Judgment upon mockers.

EZEKIEL, XXXIV. tenth month, in the fifth day of the B. C. 587. month, that b one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto nie, saving, The city is smitten.

22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore

he that was escaped came; and

had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; ands my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood and shall ye d possess the land?

bch.24.26,27.

c Is.51.2.
Jno.8.39.

d Je.7 9,10.

e Je.44.2,&c.

23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21 Son of man, they that inhabit fch.6.2,6. those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham c was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance,

6 or, of.

devour him.
desolation
and desola-

tion.

32 And lo, thou art unto them as a 10 very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then i shall they

g ch. 14. 1.
20.1.

7 according

to the
coming of
the people.
8 or, my
people.
h De.5.28,29.
Ps.78.36.
Is.29.13.

9 make loves,
or, jests.

10 song of

loves.

i ISa.3.19.

a Je 23.1.
Zec.11.16.

or,without a
shepherd.

h Zec. 10.2,3.
Je.12.9-12.

Jno. 10. 12.

6 My sheep wandered k through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scat

26 Ye stand upon your sword, yet work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? 27 Say thou thus unto them. Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live,| surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to 4 be devoured, and (CHAP. 34.) tered / upon all the face of the they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. 28 For I will lay the land 5 most) desolate, e and the pomp of her b Is.56.11. strength shall cease; and the mountains f of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. 29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

earth, and none did search or seek after them.

7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

e Mi.3.1,3.

e

d Je.8.22.
He. 12.12.
Lu. 15.4.
ƒ Pe.5.2,3.

g Mat.9.36.

30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. 31 And they come g unto thee 7 as the people cometh, and 8 they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for hwith their mouth they 9 show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

k 1 Pe.2.25.
I Jno. 10. 16.

m Ac.20.33.
1C0.9.15.

n ch.3.18,20.

He. 13. 17.

o ISa.2.29-36.
p Ps. 119. 176.
Lu. 19.10.

2 According
to the scek-
ing.

q Is.50.10.

Reproof of bad shepherds. know that a prophet hath been among them.

Joel 2.1-3.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

11 God's providence for his flock. 20 The kingdom of Christ.

AND the word of the LORD came

unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds, Wo a be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

8 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed m themselves, and fed not my flock; 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;

10 Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require n my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease o from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth. that they may not be meat for them. 11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seekp them out.

12 2 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark g day.

The kingdom

13 And r I will bring them out from B. C. 587.
the people, and gather them from
the countries, and will bring them r Is.65.9.10.
to their own land, and feed them
upon the mountains of Israel by the
rivers, and in all the inhabited
places of the country.

Je.23.3,4.
Ps. 23. 1,2.
Is.40.11.

t Je.33.12.

Jno.21.15.

14 Is will feed them in a good pas-u Je.3.15. ture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there t shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

EZEKIEL, XXXV.

15 I will feed u my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between 3 cattle and cattle, between y the rams and the 4 hegoats.

v Mi.4.6.

3

16 I will seek v that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick : but I will destroy w the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judg

ment.c

feet.

20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the a diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

w Am.4.1,2.
x Je. 10.24.

4

Mat. 18.11-
14.

a

Mar.2.17.
Lu.5.32.

Mi. 10.17.

small cattle
of lambs
and kids.

Mat.25.32.
great he-
goals.

Lu.11.52.
Lu. 13. 14-

16.

Je.23.4.5.

Jno. 10.11.
He. 13.20.

18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down z with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the d Lu.1.32,33. deep waters, but ye must foul thee Is.35.9. residue with your feet?

19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your

c Ex.29.45.

Is.43.2,3.
Re.21.3.

f Je.23.6.

g Zec.8.13.

h Ps. 133.3.

Is. 11.1, &c.

6

taken
5 or, for.

away.

k Lu. 12.32.

23 And I will set up one b shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

3

24 And Ic the LORD will be their God, and my servant David ac ch.21.25.29. prince d among them; I the LORD have spoken it.

d Ps. 137.7.

e Ps. 109.17.
5 desolation

25 And I will make with them a
covenant of peace, and will cause
the evil beasts e to cease out of the
land: and they shall dwell safely f
in the wilderness, and sleep in the
woods.
26 And I will make them g and

and desola-
tion,
ver.3.

of Christ. the h places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season: there shall be showers of blessing.

f Ju.5.6,7.

g ch.32.5.

h Mal. 1.3,4.

