| Ezekiel 20 - Versions
|
| Ezekiel 20 Text (WEB)
|
- It happened in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.
- The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you.
- Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers;
- and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am Yahweh your God;
- in that day I swore to them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
- I said to them, Cast away every man the abominations of his eyes, and don't defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.
- But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me; they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
- But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
- So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
- I gave them my statutes, and showed them my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them.
- Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
- But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they didn't walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
- But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
- Moreover also I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
- because they rejected my ordinances, and didn't walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
- Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
- I said to their children in the wilderness, Don't walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
- I am Yahweh your God: walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them;
- and make my Sabbaths holy; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
- But the children rebelled against me; they didn't walk in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
- Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.
- Moreover I swore to them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the nations, and disperse them through the countries;
- because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
- Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;
- and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through [the fire] all that opens the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Yahweh.
- Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In this moreover have your fathers blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
- For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their pleasant aroma, and they poured out there their drink offerings.
- Then I said to them, What does the high place where you go mean? So its name is called Bamah to this day.
- Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Do you pollute yourselves in the way of your fathers? and do you play the prostitute after their abominations?
- and when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you;
- and that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, in that you say, We will be as the nations, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
- As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you:
- and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;
- and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.
- Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, says the Lord Yahweh.
- I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant;
- and I will purge out from among you the rebels, and those who disobey against me; I will bring them forth out of the land where they live, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- As for you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Go, serve everyone his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.
- For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things.
- As a pleasant aroma will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
- You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give to your fathers.
- There you shall remember your ways, and all your doings, in which you have polluted yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.
- You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have dealt with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.
- The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop [your word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
- and tell the forest of the South, Hear the word of Yahweh: Thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.
- All flesh shall see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.
