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She will lag behind 
all d the nations —
  an arid wilderness, a desert. 13 Because of the Lord’s wrath,
  she will not be inhabited;
  she will become a desolation, every bit 
of her. Everyone who passes through Babylon
  will be appalled
  and scoff because of all her wounds. 14 Line up in battle formation 
around Babylon,
  all you archers! Shoot at her!


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Do not spare an arrow ,
  for she has sinned against the Lord. 15 Raise a war cry against her 
on every side! She has thrown up her hands 
in surrender;
  her defense towers have fallen;
  her walls are demolished. Since this is the Lord’s vengeance,
  take your vengeance on her;
  as she has done, do the same to her. 16 Cut off the sower from Babylon
  as well as him who wields the sickle 
at harvest time. Because of the oppressor’s sword,
  each will turn to his own people,
  each will flee to his own land. THE RETURN OF GOD’S PEOPLE
 17 Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions. The first who devoured him was 
the king of Assyria;
a50:3 Lit escape; they will walk   b50:5 LXX; MT reads Come and join yourselves   c50:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss 
read bereaving   d50:12 Lit Look! The last of
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  the last who crushed his bones
  was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 18 There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,   
the  God  of Is ra el,  says:  I  am  about  to pun ish 
 the  king  of Bab ylon  and  his  land  just  as  I pun-
ished  the  king  of As syr ia. 19 I will return Israel to his grazing land,
  and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan;
  he will be satisfied
  in the hill country of Ephraim 
and of Gilead. 20 In those days and at that time —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  one will search for Israel’s iniquity ,
  but there will be none,
  and for Judah’s sins,
  but they will not be found,
  for I will forgive those I leave 
as a remnant. THE INVASION OF BABYLON
 21 Attack the land of Merathaim,
  and those living in Pekod. Put them to the sword;
  completely destroy them —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  do everything I have commanded you.


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23 How the hammer of the whole earth
  is cut down and smashed! What a horror Babylon has become
  among the nations! 24 Babylon, I laid a trap for you, and you 
were caught,
  but you did not even know it.


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You were found and captured
  because you pitted yourself 
against the Lord. 25 The Lord opened his armory
  and brought out his weapons of wrath,
  because it is a task of the Lord God  
of Armies
  in the land of the Chaldeans. 26 Come against her 
from the most distant places.


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  Open her granaries;
  pile her up like mounds of grain
  and completely destroy her. Leave her no survivors. 27 Put all her young bulls to the sword;
  let them go down to the slaughter.


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Woe to them because their day 
has come,
  the time of their punishment. THE HUMILIATION OF BABYLON
 28 There is a voice of fugitives 
and refugees
  from the land of Babylon. The voice announces in Zion 
the vengeance of the Lord our God,
  the vengeance for his temple. 29 Summon the archers to Babylon,
  all who string the bow;
  camp all around her; let none escape. Repay her according to her deeds;
  just as she has done, do the same to her,
  for she has acted arrogantly 
against the Lord,
  against the Holy One of Israel. 30 Therefore, her young men will fall
  in her public squares;
  all the warriors will perish in that day . This is the Lord’s declaration. 31 Look, I am against you, 
you arrogant one —
  this is the declaration  
  of the Lord God of Armies —
  for your day has come,
  the time when I will punish you. 32 The arrogant will stumble and fall
  with no one to pick him up. I will set fire to his cities,
  and it will consume everything 
around him. THE DESOLATION OF BABYLON
33  This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says:
  Israelites and Judeans alike 
have been oppressed. All their captors hold them fast;
  they refuse to release them. 34 Their Redeemer is strong;
  the Lord of Armies is his name. He will fervently champion their cause
  so that he might bring rest to the earth
  but turmoil to those who live 
in Babylon. 35 A sword is over the Chaldeans —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  against those who live in Babylon,
  against her officials, and against 
her sages. 36 A sword is against the diviners,
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  and they will act foolishly . A sword is against her heroic warriors,
  and they will be terrified. 37 A sword is against his horses 
and chariots
  and against all the foreigners 
among them,
  and they will be like women. A sword is against her treasuries,
  and they will be plundered. 38 A drought will come on her waters,
  and they will be dried up. For it is a land of carved images,
  and they go mad because of 
terrifying things. a
 39 Therefore, desert creatures  b will live 
with hyenas,
  and ostriches will also live in her. It will never again be inhabited
  or lived in through all generations. 40 Just as God demolished Sodom 
and Gomorrah
  and their neighboring towns —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  so no one will live there;
  no human being will stay in it even 
temporarily
  as a temporary resident. THE CONQUEST OF BABYLON
 41 Look!


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A people comes from the north. A great nation and many kings will be 
stirred up
  from the remote regions of the earth. 42 They grasp bow and javelin.


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They are cruel and show no mercy . Their voice roars like the sea,
  and they ride on horses,
  lined up like men in battle formation
  against you, Daughter Babylon. 43 The king of Babylon has heard 
about them;
  his hands have become weak. Distress has seized him —
  pain, like a woman in labor. 44 “ Look,  it  will  be  like  a  lion com ing  from  the 
thick ets c  of  the Jor dan  to  the wa tered graz ing 
 land. I  will  chase Bab ylon d  away  from  her  land 
 in  a  flash. I  will ap point who ev er  is cho sen 
 for  her.


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Who  is  the shep herd  who 
 can  stand  against  me? ”
45 There fore,  hear  the  plans  that  the  L ord  has 
 drawn  up  against Bab ylon  and  the strategies 
 he  has de vised  against  the  land  of  the Chal-
de ans: Cer tain ly  the  flock’s lit tle  lambs  will 
 be  dragged  away; cer tain ly  the graz ing  land 
 will  be  made des o late be cause  of  them. 46  At 
 the  sound  of Bab ylon’s con quest  the  earth  will 
 quake;  a  cry  will  be  heard  among  the na tions. GOD’S JUDGMENT ON BABYLON
51 
 This  is  what  the  L ord  says:
I am about to rouse the spirit of a 
destroyer e against Babylon
  and against the population 
of Leb-qamai. f,g
 2 I will send strangers to Babylon
  who will scatter her and strip 
her land bare,
  for they will come against her
  from every side in the day of disaster. 3 Don’t let the archer string his bow;
  don’t let him put on  h his armor. Don’t spare her young men;
  completely destroy her entire army! 4 Those who were slain will fall 
in the land of the Chaldeans,
  those who were pierced through, 
in her streets. 5 For Israel and Judah are not 
left widowed
  by their God, the Lord of Armies,
  though their land is full of guilt
  against the Holy One of Israel. 6 Leave Babylon;
  save your lives, each of you!


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Don’t perish because of her guilt. For this is the time 
of the Lord’s vengeance —
  he will pay her what she deserves. 7 Babylon was a gold cup 
in the Lord’s hand,
  making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine;
  therefore, the nations go mad. 8 Suddenly Babylon fell 
and was shattered. Wail for her;
  get balm for her wound —
  perhaps she can be healed. a50:38 Or of dreaded gods   b50:39 Or desert demons   c50:44 Lit pride   d50:44 Lit them   e51:1 Or to stir up a destructive 
wind   f51:1 Lit heart of my adversaries   g51:1 = Chaldeans   h51:3 Hb obscure
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 9 We tried to heal Babylon,
  but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land,
  for her judgment extends to the sky
  and reaches as far as the clouds. 10 The Lord has brought about 
our vindication;
  come, let’s tell in Zion
  what the Lord our God 
has accomplished. 11 Sharpen the arrows!


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Fill the quivers! a
  The Lord has roused the spirit
  of the kings of the Medes
  because his plan is aimed at Babylon
  to destroy her,
  for it is the Lord’s vengeance,
  vengeance for his temple. 12 Raise up a signal flag
  against the walls of Babylon;
  fortify the watch post;
  set the watchmen in place;
  prepare the ambush. For the Lord has both planned 
and accomplished
  what he has threatened
  against those who live in Babylon. 13 You who reside by abundant water,
  rich in treasures,
  your end has come,
  your life thread is cut. 14  The  L ord  of Ar mies  has  sworn  by him self:
  I will fill you up with men 
as with locusts,
  and they will sing the victory song 
over you. 15 He made the earth by his power,
  established the world by his wisdom,
  and spread out the heavens 
by his understanding. 16 When he thunders,  b
  the waters in the heavens are 
tumultuous,
  and he causes the clouds
  to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain
  and brings the wind 
from his storehouses. 17 Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame 
by his carved image,
  for his cast images are a lie;
  there is no breath in them. 18 They are worthless, a work 
to be mocked.


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At the time of their punishment 
they will be destroyed. 19 Jacob’s Portion c is not like these
  because he is the one who formed 
all things. Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
  the Lord of Armies is his name. 20 You are my war club,
  my weapons of war. With you I will smash nations;
  with you I will bring kingdoms to ruin. 21 With you I will smash the horse 
and its rider;
  with you I will smash the chariot 
and its rider. 22 With you I will smash man  
and woman;
  with you I will smash the old man 
and the youth;
  with you I will smash the young man 
and the young woman. 23 With you I will smash the shepherd 
and his flock;
  with you I will smash the farmer 
and his ox-team.


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  With you I will smash governors 
and officials. 24 “Be fore  your  very  eyes,  I  will re pay Bab-
ylon  and  all  the res i dents  of Chal dea  for  all 
 their  evil  they  have  done  in  Zion.”
 This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 25 Look, I am against you, 
devastating mountain.


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This is the Lord’s declaration. You devastate the whole earth. I will stretch out my hand against you,
  roll you down from the cliffs,
  and turn you into a charred mountain. 26 No one will be able to retrieve 
a cornerstone
  or a foundation stone from you,
  because you will become 
desolate forever. This is the Lord’s declaration.


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a51:11 Or Grasp the shields! b51:16 Lit At his giving of the voice   c51:19 = The Lord   d51:23 Lit yoke
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 27 Raise a signal flag in the land;
  blow a ram’s horn among the nations;
  set apart the nations against her. Summon kingdoms against her —
  Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a marshal against her;
  bring up horses like a swarm a of locusts. 28 Set apart the nations for battle 
against her —
  the kings of Media,
  her governors and all her officials,
  and all the lands they rule. 29 The earth quakes and trembles
  because the Lord’s intentions 
against Babylon stand:
  to make the land of Babylon 
a desolation, without inhabitant. 30 Babylon’s warriors have 
stopped fighting;
  they sit in their strongholds.


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Their might is exhausted;
  they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze,
  her gate bars are shattered. 31 Messenger races to meet messenger,
  and herald to meet herald,
  to announce to the king of Babylon
  that his city has been captured
  from end to end. 32 The fords have been seized,
  the marshes set on fire,
  and the fighting men are terrified. 33  For  this  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  the 
 God  of Is ra el,  says:
  Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor
  at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time 
will come. 34 “King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon 
has devoured me;
  he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty dish;
  he has swallowed me like a sea monster;
  he filled his belly with my delicacies;
  he has vomited me out. b
 35 Let the violence done to me 
and my family be done to Babylon,”
  says the inhabitant of Zion. “Let my blood be on the inhabitants 
of Chaldea,”
  says Jerusalem. 36 There fore,  this  is  what  the  L ord  says:
  I am about to champion your cause
  and take vengeance on your behalf;
  I will dry up her sea
  and make her fountain run dry . 37 Babylon will become a heap of rubble,
  a jackals’ den,
  a desolation and an object of scorn,
  without inhabitant.


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38 They will roar together like young lions;
  they will growl like lion cubs. 39 While they are flushed with heat, 
I will serve them a feast,
  and I will make them drunk so that 
they celebrate. c
  Then they will fall asleep forever
  and never wake up.


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40 I will bring them down like lambs 
to the slaughter,
  like rams together with male goats. 41 How Sheshach d has been captured,
  the praise of the whole earth seized. What a horror Babylon has become
  among the nations! 42 The sea has risen over Babylon;
  she is covered 
with its tumultuous waves. 43 Her cities have become a desolation,
  an arid desert,
  a land where no one lives,
  where no human being even 
passes through. 44 I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him vomit 
what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream 
to him;
  even Babylon’s wall will fall. 45 Come out from among her, my people!


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Save your lives, each of you,
  from the Lord’s burning anger. 46 May you not become cowardly 
and fearful
  when the report is proclaimed 
in the land,
  for the report will come one year,
  and then another the next year. There will be violence in the land
  with ruler against ruler. 47 Therefore, look, the days are coming
a51:27 Hb obscure   b51:34 Lit has rinsed me off   c51:39 LXX reads pass out   d51:41 = Babylon
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  when I will punish 
Babylon’s carved images. Her entire land will suffer shame,
  and all her slain will lie fallen within her. 48 Heaven and earth and everything 
in them
  will shout for joy over Babylon
  because the destroyers from the north
  will come against her. This is the Lord’s declaration. 49 Babylon must fall because of the slain 
of Israel,
  even as the slain of the whole earth fell
  because of Babylon. 50 You who have escaped the sword,
  go and do not stand still!


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Remember the Lord from far away ,
  and let Jerusalem come to your mind. 51 We are ashamed
  because we have heard insults. Humiliation covers our faces
  because foreigners have entered
  the holy places of the Lord’s temple. 52 Therefore, look, the days are coming —
  this is the Lord’s declaration —
  when I will punish her carved images,
  and the wounded will groan
  throughout her land. 53 Even if Babylon should ascend 
to the heavens
  and fortify her tall fortresses,
  destroyers will come against her 
from me. This is the Lord’s declaration. 54 The sound of a cry from Babylon! The sound of terrible destruction
  from the land of the Chaldeans! 55 For the Lord is going 
to devastate Babylon;
  he will silence her mighty voice. Their waves roar like a huge torrent;
  the tumult of their voice resounds,
 56 for a destroyer is coming against her,
  against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured,
  their bows shattered,
  for the Lord is a God of retribution;
  he will certainly repay . 57 I will make her princes and sages drunk,
  along with her governors, officials, 
and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever
  and never wake up.


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This is the King’s declaration;
  the Lord of Armies is his name. 58  This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says:
  Babylon’s thick walls will be 
totally demolished,
  and her high gates set ablaze. The peoples will have labored 
for nothing;
  the nations will weary themselves 
only to feed the fire. 59  This  is  what  the proph et Jer e mi ah com-
mand ed Se ra iah  son  of Ne ri ah  son  of Mah-
se iah,  the quartermaster,  when  he  went  to 
Bab ylon  with  King Zed e ki ah  of Ju dah  in  the 
 fourth  year  of Zed e ki ah’s  reign. 60 Jer e mi ah 
 wrote  on  one  scroll  about  all  the di sas ter  that 
 would  come  to Bab ylon;  all  these  words  were 
writ ten  against Bab ylon.


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61 Jer e mi ah  told Se ra iah, “ When  you  get  to 
Bab ylon,  see  that  you  read  all  these  words 
 aloud. 62  Say , ‘ L ord,  you  have threat ened  to 
 cut  off  this  place  so  that  no  one  will  live  in  it  
—  peo ple  or an i mals. In deed,  it  will re main 
des o late for ev er.’ 63  When  you  have fin ished 
read ing  this  scroll,  tie  a  stone  to  it  and  throw  it 
 into  the mid dle  of  the Eu phra tes Riv er.


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64  Then 
 say , ‘ In  the  same  way , Bab ylon  will  sink  and 
nev er  rise  again be cause  of  the di sas ter  I  am 
bring ing  on  her. They  will  grow wea ry .’ ”
 The  words  of Jer e mi ah  end  here. THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
52 
Zed e ki ah  was twenty-one  years  old 
 when  he be came  king,  and  he  reigned 
elev en  years  in Je ru sa lem. His moth er’s  name 
 was Ha mu tal daugh ter  of Jer e mi ah;  she  was 
 from Lib nah.


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3 Be cause  of  the  L ord’ s an ger,  it  came  to  the 
 point  in Je ru sa lem  and Ju dah  that  he fi nal ly 
ban ished  them  from  his pres ence. Then Zed-
e ki ah re belled  against  the  king  of Bab ylon. 4  In  the  ninth  year  of Zed e ki ah’s  reign,  on 
 the  tenth  day  of  the  tenth  month,  King Neb-
u chad nez zar  of Bab ylon ad vanced  against 
Je ru sa lem  with  his en tire  army . They  laid  siege 
 to  the  city  and  built  a  siege  wall  against  it  all 
 around. 5  The  city  was un der  siege un til  King 
Zed e ki ah’s elev enth  year. 6  By  the  ninth  day  of  the  fourth  month 
 the fam ine  was  so se vere  in  the  city  that  the 
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    "What action did Zedekiah take against the king of Babylon?",
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com mon peo ple  had  no  food. 7  Then  the  city 
 was bro ken  into,  and  all  the war riors  fled. They 
 left  the  city  at  night  by  way  of  the  city  gate be-
tween  the  two  walls  near  the  king’s gar den, 
 though  the Chal de ans sur round ed  the  city . They  made  their  way  along  the  route  to  the 
Ar a bah. 8  The Chal de an  army pur sued  the  king 
 and over took Zed e ki ah  in  the  plains  of Jer i cho. Zed e ki ah’s en tire  army  left  him  and scat tered. 9  The Chal de ans  seized  the  king  and  brought 
 him  to  the  king  of Bab ylon  at Rib lah  in  the  land 
 of Ha math,  and  he  passed sen tence  on  him. 10  At Rib lah  the  king  of Bab ylon slaugh tered 
Zed e ki ah’s  sons be fore  his  eyes,  and  he  also 
slaugh tered  the Ju de an com mand ers. 11  Then  he 
blind ed Zed e ki ah  and  bound  him  with  bronze 
 chains. The  king  of Bab ylon  brought Zed e ki ah 
 to Bab ylon,  where  he  kept  him  in cus to dy a 
un til  his dy ing  day . 12  On  the  tenth  day  of  the  fifth  month  —  
 which  was  the nine teenth  year  of  King Neb u-
chad nez zar,  king  of Bab ylon  —  Neb u zar a dan, 
 the cap tain  of  the  guards, en tered Je ru sa lem  as 
 the rep re sen ta tive  of b  the  king  of Bab ylon. 13  He 
 burned  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  the  king’s pal ace, 
 all  the hous es  of Je ru sa lem;  he  burned  down 
 all  the  great hous es. 14  The  whole Chal de an 
 army  with  the cap tain  of  the  guards  tore  down 
 all  the  walls sur round ing Je ru sa lem. 15 Neb u-
zar a dan,  the cap tain  of  the  guards, de port ed 
 some  of  the poor est  of  the peo ple,  as  well  as 
 the  rest  of  the peo ple  who re mained  in  the 
 city ,  the deserters  who  had de fect ed  to  the 
 king  of Bab ylon,  and  the  rest  of  the crafts-
men. 16  But Neb u zar a dan,  the cap tain  of  the 
 guards,  left  some  of  the poor est  of  the  land 
 to  be vinedressers  and farm ers. 17  Now  the Chal de ans  broke  into  pieces  the 
 bronze pil lars  for  the  L ord’ s tem ple  and  the 
wa ter  carts  and  the  bronze ba sin c  that  were 
 in  the  L ord’ s tem ple,  and  they car ried  all  the 
 bronze  to Bab ylon. 18  They  also  took  the  pots, 
shov els,  wick trim mers, sprin kling ba sins, 
dish es,  and  all  the  bronze ar ti cles  used  in  the 
tem ple ser vice. 19  The cap tain  of  the  guards  took 
 away  the  bowls, fire pans, sprin kling ba sins, 
 pots, lamp stands,  pans,  and  drink off  er ing 
 bowls  —  what ev er  was  gold  or sil ver. 20  As  for  the  two pil lars,  the  one ba sin,  with 
 the  twelve  bronze  oxen un der  it,  and  the wa ter 
 carts d  that  King Sol o mon  had  made  for  the 
 L ord’ s tem ple,  the  weight  of  the  bronze  of  all 
 these ar ti cles  was be yond mea sure. 21  One pil lar 
 was  27  feet e  tall,  had  a cir cum fer ence  of  18 
 feet, f  was hol low  —   four fin gers  thick — 22  and 
 had  a  bronze cap i tal  on  top  of  it.


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    "What did the Chaldean army do to Zedekiah after capturing him?",
    "What actions did Nebuzaradan take upon entering Jerusalem?",
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One cap i tal, 
en cir cled  by  bronze grat ing  and pome gran ates, 
 stood  7  1/ 2  feet g  high. The sec ond pil lar  was  the 
 same,  with pome gran ates. 23  Each cap i tal  had 
ninety-six pome gran ates  all  around  it.


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    "How many pomegranates are there on each capital?",
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All  the 
pome gran ates  around  the grat ing num bered 
 one hun dred. 24  The cap tain  of  the  guards  also  took  away 
Se ra iah  the  chief  priest, Zeph a ni ah  the  priest 
 of  the sec ond  rank,  and  the  three door keep-
ers. 25  From  the  city  he  took  a  court off  i cial h 
 who  had  been ap point ed  over  the war riors; 
sev en trust ed roy al  aides i  found  in  the  city; 
 the sec re tary  of  the com mand er  of  the  army , 
 who enlisted  the peo ple  of  the  land  for mil i tary 
 duty;  and six ty  men  from  the com mon peo ple j 
 who  were  found with in  the  city . 26 Neb u zar a-
dan,  the cap tain  of  the  guards,  took  them  and 
 brought  them  to  the  king  of Bab ylon  at Rib lah.


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27  The  king  of Bab ylon  put  them  to  death  at 
Rib lah  in  the  land  of Ha math. So Ju dah  went 
 into ex ile  from  its  land.


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["Who was put to death at Riblah?", "In which land did Judah go into exile?", "What happened to Judah after the king of Babylon's actions?"]


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28  These  are  the peo ple Neb u chad nez zar 
de port ed:  in  the sev enth  year, 3,023  Jews; 29  in 
 his eigh teenth  year, k  832 peo ple  from Je ru-
sa lem; 30  in Neb u chad nez zar’s twenty-third 
 year, Neb u zar a dan,  the cap tain  of  the  guards, 
de port ed  745  Jews. Al to geth er, 4,600 peo ple 
 were de port ed.


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    "Who was the captain of the guards that deported Jews in Nebuchadnezzar's twenty-third year?",
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JEHOIACHIN PARDONED
31  On  the twenty-fifth  day  of  the  twelfth  month 
 of  the thirty-seventh  year  of  the ex ile  of Ju-
dah’s  King Je hoi a chin,  King Evil-merodach  of 
Bab ylon,  in  the  first  year  of  his  reign, par doned 
 King Je hoi a chin  of Ju dah  and re leased  him 
 from pris on. 32  He  spoke kind ly  to  him  and  set 
 his  throne  above  the  thrones  of  the  kings  who 
 were  with  him  in Bab ylon. 33  So Je hoi a chin 
 changed  his pris on  clothes,  and  he  dined reg-
u lar ly  in  the pres ence  of  the  king  of Bab ylon 
 for  the  rest  of  his  life. 34  As  for  his al low ance, 
 a reg u lar al low ance  was giv en  to  him  by  the 
 king  of Bab ylon,  a por tion  for  each  day un til 
 the  day  of  his  death,  for  the  rest  of  his  life. a52:11 Lit in a house of guards   b52:12 Lit Jerusalem; he stood before   c52:17 Lit sea   d52:20 LXX, Syr; MT reads oxen under 
the water carts   e52:21 Lit 18 cubits   f52:21 Lit 12 cubits   g52:22 Lit five cubits   h52:25 Or a eunuch   i52:25 Lit seven men 
who look on the king’s face   j52:25 Lit the people of the land   k52:29 Some Hb mss, Syr add he deported
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    "What day of the month was King Jehoiachin pardoned by King Evil-merodach of Babylon?",
    "What did Jehoiachin do after being released from prison?",
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lamenTaTions
LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM
אAleph
1 
How a she sits alone,
the city once crowded with people! She who was great among the nations
  has become like a widow .


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    "What is the state of the city described in the excerpt?",
    "How is the city characterized in relation to its past?",
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The princess among the provinces
  has been put to forced labor. בBeth
 2 She weeps bitterly during the night,
  with tears on her cheeks. There is no one to offer her comfort,
  not one from all her lovers. b
  All her friends have betrayed her;
  they have become her enemies. גGimel
 3 Judah has gone into exile
  following  c affliction  
and harsh slavery;
  she lives among the nations
  but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her
  in narrow places. דDaleth
 4 The roads to Zion mourn,
  for no one comes 
to the appointed festivals. All her gates are deserted;
  her priests groan,
  her young women grieve,
  and she herself is bitter. הHe
 5 Her adversaries have become 
her masters;
  her enemies are at ease,
  for the Lord has made her suffer
  because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away
  as captives before the adversary . וWaw
 6 All the splendor has vanished
  from Daughter Zion. Her leaders are like stags
  that find no pasture;
  they stumble away exhausted
  before the hunter. זZayin
 7 During the days of her affliction 
and homelessness
  Jerusalem remembers all 
her precious belongings
  that were hers in days of old. When her people fell 
into the adversary’s hand,
  she had no one to help.


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The adversaries looked at her,
  laughing over her downfall. חCheth
 8 Jerusalem has sinned grievously;
  therefore, she has become an object 
of scorn. d
  All who honored her now despise her,
  for they have seen her nakedness. She herself groans and turns away . טTet h
 9 Her uncleanness stains her skirts. She never considered her end.


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Her downfall was astonishing;
  there was no one to comfort her. L ord, look on my affliction,
  for the enemy boasts. יYod
 10 The adversary has seized
  all her precious belongings. She has even seen the nations
  enter her sanctuary —
  those you had forbidden
  to enter your assembly . כKaph
 11 All her people groan
  while they search for bread. They have traded 
their precious belongings for food
  in order to stay alive.


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a1:1 The stanzas in Lm 1–4 form an acrostic. b1:2 = Jerusalem’s political allies   c1:3 Or because of   d1:8 Or become impure
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לLamed
 12 Is this nothing to you, all you 
who pass by? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine,
  which was dealt out to me,
  which the Lord made me suffer
  on the day of his burning anger? מMem
 13 He sent fire from on high into my bones;
  he made it descend. a
  He spread a net for my feet
  and turned me back.


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He made me desolate,
  sick all day long. נNun
 14 My transgressions have been formed 
into a yoke, b,c
  fastened together by his hand;
  they have been placed on my neck,
  and the Lord has broken my strength. He has handed me over
  to those I cannot withstand.


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    "What has been formed into a yoke according to the excerpt?",
    "Who has broken the speaker's strength?",
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סSamek
 15 The Lord has rejected
  all the mighty men within me. He has summoned an army  d 
against me
  to crush my young warriors. The Lord has trampled 
Virgin Daughter Judah
  like grapes in a winepress. עAyin
 16 I weep because of these things;
  my eyes flow e with tears.


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For there is no one nearby 
to comfort me,
  no one to keep me alive. My children are desolate
  because the enemy has prevailed. פPe
 17 Zion stretches out her hands;
  there is no one to comfort her. The Lord has issued a decree 
against Jacob
  that his neighbors should be 
his adversaries. Jerusalem has become
  something impure among them. צTsade
 18 The Lord is just,
  for I have rebelled 
against his command. Listen, all you people;
  look at my pain.


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My young women and young men
  have gone into captivity . קQoph
 19 I called to my lovers,
  but they betrayed me. My priests and elders
  perished in the city
  while searching for food
  to keep themselves alive. רResh
 20 Lord, see how I am in distress. I am churning within;
  my heart is broken,  f
  for I have been very rebellious. Outside, the sword takes the children;
  inside, there is death. שׁShin
 21 People have heard me groaning,
  but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard 
of my misfortune;
  they are glad that you have caused it.


