God in Ezekiel

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1. 1:1

   In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

2. 1:3

   the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.

3. 1:24

   When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

4. 1:28

   The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.

5. 2:4

   They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’

6. 3:11

   Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”

7. 3:12

   Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”

8. 3:14

   So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.

9. 3:16

   At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

10. 3:22

    And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”

11. 3:23

    So I got up and went out to the plain, and behold, the glory of the LORD was present there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell facedown.

12. 3:27

    But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

13. 4:13

    Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”

14. 4:14

    “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”

15. 5:5

    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

16. 5:7

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’

17. 5:8

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.

18. 5:11

    Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.

19. 5:13

    And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.

20. 5:15

    So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

21. 5:17

    I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”

22. 6:1

    And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

23. 6:3

    You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

24. 6:7

    The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.

25. 6:10

    And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.

26. 6:11

    This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.

27. 6:13

    Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

28. 6:14

    I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

29. 7:1

    And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

30. 7:2

    “O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

31. 7:4

    I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

32. 7:5

    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming!

33. 7:9

    I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.

34. 7:19

    They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.

35. 7:27

    The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

36. 8:1

    In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.

37. 8:3

    He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.

38. 8:4

    And there I saw the glory of the God of Israel, like the vision I had seen in the plain.

39. 8:12

    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”

40. 8:14

    Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.

41. 8:16

    So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

42. 9:3

    Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.

43. 9:4

    “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”

44. 9:8

    While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”

45. 9:9

    He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’

46. 10:4

    Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.

47. 10:5

    The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

48. 10:18

    Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stood above the cherubim.

49. 10:19

    As I watched, the cherubim lifted their wings and rose up from the ground, with the wheels beside them as they went. And they stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the LORD, with the glory of the God of Israel above them.

50. 10:20

    These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the River Kebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.

51. 11:1

    Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.

52. 11:5

    And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.

53. 11:7

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.

54. 11:8

    You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.

55. 11:10

    You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

56. 11:12

    Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”

57. 11:13

    Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”

58. 11:14

    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

59. 11:15

    “Son of man, your brothers—your relatives, your fellow exiles, and the whole house of Israel—are those of whom the people of Jerusalem have said, ‘They are far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

60. 11:16

    Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’

61. 11:17

    Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’

62. 11:20

    so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

63. 11:21

    But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

64. 11:22

    Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.

65. 11:23

    And the glory of the LORD rose up from within the city and stood over the mountain east of the city.

66. 11:24

    And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,

67. 11:25

    I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.

68. 12:1

    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

69. 12:8

    And in the morning the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

70. 12:10

    Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’

71. 12:15

    And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

72. 12:16

    But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

73. 12:17

    Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

74. 12:19

    Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.

75. 12:20

    The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

76. 12:21

    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

77. 12:23

    Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.

78. 12:25

    because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”

79. 12:26

    Furthermore, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

80. 12:28

    Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”

81. 13:1

    Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

82. 13:2

    “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD!

83. 13:3

    This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.

84. 13:5

    You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.

85. 13:6

    They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

86. 13:7

    Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?

87. 13:8

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.

88. 13:9

    My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

89. 13:13

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.

90. 13:14

    I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

91. 13:16

    those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.’

92. 13:18

    and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?

93. 13:20

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.

94. 13:21

    I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

95. 13:23

    therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

96. 14:2

    And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

97. 14:4

    Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,

98. 14:6

    Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.

99. 14:7

    For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.

100. 14:8

     I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

101. 14:9

     But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.

102. 14:11

     in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”

103. 14:12

     And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

104. 14:14

     then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.

105. 14:16

     then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

106. 14:18

     then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.

107. 14:20

     then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.

108. 14:21

     For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?

109. 14:23

     They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

110. 15:1

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

111. 15:6

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.

112. 15:7

     And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

113. 15:8

     Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

114. 16:1

     Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

115. 16:3

     and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

116. 16:8

     Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.

117. 16:14

     Your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect in the splendor I bestowed on you, declares the Lord GOD.

118. 16:19

     And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.

119. 16:23

     Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,

120. 16:30

     How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute!

121. 16:35

     Therefore, O prostitute, hear the word of the LORD!

122. 16:36

     This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,

123. 16:43

     Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?

124. 16:48

     As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did as you and your daughters have done.

125. 16:58

     You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your abominations, declares the LORD.

126. 16:59

     For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

127. 16:62

     So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,

128. 16:63

     so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

129. 17:1

     Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

130. 17:3

     and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

131. 17:9

     So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.

132. 17:11

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

133. 17:16

     ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.

134. 17:19

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.

