Bible in 90 Days
2 1 How hath the Lord [a]darkened the daughter of Zion in his wrath! and hath cast down from [b]heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his [c]footstool in the day of his wrath!
2 The Lord hath destroyed all the habitations of Jacob, and not spared: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah: he hath cast them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
3 He hath cut off in his fierce wrath all the [d]horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his [e]right hand from before the enemy, and there was kindled in Jacob like a flame of fire, which devoured round about.
4 He [f]hath bent his bow like an enemy: his right hand was stretched up as an adversary, and slew all that was pleasant to the eye in the Tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his wrath like fire.
5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath devoured Israel and consumed all his palaces: he hath destroyed his strongholds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah lamentation and mourning.
6 For he hath destroyed his Tabernacle, as a garden he hath destroyed his Congregation: the Lord hath caused the feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his wrath, the King and the Priest.
7 The Lord hath forsaken his altar: he hath abhorred his Sanctuary: he hath given into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: they have made a [g]noise in the House of the Lord, as in the day of solemnity.
8 The Lord hath determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he stretched out a line: he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart, [h]and the wall to lament: they were destroyed together.
9 Her gates are sunk to the ground: he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her King and her Princes are among the Gentiles: the Law is no more, neither can her Prophets [i]receive any vision from the Lord.
10 The Elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads: they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears: my bowels swell: my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and sucklings [j]swoon in the streets of the city.
12 They have said to their mothers, Where is [k]bread and drink? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, and when they [l]gave up the ghost in their mother’s bosom.
13 [m]What thing shall I take to witness for thee? What thing shall I compare to thee, O daughter Jerusalem? what shall I liken to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
14 Thy Prophets have[n]looked out vain and foolish things for thee, and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity, but have looked out for thee false [o]prophecies, and causes of banishment.
15 All that pass by the way, clap their hands at thee: they hiss and wag their head upon the daughter Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call, The perfection of beauty, and the joy of the whole earth?
16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth, saying, Let us devour it: certainly this is the day that we looked for: we have found and seen it.
17 (A)The Lord hath done that which he had purposed: he hath fulfilled his word that he had determined of old time: he hath thrown down, and not spared: he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, and set up the horn of thine adversaries.
18 Their heart (B)cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter Zion, let tears run down like a river, day and night: take thee no rest, neither let the apple of thine eye cease.
19 Arise, cry in the night: in the beginning of the watches, pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thine hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the corners of all the streets.
20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done thus: shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a [p]span long? shall the Priest and the Prophet be slain in the Sanctuary of the Lord?
21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slain them in the day of thy wrath: thou hast killed, and not spared.
22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my [q]terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord’s wrath none escaped nor remained: those that I have nourished and brought up, hath mine enemy consumed.
3 1 I am the man that hath seen [r]affliction in the rod of his indignation.
2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not to light.
3 Surely he is turned against me: he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath he caused to wax old, and he hath broken my bones.
5 He hath [s]built against me, and compassed me with gall and labor.
6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead forever.
7 He hath hedged about me, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chains heavy.
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my [t]prayer.
9 He hath [u]stopped up my ways with hewn stone, and turned away my paths.
10 [v]He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11 He hath stopped my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent his bow, and made me a mark for the arrow.
13 He caused [w]the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I was a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, and made me drunken with [x]wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath covered me with ashes.
17 Thus my soul was far off from peace: I forgot prosperity,
18 And I said, My strength and my [y]hope is perished from the Lord,
19 Remembering mine affliction, and my mourning, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them in remembrance, and is humbled [z]in me.
21 I consider this in mine heart: therefore have I hope.
22 It is the Lord’s [aa]mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are renewed [ab]every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24 The Lord is my [ac]portion, saith my soul: therefore will I hope in him.
25 The Lord is good unto them that trust in him, and to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good both to trust, and to wait for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his [ad]youth.
28 He sitteth alone, [ae]and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
29 He putteth his [af]mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.
30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproaches.
31 For the Lord will not forsake forever.
32 But though he send affliction, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For he doth not [ag]punish [ah]willingly, nor afflict the children of men,
34 In stamping under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
35 In overthrowing the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36 In subverting a man in his cause: the Lord [ai]seeth it not.