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    "What is causing the speaker's distress as described in the excerpt?",
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Bring on the day you have announced,
  so that they may become like me. תTaw
 22 Let all their wickedness come 
before you,
  and deal with them
  as you have dealt with me
  because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many ,
  and I am sick at heart. JUDGMENT ON JERUSALEM
אAleph
2 
How the Lord has overshadowed
Daughter Zion with his anger! He has thrown down Israel’s glory
  from heaven to earth. a1:13 DSS, LXX; MT reads bones, and it prevailed against them   b1:14 Some Hb mss, LXX read He kept watch over my 
transgressions   c1:14 Or The yoke of my transgressions is bound ; Hb obscure   d1:15 Or has announced an appointed time   
e1:16 Lit my eye, my eye flows   f1:20 Lit is turned within me
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  He did not acknowledge his footstool
  in the day of his anger. בBeth
 2 Without compassion the Lord 
has swallowed up
  all the dwellings of Jacob. In his wrath he has demolished
  the fortified cities of Daughter Judah.


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He brought them to the ground
  and defiled the kingdom and its leaders. גGimel
 3 He has cut off every horn of Israel
  in his burning anger
  and withdrawn his right hand
  in the presence of the enemy . He has blazed against Jacob 
like a flaming fire
  that consumes everything. דDaleth
 4 He has strung his bow like an enemy;
  his right hand is positioned 
like an adversary . He has killed everyone who was the 
delight to the eye,
  pouring out his wrath like fire
  on the tent of Daughter Zion. הHe
 5 The Lord is like an enemy;
  he has swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all its palaces
  and destroyed its fortified cities.


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He has multiplied mourning 
and lamentation
  within Daughter Judah. וWaw
 6 He has wrecked his temple  a
  as if it were merely a shack in a field,  b
  destroying his place of meeting. The Lord has abolished
  appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion. He has despised king and priest
  in his fierce anger. זZayin
 7 The Lord has rejected his altar,
  repudiated his sanctuary;
  he has handed the walls of her palaces
  over to the enemy . They have raised a shout in the house 
of the Lord
  as on the day of an appointed festival. חCheth
 8 The Lord determined to destroy
  the wall of Daughter Zion. He stretched out a measuring line
  and did not restrain himself 
from destroying.


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He made the ramparts and walls grieve;
  together they waste away . טTet h
 9 Zion’s gates have fallen to the ground;
  he has destroyed and shattered 
the bars on her gates. Her king and her leaders live 
among the nations,
  instruction  c is no more,
  and even her prophets receive
  no vision from the Lord. יYod
 10 The elders of Daughter Zion
  sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads
  and put on sackcloth.


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The young women of Jerusalem
  have bowed their heads to the ground. כKaph
 11 My eyes are worn out from weeping;
  I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief  d
  because of the destruction 
of my dear people,
  because infants and nursing babies faint
  in the streets of the city . לLamed
 12 They cry out to their mothers,
  “Where is the grain and wine? ”
  as they faint like the wounded
  in the streets of the city ,
  as their life pours out
  in the arms of their mothers. מMem
 13 What can I say on your behalf?


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What can I compare you to, 
Daughter Jerusalem? What can I liken you to,
a2:6 Lit booth   b2:6 Lit it were a garden   c2:9 Or the law   d2:11 Lit My liver is poured out on the ground
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Who can heal you? נNun
 14 Your prophets saw visions for you
  that were empty and deceptive;  a
  they did not reveal your iniquity
  and so restore your fortunes. They saw pronouncements for you
  that were empty and misleading.


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    "What did the prophets fail to reveal according to the excerpt?",
    "How did the visions of the prophets affect the fortunes of the people?",
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סSamek
 15 All who pass by
  scornfully clap their hands at you. They hiss and shake their heads
  at Daughter Jerusalem:
  Is this the city that was called
  the perfection of beauty ,
  the joy of the whole earth? פPe
 16 All your enemies
  open their mouths against you.


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This is the day we have waited for! We have lived to see it.”
עAyin
 17 The Lord has done what he planned;
  he has accomplished his decree,
  which he ordained in days of old. He has demolished 
without compassion,
  letting the enemy gloat over you
  and exalting the horn 
of your adversaries. צTsade
 18 The hearts of the people cry out 
to the Lord. Wall of Daughter Zion,
  let your tears run down like a river
  day and night. Give yourself no relief
  and your  b eyes no rest. קQoph
 19 Arise, cry out in the night
  from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water
  before the Lord’s presence. Lift up your hands to him
  for the lives of your children
  who are fainting from hunger
  at the head of every street. רResh
 20 Lord, look and consider
  to whom you have done this. Should women eat their own children,
  the infants they have nurtured? c
  Should priests and prophets
  be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary? שׁShin
 21 Both young and old
  are lying on the ground in the streets. My young women and young men
  have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day 
of your anger,
  slaughtering without compassion. תTaw
 22 You summon those who terrorize me  d 
on every side,
  as if for an appointed festival day;
  on the day of the Lord’s anger
  no one escaped or survived. My enemy has destroyed
  those I nurtured  e and reared. HOPE THROUGH GOD’S MERCY
אAleph
3 
I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of God’s wrath. 2 He has driven me away and forced me 
to walk
  in darkness instead of light.


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3 Yes, he repeatedly turns his hand
  against me all day long. בBeth
 4 He has worn away my flesh and skin;
  he has broken my bones. 5 He has laid siege against me,
  encircling me with bitterness 
and hardship. 6 He has made me dwell in darkness
  like those who have been dead  
for ages. a2:14 Or insipid   b2:18 Lit and the daughter of your   c2:20 Or infants in a healthy condition ; Hb obscure   d2:22 Or terrors   
e2:22 Or I bore healthy ; Hb obscure
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גGimel
 7 He has walled me in so I cannot get out;
  he has weighed me down with chains. 8 Even when I cry out and plead for help,
  he blocks out my prayer. 9 He has walled in my ways with blocks 
of stone;
  he has made my paths crooked. דDaleth
 10 He is a a bear waiting in ambush,
  a lion in hiding. 11 He forced me off my way and tore me 
to pieces;
  he left me desolate.


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12 He strung his bow
  and set me as the target for his arrow . הHe
 13 He pierced my kidneys
  with shafts from his quiver. 14 I am a laughingstock to all my people,  b
  mocked by their songs all day long. 15 He filled me with bitterness,
  satiated me with wormwood. וWaw
 16 He ground my teeth with gravel
  and made me cower c in the dust. 17 I have been deprived d of peace;
  I have forgotten what prosperity is. 18 Then I thought, “My future  e is lost,
  as well as my hope from the Lord.”
זZayin
 19 Remember f my affliction 
and my homelessness,
  the wormwood and the poison. 20 I continually remember them
  and have become depressed. g
 21 Yet I call this to mind,
  and therefore I have hope:
חCheth
 22 Because of the Lord’s faithful love
  we do not perish,  h
  for his mercies never end. 23 They are new every morning;
  great is your faithfulness! 24 I say , “The Lord is my portion,
  therefore I will put my hope in him.”
טTet h
 25 The Lord is good to those who wait 
for him,
  to the person who seeks him. 26 It is good to wait quietly
  for salvation from the Lord. 27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
  while he is still young. יYod
 28 Let him sit alone and be silent,
  for God has disciplined  i him. 29 Let him put his mouth in the dust —
  perhaps there is still hope.


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30 Let him offer his cheek
  to the one who would strike him;
  let him be filled with disgrace. כKaph
 31 For the Lord
  will not reject us forever. 32 Even if he causes suffering,
  he will show compassion
  according to the abundance of his 
faithful love. 33 For he does not enjoy 
bringing affliction
  or suffering on mankind. לLamed
 34 Crushing all the prisoners  
of the land j
  beneath one’s feet,
 35 denying justice to a man
  in the presence of the Most High,
 36 or subverting a person in  
his lawsuit —
  the Lord does not approve 
of these things. מMem
 37 Who is there who speaks 
and it happens,
  unless the Lord has ordained it?


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39 Why should any living 
person complain,
  any man, because of the punishment 
for his sins? a3:10 Lit is to me   b3:14 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss, Syr read all peoples   c3:16 Or and trampled me   d3:17 Syr , Vg; 
MT reads You deprived my soul   e3:18 Or splendor   f3:19 Or I remember   g3:20 Alt Hb tradition reads and you cause me 
to collapse   h3:22 One Hb mss, Syr , Tg read The Lord’s faithful love, indeed, does not perish   i3:28 Lit has laid a burden on   
j3:34 Or earth
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נNun
 40 Let us examine and probe our ways,
  and turn back to the Lord. 41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
  to God in heaven:
 42 “We have sinned and rebelled;
  you have not forgiven. סSamek
 43 “You have covered yourself in anger 
and pursued us;
  you have killed without compassion. 44 You have covered yourself  
with a cloud
  so that no prayer can get through. 45 You have made us disgusting filth
  among the peoples. פPe
 46 “ All our enemies
  open their mouths against us. 47 We have experienced panic  
and pitfall,
  devastation and destruction.”
 48 My eyes flow with streams of tears
  because of the destruction 
of my dear people. עAyin
 49 My eyes overflow unceasingly ,
  without end,
 50 until the Lord looks down
  from heaven and sees. 51 My eyes bring me grief
  because of the fate of all the women 
in my city . צTsade
 52 For no reason, my enemies  a
  hunted me like a bird. 53 They smothered my life in  b a pit
  and threw stones on me. 54 Water flooded over my head,
  and I thought, “I’m going to die! ”
קQoph
 55 I called on your name, Lord,
  from the depths of the pit. 56 You heard my plea:
  Do not ignore my cry for relief. 57 You came near whenever I called you;
  you said, “Do not be afraid.”
רResh
 58 You championed my cause, Lord;
  you redeemed my life. 59 Lord, you saw the wrong done to me;
  judge my case. 60 You saw all their vengefulness,
  all their plots against me. שׂSin / שׁShin
 61 Lord, you heard their insults,
  all their plots against me. 62 The slander c and murmuring 
of my opponents
  attack me all day long. 63 When they sit and when they rise, look,
  I am mocked by their songs. תTaw
 64 You will pay them back 
what they deserve, Lord,
  according to the work of their hands.


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66 You will pursue them in anger 
and destroy them
  under your heavens. e
TERRORS OF THE BESIEGED CITY
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4 
How the gold has become tarnished,
the fine gold become dull! The stones of the temple  f lie scattered
  at the head of every street.


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בBeth
 2 Zion’s precious children —
  once worth their weight 
in pure gold —
  how they are regarded as clay jars,
  the work of a potter’s hands! גGimel
 3 Even jackals offer their breasts
  to nurse their young,
  but my dear people have become cruel
  like ostriches in the wilderness. דDaleth
 4 The nursing baby’s tongue
  clings to the roof of his mouth 
from thirst. a3:52 Or Those who were my enemies for no reason   b3:53 Or They ended my life in ; Hb obscure   c3:62 Lit lips   d3:65 Or 
them an obstinate heart ; Hb obscure   e3:66 Lit under the Lord’s heavens   f4:1 Or The sacred gems
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  Infants beg for food,
  but no one gives them any . הHe
 5 Those who used to eat delicacies
  are destitute in the streets;
  those who were reared 
in purple garments
  huddle in trash heaps. וWaw
 6 The punishment of my dear people
  is greater than that of Sodom,
  which was overthrown in an instant
  without a hand laid on it. זZayin
 7 Her dignitaries were brighter 
than snow ,
  whiter than milk;
  their bodies  a were more ruddy 
than coral,
  their appearance like lapis lazuli. חCheth
 8 Now they appear darker than soot;
  they are not recognized in the streets.


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Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
  it has become dry like wood. טTet h
 9 Those slain by the sword are better off
  than those slain by hunger,
  who waste away , pierced with pain
  because the fields lack produce. יYod
 10 The hands of compassionate women
  have cooked their own children;
  they became their food
  during the destruction 
of my dear people. כKaph
 11 The Lord has exhausted his wrath,
  poured out his burning anger;
  he has ignited a fire in Zion,
  and it has consumed her foundations. לLamed
 12 The kings of the earth
  and all the world’s inhabitants 
did not believe
  that an enemy or adversary
  could enter Jerusalem’s gates. מMem
 13 Yet it happened because of the sins 
of her prophets
  and the iniquities of her priests,
  who shed the blood of the righteous 
within her. נNun
 14 Blind, they stumbled in the streets,
  defiled by this blood,
  so that no one dared
  to touch their garments. סSamek
 15 “Stay away!


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  So they wandered aimlessly . It was said among the nations,
  “They can stay here no longer.”
פPe
 16 The Lord himself has scattered them;
  he no longer watches over them. The priests are not respected;
  the elders find no favor. עAyin
 17 All the while our eyes were failing
  as we looked in vain for help;
  we watched from our towers
  for a nation that would not save us. צTsade
 18 Our steps were closely followed
  so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end approached; our time ran out. Our end had come! קQoph
 19 Those who chased us were swifter
  than eagles in the sky;
  they relentlessly pursued us 
over the mountains
  and ambushed us in the wilderness. רResh
 20 The Lord’s anointed, the breath 
of our life, b
  was captured in their traps. a4:7 Lit bones   b4:20 Lit nostrils
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  We had said about him,
  “We will live under his protection 
among the nations.”
שׂSin
 21 So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,
  you resident of the land of Uz! Yet the cup will pass to you as well;
  you will get drunk and expose yourself. תTaw
 22 Daughter Zion, your punishment 
is complete;
  he will not lengthen your exile.


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  But he will punish your iniquity , 
Daughter Edom,
  and will expose your sins. PRAYER FOR RESTORATION
5 
Lord, remember what has happened 
to us.


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2 Our inheritance has been turned over 
to strangers,
  our houses to foreigners. 3 We have become orphans, fatherless;
  our mothers are widows. 4 We must pay for the water we drink;
  our wood comes at a price.


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5 We are closely pursued;
  we are tired, and no one offers us rest. 6 We made a treaty with b Egypt
  and with Assyria, to get enough food. 7 Our fathers sinned; they no longer exist,
  but we bear their punishment. 8 Slaves rule over us;
  no one rescues us from them. 9 We secure our food at the risk 
of our lives
  because of the sword in the wilderness. 10 Our skin is as hot  c as an oven
  from the ravages of hunger. 11 Women have been raped in Zion,
  virgins in the cities of Judah. 12 Princes have been hung up 
by their hands;
  elders are shown no respect. 13 Young men labor at millstones;
  boys stumble under loads of wood. 14 The elders have left the city gate,
  the young men, their music. 15 Joy has left our hearts;
  our dancing has turned to mourning. 16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned. 17 Because of this, our heart is sick;
  because of these, our eyes grow dim:
 18 because of Mount Zion, 
which lies desolate
  and has jackals prowling in it. 19 You, Lord, are enthroned forever;
  your throne endures from generation 
to generation. 20 Why do you continually forget us,
  abandon us for our entire lives? 21 Lord, bring us back to yourself, so we 
may return;
  renew our days as in former times,
 22 unless you have completely rejected us
  and are intensely angry with us. a4:22 Or not deport you again   b5:6 Lit We gave the hand to   c5:10 Or black ; Hb obscure
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1 
 In  the thir ti eth  year,  in  the  fourth  month, 
 on  the  fifth  day  of  the  month,  while  I  was 
 among  the ex iles  by  the Che bar Ca nal,  the 
heav ens  were  opened  and  I  saw vi sions  of 
 God. 2  On  the  fifth  day  of  the  month  —   it  was 
 the  fifth  year  of  King Je hoi a chin’s ex ile — 
3  the  word  of  the  L ord  came di rect ly  to  the 
 priest Ezek iel  son  of  Buzi,  in  the  land  of  the 
Chal de ans  by  the Che bar Ca nal. The  L ord’ s 
 hand  was  on  him  there.


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VISION OF THE LORD’S GLORY
4  I  looked,  and  there  was  a whirl wind com-
ing  from  the  north,  a  huge  cloud  with  fire 
flash ing  back  and  forth  and bril liant  light 
 all  around  it. In  the cen ter  of  the  fire,  there 
 was  a  gleam  like amber.


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5  The like ness  of  four 
liv ing crea tures  came  from  it,  and  this  was 
 their ap pear ance:  They  looked some thing  like 
 a hu man, 6  but  each  of  them  had  four fac es 
 and  four  wings. 7  Their  legs  were  straight,  and 
 the  soles  of  their  feet  were  like  the hooves  of 
 a  calf, spar kling  like  the  gleam  of pol ished 
 bronze.


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8  They  had hu man  hands un der  their 
 wings  on  their  four  sides. All  four  of  them  had 
fac es  and  wings. 9  Their  wings  were touch ing. The crea tures  did  not  turn  as  they  moved; 
 each  one  went  straight  ahead. 10  Their fac es 
 looked some thing  like  the  face  of  a hu man, 
 and  each  of  the  four  had  the  face  of  a  lion  on 
 the  right,  the  face  of  an  ox  on  the  left,  and  the 
 face  of  an ea gle. 11  That  is  what  their fac es  were 
 like. Their  wings  were  spread up ward;  each 
 had  two  wings touch ing  that  of an oth er  and 
 two  wings cov er ing  its  body . 12  Each crea ture 
 went  straight  ahead.


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Wher ev er  the Spir it a 
want ed  to  go,  they  went with out turn ing  as 
 they  moved. 13  The like ness  of  the liv ing crea tures  was 
 like  the ap pear ance  of blaz ing  coals  of  fire  or 
 like torch es. Fire  was mov ing  back  and  forth 
be tween  the liv ing crea tures;  it  was  bright, 
 with light ning com ing  out  of  it. 14  The crea-
tures  were dart ing  back  and  forth  like flash es 
 of light ning. 15  When  I  looked  at  the liv ing crea tures,  there 
 was  one  wheel  on  the  ground be side  each   
of  the four-faced crea tures. 16  The ap pear ance 
 of  the  wheels  and  their crafts man ship  was  like 
 the  gleam  of ber yl,  and  all  four  had  the  same 
like ness. Their ap pear ance  and crafts man ship 
 was  like  a  wheel with in  a  wheel. 17  When  they 
 moved,  they  went  in  any  of  the  four di rec tions, 
with out turn ing  as  they  moved. 18  Their  rims 
 were  tall  and awe-inspiring. Each  of  their  four 
 rims  were  full  of  eyes  all  around. 19  When  the 
liv ing crea tures  moved,  the  wheels  moved be-
side  them,  and  when  the crea tures  rose  from 
 the  earth,  the  wheels  also  rose. 20 Wher ev er  the 
Spir it want ed  to  go,  the crea tures  went  in  the 
di rec tion  the Spir it  was mov ing. The  wheels 
 rose along side  them,  for  the spir it  of  the liv-
ing crea tures  was  in  the  wheels. 21  When  the 
crea tures  moved,  the  wheels  moved;  when  the 
crea tures  stopped,  the  wheels  stopped;  and 
 when  the crea tures  rose  from  the  earth,  the 
 wheels  rose along side  them,  for  the spir it  of 
 the liv ing crea tures  was  in  the  wheels. 22  Over  the  heads  of  the liv ing crea tures 
 the like ness  of  an ex panse  was  spread  out. It  gleamed  like awe-inspiring crys tal, 23  and 
un der  the ex panse  their  wings ex tend ed  one 
to ward an oth er. They  each  also  had  two  wings 
cov er ing  their bod ies. 24  When  they  moved,  I 
 heard  the  sound  of  their  wings  like  the  roar 
 of  a  huge tor rent,  like  the  voice  of  the Al-
mighty ,  and  a  sound  of tu mult  like  the  noise 
 of  an  army . When  they  stopped,  they low ered 
 their  wings.


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25  A  voice  came  from  above  the ex panse 
 over  their  heads;  when  they  stopped,  they 
low ered  their  wings. 26 Some thing  like  a 
 throne  with  the ap pear ance  of lapis lazuli 
 was  above  the ex panse  over  their  heads. On 
 the  throne,  high  above,  was some one  who 
 looked  like  a hu man. 27  From  what  seemed 
 to  be  his  waist  up,  I  saw  a  gleam  like amber, 
 with  what  looked  like  fire enclosing  it  all 
 around. From  what  seemed  to  be  his  waist 
 down,  I  also  saw  what  looked  like  fire. There 
 was  a bril liant  light  all  around  him. 28  The 
ap pear ance  of  the bril liant  light  all  around 
 was  like  that  of  a rain bow  in  a  cloud  on  a  rainy 
 day . This  was  the ap pear ance  of  the like ness 
 of  the  L ord’ s glo ry . When  I  saw  it,  I  fell face-
down  and  heard  a  voice speak ing.


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MISSION TO REBELLIOUS ISRAEL
2 
 He  said  to  me, “ Son  of  man,  stand  up  on 
 your  feet  and  I  will  speak  with  you.” 2  As 
 he  spoke  to  me,  the Spir it en tered  me  and  set 
 me  on  my  feet,  and  I lis tened  to  the  one  who 
 was speak ing  to  me. 3  He  said  to  me, “ Son  of 
 man,  I  am send ing  you  to  the Is ra el ites,  to a  the 
re bel lious pa gans  who  have re belled  against 
 me.


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4  The 
de scen dants  are ob sti nate b  and hard heart-
ed. I  am send ing  you  to  them,  and  you  must 
 say  to  them, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says.’ 
5 Wheth er  they lis ten  or re fuse  to lis ten  —   for 
 they  are  a re bel lious  house  —   they  will  know 
 that  a proph et  has  been  among  them. 6 “ But  you,  son  of  man,  do  not  be  afraid  of 
 them  and  do  not  be  afraid  of  their  words,  even 
 though bri ers  and  thorns  are be side  you  and 
 you  live  among scor pi ons. Don’t  be  afraid  of 
 their  words  or dis cour aged  by  the  look  on 
 their fac es,  for  they  are  a re bel lious  house. 7  Speak  my  words  to  them wheth er  they lis-
ten  or re fuse  to lis ten,  for  they  are re bel lious. 8 “ And  you,  son  of  man, lis ten  to  what  I  tell 
 you:  Do  not  be re bel lious  like  that re bel lious 
 house. Open  your  mouth  and  eat  what  I  am 
giv ing  you.” 9  So  I  looked  and  saw  a  hand reach-
ing  out  to  me,  and  there  was  a writ ten  scroll 
 in  it. 10  When  he un rolled  it be fore  me,  it  was 
writ ten  on  the  front  and  back;  words  of lam en-
ta tion, mourn ing,  and  woe  were writ ten  on  it. 3 
 He  said  to  me: “ Son  of  man,  eat  what  you 
 find  here. Eat  this  scroll,  then  go  and  speak 
 to  the  house  of Is ra el.” 2  So  I  opened  my  mouth, 
 and  he  fed  me  the  scroll. 3 “ Son  of  man,”  he 
 said  to  me, “ feed  your stom ach  and  fill  your 
bel ly  with  this  scroll  I  am giv ing  you.”  So  I  ate 
 it,  and  it  was  as  sweet  as hon ey  in  my  mouth. 4  Then  he  said  to  me: “ Son  of  man,  go  to  the 
 house  of Is ra el  and  speak  my  words  to  them. 5  For  you  are  not be ing  sent  to  a peo ple  of 
unintelligible  speech  or  a diff  i cult lan guage 
 but  to  the  house  of Is ra el — 6  not  to  the  many 
peo ples  of unintelligible  speech  or  a diff  i cult 
lan guage,  whose  words  you can not un der-
stand. No  doubt,  if  I  sent  you  to  them,  they 
 would lis ten  to  you. 7  But  the  house  of Is ra el 
 will  not  want  to lis ten  to  you be cause  they  do 
 not  want  to lis ten  to  me. For  the  whole  house  of 
Is ra el  is hardheaded  and hard heart ed. 8  Look, 
 I  have  made  your  face  as  hard  as  their fac es 
 and  your fore head  as  hard  as  their fore heads. 9  I  have  made  your fore head  like  a diamond, 
hard er  than  flint. Don’t  be  afraid  of  them  or 
dis cour aged  by  the  look  on  their fac es,  though 
 they  are  a re bel lious  house.”
10  Next  he  said  to  me: “ Son  of  man, lis ten 
care ful ly  to  all  my  words  that  I  speak  to  you 
 and  take  them  to  heart. 11  Go  to  your peo ple, 
 the ex iles,  and  speak  to  them. Tell  them, ‘ This 
 is  what  the  Lord  G od  says,’ wheth er  they lis ten 
 or re fuse  to lis ten.”
12  The Spir it  then lift ed  me  up,  and  I  heard  a 
 loud rum bling  sound be hind  me  —   bless  the 
glo ry  of  the  L ord  in  his  place! — 13  with  the c 
 sound  of  the liv ing crea tures’  wings brush-
ing  against  each oth er  and  the  sound  of  the 
 wheels be side  them,  a  loud rum bling  sound. 14  The Spir it lift ed  me  up  and  took  me  away .


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I 
 left  in bit ter ness  and  in  an an gry spir it,  and 
 the  L ord’ s  hand  was  on  me pow er ful ly . 15  I 
 came  to  the ex iles  at Tel-abib,  who  were liv ing 
 by  the Che bar Ca nal,  and  I  sat  there  among 
 them  stunned  for sev en  days. EZEKIEL AS A WATCHMAN
16  Now  at  the  end  of sev en  days  the  word  of 
 the  L ord  came  to  me: 17 “ Son  of  man,  I  have 
 made  you  a watch man  over  the  house  of Is-
ra el. When  you  hear  a  word  from  my  mouth, 
 give  them  a warn ing  from  me.


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18  If  I  say  to  the 
wick ed per son, ‘ You  will sure ly  die,’  but  you 
 do  not  warn  him  —   you  don’t  speak  out  to 
 warn  him  about  his wick ed  way  in or der  to 
 save  his  life  —   that wick ed per son  will  die  for 
 his in iq ui ty . Yet  I  will  hold  you re spon si ble  for 
 his  blood. 19  But  if  you  warn  a wick ed per son 
 and  he  does  not  turn  from  his wick ed ness  or 
 his wick ed  way ,  he  will  die  for  his in iq ui ty , 
 but  you  will  have res cued your self. 20  Now  if 
 a righ teous per son  turns  from  his righ teous-
ness  and  acts un just ly ,  and  I  put  a stum bling 
 block  in  front  of  him,  he  will  die. If  you  did  not 
 warn  him,  he  will  die be cause  of  his  sin,  and 
 the righ teous  acts  he  did  will  not  be re mem-
bered.


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Yet  I  will  hold  you re spon si ble  for  his 
 blood. 21  But  if  you  warn  the righ teous per son 
 that  he  should  not  sin,  and  he  does  not  sin,  he 
 will in deed  live be cause  he lis tened  to  your 
warn ing,  and  you  will  have res cued your self.”
22  The  hand  of  the  L ord  was  on  me  there, 
 and  he  said  to  me, “ Get  up,  go  out  to  the  plain, 
 and  I  will  speak  with  you  there.” 23  So  I  got  up 
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 and  went  out  to  the  plain. The  L ord’ s glo ry 
 was pre sent  there,  like  the glo ry  I  had  seen  by 
 the Che bar Ca nal,  and  I  fell face down. 24  The 
Spir it en tered  me  and  set  me  on  my  feet. He 
 spoke  with  me  and  said: “ Go,  shut your self 
in side  your  house. 25  As  for  you,  son  of  man, 
 they  will  put  ropes  on  you  and  bind  you  with 
 them  so  you can not  go  out  among  them. 26  I 
 will  make  your  tongue  stick  to  the  roof  of  your 
 mouth,  and  you  will  be  mute  and un able  to  be 
 a me di a tor  for a  them,  for  they  are  a re bel lious 
 house. 27  But  when  I  speak  with  you,  I  will  open 
 your  mouth,  and  you  will  say  to  them, ‘ This 
 is  what  the  Lord  G od  says.’  Let  the  one  who 
lis tens, lis ten,  and  let  the  one  who re fus es, 
re fuse  —   for  they  are  a re bel lious  house. JERUSALEM’S SIEGE DRAMATIZED
4 
“ Now  you,  son  of  man,  take  a  brick,  set  it 
 in  front  of  you,  and  draw  the  city  of Je-
ru sa lem  on  it. 2  Then  lay  siege  against  it: Con-
struct  a  siege  wall,  build  a  ramp,  pitch mil i tary 
 camps,  and  place bat ter ing  rams  against  it  on 
 all  sides.


