716.

²³ And I will set up 06965 one 0259 shepherd 07462 over them, and he shall feed 07462 them, even my servant 05650 David 01732; he shall feed 07462 them, and he shall be their shepherd 07462.

²⁴ And I the LORD 03068 will be their God 0430, and my servant 05650 David 01732 a prince 05387 among 08432 them; I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it.

²⁵ And I will make 03772 with them a covenant 01285 of peace 07965, and will cause the evil 07451 beasts 02416 to cease 07673 out of the land 0776: and they shall dwell 03427 safely 0983 in the wilderness 04057, and sleep 03462 in the woods 03293, 3264.

²⁶ And I will make 05414 them and the places around 05439 my hill 01389 a blessing 01293; and I will cause the shower 01653 to come down 03381 in its season 06256; there shall be showers 01653 of blessing 01293.

²⁷ And the tree 06086 of the field 07704 shall yield 05414 her fruit 06529, and the earth 0776 shall yield 05414 her increase 02981, and they shall be safe 0983 in their land 0127, and shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when I have broken 07665 the bands 04133 of their yoke 05923, and delivered 05337 them out of the hand 03027 of those that subjected them to service 05647.

²⁸ And they shall no more be a prey 0957 to the heathen 01471, neither shall the beast 02416 of the land 0776 devour 0398 them; but they shall dwell 03427 safely 0983, and none shall make them afraid 02729.

²⁹ And I will raise up 06965 for them a plant 04302 of renown 08034, and they shall be no more consumed 0622 with hunger 07458 in the land 0776, neither bear 05375 the shame 03639 of the heathen 01471 any more. of renown: or, for renownconsumed: Heb. taken away

³⁰ Thus shall they know 03045 that I the LORD 03068 their God 0430 am with them, and that they, even the house 01004 of Israel 03478, are my people 05971, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

³¹ And ye 0859 my flock 06629, the flock 06629 of my pasture 04830, are men 0120, and I am your God 0430, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

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¹ Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, set 07760 thy face 06440 against mount 02022 Seir 08165, and prophesy 05012 against it,

³ And say 0559 to it, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, O mount 02022 Seir 08165, I am against thee, and I will stretch out 05186 my hand 03027 against thee, and I will make 05414 thee most 04923 desolate 08077. most…: Heb. desolation and desolation

⁴ I will lay 07760 thy cities 05892 waste 02723, and thou shalt be desolate 08077, and thou shalt know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

⁵ Because thou hast had a perpetual 05769 hatred 0342, and hast shed 05064 the blood of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 by the force 03027 of the sword 02719 in the time 06256 of their calamity 0343, in the time 06256 that their iniquity 05771 had an end 07093: perpetual…: or, hatred of oldshed…: Heb. poured out the childrenforce: Heb. hands

⁶ Therefore, as I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, I will prepare 06213 thee to blood 01818, and blood 01818 shall pursue 07291 thee: since 0518 thou hast not hated 08130 blood 01818, even blood 01818 shall pursue 07291 thee.

⁷ Thus will I make 05414 mount 02022 Seir 08165 most 08077 desolate 08077, and cut off 03772 from it him that passeth out 05674 and him that returneth 07725. most…: Heb. desolation and desolation

⁸ And I will fill 04390 his mountains 02022 with his slain 02491 men: in thy hills 01389, and in thy valleys 01516, and in all thy rivers 0650, shall they fall 05307 that are slain 02491 with the sword 02719.

⁹ I will make 05414 thee perpetual 05769 desolations 08077, and thy cities 05892 shall not return 07725, 3427: and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

¹⁰ Because thou hast said 0559, These two 08147 nations 01471 and these two 08147 countries 0776 shall be mine, and we will possess 03423 it; though the LORD 03068 was there: whereas…: or, though the LORD was there

¹¹ Therefore, as I live 02416, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, I will even do 06213 according to thy anger 0639, and according to thy envy 07068 which thou hast used 06213 out of thy hatred 08135 against them; and I will make myself known 03045 among them, when I have judged 08199 thee.

¹² And thou shalt know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, and that I have heard 08085 all thy blasphemies 05007 which thou hast spoken 0559 against the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478, saying 0559, They are laid desolate 08074, 8077, they are given 05414 us to consume 0402. to consume: Heb. to devour

¹³ Thus with your mouth 06310 ye have boasted 01431 against me, and have multiplied 06280 your words 01697 against me: I have heard 08085 them. boasted: Heb. magnified

¹⁴ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; When the whole earth 0776 rejoiceth 08055, I will make 06213 thee desolate 08077.

¹⁵ As thou didst rejoice 08057 at the inheritance 05159 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478, because it was desolate 08074, so will I do 06213 to thee: thou shalt be desolate 08077, O mount 02022 Seir 08165, and all Edom 0123, even all of it: and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

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¹ Also, thou son 01121 of man 0120, prophesy 05012 to the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478, and say 0559, Ye mountains 02022 of Israel 03478, hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068:

² Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because the enemy 0341 had said 0559 against you, Aha 01889, even the ancient 05769 high places 01116 are ours in possession 04181:

³ Therefore prophesy 05012 and say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because they have made you desolate 08074, and swallowed you up 07602 on every side 05439, that ye might be a possession 04181 to the rest 07611 of the heathen 01471, and ye are taken up 05927 in the lips 08193 of talkers 03956, and are an infamy 01681 of the people 05971: Because: Heb. Because for becauseare…: or, ye are made to come up on the lip of the tongue

⁴ Therefore, ye mountains 02022 of Israel 03478, hear 08085 the word 01697 of the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 to the mountains 02022, and to the hills 01389, to the rivers 0650, and to the valleys 01516, to the desolate 08074 wastes 02723, and to the cities 05892 that are forsaken 05800, which became a prey 0957 and derision 03933 to the rest 07611 of the heathen 01471 that are on every side 05439; rivers: or, bottoms, or, dales

⁵ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Surely in the fire 0784 of my jealousy 07068 have I spoken 01696 against the rest 07611 of the heathen 01471, and against all Edom 0123, who have appointed 05414 my land 0776 into their possession 04181 with the joy 08057 of all their heart 03824, with despiteful 07589 minds 05315, to cast it out 04054 for a prey 0957.

⁶ Prophesy 05012 therefore concerning the land 0127 of Israel 03478, and say 0559 to the mountains 02022, and to the hills 01389, to the rivers 0650, and to the valleys 01516, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I have spoken 01696 in my jealousy 07068 and in my fury 02534, because ye have borne 05375 the shame 03639 of the heathen 01471:

⁷ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I have lifted up 05375 my hand 03027, Surely the heathen 01471 that are about 05439 you, they shall bear 05375 their shame 03639.

⁸ But ye, O mountains 02022 of Israel 03478, ye shall shoot forth 05414 your branches 06057, and yield 05375 your fruit 06529 to my people 05971 of Israel 03478; for they are soon 07126 to come 0935.

⁹ For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn 06437 to you, and ye shall be tilled 05647 and sown 02232:

¹⁰ And I will multiply 07235 men 0120 upon you, all the house 01004 of Israel 03478, even all of it: and the cities 05892 shall be inhabited 03427, and the wastes 02723 shall be built 01129:

¹¹ And I will multiply 07235 upon you man 0120 and beast 0929; and they shall increase 07235 and bring fruit 06509: and I will settle 03427 you according to your old estates 06927, and will do better 02895 to you than at your beginnings 07221: and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

¹² Yea, I will cause men 0120 to walk 03212 upon you, even my people 05971 Israel 03478; and they shall possess 03423 thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance 05159, and thou shalt no more 03254 henceforth bereave 07921 them of men.

¹³ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Because they say 0559 to you, Thou land devourest 0398 men 0120, and hast bereaved 07921 thy nations 01471;

¹⁴ Therefore thou shalt devour 0398 men 0120 no more, neither bereave 07921, 3782 thy nations 01471 any more, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. bereave: or, cause to fall

¹⁵ Neither will I cause men to hear 08085 in thee the shame 03639 of the heathen 01471 any more, neither shalt thou bear 05375 the reproach 02781 of the people 05971 any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations 01471 to fall 03782 any more, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁶ Moreover the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

¹⁷ Son 01121 of man 0120, when the house 01004 of Israel 03478 dwelt 03427 in their own land 0127, they defiled 02930 it by their own way 01870 and by their doings 05949: their way 01870 was before 06440 me as the uncleanness 02932 of a defiled woman 05079.

¹⁸ Therefore I poured 08210 my fury 02534 upon them for the blood 01818 that they had shed 08210 upon the land 0776, and for their idols 01544 with which they had polluted 02930 it:

¹⁹ And I scattered 06327 them among the heathen 01471, and they were dispersed 02219 through the countries 0776: according to their way 01870 and according to their doings 05949 I judged 08199 them.

²⁰ And when they entered 0935 among the heathen 01471, where they went 0935, they profaned 02490 my holy 06944 name 08034, when they said 0559 to them, These are the people 05971 of the LORD 03068, and are gone forth 03318 out of his land 0776.

²¹ But I had pity 02550 for my holy 06944 name 08034, which the house 01004 of Israel 03478 had profaned 02490 among the heathen 01471, where they went 0935.

²² Therefore say 0559 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I do 06213 not this for your sakes, O house 01004 of Israel 03478, but for my holy 06944 name’s 08034 sake, which ye have profaned 02490 among the heathen 01471, where ye went 0935.

²³ And I will sanctify 06942 my great 01419 name 08034, which was profaned 02490 among the heathen 01471, which ye have profaned 02490 in the midst 08432 of them; and the heathen 01471 shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, when I shall be sanctified 06942 in you before their eyes 05869. their: or, your

²⁴ For I will take 03947 you from among 04480 the heathen 01471, and gather 06908 you out of all countries 0776, and will bring 0935 you into your own land 0127.

²⁵ Then will I sprinkle 02236 clean 02889 water 04325 upon you, and ye shall be clean 02891: from all your filthiness 02932, and from all your idols 01544, will I cleanse 02891 you.

²⁶ A new 02319 heart 03820 also will I give 05414 you, and a new 02319 spirit 07307 will I put 05414 within 07130 you: and I will take away 05493 the stony 068 heart 03820 out of your flesh 01320, and I will give 05414 you an heart 03820 of flesh 01320.

²⁷ And I will put 05414 my spirit 07307 within 07130 you, and cause 06213 you to walk 03212 in my statutes 02706, and ye shall keep 08104 my judgments 04941, and do 06213 them.

²⁸ And ye shall dwell 03427 in the land 0776 that I gave 05414 to your fathers 01; and ye shall be my people 05971, and I will be your God 0430.

²⁹ I will also save 03467 you from all your uncleannesses 02932: and I will call 07121 for the grain 01715, and will increase 07235 it, and lay 05414 no famine 07458 upon you.

³⁰ And I will multiply 07235 the fruit 06529 of the tree 06086, and the increase 08570 of the field 07704, that ye shall receive 03947 no more reproach 02781 of famine 07458 among the heathen 01471.

³¹ Then shall ye remember 02142 your own evil 07451 ways 01870, and your doings 04611 that were not good 02896, and shall lothe 06962 yourselves in your own sight 06440 for your iniquities 05771 and for your abominations 08441.

³² Not for your sakes do 06213 I this, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, be it known 03045 to you: be ashamed 0954 and confounded 03637 for your own ways 01870, O house 01004 of Israel 03478.

³³ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; In the day 03117 that I shall have cleansed 02891 you from all your iniquities 05771 I will also cause you to dwell 03427 in the cities 05892, and the wastes 02723 shall be built 01129.

³⁴ And the desolate 08074 land 0776 shall be tilled 05647, though it lay desolate 08077 in the sight 05869 of all that passed by 05674.

³⁵ And they shall say 0559, This 01977 land 0776 that was desolate 08074 is become like the garden 01588 of Eden 05731; and the waste 02720 and desolate 08074 and ruined 02040 cities 05892 are become fortified 01219, and are inhabited 03427.

³⁶ Then the heathen 01471 that are left 07604 around 05439 you shall know 03045 that I the LORD 03068 build 01129 the ruined 02040 places, and plant 05193 that which was desolate 08074: I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it, and I will do 06213 it.

