* 14 But I wrought for my name's fury upon them, to accomplish my sake, that it should not be pollut- anger against them in the wildered before the heathen, in whose ness. sight I brought them out. 15 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: * 22 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. 23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that 16 Because they despised my I would scatter them among the judgments, and walked not in my heathen, and disperse them their idols. statutes, but polluted my sab- through the countries; baths: for their heart went after 24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had de17 Nevertheless mine eye spared spised my statutes, and had polthem from destroying them, neith-luted my sabbaths, and their eyes er did I make an end of them in were after their fathers' idols. the wilderness. 18 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: 191 am the LORD your God; valk in my statutes, and keep my udgments, and do them; 20 And hallow my sabbaths; nd they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know hat I am the LORD your God. 25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; 26 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. 27 ¶ 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. 21 Notwithstanding the children ebelled against me: they walked ot in my statutes, neither kept ay judgments to do them, which a man do, he shall even live in hem; they polluted my sabbaths: en I said, I would pour out my Ezek. 20:9-14; 22-44-"...For my name's sake..." Repeated our times. 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and with fury poured out, will I rule all the thick trees, and they offered over you: there their sacrifices, and there 34 And I will bring you out they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings. 29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day. 30 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? * 31 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 enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. 32 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. 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. 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. 36 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. 37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: 38 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. † 39 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. 33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and *"The House of Israel" had been mingling her seed with the seed of the Canaanites; therefore it was imperative that "The House of Israel" should be put under a pressure that no hybrid would stand if "The Hebrew" is to become a pure race worthy of his name. Ezek. 20:39 "But pollute my Holy name no more with your gifts and with your idols." 99 IS. XXVIII:9-13-B. C. 725 15 I, even I, have spoken. yea, 9¶ Whom shall he teach knowl-I have called him: I have brought edge? and whom shall he make to him, and he shall make his way understand doctrine? them that prosperous. are weaned from the milk, drawn from the breasts. and 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them, precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. IS. XLVIII:12-19-B. C. 7121 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 16¶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou should est go. 180 that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. 13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heav-I ens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. 14 All ye, assemble yourselves and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. IS. LXII:1-5-B. C. 698 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. |