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3  Take  an  iron  plate  and  set  it  up  as  an 
 iron  wall be tween your self  and  the  city . Face 
 it  so  that  it  is un der  siege,  and be siege  it. This 
 will  be  a  sign  for  the  house  of Is ra el. 4 “ Then  lie  down  on  your  left  side  and  place 
 the in iq ui ty b  of  the  house  of Is ra el  on  it. You 
 will  bear  their in iq ui ty  for  the num ber  of  days 
 you  lie  on  your  side. 5  For  I  have as signed  you 
 the  years  of  their in iq ui ty ac cord ing  to  the 
num ber  of  days  you  lie  down,  390  days;  so 
 you  will  bear  the in iq ui ty  of  the  house  of Is-
ra el. 6  When  you  have com plet ed  these  days, 
 lie  down  again,  but  on  your  right  side,  and 
 bear  the in iq ui ty  of  the  house  of Ju dah. I  have 
as signed  you for ty  days,  a  day  for  each  year. 7  Face  the  siege  of Je ru sa lem  with  your  arm 
 bared,  and proph e sy  against  it. 8  Be  aware 
 that  I  will  put  cords  on  you  so  you can not  turn 
 from  side  to  side un til  you  have fin ished  the 
 days  of  your  siege. 9 “ Also  take  wheat, bar ley ,  beans, len tils, mil-
let,  and  spelt. Put  them  in  a sin gle con tain er 
 and  make  them  into  bread  for your self. You 
 are  to  eat  it dur ing  the num ber  of  days  you 
 lie  on  your  side,  390  days. 10  The  food  you  eat 
 each  day  will  weigh  eight ounc es; c  you  will 
 eat  it  at  set  times.


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d 11  You  will  also  drink  a ra-
tion  of wa ter,  a  sixth  of  a gallon, e  which  you 
 will  drink  at  set  times. 12  You  will  eat  it  as  you 
 would  a bar ley  cake  and  bake  it  over  dried 
hu man ex cre ment  in  their  sight.” 13  The  L ord 
 said, “ This  is  how  the Is ra el ites  will  eat  their 
 bread  —  cer e mo ni al ly un clean  —   among  the 
na tions  where  I  will ban ish  them.”
14  But  I  said, “ Oh,  Lord  G od,  I  have nev er  been 
de filed. From  my  youth un til  now  I  have  not eat-
en any thing  that  died nat u ral ly  or  was  mauled 
 by  wild  beasts. And im pure  meat  has nev er 
en tered  my  mouth.”
15  He re plied  to  me, “ Look,  I  will  let  you  use 
 cow  dung in stead  of hu man ex cre ment,  and 
 you  can  make  your  bread  over  that.” 16  He  said 
 to  me, “ Son  of  man,  I  am go ing  to  cut  off  the 
sup ply  of  bread  in Je ru sa lem. They  will anx-
ious ly  eat  food  they  have  weighed  out  and  in 
 dread  drink ra tioned wa ter 17  for  lack  of  bread 
 and wa ter.


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Ev ery one  will  be dev as tat ed  and 
 waste  away be cause  of  their in iq ui ty . EZEKIEL DRAMATIZES JERUSALEM’S FALL
5 
“ Now  you,  son  of  man,  take  a  sharp  sword, 
 use  it  as  you  would  a bar ber’s ra zor,  and 
 shave  your  head  and  beard. Then  take  a  set 
 of  scales  and di vide  the  hair.


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2  You  are  to  burn 
 a  third  of  it  in  the  city  when  the  days  of  the 
 siege  have end ed;  you  are  to  take  a  third  and 
 slash  it  with  the  sword  all  around  the  city;  and 
 you  are  to scat ter  a  third  to  the  wind,  for  I  will 
 draw  a  sword  to  chase af ter  them. 3  But  you 
 are  to  take  a  few  strands  from  the  hair  and 
se cure  them  in  the  folds  of  your  robe. 4  Take 
 some  more  of  them,  throw  them  into  the  fire, 
 and  burn  them  in  it.


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A  fire  will  spread  from  it 
 to  the  whole  house  of Is ra el. 5 “ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  have  set 
 this Je ru sa lem  in  the cen ter  of  the na tions,  with 
coun tries  all  around  her. 6  She  has re belled 
 against  my or di nances  with  more wick ed ness 
 than  the na tions,  and  against  my stat utes  more 
 than  the coun tries  that sur round  her. For  her 
peo ple  have re ject ed  my or di nances  and  have 
 not  walked  in  my stat utes. 7 “There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
Be cause  you  have  been  more insubordinate 
 than  the na tions  around  you  —   you  have  not 
 walked  in  my stat utes  or  kept  my or di nances; 
 you  have  not  even  kept  the or di nances  of  the 
na tions  around  you — 8 there fore,  this  is  what 
 the  Lord  G od  says:  See,  I my self  am  against 
 you, Je ru sa lem,  and  I  will ex e cute judg ments 
with in  you  in  the  sight  of  the na tions. 9 Be cause 
 of  all  your de test able prac tic es,  I  will  do  to 
 you  what  I  have nev er  done be fore  and  what 
a3:26 Or to rebuke   b4:4 Or punishment   c4:10 Lit 20 shekels   d4:10 Lit from time to time, also in v .


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 I  will nev er  do  again. 10  As  a re sult, fa thers  will 
 eat  their  sons with in Je ru sa lem, a  and  sons 
 will  eat  their fa thers. I  will ex e cute judg ments 
 against  you  and scat ter  all  your sur vi vors  to 
ev ery di rec tion  of  the  wind. 11 “There fore,  as  I  live”  —   this  is  the dec la ra-
tion  of  the  Lord  G od  —  “ I  will with draw  and 
 show  you  no  pity , be cause  you  have de filed 
 my sanc tu ary  with  all  your ab hor rent  acts  and 
de test able prac tic es.


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Yes,  I  will  not  spare  you. 12  A  third  of  your peo ple  will  die  by  plague  and 
 be con sumed  by fam ine with in  you;  a  third 
 will  fall  by  the  sword  all  around  you;  and  I 
 will scat ter  a  third  to ev ery di rec tion  of  the 
 wind,  and  I  will  draw  a  sword  to  chase af ter 
 them. 13  When  my an ger  is  spent  and  I  have 
vented  my  wrath  on  them,  I  will  be ap peased.


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Then af ter  I  have  spent  my  wrath  on  them, 
 they  will  know  that  I,  the  L ord,  have spo ken 
 in  my jeal ou sy . 14 “ I  will  make  you  a  ruin  and  a dis grace 
 among  the na tions  around  you,  in  the  sight 
 of ev ery one  who pass es  by . 15  So  you b  will  be 
 a dis grace  and  a  taunt,  a warn ing  and  a hor-
ror,  to  the na tions  around  you  when  I ex e cute 
judg ments  against  you  in an ger,  wrath,  and 
fu ri ous re bukes. I,  the  L ord,  have spo ken. 16  When  I  shoot dead ly ar rows  of fam ine  at 
 them, ar rows  for de struc tion  that  I  will  send 
 to de stroy  you, in hab i tants  of Je ru sa lem,  I 
 will intensify  the fam ine  against  you  and  cut 
 off  your sup ply  of  bread. 17  I  will  send fam ine 
 and dan ger ous an i mals  against  you. They  will 
 leave  you child less.


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Plague  and blood shed  will 
 sweep  through  you,  and  I  will  bring  a  sword 
 against  you. I,  the  L ord,  have spo ken.”
PROPHECY AGAINST ISRAEL’S IDOLATRY
6 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son 
 of  man,  face  the moun tains  of Is ra el  and 
proph e sy  against  them. 3  You  are  to  say: Moun-
tains  of Is ra el,  hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  G od! This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says  to  the moun tains 
 and  the  hills,  to  the ra vines  and  the val leys:  I 
 am  about  to  bring  a  sword  against  you,  and 
 I  will de stroy  your  high plac es. 4  Your al tars 
 will  be desolated  and  your  shrines c  smashed. I  will  throw  down  your  slain  in  front  of  your 
 idols. 5  I  will  lay  the  corpses  of  the Is ra el ites 
 in  front  of  their  idols  and scat ter  your  bones 
 around  your al tars. 6 Wher ev er  you  live  the 
cit ies  will  be  in ru ins  and  the  high plac es  will 
 be des o late,  so  that  your al tars  will  lie  in ru-
ins  and  be des e crat ed, d  your  idols  smashed 
 and oblit er at ed,  your  shrines  cut  down,  and 
 what  you  have  made  wiped  out. 7  The  slain 
 will  fall  among  you,  and  you  will  know  that 
 I  am  the  L ord. 8 “ Yet  I  will  leave  a rem nant  when  you  are 
scat tered  among  the na tions,  for through out 
 the coun tries  there  will  be  some  of  you  who 
 will es cape  the  sword. 9  Then  your sur vi vors 
 will re mem ber  me  among  the na tions  where 
 they  are tak en cap tive,  how  I  was  crushed  by 
 their pro mis cu ous  hearts  that  turned  away 
 from  me  and  by  their  eyes  that lust ed af ter  their 
 idols. They  will  loathe them selves be cause  of 
 the  evil  things  they  did,  their de test able ac-
tions  of ev ery  kind.


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10  And  they  will  know  that 
 I  am  the  L ord;  I  did  not threat en  to  bring  this 
di sas ter  on  them with out  a rea son. LAMENT OVER THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
11 “ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  Clap  your 
 hands,  stamp  your  feet,  and  cry  out  over 
 all  the  evil  and de test able prac tic es  of  the 
 house  of Is ra el,  who  will  fall  by  the  sword, 
fam ine,  and  plague. 12  The  one  who  is  far  off  
 will  die  by  plague;  the  one  who  is  near  will 
 fall  by  the  sword;  and  the  one  who re mains 
 and  is  spared e  will  die  of fam ine.


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In  this  way 
 I  will ex haust  my  wrath  on  them. 13  You  will 
 all  know  that  I  am  the  L ord  when  their  slain 
 lie  among  their  idols  around  their al tars,  on 
ev ery  high  hill,  on  all  the moun tain tops,  and 
un der ev ery  green  tree  and ev ery  leafy  oak  
—   the plac es  where  they off  ered pleas ing 
aro mas  to  all  their  idols. 14  I  will  stretch  out 
 my  hand  against  them,  and wher ev er  they 
 live  I  will  make  the  land  a des o late  waste, 
 from  the wil der ness  to Dib lah. f  Then  they 
 will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.”
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE END
7 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son 
 of  man,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says  to 
 the  land  of Is ra el:
  An end! The end has come
  on the four corners of the earth.


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3 The end is now upon you;
  I will send my anger against you
  and judge you according to your ways. I will punish you for all 
your detestable practices. a5:10 Lit you   b5:15 DSS, LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg; MT reads she   c6:4 Or incense altars, also in v . 6   d6:6 Hb obscure   e6:12 Or besieged   
f6:14 Some Hb mss, some LXX mss read Riblah ; 2Kg 23:33; Jr 39:5
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 4 I will not look on you with pity 
or spare you,
  but I will punish you for your ways
  and for your detestable practices 
within you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
5  This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  Look, one disaster after another 
is coming! 6 An end has come; the end has come!


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Look, it is coming! 7 Doom a has come on you,
  inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near.


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There will be panic on the mountains
  and not celebration. 8 I will pour out my wrath on you 
very soon;
  I will exhaust my anger against you
  and judge you according to your ways. I will punish you for all your 
detestable practices. 9 I will not look on you with pity 
or spare you. I will punish you for your ways
  and for your detestable practices 
within you. Then you will know
  that it is I, the Lord, who strikes. 10 Here is the day!


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Doom is on its way . The rod has blossomed;
  arrogance has bloomed. 11 Violence has grown into a rod 
of wickedness. None of them will remain:
  none of that crowd,
  none of their wealth,
  and none of the eminent  b among them. 12 The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice
  and the seller not mourn,
  for wrath is on her whole crowd. 13 The seller will certainly not return
  to what was sold
  as long as he and the buyer 
remain alive. c
  For the vision concerning 
her whole crowd
  will not be revoked,
  and because of the iniquity of each one,
  none will preserve his life. 14 They have blown the trumpet
  and prepared everything,
  but no one goes to war,
  for my wrath is on her whole crowd. 15 The sword is on the outside;
  plague and famine are on the inside. Whoever is in the field will die 
by the sword,
  and famine and plague will devour
  whoever is in the city . 16 The survivors among them will escape
  and live on the mountains. Like doves of the valley ,
  all of them will moan,
  each over his own iniquity . 17 All their hands will become weak,
  and all their knees will run with urine. d
 18 They will put on sackcloth,
  and horror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces,
  and all their heads will be bald. 19 They will throw their silver 
into the streets,
  and their gold will seem like 
something filthy . Their silver and gold will be unable 
to save them
  in the day of the Lord’s wrath. They will not satisfy their appetites
  or fill their stomachs,
  for these were the stumbling blocks
  that brought about their iniquity . 20 He appointed his beautiful ornaments 
for majesty ,
  but  e they made their detestable images 
from them,
  their abhorrent things. Therefore, I have made these
  into something filthy to them. 21 I will hand these things over
  to foreigners as plunder
  and to the wicked of the earth as spoil,
  and they will profane them. a7:7 Or A leash ; Hb obscure, also in v .


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10   b7:11 Some Hb mss, Syr , Vg read and no rest   c7:13 Lit sold, while still in life is their 
life   d7:17 Lit knees will go water   e7:20 Or They turned their beautiful ornaments into objects of pride, and
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 22 I will turn my face from them
  as they profane my treasured place. Violent men will enter it and profane it. 23 Forge the chain,
  for the land is filled with crimes 
of bloodshed,
  and the city is filled with violence. 24 So I will bring the most evil of nations
  to take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the pride 
of the strong,
  and their sacred places 
will be profaned. 25 Anguish is coming!


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They will look for peace, 
but there will be none. 26 Disaster after disaster will come,
  and there will be rumor after rumor. Then they will look for a vision 
from a prophet,
  but instruction will perish 
from the priests
  and counsel from the elders. 27 The king will mourn;
  the prince will be clothed in grief;
  and the hands of the people of the land 
will tremble. I will deal with them according to 
their own conduct,
  and I will judge them 
by their own standards.


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Then they will know that I am the Lord. VISIONARY JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM
8 
 In  the  sixth  year,  in  the  sixth  month,  on 
 the  fifth  day  of  the  month,  I  was sit ting 
 in  my  house  and  the el ders  of Ju dah  were 
sit ting  in  front  of  me,  and  there  the  hand  of 
 the  Lord  G od  came  down  on  me. 2  I  looked, 
 and  there  was some one  who  looked  like  a 
 man.


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a  From  what  seemed  to  be  his  waist 
 down  was  fire,  and  from  his  waist  up  was 
some thing  that  looked  bright,  like  the  gleam 
 of amber. 3  He  stretched  out  what ap peared 
 to  be  a  hand  and  took  me  by  the  hair  of  my 
 head. Then  the Spir it lift ed  me  up be tween 
 earth  and heav en  and car ried  me  in vi sions 
 of  God  to Je ru sa lem,  to  the en trance  of  the 
in ner  gate  that fac es  north,  where  the of-
fen sive stat ue  that pro vokes jeal ou sy  was 
lo cat ed. 4  I  saw  the glo ry  of  the  God  of Is ra el 
 there,  like  the vi sion  I  had  seen  in  the  plain. PAGAN PRACTICES IN THE TEMPLE
5  The  L ord  said  to  me, “ Son  of  man,  look to ward 
 the  north.”  I  looked  to  the  north,  and  there  was 
 this off  en sive stat ue  north  of  the Al tar  Gate, 
 at  the en trance. 6  He  said  to  me, “ Son  of  man, 
 do  you  see  what  they  are do ing  here  —   more 
de test able  acts  that  the  house  of Is ra el  is com-
mit ting  —   so  that  I  must de part  from  my sanc-
tu ary? You  will  see  even  more de test able  acts.”
7  Then  he  brought  me  to  the en trance  of  the 
 court,  and  when  I  looked  there  was  a  hole 
 in  the  wall. 8  He  said  to  me, “ Son  of  man,  dig 
 through  the  wall.”  So  I  dug  through  the  wall 
 and dis cov ered  a door way . 9  He  said  to  me, “ Go 
 in  and  see  the de test able, wick ed  acts  they  are 
com mit ting  here.”
10  I  went  in  and  looked,  and  there en graved 
 all  around  the  wall  was ev ery  kind  of ab hor-
rent  thing  —  crawl ing crea tures  and  beasts  
—   as  well  as  all  the  idols  of  the  house  of Is ra el. 11 Sev en ty el ders  from  the  house  of Is ra el  were 
stand ing be fore  them,  with Ja az a ni ah  son  of 
Sha phan stand ing  among  them. Each  had  a 
firepan  in  his  hand,  and  a fra grant  cloud  of 
in cense  was ris ing  up. 12  He  said  to  me, “ Son  of 
 man,  do  you  see  what  the el ders  of  the  house 
 of Is ra el  are do ing  in  the dark ness,  each  at 
 the  shrine  of  his  idol? For  they  are say ing, 
‘ The  L ord  does  not  see  us. The  L ord  has aban-
doned  the  land.’ ” 13  Again  he  said  to  me, “ You 
 will  see  even  more de test able  acts  that  they 
 are com mit ting.”
14  Then  he  brought  me  to  the en trance  of 
 the  north  gate  of  the  L ord’ s  house,  and  I  saw 
wom en sit ting  there weep ing  for Tam muz. 15  And  he  said  to  me, “ Do  you  see  this,  son  of 
 man? You  will  see  even  more de test able  acts 
 than  these.”
16  So  he  brought  me  to  the in ner  court  of  the 
 L ord’ s  house,  and  there  were  about twenty-five 
 men  at  the en trance  of  the  L ord’ s tem ple, be-
tween  the por ti co  and  the al tar,  with  their 
 backs  to  the  L ord’ s tem ple  and  their fac es 
 turned  to  the  east. They  were bow ing  to  the 
 east  in wor ship  of  the  sun.


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17  And  he  said  to  me, 
“ Do  you  see  this,  son  of  man? Is  it  not  enough 
 for  the  house  of Ju dah  to com mit  the de test able 
 acts  they  are do ing  here,  that  they  must  also  fill 
 the  land  with vi o lence  and re peat ed ly an ger 
 me,  even put ting  the  branch  to  their  nose? b 
18 There fore  I  will re spond  with  wrath.


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I  will 
 not  show  pity  or  spare  them. Though  they  call 
loud ly  in  my hear ing,  I  will  not lis ten  to  them.”
a8:2 LXX; MT , Vg read like fire   b8:17 Alt Hb tradition reads my nose
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VISION OF SLAUGHTER IN JERUSALEM
9 
 Then  he  called loud ly  in  my hear ing, “ Come 
 near, ex e cu tion ers  of  the  city ,  each  of  you 
 with  a de struc tive weap on  in  his  hand.” 2  And 
 I  saw  six  men com ing  from  the di rec tion  of 
 the Up per  Gate,  which fac es  north,  each  with 
 a  war  club  in  his  hand. There  was an oth er  man 
 among  them,  clothed  in lin en, car ry ing writ-
ing equip ment.


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They  came  and  stood be side 
 the  bronze al tar. 3  Then  the glo ry  of  the  God  of Is ra el  rose 
 from  above  the cher ub  where  it  had  been, 
 to  the thresh old  of  the tem ple.


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He  called  to 
 the  man  clothed  in lin en  and car ry ing writ-
ing equip ment. 4 “ Pass through out  the  city  of 
Je ru sa lem,”  the  L ord  said  to  him, “ and  put  a 
 mark  on  the fore heads  of  the  men  who  sigh 
 and  groan  over  all  the de test able prac tic es 
com mit ted  in  it.”
5  He  spoke  to  the oth ers  in  my hear ing: “ Pass 
 through  the  city af ter  him  and  start kill ing;  do 
 not  show  pity  or  spare  them! 6 Slaugh ter  the 
 old  men,  the  young  men  and wom en,  as  well 
 as  the chil dren  and old er wom en,  but  do  not 
 come  near any one  who  has  the  mark.


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Be gin 
 at  my sanc tu ary .”  So  they be gan  with  the el-
ders  who  were  in  front  of  the tem ple. 7  Then 
 he  said  to  them, “De file  the tem ple  and  fill  the 
 courts  with  the  slain. Go!


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”  So  they  went  out 
kill ing peo ple  in  the  city . 8  While  they  were kill ing,  I  was  left  alone.


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And  I  fell face down  and  cried  out, “ Oh,  Lord 
 G od! Are  you go ing  to de stroy  the en tire rem-
nant  of Is ra el  when  you  pour  out  your  wrath 
 on Je ru sa lem? ”
9  He an swered  me, “ The in iq ui ty  of  the 
 house  of Is ra el  and Ju dah  is ex treme ly  great; 
 the  land  is  full  of blood shed,  and  the  city  full 
 of per ver si ty . For  they  say , ‘ The  L ord  has 
aban doned  the  land;  he  does  not  see.’ 10  But 
 as  for  me,  I  will  not  show  pity  or  spare  them. I  will  bring  their con duct  down  on  their  own 
 heads.”
11  Then  the  man  clothed  in lin en  and car ry-
ing writ ing equip ment re port ed  back, “ I  have 
 done  all  that  you com mand ed  me.”
GOD’S GLORY LEAVES THE TEMPLE
10 
 Then  I  looked,  and  there  above  the ex-
panse  over  the  heads  of  the cher u bim 
 was some thing  like  a  throne  with  the ap pear-
ance  of lapis lazuli. 2  The  L ord  spoke  to  the 
 man  clothed  in lin en  and  said, “ Go in side  the 
wheelwork be neath  the cher u bim. Fill  your 
 hands  with blaz ing  coals  from  among  the 
cher u bim  and scat ter  them  over  the  city .”  So 
 he  went  in  as  I  watched. 3  Now  the cher u bim  were stand ing  to  the 
 south  of  the tem ple  when  the  man  went  in, 
 and  the  cloud  filled  the in ner  court.


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4  Then  the 
glo ry  of  the  L ord  rose  from  above  the cher ub 
 to  the thresh old  of  the tem ple. The tem ple  was 
 filled  with  the  cloud,  and  the  court  was  filled 
 with  the bright ness  of  the  L ord’ s glo ry . 5  The 
 sound  of  the cher u bim’s  wings  could  be  heard 
 as  far  as  the out er  court;  it  was  like  the  voice 
 of  God Al mighty  when  he  speaks. 6 Af ter  the  L ord com mand ed  the  man 
 clothed  in lin en, say ing, “ Take  fire  from in side 
 the wheelwork,  from  among  the cher u bim,” 
 the  man  went  in  and  stood be side  a  wheel. 7  Then  the cher ub  reached  out  his  hand  to  the 
 fire  that  was  among  them. He  took  some  and 
 put  it  into  the  hands  of  the  man  clothed  in lin-
en,  who  took  it  and  went  out. 8  The cher u bim 
ap peared  to  have  the  form  of hu man  hands 
un der  their  wings. 9  I  looked,  and  there  were  four  wheels be-
side  the cher u bim,  one  wheel be side  each 
cher ub. The lus ter  of  the  wheels  was  like  the 
 gleam  of ber yl. 10  In ap pear ance,  all  four  looked 
 alike,  like  a  wheel with in  a  wheel. 11  When 
 they  moved,  they  would  go  in  any  of  the  four 
di rec tions, with out pivoting  as  they  moved. But wher ev er  the  head  faced,  they  would  go 
 in  that di rec tion, with out pivoting  as  they 
 went. 12  Their en tire bod ies, in clud ing  their 
 backs,  hands,  wings,  and  the  wheels  that  the 
 four  of  them  had,  were  full  of  eyes  all  around. 13  As  I lis tened  the  wheels  were  called “ the 
wheelwork.” 14  Each  one  had  four fac es:  one 
 was  the  face  of  a cher ub,  the sec ond  the  face 
 of  a  man,  the  third  the  face  of  a  lion,  and  the 
 fourth  the  face  of  an ea gle. 15  The cher u bim as cend ed;  these  were  the 
liv ing crea tures  I  had  seen  by  the Che bar Ca-
nal. 16  When  the cher u bim  moved,  the  wheels 
 moved be side  them,  and  when  they lift ed  their 
 wings  to  rise  from  the  earth,  even  then  the 
 wheels  did  not  veer  away  from  them. 17  When 
 the cher u bim  stopped,  the  wheels  stood  still, 
 and  when  they as cend ed,  the  wheels as cend ed 
 with  them,  for  the spir it  of  the liv ing crea tures 
 was  in  them. 18  Then  the glo ry  of  the  L ord  moved  away 
 from  the thresh old  of  the tem ple  and  stopped 
 above  the cher u bim. 19  The cher u bim lift ed 
 their  wings  and as cend ed  from  the  earth  right 
be fore  my  eyes;  the  wheels  were be side  them 
 as  they  went. The glo ry  of  the  God  of Is ra el  was 
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 above  them,  and  it  stopped  at  the en trance  to 
 the east ern  gate  of  the  L ord’ s  house. 20  These  were  the liv ing crea tures  I  had  seen 
be neath  the  God  of Is ra el  by  the Che bar Ca nal, 
 and  I rec og nized  that  they  were cher u bim. 21  Each  had  four fac es  and  each  had  four  wings, 
 with  what  looked some thing  like hu man  hands 
un der  their  wings. 22  Their fac es  looked  like 
 the  same fac es  I  had  seen  by  the Che bar Ca nal.


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Each crea ture  went  straight  ahead. VISION OF ISRAEL’S CORRUPT LEADERS
11 
 The Spir it  then lift ed  me  up  and  brought 
 me  to  the east ern  gate  of  the  L ord’ s  house, 
 which fac es  east,  and  at  the  gate’s en trance 
 were twenty-five  men. Among  them  I  saw 
Ja az a ni ah  son  of Az zur,  and Pel a ti ah  son  of 
Be na iah, lead ers  of  the peo ple. 2  The  L ord a 
 said  to  me, “ Son  of  man,  these  are  the  men 
 who  plot  evil  and  give wick ed ad vice  in  this 
 city . 3  They  are say ing, ‘ Isn’t  the  time  near  to 
 build hous es? b  The  city  is  the  pot,  and  we  are 
 the  meat.’ 4 There fore, proph e sy  against  them.


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Proph e sy ,  son  of  man! ”
5  Then  the Spir it  of  the  L ord  came  on  me, 
 and  he  told  me, “ You  are  to  say , ‘ This  is  what 
 the  L ord  says:  That  is  what  you  are think ing, 
 house  of Is ra el;  and  I  know  the  thoughts  that 
 arise  in  your  mind. 6  You  have mul ti plied  your 
 slain  in  this  city , fill ing  its  streets  with  them. 7 “ ‘There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
 The  slain  you  have  put with in  it  are  the  meat, 
 and  the  city  is  the  pot,  but  I c  will  take  you  out 
 of  it. 8  You  fear  the  sword,  so  I  will  bring  the 
 sword  against  you. This  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od. 9  I  will  take  you  out  of  the 
 city  and  hand  you  over  to for eign ers;  I  will 
ex e cute judg ments  against  you. 10  You  will 
 fall  by  the  sword,  and  I  will  judge  you  at  the 
bor der  of Is ra el. Then  you  will  know  that  I  am 
 the  L ord. 11  The  city  will  not  be  a  pot  for  you, 
 and  you  will  not  be  the  meat with in  it. I  will 
 judge  you  at  the bor der  of Is ra el, 12  so  you  will 
 know  that  I  am  the  L ord,  whose stat utes  you 
 have  not fol lowed  and  whose or di nances  you 
 have  not prac ticed. In stead,  you  have act ed 
ac cord ing  to  the or di nances  of  the na tions 
 around  you.’ ”
13  Now  while  I  was proph e sy ing, Pel a ti ah 
 son  of Be na iah  died. Then  I  fell face down  and 
 cried  out loud ly , “ Oh,  Lord  G od!