³⁷ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; I will yet for this be enquired 01875 of by the house 01004 of Israel 03478, to do 06213 it for them; I will increase 07235 them with men 0120 like a flock 06629.

³⁸ As the holy 06944 flock 06629, as the flock 06629 of Jerusalem 03389 in her solemn feasts 04150; so shall the waste 02720 cities 05892 be filled 04392 with flocks 06629 of men 0120: and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068. holy…: Heb. flock of holy things

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¹ The hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was upon me, and carried me out 03318 in the spirit 07307 of the LORD 03068, and set me down 05117 in the midst 08432 of the valley 01237 which was full 04392 of bones 06106,

² And caused me to pass 05674 by them on every side 05439: and, behold, there were very 03966 many 07227 in the open 06440 valley 01237; and, lo, they were very 03966 dry 03002. valley: or, champaign

³ And he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, can these bones 06106 live 02421? And I answered 0559, O Lord 0136 GOD 03069, thou knowest 03045.

⁴ Again he said 0559 to me, Prophesy 05012 upon these bones 06106, and say 0559 to them, O ye dry 03002 bones 06106, hear 08085 the word 01697 of the LORD 03068.

⁵ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069 to these bones 06106; Behold, I will cause breath 07307 to enter 0935 into you, and ye shall live 02421:

⁶ And I will lay 05414 sinews 01517 upon you, and will bring up 05927 flesh 01320 upon you, and cover 07159 you with skin 05785, and put 05414 breath 07307 in you, and ye shall live 02421; and ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

⁷ So I prophesied 05012 as I was commanded 06680: and as I prophesied 05012, there was a noise 06963, and behold a shaking 07494, and the bones 06106 came together 07126, bone 06106 to his bone 06106.

⁸ And when I beheld 07200, lo, the sinews 01517 and the flesh 01320 came up 05927 upon them, and the skin 05785 covered 07159 them above 04605: but there was no breath 07307 in them.

⁹ Then said 0559 he to me, Prophesy 05012 to the wind 07307, prophesy 05012, son 01121 of man 0120, and say 0559 to the wind 07307, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Come 0935 from the four 0702 winds 07307, O breath 07307, and breathe 05301 upon these slain 02026, that they may live 02421. wind: or, breath

¹⁰ So I prophesied 05012 as he commanded 06680 me, and the breath 07307 came 0935 into them, and they lived 02421, and stood up 05975 upon their feet 07272, an exceeding 03966, 3966 great 01419 army 02428.

¹¹ Then he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, these bones 06106 are the whole house 01004 of Israel 03478: behold, they say 0559, Our bones 06106 are dried 03001, and our hope 08615 is lost 06: we are cut off 01504 on our part.

¹² Therefore prophesy 05012 and say 0559 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, O my people 05971, I will open 06605 your graves 06913, and cause you to come 05927 out of your graves 06913, and bring 0935 you into the land 0127 of Israel 03478.

¹³ And ye shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, when I have opened 06605 your graves 06913, O my people 05971, and brought you 05927 out of your graves 06913,

¹⁴ And shall put 05414 my spirit 07307 in you, and ye shall live 02421, and I shall place 03240 you in your own land 0127: then shall ye know 03045 that I the LORD 03068 have spoken 01696 it, and performed 06213 it, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.

¹⁵ The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came again to me, saying 0559,

¹⁶ Moreover, thou son 01121 of man 0120, take 03947 thee one 0259 stick 06086, and write 03789 upon it, For Judah 03063, and for the children 01121 of Israel 03478 his companions 02270: then take 03947 another 0259 stick 06086, and write 03789 upon it, For Joseph 03130, the stick 06086 of Ephraim 0669, and for all the house 01004 of Israel 03478 his companions 02270:

¹⁷ And join 07126 them one 0259 to another 0259 into one 0259 stick 06086; and they shall become one 0259 in thy hand 03027.

¹⁸ And when the children 01121 of thy people 05971 shall speak 0559 to thee, saying 0559, Wilt thou not show 05046 us what thou meanest by these?

¹⁹ Say 01696 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I will take 03947 the stick 06086 of Joseph 03130, which is in the hand 03027 of Ephraim 0669, and the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 his companions 02270, and will put 05414 them with him, even with the stick 06086 of Judah 03063, and make 06213 them one 0259 stick 06086, and they shall be one 0259 in my hand 03027.

²⁰ And the sticks 06086 on which thou writest 03789 shall be in thy hand 03027 before their eyes 05869.

²¹ And say 01696 to them, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I will take 03947 the children 01121 of Israel 03478 from among 0996 the heathen 01471, where they are gone 01980, and will gather 06908 them on every side 05439, and bring 0935 them into their own land 0127:

²² And I will make 06213 them one 0259 nation 01471 in the land 0776 upon the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478; and one 0259 king 04428 shall be king 04428 to them all: and they shall be 05750 no more two 08147 nations 01471, neither shall they be divided 02673 into two 08147 kingdoms 04467 any more at all:

²³ Neither shall they defile 02930 themselves any more with their idols 01544, nor with their detestable things 08251, nor with any of their transgressions 06588: but I will save 03467 them out of all their dwellingplaces 04186, in which they have sinned 02398, and will cleanse 02891 them: so shall they be my people 05971, and I will be their God 0430.

²⁴ And David 01732 my servant 05650 shall be king 04428 over them; and they all shall have one 0259 shepherd 07462: they shall also walk 03212 in my judgments 04941, and observe 08104 my statutes 02708, and do 06213 them.

²⁵ And they shall dwell 03427 in the land 0776 that I have given 05414 to Jacob 03290 my servant 05650, in which your fathers 01 have dwelt 03427; and they shall dwell 03427 in it, even they, and their children 01121, and their children’s 01121 children 01121 for ever 05769: and my servant 05650 David 01732 shall be their prince 05387 for 05704 ever 05769.

²⁶ Moreover I will make 03772 a covenant 01285 of peace 07965 with them; it shall be an everlasting 05769 covenant 01285 with them: and I will place 05414 them, and multiply 07235 them, and will set 05414 my sanctuary 04720 in the midst 08432 of them for evermore 05769.

²⁷ My tabernacle 04908 also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God 0430, and they shall be my people 05971.

²⁸ And the heathen 01471 shall know 03045 that I the LORD 03068 sanctifieth 06942 Israel 03478, when my sanctuary 04720 shall be in the midst 08432 of them for evermore 05769.

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¹ And the word 01697 of the LORD 03068 came to me, saying 0559,

² Son 01121 of man 0120, set 07760 thy face 06440 against Gog 01463, the land 0776 of Magog 04031, the chief 07218 prince 05387 of Meshech 04902 and Tubal 08422, and prophesy 05012 against him, the chief…: or, prince of the chief

³ And say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog 01463, the chief 07218 prince 05387 of Meshech 04902 and Tubal 08422:

⁴ And I will turn thee back 07725, and put 05414 hooks 02397 into thy jaws 03895, and I will bring thee forth 03318, and all thy army 02428, horses 05483 and horsemen 06571, all of them clothed 03847 with all sorts 04358 of armour, even a great 07227 company 06951 with bucklers 06793 and shields 04043, all of them handling 08610 swords 02719:

⁵ Persia 06539, Cush 03568, and Libya 06316 with them; all of them with shield 04043 and helmet 03553: Libya: or, Phut

⁶ Gomer 01586, and all his troops 0102; the house 01004 of Togarmah 08425 of the north 06828 quarters 03411, and all his troops 0102: and many 07227 people 05971 with thee.

⁷ Be thou prepared 03559, and prepare 03559 for thyself, thou, and all thy company 06951 that are assembled 06950 to thee, and be thou a guard 04929 to them.

⁸ After many 07227 days 03117 thou shalt be visited 06485: in the latter 0319 years 08141 thou shalt come 0935 into the land 0776 that is brought back 07725 from the sword 02719, and is gathered 06908 out of many 07227 people 05971, against the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478, which have been always 08548 waste 02723: but it is brought forth 03318 out of the nations 05971, and they shall all dwell 03427 in safety 0983.

⁹ Thou shalt ascend 05927 and come 0935 like a storm 07722, thou shalt be like a cloud 06051 to cover 03680 the land 0776, thou, and all thy troops 0102, and many 07227 people 05971 with thee.

¹⁰ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time 03117 shall things 01697 come 05927 into thy mind 03824, and thou shalt think 02803 an evil 07451 thought 04284: think…: or, conceive a mischievous purpose

¹¹ And thou shalt say 0559, I will go up 05927 to the land 0776 of unwalled villages 06519; I will go 0935 to them that are at rest 08252, that dwell 03427 safely 0983, all of them dwelling 03427 without walls 02346, and having neither bars 01280 nor gates 01817, safely: or, confidently

¹² To take 07997 a spoil 07998, and to take 0962 a prey 0957; to turn 07725 thy hand 03027 upon the desolate places 02723 that are now inhabited 03427, and upon the people 05971 that are gathered 0622 out of the nations 01471, which have gotten 06213 cattle 04735 and goods 07075, that dwell 03427 in the midst 02872 of the land 0776. To take…: Heb. To spoil the spoil, and to prey the preymidst: Heb. navel

¹³ Sheba 07614, and Dedan 01719, and the merchants 05503 of Tarshish 08659, with all its young lions 03715, shall say 0559 to thee, Art thou come 0935 to take 07997 a spoil 07998? hast thou gathered 06950 thy company 06951 to take 0962 a prey 0957? to carry away 05375 silver 03701 and gold 02091, to take away 03947 cattle 04735 and goods 07075, to take 07997 a great 01419 spoil 07998?

¹⁴ Therefore, son 01121 of man 0120, prophesy 05012 and say 0559 to Gog 01463, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; In that day 03117 when my people 05971 of Israel 03478 dwelleth 03427 safely 0983, shalt thou not know 03045 it?

¹⁵ And thou shalt come 0935 from thy place 04725 out of the north 06828 parts 03411, thou, and many 07227 people 05971 with thee, all of them riding 07392 upon horses 05483, a great 01419 company 06951, and a mighty 07227 army 02428:

¹⁶ And thou shalt come 05927 against my people 05971 of Israel 03478, as a cloud 06051 to cover 03680 the land 0776; it shall be in the latter 0319 days 03117, and I will bring 0935 thee against my land 0776, that the heathen 01471 may know 03045 me, when I shall be sanctified 06942 in thee, O Gog 01463, before their eyes 05869.

¹⁷ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Art thou he of whom I have spoken 01696 of old 06931, 3117 by 03027 my servants 05650 the prophets 05030 of Israel 03478, who prophesied 05012 in those days 03117 many years 08141 that I would bring 0935 thee against them? by: Heb. by the hand of

¹⁸ And it shall come to pass at the same time 03117 when 03117 Gog 01463 shall come 0935 against the land 0127 of Israel 03478, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, that my fury 02534 shall come up 05927 in my face 0639.

¹⁹ For in my jealousy 07068 and in the fire 0784 of my wrath 05678 have I spoken 01696, Surely in that day 03117 there shall be a great 01419 shaking 07494 in the land 0127 of Israel 03478;

²⁰ So that the fishes 01709 of the sea 03220, and the fowls 05775 of the heaven 08064, and the beasts 02416 of the field 07704, and all creeping things 07431 that creep 07430 upon the earth 0127, and all the men 0120 that are upon the face 06440 of the earth 0127, shall shake 07493 at my presence 06440, and the mountains 02022 shall be overturned 02040, and the steep places 04095 shall fall 05307, and every wall 02346 shall fall 05307 to the ground 0776. steep…: or, towers, or, stairs

²¹ And I will call 07121 for a sword 02719 against him throughout all my mountains 02022, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069: every man’s 0376 sword 02719 shall be against his brother 0251.

²² And I will enter into judgment 08199 against him with pestilence 01698 and with blood 01818; and I will rain 04305 upon him, and upon his troops 0102, and upon the many 07227 people 05971 that are with him, an overflowing 07857 rain 01653, and great hailstones 0417, 68, fire 0784, and brimstone 01614.

²³ Thus will I magnify 01431 myself, and sanctify 06942 myself; and I will be known 03045 in the eyes 05869 of many 07227 nations 01471, and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068.