3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee 1 most desolate.

4 I will lay thy cities waste, and (CHAP. 35.) thou shalt be desolate; and thou a De.2.5. shalt know that I am the LORD. bch.25.12,&c. 5 Because thou hast had a 2 perJe.49.7,&c.petual hatred, and hast 3 shed the Am.1.11,12. blood of the children of Israel by the 4 force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an c end:

Ob. 10, &c.
1 desolation
and deso-
lation.
2 or, hatred

of old,
ch.25.15.

6 Therefore,d as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sithe thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

poured out
the children.
hands.

7 Thus will I make mount Seir 5 most desolate, and cut off from it him f that passeth out and him that returneth.

27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

29 Andi I will raise up for them a plant 5 of renown, and they shall be no more 6 consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.

30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD. 31 And ye my flock, the flock k of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.

CHAPTER XXXV.

Israel is

EZEKIEL, XXXVI. return; and ye shall know that I B. C. 587. am the LORD.

10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; 6 whereas the LORD was there:

k Ja.2. 13.

11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according k to thine anger, and according 1 Ps.94.0, 10. to thine envy which thou hast used m ch.36.2. out of thy hatred against them;1 Ps.83.12,13. and I will make myself known 7 devour. among them, when I have judged thee.

12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard/ all thy blasphemes which thou hast spoken against the mountams of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given usm to

7 consume.

13 Thus with your mouth ye have 8 boasted against me, and have multiplied n your words against me: I have heard them.

14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the o whole earth rejoiceth, I will; make thee desolate.

15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it and they shall know that I am the LORD.

6 or, though.

ich.48.35.

5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire f of my jealousy have I spoken against the

Ps. 4. 1-3.
132.13.

8 magnified.
n Sa. 2.3.
Ps.73.8,9.

o Is.65.13,14.

d Je.25.9-13.
29.10.
e Ps.79.4.

f Zep.3.8.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

1 The land of Israel is comforted, etc.
25 The blessings of Christ's kingdom.
LSO, thou son of man, prophesy
unto the mountains of Israel,
and say, Ye mountains of Israel, 5 Is.34.5,6.
La.4.21.
hear the word of the LORD:

A

2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Be-h ch.35.10,11, cause the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high a places are our's in b possession:

i Ps. 123.3,4.

k ch.20.5.

1 Am.9.13,14.
m Ps.99.8.
n Is.61.4.

3 Therefore prophesy and say,
Thus saith the Lord GOD; 1 Be-
cause they have made you desolate,
and swallowed you up on every
side, that ye might be a possession o Je.31.27.
unto the residue of the heathen, and
ye are 2 taken npc in the lips of p Is.54.7-10.
talkers, and are an infamy of the
q Is.52.4-6.
people:

33.12.

r Ob. 17, &c.
Nu. 13.32.

1 Therefore, ye mountains of Is-
rael, hear the word of the Lord
GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to 4 or, cause to
the mountains, and to the hills, to fal.
the 3 rivers, and to the valleys, to
the desolate wastes, and to the
cities that are forsaken, which be-
came a prey d and derision e to the
residue of the heathen that are

t Ps.99.50,51.
Zep.2.8.
uLe.18.25,28.
Je.2.7.

round about;

Le.15.19,&c. wch. 16.36,38, 23.37.

comforted.

residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, g which have appointedh my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.

6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys. Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne thei shame of the heathen:

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. 8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thoa bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord God.

16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

17 Son of nian, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled u it by their own way, before me as the uncleanness v of and by their doings; their way was a removed woman.

18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood w that

Blessings of

EZEKIEL, XXXVII. they had shed upon the land, and B. C. 587. for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:

Į

x Ro.2.24.

19 And I scattered them among y Ps.74.18. the heathen, and they were dis-z Ps. 115.1. persed through the countries: ac- a Ps. 106.8. cording to their way, and accordb Ps.46.10. ing to their doings, I judged them.

20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.

21 T But I had pity for mine holy y name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.

22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your z sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine a holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen whither ye went.

c ch.20.41.
28.22.
1 Pe.2.9.

or, your.

d ch.34.13.
37.21,&c.
Ps. 107.2,3.

e Is.52.15.