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You  are bring-
ing  the rem nant  of Is ra el  to  an  end! ”
PROMISE OF ISRAEL’S RESTORATION
14  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me  again: 
15 “ Son  of  man,  your  own rel a tives,  those  who 
 have  the  right  to re deem  your prop er ty , d,e 
 along  with  the en tire  house  of Is ra el  —   all 
 of  them  —   are  those  to  whom  the res i dents 
 of Je ru sa lem  have  said, ‘ You  are  far  from  the 
 L ord;  this  land  has  been giv en  to  us  as  a pos-
ses sion.’
16 “There fore  say , ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od 
 says:  Though  I  sent  them  far  away  among  the 
na tions  and scat tered  them  among  the coun-
tries,  yet  for  a lit tle  while  I  have  been  a sanc-
tu ary  for  them  in  the coun tries  where  they 
 have  gone.’
17 “There fore  say , ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od 
 says:  I  will gath er  you  from  the peo ples  and 
as sem ble  you  from  the coun tries  where  you 
 have  been scat tered,  and  I  will  give  you  the 
 land  of Is ra el.’
18 “ When  they ar rive  there,  they  will re move 
 all  its ab hor rent  acts  and de test able prac tic es 
 from  it. 19  I  will  give  them in teg ri ty  of f  heart 
 and  put  a  new spir it with in  them;  I  will re move 
 their  heart  of  stone  from  their bod ies g  and 
 give  them  a  heart  of  flesh, 20  so  that  they  will 
fol low  my stat utes,  keep  my or di nances,  and 
prac tice  them.


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21  But  as  for  those  whose 
 hearts pur sue  their de sire  for ab hor rent  acts 
 and de test able prac tic es,  I  will  bring  their 
con duct  down  on  their  own  heads.”  This  is 
 the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. GOD’S GLORY LEAVES JERUSALEM
22  Then  the cher u bim,  with  the  wheels be side 
 them, lift ed  their  wings,  and  the glo ry  of  the 
 God  of Is ra el  was  above  them. 23  The glo ry  of 
 the  L ord  rose  up  from with in  the  city  and 
 stopped  on  the moun tain  east  of  the  city . h 
24  The Spir it lift ed  me  up  and  brought  me  to 
Chal dea  and  to  the ex iles  in  a vi sion  from  the 
Spir it  of  God. Af ter  the vi sion  I  had  seen  left 
 me, 25  I  spoke  to  the ex iles  about  all  the  things 
 the  L ord  had  shown  me. EZEKIEL DRAMATIZES THE EXILE
12 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son 
 of  man,  you  are liv ing  among  a re bel lious 
 house. They  have  eyes  to  see  but  do  not  see, 
 and  ears  to  hear  but  do  not  hear,  for  they  are 
 a re bel lious  house. a11:2 Lit He   b11:3 Or “The time is not near to build houses. c11:7 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read he    
d11:15 LXX, Syr read your relatives, your fellow exiles   e11:15 Or own brothers, your relatives   f11:19 Lit give them one   
g11:19 Lit flesh   h11:23 = the Mount of Olives
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3 “ Now  you,  son  of  man,  get  your  bags  ready 
 for ex ile  and  go  into ex ile  in  their  sight dur-
ing  the  day . You  will  go  into ex ile  from  your 
 place  to an oth er  place  while  they  watch; per-
haps  they  will un der stand,  though  they  are  a 
re bel lious  house. 4 Dur ing  the  day ,  bring  out 
 your  bags  like  an ex ile’s  bags  while  they  look 
 on. Then  in  the eve ning  go  out  in  their  sight 
 like  those go ing  into ex ile. 5  As  they  watch, 
 dig  through  the  wall  and  take  the  bags  out 
 through  it. 6  And  while  they  look  on,  lift  the 
 bags  to  your shoul der  and  take  them  out  in 
 the  dark; cov er  your  face  so  that  you can not 
 see  the  land. For  I  have  made  you  a  sign  to  the 
 house  of Is ra el.”
7  So  I  did  just  as  I  was com mand ed. In  the 
day time  I  brought  out  my  bags  like  an ex ile’s 
 bags. In  the eve ning  I  dug  through  the  wall  by 
 hand;  I  took  them  out  in  the  dark, car ry ing 
 them  on  my shoul der  in  their  sight. 8  In  the morn ing  the  word  of  the  L ord  came 
 to  me: 9 “ Son  of  man,  hasn’t  the  house  of Is ra el, 
 that re bel lious  house,  asked  you, ‘ What  are  you 
do ing? ’ 10  Say  to  them, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord 
 G od  says:  This pronouncement con cerns  the 
 prince a  in Je ru sa lem  and  the  whole  house  of 
Is ra el liv ing  there.’ b 11  You  are  to  say , ‘ I  am  a 
 sign  for  you. Just  as  I  have  done,  it  will  be  done 
 to  them;  they  will  go  into ex ile,  into cap tiv i ty .’ 
12  The  prince  who  is  among  them  will  lift  his 
 bags  to  his shoul der  in  the  dark  and  go  out.


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He  will cov er  his  face  so  he 
can not  see  the  land  with  his  eyes. 13  But  I  will 
 spread  my  net  over  him,  and  he  will  be  caught 
 in  my  snare. I  will  bring  him  to Bab ylon,  the 
 land  of  the Chal de ans,  yet  he  will  not  see  it, 
 and  he  will  die  there. 14  I  will  also scat ter  all 
 the at ten dants  who sur round  him  and  all  his 
 troops  to ev ery di rec tion  of  the  wind,  and  I  will 
 draw  a  sword  to  chase af ter  them. 15  They  will 
 know  that  I  am  the  L ord  when  I dis perse  them 
 among  the na tions  and scat ter  them  among 
 the coun tries.


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16  But  I  will  spare  a  few  of  them 
 from  the  sword, fam ine,  and  plague,  so  that 
 among  the na tions  where  they  go  they  can 
 tell  about  all  their de test able prac tic es. Then 
 they  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.”
EZEKIEL DRAMATIZES ISRAEL ’S ANXIETY
17  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 18 “ Son  of 
 man,  eat  your  bread  with trem bling  and  drink 
 your wa ter  with anx ious shak ing. 19  Then  say 
 to  the peo ple  of  the  land, ’ This  is  what  the  Lord 
 G od  says  about  the res i dents  of Je ru sa lem  in 
 the  land  of Is ra el:  They  will  eat  their  bread 
 with anx i ety  and  drink  their wa ter  in  dread, 
 for  their d,e  land  will  be  stripped  of ev ery thing 
 in  it be cause  of  the vi o lence  of  all  who  live 
 there. 20  The in hab it ed cit ies  will  be de stroyed, 
 and  the  land  will be come dread ful. Then  you 
 will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.’ ”
A DECEPTIVE PROVERB STOPPED
21  Again  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 
22 “ Son  of  man,  what  is  this prov erb  you peo ple 
 have  about  the  land  of Is ra el,  which  goes, ‘ The 
 days  keep pass ing  by ,  and ev ery vi sion  fails’? 23 There fore  say  to  them, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord 
 G od  says:  I  will  put  a  stop  to  this prov erb,  and 
 they  will  not  use  it  again  in Is ra el.’  But  say 
 to  them, ‘ The  days  have ar rived,  as  well  as 
 the ful fill ment  of ev ery vi sion. 24  For  there 
 will  no lon ger  be  any  false vi sion  or flat ter ing 
div i na tion with in  the  house  of Is ra el. 25  But  I, 
 the  L ord,  will  speak what ev er mes sage  I  will 
 speak,  and  it  will  be  done. It  will  no lon ger  be 
de layed. For  in  your  days, re bel lious  house,  I 
 will  speak  a mes sage  and  bring  it  to  pass. This 
 is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od.’ ”
26  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 27 “ Son 
 of  man, no tice  that  the  house  of Is ra el  is say-
ing, ‘ The vi sion  that  he  sees con cerns  many 
 years  from  now;  he proph e sies  about dis tant 
 times.’ 28 There fore  say  to  them, ‘ This  is  what 
 the  Lord  G od  says:  None  of  my  words  will 
 be de layed  any lon ger. The mes sage  I  speak 
 will  be ful filled. This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the 
 Lord  G od.’ ”
ISRAEL’S FALSE PROPHETS CONDEMNED
13 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son 
 of  man, proph e sy  against  the proph ets 
 of Is ra el  who  are proph e sy ing. Say  to  those 
 who proph e sy  out  of  their  own imag i na tion, 
‘ Hear  the  word  of  the  L ord!


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3  This  is  what  the 
 Lord  G od  says:  Woe  to  the fool ish proph ets 
 who fol low  their  own spir it  and  have  seen 
noth ing. 4  Your proph ets, Is ra el,  are  like jack als 
 among ru ins. 5  You  did  not  go  up  to  the  gaps 
 or re store  the  wall  around  the  house  of Is ra el 
 so  that  it  might  stand  in bat tle  on  the  day  of 
 the  L ord.


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6  They  saw  false vi sions  and  their 
div i na tions  were  a  lie. They  claimed, “ This  is 
 the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion,”  when  the  L ord  did  not 
 send  them,  yet  they  wait  for  the ful fill ment 
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 of  their mes sage. 7  Didn’t  you  see  a  false vi-
sion  and  speak  a ly ing div i na tion  when  you 
pro claimed, “ This  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion,” 
 even  though  I  had  not spo ken? 8 “ ‘There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
 You  have spo ken false ly  and  had ly ing vi sions; 
 that’s  why  you dis cov er  that  I  am  against  you. This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. 9  My 
 hand  will  be  against  the proph ets  who  see  false 
vi sions  and  speak ly ing div i na tions. They  will 
 not  be pre sent  in  the coun cil  of  my peo ple  or 
 be re cord ed  in  the reg is ter  of  the  house  of Is-
ra el,  and  they  will  not en ter  the  land  of Is ra el.


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Then  you  will  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  G od. 10 “ ‘ Since  they  have  led  my peo ple  astray  by 
say ing, “ Peace,”  when  there  is  no  peace,  and 
 since  when  a flim sy  wall  is be ing  built,  they 
plas ter  it  with white wash, 11 there fore,  tell 
 those plastering  it  with white wash  that  it  will 
 fall. Torrential  rain  will  come,  and  I  will  send 
hail stones plung ing a  down,  and  a whirl wind 
 will  be re leased. 12  When  the  wall  has fall en, 
 will  you  not  be  asked, “Where’s  the white wash 
 you plas tered  on  it? ”
13 “ ‘ So  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  will 
re lease  a whirl wind  in  my  wrath. Torrential 
 rain  will  come  in  my an ger,  and hail stones 
 will  fall  in de struc tive  fury . 14  I  will de mol ish 
 the  wall  you plas tered  with white wash  and 
 knock  it  to  the  ground  so  that  its foun da tion 
 is ex posed.


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The  city  will  fall,  and  you  will  be 
de stroyed with in  it. Then  you  will  know  that 
 I  am  the  L ord. 15 Af ter  I ex haust  my  wrath 
 against  the  wall  and  against  those  who plas-
ter  it  with white wash,  I  will  say  to  you, “ The 
 wall  is  no  more  and nei ther  are  those  who 
plas tered  it — 16  those proph ets  of Is ra el  who 
proph e sied  to Je ru sa lem  and  saw  a vi sion  of 
 peace  for  her  when  there  was  no  peace.”  This 
 is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od.’
17 “ Now  you,  son  of  man,  face b  the wom -
en  among  your peo ple  who proph e sy  out  of 
 their  own imag i na tion,  and proph e sy  against 
 them. 18  Say , ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
 Woe  to  the wom en  who  sew mag ic  bands  on 
 the  wrist  of ev ery  hand  and  who  make  veils 
 for  the  heads  of peo ple  of ev ery  size  in or der 
 to en snare  lives.


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Will  you en snare  the  lives 
 of  my peo ple  but pre serve  your  own? 19  You 
pro fane  me  among  my peo ple  for hand fuls 
 of bar ley  and  scraps  of  bread;  you  put  those 
 to  death  who  should  not  die  and  spare  those 
 who  should  not  live,  when  you  lie  to  my peo-
ple,  who lis ten  to  lies. 20 “ ‘There  fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od 
 says:  I  am  against  your mag ic  bands  with 
 which  you en snare peo ple  like  birds,  and 
 I  will  tear  them  from  your  arms. I  will  free 
 the peo ple  you  have en snared  like  birds. 21  I 
 will  also  tear  off  your  veils  and res cue  my 
peo ple  from  your  hands,  so  that  they  will  no 
lon ger  be  prey  in  your  hands. Then  you  will 
 know  that  I  am  the  L ord. 22 Be cause  you  have 
dis heart ened  the righ teous per son  with  lies 
( when  I in tend ed  no dis tress),  and be cause 
 you  have sup port ed c  the wick ed per son  so 
 that  he  does  not  turn  from  his  evil  way  to 
 save  his  life, 23 there fore  you  will  no lon ger 
 see  false vi sions  or prac tice div i na tion. I  will 
res cue  my peo ple  from  your  hands. Then  you 
 will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.’ ”
IDOLATROUS ELDERS PUNISHED
14 
 Some  of  the el ders  of Is ra el  came  to  me 
 and  sat  down  in  front  of  me. 2  Then  the 
 word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 3 “ Son  of  man, 
 these  men  have  set  up  idols  in  their  hearts 
 and  have  put  their sin ful stum bling  blocks 
 in  front  of them selves. Should  I ac tu al ly  let 
 them in quire  of  me? 4 “There fore,  speak  to  them  and  tell  them, 
‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  When any one 
 from  the  house  of Is ra el  sets  up  idols  in  his 
 heart  and  puts  his sin ful stum bling  block  in 
 front  of him self,  and  then  comes  to  the proph et, 
 I,  the  L ord,  will an swer  him ap pro pri ate ly . d  I 
 will an swer  him ac cord ing  to  his  many  idols, 
5  so  that  I  may  take  hold  of  the  house  of Is ra el 
 by  their  hearts. They  are  all es tranged  from 
 me be cause  of  their  idols.’
6 “There fore,  say  to  the  house  of Is ra el, ‘ This 
 is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: Re pent  and  turn 
 away  from  your  idols;  turn  your fac es  away 
 from  all  your de test able  things. 7  For  when 
any one  from  the  house  of Is ra el  or  from  the 
 aliens  who re side  in Is ra el sep a rates him-
self  from  me, set ting  up  idols  in  his  heart  and 
put ting  his sin ful stum bling  block  in  front  of 
him self,  and  then  comes  to  the proph et  to 
in quire  of  me,  I,  the  L ord,  will an swer  him 
my self. 8  I  will  turn  against  that  one  and  make 
 him  a  sign  and  a prov erb;  I  will  cut  him  off  
 from  among  my peo ple.


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9 “ ‘ But  if  the proph et  is de ceived  and  speaks 
 a mes sage,  it  was  I,  the  L ord,  who de ceived 
 that proph et. I  will  stretch  out  my  hand  against 
 him  and de stroy  him  from  among  my peo ple 
Is ra el. 10  They  will  bear  their pun ish ment  —   the 
pun ish ment  of  the  one  who in quires  will  be  the 
 same  as  that  of  the proph et — 11  in or der  that 
 the  house  of Is ra el  may  no lon ger  stray  from 
fol low ing  me  and  no lon ger de file them selves 
 with  all  their trans gres sions. Then  they  will 
 be  my peo ple  and  I  will  be  their  God. This  is 
 the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od.’ ”
FOUR DEVASTATING JUDGMENTS
12  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 13 “ Son  of 
 man, sup pose  a  land  sins  against  me  by act ing 
faithlessly ,  and  I  stretch  out  my  hand  against 
 it  to  cut  off  its sup ply  of  bread,  to  send fam ine 
 through  it,  and  to  wipe  out  both  man  and an i-
mal  from  it. 14  Even  if  these  three  men  —   Noah, 
Dan iel,  and  Job  —   were  in  it,  they  would res cue 
 only them selves  by  their righ teous ness.”  This 
 is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. 15 “Sup pose  I al low dan ger ous an i mals  to  pass 
 through  the  land  and depopulate  it  so  that  it 
be comes des o late,  with  no  one pass ing  through 
 it  for  fear  of  the an i mals. 16  Even  if  these  three 
 men  were  in  it,  as  I  live”  —   the dec la ra tion  of 
 the  Lord  G od  —  “ they  could  not res cue  their 
 sons  or daugh ters. They  alone  would  be res-
cued,  but  the  land  would  be des o late. 17 “ Or sup pose  I  bring  a  sword  against  that 
 land  and  say , ‘ Let  a  sword  pass  through  it,’  so 
 that  I  wipe  out  both  man  and an i mal  from  it. 18  Even  if  these  three  men  were  in  it,  as  I  live”  
—   the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od  —  “ they 
 could  not res cue  their  sons  or daugh ters,  but 
 they  alone  would  be res cued. 19 “ Or sup pose  I  send  a  plague  into  that  land 
 and  pour  out  my  wrath  on  it  with blood shed  to 
 wipe  out  both  man  and an i mal  from  it. 20  Even 
 if  Noah, Dan iel,  and  Job  were  in  it,  as  I  live”  
—   the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od  —  “ they 
 could  not res cue  their  son  or daugh ter. They 
 would res cue  only them selves  by  their righ-
teous ness. 21 “ For  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  How 
 much  worse  will  it  be  when  I  send  my  four 
devastating judg ments  against Je ru sa lem  —  
 sword, fam ine, dan ger ous an i mals,  and  plague  
—   in or der  to  wipe  out  both  man  and an i mal 
 from  it! 22  Even  so,  there  will  be sur vi vors  left 
 in  it,  sons  and daugh ters  who  will  be  brought 
 out.


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In deed,  they  will  come  out  to  you,  and  you 
 will ob serve  their con duct  and ac tions. Then 
 you  will  be con soled  about  the dev as ta tion  I 
 have  brought  on Je ru sa lem,  about  all  I  have 
 brought  on  it. 23  They  will  bring  you con so la tion 
 when  you  see  their con duct  and ac tions,  and 
 you  will  know  that  it  was  not with out  cause 
 that  I  have  done  what  I  did  to  it.”  This  is  the 
dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. PARABLE OF THE USELESS VINE
15 
 Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 
2 “ Son  of  man,  how  does  the  wood  of  the 
 vine,  that  branch  among  the  trees  of  the for est, 
com pare  to  any oth er  wood? 3  Can  wood  be 
tak en  from  it  to  make some thing use ful?


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Or 
 can any one  make  a  peg  from  it  to  hang  things 
 on? 4  In  fact,  it  is  put  into  the  fire  as  fuel. The 
 fire de vours  both  of  its  ends,  and  the mid dle  is 
 charred. Can  it  be use ful  for any thing? 5  Even 
 when  it  was  whole  it  could  not  be  made  into 
 a use ful ob ject.


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How  much  less  can  it  ever  be 
 made  into any thing use ful  when  the  fire  has 
de voured  it  and  it  is  charred! ”
6 There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says, 
“ Like  the  wood  of  the  vine  among  the  trees  of 
 the for est,  which  I  have giv en  to  the  fire  as  fuel, 
 so  I  will  give  up  the res i dents  of Je ru sa lem. 7  I 
 will  turn  against  them.


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They  may  have es caped 
 from  the  fire,  but  it  will  still con sume  them. And  you  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord  when  I 
 turn  against  them. 8  I  will  make  the  land des-
o late be cause  they  have act ed un faith ful ly .” 
 This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. PARABLE OF GOD’S ADULTEROUS WIFE
16 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me  again: 
2 “ Son  of  man, con front Je ru sa lem  with 
 her de test able prac tic es. 3  You  are  to  say , ‘ This 
 is  what  the  Lord  G od  says  to Je ru sa lem:  Your 
or i gin  and  your  birth  were  in  the  land  of  the 
Ca naan ites.


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Your fa ther  was  an Am o rite  and 
 your moth er  a Heth ite. 4  As  for  your  birth, 
 your umbilical  cord  wasn’t  cut  on  the  day  you 
 were  born,  and  you  weren’t  washed  clean a 
 with wa ter. You  were  not  rubbed  with  salt 
 or  wrapped  in  cloths.


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5  No  one  cared  enough 
 about  you  to  do  even  one  of  these  things  out 
 of com pas sion  for  you. But  you  were  thrown 
 out  into  the  open  field be cause  you  were de-
spised  on  the  day  you  were  born. 6 “ ‘ I  passed  by  you  and  saw  you thrash ing 
 around  in  your  blood,  and  I  said  to  you  as  you 
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 lay  in  your  blood, “ Live! ”  Yes,  I  said  to  you  as 
 you  lay  in  your  blood, “ Live! ” a 7  I  made  you 
 thrive b  like  plants  of  the  field. You  grew  up 
 and matured  and be came  very beau ti ful.


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c  Your 
 breasts  were  formed  and  your  hair  grew ,  but 
 you  were stark na ked. 8 “ ‘ Then  I  passed  by  you  and  saw  you,  and 
 you  were in deed  at  the  age  for  love. So  I  spread 
 the  edge  of  my gar ment  over  you  and cov ered 
 your na ked ness. I  pledged my self  to  you, en-
tered  into  a cov enant  with  you  —   this  is  the 
dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od  —   and  you be-
came  mine. 9  I  washed  you  with wa ter,  rinsed 
 off  your  blood,  and anoint ed  you  with  oil. 10  I 
 clothed  you  in em broi dered  cloth  and pro-
vid ed  you  with  fine leath er d san dals. I  also 
 wrapped  you  in  fine lin en  and cov ered  you 
 with  silk. 11  I  adorned  you  with jew el ry , put-
ting brace lets  on  your  wrists  and  a neck lace 
 around  your  neck. 12  I  put  a  ring  in  your  nose, 
ear rings  on  your  ears,  and  a beau ti ful  crown 
 on  your  head. 13  So  you  were  adorned  with 
 gold  and sil ver,  and  your cloth ing  was  made 
 of  fine lin en,  silk,  and em broi dered  cloth. You 
 ate  fine  flour, hon ey ,  and  oil.


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You be came ex-
treme ly beau ti ful  and at tained roy al ty . 14  Your 
 fame  spread  among  the na tions be cause  of 
 your beau ty ,  for  it  was per fect  through  my 
splen dor,  which  I  had be stowed  on  you. This 
 is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. 15 “ ‘ But  you trust ed  in  your beau ty  and act-
ed  like  a pros ti tute be cause  of  your  fame. You 
lav ished  your sex u al fa vors  on ev ery one  who 
 passed  by .


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Your beau ty be came  his. d 16  You 
 took  some  of  your cloth ing  and  made col or ful 
 high plac es  for your self,  and  you en gaged  in 
pros ti tu tion  on  them. These plac es  should  not 
 have  been  built,  and  this  should nev er  have 
hap pened! d 17  You  also  took  your beau ti ful 
jew el ry  made  from  the  gold  and sil ver  I  had 
giv en  you,  and  you  made  male im ages  so  that 
 you  could en gage  in pros ti tu tion  with  them.


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18  Then  you  took  your em broi dered cloth ing 
 to cov er  them  and  set  my  oil  and in cense be-
fore  them. 19  The  food  that  I  gave  you  —   the 
 fine  flour,  oil,  and hon ey  that  I  fed  you  —   you 
 set  it be fore  them  as  a pleas ing aro ma. That 
 is  what hap pened.


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This  is  the dec la ra tion  of 
 the  Lord  G od. 20 “ ‘ You  even  took  your  sons  and daugh-
ters  you  bore  to  me  and sac ri ficed  them  to 
 these im ages  as  food. Wasn’t  your pros ti tu tion 
 enough? 21  You slaugh tered  my chil dren  and 
 gave  them  up  when  you  passed  them  through 
 the  fire  to  the im ages. 22  In  all  your de test able 
prac tic es  and  acts  of pros ti tu tion,  you  did 
 not re mem ber  the  days  of  your  youth  when 
 you  were stark na ked  and thrash ing  around 
 in  your  blood. 23 “ ‘ Then af ter  all  your  evil  —   Woe,  woe  to 
 you! —   the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od — 
24  you  built your self  a  mound  and  made your-
self  an el e vat ed  place  in ev ery  square. 25  You 
 built  your el e vat ed  place  at  the  head  of ev ery 
 street  and  turned  your beau ty  into  a de test-
able  thing.


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You  spread  your  legs  to ev ery one 
 who  passed  by  and in creased  your pros ti tu-
tion. 26  You en gaged  in pro mis cu ous  acts  with 
Egyp tian  men,  your well-endowed neigh bors, 
 and in creased  your pros ti tu tion  to an ger  me. 27 “ ‘There fore,  I  stretched  out  my  hand 
 against  you  and re duced  your pro vi sions. I 
 gave  you  over  to  the de sire  of  those  who  hate 
 you,  the Phi lis tine wom en,  who  were em bar-
rassed  by  your in de cent con duct. 28  Then  you 
en gaged  in pros ti tu tion  with  the As syr ian  men 
be cause  you  were  not sat is fied. Even  though 
 you  did  this  with  them,  you  were  still  not sat-
is fied. 29  So  you ex tend ed  your pros ti tu tion  to 
Chal dea,  the  land  of mer chants,  but  you  were 
 not  even sat is fied  with  this! 30 “ ‘ How  your  heart  was in flamed  with  lust e  
—   the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od  —   when 
 you  did  all  these  things,  the  acts  of  a bra zen 
pros ti tute, 31 build ing  your  mound  at  the  head 
 of ev ery  street  and mak ing  your el e vat ed  place 
 in ev ery  square. But  you  were un like  a pros-
ti tute be cause  you  scorned pay ment.


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32  You 
adul ter ous  wife,  who re ceives strang ers in-
stead  of  her hus band! 33  Men  give  gifts  to  all 
pros ti tutes,  but  you  gave  gifts  to  all  your lov-
ers. You bribed  them  to  come  to  you  from  all 
 around  for  your sex u al fa vors. 34  So  you  were 
 the op po site  of oth er wom en  in  your  acts  of 
pros ti tu tion;  no  one solicited  you. When  you 
 paid  a  fee in stead  of  one be ing  paid  to  you, 
 you  were  the op po site. 35 “ ‘There fore,  you pros ti tute,  hear  the  word 
 of  the  L ord! 36  This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
Be cause  your  lust  was  poured  out  and  your 
na ked ness ex posed  by  your  acts  of pros ti tu-
tion  with  your lov ers,  and be cause  of  all  your 
de test able  idols  and  the  blood  of  your chil dren 
 that  you  gave  to  them, 37  I  am there fore go ing 
a16:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr omit Yes, I said to you as you lay in your blood, “Live! ”   b16:7 LXX reads Thrive; I made you    
c16:7 Or matured and developed the loveliest of ornaments   d16:10,15,16 Hb obscure   e16:30 Or was sick
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 to gath er  all  the lov ers  you  pleased  —   all  those 
 you  loved  as  well  as  all  those  you hat ed. I  will 
gath er  them  against  you  from  all  around  and 
ex pose  your na ked ness  to  them  so  they  see 
 you com plete ly na ked. 38  I  will  judge  you  the 
 way adul ter ess es  and  those  who  shed  blood 
 are  judged. Then  I  will  bring  about  the shed-
ding  of  your  blood  in jeal ous  wrath. 39  I  will 
 hand  you  over  to  them,  and  they  will de mol ish 
 your  mounds  and  tear  down  your el e vat ed 
plac es. They  will  strip  off  your  clothes,  take 
 your beau ti ful jew el ry ,  and  leave  you stark 
na ked. 40  They  will  bring  a  mob  against  you  to 
 stone  you  and  to  cut  you  to  pieces  with  their 
 swords. 41  They  will  burn  your hous es  and 
ex e cute judg ments  against  you  in  the  sight 
 of  many wom en. I  will  stop  you  from be ing  a 
pros ti tute,  and  you  will nev er  again  pay  fees 
 for lov ers. 42  So  I  will sat is fy  my  wrath  against 
 you,  and  my jeal ou sy  will  turn  away  from 
 you.