37 Who is he then that saith, and it cometh to pass, and the Lord [aj]commandeth it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not [ak]evil and good?
39 Wherefore then is the living [al]man sorrowful? man suffereth for his sin.
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
41 Let us lift up [am]our hearts with our hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have sinned, and have rebelled, therefore thou hast not spared.
43 Thou hast covered us with wrath, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, and not spared.
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
45 Thou hast made us as the (C)offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
47 Fear, and a snare is come upon us with desolation and destruction.
48 Mine eye casteth out rivers of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye droppeth without stay, and ceaseth not,
50 Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
51 Mine eye [an]breaketh mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53 They have shut up my life[ao]in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Waters flowed over mine head, then thought I, I am destroyed.
55 I called upon thy Name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
56 Thou hast heard my voice: stop not thine ear from my sigh, and from my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidest, Fear not.
58 O Lord, thou hast maintained the cause of my [ap]soul, and hast redeemed my life.
59 O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong, judge thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, and all their devises against me:
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Lord, and all their imaginations against me.
62 The lips also of those that rose against me, and their whispering against me continually.
63 Behold, their sitting down, and their rising up, how I am their song.
64 (D)Give them a recompense, O Lord, according to the work of their hands.
65 Give them [aq]sorrow of heart even thy curse to them.
66 Persecute with wrath and destroy them from under the heaven, O Lord.
4 1 How is the [ar]gold become so [as]dim? the most fine gold is changed, and the stones of the Sanctuary are scattered in the corner of every street.
2 The noble [at]men of Zion comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen [au]pitchers, even the work of the hands of the potter!
3 Even the dragons [av]draw out the breasts, and give suck to their young: but the daughter of my people is become cruel like the [aw]ostriches in the wilderness.
4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, but no man breaketh it unto them.
5 They that did feed delicately, perish in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet, embrace the dung.
6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is become greater than the sin of Sodom, that was (E)destroyed as in a moment, and [ax]none pitched camps against her.
7 Her (F)Nazirites were purer than the snow, and whiter than the milk: they were more ruddy in body, than the red precious stones: they were like polished sapphire.
8 Now their [ay]visage is blacker than a coal: they cannot know them in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones: it is withered like a stock.
9 They that be slain with the sword, are better than they that are killed with hunger: for they fade away as they were stricken through for the [az]fruits of the field.
10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children, which were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 The Lord hath accomplished his indignation: he hath poured out his fierce wrath, he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.
12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem:
13 For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of [ba]her.
14 They have wandered as blind men[bb]in the streets, and they were polluted with blood, so that[bc]they would not touch their garments.
15 But they cried unto them, Depart ye polluted, depart, depart, touch not: therefore they fled away, and wandered: they have said among the heathen, They shall no more dwell there.
16 The [bd]anger of the Lord hath scattered them, he will no more regard them: [be]they reverenced not the face of the Priest, nor had compassion on the Elders.
17 While we waited for our vain help, our eyes failed: for in our waiting we looked for [bf]a nation that could not save us.
18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled, for our end is come.
19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, and laid wait for us in the wilderness.
20 The [bg]breath of our nostrils, the Anointed of the Lord was taken in their nets, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall be preserved alive among the heathen.
21 Rejoice and be glad, [bh]O daughter Edom: that dwellest in the land of Uz, the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken [bi]and vomit.
22 Thy punishment is accomplished, O daughter Zion: he [bj]will no more carry thee away into captivity, but he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter Edom, he will discover thy sins.
5 The prayer of Jeremiah.
1 Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: [bk]consider, and behold our reproach.
2 Our inheritance is turned to the strangers, our houses to the aliens.
3 We are fatherless, even without father, and our mothers are as widows.
4 We have drunk our [bl]water for money, and our wood is sold unto us.
5 Our necks are under persecution: we are weary, and have no rest.
6 We have given our [bm]hands to the Egyptians, and to Assyria, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not, and we have borne [bn]their iniquities.
8 Servants have ruled over us, none would deliver us out of their hands.
9 We got our bread with the peril of our lives, because of the sword [bo]of the wilderness.
10 Our skin was black like as an oven because of the terrible famine.
11 They defiled the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
12 The princes are hanged up by [bp]their hand: the faces of the Elders were not had in honor.
13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under [bq]the wood.