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¹ Therefore, thou son 01121 of man 0120, prophesy 05012 against Gog 01463, and say 0559, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog 01463, the chief 07218 prince 05387 of Meshech 04902 and Tubal 08422:

² And I will turn thee back 07725, and leave but the sixth part 08338 of thee, and will cause thee to come 05927 from the north 06828 parts 03411, and will bring 0935 thee upon the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478: leave…: or, strike thee with six plagues: or, draw thee back with an hook of six teeththe north…: Heb. the sides of the north

³ And I will strike 05221 thy bow 07198 out of thy left 08040 hand 03027, and I will cause thy arrows 02671 to fall 05307 from thy right 03225 hand 03027.

⁴ Thou shalt fall 05307 upon the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478, thou, and all thy troops 0102, and the people 05971 that are with thee: I will give 05414 thee to the ravenous 05861 birds 06833 of every sort 03671, and to the beasts 02416 of the field 07704 to be devoured 0402. sort: Heb. wingto be…: Heb. to devour

⁵ Thou shalt fall 05307 upon the open 06440 field 07704: for I have spoken 01696 it, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. the open…: Heb. the face of the field

⁶ And I will send 07971 a fire 0784 on Magog 04031, and among them that dwell 03427 securely 0983 in the isles 0339: and they shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068. carelessly: or, confidently

⁷ So will I make my holy 06944 name 08034 known 03045 in the midst 08432 of my people 05971 Israel 03478; and I will not let them profane 02490 my holy 06944 name 08034 any more: and the heathen 01471 shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068, the Holy One 06918 in Israel 03478.

⁸ Behold, it is come 0935, and it is done 01961, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; this is the day 03117 of which I have spoken 01696.

⁹ And they that dwell 03427 in the cities 05892 of Israel 03478 shall go forth 03318, and shall set 01197 on fire 0784 and burn 05400 the weapons 05402, both the shields 04043 and the bucklers 06793, the bows 07198 and the arrows 02671, and the javelins 03027, 4731, and the spears 07420, and they shall burn 01197 them with fire 0784 seven 07651 years 08141: handstaves: or, javelinsburn them…: or, make a fire of them

¹⁰ So that they shall take 05375 no wood 06086 out of the field 07704, neither cut down 02404 any out of the forests 03293; for they shall burn 01197 the weapons 05402 with fire 0784: and they shall lay waste 07997 those that wasted 07997 them, and rob 0962 those that robbed 0962 them, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹¹ And it shall come to pass in that day 03117, that I will give 05414 to Gog 01463 a place 04725 there of graves 06913 in Israel 03478, the valley 01516 of the travellers 05674 on the east 06926 of the sea 03220: and it shall stop 02629 the noses of the travellers 05674: and there shall they bury 06912 Gog 01463 and all his multitude 01995: and they shall call 07121 it The valley 01516 of Hamongog 01996. noses: or, mouthsHamongog: that is, The multitude of Gog

¹² And seven 07651 months 02320 shall the house 01004 of Israel 03478 be in burying 06912 them, that they may cleanse 02891 the land 0776.

¹³ Yea, all the people 05971 of the land 0776 shall bury 06912 them; and it shall be to them a renown 08034 in the day 03117 that I shall be glorified 03513, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

¹⁴ And they shall set apart 0914 men 0582 for the continual task 08548 of passing through 05674 the land 0776 to bury 06912 with the travellers 05674 those that remain 03498 upon the face 06440 of the land 0776, to cleanse 02891 it: after the end 07097 of seven 07651 months 02320 shall they search 02713. men…: Heb. men of continuance

¹⁵ And as travellers 05674 pass through 05674 the land 0776, when any seeth 07200 a man’s 0120 bone 06106, then shall he set up 01129 a sign 06725 by 0681 it, till the buriers 06912 have buried 06912 it in the valley 01516 of Hamongog 01996. set up: Heb. build

¹⁶ And also the name 08034 of the city 05892 shall be Hamonah 01997. Thus shall they cleanse 02891 the land 0776. Hamonah: that is, The multitude

¹⁷ And, thou son 01121 of man 0120, thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Speak 0559 to every feathered 03671 fowl 06833, and to every beast 02416 of the field 07704, Assemble 06908 yourselves, and come 0935; gather 0622 yourselves on every side 05439 to my sacrifice 02077 that I do sacrifice 02076 for you, even a great 01419 sacrifice 02077 upon the mountains 02022 of Israel 03478, that ye may eat 0398 flesh 01320, and drink 08354 blood 01818. unto…: Heb. to the fowl of every wingmy sacrifice: or, my slaughter

¹⁸ Ye shall eat 0398 the flesh 01320 of the mighty 01368, and drink 08354 the blood 01818 of the princes 05387 of the earth 0776, of rams 0352, of lambs 03733, and of goats 06260, of bulls 06499, all of them fatlings 04806 of Bashan 01316. goats: Heb. great goats

¹⁹ And ye shall eat 0398 fat 02459 till ye are full 07654, and drink 08354 blood 01818 till ye are drunk 07943, of my sacrifice 02077 which I have sacrificed 02076 for you.

²⁰ Thus ye shall be filled 07646 at my table 07979 with horses 05483 and chariots 07393, with mighty men 01368, and with all men 0376 of war 04421, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

²¹ And I will set 05414 my glory 03519 among the heathen 01471, and all the heathen 01471 shall see 07200 my judgment 04941 that I have executed 06213, and my hand 03027 that I have laid 07760 upon them.

²² So the house 01004 of Israel 03478 shall know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068 their God 0430 from that day 03117 and forward 01973.

²³ And the heathen 01471 shall know 03045 that the house 01004 of Israel 03478 went into captivity 01540 for their iniquity 05771: because they trespassed 04603 against me, therefore I hid 05641 my face 06440 from them, and gave 05414 them into the hand 03027 of their enemies 06862: so they all fell 05307 by the sword 02719.

²⁴ According to their uncleanness 02932 and according to their transgressions 06588 have I done 06213 to them, and hidden 05641 my face 06440 from them.

²⁵ Therefore thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Now will I bring again 07725 the captivity 07622, 7622 of Jacob 03290, and have mercy 07355 upon the whole house 01004 of Israel 03478, and will be jealous 07065 for my holy 06944 name 08034;

²⁶ After they have borne 05375 their shame 03639, and all their trespasses 04604 by which they have trespassed 04603 against me, when they dwelt 03427 safely 0983 in their land 0127, and none made them afraid 02729.

²⁷ When I have brought them again 07725 from the people 05971, and gathered 06908 them out of the lands 0776 of their enemies 0341, and am sanctified 06942 in them in the sight 05869 of many 07227 nations 01471;

²⁸ Then shall they know 03045 that I am the LORD 03068 their God 0430, who caused them to be led into captivity 01540 among the heathen 01471: but I have gathered 03664 them to their own land 0127, and have left 03498 none of them there any more. which…: Heb. by my causing of them, etc

²⁹ Neither will I hide 05641 my face 06440 any more from them: for I have poured out 08210 my spirit 07307 upon the house 01004 of Israel 03478, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

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¹ In the five 02568 and twentieth 06242 year 08141 of our captivity 01546, in the beginning 07218 of the year 08141, in the tenth 06218 day of the month 02320, in the fourteenth 0702, 6240 year 08141 after 0310 the city 05892 was smitten 05221, in the same 06106 day 03117 the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068 was upon me, and brought 0935 me there.

² In the visions 04759 of God 0430 he brought 0935 me into the land 0776 of Israel 03478, and set 05117 me upon a very 03966 high 01364 mountain 02022, by which was a structure 04011 like a city 05892 on the south 05045. by which: or, upon which

³ And he brought 0935 me there, and, behold, there was a man 0376, whose appearance 04758 was like the appearance 04758 of brass 05178, with a line 06616 of flax 06593 in his hand 03027, and a measuring 04060 reed 07070; and he stood 05975 in the gate 08179.

⁴ And the man 0376 said 01696 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, behold 07200 with thy eyes 05869, and hear 08085 with thy ears 0241, and set 07760 thy heart 03820 upon all that I shall show 07200 thee; for to the intent 04616 that I might show 07200 them to thee art thou brought 0935 here: declare 05046 all that thou seest 07200 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478.

⁵ And behold a wall 02346 on the outside 02351 of the house 01004 all around 05439, and in the man’s 0376 hand 03027 a measuring 04060 reed 07070 of six 08337 cubits 0520 long by the cubit 0520 and an hand breadth 02948: so he measured 04058 the breadth 07341 of the building 01146, one 0259 reed 07070; and the height 06967, one 0259 reed 07070.

⁶ Then he came 0935 to the gate 08179 which looketh 06440 toward 01870 the east 06921, and went up 05927 its steps 04609, and measured 04058 the threshold 05592 of the gate 08179, which was one 0259 reed 07070 broad 07341; and the other 0259 threshold 05592 of the gate, which was one 0259 reed 07070 broad 07341. which looketh…: Heb. whose face was the way toward the east

⁷ And every little chamber 08372 was one 0259 reed 07070 long 0753, and one 0259 reed 07070 broad 07341; and between the little chambers 08372 were five 02568 cubits 0520; and the threshold 05592 of the gate 08179 by 0681 the porch 0197 of the gate 08179 within 01004 was one 0259 reed 07070.

⁸ He measured 04058 also the porch 0197 of the gate 08179 within 01004, one 0259 reed 07070.

⁹ Then he measured 04058 the porch 0197 of the gate 08179, eight 08083 cubits 0520; and its posts 0352, two 08147 cubits 0520; and the porch 0197 of the gate 08179 was inside 01004.

¹⁰ And the little chambers 08372 of the gate 08179 eastward 01870, 6921 were three 07969 on this side 06311, and three 07969 on that side 06311; they three 07969 were of one 0259 measure 04060: and the posts 0352 had one 0259 measure 04060 on this side and on that side.

¹¹ And he measured 04058 the breadth 07341 of the entrance 06607 of the gate 08179, ten 06235 cubits 0520; and the length 0753 of the gate 08179, thirteen 07969, 6240 cubits 0520.

¹² The space 01366 also before 06440 the little chambers 08372 was one 0259 cubit 0520 on this side, and the space 01366 was one cubit 0520 on that side: and the little chambers 08372 were six 08337 cubits 0520 on this side, and six 08337 cubits 0520 on that side. space: Heb. limit, or, bound

¹³ He measured 04058 then the gate 08179 from the roof 01406 of one little chamber 08372 to the roof 01406 of another: the breadth 07341 was five 02568 and twenty 06242 cubits 0520, door 06607 against door 06607.

¹⁴ He made 06213 also posts 0352 of sixty 08346 cubits 0520, even to the post 0352 of the court 02691 around to 05439 the gate 08179.

¹⁵ And from the face 06440 of the gate 08179 of the entrance 02978 to the face 06440 of the porch 0197 of the inner 06442 gate 08179 were fifty 02572 cubits 0520.

¹⁶ And there were narrow 0331 windows 02474 to the little chambers 08372, and to their posts 0352 within 06441 the gate 08179 on every side 05439, and likewise to the arches 0361: and windows 02474 were all around 05439 inside 06441: and upon each post 0352 were palm trees 08561. narrow: Heb. closedarches: or, galleries, or, porchesinward: or, within

¹⁷ Then he brought 0935 me into the outer 02435 court 02691, and, lo, there were chambers 03957, and a pavement 07531 made 06213 for the court 02691 all around 05439: thirty 07970 chambers 03957 were upon the pavement 07531.

¹⁸ And the pavement 07531 by the side 03802 of the gates 08179 was as wide as 05980 the length 0753 of the gates 08179; was to the lower 08481 pavement 07531.