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Then  I  will  be  calm  and  no lon ger an gry . 43 Be cause  you  did  not re mem ber  the  days 
 of  your  youth  but en raged  me  with  all  these 
 things,  I  will  also  bring  your con duct  down  on 
 your  own  head. This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the 
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Haven’t  you com mit ted de prav i ty 
 in ad di tion  to  all  your de test able prac tic es? 44 “ ‘ Look, ev ery one  who  uses prov erbs  will 
 quote  this prov erb  about  you: “ Like moth-
er,  like daugh ter.” 45  You  are  the daugh ter  of 
 your moth er,  who de spised  her hus band  and 
chil dren. You  are  the sis ter  of  your sis ters, 
 who de spised  their hus bands  and chil dren.


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Your moth er  was  a Heth ite  and  your fa ther 
 an Am o rite. 46  Your old er sis ter  was Sa mar ia, 
 who  lived  with  her daugh ters  to  the  north 
 of  you,  and  your youn ger sis ter  was Sod om, 
 who  lived  with  her daugh ters  to  the  south 
 of  you. 47  Didn’t  you  walk  in  their  ways  and 
 do  their de test able prac tic es? It  was  only  a 
 short  time be fore  all  your  ways  were  more 
cor rupt  than  theirs. 48 “ ‘ As  I  live  —   the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord 
 G od  —   your sis ter Sod om  and  her daugh ters 
 have  not be haved  as  you  and  your daugh ters 
 have. 49  Now  this  was  the in iq ui ty  of  your sis-
ter Sod om:  She  and  her daugh ters  had  pride, 
plen ty  of  food,  and comfortable se cu ri ty ,  but 
 didn’t sup port a  the  poor  and  needy . 50  They 
 were haugh ty  and  did de test able  acts be fore 
 me,  so  I re moved  them  when  I  saw  this.


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b 51  But 
Sa mar ia  did  not com mit  even  half  your  sins. You  have mul ti plied  your de test able prac tic-
es be yond  theirs  and  made  your sis ters ap-
pear righ teous  by  all  the de test able  acts  you 
 have com mit ted. 52  You  must  also  bear  your 
dis grace,  since  you  have  helped  your sis ters 
 out. c  For  they ap pear  more righ teous  than  you 
be cause  of  your  sins,  which  you com mit ted 
 more detestably  than  they  did. So  you  also, 
 be  ashamed  and  bear  your dis grace,  since 
 you  have  made  your sis ters ap pear righ teous. 53 “ ‘ I  will re store  their for tunes,  the for tunes 
 of Sod om  and  her daugh ters  and  those  of Sa-
mar ia  and  her daugh ters. I  will  also re store d 
 your for tunes  among  them, 54  so  you  will  bear 
 your dis grace  and  be  ashamed  of  all  you  did 
 when  you com fort ed  them. 55  As  for  your sis-
ters, Sod om  and  her daugh ters  and Sa mar ia 
 and  her daugh ters  will re turn  to  their for mer 
 state. You  and  your daugh ters  will  also re turn 
 to  your for mer  state. 56  Didn’t  you  treat  your 
sis ter Sod om  as  an ob ject  of  scorn  when  you 
 were  proud, 57 be fore  your wick ed ness  was 
ex posed? It  was  like  the  time  you  were  scorned 
 by  the daugh ters  of  Aram e  and  all  those  around 
 her,  and  by  the daugh ters  of  the Phi lis tines  
—   those  who treat ed  you  with con tempt  from 
ev ery  side. 58  You your self  must  bear  the con-
se quenc es  of  your de prav i ty  and de test able 
prac tic es  —   this  is  the  L ord’ s dec la ra tion. 59 “ ‘ For  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  will 
 deal  with  you ac cord ing  to  what  you  have 
 done,  since  you  have de spised  the  oath  by 
break ing  the cov enant. 60  But  I  will re mem ber 
 the cov enant  I  made  with  you  in  the  days  of 
 your  youth,  and  I  will es tab lish  a per ma nent 
cov enant  with  you.


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61  Then  you  will re mem ber 
 your  ways  and  be  ashamed  when  you f re ceive 
 your old er  and youn ger sis ters. I  will  give  them 
 to  you  as daugh ters,  but  not be cause  of  your 
cov enant.


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62  I  will es tab lish  my cov enant  with 
 you,  and  you  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord, 63  so 
 that  when  I  make atone ment  for  all  you  have 
 done,  you  will re mem ber  and  be  ashamed, 
 and nev er  open  your  mouth  again be cause 
 of  your dis grace. This  is  the dec la ra tion  of 
 the  Lord  G od.’ ”
PARABLE OF THE EAGLES
17 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son 
 of  man,  pose  a rid dle  and  speak  a par-
a ble  to  the  house  of Is ra el. 3  You  are  to  say , 
‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  A  huge ea gle 
a16:49 Lit strengthen the hand of   b16:50 Or them as you have seen   c16:52 Lit you have been the advocate for your sisters   
d16:53 LXX, Vg; MT reads Samaria and her daughters and the fortunes of   e16:57 Some Hb mss, Syr read Edom   f16:61 Some 
LXX mss, Syr read I
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 with pow er ful  wings,  long feath ers,  and  full 
plum age  of  many col ors  came  to Leb a non 
 and  took  the  top  of  the ce dar. 4  He  plucked 
 off  its top most  shoot,  brought  it  to  the  land 
 of mer chants,  and  set  it  in  a  city  of trad ers. 5  Then  he  took  some  of  the  land’s  seed  and 
 put  it  in  a fer tile  field;  he  set  it  like  a wil low , 
 a  plant a  by abun dant wa ter. 6  It sprout ed  and 
be came  a spread ing  vine,  low  in  height  with 
 its branch es  turned to ward  him,  yet  its  roots 
 stayed un der  it. So  it be came  a  vine, pro duced 
branch es,  and  sent  out  shoots. 7 “ ‘ But  there  was an oth er  huge ea gle  with 
pow er ful  wings  and  thick plum age. And  this 
 vine  bent  its  roots to ward  him! It  stretched 
 out  its branch es  to  him  from  the  plot  where 
 it  was plant ed,  so  that  he  might wa ter  it. 8  It 
 had  been plant ed  in  a  good  field  by abun dant 
wa ter  in or der  to pro duce branch es,  bear  fruit, 
 and be come  a splen did  vine.’
9 “ You  are  to  say , ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od 
 says:  Will  it flour ish? Will  he  not  tear  out  its 
 roots  and  strip  off  its  fruit  so  that  it shrivels?


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All  its  fresh  leaves  will with er! Great  strength 
 and  many peo ple  will  not  be need ed  to  pull 
 it  from  its  roots. 10  Even  though  it  is plant ed, 
 will  it flour ish?


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Won’t  it with er com plete ly 
 when  the  east  wind  strikes  it? It  will with er 
 on  the  plot  where  it sprout ed.’ ”
11  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 12 “ Now 
 say  to  that re bel lious  house, ‘ Don’t  you  know 
 what  these  things  mean? ’  Tell  them, ‘ The  king 
 of Bab ylon  came  to Je ru sa lem,  took  its  king 
 and off  i cials,  and  brought  them  back  with  him 
 to Bab ylon. 13  He  took  one  of  the roy al fam i ly 
 and  made  a cov enant  with  him, put ting  him 
un der  oath. Then  he  took  away  the lead ing 
 men  of  the  land, 14  so  that  the king dom  would 
 be hum ble  and  not ex alt it self  but  would  keep 
 his cov enant  in or der  to en dure. 15 How ev er, 
 this  king re volt ed  against  him  by send ing  his 
am bas sa dors  to  Egypt  so  they  might  give  him 
hors es  and  a  large  army . Will  he flour ish?


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Can  he 
 break  a cov enant  and  still es cape? 16 “ ‘ As  I  live  —   this  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the 
 Lord  G od  —   he  will  die  in Bab ylon,  in  the 
 land  of  the  king  who  put  him  on  the  throne, 
 whose  oath  he de spised  and  whose cov enant 
 he  broke. 17 Pha raoh  with  his  mighty  army  and 
 vast com pa ny  will  not  help  him  in bat tle,  when 
 ramps  are  built  and  siege  walls con struct ed  to 
de stroy  many  lives. 18  He de spised  the  oath  by 
break ing  the cov enant.


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He  did  all  these  things 
 even  though  he  gave  his  hand  in  pledge. He 
 will  not es cape! 19 “ ‘There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
 As  I  live,  I  will  bring  down  on  his  head  my 
 oath  that  he de spised  and  my cov enant  that  he 
 broke. 20  I  will  spread  my  net  over  him,  and  he 
 will  be  caught  in  my  snare. I  will  bring  him  to 
Bab ylon  and ex e cute judg ment  on  him  there 
 for  the treach ery  he com mit ted  against  me. 21  All  the fu gi tives b  among  his  troops  will  fall 
 by  the  sword,  and  those  who sur vive  will  be 
scat tered  to ev ery di rec tion  of  the  wind. Then 
 you  will  know  that  I,  the  L ord,  have spo ken. 22 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  I will take a sprig
  from the lofty top of the cedar 
and plant it. I will pluck a tender sprig
  from its topmost shoots,
  and I will plant it
  on a high towering mountain. 23 I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain
  so that it may bear branches, 
produce fruit,
  and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it,
  taking shelter in the shade 
of its branches. 24 Then all the trees of the field will know
  that I am the Lord. I bring down the tall tree,
  and make the low tree tall.


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I cause the green tree to wither
  and make the withered tree thrive. I, the Lord, have spoken
  and I will do it.’ ”
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SIN
18 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ What 
 do  you  mean  by us ing  this prov erb con-
cern ing  the  land  of Is ra el:
  ‘The fathers eat sour grapes,
  and the children’s teeth are set on edge’? 3  As  I  live”  —   this  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord 
 G od  —  “ you  will  no lon ger  use  this prov erb  in 
Is ra el.


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4  Look, ev ery  life be longs  to  me. The  life 
 of  the fa ther  is  like  the  life  of  the  son  —   both 
be long  to  me. The per son  who  sins  is  the  one 
 who  will  die. 5 “Sup pose  a  man  is righ teous  and  does 
 what  is  just  and  right: 6  He  does  not  eat  at 
 the moun tain  shrines c  or  look  to  the  idols 
a17:5 Hb obscure   b17:21 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Tg read choice men   c18:6 Lit the mountains, also in vv . 11,15
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 of  the  house  of Is ra el. He  does  not de file  his 
neigh bor’s  wife  or ap proach  a wom an dur ing 
 her men stru al im pu ri ty . 7  He  doesn’t op press 
any one  but re turns  his col lat er al  to  the debt-
or. He  does  not com mit rob bery ,  but  gives  his 
 bread  to  the hun gry  and cov ers  the na ked 
 with cloth ing. 8  He  doesn’t  lend  at in ter est  or 
 for profi  t  but  keeps  his  hand  from in jus tice 
 and car ries  out  true jus tice be tween  men. 9  He 
fol lows  my stat utes  and  keeps  my or di nances, 
act ing faith ful ly . Such  a per son  is righ teous; 
 he  will cer tain ly  live.”  This  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od. 10 “ But sup pose  the  man  has  a vi o lent  son, 
 who  sheds  blood  and  does  any  of  these  things, 
11  though  the fa ther  has  done  none  of  them. In deed,  when  the  son  eats  at  the moun tain 
 shrines  and de files  his neigh bor’s  wife, 12  and 
 when  he op press es  the  poor  and  needy , com-
mits rob bery ,  and  does  not re turn col lat er al, 
 and  when  he  looks  to  the  idols, com mits de-
test able  acts, 13  and  lends  at in ter est  or  for 
profi  t,  will  he  live? He  will  not  live!


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Since  he 
 has com mit ted  all  these de test able  acts,  he  will 
cer tain ly  die. His  death  will  be  his  own  fault. a
14 “ Now sup pose  he  has  a  son  who  sees  all 
 the  sins  his fa ther  has com mit ted,  and  though 
 he  sees  them,  he  does  not  do like wise. 15  He 
 does  not  eat  at  the moun tain  shrines  or  look 
 to  the  idols  of  the  house  of Is ra el. He  does 
 not de file  his neigh bor’s  wife.


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16  He  doesn’t 
op press any one,  hold col lat er al,  or com mit 
rob bery . He  gives  his  bread  to  the hun gry  and 
cov ers  the na ked  with cloth ing. 17  He  keeps 
 his  hand  from harm ing  the  poor,  not tak ing 
in ter est  or profi  t  on  a  loan. He prac tic es  my 
or di nances  and fol lows  my stat utes.


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He  will cer tain ly  live. 18 “ As  for  his fa ther,  he  will  die  for  his  own 
in iq ui ty be cause  he prac ticed  fraud,  robbed 
 his broth er,  and  did  among  his peo ple  what 
 was  not  good. 19  But  you  may  ask, ‘ Why  doesn’t 
 the  son suff  er pun ish ment  for  the fa ther’s 
in iq ui ty? ’  Since  the  son  has  done  what  is  just 
 and  right, care ful ly ob serv ing  all  my stat utes, 
 he  will cer tain ly  live. 20  The per son  who  sins 
 is  the  one  who  will  die. A  son  won’t suff  er 
pun ish ment  for  the fa ther’s in iq ui ty ,  and  a 
fa ther  won’t suff  er pun ish ment  for  the  son’s 
in iq ui ty . The righ teous ness  of  the righ teous 
per son  will  be  on  him,  and  the wick ed ness  of 
 the wick ed per son  will  be  on  him. 21 “ But  if  the wick ed per son  turns  from  all 
 the  sins  he  has com mit ted,  keeps  all  my stat-
utes,  and  does  what  is  just  and  right,  he  will 
cer tain ly  live;  he  will  not  die. 22  None  of  the 
trans gres sions  he  has com mit ted  will  be  held 
 against  him. He  will  live be cause  of  the righ-
teous ness  he  has prac ticed. 23  Do  I  take  any 
plea sure  in  the  death  of  the wick ed? ”  This 
 is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. “In stead, 
 don’t  I  take plea sure  when  he  turns  from  his 
 ways  and  lives? 24  But  when  a righ teous per son 
 turns  from  his righ teous ness  and  acts un just ly , 
com mit ting  the  same de test able  acts  that  the 
wick ed  do,  will  he  live? None  of  the righ teous 
 acts  he  did  will  be re mem bered. He  will  die 
be cause  of  the treach ery  he  has en gaged  in 
 and  the  sin  he  has com mit ted. 25 “ But  you  say , ‘ The  Lord’s  way  isn’t  fair.’ 
 Now lis ten,  house  of Is ra el:  Is  it  my  way  that 
 is un fair? In stead,  isn’t  it  your  ways  that  are 
un fair? 26  When  a righ teous per son  turns  from 
 his righ teous ness  and  acts un just ly ,  he  will  die 
 for  this. He  will  die be cause  of  the in jus tice 
 he  has com mit ted. 27  But  if  a wick ed per son 
 turns  from  the wick ed ness  he  has com mit ted 
 and  does  what  is  just  and  right,  he  will pre-
serve  his  life. 28  He  will cer tain ly  live be cause 
 he  thought  it  over  and  turned  from  all  the 
trans gres sions  he  had com mit ted;  he  will  not 
 die. 29  But  the  house  of Is ra el  says, ‘ The  Lord’s 
 way  isn’t  fair.’  Is  it  my  ways  that  are un fair, 
 house  of Is ra el?


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In stead,  isn’t  it  your  ways 
 that  are un fair? 30 “There fore,  house  of Is ra el,  I  will  judge 
 each  one  of  you ac cord ing  to  his  ways.”  This  is 
 the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. “Re pent  and 
 turn  from  all  your re bel lious  acts,  so  they  will 
 not be come  a sin ful stum bling  block  to  you. 31  Throw  off  all  the trans gres sions  you  have 
com mit ted,  and  get your selves  a  new  heart 
 and  a  new spir it. Why  should  you  die,  house 
 of Is ra el?


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32  For  I  take  no plea sure  in any one’s 
 death.”  This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. “ So re pent  and  live!


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A LAMENT FOR ISRAEL’S PRINCES
19 
“ As  for  you,  take  up  a la ment  for  the 
princ es  of Is ra el, 2  and  say:
  What was your mother? A lioness!


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She lay down among the lions;
  she reared her cubs 
among the young lions. 3 She brought up one of her cubs,
a18:13 Lit His blood will be on him
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  and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey ,
  he devoured people. 4 When the nations heard about him,
  he was caught in their pit. Then they led him away with hooks
  to the land of Egypt. 5 When she saw that she waited in vain,
  that her hope was lost,
  she took another of her cubs
  and made him a young lion. 6 He prowled among the lions,
  and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey ,
  he devoured people. 7 He devastated their strongholds  a
  and destroyed their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered
  at the sound of his roaring. 8 Then the nations from 
the surrounding provinces
  set out against him.


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They spread their net over him;
  he was caught in their pit. 9 They put a wooden yoke on him  b 
with hooks
  and led him away to the king 
of Babylon. They brought him into the fortresses
  so his roar could no longer be heard
  on the mountains of Israel. 10 Your mother was like a vine 
in your vineyard,  c
  planted by the water;
  it was fruitful and full of branches
  because of abundant water. 11 It had strong branches, fit for 
the scepters of rulers;
  its height towered among the clouds.


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d
  So it was conspicuous for its height
  as well as its many branches. 12 But it was uprooted in fury ,
  thrown to the ground,
  and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were torn off 
and dried up;
  fire consumed them. 13 Now it is planted in the wilderness,
  in a dry and thirsty land. 14 Fire has gone out from its main branch  e
  and has devoured its fruit,
  so that it no longer has a strong branch,
  a scepter for ruling. This  is  a la ment  and  should  be  used  as  a la-
ment.”
ISRAEL’S REBELLION
20 
 In  the sev enth  year,  in  the  fifth  month, 
 on  the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  some 
 of Is ra el’s el ders  came  to in quire  of  the  L ord, 
 and  they  sat  down  in  front  of  me. 2  Then  the 
 word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 3 “ Son  of  man, 
 speak  with  the el ders  of Is ra el  and  tell  them, 
‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  Are  you com-
ing  to in quire  of  me?


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This  is  the dec la ra tion  of 
 the  Lord  G od.’
4 “ Will  you  pass judg ment  against  them,  will 
 you  pass judg ment,  son  of  man? Ex plain  the 
de test able prac tic es  of  their fa thers  to  them. 5  Say  to  them, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
 On  the  day  I  chose Is ra el,  I  swore  an  oath f  to 
 the de scen dants  of Ja cob’s  house  and  made 
my self  known  to  them  in  the  land  of  Egypt. I  swore  to  them, say ing, “ I  am  the  L ord  your 
 God.” 6  On  that  day  I  swore g  to  them  that  I  would 
 bring  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  into  a  land 
 I  had  searched  out  for  them,  a  land flow ing 
 with  milk  and hon ey ,  the  most beau ti ful  of  all 
 lands. 7  I  also  said  to  them, “ Throw  away ,  each 
 of  you,  the ab hor rent  things  that  you  prize, h 
 and  do  not de file your selves  with  the  idols  of 
 Egypt. I  am  the  L ord  your  God.”
8 “ ‘ But  they re belled  against  me  and  were 
un will ing  to lis ten  to  me. None  of  them  threw 
 away  the ab hor rent  things  that  they prized, i 
 and  they  did  not aban don  the  idols  of  Egypt. So  I con sid ered pour ing  out  my  wrath  on  them, 
exhausting  my an ger  against  them with in  the 
 land  of  Egypt. 9  But  I act ed  for  the  sake  of  my 
 name,  so  that  it  would  not  be pro faned  in  the 
 eyes  of  the na tions  they  were liv ing  among, 
 in  whose  sight  I  had  made my self  known  to 
Is ra el  by bring ing  them  out  of  Egypt. 10 “ ‘ So  I  brought  them  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt 
 and  led  them  into  the wil der ness. 11  Then  I  gave 
 them  my stat utes  and ex plained  my or di nances 
 to  them  —   the per son  who  does  them  will 
 live  by  them. 12  I  also  gave  them  my Sab baths 
 to  serve  as  a  sign be tween  me  and  them,  so 
 that  they  would  know  that  I  am  the  L ord  who 
consecrates  them. a19:7 Tg, Aq; MT reads knew their widows   b19:9 Or put him in a cage   c19:10 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss read blood   
d19:11 Or thick foliage   e19:14 Lit from the branch of its parts   f20:5 Lit I lifted my hand   g20:6 Lit lifted my hand, also in 
vv .


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15,23,28,42   h20:7 Lit things of your eyes   i20:8 Lit things of their eyes
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13 “ ‘ But  the  house  of Is ra el re belled  against 
 me  in  the wil der ness. They  did  not fol low  my 
stat utes  and  they re ject ed  my or di nances  —  
 the per son  who  does  them  will  live  by  them.


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They  also com plete ly pro faned  my Sab baths. So  I con sid ered pour ing  out  my  wrath  on  them 
 in  the wil der ness  to  put  an  end  to  them. 14  But  I 
act ed  for  the  sake  of  my  name,  so  that  it  would 
 not  be pro faned  in  the  eyes  of  the na tions  in 
 whose  sight  I  had  brought  them  out. 15 How ev er, 
 I  swore  to  them  in  the wil der ness  that  I  would 
 not  bring  them  into  the  land  I  had giv en  them  
—   the  most beau ti ful  of  all  lands, flow ing  with 
 milk  and hon ey — 16 be cause  they re ject ed 
 my or di nances, pro faned  my Sab baths,  and 
 did  not fol low  my stat utes. For  their  hearts 
 went af ter  their  idols. 17  Yet  I  spared  them  from 
de struc tion  and  did  not  bring  them  to  an  end 
 in  the wil der ness. 18 “ ‘ Then  I  said  to  their chil dren  in  the wil-
der ness, “ Don’t fol low  the stat utes  of  your 
fa thers, de file your selves  with  their  idols,  or 
 keep  their or di nances. 19  I  am  the  L ord  your 
 God. Fol low  my stat utes,  keep  my or di nances, 
 and prac tice  them. 20  Keep  my Sab baths  holy , 
 and  they  will  be  a  sign be tween  me  and  you,  so 
 you  may  know  that  I  am  the  L ord  your  God.”
21 “ ‘ But  the chil dren re belled  against  me. They  did  not fol low  my stat utes  or care ful ly 
 keep  my or di nances  —   the per son  who  does 
 them  will  live  by  them.


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They  also pro faned  my 
Sab baths. So  I con sid ered pour ing  out  my  wrath 
 on  them  and exhausting  my an ger  against 
 them  in  the wil der ness. 22  But  I with held  my 
 hand  and act ed  for  the  sake  of  my  name,  so 
 that  it  would  not  be pro faned  in  the  eyes  of 
 the na tions  in  whose  sight  I  brought  them  out. 23 How ev er,  I  swore  to  them  in  the wil der ness 
 that  I  would dis perse  them  among  the na tions 
 and scat ter  them  among  the coun tries. 24  For 
 they  did  not prac tice  my or di nances  but re-
ject ed  my stat utes  and pro faned  my Sab baths, 
 and  their  eyes  were  fixed  on  their fa thers’ 
 idols. 25  I  also  gave  them stat utes  that  were 
 not  good  and or di nances  they  could  not  live 
 by . 26  When  they sac ri ficed ev ery first born  in 
 the  fire, a  I de filed  them  through  their  gifts  in 
or der  to dev as tate  them  so  they  would  know 
 that  I  am  the  L ord.’
27 “There fore,  son  of  man,  speak  to  the 
 house  of Is ra el,  and  tell  them, ‘ This  is  what 
 the  Lord  G od  says:  In  this  way  also  your fa thers 
blas phemed  me  by com mit ting treach ery 
 against  me: 28  When  I  brought  them  into  the 
 land  that  I  swore  to  give  them  and  they  saw 
 any  high  hill  or  leafy  tree,  they off  ered  their 
sac ri fic es  and pre sent ed  their off  en sive of-
fer ings  there. They  also  sent  up  their pleas ing 
aro mas  and  poured  out  their  drink off  er ings 
 there.


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29  So  I  asked  them, “ What  is  this  high 
 place  you  are go ing  to? ”  And  it  is  still  called 
Ba mah b to day .’
30 “There fore  say  to  the  house  of Is ra el, ‘ This 
 is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  Are  you de fil ing 
your selves  the  way  your fa thers  did,  and pros ti-
tut ing your selves  with  their ab hor rent  things? 31  When  you off  er  your  gifts, sac ri fic ing  your 
chil dren  in  the  fire, c  you  still con tin ue  to de file 
your selves  with  all  your  idols to day . So  should 
 I  let  you in quire  of  me,  house  of Is ra el?


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As  I 
 live  —   this  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od  
—   I  will  not  let  you in quire  of  me! ISRAEL’S RESTORATION
32 “ ‘ When  you  say , “ Let  us  be  like  the na tions, 
 like  the  clans  of oth er coun tries, serv ing  wood 
 and  stone,”  what  you  have  in  mind  will nev er 
hap pen. 33  As  I  live  —   the dec la ra tion  of  the 
 Lord  G od  —   I  will  reign  over  you  with  a  strong 
 hand,  an out stretched  arm,  and out poured 
 wrath.


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34  I  will  bring  you  from  the peo ples 
 and gath er  you  from  the coun tries  where  you 
 were scat tered,  with  a  strong  hand,  an out-
stretched  arm,  and out poured  wrath. 35  I  will 
 lead  you  into  the wil der ness  of  the peo ples 
 and en ter  into judg ment  with  you  there  face 
 to  face. 36  Just  as  I en tered  into judg ment  with 
 your fa thers  in  the wil der ness  of  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  so  I  will en ter  into judg ment  with  you. This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. 37  I  will 
 make  you  pass un der  the  rod  and  will  bring 
 you  into  the  bond  of  the cov enant. 38  I  will 
 purge  you  of  those  who rebel  and transgress 
 against  me. I  will  bring  them  out  of  the  land 
 where  they  live  as for eign res i dents,  but  they 
 will  not en ter  the  land  of Is ra el. Then  you  will 
 know  that  I  am  the  L ord.