14 The Elders have ceased from the [br]gate and the young men from their songs.
15 The joy of our heart is gone, our dance is turned into mourning.
16 The crown of our head is fallen: woe now unto us, that we have sinned.
17 Therefore our heart is heavy for these things, our [bs]eyes are dim,
18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: the foxes run upon it.
19 But thou, O Lord, remainest [bt]forever: thy throne is from generation to generation.
20 Wherefore dost thou forget us forever, and forsake us so long time?
21 [bu]Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned: renew our days as of old.
22 But thou hast utterly rejected us: thou art exceedingly angry against us.
Ezekiel
1 1 The time wherein Ezekiel prophesied, in what place. 3 His kindred. 5 The vision of the four beasts. 26 The vision of the throne.
1 It came to pass in the [bv]thirtieth year in the fourth month, and in the fifth day of the month (as I was among the captives by the river [bw]Chebar) that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of [bx]GOD.
2 In the fifth day of the month (which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity)
3 The word of the Lord came unto Ezekiel the Priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar, where the [by]hand of the Lord was upon him.
4 And I looked, and behold, a [bz]whirlwind came out of the North, a great cloud and a fire wrapped about it, and a brightness was about it, and in the midst thereof, to wit, in the midst of the fire came out as the likeness of [ca]amber.
5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of [cb]four beasts, and this was their form: they had the appearance of a man,
6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
7 And their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their feet was like the soles of a calf’s foot, and they sparkled like the appearance of bright brass.
8 And the hands of a man came out from under their wings in the four parts of them, and they four had their faces, and their wings.
9 They where [cc]joined by their wings one to another, and when they went forth, they returned not, but every one went straight forward.
10 And the similitude of their faces was as [cd]the face of a man: and they four had the face of a lion on the right side, and they four had the face of a bullock on the left side: they four also had the face of an Eagle.
11 Thus were their faces: but their wings were spread out above: two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
12 And every one went straight forward: they went whither their [ce]spirit led them, and they returned not when they went forth.
13 The similitude also of the beasts, and their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: for the fire ran among the beasts, and the fire gave a glister, and out of the fire there went lightning.
14 And the beasts ran, and [cf]returned like unto lightning.
15 Now as I beheld the beasts, behold, a wheel appeared upon the earth by the beasts, having four faces.
16 The fashion of the wheels and their work was like unto a [cg]Chrysolite: and they four had one form, and their fashion and their work was as one wheel in another wheel.
17 When they went, they went upon their four sides, and they returned not when they went.
18 They had also [ch]rings, and height, and were fearful to behold, and their rings were full of eyes, round about them four.
19 And when the beasts went, the wheels went with them: and when the beasts were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
20 Whither their spirit led them, they went, and thither did the spirit of the wheels lead them, and the wheels were lifted up besides them: for the spirit of the beasts was in the wheels.
21 When the beasts went, they went, and when they stood, they stood, and when they were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up besides them: for the spirit of the beasts was in the wheels.
22 And the similitude of the firmament upon the heads of the beasts was wonderful, like unto crystal spread over their heads above.
23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two which covered them, and every one had two which covered their bodies.
24 And when they went forth, I heard the noise of their [ci]wings, like the noise of great waters, and as the voice of the Almighty, even the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: even when they stood, they [cj]let down their wings.
25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
26 And above the firmament that was over their heads, was the fashion of a throne like unto a Sapphire stone, and upon the similitude of the throne was by appearance, as the similitude of a man above upon it.
27 And I saw as the appearance of amber, and as the similitude of fire [ck]round about within it to look too, even from his loins upward: and to look too, even from his loins downward, I saw as a likeness of fire, and brightness round about it.
28 As the likeness of the bow, that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the light round about.
29 This was the appearance of the similitude of the glory of the Lord: and when I saw it, I fell [cl]upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
2 The Prophet is sent to call the people from their error.
1 And [cm]he said unto me, [cn]Son of man, stand up upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
2 [co]And the Spirit entered into me, when he had spoken unto me, and set me upon my feet, so that I heard him that spake unto me.