He.10.22.
fJno.3.5.
g Je.33.8.
Zec. 13.1.
ICo.6.11.
h ch.11.19.
Ps.51.10.
Je.32.39.

27 And I will put my Spirit 7 within you, and cause you to walk m in iny statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, n and I will be your God.

29 I will also save o you from all your uncleannesses; and I will calip for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. 30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.

i Zec.7.12.

k De.30.6.

2Co.3.3.

Ro.8.9,15.
1C0.3. 16.
Ep. 1.13,14.
1Jno.3.24.
m Ga.5. 16.
Col.2.6.
1Jno. 1.6,7.
2Jno.6.

n Ho.1.10.
o Mat. 1.21.
Ro.6.14.

11.26.

Ho.2.21.22.

q ch.16.61,63.

r Ro.6.21.

1

23 And I b will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you c before 5 their eyes.

21 For Id will take you from among the heathen, and gather you' out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

25 Then e will I sprinkle clean water f upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, gp and from all your idols, will 1 cleanse you.

26 A new heart h also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put: within you; and I will take away & De.9.5. the stony i heart out of your flesh, t Zec.8.7,8. and I will give you an heart of u Joel 2.3. flesh.k v Ho. 14.4-9.

w Zec. 10.6,9.

13.9. He.4.16. 1Jno.5.14. ch.20.31.

He.10.21,

22.

flock of holy
things.
(CHAP. 37.)
a Lu.4.1.

Ac.8.39.
1 or, cham-
paign.
b De.32.39.
Jno.5.21.
11.25,26.

Ro.4. 17.

31 Then shall ye remember q your own evil ways, and your doings c ver.9,10. that were not good, and shall d Joel 2.27. loather yourselves in your own

Christ's kingdom. sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

32 Not s for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.

33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities, I will also cause you to dwell t in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.

31 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; u and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.

36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate : Í the LORD have spoken it, and I will do vit.

37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of w by the house of Israel, z to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open 1 valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered. O Lord GOD, thou b knowest.

4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath c to enter into you, and ye shall live.

6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall d know that I am the LORD.

7 So I prophesied as 1 was com

Resurrection of dry bones.

EZEKIEL, XXXVIII. manded: and as I prophesied there B. C. 587. was ae noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, e Ac.2.2, &c.

bone to his bone.

8 And when I beheid, lo, the 2 or, breath. sinews and the flesh came up upon f Ca.4. 16. them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

g Ps. 104.30.
Re. 11.11.

9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the 2 wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come f from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

18.

11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole hm 2Ch.30.11house of Israel: behold they say, i Our bones are dried, and our hope n Zec. 10.6. is lost we are cut off for our parts,

12 Therefore prophesy k and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

9

13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

r

14 And shall put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

w 1Co. 11.2.

16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel m his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his y Lu. 1.32,33. 28 And the heathen shall know companions:

x Is.60.21.

27 My tabernacle c also shall be with them; yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

z ch.34.25.
Jno. 14.27.
a Is.55.3.
Je.32.40.

that I the LORD do sanctify Israel,
when my sanctuary shall be in the
midst of them for evermore.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.

19 Say n unto them, Thus saith the

Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

2Co.5.14.
Ep.2.1.

i Ps.77.7-9.
Is.49.14.

k Job 35.14,

15.

l Is.26.19.
Ho. 13.14.
1Th.4.16.
Re. 20.13.

Is.11.12,13.

Je.3. 18.

50.4.
Ho. 1.11.
pch.36.25,&c.

Le.20.7,8.
Mi.7.19.

Ep.5.26,27.
He.9.13,14.
1Jno. 1.7,9.

s Re.21.3,4.

t ch.34.23,24.
u Jno. 10.16.
Ep.4.4-6.

v 1Jno.2.6.

18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, say-b2C0.6. 16. ing, Wilt thou not show us what thou meanest by these?

Am.9.15.

c ch.43.7.
Re.21.3.

(CHAP. 38.)

1

a Re.20.8,9.

Of Christ's kingdom. 20 T And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

or,prince of
the chief.

b ch.39.2,&c.

22 And I o will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

23 Neither p shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I q will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanser them: so shalls they be my people, and I will be their God.

21 And David t my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one u shepherd: they shall also walk v in my judgments, and observe w my statutes, and do them.

25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dweit; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.y

26 Moreover 1 will make a covenant of peace z with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant a with them and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary b in the midst of them for evermore.