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39 “ ‘ As  for  you,  house  of Is ra el,  this  is  what 
 the  Lord  G od  says:  Go  and  serve  your  idols, 
 each  of  you. But af ter ward  you  will sure ly 
lis ten  to  me,  and  you  will  no lon ger de file  my 
 holy  name  with  your  gifts  and  idols. 40  For  on 
 my  holy moun tain, Is ra el’s  high moun tain  —  
 the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od  —   there  the 
a20:26 Lit they made every firstborn pass through the fire   b20:29 = High Place   c20:31 Lit gifts, making your children pass 
through the fire
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en tire  house  of Is ra el,  all  of  them,  will  serve 
 me  in  the  land. There  I  will ac cept  them  and 
 will re quire  your con tri bu tions  and choic est 
 gifts,  all  your  holy off  er ings. 41  When  I  bring 
 you  from  the peo ples  and gath er  you  from 
 the coun tries  where  you  have  been scat tered, 
 I  will ac cept  you  as  a pleas ing aro ma. And  I 
 will dem on strate  my ho li ness  through  you 
 in  the  sight  of  the na tions. 42  When  I  lead  you 
 into  the  land  of Is ra el,  the  land  I  swore  to  give 
 your fa thers,  you  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord. 43  There  you  will re mem ber  your  ways  and  all 
 your  deeds  by  which  you  have de filed your self, 
 and  you  will  loathe your selves  for  all  the  evil 
 things  you  have  done. 44  You  will  know  that 
 I  am  the  L ord,  house  of Is ra el,  when  I  have 
 dealt  with  you  for  the  sake  of  my  name rath er 
 than ac cord ing  to  your  evil  ways  and cor rupt 
 acts. This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od.’ ”
FIRE IN THE SOUTH
45  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 46 “ Son 
 of  man,  face  the  south  and  preach  against  it. Proph e sy  against  the for est  land  in  the Ne gev , 
47  and  say  to  the for est  there, ‘ Hear  the  word  of 
 the  L ord! This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  am 
 about  to ignite  a  fire  in  you,  and  it  will de vour 
ev ery  green  tree  and ev ery  dry  tree  in  you. The blaz ing  flame  will  not  be ex tin guished, 
 and ev ery  face  from  the  south  to  the  north 
 will  be  scorched  by  it. 48  Then  all peo ple  will 
 see  that  I,  the  L ord,  have kin dled  it. It  will  not 
 be ex tin guished.’ ”
49  Then  I  said, “ Oh,  Lord  G od,  they  are say ing 
 of  me, ‘ Isn’t  he  just composing par a bles? ’ ”
GOD’S SWORD OF JUDGMENT
21 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me  again: 
2 “ Son  of  man,  face Je ru sa lem  and  preach 
 against  the sanc tu ar ies. Proph e sy  against  the 
 land  of Is ra el, 3  and  say  to  it, ‘ This  is  what  the 
 L ord  says:  I  am  against  you. I  will  draw  my 
 sword  from  its  sheath  and  cut  off  from  you 
 both  the righ teous  and  the wick ed. 4  Since  I 
 will  cut  off a  both  the righ teous  and  the wick-
ed,  my  sword  will there fore  come  out  of  its 
 sheath  against  all peo ple  from  the  south  to 
 the  north. 5  So  all peo ple  will  know  that  I,  the 
 L ord,  have tak en  my  sword  from  its  sheath  
—   it  will  not  be  sheathed  again.’
6 “ But  you,  son  of  man,  groan! Groan bit-
ter ly  with  a bro ken  heart b  right be fore  their 
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7  And  when  they  ask  you, ‘ Why  are  you 
groan ing? ’  then  say , ‘Be cause  of  the  news  that 
 is com ing. Ev ery  heart  will  melt,  and ev ery 
 hand  will be come  weak. Ev ery spir it  will  be 
dis cour aged,  and  all  knees  will  run  with  urine. c 
 Yes,  it  is com ing  and  it  will hap pen.


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This  is  the 
dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od.’ ”
8  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 9 “ Son  of 
 man, proph e sy , ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  says! ’ 
 You  are  to pro claim,
  ‘ A sword!


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A sword is sharpened
  and also polished. 10 It is sharpened for slaughter,
  polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice? The scepter of my son,
  the sword despises every tree. d
 11 The sword is given to be polished,
  to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened, and it is polished,
  to be put in the hand of the slayer.’
12 “ Cry  out  and  wail,  son  of  man,  for  it  is  against 
 my peo ple. It  is  against  all  the princ es  of Is ra el!


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They  are giv en  over  to  the  sword  with  my peo ple. There fore  strike  your  thigh  in  grief. 13 Sure ly  it 
 will  be  a tri al!


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And  what  if  the  sword de spis es 
 even  the scep ter? The scep ter  will  not con tin-
ue.” d  This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. 14 “ So  you,  son  of  man, proph e sy  and  clap 
 your  hands to geth er:
  Let the sword strike two times, 
even three. It is a sword for massacre,
  a sword for great massacre —
  it surrounds  e them! 15 I have appointed a sword for slaughter  d
  at all their gates,
  so that their hearts may melt
  and many may stumble. Yes!


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It is ready to flash like lightning;
  it is drawn d for slaughter. 16 Slash to the right;
  turn to the left —
  wherever your blade is directed. 17  I  also  will  clap  my  hands to geth er,  and  I  will 
sat is fy  my  wrath. I,  the  L ord,  have spo ken.”
18  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 19 “ Now 
 you,  son  of  man,  mark  out  two  roads  that  the 
 sword  of Bab ylon’s  king  can  take. Both  of  them 
 should orig i nate  from  the  same  land.


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And  make 
 a sign post  at  the  fork  in  the  road  to  each  city . a21:4 Lit off from you   b21:6 Lit insides, or waist   c21:7 Lit knees will go water   d21:10,13,15 Hb obscure   e21:14 Or 
penetrates
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20  Mark  out  a  road  that  the  sword  can  take  to 
Rab bah  of  the Am mon ites  and  to Ju dah  into 
for ti fied Je ru sa lem. 21  For  the  king  of Bab ylon 
 stands  at  the  split  in  the  road,  at  the  fork  of  the 
 two  roads,  to prac tice div i na tion:  he  shakes 
 the ar rows, con sults  the  idols,  and ob serves 
 the liv er. 22  The an swer  marked a Je ru sa lem 
ap pears  in  his  right  hand, in di cat ing  that  he 
 should  set  up bat ter ing  rams,  give  the or der 
 to b slaugh ter,  raise  a bat tle  cry ,  set bat ter ing 
 rams  against  the  gates,  build  a  ramp,  and con-
struct  a  siege  wall. 23  It  will  seem  like  false 
div i na tion  to  those  who  have  sworn  an  oath 
 to  the Bab ylo ni ans, c  but  it  will  draw at ten tion 
 to  their  guilt  so  that  they  will  be cap tured. 24 “There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od 
 says: Be cause  you  have  drawn at ten tion  to 
 your  guilt, ex pos ing  your trans gres sions,  so 
 that  your  sins  are re vealed  in  all  your ac tions  
—   since  you  have  done  this,  you  will  be cap-
tured  by  them. 25  And  you, pro fane  and wick ed 
 prince  of Is ra el, d  the  day  has  come  for  your 
pun ish ment. e
26 “ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  Remove the turban, and take off 
the crown. Things will not remain as they are;  f
  exalt the lowly and bring down 
the exalted. 27 A ruin, a ruin,
  I will make it a ruin!


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Yet this will not happen
  until he comes;
  I have given the judgment to him. g
28 “ Now  you,  son  of  man, proph e sy ,  and  say , 
‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says con cern ing 
 the Am mon ites  and  their con tempt.’  You  are 
 to pro claim,
  ‘ A sword! A sword
  is drawn for slaughter,
  polished to consume, to flash 
like lightning. 29 While they offer false visions
  and lying divinations about you,
  the time has come to put you
  to the necks of the profane wicked ones;
  the day has come
  for final punishment. 30 “ ‘Return it to its sheath! “ ‘I will judge you  h
  in the place where you were created,
  in the land of your origin. 31 I will pour out my indignation on you;
  I will blow the fire of my fury on you. I will hand you over to brutal men,
  skilled at destruction. 32 You will be fuel for the fire.


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Your blood will be spilled within the land. You will not be remembered,
  for I, the Lord, have spoken.’ ”
INDICTMENT OF SINFUL JERUSALEM
22 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ A s  
 for  you,  son  of  man,  will  you  pass judg-
ment? Will  you  pass judg ment  against  the 
 city  of  blood?


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Then ex plain  all  her de test able 
prac tic es  to  her. 3  You  are  to  say , ‘ This  is  what 
 the  Lord  G od  says:  A  city  that  sheds  blood 
with in  her  walls  so  that  her  time  of judg ment 
 has  come  and  who  makes  idols  for her self  so 
 that  she  is de filed! 4  You  are  guilty  of  the  blood 
 you  have  shed,  and  you  are de filed  from  the 
 idols  you  have  made. You  have  brought  your 
judg ment i  days  near  and  have  come  to  your 
 years  of pun ish ment.


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j There fore,  I  have  made 
 you  a dis grace  to  the na tions  and  a mock ery  to 
 all  the  lands. 5  Those  who  are  near  and  those 
 far  away  from  you  will  mock  you,  you in fa-
mous  one  full  of tur moil. 6 “ ‘ Look, ev ery  prince  of Is ra el with in  you 
 has  used  his  strength  to  shed  blood. 7 Fa ther 
 and moth er  are treat ed  with con tempt,  and 
 the res i dent  alien  is ex ploit ed with in  you. The fa ther less  and wid ow  are op pressed  in 
 you. 8  You de spise  my  holy  things  and pro-
fane  my Sab baths. 9  There  are  men with in  you 
 who slan der  in or der  to  shed  blood. Peo ple 
 who  live  in  you  eat  at  the moun tain  shrines; k 
 they com mit de praved  acts with in  you. 10  Men 
with in  you  have sex u al intercourse  with  their 
fa ther’s  wife  and vi o late wom en dur ing  their 
men stru al im pu ri ty . 11  One  man with in  you 
com mits  a de test able  act  with  his neigh bor’s 
 wife; an oth er de files  his daughter-in-law  with 
de prav i ty;  and  yet an oth er vi o lates  his sis ter, 
 his fa ther’s daugh ter. 12 Peo ple  who  live  in  you 
ac cept  bribes  in or der  to  shed  blood. You  take 
in ter est  and profi  t  on  a  loan  and bru tal ly ex tort 
 your neigh bors.


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This 
 is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. a21:22 Lit The divination for   b21:22 Lit rams, open the mouth in   c21:23 Lit them   d21:25 = King Zedekiah   e21:25 Lit 
come in the time of the punishment of the end, also in v . 29   f21:26 Lit This not this   g21:27 Or comes to whom it rightfully 
belongs, and I will give it to him   h21:30 = the Ammonites   i22:4 judgment supplied for clarity   j22:4 punishment supplied 
for clarity   k22:9 Lit the mountains
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13 “ ‘ Now  look,  I  clap  my  hands to geth er 
 against  the dis hon est profi  t  you  have  made 
 and  against  the  blood  shed  among  you. 14  Will 
 your cour age en dure  or  your  hands  be  strong 
 in  the  days  when  I  deal  with  you? I,  the  L ord, 
 have spo ken,  and  I  will  act. 15  I  will dis perse 
 you  among  the na tions  and scat ter  you  among 
 the coun tries;  I  will  purge  your un clean ness. 16  You a  will  be pro faned  in  the  sight  of  the na-
tions. Then  you  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.’ ”
JERUSALEM AS GOD’S FURNACE
17  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 18 “ Son  of 
 man,  the  house  of Is ra el  has be come mere ly 
 dross  to  me. All  of  them  are cop per,  tin,  iron, 
 and  lead in side  the fur nace;  they  are  just  dross 
 from sil ver.


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19 There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord 
 G od  says: Be cause  all  of  you  have be come 
 dross,  I  am  about  to gath er  you  into Je ru sa lem. 20  Just  as  one gath ers sil ver, cop per,  iron,  lead, 
 and  tin  into  the fur nace  to  blow  fire  on  them 
 and  melt  them,  so  I  will gath er  you  in  my an-
ger  and  wrath,  put  you in side,  and  melt  you. 21  Yes,  I  will gath er  you to geth er  and  blow  on 
 you  with  the  fire  of  my  fury ,  and  you  will  be 
melt ed with in  the  city .


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22  As sil ver  is melt ed 
in side  a fur nace,  so  you  will  be melt ed in side 
 the  city . Then  you  will  know  that  I,  the  L ord, 
 have  poured  out  my  wrath  on  you.”
INDICTMENT OF A SINFUL LAND
23  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 24 “ Son 
 of  man,  say  to  her, ‘ You  are  a  land  that  has 
 not  been  cleansed,  that  has  not re ceived  rain 
 in  the  day  of in dig na tion.’ 25  The con spir a cy 
 of  her proph ets with in  her  is b  like  a roar ing 
 lion tear ing  its  prey:  they de vour peo ple,  seize 
 wealth  and valu ables,  and mul ti ply  the wid-
ows with in  her. 26  Her  priests  do vi o lence  to 
 my in struc tion  and pro fane  my  holy  things.


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They  make  no dis tinc tion be tween  the  holy 
 and  the com mon,  and  they  do  not ex plain  the 
diff  er ence be tween  the  clean  and  the un clean. They  close  their  eyes  to  my Sab baths,  and  I  am 
pro faned  among  them. 27 “ Her off  i cials with in  her  are  like  wolves 
tear ing  their  prey , shed ding  blood,  and de-
stroy ing  lives  in or der  to  make profi  t dis hon-
est ly . 28  Her proph ets plas ter  for  them  with 
white wash  by see ing  false vi sions  and ly ing 
div i na tions, say ing, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od 
 says,’  when  the  L ord  has  not spo ken. 29  The 
peo ple  of  the  land  have prac ticed ex tor tion 
 and com mit ted rob bery .


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They  have op pressed 
 the  poor  and  needy  and unlawfully ex ploit-
ed  the res i dent  alien. 30  I  searched  for  a  man 
 among  them  who  would re pair  the  wall  and 
 stand  in  the  gap be fore  me  on be half  of  the 
 land  so  that  I  might  not de stroy  it,  but  I  found 
 no  one. 31  So  I  have  poured  out  my in dig na tion 
 on  them  and con sumed  them  with  the  fire  of 
 my  fury .


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I  have  brought  their con duct  down 
 on  their  own  heads.”  This  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od. THE TWO IMMORAL SISTERS
23 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me  again: 
2 “ Son  of  man,  there  were  two wom en, 
daugh ters  of  the  same moth er, 3  who act ed  like 
pros ti tutes  in  Egypt, behaving promiscuously 
 in  their  youth. Their  breasts  were fon dled 
 there,  and  their vir gin nipples ca ressed.


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4  The 
old er  one  was  named Oho lah, c  and  her sis ter 
 was Ohol i bah. d  They be came  mine  and  gave 
 birth  to  sons  and daugh ters. As  for  their  names, 
Oho lah rep re sents Sa mar ia  and Ohol i bah rep-
re sents Je ru sa lem. 5 “Oho lah act ed  like  a pros ti tute  even  though 
 she  was  mine. She lust ed af ter  her lov ers,  the 
As syr ians: war riors 6  dressed  in  blue, gov er-
nors  and pre fects,  all  of  them de sir able  young 
 men, horse men rid ing  on  steeds. 7  She off  ered 
 her sex u al fa vors  to  them;  all  of  them  were  the 
 elite  of As syr ia. She de filed her self  with  all 
 those  she lust ed af ter  and  with  all  their  idols. 8  She  didn’t  give  up  her pro mis cu i ty  that be-
gan  in  Egypt,  when  men  slept  with  her  in  her 
 youth, ca ressed  her vir gin nipples,  and  poured 
 out  their  lust  on  her. 9 There fore,  I hand ed  her 
 over  to  her lov ers,  the As syr ians  she lust ed 
 for. 10  They ex posed  her na ked ness,  seized  her 
 sons  and daugh ters,  and  killed  her  with  the 
 sword. Since  they ex e cut ed judg ment  against 
 her,  she be came no to ri ous  among wom en. 11 “ Now  her sis ter Ohol i bah  saw  this,  but 
 she  was  even  more de praved  in  her  lust  than 
Oho lah,  and  made  her pro mis cu ous  acts  worse 
 than  those  of  her sis ter. 12  She lust ed af ter  the 
As syr ians: gov er nors  and pre fects, war riors 
splendidly  dressed, horse men rid ing  on  steeds, 
 all  of  them de sir able  young  men. 13  And  I  saw 
 that  she  had de filed her self;  both  of  them  had 
tak en  the  same  path. 14  But  she in creased  her 
pro mis cu i ty  when  she  saw  male fig ures  carved 
a22:16 One Hb ms, LXX, Syr , Vg read I   b22:24-25 LXX reads indignation, 25whose princes within her are   c23:4 = Her T ent   
d23:4 = My T ent Is in Her
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 on  the  wall, im ages  of  the Chal de ans, en graved 
 in  bright  red, 15 wear ing  belts  on  their  waists 
 and flow ing tur bans  on  their  heads;  all  of  them 
 looked  like off  i cers,  a depiction  of  the Bab ylo-
ni ans  in Chal dea,  their na tive  land. 16  At  the 
 sight  of  them a  she lust ed af ter  them  and  sent 
mes sen gers  to  them  in Chal dea.


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17  Then  the 
Bab ylo ni ans  came  to  her,  to  the  bed  of  love, 
 and de filed  her  with  their  lust. But af ter  she 
 was de filed  by  them,  she  turned  away  from 
 them  in dis gust. 18  When  she flaunted  her pro-
mis cu i ty  and ex posed  her na ked ness,  I  turned 
 away  from  her  in dis gust  just  as  I  turned  away 
 from  her sis ter. 19  Yet  she mul ti plied  her  acts 
 of pro mis cu i ty , re mem ber ing  the  days  of  her 
 youth  when  she act ed  like  a pros ti tute  in  the 
 land  of  Egypt 20  and lust ed af ter  their lov ers, 
 whose sex u al mem bers b  were  like  those  of 
don keys  and  whose emis sion  was  like  that 
 of stal lions. 21  So  you revisited  the de prav i ty 
 of  your  youth,  when  the Egyp tians ca ressed 
 your nipples  to en joy  your youth ful  breasts. 22 “There fore, Ohol i bah,  this  is  what  the 
 Lord  G od  says:  I  am go ing  to incite  your 
lov ers  against  you,  those  you  turned  away 
 from  in dis gust. I  will  bring  them  against  you 
 from ev ery  side: 23  the Bab ylo ni ans  and  all 
 the Chal de ans; Pe kod,  Shoa,  and  Koa;  and  all 
 the As syr ians  with  them  —  de sir able  young 
 men,  all  of  them gov er nors  and pre fects, off  i-
cers  and ad min is tra tors,  all  of  them rid ing  on 
 steeds. 24  They  will  come  against  you  with  an 
as sem bly  of peo ples  and  with weap ons, char-
i ots,  and c wag ons. They  will  set them selves 
 against  you  on ev ery  side  with  large  and  small 
 shields  and hel mets. I  will delegate judg ment 
 to  them,  and  they  will  judge  you  by  their  own 
stan dards. 25  When  I  vent  my jeal ous  rage  on 
 you,  they  will  deal  with  you  in  wrath. They 
 will  cut  off  your  nose  and  ears,  and  the  rest 
 of  you d  will  fall  by  the  sword. They  will  seize 
 your  sons  and daugh ters,  and  the  rest  of  you 
 will  be con sumed  by  fire. 26  They  will  strip  off 
 your  clothes  and  take  your beau ti ful jew el ry . 27  So  I  will  put  an  end  to  your de prav i ty  and 
sex u al im mo ral i ty ,  which be gan  in  the  land 
 of  Egypt,  and  you  will  not  look longingly  at 
 them  or re mem ber  Egypt any more. 28 “ For  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  am 
go ing  to  hand  you  over  to  those  you  hate,  to 
 those  you  turned  away  from  in dis gust. 29  They 
 will  treat  you  with ha tred,  take  all  you  have 
 worked  for,  and  leave  you stark na ked,  so  that 
 the  shame  of  your de bauch ery  will  be ex posed, 
 both  your de prav i ty  and pro mis cu i ty . 30  These 
 things  will  be  done  to  you be cause  you act-
ed  like  a pros ti tute  with  the na tions, de fil ing 
your self  with  their  idols. 31  You  have fol lowed 
 the  path  of  your sis ter,  so  I  will  put  her  cup 
 in  your  hand.”
32  This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  “You will drink your sister’s cup,
  which is deep and wide. You will be an object of  e ridicule 
and scorn,
  for it holds so much. 33 You will be filled with drunkenness 
and grief,
  with a cup of devastation 
and desolation,
  the cup of your sister Samaria. 34 You will drink it and drain it;
  then you will gnaw its broken pieces,
  and tear your breasts.


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For I have spoken.”
  This is the declaration 
of the Lord God. 35 There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
“Be cause  you  have for got ten  me  and  cast  me 
be hind  your  back,  you  must  bear  the con se-
quenc es  of  your indecency  and pro mis cu i ty .”
36  Then  the  L ord  said  to  me: “ Son  of  man,  will 
 you  pass judg ment  against Oho lah  and Ohol i-
bah? Then de clare  their de test able prac tic es  to 
 them.


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37  For  they  have com mit ted adul tery ,  and 
 blood  is  on  their  hands;  they  have com mit ted 
adul tery  with  their  idols. And  the chil dren  they 
 bore  to  me  they  have sac ri ficed  in  the  fire f  as 
 food  for  the  idols. 38  They  also  did  this  to  me: 
 they de filed  my sanc tu ary  on  that  same  day 
 and pro faned  my Sab baths. 39  On  the  same 
 day  they slaugh tered  their chil dren  for  their 
 idols,  they en tered  my sanc tu ary  to pro fane 
 it. Yes,  that  is  what  they  did in side  my  house.


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40 “ In ad di tion,  they  sent  for  men  who  came 
 from  far  away  when  a mes sen ger  was dis-
patched  to  them. And  look  how  they  came!


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You  bathed, paint ed  your  eyes,  and  adorned 
your self  with jew el ry  for  them. 41  You  sat  on 
 a lux u ri ous  couch  with  a ta ble  spread be fore 
 it,  on  which  you  had  set  my in cense  and  oil.


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42  The  sound  of  a care free  crowd  was  there. Drunk ards g  from  the desert  were  brought  in, 
a23:16 Lit of her eyes   b23:20 Lit whose flesh   c23:24 LXX reads peoples, from the north, chariots and ; Hb obscure    
d23:25 Or and your descendants   e23:32 Or It will bring   f23:37 Lit have made pass through the fire   g23:42 Or Sabeans
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 along  with com mon  men. They  put brace lets 
 on  the wom en’s  hands  and beau ti ful ti aras 
 on  their  heads. 43  Then  I  said con cern ing  this 
wom an  worn  out  by adul tery:  Will  they a  now 
 have il lic it  sex  with  her,  even  her? 44  Yet  they 
 had  sex  with  her  as  one  does  with  a pros ti tute. This  is  how  they  had  sex  with Oho lah  and Ohol-
i bah,  those de praved wom en. 45  But righ teous 
 men  will  judge  them  the  way adul ter ess es  and 
 those  who  shed  blood  are  judged,  for  they 
 are adul ter ess es  and  blood  is  on  their  hands. 46 “ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: Sum mon b 
 an as sem bly  against  them  and con sign  them  to 
ter ror  and plun der. 47  The as sem bly  will  stone 
 them  and  cut  them  down  with  their  swords. They  will  kill  their  sons  and daugh ters  and 
 burn  their hous es. 48  So  I  will  put  an  end  to 
de prav i ty  in  the  land,  and  all  the wom en  will 
 be ad mon ished  not  to im i tate  your de praved 
be hav ior. 49  They  will pun ish  you  for  your de-
prav i ty ,  and  you  will  bear  the con se quenc es 
 for  your  sins  of idol a try . Then  you  will  know 
 that  I  am  the  Lord  G od.”
PARABLE OF THE BOILING POT
24 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me  in 
 the  ninth  year,  in  the  tenth  month,  on 
 the  tenth  day  of  the  month: 2 “ Son  of  man, 
 write  down to day’s  date,  this  very  day . The 
 king  of Bab ylon  has  laid  siege  to Je ru sa lem 
 this  very  day . 3  Now  speak  a par a ble  to  the 
re bel lious  house. Tell  them, ‘ This  is  what  the 
 Lord  G od  says:
  Put the pot on the fire —
  put it on,
  and then pour water into it! 4 Place the pieces of meat in it,
  every good piece —
  thigh and shoulder.


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Fill it with choice bones. 5 Take the choicest of the flock
  and also pile up the fuel  c under it. Bring it to a boil
  and cook the bones in it. 6 “ ‘There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  Woe to the city of bloodshed,
  the pot that has corrosion inside it,
  and its corrosion has not come out of it! Empty it piece by piece;
  lots should not be cast for its contents.


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7 For the blood she shed d is still within her. She put it out on the bare rock;
  she didn’t pour it on the ground
  to cover it with dust. 8 In order to stir up wrath 
and take vengeance,
  I have put her blood on the bare rock,
  so that it would not be covered. 9 “ ‘There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  Woe to the city of bloodshed! I myself will make the pile 
of kindling large.


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10 Pile on the logs and kindle the fire! Cook the meat well
  and mix in the spices! e,f
  Let the bones be burned! 11 Set the empty pot on its coals
  so that it becomes hot 
and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt inside it;
  its corrosion will be consumed. 12 It has frustrated every effort;  g
  its thick corrosion will not come off. Into the fire with its corrosion! 13 Because of the depravity 
of your uncleanness —
  since I tried to purify you,
  but you would not be purified 
from your uncleanness —
  you will not be pure again
  until I have satisfied my wrath on you. 14 I, the Lord, have spoken.


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I  h will judge you
  according to your ways and deeds. This  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od.’ ”
THE DEATH OF EZEKIEL’S WIFE: A SIGN
15  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 16 “ Son 
 of  man,  I  am  about  to  take  the de light  of  your 
 eyes  away  from  you  with  a fa tal  blow . But  you 
 must  not la ment  or  weep  or  let  your  tears  flow .


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17  Groan qui et ly;  do  not ob serve mourn ing 
 rites  for  the  dead. Put  on  your tur ban  and 
 strap  your san dals  on  your  feet;  do  not cov er 
 your mus tache  or  eat  the  bread  of mourn ers.” i
18  I  spoke  to  the peo ple  in  the morn ing,  and 
 my  wife  died  in  the eve ning. The  next morn-
ing  I  did  just  as  I  was com mand ed. 19  Then  the 
a23:43 Or They will   b23:46 Or I will summon   c24:5 Lit bones   d24:7 Lit For her blood   e24:10 Some Hb mss read well; 
remove the broth ; LXX reads fire so that the meat may be cooked and the broth may be reduced   f24:10 Or and stir the 
broth   g24:12 Hb obscure   h24:14 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read They   i24:17 Lit men, also in v . 22
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peo ple  asked  me, “ Won’t  you  tell  us  what  these 
 things  you  are do ing  mean  for  us? ”
20  So  I an swered  them: “ The  word  of  the  L ord 
 came  to  me: 21  Say  to  the  house  of Is ra el, ‘ This 
 is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  am  about  to des-
e crate  my sanc tu ary ,  the  pride  of  your pow-
er,  the de light  of  your  eyes,  and  the de sire  of 
 your  heart. Also,  the  sons  and daugh ters  you 
 left be hind  will  fall  by  the  sword.


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22  Then  you 
 will  do  just  as  I  have  done:  You  will  not cov er   
your mus tache  or  eat  the  bread  of mourn ers. 23  Your tur bans  will re main  on  your  heads  and 
 your san dals  on  your  feet. You  will  not la ment 
 or  weep  but  will  waste  away be cause  of  your 
in iq ui ties  and  will  groan  to  one an oth er. 24  Now 
Ezek iel  will  be  a  sign  for  you. You  will  do ev ery -
thing  that  he  has  done. When  this hap pens, 
 you  will  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  G od.’
25 “ As  for  you,  son  of  man,  know  that  on  that 
 day  I  will  take  from  them  their strong hold  
—   their  pride  and  joy ,  the de light  of  their  eyes, 
 and  the long ing  of  their  hearts  —   as  well  as 
 their  sons  and daugh ters. 26  On  that  day  a fu-
gi tive  will  come  to  you  and re port  the  news. 27  On  that  day  your  mouth  will  be  opened  to 
 talk  with  him;  you  will  speak  and  no lon ger 
 be  mute. So  you  will  be  a  sign  for  them,  and 
 they  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.”
PROPHECIES AGAINST THE NATIONS
JUDGMENT AGAINST AMMON
25 
 Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 
2 “ Son  of  man,  face  the Am mon ites  and 
proph e sy  against  them. 3  Say  to  the Am mon ites, 
‘ Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  G od:  This  is  what 
 the  Lord  G od  says: Be cause  you  said, “ Aha! ” 
 about  my sanc tu ary  when  it  was des e crat-
ed,  about  the  land  of Is ra el  when  it  was  laid 
 waste,  and  about  the  house  of Ju dah  when 
 they  went  into ex ile, 4 there fore  I  am  about 
 to  give  you  to  the peo ple  of  the  east  as  a pos-
ses sion. They  will  set  up  their encampments 
 and  pitch  their  tents  among  you.