¹⁹ Then he measured 04058 the breadth 07341 from the front 06440 of the lower 08481 gate 08179 to the front 06440 of the inner 06442 court 02691 on the other side 02351, an hundred 03967 cubits 0520 eastward 06921 and northward 06828. without: or, from without

²⁰ And the gate 08179 of the outer 02435 court 02691 that looked 06440 toward 01870 the north 06828, he measured 04058 its length 0753, and its breadth 07341. that looked: Heb. whose face was

²¹ And its little chambers 08372 were three 07969 on this side and three 07969 on that side; and its posts 0352 and its arches 0361 were after the measure 04060 of the first 07223 gate 08179: its length 0753 was fifty 02572 cubits 0520, and its breadth 07341 five 02568 and twenty 06242 cubits 0520. arches: or, galleries, or, porches

²² And their windows 02474, and their arches 0361, and their palm trees 08561, were after the measure 04060 of the gate 08179 that looketh 06440 toward 01870 the east 06921; and they went up 05927 to it by seven 07651 steps 04609; and its arches 0361 were before 06440 them.

²³ And the gate 08179 of the inner 06442 court 02691 was opposite the gate 08179 toward the north 06828, and toward the east 06921; and he measured 04058 from gate 08179 to gate 08179 an hundred 03967 cubits 0520.

²⁴ After that he brought 03212 me toward 01870 the south 01864, and behold a gate 08179 toward 01870 the south 01864: and he measured 04058 its posts 0352 and its arches 0361 according to these measures 04060.

²⁵ And there were windows 02474 in it and in its arches 0361 all around 05439, like those windows 02474: the length 0753 was fifty 02572 cubits 0520, and the breadth 07341 five 02568 and twenty 06242 cubits 0520.

²⁶ And there were seven 07651 steps 04609 to go up 05930 to it, and its arches 0361 were before 06440 them: and it had palm trees 08561, one 0259 on this side, and another 0259 on that side, upon its posts 0352.

²⁷ And there was a gate 08179 in the inner 06442 court 02691 toward 01870 the south 01864: and he measured 04058 from gate 08179 to gate 08179 toward 01870 the south 01864 an hundred 03967 cubits 0520.

²⁸ And he brought 0935 me to the inner 06442 court 02691 by the south 01864 gate 08179: and he measured 04058 the south 01864 gate 08179 according to these measures 04060;

²⁹ And its little chambers 08372, and its posts 0352, and its arches 0361, according to these measures 04060: and there were windows 02474 in it and in its arches 0361 all around 05439: it was fifty 02572 cubits 0520 long 0753, and five 02568 and twenty 06242 cubits 0520 broad 07341.

³⁰ And the arches 0361 all around 05439 were five 02568 and twenty 06242 cubits 0520 long 0753, and five 02568 cubits 0520 broad 07341. broad: Heb. breadth

³¹ And its arches 0361 were toward the outer 02435 court 02691; and palm trees 08561 were upon its posts 0352: and the ascent 04608 to it had eight 08083 steps 04609.

³² And he brought 0935 me into the inner 06442 court 02691 toward 01870 the east 06921: and he measured 04058 the gate 08179 according to these measures 04060.

³³ And its little chambers 08372, and its posts 0352, and its arches 0361, were according to these measures 04060: and there were windows 02474 in it and in its arches 0361 all around 05439: it was fifty 02572 cubits 0520 long 0753, and five 02568 and twenty 06242 cubits 0520 broad 07341.

³⁴ And its arches 0361 were toward the outer 02435 court 02691; and palm trees 08561 were upon its posts 0352, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent 04608 to it had eight 08083 steps 04609.

³⁵ And he brought 0935 me to the north 06828 gate 08179, and measured 04058 it according to these measures 04060;

³⁶ Its little chambers 08372, its posts 0352, and its arches 0361, and the windows 02474 all around 05439: the length 0753 was fifty 02572 cubits 0520, and the breadth 07341 five 02568 and twenty 06242 cubits 0520.

³⁷ And its posts 0352 were toward the outer 02435 court 02691; and palm trees 08561 were upon its posts 0352, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent 04608 to it had eight 08083 steps 04609.

³⁸ And the chambers 03957 and its entrances 06607 were by the posts 0352 of the gates 08179, where they washed 01740 the burnt offering 05930.

³⁹ And in the porch 0197 of the gate 08179 were two 08147 tables 07979 on this side, and two tables 07979 on that side, to slay 07819 on it the burnt offering 05930 and the sin offering 02403 and the trespass offering 0817.

⁴⁰ And on the outside 03802, 2351, as one goeth up 05927 to the entrance 06607 of the north 06828 gate 08179, were two 08147 tables 07979; and on the other 0312 side 03802, which was at the porch 0197 of the gate 08179, were two 08147 tables 07979. as one…: or, at the step

⁴¹ Four 0702 tables 07979 were on this side, and four 0702 tables 07979 on that side, by the side 03802 of the gate 08179; eight 08083 tables 07979, upon which they slew 07819 their sacrifices.

⁴² And the four 0702 tables 07979 were of hewn 01496 stone 068 for the burnt offering 05930, of a cubit 0520 and an half 02677 long 0753, and a cubit 0520 and an half 02677 broad 07341, and one 0259 cubit 0520 high 01363: upon which also they laid 03240 the instruments 03627 with which they slew 07819 the burnt offering 05930 and the sacrifice 02077.

⁴³ And within 01004 were hooks 08240, an 0259 hand 02948 broad, fastened 03559 all around 05439: and upon the tables 07979 was the flesh 01320 of the offering 07133. hooks: or, andirons, or, the two hearthstones

⁴⁴ And outside 02351 the inner 06442 gate 08179 were the chambers 03957 of the singers 07891 in the inner 06442 court 02691, which was at the side 03802 of the north 06828 gate 08179; and their prospect 06440 was toward 01870 the south 01864: one 0259 at the side 03802 of the east 06921 gate 08179 having the prospect 06440 toward 01870 the north 06828.

⁴⁵ And he said 01696 to me, This 02090 chamber 03957, whose prospect 06440 is toward 01870 the south 01864, is for the priests 03548, the keepers 08104 of the charge 04931 of the house 01004. charge: or, ward, or, ordinance

⁴⁶ And the chamber 03957 whose prospect 06440 is toward 01870 the north 06828 is for the priests 03548, the keepers 08104 of the charge 04931 of the altar 04196: these are the sons 01121 of Zadok 06659 among the sons 01121 of Levi 03878, who come near 07131 to the LORD 03068 to minister 08334 to him.

⁴⁷ So he measured 04058 the court 02691, an hundred 03967 cubits 0520 long 0753, and an hundred 03967 cubits 0520 broad 07341, foursquare 07251; and the altar 04196 that was before 06440 the house 01004.

⁴⁸ And he brought 0935 me to the porch 0197 of the house 01004, and measured 04058 each post 0352 of the porch 0197, five 02568 cubits 0520 on this side, and five 02568 cubits 0520 on that side: and the breadth 07341 of the gate 08179 was three 07969 cubits 0520 on this side, and three 07969 cubits 0520 on that side.

⁴⁹ The length 0753 of the porch 0197 was twenty 06242 cubits 0520, and the breadth 07341 eleven 06249, 6240 cubits 0520; and he brought me by the steps 04609 by which they went up 05927 to it: and there were pillars 05982 by the posts 0352, one 0259 on this side, and another 0259 on that side.

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¹ Afterward he brought 0935 me to the temple 01964, and measured 04058 the posts 0352, six 08337 cubits 0520 broad 07341 on the one side 06311, and six 08337 cubits 0520 broad 07341 on the other side 06311, which was the breadth 07341 of the tabernacle 0168.

² And the breadth 07341 of the door 06607 was ten 06235 cubits 0520; and the sides 03802 of the door 06607 were five 02568 cubits 0520 on the one side, and five 02568 cubits 0520 on the other side: and he measured 04058 the length 0753 of it, forty 0705 cubits 0520: and the breadth 07341, twenty 06242 cubits 0520. door: or, entrance

³ Then he went 0935 inward 06441, and measured 04058 the post 0352 of the door 06607, two 08147 cubits 0520; and the door 06607, six 08337 cubits 0520; and the breadth 07341 of the door 06607, seven 07651 cubits 0520.

⁴ So he measured 04058 the length 0753 of it, twenty 06242 cubits 0520; and the breadth 07341, twenty 06242 cubits 0520, before 06440 the temple 01964: and he said 0559 to me, This is the most 06944 holy 06944 place.

⁵ Afterward he measured 04058 the wall 07023 of the house 01004, six 08337 cubits 0520; and the breadth 07341 of every side chamber 06763, four 0702 cubits 0520, round 05439 the house 01004 on every side 05439.

⁶ And the side 06763 chambers 06763 were three 07969, one over another 06763, and thirty 07970 in order 06471; and they entered 0935 into the wall 07023 which was of the house 01004 for the side chambers 06763 all around 05439, that they might have hold 0270, but they had not hold 0270 in the wall 07023 of the house 01004. one…: Heb. side chamber over side chamberthirty…: or, three and thirty times, or, foothave hold: Heb. be holden

⁷ And there was an enlarging 07337, and a winding about 05437 still upward 04605 to the side chambers 06763: for the winding about 04141 of the house 01004 went still upward 04605 on all sides of 05439 the house 01004: therefore the breadth 07341 of the house 01004 was still upward 04605, and so went up 05927 from the lowest 08481 chamber to the highest 05945 by the middle 08484 chamber. there…: Heb. it was made broader, and went round

⁸ I saw 07200 also the height 01363 of the house 01004 all around 05439: the foundations 04328 of the side chambers 06763 were a full 04393 reed 07070 of six 08337 great 0679 cubits 0520.

⁹ The thickness 07341 of the wall 07023, which was for the side chamber 06763 on the outside 02351, was five 02568 cubits 0520: and that which was left 03240 was the place 01004 of the side chambers 06763 that were within 01004.

¹⁰ And between the chambers 03957 was the width 07341 of twenty 06242 cubits 0520 all around 05439 the house 01004 on every side 05439.

¹¹ And the doors 06607 of the side chambers 06763 were toward the place that was left 03240, one 0259 door 06607 toward 01870 the north 06828, and another 0259 door 06607 toward the south 01864: and the breadth 07341 of the place 04725 that was left 03240 was five 02568 cubits 0520 all around 05439.

¹² Now the building 01146 that was before 06440 the separate place 01508 at the end 06285 toward 01870 the west 03220 was seventy 07657 cubits 0520 broad 07341; and the wall 07023 of the building 01146 was five 02568 cubits 0520 thick 07341 all around 05439, and its length 0753 ninety 08673 cubits 0520.

¹³ So he measured 04058 the house 01004, an hundred 03967 cubits 0520 long 0753; and the separate place 01508, and the building 01140, with its walls 07023, an hundred 03967 cubits 0520 long 0753;

¹⁴ Also the breadth 07341 of the face 06440 of the house 01004, and of the separate place 01508 toward the east 06921, an hundred 03967 cubits 0520.

¹⁵ And he measured 04058 the length 0753 of the building 01146 in front of 06440 the separate place 01508 which was behind 0310 it, and its galleries 0862 on the one side and on the other side, an hundred 03967 cubits 0520, with the inner 06442 temple 01964, and the porches 0197 of the court 02691; galleries: or, several walks, or, walks with pillars

¹⁶ The door posts 05592, and the narrow 0331 windows 02474, and the galleries 0862 on every side 05439 on their three stories 07969, opposite 05048 the door 05592, panelled 07824 with wood 06086 all around 05439, and from the ground 0776 up to the windows 02474, and the windows 02474 were covered 03680; cieled…: Heb. cieling of woodand from…: or, and the ground unto the windows

¹⁷ To that above the door 06607, even to the inner 06442 house 01004, and outside 02351, and by all the wall 07023 all around 05439 within 06442 and without 02435, by measure 04060. measure: Heb. measures

¹⁸ And it was made 06213 with cherubim 03742 and palm trees 08561, so that a palm tree 08561 was between a cherub 03742 and a cherub 03742; and every cherub 03742 had two 08147 faces 06440;

¹⁹ So that the face 06440 of a man 0120 was toward the palm tree 08561 on the one side, and the face 06440 of a young lion 03715 toward the palm tree 08561 on the other side: it was made 06213 through all the house 01004 all around 05439.

²⁰ From the ground 0776 to above the door 06607 were cherubim 03742 and palm trees 08561 made 06213, and on the wall 07023 of the temple 01964.