- Then I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?
|
|
| Ezekiel 20 Text (Hebrew)
|
- ויהי בשנה השביעית בחמשי בעשור לחדש באו אנשים מזקני ישראל לדרש את־יהוה וישבו לפני׃ ס
- ויהי דבר־יהוה אלי לאמר׃
- בן־אדם דבר את־זקני ישראל ואמרת אלהם כה אמר אדני יהוה הלדרש אתי אתם באים חי־אני אם־אדרש לכם נאם אדני יהוה׃
- התשפט אתם התשפוט בן־אדם את־תועבת אבותם הודיעם׃
- ואמרת אליהם כה־אמר אדני יהוה ביום בחרי בישראל ואשא ידי לזרע בית יעקב ואודע להם בארץ מצרים ואשא ידי להם לאמר אני יהוה אלהיכם׃
- ביום ההוא נשאתי ידי להם להוציאם מארץ מצרים אל־ארץ אשר־תרתי להם זבת חלב ודבש צבי היא לכל־הארצות׃
- ואמר אלהם איש שקוצי עיניו השליכו ובגלולי מצרים אל־תטמאו אני יהוה אלהיכם׃
- וימרו־בי ולא אבו לשמע אלי איש את־שקוצי עיניהם לא השליכו ואת־גלולי מצרים לא עזבו ואמר לשפך חמתי עליהם לכלות אפי בהם בתוך ארץ מצרים׃
- ואעש למען שמי לבלתי החל לעיני הגוים אשר־המה בתוכם אשר נודעתי אליהם לעיניהם להוציאם מארץ מצרים׃
- ואוציאם מארץ מצרים ואבאם אל־המדבר׃
- ואתן להם את־חקותי ואת־משפטי הודעתי אותם אשר יעשה אותם האדם וחי בהם׃
- וגם את־שבתותי נתתי להם להיות לאות ביני וביניהם לדעת כי אני יהוה מקדשם׃
- וימרו־בי בית־ישראל במדבר בחקותי לא־הלכו ואת־משפטי מאסו אשר יעשה אתם האדם וחי בהם ואת־שבתתי חללו מאד ואמר לשפך חמתי עליהם במדבר לכלותם׃
- ואעשה למען שמי לבלתי החל לעיני הגוים אשר הוצאתים לעיניהם׃
- וגם־אני נשאתי ידי להם במדבר לבלתי הביא אותם אל־הארץ אשר־נתתי זבת חלב ודבש צבי היא לכל־הארצות׃
- יען במשפטי מאסו ואת־חקותי לא־הלכו בהם ואת־שבתותי חללו כי אחרי גלוליהם לבם הלך׃
- ותחס עיני עליהם משחתם ולא־עשיתי אותם כלה במדבר׃
- ואמר אל־בניהם במדבר בחוקי אבותיכם אל־תלכו ואת־משפטיהם אל־תשמרו ובגלוליהם אל־תטמאו׃
- אני יהוה אלהיכם בחקותי לכו ואת־משפטי שמרו ועשו אותם׃
- ואת־שבתותי קדשו והיו לאות ביני וביניכם לדעת כי אני יהוה אלהיכם׃
- וימרו־בי הבנים בחקותי לא־הלכו ואת־משפטי לא־שמרו לעשות אותם אשר יעשה אותם האדם וחי בהם את־שבתותי חללו ואמר לשפך חמתי עליהם לכלות אפי בם במדבר׃
- והשבתי את־ידי ואעש למען שמי לבלתי החל לעיני הגוים אשר־הוצאתי אותם לעיניהם׃
- גם־אני נשאתי את־ידי להם במדבר להפיץ אתם בגוים ולזרות אותם בארצות׃
- יען משפטי לא־עשו וחקותי מאסו ואת־שבתותי חללו ואחרי גלולי אבותם היו עיניהם׃
- וגם־אני נתתי להם חקים לא טובים ומשפטים לא יחיו בהם׃
- ואטמא אותם במתנותם בהעביר כל־פטר רחם למען אשםם למען אשר ידעו אשר אני יהוה׃ ס
- לכן דבר אל־בית ישראל בן־אדם ואמרת אליהם כה אמר אדני יהוה עוד זאת גדפו אותי אבותיכם במעלם בי מעל׃
- ואביאם אל־הארץ אשר נשאתי את־ידי לתת אותה להם ויראו כל־גבעה רמה וכל־עץ עבת ויזבחו־שם את־זבחיהם ויתנו־שם כעס קרבנם וישימו שם ריח ניחוחיהם ויסיכו שם את־נסכיהם׃
- ואמר אלהם מה הבמה אשר־אתם הבאים שם ויקרא שמה במה עד היום הזה׃
- לכן אמר אל־בית ישראל כה אמר אדני יהוה הבדרך אבותיכם אתם נטמאים ואחרי שקוציהם אתם זנים׃
- ובשאת מתנתיכם בהעביר בניכם באש אתם נטמאים לכל־גלוליכם עד־היום ואני אדרש לכם בית ישראל חי־אני נאם אדני יהוה אם־אדרש לכם׃
- והעלה על־רוחכם היו לא תהיה אשר אתם אמרים נהיה כגוים כמשפחות הארצות לשרת עץ ואבן׃
- חי־אני נאם אדני יהוה אם־לא ביד חזקה ובזרוע נטויה ובחמה שפוכה אמלוך עליכם׃
- והוצאתי אתכם מן־העמים וקבצתי אתכם מן־הארצות אשר נפוצתם בם ביד חזקה ובזרוע נטויה ובחמה שפוכה׃
- והבאתי אתכם אל־מדבר העמים ונשפטתי אתכם שם פנים אל־פנים׃
- כאשר נשפטתי את־אבותיכם במדבר ארץ מצרים כן אשפט אתכם נאם אדני יהוה׃
- והעברתי אתכם תחת השבט והבאתי אתכם במסרת הברית׃
- וברותי םכם המרדים והפושעים בי מארץ מגוריהם אוציא אותם ואל־אדמת ישראל לא יבוא וידעתם כי־אני יהוה׃
- ואתם בית־ישראל כה־אמר אדני יהוה איש גלוליו לכו עבדו ואחר אם־אינכם שמעים אלי ואת־שם קדשי לא תחללו־עוד במתנותיכם ובגלוליכם׃
- כי בהר־קדשי בהר מרום ישראל נאם אדני יהוה שם יעבדני כל־בית ישראל כלה בארץ שם ארצם ושם אדרוש את־תרומתיכם ואת־ראשית משאותיכם בכל־קדשיכם׃
- בריח ניחח ארצה אתכם בהוציאי אתכם מן־העמים וקבצתי אתכם מן־הארצות אשר נפצתם בם ונקדשתי בכם לעיני הגוים׃
- וידעתם כי־אני יהוה בהביאי אתכם אל־אדמת ישראל אל־הארץ אשר נשאתי את־ידי לתת אותה לאבותיכם׃
- וזכרתם־שם את־דרכיכם ואת כל־עלילותיכם אשר נטמאתם בם ונקטתם בפניכם בכל־רעותיכם אשר עשיתם׃
- וידעתם כי־אני יהוה בעשותי אתכם למען שמי לא כדרכיכם הרעים וכעלילותיכם הנשחתות בית ישראל נאם אדני יהוה׃ ף
- ויהי דבר־יהוה אלי לאמר׃
- בן־אדם שים פניך דרך תימנה והטף אל־דרום והנבא אל־יער השדה נגב׃
- ואמרת ליער הנגב שמע דבר־יהוה כה־אמר אדני יהוה הנני מצית־בך אש ואכלה בך כל־עץ־לח וכל־עץ יבש לא־תכבה להבת שלהבת ונצרבו־בה כל־פנים מנגב צפונה׃
- וראו כל־בשר כי אני יהוה בערתיה לא תכבה׃
- ואמר אהה אדני יהוה המה אמרים לי הלא ממשל משלים הוא׃ ף
|
|
|
|
| Ezekiel 20 Text (Latin)
|
- Et factum est in anno septimo, in quinto, in decima mensis, venerunt viri de senioribus Israël ut interrogarent Dominum, et sederunt coram me.
- Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens :
- Fili hominis, loquere senioribus Israël, et dices ad eos : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Numquid ad interrogandum me vos venistis ? vivo ego quia non respondebo vobis, ait Dominus Deus.
- Si judicas eos, si judicas, fili hominis, abominationes patrum eorum ostende eis.
- Et dices ad eos : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : In die qua elegi Israël, et levavi manum meam pro stirpe domus Jacob, et apparui eis in terra Ægypti, et levavi manum meam pro eis, dicens : Ego Dominus Deus vester :
- in die illa levavi manum meam pro eis ut educerem eos de terra Ægypti, in terram quam provideram eis, fluentem lacte et melle, quæ est egregia inter omnes terras.
- Et dixi ad eos : Unusquisque offensiones oculorum suorum abjiciat, et in idolis Ægypti nolite pollui : ego Dominus Deus vester.
- Et irritaverunt me, nolueruntque me audire : unusquisque abominationes oculorum suorum non projecit, nec idola Ægypti reliquerunt. Et dixi ut effunderem indignationem meam super eos, et implerem iram meam in eis, in medio terræ Ægypti.
- Et feci propter nomen meum, ut non violaretur coram gentibus in quarum medio erant, et inter quas apparui eis ut educerem eos de terra Ægypti.
- Ejeci ergo eos de terra Ægypti, et eduxi eos in desertum.
- Et dedi eis præcepta mea, et judicia mea ostendi eis, quæ faciens homo vivet in eis.
- Insuper et sabbata mea dedi eis, ut essent signum inter me et eos, et scirent quia ego Dominus sanctificans eos.
- Et irritaverunt me domus Israël in deserto : in præceptis meis non ambulaverunt, et judicia mea projecerunt, quæ faciens homo vivet in eis ; et sabbata mea violaverunt vehementer. Dixi ergo ut effunderem furorem meum super eos in deserto, et consumerem eos :
- et feci propter nomen meum, ne violaretur coram gentibus de quibus ejeci eos in conspectu earum.
- Ego igitur levavi manu meam super eos in deserto, ne inducerem eos in terram quam dedi eis, fluentem lacte et melle, præcipuam terrarum omnium :
- quia judicia mea projecerunt, et in præceptis meis non ambulaverunt, et sabbata mea violaverunt : post idola enim cor eorum gradiebatur.
- Et pepercit oculus meus super eos, ut non interficerem eos : nec consumpsi eos in deserto.
- Dixi autem ad filios eorum in solitudine : In præceptis patrum vestrorum nolite incedere : nec judicia eorum custodiatis, nec in idolis eorum polluamini.
- Ego Dominus Deus vester : in præceptis meis ambulate ; judicia mea custodite, et facite ea :
- et sabbata mea sanctificate, ut sint signum inter me et vos, et sciatis quia ego sum Dominus Deus vester.
- Et exacerbaverunt me filii : in præceptis meis non ambulaverunt, et judicia mea non custodierunt ut facerent ea, quæ cum fecerit homo, vivet in eis, et sabbata mea violaverunt. Et comminatus sum ut effunderem furorem meum super eos, et implerem iram meam in eis in deserto.
- Averti autem manum meam, et feci propter nomen meum, ut non violaretur coram gentibus, de quibus ejeci eos in oculis earum.
- Iterum levavi manum meam in eos in solitudine, ut dispergerem illos in nationes, et ventilarem in terras,
- eo quod judicia mea non fecissent, et præcepta mea reprobassent, et sabbata mea violassent, et post idola patrum suorum fuissent oculi eorum.
