Signification of the type. CHAPTER XII. Ezekiel's trembling showeth the Jews' desolation. EZEKIEL, XII. Of Ezekiel's removing. I will draw out the sword after them. 15 And they shall know that I am THE word of the LORD also (CHAP. 12.) the LORD, when I shall scatter came unto me, saying, a ch.2.3-8. 3.26.27. 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, a which have eyes to see, and see not; b Je.5.21. they have ears to hear, and hear not for they are a rebellious house. 1 or, instruments. c 2Ti.2.25. 3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and 2 the goings thou shalt remove from thy place forth of. to another place in their sight: it may be c they will consider, though 3 for thee. they be a rebellions house. 4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity, 5 Dig thou 3 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 twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a signd unto the house of Israel. d ch.24.24. fch. 17.12. g Mal.1.1. 5 by remov- h 2Ki.25.4, &c. Ho.7.12. And I did so as I was command-i Je.39.4. ed: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in k La.1.13. the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it 1 Je.52.8,&c. 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 e doest thou? m ch.17.16. ch.5.10,12. 10 Savf thou unto them, Thus o ch.6.8-10. saith the Lord Gop; This burden g concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, 6 men of and all the house of Israel that are among them. number. 11 Say, I am your sign: like as IP ch.4.16. have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall 5 remove and 9 Zec.7.14. go h into captivity. the fulness thereof. 12 And the prince i that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall gor Ps. 107.34. forth they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby he shalls Am.6.3. cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. t Is. 14.24. 55.11. La.2.17. Da.9.12. Lu.21.33. 13 My net k also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare and I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he u 2Pe.3.4. shall diem there. 14 And I will scattern toward v Je.44.28. every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. 16 But I o will leave 6 a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. 17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18 Son of man, eat p thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with careful ness; 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 astoInishment, that her land may be desolate q from 7 all that is therein, because of the violencer of all them that dwell therein. 20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days s are prolonged, and every vision faileth? 23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vi 21 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak! shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD. 26 Again, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days u to come. and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, v saith the Lord GOD. Lying prophets reproved. CHAPTER XIII. EZEKIEL, XIII, XIV. 1 The reproof of lying prophets. 17 Of prophetesses and their pillows. B. C. 594. AND the word of the LORD came 1 are pro unto ine, saying, 2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that 1 prophesy out of their own hearts,a Hear ye the word of the LORD; 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Wo unto the foolish prophets, that 2 follow their own spirit, and 3 have seen nothing! 10 Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. phets. a ver. 17. Of prophetesses, &c. pered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation (CHAP. 13.) thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall,p and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know q that I am the LORD. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon then that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; 2 Je. 14.14. walk after. 3 or, things which they have not seen. 4 breaches. Ps. 106.23. 5 hedged. 5 Ye have not gone up into the c Ep.6.13,14. 4 gaps, b neither 5 made up the d Re.6.17. hedge for the house of Israel toe La.2.14. stand c in the battle in the day d f Mat.24.23, of the LORD. 6 They have seen vanity e and lyg ing divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. 24. 1Ti.4.1,2. i Ezr. 2.62. 7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ve say, The LORDk saith it; albeit f I have not spoken? 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, g therefore, or, slight behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. 9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they h shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing i of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. wall. m ch.22.28. n ch.39.22. Is.28.2,18. o Is.30.30. Hag.2.17. p Mat.7.26, 27. 9 ver.9,21,23. r Je.5.31. 28.1,&c. 29.31. s ver. 10. 8 or, elbows. 10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a 7 wall, and, lo, others daubed m it with untem-u isa.2, 16, 17. pered mortar: t 2Pe. 2.14. Pr.26.21. Mi.3.5. Mal. 1. 10. 1 Pe.5.2. 11 Say unto them which daub it with tempered mortar, that it shall fall: there n shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great v Pr.19.27. hail-stones, shall fall; and a stormy 9 or, into wind shall rend it. gardens. 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones o in my fury to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untem 16 To wit, the prophets of Israel, which prophesyr concerning Jerusalemi, and which see visions of peace for her, s and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. 17 Likewise, thou son of man. set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Wo to the women that sew pillows to all 8 arin-holes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature, to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? 19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls u of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear v your lies? 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your armis, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. 21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. the heart of the righteous sad, 22 Because with lies ye have made whom I have not made sad, and strengthened w the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, 10 by 11 promising him life: 23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people y out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. CHAPTER XIV. Hypocrites reproved, who inquire of God with idolatry in their heart. THE HEN came certain of the elders a of Israel unto me, and sat before me. 2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, God's irrevocable c Ps. 101.3. sentence of famine. in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, r saith the Lord GOD. 15 If I cause noisome beasts s to pass through the land, and they 2 spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: EZEKIEL, XV. · 3 Son of man, these men have set B. C. 594. up their idols in their heart, and put b the stumbling-block of their b ch.7.19. iniquity c before their face: should Id be inquired of at all by them? + Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before 1 or, others. his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him f Le.20.3-6. that cometh according e to the multitude of his idols; 5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. 6 Therefore say unto the housei of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. d2K1.3.13,14. e Ga.6.7. g Nu. 26.10. h Ps.37.22. k Ps. 119.67. 