3 And he said unto me, Son of Man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: for they and their fathers have rebelled against me, even unto this very day.
4 For they are [cp]impudent children, and stiff-hearted: I do send thee unto them, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God.
5 But surely they will not hear, neither indeed will they cease: for they are a rebellious house: yet shall they know that [cq]there hath been a Prophet among them.
6 And thou son of man, [cr]fear them not, neither be afraid of their words, although rebels and thorns be with thee, and thou remainest with scorpions: fear not their words, nor be afraid at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
7 Therefore thou shalt speak my words unto them: but surely they will not hear, neither will they indeed cease: for they are rebellious.
8 But thou son of man, hear what I say unto thee: be not thou rebellious, like this rebellious house: open thy mouth, and [cs]eat that I give thee.
9 And when I looked up, behold, an hand was sent unto me, and lo, a roll of a book was therein.
10 And he spread it before me, and it was written within and without, and there was written therein, [ct]Lamentations and mourning, and woe.
3 1 The Prophet being fed with the word of God and with the constant boldness of the spirit, is sent unto the people that were in captivity. 17 The office of true ministers.
1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest: [cu]eat this roll, and go, and speak unto the house of Israel.
2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this roll to eat.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.
4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go and enter into the house of Israel, and declare them my words.
5 For thou art not sent to a people of an [cv]unknown tongue, or of an hard language, but to the house of Israel,
6 Not to many people of an unknown tongue, or of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand: yet if I should send thee to them, they would obey thee.
7 But the house of Israel will not obey thee: for they will not obey me: yea, all the house of Israel are impudent and stiff-hearted.
8 Behold, I have made thy [cw]face strong against their faces, and thy forehead hard against their foreheads.
9 I have made thy forehead as the adamant, and harder than the flint: fear them not therefore, neither be afraid at their looks: for they are a rebellious house.
10 He said moreover unto me, Son of man, [cx]receive in thine heart all my words that I speak unto thee, and hear them with thine ears,
11 And go and enter to them that are led away captives unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God: but surely they will not hear, neither will they indeed cease.
12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a noise of a great rushing, saying, [cy]Blessed be the glory of the Lord out of his place.
13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the beasts, that touched one another, and the rattling of the wheels that were by them, even a noise of a great rushing.
14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I [cz]went in bitterness and indignation of my spirit, but the hand of the Lord was strong upon me.
15 Then I came to them that were led away captives to [da]Tel Abib, that dwelt by the river Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them [db]seven days.
16 And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,
17 Son of man, I have made thee a [dc]watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me
18 When I shall say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die, and thou givest not him warning, nor speakest to admonish the wicked of his wicked way, that he may live, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity: but his blood will I require at thine hand.
19 Yet, if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.
20 Likewise if a [dd]righteous man turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, I will lay a [de]stumbling block before him and he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his [df]righteous deeds, which he hath done, shall not be remembered: but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21 Nevertheless, if thou admonish that righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and that he doth not sin, he shall live because he is admonished: also thou hast delivered thy soul.
22 And the [dg]hand of the Lord was there upon me, and he said unto me, Arise, and go into the [dh]field, and I will there talk with thee.
23 So when I had risen up, and gone forth into the field, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the [di]glory which I saw by the river Chebar, and I fell down upon my face.
24 Then the Spirit entered into me, which [dj]set me up upon my feet, and spake unto me, and said to me, Come, and [dk]shut thyself within thine house.
25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them.
26 And I will make thy tongue [dl]cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them as a man that rebuketh: for they are a rebellious house.
27 But when I shall have spoken unto thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, He that heareth, let him hear, and he that leaveth off, (G)let him leave: for they are a rebellious house.
4 1 The besieging of the city of Jerusalem is signified. 9 The long continuance of the captivity of Israel. 16 An hunger is prophesied to come.
1 Thou also son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem,
2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it, set the camp also against it, and lay engines of war against it round about.
3 Moreover, take an [dm]iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city, and direct thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: this shall be a sign unto the house of Israel.
4 Sleep thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the [dn]house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days, that thou shalt sleep upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.
5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity according to the number of the days, even three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6 And when thou hast accomplished them, sleep again upon thy [do]right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee a day for a year, even a day for a year.