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They  will  eat 
 your  fruit  and  drink  your  milk. 5  I  will  make 
Rab bah  a pas ture  for cam els  and Am mon  a 
rest ing  place  for  sheep. Then  you  will  know 
 that  I  am  the  L ord. 6 “ ‘ For  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: Be-
cause  you  clapped  your  hands,  stamped  your 
 feet,  and re joiced  over  the  land  of Is ra el  with 
whole heart ed con tempt, 7 there fore  I  am  about 
 to  stretch  out  my  hand  against  you  and  give 
 you  as plun der  to  the na tions. I  will  cut  you 
 off  from  the peo ples  and elim i nate  you  from 
 the coun tries.


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I  will de stroy  you,  and  you  will 
 know  that  I  am  the  L ord. JUDGMENT AGAINST MOAB
8 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: Be cause 
 Moab  and  Seir  said, “ Look,  the  house  of Ju dah 
 is  like  all  the oth er na tions.” 9 There fore  I  am 
 about  to ex pose  Moab’s  flank be gin ning  with 
 its a fron tier cit ies,  the splen dor  of  the  land: 
Beth-jesh i moth,  Baal-meon,  and Kir ia tha im. 10  I  will  give  it  along  with Am mon  to  the peo ple 
 of  the  east  as  a pos ses sion,  so  that Am mon  will 
 not  be re mem bered  among  the na tions. 11  So 
 I  will ex e cute judg ments  against  Moab,  and 
 they  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord. JUDGMENT AGAINST EDOM
12 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: Be cause 
 Edom act ed vengefully  against  the  house  of 
Ju dah  and incurred griev ous  guilt  by tak ing 
re venge  on  them, 13 there fore  this  is  what 
 the  Lord  G od  says:  I  will  stretch  out  my  hand 
 against  Edom  and  cut  off  both  man  and an-
i mal  from  it. I  will  make  it  a waste land;  they 
 will  fall  by  the  sword  from Te man  to De dan. 14  I  will  take  my ven geance  on  Edom  through 
 my peo ple Is ra el,  and  they  will  deal  with  Edom 
ac cord ing  to  my an ger  and  wrath. So  they  will 
 know  my ven geance.


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This  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od. JUDGMENT AGAINST PHILISTIA
15 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: Be cause 
 the Phi lis tines act ed  in ven geance  and  took 
re venge  with  deep con tempt, de stroy ing be-
cause  of  their perpetual ha  tred, 16 there fore 
 this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  am  about  to 
 stretch  out  my  hand  against  the Phi lis tines, 
cut ting  off  the Cher e thites  and wip ing  out 
 what re mains  of  the coastal peo ples. b 17  I  will 
ex e cute se vere ven geance  against  them  with 
fu ri ous re bukes. They  will  know  that  I  am  the 
 L ord  when  I  take  my ven geance  on  them.’ ”
THE DOWNFALL OF TYRE
26 
 In  the elev enth  year,  on  the  first  day  of 
 the  month,  the  word  of  the  L ord  came 
 to  me: 2 “ Son  of  man, be cause  Tyre  said  about 
Je ru sa lem, ‘ Aha! The gate way  to  the peo ples 
 is shat tered.


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She  has  been  turned  over  to 
 me. c  I  will  be  filled  now  that  she  lies  in ru ins,’ 
a25:9 Lit with the cities, with its   b25:16 Lit the seacoast   c26:2 Or It has swung open for me
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3 there fore  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  See, 
 I  am  against  you,  Tyre! I  will  raise  up  many 
na tions  against  you,  just  as  the  sea rais es  its 
 waves. 4  They  will de stroy  the  walls  of  Tyre 
 and de mol ish  her tow ers. I  will  scrape  the  soil 
 from  her  and  turn  her  into  a  bare  rock. 5  She 
 will be come  a  place  in  the  sea  to  spread  nets, 
 for  I  have spo ken.”  This  is  the dec la ra tion  of 
 the  Lord  G od. “ She  will be come plun der  for 
 the na tions, 6  and  her vil lages  on  the main land 
 will  be slaugh tered  by  the  sword. Then  they 
 will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.”
7  For  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: “ See, 
 I  am  about  to  bring  King Neb u chad nez zar a 
 of Bab ylon,  king  of  kings,  against  Tyre  from 
 the  north  with hors es, char i ots, cav al ry ,  and 
 a  huge as sem bly  of  troops. 8  He  will slaugh-
ter  your vil lages  on  the main land  with  the 
 sword.


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He  will  set  up  siege  works,  build  a  ramp, 
 and  raise  a  wall  of  shields  against  you. 9  He 
 will di rect  the  blows  of  his bat ter ing  rams 
 against  your  walls  and  tear  down  your tow ers 
 with  his  iron  tools. 10  His hors es  will  be  so nu-
mer ous  that  their  dust  will cov er  you. When 
 he en ters  your  gates  as  an  army en ter ing  a 
 breached  city ,  your  walls  will  shake  from  the 
 noise  of cav al ry , wag ons,  and char i ots. 11  He 
 will tram ple  all  your  streets  with  the hooves 
 of  his hors es. He  will slaugh ter  your peo ple 
 with  the  sword,  and  your  mighty pil lars  will 
 fall  to  the  ground. 12  They  will  take  your  wealth 
 as  spoil  and plun der  your mer chan dise. They 
 will  also de mol ish  your  walls  and  tear  down 
 your beau ti ful  homes. Then  they  will  throw 
 your  stones, tim ber,  and  soil  into  the wa ter. 13  I  will  put  an  end  to  the  noise  of  your  songs, 
 and  the  sound  of  your  lyres  will  no lon ger  be 
 heard. 14  I  will  turn  you  into  a  bare  rock,  and 
 you  will  be  a  place  to  spread  nets. You  will 
nev er  be re built,  for  I,  the  L ord,  have spo ken.” 
 This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. 15  This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says  to  Tyre: 
“ Won’t  the  coasts  and is lands  quake  at  the 
 sound  of  your down fall,  when  the wound-
ed  groan  and slaugh ter oc curs with in  you? 16  All  the princ es  of  the  sea  will de scend  from 
 their  thrones, re move  their  robes,  and  strip 
 off  their em broi dered gar ments.


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They  will 
 clothe them selves  with trem bling;  they  will 
 sit  on  the  ground, trem ble con tin u al ly ,  and 
 be ap palled  at  you. 17  Then  they  will la ment 
 for  you  and  say  of  you,
  ‘How you have perished, city of renown,
  you who were populated 
from the seas! b
  She who was powerful on the sea,
  she and all of her inhabitants
  inflicted their terror. c
 18 Now the coastlands tremble
  on the day of your downfall;
  the islands in the sea
  are alarmed by your demise.’ ”
19  For  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: “ When 
 I  make  you  a ru ined  city  like oth er de sert ed 
cit ies,  when  I  raise  up  the  deep  against  you 
 so  that  the  mighty wa ters cov er  you, 20  then 
 I  will  bring  you  down  to  be  with  those  who 
de scend  to  the  Pit,  to  the peo ple  of antiquity . I 
 will  make  you  dwell  in  the underworld d  like e 
 the an cient ru ins,  with  those  who de scend  to 
 the  Pit,  so  that  you  will  no lon ger  be in hab-
it ed  or dis play  your splen dor f  in  the  land  of 
 the liv ing.


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You  will  be 
 sought  but  will nev er  be  found  again.”  This  is 
 the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. THE SINKING OF TYRE
27 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 
2 “ Now ,  son  of  man, la ment  for  Tyre. 3  Say  to  Tyre,  who  is lo cat ed  at  the en trance 
 of  the  sea, mer chant  of  the peo ples  to  many 
 coasts  and is lands, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od 
 says:
  Tyre, you declared,
  “I am perfect in beauty .”
 4 Your realm was in the heart of the sea;
  your builders perfected your beauty . 5 They constructed all your planking
  with pine trees from Senir.


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They took a cedar from Lebanon
  to make a mast for you. 6 They made your oars of oaks 
from Bashan. They made your deck of cypress wood
  from the coasts of Cyprus,
  inlaid with ivory . 7 Your sail was made of
  fine embroidered linen from Egypt,
  and served as your banner.


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Your awning was of blue 
and purple fabric
  from the coasts of Elishah. a26:7 Lit Nebuchadrezzar   b26:17 Some LXX mss read ‘How you were destroyed from the seas, city of renown! c26:17 Lit  
and all her inhabitants who put their terror on all her inhabitants ; Hb obscure   d26:20 Lit the lower parts of the earth   
e26:20 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss, Syr read in   f26:20 LXX reads or appear
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 8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad
  were your rowers. Your wise men were within you, Tyre;
  they were your captains. 9 The elders of Gebal and its wise men
  were within you, repairing your leaks. “ ‘ All the ships of the sea 
and their sailors
  came to you to barter for your goods. 10 Men of Persia, Lud, and Put
  were in your army , serving 
as your warriors.


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They hung shields and helmets in you;
  they gave you splendor. 11 Men of Arvad and Helech
  were stationed on your walls 
all around,
  and Gammadites were in your towers. They hung their shields  a all around 
your walls;
  they perfected your beauty . 12 “ ‘Tar shish  was  your trad ing part ner be-
cause  of  your abun dant  wealth  of ev ery  kind. They ex changed sil ver,  iron,  tin,  and  lead  for 
 your mer chan dise. 13 Ja van, Tu bal,  and Me-
shech  were  your mer chants. They ex changed 
 slaves b  and  bronze uten sils  for  your  goods. 14  Those  from Beth-to gar mah ex changed 
hors es,  war hors es,  and  mules  for  your mer-
chan dise. 15  Men  of De dan c  were  also  your 
mer chants;  many  coasts  and is lands  were 
 your reg u lar markets. They  brought  back ivo ry 
 tusks  and eb o ny  as  your pay ment. 16  Aram d 
 was  your trad ing part ner be cause  of  your nu-
mer ous prod ucts.


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They ex changed tur quoise, e 
pur ple  and em broi dered  cloth,  fine lin en, cor-
al, e  and ru bies e  for  your mer chan dise. 17 Ju dah 
 and  the  land  of Is ra el  were  your mer chants. They ex changed  wheat  from Min nith,  meal, f 
hon ey ,  oil,  and  balm,  for  your  goods. 18 Da mas-
cus  was  also  your trad ing part ner be cause  of 
 your nu mer ous prod ucts  and  your abun dant 
 wealth  of ev ery  kind, trad ing  in  wine  from 
Hel bon  and  white  wool. g 19 V edan h  and Ja-
van  from  Uzal e  dealt  in  your mer chan dise; 
 wrought  iron, cas sia,  and ar o mat ic  cane  were 
ex changed  for  your  goods. 20 De dan  was  your 
mer chant  in saddlecloths  for rid ing.


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21 Ara-
bia  and  all  the princ es  of Ke dar  were  your 
busi ness part ners, trad ing  with  you  in  lambs, 
 rams,  and  goats. 22  The mer chants  of She ba 
 and Ra a mah trad ed  with  you.


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For  your mer-
chan dise  they ex changed  the  best  of  all spic es 
 and  all  kinds  of pre cious  stones  as  well  as 
 gold. 23 Ha ran, Can neh,  Eden,  the mer chants 
 of She ba, As shur,  and Chilmad trad  ed  with 
 you. 24  They  were  your mer chants  in  choice 
gar ments,  cloaks  of  blue  and em broi dered 
ma teri als,  and mul ti col ored carpets, e  which 
 were  bound  and se cured  with  cords  in  your 
mar ket place. 25  Ships  of Tar shish  were  the 
car ri ers  for  your  goods. “ ‘So you became full 
and heavily loaded i
  in the heart of the sea. 26 Your rowers have brought you
  onto the high seas,
  but the east wind has wrecked you
  in the heart of the sea. 27 Your wealth, merchandise, and goods,
  your sailors and captains,
  those who repair your leaks,
  those who barter for your goods,
  and all the warriors on board,
  with all the other people within you,
  sink into the heart of the sea
  on the day of your downfall. 28 “ ‘The countryside shakes
  at the sound of your sailors’ cries. 29 All the oarsmen
  disembark from their ships. The sailors and all the captains 
of the sea
  stand on the shore. 30 Because of you, they raise their voices
  and cry out bitterly .


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They throw dust on their heads;
  they roll in ashes. 31 They shave their heads because of you
  and wrap themselves in sackcloth.


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They weep over you
  with deep anguish 
and bitter mourning. 32 “ ‘In their wailing they lament for you,
  mourning over you:
  “Who was like Tyre,
  silenced  e in the middle of the sea? 33 When your merchandise was unloaded 
from the seas,
  you satisfied many peoples. a27:11 Or quivers ; Hb obscure   b27:13 Lit souls of men   c27:15 LXX reads Rhodes   d27:16 Some Hb mss, Aq, Syr read Edom   
e27:16,19,24,32 Hb obscure   f27:17 Or resin ; Hb obscure   g27:18 Or and wool from Zahar   h27:19 Or Dan   i27:25 Or and 
very glorious
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  You enriched the kings of the earth
  with your abundant wealth and goods. 34 Now you are wrecked by the sea
  in the depths of the waters;
  your goods and the people within you
  have gone down. 35 All the inhabitants of the coasts 
and islands
  are appalled at you.


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Their kings shudder with fear;
  their faces are contorted. 36 Those who trade among the peoples
  scoff  a at you;
  you have become an object of horror
  and will never exist again.” ’ ”
THE FALL OF TYRE’S RULER
28 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 
2 “ Son  of  man,  say  to  the rul er  of  Tyre, 
‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  Your b  heart 
 is  proud,  and  you  have  said, “ I  am  a  god;  I  sit 
 in  the  seat  of  gods  in  the  heart  of  the  sea.” 
 Yet  you  are  a  man  and  not  a  god,  though  you 
 have re gard ed  your  heart  as  that  of  a  god. 3  Yes,  you  are wis er  than Dan iel;  no se cret 
 is hid den  from  you!


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4  By  your wis dom  and 
un der stand ing  you  have ac quired  wealth 
 for your self. You  have ac quired  gold  and sil-
ver  for  your trea sur ies. 5  By  your  great  skill 
 in trad ing  you  have in creased  your  wealth, 
 but  your  heart  has be come  proud be cause 
 of  your  wealth. 6 “ ‘There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  Because you regard your heart as that 
of a god,
 7 I am about to bring strangers 
against you,
  ruthless men from the nations. They will draw their swords
  against your magnificent wisdom
  and will pierce your splendor. 8 They will bring you down to the Pit,
  and you will die a violent death
  in the heart of the sea. 9 Will you still say , “I am a god,”
  in the presence of those  
who slay c you? Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
  in the hands of those who kill you. 10 You will die the death 
of the uncircumcised
  at the hands of strangers.


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For I have spoken. This  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od.’ ”
A LAMENT FOR TYRE’S KING
11  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 12 “ Son  of 
 man, la ment  for  the  king  of  Tyre  and  say  to 
 him, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  You were the seal d of perfection,  e
  full of wisdom and perfect in beauty . 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God.


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Every kind of precious stone 
covered you:
  carnelian, topaz, and diamond,  e
  beryl, onyx, and jasper,
  lapis lazuli, turquoise  f and emerald. g
  Your mountings and settings 
were crafted in gold;
  they were prepared on the day 
you were created. 14 You were an anointed guardian cherub,
  for  h I had appointed you. You were on the holy mountain of God;
  you walked among the fiery stones. 15 From the day you were created
  you were blameless in your ways
  until wickedness was found in you. 16 Through the abundance of your trade,
  you were filled with violence, 
and you sinned. So I expelled you in disgrace
  from the mountain of God,
  and banished you, guardian cherub,  i
  from among the fiery stones. 17 Your heart became proud because of 
your beauty;
  For the sake of your splendor
  you corrupted your wisdom. So I threw you down to the ground;  j
  I made you a spectacle before kings. 18 You profaned your sanctuaries
  by the magnitude of your iniquities
  in your dishonest trade. So I made fire come from within you,
  and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground
  in the sight of everyone watching you.


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19 All those who know you 
among the peoples
  are appalled at you. You have become an object of horror
  and will never exist again.’ ”
a27:36 Lit hiss   b28:2 Lit Because your   c28:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss read of the one who kills   d28:12 Or  
sealer   e28:12,13 Hb obscure   f28:13 Or malachite, or garnet   g28:13 Or beryl   h28:14 Or With an anointed guardian cherub   
i28:16 Or and the guardian cherub banished you   j28:17 Or earth
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A PROPHECY AGAINST SIDON
20  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 21 “ Son  of 
 man,  face Si don  and proph e sy  against  it. 22  You 
 are  to  say , ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  Look! I am against you, Sidon,
  and I will display my glory within you. They will know that I am the Lord
  when I execute judgments against her
  and demonstrate my holiness 
through her. 23 I will send a plague against her
  and bloodshed in her streets;
  the slain will fall within her,
  while the sword is against her  a 
on every side. Then they will know that I am the Lord. 24 “ ‘ The  house  of Is ra el  will  no lon ger  be  hurt 
 by b prickly bri ers  or pain ful  thorns  from  all 
 their neigh bors  who  treat  them  with con tempt. Then  they  will  know  that  I  am  the  Lord  G od. 25 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  When  I 
gath er  the  house  of Is ra el  from  the peo ples 
 where  they  are scat tered,  I  will dem on strate 
 my ho li ness  through  them  in  the  sight  of  the 
na tions,  and  they  will  live  in  their  own  land, 
 which  I  gave  to  my ser vant Ja cob. 26  They  will 
 live  there se cure ly ,  build hous es,  and  plant 
vine yards.


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They  will  live se cure ly  when  I ex-
e cute judg ments  against  all  their neigh bors 
 who  treat  them  with con tempt. Then  they  will 
 know  that  I  am  the  L ord  their  God.’ ”
A PROPHECY OF EGYPT’S RUIN
29 
 In  the  tenth  year,  in  the  tenth  month  on 
 the  twelfth  day  of  the  month,  the  word 
 of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son  of  man,  face 
Pha raoh  king  of  Egypt  and proph e sy  against 
 him  and  against  all  of  Egypt. 3  Speak  to  him 
 and  say , ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  Look, I am against you, Pharaoh 
king of Egypt,
  the great monster  c lying in the middle 
of his Nile,
  who says, “My Nile is my own;
  I made it for myself.”
 4 I will put hooks in your jaws
  and make the fish of your streams
  cling to your scales.


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I will haul you up
  from the middle of your Nile,
  and all the fish of your streams
  will cling to your scales.


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5 I will leave you in the desert,
  you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open ground
  and will not be taken away
  or gathered for burial.


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I have given you
  to the wild creatures of the earth
  and the birds of the sky as food. 6 “ ‘Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
  will know that I am the Lord,
  for they  d have been a staff made of reed
  to the house of Israel. 7 When Israel grasped you by the hand,
  you splintered, tearing all 
their shoulders;
  when they leaned on you,
  you shattered and made all 
their hips unsteady . e
8 “ ‘There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
 I  am go ing  to  bring  a  sword  against  you  and 
 cut  off  both  man  and an i mal  from  you. 9  The 
 land  of  Egypt  will  be  a des o late  ruin.


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Then  they 
 will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord. Be cause  you f 
 said, “ The  Nile  is  my  own;  I  made  it,” 10 there-
fore,  I  am  against  you  and  your  Nile. I  will  turn 
 the  land  of  Egypt  into ru ins,  a des o late  waste 
 from Mig dol  to Syene,  as  far  as  the bor der  of 
 Cush. 11  No hu man  foot  will  pass  through  it, 
 and  no an i mal  foot  will  pass  through  it. It  will 
 be uninhabited  for for ty  years. 12  I  will  make 
 the  land  of  Egypt  a des o la tion  among g des o-
late  lands,  and  its cit ies  will  be  a des o la tion 
 among h ru ined cit ies  for for ty  years. I  will 
dis perse  the Egyp tians  among  the na tions 
 and scat ter  them through out  the  lands. 13 “ ‘ For  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  At  the 
 end  of for ty  years  I  will gath er  the Egyp tians 
 from  the peo ples  where  they  were dis persed. 14  I  will re store  the for tunes  of  Egypt  and  bring 
 them  back  to  the  land  of Path ros,  the  land  of 
 their or i gin. There  they  will  be  a low ly king-
dom. 15  Egypt  will  be  the low li est  of king doms 
 and  will nev er  again ex alt it self  over  the na-
tions. I  will  make  them  so  small  they can not 
 rule  over  the na tions. 16  It  will nev er  again 
 be  an ob ject  of  trust  for  the  house  of Is ra el, 
draw ing at ten tion  to  their in iq ui ty  of turn ing 
 to  the Egyp tians. Then  they  will  know  that  I 
 am  the  Lord  G od.’ ”
a28:23 Or within her by the sword   b28:24 Lit longer have   c29:3 Or crocodile   d29:6 LXX, Syr , Vg read you   e29:7 LXX, 
Syr , Vg; MT reads and you caused their hips to stand   f29:9 LXX, Syr , Vg; MT reads he   g29:12 Or Egypt the most desolate of   
h29:12 Or be the most desolate of
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BABYLON RECEIVES EGYPT AS COMPENSATION
17  In  the twenty-seventh  year,  in  the  first  month, 
 on  the  first  day  of  the  month,  the  word  of  the 
 L ord  came  to  me: 18 “ Son  of  man,  King Neb u-
chad nez zar  of Bab ylon  made  his  army la bor 
strenuously  against  Tyre. Ev ery  head  was  made 
 bald  and ev ery shoul der chafed,  but  he  and  his 
 army re ceived  no com pen sa tion  from  Tyre  for 
 the la bor  he expended  against  it. 19 There fore, 
 this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  am go ing  to  give 
 the  land  of  Egypt  to  King Neb u chad nez zar  of 
Bab ylon,  and  he  will car ry  off  its  wealth, seiz ing 
 its  spoil  and tak ing  its plun der. This  will  be  his 
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20  I  have giv en  him  the 
 land  of  Egypt  as  the  pay  he la bored  for,  since 
 they  worked  for  me.”  This  is  the dec la ra tion  of 
 the  Lord  G od. 21 “ In  that  day  I  will  cause  a  horn 
 to  sprout  for  the  house  of Is ra el,  and  I  will en-
able  you  to  speak  out  among  them. Then  they 
 will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.”
EGYPT’S DOOM
30 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son 
 of  man, proph e sy  and  say , ‘ This  is  what 
 the  Lord  G od  says:
  Wail, “Woe because of that day! ”
 3 For a day is near;
  a day belonging to the Lord is near.


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It will be a day of clouds,
  a time of doom  a for the nations. 4 A sword will come against Egypt,
  and there will be anguish in Cush
  when the slain fall in Egypt,
  and its wealth is taken away ,
  and its foundations are demolished. 5 Cush, Put, and Lud,
  and all the various foreign troops,  b
  plus Libya  c and the men 
of the covenant land
  will fall by the sword along with them. 6 This is what the Lord says:
  Those who support Egypt will fall,
  and its proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene
  they will fall within it by the sword. This is the declaration 
of the Lord God. 7 They will be desolate
  among  d desolate lands,
  and their cities will lie
  among ruined  e cities. 8 They will know that I am the Lord
  when I set fire to Egypt
  and all its allies are shattered. 9  On  that  day , mes sen gers  will  go  out  from  me 
 in  ships  to ter ri fy con fi dent  Cush. An guish 
 will  come  over  them  on  the  day  of  Egypt’s 
 doom.


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f  For in deed  it  is com ing. 10 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  I will put an end to the hordes  g of Egypt
  by the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar 
of Babylon. 11 He along with his people,
  ruthless men from the nations,
  will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords 
against Egypt
  and fill the land with the slain. 12 I will make the streams dry
  and sell the land to evil men. I will bring desolation
  on the land and everything in it
  by the hands of foreigners.


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I, the Lord, have spoken. 13 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  I will destroy the idols and put an end
  to the false gods in Memphis. There will no longer be
  a prince from the land of Egypt.


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And I will instill fear in that land. 14 I will make Pathros desolate,
  set fire to Zoan,
  and execute judgments on Thebes. 15 I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
  the stronghold of Egypt,
  and will wipe out the hordes of Thebes. 16 I will set fire to Egypt;
  Pelusium will writhe in anguish,
  Thebes will be breached,
  and Memphis will face foes 
in broad daylight. h
 17 The young men of On  i and Pi-beseth
  will fall by the sword,
  and those cities  j will go into captivity . 18 The day will be dark  k in Tehaphnehes,
  when I break the yoke of Egypt there
  and its proud strength
  comes to an end in the city . A cloud will cover Tehaphnehes,  l
  and its surrounding villages will go 
into captivity . a30:3 of doom supplied for clarity   b30:5 Or all Arabia   c30:5 Lit Cub ; Hb obscure   d30:7 Or be the most desolate of    
e30:7 Or will be the most ruined of   f30:9 Lit of Egypt   g30:10 Or pomp, or wealth, also in v . 15   h30:16 Or foes daily    
i30:17 LXX, Vg; MT reads iniquity   j30:17 Or and the women ; lit and they   k30:18 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg; other Hb mss 
read will withhold   l30:18 Or Egypt
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 19 So I will execute judgments 
against Egypt,
  and they will know that I am the 
Lord.’ ”
PHARAOH’S POWER BROKEN
20  In  the elev enth  year,  in  the  first  month,  on 
 the sev enth  day  of  the  month,  the  word  of  the 
 L ord  came  to  me: 21 “ Son  of  man,  I  have bro ken 
 the  arm  of Pha raoh  king  of  Egypt. Look,  it  has 
 not  been ban daged  —   no med i cine  has  been 
ap plied  and  no  splint  put  on  to bandage  it  so 
 that  it  can  grow  strong  enough  to han dle  a 
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I  am  against Pha raoh  king  of  Egypt. I  will  break  his  arms,  both  the  strong  one  and 
 the  one al ready bro ken,  and  will  make  the 
 sword  fall  from  his  hand. 23  I  will dis perse  the 
Egyp tians  among  the na tions  and scat ter  them 
 among  the coun tries. 24  I  will strength en  the 
 arms  of Bab ylon’s  king  and  place  my  sword  in 
 his  hand. But  I  will  break  the  arms  of Pha raoh, 
 and  he  will  groan be fore  him  as  a mor tal ly 
wound ed  man. 25  I  will strength en  the  arms 
 of Bab ylon’s  king,  but Pha raoh’s  arms  will  fall. They  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord  when  I  place 
 my  sword  in  the  hand  of Bab ylon’s  king  and 
 he wields  it  against  the  land  of  Egypt. 26  When 
 I dis perse  the Egyp tians  among  the na tions 
 and scat ter  them  among  the coun tries,  they 
 will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.”
DOWNFALL OF EGYPT AND ASSYRIA
31 
 In  the elev enth  year,  in  the  third  month, 
 on  the  first  day  of  the  month,  the  word 
 of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son  of  man,  say 
 to Pha raoh  king  of  Egypt  and  to  his  hordes,
  ‘Who are you like in your greatness? 3 Think of Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon,
  with beautiful branches 
and shady foliage
  and of lofty height.


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Its top was among the clouds. a
 4 The waters caused it to grow;
  the underground springs made it tall,
  directing their rivers all around
  the place where the tree was planted
  and sending their channels
  to all the trees of the field. 5 Therefore the cedar became greater 
in height
  than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied,
  and its boughs grew long
  as it spread them out
  because of the abundant water. 6 All the birds of the sky
  nested in its branches,
  and all the animals of the field
  gave birth beneath its boughs;
  all the great nations lived in its shade. 7 It was beautiful in its size,
  in the length of its limbs,
  for its roots extended 
to abundant water. 8 The cedars in God’s garden could not 
eclipse it;
  the pine trees couldn’t compare 
with its branches,
  nor could the plane trees match 
its boughs. No tree in the garden of God
  could compare with it in beauty . 9 I made it beautiful with its many limbs,
  and all the trees of Eden,
  which were in God’s garden, envied it. 10 “ ‘There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
 Since  it b tow ered  high  in stat ure  and  set  its 
 top  among  the  clouds,  and  it c  grew  proud  on 
ac count  of  its  height, 11  I de ter mined  to  hand 
 it  over  to  a rul er  of na tions;  he  would sure ly 
 deal  with  it. I ban ished  it be cause  of  its wick-
ed ness.