7 ch.37.27. 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling-block of his aniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him con- p Da. 10.11. cerning me; I the LORD will anJob 42.S. swer him by myself: n Je. 15.1. 8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a r Pr.11.4. signg and a proverb, and I will cut him off h from the midst of my peo- Le.26.22. ple; and ye shall know that I amor,bercave. the LORD. v2Sa.24.15. 3 the midst 9 And if the prophet be deceived of it. when he hath spoken a thing, Ii the LORD have deceived that pro-t Le.26.25. phet, and I will stretch out my u Zep.1.3. hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. w ver. 14. 10 And they shall bear the punish-or, Also. ment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; ch.5.17. 33.27. ych.6.8. 11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray k from me, nei-z ch.20.43. ther be polluted any more with all a Is.40.1,2. their transgressions; but that they b He.12.6-11. may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD. c De.8.2. Je.22.8,9. 12 T The word of the LORD came Da.9.7. again to me, saying, 13 Son of man, when the land sin-d Pr.26.2. neth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out (CHAP. 15.) 16 Though these three men were in 3 it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. 17 Or if I bring a sword f upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off u man and beast from it: 18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GoD, they shall deliver, neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. 19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: 20 Though w Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. 21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; 4 How much more when I send my four a sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? 22 Yet, y behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall z see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted a concerning the evil b that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. 23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause d ail that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. CHAPTER XV. AND the word of the LORD came unto me saying, 2 Son of man, What is the vinetree, a more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees mine hand upon it, and will break a Ps 80.S,&c. of the forest? the staffm ofthe bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: 14 Though n these three men, Noah, o Daniel, p and Job, q were Is.5.2.7. Ho. 10.1. b Jno. 15.6. 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4 Behold, it is cast b into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the of Jerusalem signifiea. thy 6 blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. 10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. 11 1 decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. 12 And I put a jewel on thy 7 forehead,and ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat m fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, n and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. 14 And thy renown went forth o among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect p through my q comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. 15 But r thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot s because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. 16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst t thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. 17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of 8 men, and didst commit whoredom with them; 18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. 19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a 9 sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. 20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and u thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to 10 be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 21 That thou hast slain v my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? 22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, w when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. 23 And it came to pass after all EZEKIEL, XVI. Jerusalem's whoredom thy wickedness, (wo, wo unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;) 24 That thou hast also built unto thee an 11 eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. 25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head y of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. 26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians z thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. 11 or, brothel house. b Ps. 106.41. 2Ki. 16.7. e Pr.7.11. 27 Behold, therefore I have stretch- way. 12. g Ho.8.9,10. 28 Thou hast played the whore 14 bribest. also with the Assyrians, d because h Jno.4. 10, 18. thou wast unsatiable; yea, thoui Ps. 139.11, hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. 29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. k Je.2.34. 30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impe-15 rious e whorish woman; and grievous judgments. 37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. 38 And I will judge thee, 15 as women that break wedlock m and shed blood n are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury o and jealousy. 39 And I will also give thee into down thine eminent place, p and their hand, and they shall throw shall break down thy high places: they shall strip q thee also of thy clothes, and shall take 16 thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. 40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. 41 And they shall burns thine houses with fire, and execute judg ments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. 1 Je. 13.22,26. 42 So will I make my fury toward 31 In 13 that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every f way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou o Na.1.2. scornest hire; 32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! n Ex.21.12. p ver.24.31. 16 instru- thine orna- 33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou g givest thy gifts to all thy lovers and 14 hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every sider Je.25.9. for thy whoredom. $2Ki.25.9. t ch.5.8,13. u Ps.78.42. 11.21. 44 Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying. As is the mother, so is her daughter. 45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loathed their husbands and their children your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. 46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand and Ly 17 younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom w and her daughters. 34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee, to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee; therefore v ch.9.10. thou art contrary. 35 Wherefore, O harlot, h hear 17 sister lesser the word of the LORD: than thou. 36 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Be-w De.32.32. cause thy filthiness was poured out, or,that was their ways, nor done after their 47 Yet hast thou not walked after and thy nakedness discovered i through thy whoredoms with thy loathed as a abominations: but, as if 18 that were lovers, and with all the idols of thy small thing. a very little thing, thou wast corabominations, and by the blood x 2Ki.21.9. rupted more x than they in all thy of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; |