135. 17:21

     All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’

136. 17:22

     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

137. 17:24

     Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”

138. 18:1

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

139. 18:3

     As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.

140. 18:9

     He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

141. 18:23

     Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?

142. 18:25

     Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

143. 18:29

     Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

144. 18:30

     Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

145. 18:32

     For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

146. 20:1

     In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.

147. 20:2

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

148. 20:3

     “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.

149. 20:5

     and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’

150. 20:7

     And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’

151. 20:12

     I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

152. 20:19

     I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.

153. 20:20

     Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’

154. 20:26

     And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.

155. 20:27

     Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.

156. 20:30

     Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: Will you defile yourselves the way your fathers did, prostituting yourselves with their abominations?

157. 20:31

     When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!

158. 20:33

     As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.

159. 20:36

     Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the Lord GOD.

160. 20:38

     And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

161. 20:39

     And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.

162. 20:40

     For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.

163. 20:42

     Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I swore to give your fathers.

164. 20:44

     Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”

165. 20:45

     Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

166. 20:47

     Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.

167. 20:48

     Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”

168. 20:49

     Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”

169. 21:1

     And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

170. 21:3

     and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

171. 21:5

     Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’

172. 21:7

     And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”

173. 21:8

     Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

174. 21:9

     “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—

175. 21:13

     Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.

176. 21:17

     I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”

177. 21:18

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

178. 21:24

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.

179. 21:26

     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.

180. 21:28

     Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—

181. 21:32

     You will be fuel for the fire. Your blood will stain your own land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”

182. 22:1

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

183. 22:3

     and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,

184. 22:12

     In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

185. 22:14

     Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.

186. 22:16

     And when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

187. 22:17

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

188. 22:19

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.

189. 22:22

     As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted within the city. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath upon you.’”

190. 22:23

     And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

191. 22:28

     Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

192. 22:31

     So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

193. 23:1

     Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

194. 23:22

     Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from every side—

195. 23:28

     For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Surely I will deliver you into the hands of those you hate, from whom you turned away in disgust.

196. 23:32

     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much.

197. 23:34

     You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD.

198. 23:35

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”

199. 23:36

     Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations.

200. 23:46

     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder.

201. 23:49

     They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences of your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’”

202. 24:1

     In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

203. 24:3

     Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.

204. 24:6

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.

205. 24:9

     Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.

206. 24:14

     I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

207. 24:15

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

208. 24:20

     So I answered them, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

209. 24:21

     Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’

210. 24:24

     ‘Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’

211. 24:27

     On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

212. 25:1

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

213. 25:3

     Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,

214. 25:5

     I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

215. 25:6

     For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,

216. 25:7

     therefore I will indeed stretch out My hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and exterminate you from the countries. I will destroy you, and you will know that I am the LORD.’

217. 25:8

     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”

218. 25:11

     So I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD.’

219. 25:12

     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,

220. 25:13

     therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.

221. 25:14

     I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’

222. 25:15

     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,

223. 25:16

     therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.

224. 25:17

     I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”

225. 26:1

     In the eleventh month of the twelfth year, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

226. 26:3

     therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, O Tyre, I am against you, and I will raise up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.

227. 26:5

     She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,

228. 26:6

     and the villages on her mainland will be slain by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’

229. 26:7

     For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.

230. 26:14

     I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’

231. 26:15

     This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?

232. 26:19

     For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,

233. 26:21

     I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

234. 27:1

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

235. 27:3

     Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

236. 28:1

     And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

237. 28:2

     “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

238. 28:6

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,

239. 28:9

     Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.

240. 28:10

     You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”

241. 28:11

     Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

242. 28:12

     “Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

243. 28:13

     You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

244. 28:14

     You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.

245. 28:16

     By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.

246. 28:20

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

247. 28:22

     And you are to declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will be glorified within you. They will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments against her and demonstrate My holiness through her.

248. 28:23

     I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

249. 28:24

     For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’

250. 28:25

     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.

251. 28:26

     And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”

252. 29:1

     In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

253. 29:3

     Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’

254. 29:6

     Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.

255. 29:8

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.

256. 29:9

     The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’

257. 29:13

     For this is what the Lord GOD says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations to which they were scattered.

258. 29:16

     Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”

259. 29:17

     In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

260. 29:19

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.

261. 29:20

     I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.

262. 29:21

     In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

263. 30:1

     Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

264. 30:2

     “Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’

265. 30:3

     For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

266. 30:6

     For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.

267. 30:8

     Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.

268. 30:10

     This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

269. 30:12

     I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.

270. 30:13

     This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.

271. 30:19

     So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

272. 30:20

     In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

273. 30:22

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

274. 30:25

     I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king, and he wields it against the land of Egypt.

