God's judgment put hooks c into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed d with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: EZEKIEL, XXXIX. c ch.29.4. d ch.23.12. 2 or, Phut, 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and 2 Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: e Ge. 10.2. 6 Gomer, e and all his bands; the house of Togarmah ƒ of the north fch.27.14. quarters, and all his bands: and 8 Am.4.12. many people with thee. h Is.29.6. 7 Be thou prepared,g and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy com-i ch.36.1,4,8. pany that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 1Pe.2.9. m Is.8.9,10. 8 After many days thou shalt | ch.28.26. be visited: h in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, 3 or, conceive and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains i of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth k out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. a mischie vous pur n Je.49.31. 4 or, confi- 5 9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, m and many people, with thee. 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the 6 navel, same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt 3 think an evil thought: Ju.9.37. p Je.23.6. 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them n that are at rest, that dwell 4 safely, all of them q ch.37.28. dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, spoil the 0 ch.19.3,5. 12 To take a spoil, and to take ar Ex. 14.4. prey, to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the 6 midst of the land. 7 by the hands of. against Gog. company, and a mighty army: 16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that r the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. 17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time 7 by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? 18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. 19 For in my jealousy s and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day t there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shail shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord Gon: every man's sword shall be against his brother. hook of six 2 sides of the s Joel 2.18. Joel 3.16. Zec. 14.4,&c. 8 or, lowers, or, stairs. u Re. 16.21. (CHAP. 39.) 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions o thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away a ch.38.2,&c.HEREFORE, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, a aud say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: silver and gold, to take away cattle 1 or, strike and goods, to take a great spoil? 14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, p shalt thou not know q it? thee with six plagues; or, draw thee back with an 15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great 2G2 753 22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hail-stones, u fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. CHAPTER XXXIX. 1 God's judgments upon Gog. 8 Israel's victory. 17 The feast of the fowls and beasts. 2 And I will turn thee back, and 1 leave but the sixth part of thee, and I will cause thee to come up from the 2 north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: 3 And I will smite thy bow out 48 EZEKIEL, XXXIX. Israel's victory. thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. 4 Thou shalt fall upon the nountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bauds, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds b of every 3 sort, and to the beasts of the field to 4 be devoured. 5 Thou shalt fall upon the 5 open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 6 And I will send a fire con Magog, and among them that dwell 6 carelessly in the isles: d and they shall know that I am the LORD. 7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name e any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. 8 ¶ Behold, it f is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken. 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the 7 hand-staves and the spears, and they shall 8 burn g them with fire seven years: 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil h those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them. saith the Lord GOD. 11 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of 10 Hamon-gog. 12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse i the land. 13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I k shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. o Ps.76.5,6. P Ex.7.4. Ps.9. 16. r ch.36.18,&c. La. 1.8. 5,16,17. s De.31. 17. Is. 1.15. 8.17. 59.2. 14 And they shall sever out ment Le.26.25. of 11continual employment, passing Ps. 106.41. through the land to bury with the u ch.34.13. passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. Je.30.3,18. v Ho.1.11. 15 And the passengers that pass though the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he 12 set up a sign by it, till the buriers have 17 by my causing of. 20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses o and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. 21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid p upon them. 22 So the house of Israel shall q know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward. 23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into Captivity for their iniquity: r because they trespassed against me, therefore his 1 my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. 2 In the visions b of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very highc mountain, 1 or, upon. 1 by which was as the frame of a city on the south. d Da. 10.6. 3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose de appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring-reed; and he stood in the gate. ch.43.10. whose face was the way toward the east. 4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, fch.45.19. and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall g ver. 7. show thee: for to the intent that I might show them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare e all that thou seest to the house of Israel. 3 limit, or, bound. Ex. 27.9. 5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring ch.42.1. reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand-breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building one reed, and the height one reed." 6 Then came he unto the gate 2 which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad, and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad. 6 or, within. 