²¹ The posts 04201 of the temple 01964 were squared 07251, and the face 06440 of the sanctuary 06944; the appearance 04758 of the one as the appearance 04758 of the other. posts: Heb. post

²² The altar 04196 of wood 06086 was three 07969 cubits 0520 high 01364, and its length 0753 was two 08147 cubits 0520; and its corners 04740, and its length 0753, and its walls 07023, were of wood 06086: and he said 01696 to me, This is the table 07979 that is before 06440 the LORD 03068.

²³ And the temple 01964 and the sanctuary 06944 had two 08147 doors 01817.

²⁴ And the doors 01817 had two 08147 leaves 01817 each, two 08147 turning 04142 leaves 01817; two 08147 leaves for the one 0259 door 01817, and two 08147 leaves 01817 for the other 0312 door.

²⁵ And there were made 06213 on them, on the doors 01817 of the temple 01964, cherubim 03742 and palm trees 08561, as were made 06213 upon the walls 07023; and there were thick 05646 planks 06086 upon the face 06440 of the porch 0197 outside 02351.

²⁶ And there were narrow 0331 windows 02474 and palm trees 08561 on the one side and on the other side, on the sides 03802 of the porch 0197, and upon the side chambers 06763 of the house 01004, and thick planks 05646.

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¹ Then he brought me forth 03318 into the outer 02435 court 02691, the way toward 01870 the north 06828: and he brought 0935 me into the chamber 03957 that was opposite the separate place 01508, and which was before the building 01146 toward the north 06828.

² Before 06440 the length 0753 of an hundred 03967 cubits 0520 was the north 06828 door 06607, and the breadth 07341 was fifty 02572 cubits 0520.

³ Opposite the twenty 06242 cubits which were for the inner 06442 court 02691, and opposite the pavement 07531 which was for the outer 02435 court 02691, was gallery 0862 against 06440 gallery 0862 in three 07992 stories.

⁴ And before 06440 the chambers 03957 was a walk 04109 of ten 06235 cubits 0520 breadth 07341 inward 06442, a way 01870 of one 0259 cubit 0520; and their doors 06607 toward the north 06828.

⁵ Now the upper 05945 chambers 03957 were narrower 07114: for the galleries 0862 were higher 0398 than these 02007, than the lower 08481, and than the middle ones 08484 of the building 01146. were higher…: or, did eat of thesethan the lower…: or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost

⁶ For they were in three 08027 stories, but had not pillars 05982 as the pillars 05982 of the courts 02691: therefore the upper chambers were set back 0680 more than the lower 08481 and the middle ones 08484 from the ground 0776.

⁷ And the wall 01447 that was outside 02351 by the side of 05980 the chambers 03957, toward 01870 the outer 02435 court 02691 on the forepart 06440 of the chambers 03957, the length 0753 of it was fifty 02572 cubits 0520.

⁸ For the length 0753 of the chambers 03957 that were in the outer 02435 court 02691 was fifty 02572 cubits 0520: and, lo, before 06440 the temple 01964 were an hundred 03967 cubits 0520.

⁹ And from under these chambers 03957 was the entrance 03996, 935 on the east side 06921, as one goeth 0935 into them 02007 from the outer 02435 court 02691. from under: or, from the placethe entry: or, he that brought meas…: or, as he came

¹⁰ The chambers 03957 were in the thickness 07341 of the wall 01444 of the court 02691 toward 01870 the east 06921, opposite 06440 the separate place 01508, and opposite 06440 the building 01146.

¹¹ And the way 01870 before 06440 them was like the appearance 04758 of the chambers 03957 which were toward 01870 the north 06828, as long as 0753 they, and as broad as 03651, 7341 they: and all their exits 04161 were both according to their fashions 04941, and according to their doors 06607.

¹² And according to the doors 06607 of the chambers 03957 that were toward 01870 the south 01864 was a door 06607 in the head 07218 of the way 01870, even the way 01870 directly 01903 before 06440 the wall 01448 toward 01870 the east 06921, as one entereth 0935 into them.

¹³ Then said 0559 he to me, The north 06828 chambers 03957 and the south 01864 chambers 03957, which are before 06440 the separate place 01508, they are holy 06944 chambers 03957, where the priests 03548 that approach 07138 to the LORD 03068 shall eat 0398 the most 06944 holy things 06944: there shall they lay 03240 the most 06944 holy things 06944, and the meat offering 04503, and the sin offering 02403, and the trespass offering 0817; for the place 04725 is holy 06918.

¹⁴ When the priests 03548 enter 0935 in it, then shall they not go out 03318 of the holy 06944 place into the outer 02435 court 02691, but there they shall lay 03240 their garments 0899 in which they minister 08334; for they are holy 06944; and shall put 03847 on other 0312 garments 0899, and shall approach 07126 to those things which are for the people 05971.

¹⁵ Now when he had finished 03615 measuring 04060 the inner 06442 house 01004, he brought me forth 03318 toward 01870 the gate 08179 whose prospect 06440 is toward 01870 the east 06921, and measured 04058 it all around 05439.

¹⁶ He measured 04058 the east 06921 side 07307 with the measuring 04060 reed 07070, five 02568, 520 hundred 03967 reeds 07070, with the measuring 04060 reed 07070 on every side 05439. side: Heb. wind

¹⁷ He measured 04058 the north 06828 side 07307, five 02568 hundred 03967 reeds 07070, with the measuring 04060 reed 07070 on every side 05439.

¹⁸ He measured 04058 the south 01864 side 07307, five 02568 hundred 03967 reeds 07070, with the measuring 04060 reed 07070.

¹⁹ He turned about 05437 to the west 03220 side 07307, and measured 04058 five 02568 hundred 03967 reeds 07070 with the measuring 04060 reed 07070.

²⁰ He measured 04058 it by the four 0702 sides 07307: it had a wall 02346 all around 05439, five 02568 hundred 03967 reeds long 0753, and five 02568 hundred 03967 broad 07341, to make a separation 0914 between the sanctuary 06944 and the common place 02455.

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¹ Afterward he brought 03212 me to the gate 08179, even the gate 08179 that looketh 06437 toward 01870 the east 06921:

² And, behold, the glory 03519 of the God 0430 of Israel 03478 came 0935 from the way 01870 of the east 06921: and his voice 06963 was like a noise 06963 of many 07227 waters 04325: and the earth 0776 shined 0215 with his glory 03519.

³ And it was according to the appearance 04758 of the vision 04758 which I saw 07200, even according to the vision 04758 that I saw 07200 when I came 0935 to destroy 07843 the city 05892: and the visions 04759 were like the vision 04758 that I saw 07200 by the river 05104 Chebar 03529; and I fell 05307 upon my face 06440. when…: or, when I came to prophesy that the city should be destroyed

⁴ And the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 came 0935 into the house 01004 by the way 01870 of the gate 08179 whose prospect 06440 is toward 01870 the east 06921.

⁵ So the spirit 07307 took me up 05375, and brought 0935 me into the inner 06442 court 02691; and, behold, the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 filled 04390 the house 01004.

⁶ And I heard 08085 him speaking 01696 to me out of the house 01004; and the man 0376 stood 05975 by me 0681.

⁷ And he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, the place 04725 of my throne 03678, and the place 04725 of the soles 03709 of my feet 07272, where I will dwell 07931 in the midst 08432 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 for ever 05769, and my holy 06944 name 08034, shall the house 01004 of Israel 03478 no more defile 02930, neither they, nor their kings 04428, by their harlotry 02184, nor by the dead bodies 06297 of their kings 04428 in their high places 01116.

⁸ In their setting 05414 of their threshold 05592 by my thresholds 05592, and their post 04201 by 0681 my posts 04201, and the wall 07023 between me and them, they have even defiled 02930 my holy 06944 name 08034 by their abominations 08441 that they have committed 06213: therefore I have consumed 03615 them in my anger 0639. and the…: or, for there was but a wall between me and them

⁹ Now let them put away 07368 their harlotry 02184, and the dead bodies 06297 of their kings 04428, far 07368 from me, and I will dwell 07931 in the midst 08432 of them for ever 05769.

¹⁰ Thou son 01121 of man 0120, show 05046 the house 01004 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478, that they may be ashamed 03637 of their iniquities 05771: and let them measure 04058 the pattern 08508. pattern: or, sum, or, number

¹¹ And if they will be ashamed 03637 of all that they have done 06213, show 03045 them the form 06699 of the house 01004, and the fashion 08498 of it, and its exits 04161, and its entrances 04126, and all its forms 06699, and all its ordinances 02708, and all its forms 06699, and all its laws 08451: and write 03789 it in their sight 05869, that they may keep 08104 its whole form 06699, and all its ordinances 02708, and do 06213 them.

¹² This is the law 08451 of the house 01004; Upon the top 07218 of the mountain 02022 its whole limit 01366 all around 05439 shall be most 06944 holy 06944. Behold, this is the law 08451 of the house 01004.

¹³ And these are the measures 04060 of the altar 04196 after the cubits 0520: The cubit 0520 is a cubit 0520 and an hand breadth 02948; even the bottom 02436 shall be a cubit 0520, and the breadth 07341 a cubit 0520, and the border 01366 of it by its edge 08193 on every side 05439 shall be a 0259 span 02239: and this shall be the higher place 01354 of the altar 04196. bottom: Heb. bosomedge: Heb. lip

¹⁴ And from the bottom 02436 upon the ground 0776 even to the lower 08481 ledge 05835 shall be two 08147 cubits 0520, and the breadth 07341 one 0259 cubit 0520; and from the smaller 06996 ledge 05835 even to the greater 01419 ledge 05835 shall be four 0702 cubits 0520, and the breadth 07341 one cubit 0520.

¹⁵ So the altar 0741, 2025 shall be four 0702 cubits 0520; and from the altar 0741 and upward 04605 shall be four 0702 horns 07161. so the altar: Heb. Harel, that is, the mountain of Godfrom the altar: Heb. Ariel, that is, the lion of God

¹⁶ And the altar 0741 shall be twelve 08147, 6240 cubits long 0753, twelve 08147, 6240 broad 07341, square 07251 in its four 0702 sides 07253.

¹⁷ And the ledge 05835 shall be fourteen 0702, 6240 cubits long 0753 and fourteen 0702, 6240 broad 07341 in its four 0702 sides 07253; and the border 01366 about 05439 it shall be half 02677 a cubit 0520; and the bottom 02436 of it shall be a cubit 0520 about 05439; and its stairs 04609 shall look 06437 toward the east 06921.

¹⁸ And he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; These are the ordinances 02708 of the altar 04196 in the day 03117 when they shall make 06213 it, to offer 05927 burnt offerings 05930 on it, and to sprinkle 02236 blood 01818 on it.

¹⁹ And thou shalt give 05414 to the priests 03548 the Levites 03881 that are of the seed 02233 of Zadok 06659, who approach 07138 to me, to minister 08334 to me, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, a young 01121, 1241 bull 06499 for a sin offering 02403.

²⁰ And thou shalt take 03947 of his blood 01818, and put 05414 it on its four 0702 horns 07161, and on the four 0702 corners 06438 of the ledge 05835, and upon the border 01366 on every side 05439: thus shalt thou cleanse 02398 and purge 03722 it.

²¹ Thou shalt take 03947 the bull 06499 also of the sin offering 02403, and he shall burn 08313 it in the appointed place 04662 of the house 01004, outside of 02351 the sanctuary 04720.

²² And on the second 08145 day 03117 thou shalt offer 07126 a kid 08163 of the goats 05795 without blemish 08549 for a sin offering 02403; and they shall cleanse 02398 the altar 04196, as they cleansed 02398 it with the bull 06499.

²³ When thou hast finished 03615 cleansing 02398 it, thou shalt offer 07126 a young 01121, 1241 bull 06499 without blemish 08549, and a ram 0352 out of the flock 06629 without blemish 08549.

²⁴ And thou shalt offer 07126 them before 06440 the LORD 03068, and the priests 03548 shall cast 07993 salt 04417 upon them, and they shall offer them 05927 for a burnt offering 05930 to the LORD 03068.