7 Therefore thou shalt direct thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine [dp]arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 And behold, I will lay [dq]bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
9 Thou shalt take also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, [dr]and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof according to the number of the days, that thou shalt sleep upon thy side: even [ds]three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
10 And the meat, whereof thou shalt eat shall be by weight, even [dt]twenty shekels a day: and from time to time shalt thou eat thereof.
11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, even the sixth part of [du]an Hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it [dv]in the dung that cometh out of man in their sight.
13 And the Lord said, So shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will cast them.
14 Then said I, Ah, Lord God, behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up, even unto this hour, I have not eaten of a thing dead or torn in pieces, neither came there any [dw]unclean flesh in my mouth.
15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee bullocks [dx]dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
16 Moreover, he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break [dy]the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care, and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment.
17 Because that bread and water shall fail, they shall be astonied one with another, and shall consume away for their iniquity.
5 The sign of the hairs, whereby is signified the destruction of the people.
1 And thou son of man, take thee a sharp knife, or take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it [dz]to pass upon thine head, and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
2 Thou shalt burn with fire the third part in the midst of the [ea]city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled, and thou shalt take the other third part, and smite about it with a knife, and the last third part thou shalt scatter in the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy [eb]lap.
4 Then take of them again and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire: [ec]for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
5 Thus saith the Lord God, This is Jerusalem, I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries, that are round about her.
6 And she hath changed my [ed]judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries, that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments, and my statutes, and they have not walked in them.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Because your [ee]multitude is greater than the nations that are round about you, and ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye kept my judgments: no, ye have not done according to the judgments of the nations, that are round about you.
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I, even I come against thee, and will execute judgment in the midst of thee, even in the sight of the nations.
9 And I will do in thee that I never did before, neither will do anymore the like, because of all thine abominations.
10 For in the midst of thee, the fathers (H)shall eat their sons, and the sons shall eat their fathers, and I will execute judgment in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
11 Wherefore as I live, saith the Lord God, Surely, because thou hast defiled my Sanctuary with all thy filthiness, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also destroy thee, neither shall mine eye spare thee, neither will I have any pity.
12 The third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and another third part shall fall by the sword round about thee: and I will scatter the last third part into all winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath to cease in them, and I will be [ef]comforted: and they shall know, that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath in them.
14 Moreover, I will make thee waste, and abhorred among the nations that are round about thee, and in the sight of all that pass by.
15 So thou shalt be a reproach and shame, a chastisement and an astonishment unto the nations, that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in wrath, and in sharp rebukes: I the Lord have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them the [eg]evil [eh]arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread.
17 (I)So I will send upon you famine, and evil beasts, and they shall spoil thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee: and I will bring the sword upon thee: I the Lord have spoken it.
6 He showeth that Jerusalem shall be destroyed for their idolatry. 8 He prophesieth the repentance of the remnant of the people, and their deliverance.
1 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, Set thy face towards the (J)mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,
3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: thus saith the Lord God to the [ei]mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and to the valleys, Behold, I, even I will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places:
4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images of the [ej]Sun shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
5 And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their [ek]idols, and I will (K)scatter your bones round about your altars.
6 In all your dwelling places the cities shall be desolate, and the high places shall be laid waste, so that your altars shall be made waste and desolate, and your idols shall be broken and cease, and your images of the Sun shall be cut in pieces, and your works shall be abolished.
7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
8 Yet will I leave a remnant, [el]that you may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries.
9 And they that escape of you, shall remember me among the nations, where they shall be in captivity, because I am grieved for their whorish hearts, which have departed from me, and for their eyes, which have gone a whoring after their idols, and they [em]shall be displeased in themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
10 And they shall know that I am the Lord, and that I have not said in vain, that I would do this evil unto them.
11 Thus saith the Lord God, [en]Smite with thine hand, and stretch forth with thy foot, and say, Alas, for all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel: for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
12 He that is far off, shall die of the pestilence, and he that is near, shall fall by the sword, and he that remaineth and is besieged, shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath upon them.
13 Then [eo]ye shall know, that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, which is the place where they did offer sweet savor to all their idols.