- Ergo et ego dedi eis præcepta non bona, et judicia in quibus non vivent.
- Et pollui eos in muneribus suis, cum offerrent omne quod aperit vulvam, propter delicta sua : et scient quia ego Dominus.
- Quam ob rem loquere ad domum Israël, fili hominis, et dices ad eos : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Adhuc et in hoc blasphemaverunt me patres vestri, cum sprevissent me contemnentes,
- et induxissem eos in terram super quam levavi manum meam ut darem eis : viderunt omnem collem excelsum, et omne lignum nemorosum : et immolaverunt ibi victimas suas, et dederunt ibi irritationem oblationis suæ, et posuerunt ibi odorem suavitatis suæ, et libaverunt libationes suas.
- Et dixi ad eos : Quid est excelsum, ad quod vos ingredimini ? et vocatum est nomen ejus Excelsum usque ad hanc diem.
- Propterea dic ad domum Israël : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Certe in via patrum vestrorum vos polluimini, et post offendicula eorum vos fornicamini :
- et in oblatione donorum vestrorum, cum traducitis filios vestros per ignem, vos polluimini in omnibus idolis vestris usque hodie : et ego respondebo vobis, domus Israël ? vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quia non respondebo vobis.
- Neque cogitatio mentis vestræ fiet, dicentium : Erimus sicut gentes et sicut cognationes terræ, ut colamus ligna et lapides.
- Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus, quoniam in manu forti, et in brachio extento, et in furore effuso, regnabo super vos.
- Et educam vos de populis, et congregabo vos de terris in quibus dispersi estis : in manu valida, et in brachio extento, et in furore effuso, regnabo super vos.
- Et adducam vos in desertum populorum, et judicabor vobiscum ibi facie ad faciem.
- Sicut judicio contendi adversum patres vestros in deserto terræ Ægypti, sic judicabo vos, dicit Dominus Deus.
- Et subjiciam vos sceptro meo, et inducam vos in vinculis fœderis.
- Et eligam de vobis transgressores et impios, et de terra incolatus eorum educam eos, et in terram Israël non ingredientur : et scietis quia ego Dominus.
- Et vos, domus Israël, hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Singuli post idola vestra ambulate, et servite eis. Quod si et in hoc non audieritis me, et nomen meum sanctum pollueritis ultra in muneribus vestris, et in idolis vestris :
- in monte sancto meo, in monte excelso Israël, ait Dominus Deus, ibi serviet mihi omnis domus Israël : omnes, inquam, in terra in qua placebunt mihi, et ibi quæram primitias vestras, et initium decimarum vestrarum, in omnibus sanctificationibus vestris.
- In odorem suavitatis suscipiam vos, cum eduxero vos de populis, et congregavero vos de terris in quas dispersi estis : et sanctificabor in vobis in oculis nationum.
- Et scietis quia ego Dominus, cum induxero vos ad terram Israël, in terram pro qua levavi manum meam, ut darem eam patribus vestris.
- Et recordabimini ibi viarum vestrarum, et omnium scelerum vestrorum, quibus polluti estis in eis : et displicebitis vobis in conspectu vestro, in omnibus malitiis vestris quas fecistis.
- Et scietis quia ego Dominus, cum benefecero vobis propter nomen meum, et non secundum vias vestras malas, neque secundum scelera vestra pessima, domus Israël, ait Dominus Deus.
- Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens :
- Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam contra viam austri, et stilla ad africum, et propheta ad saltum agri meridiani.
- Et dices saltui meridiano : Audi verbum Domini : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Ecce ego succendam in te ignem, et comburam in te omne lignum viride, et omne lignum aridum : non extinguetur flamma succensionis : et comburetur in ea omnis facies ab austro usque ad aquilonem :
- et videbit universa caro quia ego Dominus succendi eam, nec extinguetur.
- Et dixi : A, a, a, Domine Deus : ipsi dicunt de me : Numquid non per parabolas loquitur iste ?
|
|
| Ezekiel 20 Text (KJV)
|
- And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
- Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
- Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
- Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
- And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
- In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
- Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
- But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
- Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
- And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
- Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
- But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
- But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
- Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
- Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
- Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
- But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
- I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
- And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
- Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
- Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
- I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
- Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
- Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
- And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
- Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
- For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
- Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
- Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?
- For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
- And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
- As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
- And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
- And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
- Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
- And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
- And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
- For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
- I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
- And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.
- And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
- And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
- Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
- And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
- And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
- Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
|
|