²⁵ Seven 07651 days 03117 shalt thou prepare 06213 every day 03117 a goat 08163 for a sin offering 02403: they shall also prepare 06213 a young 01121, 1241 bull 06499, and a ram 0352 out of the flock 06629, without blemish 08549.

²⁶ Seven 07651 days 03117 shall they purge 03722 the altar 04196 and purify 02891 it; and they shall consecrate themselves 04390, 3027. consecrate…: Heb. fill their hands

²⁷ And when these days 03117 are fulfilled 03615, it shall be, that upon the eighth 08066 day 03117, and so onward 01973, the priests 03548 shall make 06213 your burnt offerings 05930 upon the altar 04196, and your peace offerings 08002; and I will accept 07521 you, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. peace…: or, thank offerings

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¹ Then he brought me back 07725 the way 01870 of the gate 08179 of the outer 02435 sanctuary 04720 which looketh 06437 toward the east 06921; and it was shut 05462.

² Then said 0559 the LORD 03068 to me; This gate 08179 shall be shut 05462, it shall not be opened 06605, and no man 0376 shall enter 0935 in by it; because the LORD 03068, the God 0430 of Israel 03478, hath entered 0935 in by it, therefore it shall be shut 05462.

³ It is for the prince 05387; the prince 05387, he shall sit 03427 in it to eat 0398 bread 03899 before 06440 the LORD 03068; he shall enter 0935 by the way 01870 of the porch 0197 of that gate 08179, and shall go out 03318 by the way 01870 of the same.

⁴ Then he brought 0935 me the way 01870 of the north 06828 gate 08179 before 06440 the house 01004: and I looked 07200, and, behold, the glory 03519 of the LORD 03068 filled 04390 the house 01004 of the LORD 03068: and I fell 05307 upon my face 06440.

⁵ And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, mark 07760 well 03820, and behold 07200 with thy eyes 05869, and hear 08085 with thy ears 0241 all that I say 01696 to thee concerning all the ordinances 02708 of the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, and all its laws 08451; and mark 07760 well 03820 the entrance 03996 of the house 01004, with every exit 04161 from the sanctuary 04720. mark well: Heb. set thine heartmark well: Heb. set thine heart

⁶ And thou shalt say 0559 to the rebellious 04805, even to the house 01004 of Israel 03478, Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; O ye house 01004 of Israel 03478, let it suffice 07227 you of all your abominations 08441,

⁷ In that ye have brought 0935 into my sanctuary strangers 01121, 5236, uncircumcised 06189 in heart 03820, and uncircumcised 06189 in flesh 01320, to be in my sanctuary 04720, to pollute 02490 it, even my house 01004, when ye offer 07126 my bread 03899, the fat 02459 and the blood 01818, and they have broken 06565 my covenant 01285 because 0413 of all your abominations 08441. strangers: Heb. children of a stranger

⁸ And ye have not kept 08104 the charge 04931 of my holy things 06944: but ye have set 07760 keepers 08104 of my charge 04931 in my sanctuary 04720 for yourselves. my charge: or, my ward, or, ordinance

⁹ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; No stranger 01121, 5236, uncircumcised 06189 in heart 03820, nor uncircumcised 06189 in flesh 01320, shall enter 0935 into my sanctuary 04720, of any stranger that is among 08432 the children 01121 of Israel 03478.

¹⁰ And the Levites 03881 that have gone away far 07368 from me, when Israel 03478 went astray 08582, who went astray 08582 from me after 0310 their idols 01544; they shall even bear 05375 their iniquity 05771.

¹¹ Yet they shall be ministers 08334 in my sanctuary 04720, having charge 06486 at the gates 08179 of the house 01004, and ministering 08334 to the house 01004: they shall slay 07819 the burnt offering 05930 and the sacrifice 02077 for the people 05971, and they shall stand 05975 before 06440 them to minister 08334 to them.

¹² Because they ministered 08334 to them before 06440 their idols 01544, and caused the house 01004 of Israel 03478 to fall 04383 into iniquity 05771; therefore have I lifted up 05375 my hand 03027 against them, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069, and they shall bear 05375 their iniquity 05771. caused…: Heb. were for a stumblingblock of iniquity unto, etc

¹³ And they shall not come near 05066 to me, to do the office of a priest 03547 to me, nor to come near 05066 to any of my holy things 06944, in the most holy 06944 place: but they shall bear 05375 their shame 03639, and their abominations 08441 which they have committed 06213.

¹⁴ But I will make 05414 them keepers 08104 of the charge 04931 of the house 01004, for all its service 05656, and for all that shall be done 06213 in it.

¹⁵ But the priests 03548 the Levites 03881, the sons 01121 of Zadok 06659, that kept 08104 the charge 04931 of my sanctuary 04720 when the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went astray 08582 from me, they shall come near 07126 to me to minister 08334 to me, and they shall stand 05975 before 06440 me to offer 07126 to me the fat 02459 and the blood 01818, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069:

¹⁶ They shall enter 0935 into my sanctuary 04720, and they shall come near 07126 to my table 07979, to minister 08334 to me, and they shall keep 08104 my charge 04931.

¹⁷ And it shall come to pass, that when they enter 0935 in at the gates 08179 of the inner 06442 court 02691, they shall be clothed 03847 with linen 06593 garments 0899; and no wool 06785 shall come 05927 upon them, while they minister 08334 in the gates 08179 of the inner 06442 court 02691, and within 01004.

¹⁸ They shall have linen 06593 headdresses 06287 upon their heads 07218, and shall have linen 06593 breeches 04370 upon their loins 04975; they shall not gird 02296 themselves with any thing that causeth sweat 03154. with…: or, in sweating places: Heb. in, or, with sweat

¹⁹ And when they go forth 03318 into the outer 02435 court 02691, even into the outer 02435 court 02691 to the people 05971, they shall put off 06584 their garments 0899 in which they ministered 08334, and lay 03240 them in the holy 06944 chambers 03957, and they shall put 03847 on other 0312 garments 0899; and they shall not sanctify 06942 the people 05971 with their garments 0899.

²⁰ Neither shall they shave 01548 their heads 07218, nor allow their locks 06545 to grow long 07971; they shall only 03697 cut the hair of 03697 their heads 07218.

²¹ Neither shall any priest 03548 drink 08354 wine 03196, when they enter 0935 into the inner 06442 court 02691.

²² Neither shall they take 03947 for their wives 0802 a widow 0490, nor her that is put away 01644: but they shall take 03947 maidens 01330 of the seed 02233 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478, or a widow 0490 that had a priest 03548 before. put…: Heb. thrust forththat had…: Heb. from a priest

²³ And they shall teach 03384 my people 05971 the difference between the holy 06944 and profane 02455, and cause them to discern 03045 between the unclean 02931 and the clean 02889.

²⁴ And in controversy 07379 they shall stand 05975 in judgment 08199; and they shall judge 08199 it according to my judgments 04941: and they shall keep 08104 my laws 08451 and my statutes 02708 in all my assemblies 04150; and they shall hallow 06942 my sabbaths 07676.

²⁵ And they shall come 0935 near no dead 04191 person 0120 to defile 02930 themselves: but for father 01, or for mother 0517, or for son 01121, or for daughter 01323, for brother 0251, or for sister 0269 that hath had no husband 0376, they may defile 02930 themselves.

²⁶ And after 0310 he is cleansed 02893, they shall reckon 05608 to him seven 07651 days 03117.

²⁷ And in the day 03117 that he goeth 0935 into the sanctuary 06944, to the inner 06442 court 02691, to minister 08334 in the sanctuary 06944, he shall offer 07126 his sin offering 02403, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

²⁸ And it shall be to them for an inheritance 05159: I am their inheritance 05159: and ye shall give 05414 them no possession 0272 in Israel 03478: I am their possession 0272.

²⁹ They shall eat 0398 the meat offering 04503, and the sin offering 02403, and the trespass offering 0817; and every dedicated thing 02764 in Israel 03478 shall be theirs. dedicated: or, devoted

³⁰ And the first 07225 of all the firstfruits 01061 of all things, and every oblation 08641 of all, of every sort of your oblations 08641, shall be the priest’s 03548: ye shall also give 05414 to the priest 03548 the first 07225 of your dough 06182, that he may cause the blessing 01293 to rest 05117 in thy house 01004. And the first: or, And the chief

³¹ The priests 03548 shall not eat 0398 of any thing that is dead of itself 05038, or torn 02966, whether of fowl 05775 or beast 0929.

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¹ Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot 05307 the land 0776 for inheritance 05159, ye shall offer 07311 an oblation 08641 to the LORD 03068, an holy portion 06944 of the land 0776: the length 0753 shall be the length 0753 of five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 reeds, and the breadth 07341 shall be ten 06235 thousand 0505. This shall be holy 06944 in all its borders 01366 on every side 05439. when…: Heb. when ye cause the land to fallan holy…: Heb. holiness

² Of this there shall be for the sanctuary 06944 five 02568 hundred 03967 in length, with five 02568 hundred 03967 in breadth, square 07251 on every side 05439; and fifty 02572 cubits 0520 on every side 05439 for its common lands 04054. suburbs: or, void places

³ And of this measure 04060 shalt thou measure 04058 the length 0753 of five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505, and the breadth 07341 of ten 06235 thousand 0505: and in it shall be the sanctuary 04720 and the most 06944 holy 06944 place.

⁴ The holy 06944 portion of the land 0776 shall be for the priests 03548 the ministers 08334 of the sanctuary 04720, who shall come near 07131 to minister 08334 to the LORD 03068: and it shall be a place 04725 for their houses 01004, and an holy place 04720 for the sanctuary 04720.

⁵ And the five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 of length 0753, and the ten 06235 thousand 0505 of breadth 07341, shall also the Levites 03881, the ministers 08334 of the house 01004, have for themselves, for a possession 0272 for twenty 06242 chambers 03957.

⁶ And ye shall appoint 05414 the possession 0272 of the city 05892 five 02568 thousand 0505 broad 07341, and five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 long 0753, beside 05980 the oblation 08641 of the holy 06944 portion: it shall be for the whole house 01004 of Israel 03478.

⁷ And a portion shall be for the prince 05387 on the one side and on the other side of the oblation 08641 of the holy 06944 portion, and of the possession 0272 of the city 05892, before 06440 the oblation 08641 of the holy 06944 portion, and before 06440 the possession 0272 of the city 05892, from the west 03220 side 06285 westward 03220, and from the east 06924 side 06285 eastward 06921: and the length 0753 shall be the same as 05980 one 0259 of the portions 02506, from the west 03220 border 01366 to the east 06921 border 01366.

⁸ In the land 0776 shall be his possession 0272 in Israel 03478: and my princes 05387 shall no more oppress 03238 my people 05971; and the rest of the land 0776 shall they give 05414 to the house 01004 of Israel 03478 according to their tribes 07626.

⁹ Thus saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; Let it suffice 07227 you, O princes 05387 of Israel 03478: remove 05493 violence 02555 and spoil 07701, and execute 06213 judgment 04941 and justice 06666, take away 07311 your exactions 01646 from my people 05971, saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. exactions: Heb. expulsions

¹⁰ Ye shall have just 06664 balances 03976, and a just 06664 ephah 0374, and a just 06664 bath 01324.

¹¹ The ephah 0374 and the bath 01324 shall be of one 0259 measure 08506, that the bath 01324 may contain 05375 the tenth part 04643 of an homer 02563, and the ephah 0374 the tenth part 06224 of an homer 02563: the measure 04971 of it shall be after the homer 02563.

¹² And the shekel 08255 shall be twenty 06242 gerahs 01626: twenty 06242 shekels 08255, five 02568 and twenty 06242 shekels 08255, fifteen 02568, 6235 shekels 08255, shall be your maneh 04488.