275. 30:26

     I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

276. 31:1

     In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

277. 31:8

     The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.

278. 31:9

     I made it beautiful with its many branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God.’

279. 31:10

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

280. 31:15

     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

281. 31:18

     Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”

282. 32:1

     In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

283. 32:3

     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.

284. 32:8

     All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

285. 32:11

     For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!

286. 32:14

     Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.

287. 32:15

     ‘When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.’

288. 32:16

     This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”

289. 32:17

     In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

290. 32:31

     Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude—Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.

291. 32:32

     For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”

292. 33:1

     Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

293. 33:11

     Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

294. 33:17

     Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.

295. 33:20

     Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”

296. 33:22

     Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.

297. 33:23

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

298. 33:25

     Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

299. 33:27

     Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

300. 33:29

     Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land a desolate waste because of all the abominations they have committed.’

301. 33:30

     As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’

302. 34:1

     Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

303. 34:2

     “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?

304. 34:7

     Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

305. 34:8

     ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,

306. 34:9

     therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!’

307. 34:10

     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’

308. 34:11

     For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

309. 34:15

     I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

310. 34:17

     This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.

311. 34:20

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

312. 34:24

     I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.

313. 34:27

     The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.

314. 34:30

     Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,’ declares the Lord GOD.

315. 34:31

     ‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

316. 35:1

     Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

317. 35:3

     and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

318. 35:4

     I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

319. 35:6

     therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

320. 35:9

     I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

321. 35:10

     Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,

322. 35:11

     therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

323. 35:12

     Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’

324. 35:14

     This is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

325. 35:15

     As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

326. 36:1

     “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

327. 36:2

     This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’

328. 36:3

     therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,

329. 36:4

     therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.

330. 36:5

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.

331. 36:6

     Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.

332. 36:7

     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I have sworn with an uplifted hand that surely the nations around you will endure reproach of their own.

333. 36:11

     I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

334. 36:13

     For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’

335. 36:14

     therefore you will no longer devour men or deprive your nation of its children, declares the Lord GOD.

336. 36:15

     I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”

337. 36:16

     Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

338. 36:20

     And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’

339. 36:22

     Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.

340. 36:23

     I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.

341. 36:28

     Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.

342. 36:32

     It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel!

343. 36:33

     This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be resettled and the ruins to be rebuilt.

344. 36:36

     Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.

345. 36:37

     This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.

346. 36:38

     Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

347. 37:1

     The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

348. 37:3

     Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”

349. 37:4

     And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

350. 37:5

     This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

351. 37:6

     I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

352. 37:9

     Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”

353. 37:12

     Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

354. 37:13

     Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.

355. 37:14

     I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”

356. 37:15

     Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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     you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick, and they will become one in My hand.’

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     you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.

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     They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

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     My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.

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     Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’”

362. 38:1

     And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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     and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

364. 38:10

     This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

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     Therefore prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when My people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not take notice of this?

366. 38:17

     This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one of whom I have spoken in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those times prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?

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     Now on that day when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, My wrath will flare up.

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     And I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.

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     I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

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     “As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

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     You will fall in the open field, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.

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     I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.

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     So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

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     Yes, it is coming, and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD. This is the day of which I have spoken.

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     They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.

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     All the people of the land will bury them, and it will bring them renown on the day I display My glory, declares the Lord GOD.

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     And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.

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     And at My table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and warriors of every kind,’ declares the Lord GOD.

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     From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.

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     Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.

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     Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.

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     And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”

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     In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.

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     In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.

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     and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”

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     There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”

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     Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.

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     and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.

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     and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.

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     Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

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     Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it:

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     You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.

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     You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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     At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”

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     And the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.

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     Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”

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     Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.

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     The LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.

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     Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel.

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     This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.

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     Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.

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     But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.

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     And on the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering, declares the Lord GOD.

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     “When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy.

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     It will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.

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     For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’

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     And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord GOD.

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     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the first day of the first month you are to take a young bull without blemish and purify the sanctuary.

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     Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin offering.

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     “This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

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     On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.

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     The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.

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     When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.

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     When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.

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     And you shall provide an unblemished year-old lamb as a daily burnt offering to the LORD; you are to offer it every morning.

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     You are also to provide with it every morning a grain offering of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to the LORD. This is a permanent statute.

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     This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons as an inheritance, it will belong to his descendants. It will become their property by inheritance.

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     This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions.

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     In whatever tribe a foreigner dwells, you are to assign his inheritance there,” declares the Lord GOD.

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     The special portion you set apart to the LORD shall be 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide.

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     This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side, and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD.

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     They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.

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     This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these will be their portions,” declares the Lord GOD.

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     The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”