14 So will I (L) stretch mine hand upon them, and make the land waste and desolate [ep]from the wilderness unto Diblath in all their habitations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
7 The end of all the land of Israel shall suddenly come.
1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Also thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God, An end is come unto the land of Israel: the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send my wrath upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will lay upon thee all [eq]thine abominations.
4 Neither shall mine eye spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will lay thy ways upon thee: and thine abomination shall be in the midst of thee, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
5 Thus saith the Lord God, [er]Behold, one evil, even one evil is come.
6 An end is come, the end is come, it [es]watched for thee: behold, it is come.
7 The [et]morning is come unto thee, that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the [eu]sounding again of the mountains.
8 Now I will shortly pour out my wrath upon thee, and fulfill mine anger upon thee: I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will lay upon thee all thine abominations.
9 Neither shall mine eye spare thee, neither will I have pity, but I will lay upon thee according to thy ways, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee, and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.
10 Behold, the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth, the [ev]rod flourisheth: [ew]pride hath budded.
11 [ex]Cruelty is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their riches, nor of any of theirs, neither shall there be [ey]lamentation for them.
12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer [ez]rejoice, nor let him that selleth [fa]mourn: for the wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
13 For he that selleth, shall not [fb]return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the [fc]vision was unto all the multitude thereof, and they returned not, [fd]neither doth any encourage himself in the punishment of his life.
14 [fe]They have blown the trumpet, and prepared all, but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
15 The sword is without, and the pestilence, and the famine within: he that is in the field, shall die with the sword, and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
16 But they that flee away from them, shall escape, and shall be in the mountains, like the doves of the valleys: all they shall mourn, every one for his iniquity.
17 (M)All hands shall be weak, and all knees shall fall away as water.
18 (N)They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and fear shall cover them, and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon their heads.
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be cast far off: their (O)silver and their gold cannot deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: for this ruin is for their iniquity.
20 He had also set the beauty of his [ff]ornament in majesty: but they made images of their abominations, and of their idols therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
21 And I will give it into the hands of the [fg]strangers to be spoiled, and to the wicked of the earth to be robbed, and they shall pollute it.
22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my [fh]secret place: for the destroyers shall enter into it, and defile it.
23 ¶ Make a [fi]chain: for the land is full of the [fj]judgment of blood, and the city is full of cruelty.
24 Wherefore I will bring the most wicked of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the mighty to cease, and their [fk]holy places shall be defiled.
25 When destruction cometh, they shall seek peace, and shall not have it.
26 Calamity shall come upon calamity, and rumor shall be upon rumor: then shall they seek a vision of the Prophet: but the Law shall perish from the Priest, and counsel from the Ancient.
27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people in the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them according to their ways, and according to their judgments will I judge them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
8 1 An appearance of the similitude of God. 3 Ezekiel is brought to Jerusalem in the spirit. 6 The Lord showeth the Prophet the idolatries of the house of Israel.
1 And in the [fl]sixth year, in the [fm]sixth month, and in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the Elders of Judah sat before me, the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me.
2 Then I beheld, and lo, there was a likeness, as the appearance of [fn]fire, to look to, from his loins downward, and from his loins upward, as the appearance of brightness, and like unto amber.
3 And he stretched out the likeness of an hand, and took me by an hairy lock of mine head, and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me [fo]by a Divine [fp]vision to Jerusalem, into the entry of the inner [fq]gate that lieth toward the North, where remained the idol of [fr]indignation, which provoked indignation.
4 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there according to the vision, that I saw [fs]in the field.
5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now toward the North. So I lifted up mine eyes toward the North, and behold, Northward, at the gate of the [ft]altar, this idol of indignation was in the entry.
6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou not what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commiteth here to cause me to depart from [fu]my Sanctuary? but yet turn thee and thou shalt see greater abominations.
7 And he caused me to enter at the gate of the court: and when I looked, behold, an hole was in the wall.
8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall. And when I had dug in the wall, behold, there was a door.
9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
10 So I went in, and saw, and behold, there was every similitude of creeping things, and [fv]abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel painted upon the wall round about.
11 And there stood before them seventy [fw]men of the Ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, with every man his censor in his hand, and the vapor of the incense went up like [fx]a cloud.