¹³ This is the oblation 08641 that ye shall offer 07311; the sixth part 08345 of an ephah 0374 of an homer 02563 of wheat 02406, and ye shall give the sixth part 08341 of an ephah 0374 of an homer 02563 of barley 08184:

¹⁴ Concerning the ordinance 02706 of oil 08081, the bath 01324 of oil 08081, ye shall offer the tenth part 04643 of a bath 01324 out of the cor 03734, which is an homer 02563 of ten 06235 baths 01324; for ten 06235 baths 01324 are an homer 02563:

¹⁵ And one 0259 lamb 07716 out of the flock 06629, out of two hundred 03967, out of the rich pastures 04945 of Israel 03478; for a meat offering 04503, and for a burnt offering 05930, and for peace offerings 08002, to make reconciliation 03722 for them, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069. lamb: or, kidpeace…: or, thank offerings

¹⁶ All the people 05971 of the land 0776 shall give this oblation 08641 for the prince 05387 in Israel 03478. shall…: Heb. shall be forfor: or, with

¹⁷ And it shall be the prince’s part 05387 to give burnt offerings 05930, and meat offerings 04503, and drink offerings 05262, in the feasts 02282, and in the new moons 02320, and in the sabbaths 07676, in all solemnities 04150 of the house 01004 of Israel 03478: he shall prepare 06213 the sin offering 02403, and the meat offering 04503, and the burnt offering 05930, and the peace offerings 08002, to make reconciliation 03722 for the house 01004 of Israel 03478. peace…: or, thank offerings

¹⁸ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; In the first 07223 month, in the first 0259 day of the month 02320, thou shalt take 03947 a young 01121, 1241 bull 06499 without blemish 08549, and cleanse 02398 the sanctuary 04720:

¹⁹ And the priest 03548 shall take 03947 of the blood 01818 of the sin offering 02403, and put 05414 it upon the posts 04201 of the house 01004, and upon the four 0702 corners 06438 of the ledge 05835 of the altar 04196, and upon the posts 04201 of the gate 08179 of the inner 06442 court 02691.

²⁰ And so thou shalt do 06213 the seventh 07651 day of the month 02320 for every one 0376 that erreth 07686, and for him that is simple 06612: so shall ye reconcile 03722 the house 01004.

²¹ In the first 07223 month, in the fourteenth 0702, 6240 day 03117 of the month 02320, ye shall have the passover 06453, a feast 02282 of seven 07620 days 03117; unleavened bread 04682 shall be eaten 0398.

²² And upon that day 03117 shall the prince 05387 prepare 06213 for himself and for all the people 05971 of the land 0776 a bull 06499 for a sin offering 02403.

²³ And seven 07651 days 03117 of the feast 02282 he shall prepare 06213 a burnt offering 05930 to the LORD 03068, seven 07651 bulls 06499 and seven 07651 rams 0352 without blemish 08549 daily 03117 the seven 07651 days 03117; and a kid 08163 of the goats 05795 daily 03117 for a sin offering 02403.

²⁴ And he shall prepare 06213 a meat offering 04503 of an ephah 0374 for a bull 06499, and an ephah 0374 for a ram 0352, and an hin 01969 of oil 08081 for an ephah 0374.

²⁵ In the seventh 07651 month, in the fifteenth 02568, 6240 day 03117 of the month 02320, shall he do 06213 likewise in the feast 02282 of the seven 07637 days 03117, according to the sin offering 02403, according to the burnt offering 05930, and according to the meat offering 04503, and according to the oil 08081.

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¹ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; The gate 08179 of the inner 06442 court 02691 that looketh 06437 toward the east 06921 shall be shut 05462 the six 08337 working 04639 days 03117; but on the sabbath 07676, 3117 it shall be opened 06605, and in the day 03117 of the new moon 02320 it shall be opened 06605.

² And the prince 05387 shall enter 0935 by the way 01870 of the porch 0197 of that gate 08179 from outside 02351, and shall stand 05975 by the post 04201 of the gate 08179, and the priests 03548 shall prepare 06213 his burnt offering 05930 and his peace offerings 08002, and he shall worship 07812 at the threshold 04670 of the gate 08179: then he shall go forth 03318; but the gate 08179 shall not be shut 05462 until the evening 06153.

³ Likewise the people 05971 of the land 0776 shall worship 07812 at the door 06607 of this gate 08179 before 06440 the LORD 03068 in the sabbaths 07676 and in the new moons 02320.

⁴ And the burnt offering 05930 that the prince 05387 shall offer 07126 to the LORD 03068 in the sabbath 07676 day 03117 shall be six 08337 lambs 03532 without blemish 08549, and a ram 0352 without blemish 08549.

⁵ And the meat offering 04503 shall be an ephah 0374 for a ram 0352, and the meat offering 04503 for the lambs 03532 as he shall be able 03027 to give 04991, and an hin 01969 of oil 08081 to an ephah 0374. as he…: Heb. the gift of his hand

⁶ And in the day 03117 of the new moon 02320 it shall be a young 01121, 1241 bull 06499 without blemish 08549, and six 08337 lambs 03532, and a ram 0352: they shall be without blemish 08549.

⁷ And he shall prepare 06213 a meat offering 04503, an ephah 0374 for a bull 06499, and an ephah 0374 for a ram 0352, and for the lambs 03532 according as his hand 03027 shall be able 05381, and an hin 01969 of oil 08081 to an ephah 0374.

⁸ And when the prince 05387 shall enter 0935, he shall go 0935 in by the way 01870 of the porch 0197 of that gate 08179, and he shall go forth 03318 by the way 01870 of it.

⁹ But when the people 05971 of the land 0776 shall come 0935 before 06440 the LORD 03068 in the solemn feasts 04150, he that entereth 0935 in by the way 01870 of the north 06828 gate 08179 to worship 07812 shall go out 03318 by the way 01870 of the south 05045 gate 08179; and he that entereth 0935 by the way 01870 of the south 05045 gate 08179 shall go forth 03318 by the way 01870 of the north 06828 gate 08179: he shall not return 07725 by the way 01870 of the gate 08179 by which he came in 0935, but shall go forth 03318 opposite 05226 it.

¹⁰ And the prince 05387 in the midst 08432 of them, when they go in 0935, shall go in 0935; and when they go forth 03318, shall go forth 03318.

¹¹ And in the feasts 02282 and in the solemnities 04150 the meat offering 04503 shall be an ephah 0374 to a bull 06499, and an ephah 0374 to a ram 0352, and to the lambs 03532 as he is able 03027 to give 04991, and an hin 01969 of oil 08081 to an ephah 0374.

¹² Now when the prince 05387 shall prepare 06213 a voluntary 05071 burnt offering 05930 or peace offerings 08002 voluntarily 05071 to the LORD 03068, one shall then open 06605 to him the gate 08179 that looketh 06437 toward the east 06921, and he shall prepare 06213 his burnt offering 05930 and his peace offerings 08002, as he did 06213 on the sabbath 07676 day 03117: then he shall go forth 03318; and after 0310 his going forth 03318 one shall shut 05462 the gate 08179.

¹³ Thou shalt daily 03117 prepare 06213 a burnt offering 05930 to the LORD 03068 of a lamb 03532 of the first 01121 year 08141 without blemish 08549: thou shalt prepare 06213 it every 01242 morning 01242. of the…: Heb. a son of his yearevery…: Heb. morning by morning

¹⁴ And thou shalt prepare 06213 a meat offering 04503 for it every morning 01242, the sixth part 08345 of an ephah 0374, and the third part 07992 of an hin 01969 of oil 08081, to moisten 07450 the fine flour 05560; a meat offering 04503 continually 08548 by a perpetual 05769 ordinance 02708 to the LORD 03068.

¹⁵ Thus shall they prepare 06213 the lamb 03532, and the meat offering 04503, and the oil 08081, every morning 01242 for a continual 08548 burnt offering 05930.

¹⁶ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; If the prince 05387 shall give 05414 a gift 04979 to any 0376 of his sons 01121, the inheritance 05159 of it shall be to his sons 01121’; it shall be their possession 0272 by inheritance 05159.

¹⁷ But if he will give 05414 a gift 04979 of his inheritance 05159 to one 0259 of his servants 05650, then it shall be his to the year 08141 of liberty 01865; afterward it shall return 07725 to the prince 05387: but his inheritance 05159 shall be to his sons 01121 for them.

¹⁸ Moreover the prince 05387 shall not take 03947 of the people’s 05971 inheritance 05159 by oppression 03238, to thrust 03238 them out of their possession 0272; but he shall give his sons 01121 inheritance 05157 out of his own possession 0272: that my people 05971 be not dispossessed 06327 every man 0376 from his possession 0272.

¹⁹ Afterward he brought 0935 me through the entrance 03996, which was at the side 03802 of the gate 08179, into the holy 06944 chambers 03957 of the priests 03548, which looked 06437 toward the north 06828: and, behold, there was a place 04725 on the two sides 03411 westward 03220.

²⁰ Then said 0559 he to me, This is the place 04725 where the priests 03548 shall boil 01310 the trespass offering 0817 and the sin offering 02403, where they shall bake 0644 the meat offering 04503; that they bear 03318 them not out into the outer 02435 court 02691, to sanctify 06942 the people 05971.

²¹ Then he brought me forth 03318 into the outer 02435 court 02691, and caused me to pass by 05674 the four 0702 corners 04740 of the court 02691; and, behold, in every 04740 corner 04740 of the court 02691, 2691 there was a court 02691. in every…: Heb. a court in a corner of a court, and a court in a corner of a court

²² In the four 0702 corners 04740 of the court 02691 there were courts 02691 joined 07000 of forty 0705 cubits long 0753 and thirty 07970 broad 07341: these four 0702 corners 07106 were of one 0259 measure 04060. joined: or, made with chimneyscorners were…: Heb. cornered, etc

²³ And there was a row 02905 of building all around 05439 in them, around 05439 the four 0702 of them, and it was made 06213 with boiling places 04018 under the rows 02918 on every side 05439.

²⁴ Then said 0559 he to me, These are the places 01004 of them that boil 01310, where the ministers 08334 of the house 01004 shall boil 01310 the sacrifice 02077 of the people 05971.

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¹ Afterward he brought me again 07725 to the door 06607 of the house 01004; and, behold, waters 04325 issued out 03318 from under the threshold 04670 of the house 01004 eastward 06921: for the front 06440 of the house 01004 stood toward the east 06921, and the waters 04325 came down 03381 from under from the right 03233 side 03802 of the house 01004, at the south 05045 side of the altar 04196.

² Then he brought me out 03318 of the way 01870 of the gate 08179 northward 06828, and led me about 05437 the way 01870 outside to the outer 02351 gate 08179 by the way 01870 that looketh 06437 eastward 06921; and, behold, there ran out 06379 waters 04325 on the right 03233 side 03802.

³ And when the man 0376 that had the line 06957 in his hand 03027 went forth 03318 eastward 06921, he measured 04058 a thousand 0505 cubits 0520, and he brought me through 05674 the waters 04325; the waters 04325 were to the ankles 0657. the waters were…: Heb. waters of the ankles

⁴ Again he measured 04058 a thousand 0505, and brought me through 05674 the waters 04325; the waters 04325 were to the knees 01290. Again he measured 04058 a thousand 0505, and brought me through 05674; the waters 04325 were to the loins 04975.

⁵ Afterward he measured 04058 a thousand 0505; and it was a river 05158 that I could 03201 not pass over 05674: for the waters 04325 had risen 01342, waters 04325 to swim in 07813, a river 05158 that could not be passed over 05674. waters to…: Heb. waters of swimming

⁶ And he said 0559 to me, Son 01121 of man 0120, hast thou seen 07200 this? Then he brought 03212 me, and caused me to return 07725 to the brink 08193 of the river 05158.

⁷ Now when I had returned 07725, behold, at the bank 08193 of the river 05158 were very 03966 many 07227 trees 06086 on the one side and on the other. bank: Heb. lip

⁸ Then said 0559 he to me, These waters 04325 issue out 03318 toward the east 06930 country 01552, and go down 03381 into the desert 06160, and go 0935 into the sea 03220: which being brought forth 03318 into the sea 03220, the waters 04325 shall be healed 07495. desert: or, plain

⁹ And it shall come to pass, that every thing 05315 that liveth 02416, which moveth 08317, wherever the rivers 05158 shall come 0935, shall live 02421: and there shall be a very 03966 great 07227 multitude of fish 01710, because these waters 04325 shall come 0935 there: for they shall be healed 07495; and every thing shall live 02425 where the river 05158 cometh 0935. rivers: Heb. two rivers

¹⁰ And it shall come to pass, that the fishermen 01728 shall stand 05975 upon it from Engedi 05872 even to Eneglaim 05882; they shall be a place to spread forth 04894 nets 02764; their fish 01710 shall be according to their kinds 04327, as the fish 01710 of the great 01419 sea 03220, very 03966 many 07227.