7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and k Re.11.2. between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed. 4 closed. 1Ki.6.4. or, galle ries, or, porches. 1 1Ki.6.5. Jno. 14.2. m ch.45.5. 8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. 9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts f thereof, two cubits; and the 8 whose face porch of the gate was inward. was. 10 And the little chambers g of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. 7 or, from without. 9 or, galle ries, or, porches. gates of the temple. 11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12 The 3 space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. 13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door. 14 He made also posts of threeScore cubits, even unto the post of the h court round about the gate. 15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. 16 And there were 4 narrow i windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the 5 arches: and windows were round about & inward: and upon each post were palm trees. 17 Then brought he me into the outward & court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty m chambers were upon the pavement. 18 And the pavement by the side of the gates, over against the length of the gates, was the lower pavement. o ver.21-25, 33,36. 26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof. 27 And there was a gate in the janer court toward the south and he measured from gate to gate to- p ch.44.4. ward the south an liundred.cubits. 10 breadth. 47.2. 28 And he brought me to the inuer court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures; q Le. 1.3,&c. r Le.4.2,3. 29 And the little chambers n thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these Imeasures; and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was o fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. 30 And the arches round about 11 or, at the were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits 10 broad. stop. 31 And the arches thereof were 12 or, endtoward the utter court; and palm irons, or, the two trees were upon the posts thereof: hearthand the going up to it had eight stones. steps. 32 And he brought me into the inner court toward the east and he measured the gate according to these measures. 33 And the little chambers there-u ch. 8.5. of, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to v Le.S.35. these measures: and there were Nu.3.27-38. windows therein and in the arches 18.5. 1Ch.9.23. thereof round about: it was fifty 2Ch.13.11. cubits long, and five and twenty Ps. 134.1. cubits broad. Mal.2.4-7. 1Ti.6.20. s Le.5.6.&c. 6.6. 7.1, &c. t 1Ch.6.31, &c. 34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof on this side, and on that 13 or, ward, side and the going up to it had eight steps. or, ordinance, ver. 46. 35 And he brought me to the p north gate, and measured it accord-| ing to these measures; 36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 37 And the posts thereof were to-y 1Ki.6.3. ward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side and the going up to it had eight steps. 38 And the chambers and the en w ch.44. 15. Nu. 18.5. x ch.43.19. 44.15.16. IKI.2.35. z 1K1.7.21. Re.3.12. The chambers, &c. tries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt-offering. 39 And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt-offering and the r sin-offering and the trespassoffering.s 40 And at the side without, 11 as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables. 41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices. 42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt-offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice. 43 And within were 12 hooks, an hand-broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. the temple. fore the separate ƒ place at the end toward the west, was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the AFTERWARD he brought me to (CHAP. 41.) building was five cubits thick round about, the length thereof ninety cubits. the temple, and measured a the posts, six cubits broad on the one a Re.21.15. side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth 1or,entrance. of the tabernacle. 13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; Ornaments of CHAPTER XLI. EZEKIEL, XLI. | B. C. 574. The measures parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple. 2 And the breadth of the 1 door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side. and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits. 3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits. b 1Ki.6.20. c 1Ki.6.5,6. 2 sidecham- about. 12 Now the building that was be 7 And 5 there was d an enlarging 6 or, several and winding about still upward to the side-chambers: for the wind-. ing about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst. 8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reede of six great cúbits. 9 measures. 9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side-chamber without, was five cubits: and that which h 1Ki.6.29. was left was the place of the side2Ch.3.7. chambers that were within. i ch.1.10. walks, or, ver.26. ceiling of unto the 10 And between the chambers! was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. 11 And the doors of the sidechambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north. and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that m Ex.30.8. was left was five cubits round n IKI.31.35. 10 post. ch.44.16. 14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. 15 And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the 6 galleries thereof on the one side, and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; 16 The door posts, and the narrow windows, g and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, 7 ceiled with wood round about, and 8 from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; 17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by 9 measure. 18 And it was made with h cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; 19 So that the face i of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. 20 From the ground unto above trees made, and on the wall of the the door were cherubims and palmi temple. 21 The 10 posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other. 22 The altar of wood k was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table! that is before m the LORD. 23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two n doors. 24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. 25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were |