12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the Ancients of the house of Israel [fy]do in the dark, everyone in the chamber of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not, the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
13 Again he said also unto me, Turn thee again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
14 And he caused me to enter into the entry of the gate of the Lord’s house, which was toward the North: and behold, there sat women mourning for [fz]Tammuz.
15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Turn thee again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
16 And he caused me to enter into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and behold, at the door of the Temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar were about five and twenty men with their backs toward the Temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the East, and they worshipped the sun, toward the East.
17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a small thing to the house of Judah to commit these abominations which they do here? for they have filled the land with cruelty, and have returned to provoke me: and lo, they have cast out [ga]stink before their noses.
18 Therefore will I also execute my wrath: mine eye shall not spare them, neither will I have pity, and (P)though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
9 1 The destruction of the city. 4 They that shall be saved, are marked. 8 A complaint of the Prophet for the destruction of the people.
1 He cried also with a loud voice in mine ears, saying, The visitations of [gb]the city draw near, and every man hath a weapon in his hand to destroy it.
2 And behold, six [gc]men came by the way of the high gate, which lieth toward the [gd]North, and every man a weapon in his hand to destroy it: and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s [ge]inkhorn by his side, and they went in and stood beside the brazen altar.
3 And the glory of the God of Israel was [gf]gone up from the Cherub, whereupon he was, and stood on the [gg]door of the house, and he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.
4 And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and [gh]set a mark upon the foreheads of them that [gi]mourn, and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
5 And to the other he said, that I might hear, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let your eye spare none, neither have pity.
6 Destroy utterly the old, and the young, and the maids, and the children, and the women, but touch no man, upon whom is the [gj]mark, and begin at my Sanctuary. Then they began at the [gk]ancient men, which were before the house.
7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain, then go forth: and they went out and slew them in the city.
8 Now when they had slain them, and I had escaped, I fell down upon my face, and cried, saying, [gl]Ah Lord God, wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel, in pouring out thy wrath upon Jerusalem?
9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel, and Judah is exceeding great, so that the land is full of [gm]blood, and the city full of corrupt judgment: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth us not.
10 As touching me also, mine eye shall not spare them, neither will I have pity, but will recompense their ways upon their heads.
11 And behold, the man clothed with linen which had the inkhorn by his side, made report, and said, Lord, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
10 1 Of the man that took hot burning coals out of the middle of the wheels of the Cherubims. 8 A rehearsal of the vision of the wheels, of the beasts, and of the Cherubims.
1 And as I looked, behold in the (Q)firmament that was above the head of the [gn]Cherubims there appeared upon them like unto the similitude of a throne, as it were a sapphire stone.
2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the Cherub, and fill thine hands with coals of fire from between the Cherubims, and scatter them over [go]the city. And he went in my sight.
3 Now the Cherubims stood upon the right side of the house, when the man went in, and the cloud filled the inner court.
4 Then the glory of the Lord [gp]went up from the Cherub, and stood over the door of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the Lord’s glory.
5 And the [gq]sound of the Cherubims’ wings was heard into the utter court, as the voice of the Almighty God, when he speaketh.
6 And when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, and from between the Cherubims, then he went in and stood beside the wheel.
7 And one Cherub stretched forth his hand from between the Cherubims unto the fire that was between the Cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it and went out.
8 And there appeared in the Cherubims, the likeness of a man’s hand under their wings.
9 And when I looked up, behold, four wheels were beside the Cherubims, one wheel by one Cherub, and another wheel by another Cherub, and the appearance of the wheels was as the color of a [gr]Chrysolite stone.
10 And their appearance (for they were all four of one fashion) was as if one wheel had been in another wheel.
11 When they went forth, they went upon their four sides, and they returned not as they went: but to the place whither the first went, they went after it, and they [gs]turned not as they went.
12 And their whole body, and their [gt]rings, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, even in the same four wheels.
13 And the Cherub cried to these wheels in mine hearing, saying, O wheel.
14 And every beast had four faces: the first face was the face of a Cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an Eagle.
15 And the Cherubims were lifted up: (R)this is the beast that I saw at the river Chebar.
16 And when the Cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the Cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
17 When the Cherubims stood, they stood: and when they were lifted up, they lifted themselves up also: for the [gu]spirit of the beast was in them.