¹¹ But its miry places 01207 and its marshes 01360 shall not be healed 07495; they shall be given 05414 to salt 04417. shall not…: or, and that which shall not be healed

¹² And by the river 05158 upon its bank 08193, on this side and on that side, shall grow 05927 all trees 06086 for food 03978, whose leaf 05929 shall not fade 05034, neither shall its fruit 06529 be consumed 08552: it shall bring forth new fruit 01069 according to its months 02320, because their waters 04325 they issued out 03318 of the sanctuary 04720: and its fruit 06529 shall be for food 03978, and its leaf 05929 for medicine 08644. shall grow: Heb. shall come upnew: or, principalfor medicine: or, for bruises and sores

¹³ Thus saith 0559 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069; This 01454 shall be the border 01366, by which ye shall inherit 05157 the land 0776 according to the twelve 08147, 6240 tribes 07626 of Israel 03478: Joseph 03130 shall have two portions 02256.

¹⁴ And ye shall inherit 05157 it, one 0376 as well as another 0251: concerning which I lifted up 05375 my hand 03027 to give 05414 it to your fathers 01: and this land 0776 shall fall 05307 to you for inheritance 05159. lifted…: or, swore

¹⁵ And this shall be the border 01366 of the land 0776 toward the north 06828 side 06285, from the great 01419 sea 03220, the way 01870 of Hethlon 02855, as men go 0935 to Zedad 06657;

¹⁶ Hamath 02574, Berothah 01268, Sibraim 05453, which is between the border 01366 of Damascus 01834 and the border 01366 of Hamath 02574; Hazarhatticon 02694, which is by the border 01366 of Hauran 02362. Hazarhatticon: or, the middle village

¹⁷ And the border 01366 from the sea 03220 shall be Hazarenan 02703, the border 01366 of Damascus 01834, and the north 06828 northward 06828, and the border 01366 of Hamath 02574. And this is the north 06828 side 06285.

¹⁸ And the east 06921 side 06285 ye shall measure 04058 from 0996 Hauran 02362, and from 0996 Damascus 01834, and from 0996 Gilead 01568, and from 0996 the land 0776 of Israel 03478 by Jordan 03383, from the border 01366 to the east 06931 sea 03220. And this is the east 06921 side 06285. from (Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, the land): Heb. from between

¹⁹ And the south 05045 side 06285 southward 08486, from Tamar 08559 even to the waters 04325 of strife 04808, 4809 in Kadesh 06946, the river 05158 to the great 01419 sea 03220. And this is the south 08486 side 06285 southward 05045. strife: or, Meribahriver: or, valleyis the south side southward: or, is the south side toward Teman

²⁰ The west 03220 side 06285 also shall be the great 01419 sea 03220 from the border 01366, till a man cometh 0935 opposite 05227 Hamath 02574. This is the west 03220 side 06285.

²¹ So shall ye divide 02505 this land 0776 to you according to the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478.

²² And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot 05307 for an inheritance 05159 to you, and to the strangers 01616 that sojourn 01481 among 08432 you, who shall beget 03205 children 01121 among 08432 you: and they shall be to you as born 0249 in the country 0249 among the children 01121 of Israel 03478; they shall have 05307 inheritance 05159 with you among 08432 the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478.

²³ And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe 07626 the stranger 01616 sojourneth 01481, there shall ye give 05414 him his inheritance 05159, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

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¹ Now these are the names 08034 of the tribes 07626. From the north 06828 end 07097 to the border 03027 of the way 01870 of Hethlon 02855, as one goeth 0935 to Hamath 02574, Hazarenan 02704, the border 01366 of Damascus 01834 northward 06828, to the border 03027 of Hamath 02574; for these are his sides 06285 east 06921 and west 03220; a 0259 portion for Dan 01835. a portion: Heb. one portion

² And by the border 01366 of Dan 01835, from the east 06921 side 06285 to the west 03220 side 06285, a 0259 portion for Asher 0836.

³ And by the border 01366 of Asher 0836, from the east 06921 side 06285 even to the west 03220 side 06285, a 0259 portion for Naphtali 05321.

⁴ And by the border 01366 of Naphtali 05321, from the east 06921 side 06285 to the west 03220 side 06285, a 0259 portion for Manasseh 04519.

⁵ And by the border 01366 of Manasseh 04519, from the east 06921 side 06285 to the west 03220 side 06285, a 0259 portion for Ephraim 0669.

⁶ And by the border 01366 of Ephraim 0669, from the east 06921 side 06285 even to the west 03220 side 06285, a 0259 portion for Reuben 07205.

⁷ And by the border 01366 of Reuben 07205, from the east 06921 side 06285 to the west 03220 side 06285, a 0259 portion for Judah 03063.

⁸ And by the border 01366 of Judah 03063, from the east 06921 side 06285 to the west 03220 side 06285, shall be the offering 08641 which ye shall offer 07311 of five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 reeds in breadth 07341, and in length 0753 as one 0259 of the other parts 02506, from the east 06921 side 06285 to the west 03220 side 06285: and the sanctuary 04720 shall be in the midst 08432 of it.

⁹ The oblation 08641 that ye shall offer 07311 to the LORD 03068 shall be of five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 in length 0753, and of ten 06235 thousand 0505 in breadth 07341.

¹⁰ And for them, even for the priests 03548, shall be this holy 06944 oblation 08641; toward the north 06828 five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 in length, and toward the west 03220 ten 06235 thousand 0505 in breadth 07341, and toward the east 06921 ten 06235 thousand 0505 in breadth 07341, and toward the south 05045 five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 in length 0753: and the sanctuary 04720 of the LORD 03068 shall be in the midst 08432 of it.

¹¹ It shall be for the priests 03548 that are sanctified 06942 of the sons 01121 of Zadok 06659; who have kept 08104 my charge 04931, who went not astray 08582 when the children 01121 of Israel 03478 went astray 08582, as the Levites 03881 went astray 08582. It…: or, The sanctified portion shall be for the priestscharge: or, ward, or, ordinance

¹² And this oblation 08642 of the land 0776 that is offered 08641 shall be to them a thing most 06944 holy 06944 by the border 01366 of the Levites 03881.

¹³ And next to 05980 the border 01366 of the priests 03548 the Levites 03881 shall have five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 in length 0753, and ten 06235 thousand 0505 in breadth 07341: all the length 0753 shall be five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505, and the breadth 07341 ten 06235 thousand 0505.

¹⁴ And they shall not sell 04376 of it, neither exchange 04171, nor alienate 05674 the firstfruits 07225 of the land 0776: for it is holy 06944 to the LORD 03068.

¹⁵ And the five 02568 thousand 0505, that are left 03498 in the breadth 07341 next to 06440 the five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505, shall be a common 02455 place for the city 05892, for dwelling 04186, and for common lands 04054: and the city 05892 shall be in the midst 08432 of it.

¹⁶ And these shall be the measures 04060 of it; the north 06828 side 06285 four 0702 thousand 0505 and five 02568 hundred 03967, and the south 05045 side 06285 four 0702 thousand 0505 and five 02568 hundred 03967, and on the east 06921 side 06285 four 0702 thousand 0505 and five 02568 hundred 03967, and the west 03220 side 06285 four 0702 thousand 0505 and five 02568, 2568 hundred 03967.

¹⁷ And the common lands 04054 of the city 05892 shall be toward the north 06828 two hundred 03967 and fifty 02572, and toward the south 05045 two hundred 03967 and fifty 02572, and toward the east 06921 two hundred 03967 and fifty 02572, and toward the west 03220 two hundred 03967 and fifty 02572.

¹⁸ And the remainder 03498 in length 0753 next to 05980 the oblation 08641 of the holy 06944 portion shall be ten 06235 thousand 0505 eastward 06921, and ten 06235 thousand 0505 westward 03220: and it shall be next to 05980 the oblation 08641 of the holy 06944 portion; and its increase 08393 shall be for food 03899 to them that serve 05647 the city 05892.

¹⁹ And they that serve 05647 the city 05892 shall serve 05647 it out of all the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478.

²⁰ All the oblation 08641 shall be five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 by five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505: ye shall offer 07311 the holy 06944 oblation 08641 foursquare 07243, with the possession 0272 of the city 05892.

²¹ And the remainder 03498 shall be for the prince 05387, on the one side and on the other of the holy 06944 oblation 08641, and of the possession 0272 of the city 05892, next to 06440 the five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 of the oblation 08641 toward the east 06921 border 01366, and westward 03220 next to 06440 the five 02568 and twenty 06242 thousand 0505 toward the west 03220 border 01366, next to 05980 the portions 02506 for the prince 05387: and it shall be the holy 06944 oblation 08641; and the sanctuary 04720 of the house 01004 shall be in the midst 08432 of it.

²² Moreover from the possession 0272 of the Levites 03881, and from the possession 0272 of the city 05892, being in the midst 08432 of that which is the prince’s 05387, between the border 01366 of Judah 03063 and the border 01366 of Benjamin 01144, shall be for the prince 05387.

²³ As for the rest 03499 of the tribes 07626, from the east 06921 side 06285 to the west 03220 side 06285, Benjamin 01144 shall have a 0259 portion. a portion: Heb. one portion

²⁴ And by the border 01366 of Benjamin 01144, from the east 06921 side 06285 to the west 03220 side 06285, Simeon 08095 shall have a 0259 portion.

²⁵ And by the border 01366 of Simeon 08095, from the east 06921 side 06285 to the west 03220 side 06285, Issachar 03485 a 0259 portion.

²⁶ And by the border 01366 of Issachar 03485, from the east 06921 side 06285 to the west 03220 side 06285, Zebulun 02074 a 0259 portion.

²⁷ And by the border 01366 of Zebulun 02074, from the east 06921 side 06285 to the west 03220 side 06285, Gad 01410 a 0259 portion.

²⁸ And by the border 01366 of Gad 01410, at the south 05045 side 06285 southward 08486, the border 01366 shall be even from Tamar 08559 to the waters 04325 of strife 04808, 4809 in Kadesh 06946, and to the river 05158 toward the great 01419 sea 03220. strife…: or, Meribahkadesh

²⁹ This is the land 0776 which ye shall divide by lot 05307 to the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478 for inheritance 05159, and these are their portions 04256, saith 05002 the Lord 0136 GOD 03069.

³⁰ And these are the exits 08444 of the city 05892 on the north 06828 side 06285, four 0702 thousand 0505 and five 02568 hundred 03967 measures 04060.

³¹ And the gates 08179 of the city 05892 shall be after the names 08034 of the tribes 07626 of Israel 03478: three 07969 gates 08179 northward 06828; one 0259 gate 08179 of Reuben 07205, one 0259 gate 08179 of Judah 03063, one 0259 gate 08179 of Levi 03878.

³² And at the east 06921 side 06285 four 0702 thousand 0505 and five 02568 hundred 03967: and three 07969 gates 08179; one 0259 gate 08179 of Joseph 03130, one 0259 gate 08179 of Benjamin 01144, one 0259 gate 08179 of Dan 01835.

³³ And at the south 05045 side 06285 four 0702 thousand 0505 and five 02568 hundred 03967 measures 04060: and three 07969 gates 08179; one 0259 gate 08179 of Simeon 08095, one 0259 gate 08179 of Issachar 03485, one 0259 gate 08179 of Zebulun 02074.

³⁴ And the west 03220 side 06285 four 0702 thousand 0505 and five 02568 hundred 03967, with their three 07969 gates 08179; one 0259 gate 08179 of Gad 01410, one 0259 gate 08179 of Asher 0836, one 0259 gate 08179 of Naphtali 05321.

³⁵ The circumference 05439 was eighteen 08083, 6240 thousand 0505 measures: and the name 08034 of the city 05892 from that day 03117 shall be, The LORD is there 03074. The LORD…: Heb. Jehovahshammah