18 [gv]Then the glory of the Lord departed from above the door of the house, and stood upon the Cherubims.
19 And the Cherubims lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them: and everyone stood at the entry of the gate of the Lord’s House at the East side, and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them on high.
20 (S)This is the [gw]beast that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I knew that they were the Cherubims.
21 Every one had four faces, and every one four wings, and the likeness of man’s hands was under their wings.
22 And the likeness of their faces was the selfsame faces, which I saw by the river Chebar, and the appearance of the Cherubims was the selfsame, and they went every one straight forward.
11 1 Who they were that seduced the people of Israel. 5 Against these he prophesieth, showing them how they shall be dispersed abroad. 19 The renewing of the heart cometh of God. 21 He threateneth them that lean unto their own counsels.
1 Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the East gate of the Lord’s house, which lieth Eastward, and behold, at the entry of the gate were five and twenty men: among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, the princes of the people.
2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that imagine mischief, and devise wicked counsel in this city.
3 For they say, [gx]It is not near, let us build houses: this city is the [gy]caldron, and we be the flesh.
4 Therefore prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy.
5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak, Thus saith the Lord, O ye house of Israel, this have ye said, and I know that which riseth up of your minds.
6 Many have ye murdered in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, They that ye have slain, and have laid in the midst of it, they are [gz]the flesh, and this city is the caldron, but I will bring you forth of the midst of it.
8 Ye have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God.
9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into [ha]the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
10 Ye shall fall by the sword, and I will judge you in the border of [hb]Israel, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof, but I will judge you in the border of Israel.
12 And ye shall know that I am the Lord: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
13 ¶ And when I prophesied, Pelatiah the son of [hc]Benaiah died: then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord God, wilt thou then utterly destroy all the remnant of Israel?
14 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
15 Son of man, thy [hd]brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, wholly are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Depart ye far from the Lord: for the land is given us in possession.
16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God, Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little [he]Sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God, I will gather you again from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the idols thereof, and all the abominations thereof from thence.
19 (T)And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within their bowels: and I will take the [hf]stony heart out of their bodies, and will give them an heart of flesh,
20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and execute them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
21 But upon them, whose heart is toward their idols, and whose affection goeth after their abominations, I will lay their way upon their own heads saith the Lord God.
22 ¶ Then did the Cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them on high.
23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is toward the East side of the city.
24 Afterward the Spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea to them that were led away captives: so the vision that I had seen, went up from me.
25 Then I declared unto them that were [hg]led away captives, all the things that the Lord had showed me.
12 1 The parable of the captivity. 18 Another parable whereby the distress of hunger and thirst is signified.
1 The word of the Lord also came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see [hh]not: they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
3 Therefore thou son of man, [hi]prepare thy stuff to go into captivity, and go forth by day in their sight: and thou shalt pass from thy place to another place in their sight, if it be possible that they may consider it: for they are a rebellious house.
4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as the stuff of him that goeth into captivity: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders and carry it forth in the dark: thou shalt cover thy face that thou see not the earth: for I have set thee as a [hj]sign unto the house of Israel.
7 And as I was commanded, so I brought forth my stuff by day, as the stuff of one that goeth into captivity: and by night I dug through the wall with mine hand, and brought it forth in the dark, and I bore it upon my shoulder in their sight.
8 And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, saying,
9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What [hk]doest thou?
10 But say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, This [hl]burden concerneth the chief in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.
11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall go into bondage and captivity.
12 And the chiefest that is among them, shall bear upon his shoulder in the dark, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall, to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
13 My net also will I spread upon [hm]him, and he shall be taken in my net, and I will bring him to Babel to the land of the Chaldeans, yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his garrisons, and I will draw out the sword after them.
15 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.
16 But I will leave a [hn]little number of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, that they may declare all these abominations among the heathen, where they come, and they shall know, that I am the Lord.
17 ¶ Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
18 Son of man, eat thy bread with trembling, and drink thy water with trouble, and with carefulness,
19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel, They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with desolation: for the land shall be desolate from her abundance, because of the cruelty of them that dwell therein.
20 And the cities that are inhabited, shall be left void, and the land shall be desolate, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
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