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12 For eign ers, ruth less  men  from  the 
na tions,  cut  it  down  and  left  it ly ing. Its  limbs 
 fell  on  the moun tains  and  in ev ery val ley;  its 
 boughs  lay bro ken  in  all  the  earth’s ra vines. All  the peo ples  of  the  earth  left  its  shade  and 
aban doned  it. 13  All  the  birds  of  the  sky nest-
ed  on  its fall en trunk,  and  all  the an i mals  of 
 the  field  were  among  its  boughs. 14  This hap-
pened  so  that  no  trees plant ed be side wa ter 
 would be come  great  in  height  and  set  their 
 tops  among  the  clouds,  and  so  that  no oth-
er well-watered  trees  would  reach  them  in 
 height.


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For  they  have  all  been consigned  to 
 death,  to  the underworld,  among  the peo ple d 
 who de scend  to  the  Pit. 15 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  caused 
griev ing  on  the  day  the ce dar  went  down  to 
She ol. I  closed  off  the underground  deep 
be cause  of  it: e  I  held  back  the riv ers  of  the 
 deep,  and  its abun dant wa ter  was re strained. I  made Leb a non  mourn  on ac count  of  it,  and 
a31:3 Or thick foliage, also in vv . 10,14   b31:10 Syr , Vg; MT , LXX read you   c31:10 Lit its heart   d31:14 Or the descendants of 
Adam   e31:15 Or I covered it with the underground deep
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 all  the  trees  of  the  field faint ed be cause  of  it. 16  I  made  the na tions  quake  at  the  sound  of 
 its down fall,  when  I  threw  it  down  to She-
ol  to  be  with  those  who de scend  to  the  Pit. Then  all  the  trees  of  Eden,  the  choice  and 
 best  of Leb a non,  all  the well-watered  trees, 
 were com fort ed  in  the underworld. 17  They 
 too de scend ed  with  it  to She ol,  to  those  slain 
 by  the  sword. As  its al lies a,b  they  had  lived  in 
 its  shade  among  the na tions. 18 “ ‘ Who  then  are  you  like  in glo ry  and 
great ness  among  Eden’s  trees? You  also  will 
 be  brought  down  to  the underworld  to  be  with 
 the  trees  of  Eden. You  will  lie  among  the un-
cir cum cised  with  those  slain  by  the  sword.


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This  is Pha raoh  and  all  his  hordes. This  is  the 
dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od.’ ”
A LAMENT FOR PHARAOH
32 
 In  the  twelfth  year,  in  the  twelfth  month, 
 on  the  first  day  of  the  month,  the  word 
 of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son  of  man, la ment 
 for Pha raoh  king  of  Egypt  and  say  to  him,
  ‘You compare yourself to a lion 
of the nations,
  but  c you are like a monster  d  
in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers,
  churn up the waters with your feet,
  and muddy the e rivers.


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3 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  I will spread my net over you
  with an assembly of many peoples,
  and they  f will haul you up in my net. 4 I will abandon you on the land
  and throw you onto the open field.


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I will cause all the birds of the sky
  to settle on you
  and let the wild creatures 
of the entire earth
  eat their fill of you. 5 I will put your flesh on the mountains
  and fill the valleys with your carcass. 6 I will drench the land
  with the flow of your blood,
  even to the mountains;
  the ravines will be filled 
with your gore. 7 “ ‘When I snuff you out,
  I will cover the heavens
  and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud,
  and the moon will not give its light. 8 I will darken all the shining lights
  in the heavens over you,
  and will bring darkness on your land. This is the declaration 
of the Lord God. 9 “ ‘I will trouble the hearts 
of many peoples,
  when I bring about your destruction
  among the nations,
  in countries you have not known. 10 I will cause many peoples 
to be appalled at you,
  and their kings will shudder with fear 
because of you
  when I brandish my sword 
in front of them. On the day of your downfall
  each of them will tremble
  every moment for his life. 11 “ ‘ For  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:
  The sword of Babylon’s king
  will come against you! 12 I will make your hordes fall
  by the swords of warriors,
  all of them ruthless men 
from the nations.


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They will ravage Egypt’s pride,
  and all its hordes will be destroyed. 13 I will slaughter all its cattle
  that are beside many waters. No human foot will churn them again,
  and no cattle hooves will disturb them. 14 Then I will let their waters settle
  and will make their rivers flow like oil. This is the declaration 
of the Lord God. 15 When I make the land of Egypt 
a desolation,
  so that it is emptied of everything  
in it,
  when I strike down all who live there,
  then they will know that I am the Lord. 16 “ ‘ The daugh ters  of  the na tions  will  chant 
 that la ment.


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They  will  chant  it  over  Egypt  and 
 all  its  hordes. This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the 
 Lord  G od.’ ”
a31:17 LXX, Syr read offspring   b31:17 Lit arm   c32:2 Or ‘Lion of the nations, you are destroyed;   d32:2 Or crocodile    
e32:2 Lit their   f32:3 LXX, Vg read I
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EGYPT IN SHEOL
17  In  the  twelfth  year, a  on  the fif teenth  day  of 
 the  month,  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 
18 “ Son  of  man,  wail  over  the  hordes  of  Egypt 
 and  bring  Egypt  and  the daugh ters  of  mighty 
na tions  down  to  the underworld, b  to  be  with 
 those  who de scend  to  the  Pit:
 19 Who do you surpass in loveliness? Go down and be laid to rest 
with the uncircumcised!


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20 They will fall among those slain 
by the sword. A sword is appointed! They drag her and all her hordes away . 21 Warrior leaders will speak
  from the middle of Sheol
  about him  c and his allies:
  ‘They have come down;
  the uncircumcised lie
  slain by the sword.’
 22 “ Assyria is there with 
her whole assembly;
  her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen 
by the sword. 23 Her graves are set 
in the deepest regions of the Pit,
  and her assembly is all around 
her burial place. All of them are slain, fallen 
by the sword —
  those who once spread terror
  in the land of the living. 24 “Elam is there
  with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen 
by the sword —
  those who went down 
to the underworld uncircumcised,
  who once spread their terror
  in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace
  with those who descend to the Pit. 25 Among the slain
  they prepare a bed for Elam
  with all her hordes. Her graves are all around her. All of them are uncircumcised,
  slain by the sword,
  although their terror was once spread
  in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace
  with those who descend to the Pit.


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They are placed among the slain. 26 “Meshech and Tubal  d are there,
  with all their hordes. Their graves are all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, 
slain by the sword,
  although their terror was once spread
  in the land of the living. 27 They do not lie down
  with the fallen warriors 
of the uncircumcised,  e
  who went down to Sheol
  with their weapons of war,
  whose swords were placed 
under their heads  f
  and their shields  g
  rested on their bones,
  although the terror of these warriors
  was once in the land of the living. 28 But you will be shattered
  and will lie down 
among the uncircumcised,
  with those slain by the sword. 29 “Edom is there, her kings and all 
her princes,
  who, despite their strength, 
have been placed
  among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised,
  with those who descend to the Pit. 30 All the leaders of the north
  and all the Sidonians are there. They went down in shame 
with the slain,
  despite the terror 
their strength inspired. They lie down uncircumcised
  with those slain by the sword. They bear their disgrace
  with those who descend to the Pit. 31 “Pharaoh will see them
  and be comforted over all his hordes —
  Pharaoh and his whole army ,
  slain by the sword.”
 This  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od. a32:17 LXX reads year, in the first month,   b32:18 Lit the lower parts of the earth, also in v .


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24   c32:21 Either Pharaoh or Egypt   
d32:26 Lit Meshech-tubal   e32:27 LXX reads of antiquity   f32:27 Or Do they not . .


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heads? g32:27 Emended; MT reads 
iniquities
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 32 “For I will spread my  a terror
  in the land of the living,
  so Pharaoh and all his hordes
  will be laid to rest 
among the uncircumcised,
  with those slain by the sword.”
 This  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od. EZEKIEL AS ISRAEL’S WATCHMAN
33 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son 
 of  man,  speak  to  your peo ple  and  tell 
 them, ‘Sup pose  I  bring  the  sword  against 
 a  land,  and  the peo ple  of  that  land se lect  a 
 man  from  among  them, ap point ing  him  as 
 their watch man. 3  And sup pose  he  sees  the 
 sword com ing  against  the  land  and  blows  his 
trum pet  to  warn  the peo ple.


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4  Then,  if any one 
 hears  the  sound  of  the trum pet  but ig nores  the 
warn ing,  and  the  sword  comes  and  takes  him 
 away ,  his  death  will  be  his  own  fault. b 5  Since 
 he  heard  the  sound  of  the trum pet  but ig nored 
 the warn ing,  his  death  is  his  own  fault. c  If 
 he  had tak en warn ing,  he  would  have  saved 
 his  life. 6 How ev er, sup pose  the watch man 
 sees  the  sword com ing  but  doesn’t  blow  the 
trum pet,  so  that  the peo ple  aren’t  warned,  and 
 the  sword  comes  and  takes  away  their  lives. Then  they  have  been tak en  away be cause  of 
 their in iq ui ty ,  but  I  will  hold  the watch man 
ac count able  for  their  blood.’
7 “ As  for  you,  son  of  man,  I  have  made  you 
 a watch man  for  the  house  of Is ra el. When 
 you  hear  a  word  from  my  mouth,  give  them 
 a warn ing  from  me. 8  If  I  say  to  the wick ed, 
‘Wick ed  one,  you  will sure ly  die,’  but  you  do 
 not  speak  out  to  warn  him  about  his  way ,  that 
wick ed per son  will  die  for  his in iq ui ty ,  yet  I 
 will  hold  you re spon si ble  for  his  blood. 9  But 
 if  you  warn  a wick ed per son  to  turn  from  his 
 way  and  he  doesn’t  turn  from  it,  he  will  die  for 
 his in iq ui ty ,  but  you  will  have res cued your self. 10 “ Now  as  for  you,  son  of  man,  say  to  the 
 house  of Is ra el, ‘ You  have  said  this: “ Our trans-
gres sions  and  our  sins  are  heavy  on  us,  and 
 we  are wast ing  away be cause  of  them! How 
 then  can  we sur vive? ” ’ 11  Tell  them, ‘ As  I  live  
—   this  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od  —   I 
 take  no plea sure  in  the  death  of  the wick ed, 
 but rath er  that  the wick ed per son  should  turn 
 from  his  way  and  live. Re pent, re pent  of  your 
 evil  ways!


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Why  will  you  die,  house  of Is ra el? ’
12 “ Now ,  son  of  man,  say  to  your peo ple, ‘ The 
righ teous ness  of  the righ teous per son  will 
 not  save  him  on  the  day  of  his trans gres sion; 
nei ther  will  the wick ed ness  of  the wick ed per-
son  cause  him  to stum ble  on  the  day  he  turns 
 from  his wick ed ness. The righ teous per son 
 won’t  be  able  to sur vive  by  his righ teous ness 
 on  the  day  he  sins. 13  When  I  tell  the righ teous 
per son  that  he  will sure ly  live,  but  he  trusts 
 in  his righ teous ness  and  acts un just ly ,  then 
 none  of  his righ teous ness  will  be re mem bered, 
 and  he  will  die be cause  of  the in jus tice  he  has 
com mit ted. 14 “ ‘ So  when  I  tell  the wick ed per son, “ You 
 will sure ly  die,”  but  he re pents  of  his  sin  and 
 does  what  is  just  and  right — 15  he re turns 
col lat er al,  makes res ti tu tion  for  what  he  has 
sto len,  and  walks  in  the stat utes  of  life with out 
com mit ting in jus tice  —   he  will cer tain ly  live; 
 he  will  not  die. 16  None  of  the  sins  he com mit ted 
 will  be  held d  against  him.


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He  has  done  what 
 is  just  and  right;  he  will cer tain ly  live. 17 “ ‘ But  your peo ple  say , “ The  Lord’s  way  isn’t 
 fair,”  even  though  it  is  their  own  way  that  isn’t 
 fair. 18  When  a righ teous per son  turns  from 
 his righ teous ness  and com mits in jus tice,  he 
 will  die  for  it. 19  But  if  a wick ed per son  turns 
 from  his wick ed ness  and  does  what  is  just  and 
 right,  he  will  live be cause  of  it. 20  Yet  you  say , 
“ The  Lord’s  way  isn’t  fair.”  I  will  judge  each  of 
 you ac cord ing  to  his  ways,  house  of Is ra el.’ ”
THE NEWS OF JERUSALEM’S FALL
21  In  the  twelfth  year  of  our ex ile,  in  the  tenth 
 month,  on  the  fifth  day  of  the  month,  a fu gi-
tive  from Je ru sa lem  came  to  me  and re port ed, 
“ The  city  has  been tak en! ” 22  Now  the  hand  of 
 the  L ord  had  been  on  me  the eve ning be fore 
 the fu gi tive ar rived,  and  he  opened  my  mouth 
be fore  the  man  came  to  me  in  the morn ing.


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So  my  mouth  was  opened  and  I  was  no lon-
ger  mute. ISRAEL’S CONTINUED REBELLION
23  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 
24 “ Son  of  man,  those  who  live  in  the e ru ins 
 in  the  land  of Is ra el  are say ing, ‘ Abra ham  was 
 only  one per son,  yet  he re ceived pos ses sion 
 of  the  land. But  we  are  many; sure ly  the  land 
 has  been giv en  to  us  as  a pos ses sion.’ 25 There-
fore  say  to  them, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od 
 says:  You  eat  meat  with  blood  in  it,  look  to 
a32:32 Alt Hb tradition, LXX, Syr read his   b33:4 Lit his blood will be on his head   c33:5 Lit his blood will be on him    
d33:16 Lit remembered   e33:24 Lit these
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 your  idols,  and  shed  blood. Should  you  then 
re ceive pos ses sion  of  the  land? 26  You  have 
re lied  on  your  swords,  you  have com mit ted 
de test able  acts,  and  each  of  you  has de filed 
 his neigh bor’s  wife. Should  you  then re ceive 
pos ses sion  of  the  land? ’
27 “ Tell  them  this: ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord 
 G od  says:  As sure ly  as  I  live,  those  who  are 
 in  the ru ins  will  fall  by  the  sword,  those  in  the 
 open  field  I  have giv en  to  wild an i mals  to  be 
de voured,  and  those  in  the strong holds  and 
 caves  will  die  by  plague. 28  I  will  make  the  land 
 a des o late  waste,  and  its  proud  strength  will 
 come  to  an  end. The moun tains  of Is ra el  will 
be come des o late,  with  no  one pass ing  through. 29  They  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord  when  I 
 make  the  land  a des o late  waste be cause  of 
 all  the de test able  acts  they  have com mit ted.’
30 “ As  for  you,  son  of  man,  your peo ple  are 
talk ing  about  you  near  the  city  walls  and  in 
 the door ways  of  their hous es. One per son 
 speaks  to an oth er,  each say ing  to  his broth-
er, ‘ Come  and  hear  what  the mes sage  is  that 
 comes  from  the  L ord!


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’ 31  So  my peo ple  come 
 to  you  in  crowds, a  sit  in  front  of  you,  and  hear 
 your  words,  but  they  don’t  obey  them.


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Their 
 mouths  go  on passionately ,  but  their  hearts 
pur sue dis hon est profi  t. 32  Yes,  to  them  you 
 are  like  a sing er  of pas sion ate  songs  who  has 
 a beau ti ful  voice  and  plays skill ful ly  on  an 
in stru ment.


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They  hear  your  words,  but  they 
 don’t  obey  them. 33  Yet  when  all  this  comes 
 true  —   and  it defi   nite ly  will  —   then  they  will 
 know  that  a proph et  has  been  among  them.”
THE SHEPHERDS AND GOD’S FLOCK
34 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 
2 “ Son  of  man, proph e sy  against  the 
shep herds  of Is ra el. Proph e sy ,  and  say  to 
 them, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says  to  the 
shep herds:  Woe  to  the shep herds  of Is ra el, 
 who  have  been feed ing them selves! Shouldn’t 
 the shep herds  feed  their  flock?


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3  You  eat  the 
 fat,  wear  the  wool,  and butcher  the fat tened 
an i mals,  but  you  do  not  tend  the  flock. 4  You 
 have  not strength ened  the  weak,  healed  the 
 sick, ban daged  the in jured,  brought  back  the 
 strays,  or  sought  the  lost. In stead,  you  have 
 ruled  them  with vi o lence  and cru el ty . 5  They 
 were scat tered  for  lack  of  a shep herd;  they 
be came  food  for  all  the  wild an i mals  when 
 they  were scat tered. 6  My  flock  went  astray 
 on  all  the moun tains  and ev ery  high  hill. My 
 flock  was scat tered  over  the  whole  face  of 
 the  earth,  and  there  was  no  one search ing 
 or seek ing  for  them. 7 “ ‘There fore,  you shep herds,  hear  the  word 
 of  the  L ord. 8  As  I  live —   this  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od  —  be cause  my  flock, lack ing 
 a shep herd,  has be come  prey  and  food  for ev-
ery  wild an i mal,  and be cause  my shep herds 
 do  not  search  for  my  flock,  and be cause  the 
shep herds  feed them selves rath er  than  my 
 flock, 9 there fore,  you shep herds,  hear  the 
 word  of  the  L ord! 10 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  Look, 
 I  am  against  the shep herds. I  will de mand 
 my  flock  from  them b  and pre vent  them  from 
shepherding  the  flock. The shep herds  will  no 
lon ger  feed them selves,  for  I  will res cue  my 
 flock  from  their  mouths  so  that  they  will  not 
 be  food  for  them. 11 “ ‘ For  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  See, 
 I my self  will  search  for  my  flock  and  look  for 
 them. 12  As  a shep herd  looks  for  his  sheep  on 
 the  day  he  is  among  his scat tered  flock,  so  I 
 will  look  for  my  flock. I  will res cue  them  from 
 all  the plac es  where  they  have  been scat tered 
 on  a  day  of  clouds  and to tal dark ness. 13  I  will 
 bring  them  out  from  the peo ples, gath er  them 
 from  the coun tries,  and  bring  them  to  their  own 
 soil. I  will shep herd  them  on  the moun tains  of 
Is ra el,  in  the ra vines,  and  in  all  the in hab it ed 
plac es  of  the  land. 14  I  will  tend  them  in  good 
pas ture,  and  their graz ing  place  will  be  on 
Is ra el’s  lofty moun tains. There  they  will  lie 
 down  in  a  good graz ing  place;  they  will  feed 
 in  rich pas ture  on  the moun tains  of Is ra el. 15  I 
 will  tend  my  flock  and  let  them  lie  down.


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This 
 is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. 16  I  will  seek 
 the  lost,  bring  back  the  strays, bandage  the 
in jured,  and strength en  the  weak,  but  I  will 
de stroy c  the  fat  and  the  strong. I  will shep herd 
 them  with jus tice. 17 “ ‘ As  for  you,  my  flock,  the  Lord  G od  says 
 this:  Look,  I  am go ing  to  judge be tween  one 
 sheep  and an oth er, be tween  the  rams  and 
 goats. 18  Isn’t  it  enough  for  you  to  feed  on  the 
 good pas ture?


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Must  you  also tram ple  the  rest 
 of  the pas ture  with  your  feet? Or  isn’t  it  enough 
 that  you  drink  the  clear wa ter? Must  you  also 
mud dy  the  rest  with  your  feet?


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19  Yet  my  flock 
 has  to  feed  on  what  your  feet  have tram pled, 
 and  drink  what  your  feet  have mud died. 20 “ ‘There fore,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says 
 to  them:  See,  I my self  will  judge be tween  the 
a33:31 Lit you like the coming of a people   b34:10 Lit their hand   c34:16 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg read watch over
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 fat  sheep  and  the  lean  sheep. 21  Since  you  have 
 pushed  with  flank  and shoul der  and butted  all 
 the  weak  ones  with  your  horns un til  you scat-
tered  them  all  over, 22  I  will  save  my  flock. They 
 will  no lon ger  be  prey ,  and  I  will  judge be tween 
 one  sheep  and an oth er. 23  I  will es tab lish  over 
 them  one shep herd,  my ser vant Da vid,  and  he 
 will shep herd  them. He  will  tend  them him self 
 and  will  be  their shep herd. 24  I,  the  L ord,  will 
 be  their  God,  and  my ser vant Da vid  will  be  a 
 prince  among  them.


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I,  the  L ord,  have spo ken. 25 “ ‘ I  will  make  a cov enant  of  peace  with  them 
 and elim i nate dan ger ous crea tures  from  the 
 land,  so  that  they  may  live se cure ly  in  the wil-
der ness  and  sleep  in  the for est. 26  I  will  make 
 them  and  the  area  around  my  hill  a bless ing:  I 
 will  send  down show ers  in  their sea son;  they 
 will  be show ers  of bless ing. 27  The  trees  of  the 
 field  will  yield  their  fruit,  and  the  land  will  yield 
 its pro duce;  my  flock  will  be se cure  in  their 
 land. They  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord  when 
 I  break  the  bars  of  their  yoke  and res cue  them 
 from  the pow er  of  those  who en slave  them. 28  They  will  no lon ger  be  prey  for  the na tions, 
 and  the  wild crea tures  of  the  earth  will  not 
con sume  them. They  will  live se cure ly ,  and  no 
 one  will fright en  them. 29  I  will es tab lish  for 
 them  a  place re nowned  for  its agriculture, a  and 
 they  will  no lon ger  be vic tims  of fam ine  in  the 
 land. They  will  no lon ger en dure  the in sults  of 
 the na tions. 30  Then  they  will  know  that  I,  the 
 L ord  their  God,  am  with  them,  and  that  they , 
 the  house  of Is ra el,  are  my peo ple. This  is  the 
dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od.


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31  You  are  my  flock, 
 the hu man  flock  of  my pas ture,  and  I  am  your 
 God. This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od.’ ”
A PROPHECY AGAINST EDOM
35 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son 
 of  man,  face  Mount  Seir  and proph e-
sy  against  it. 3  Say  to  it, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord 
 G od  says:
  Look!


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I am against you, Mount Seir. I will stretch out my hand against you
  and make you a desolate waste. 4 I will turn your cities into ruins,
  and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 5 “ ‘Be cause  you main tained  a perpetual ha-
tred  and  gave  the Is ra el ites  over  to  the pow er 
 of  the  sword  in  the  time  of  their di sas ter,  the 
 time  of fi nal pun ish ment, 6 there fore,  as  I  live  
—   this  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od  —   I 
 will des tine  you  for blood shed,  and  it  will pur-
sue  you. Since  you  did  not  hate blood shed,  it 
 will pur sue  you. 7  I  will  make  Mount  Seir  a 
des o late  waste  and  will  cut  off  from  it  those 
 who  come  and  go. 8  I  will  fill  its moun tains 
 with  the  slain;  those  slain  by  the  sword  will 
 fall  on  your  hills,  in  your val leys,  and  in  all 
 your ra vines. 9  I  will  make  you  a perpetual 
des o la tion;  your cit ies  will  not  be in hab it ed. Then  you  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord. 10 “ ‘Be cause  you  said, “ These  two na tions 
 and  two  lands  will  be  mine,  and  we  will pos-
sess  them”  —   though  the  L ord  was  there — 
11 there fore,  as  I  live  —   this  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od  —   I  will  treat  you ac cord ing 
 to  the an ger  and jeal ou sy  you  showed  in  your 
ha tred  of  them. I  will  make my self  known 
 among  them b  when  I  judge  you. 12  Then  you 
 will  know  that  I,  the  L ord,  have  heard  all  the 
blas phe mies  you ut tered  against  the moun-
tains  of Is ra el, say ing, “ They  are des o late. They 
 have  been giv en  to  us  to de vour!


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14 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  While 
 the  whole  world re joic es,  I  will  make  you  a 
des o la tion. 15  Just  as  you re joiced  over  the 
in her i tance  of  the  house  of Is ra el be cause  it 
be came  a des o la tion,  I  will  deal  the  same  way 
 with  you:  you  will be come  a des o la tion,  Mount 
 Seir,  and  so  will  all  Edom  in  its entirety . Then 
 they  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.’
RESTORATION OF ISRAEL’S MOUNTAINS
36 
“ Son  of  man, proph e sy  to  the moun tains 
 of Is ra el  and  say , ‘Moun tains  of Is ra el, 
 hear  the  word  of  the  L ord. 2  This  is  what  the 
 Lord  G od  says: Be cause  the en e my  has  said 
 about  you, “ Aha! The an cient  heights  have 
be come  our pos ses sion,” ’ 3 there fore, proph-
e sy  and  say: ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
Be cause  they  have  made  you des o late  and 
 have tram pled  you  from ev ery  side,  so  that 
 you be came  a pos ses sion  for  the  rest  of  the 
na tions  and  an ob ject  of peo ple’s gos sip  and 
slan der, 4 there fore, moun tains  of Is ra el,  hear 
 the  word  of  the  Lord  G od. This  is  what  the 
 Lord  G od  says  to  the moun tains  and  hills,  to 
 the ra vines  and val leys,  to  the des o late ru ins 
 and aban doned cit ies,  which  have be come 
plun der  and  a mock ery  to  the  rest  of  the na-
tions  all  around. a34:29 LXX, Syr read a plant of peace   b35:11 LXX reads you
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5 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: Cer tain ly 
 in  my burn ing  zeal  I  speak  against  the  rest 
 of  the na tions  and  all  of  Edom,  who  took a 
 my  land  as  their  own pos ses sion  with whole-
heart ed re joic ing  and ut ter con tempt  so  that 
 its pas ture land be came b plun der. 6 There fore, 
proph e sy con cern ing  the  land  of Is ra el  and  say 
 to  the moun tains  and  hills,  to  the ra vines  and 
val leys:  This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  Look, 
 I  speak  in  my burn ing  zeal be cause  you  have 
en dured  the in sults  of  the na tions. 7 There fore, 
 this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  swear c  that 
 the na tions  all  around  you  will en dure  their 
 own in sults. 8 “ ‘ You, moun tains  of Is ra el,  will pro duce 
 your branch es  and  bear  your  fruit  for  my peo-
ple Is ra el,  since  their ar riv al  is  near. 9  Look!


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I 
 am  on  your  side;  I  will  turn to ward  you,  and 
 you  will  be tilled  and  sown. 10  I  will  fill  you 
 with peo ple,  with  the  whole  house  of Is ra el 
 in  its entirety . The cit ies  will  be in hab it ed  and 
 the ru ins re built. 11  I  will  fill  you  with peo ple 
 and an i mals,  and  they  will in crease  and  be 
fruit ful. I  will  make  you in hab it ed  as  you  once 
 were  and  make  you bet ter  off  than  you  were 
be fore.


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Then  you  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord. 12  I  will  cause peo ple,  my peo ple Is ra el,  to  walk 
 on  you;  they  will pos sess  you,  and  you  will  be 
 their in her i tance. You  will  no lon ger de prive 
 them  of  their chil dren. 13 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: Be cause 
 some  are say ing  to  you, “ You de vour peo ple 
 and de prive  your na tion  of chil dren,” 14 there-
fore,  you  will  no lon ger de vour peo ple  and 
de prive  your na tion  of chil dren. d  This  is  the 
dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od.


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15  I  will  no lon ger 
al low  the in sults  of  the na tions  to  be  heard 
 against  you,  and  you  will  not  have  to en dure 
 the re proach  of  the peo ples any more;  you  will 
 no lon ger  cause  your na tion  to stum ble. e  This 
 is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od.’ ”
RESTORATION OF ISRAEL’S PEOPLE
16  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 17 “ Son  of 
 man,  while  the  house  of Is ra el  lived  in  their 
 land,  they de filed  it  with  their con duct  and 
ac tions. Their be hav ior be fore  me  was  like 
men stru al im pu ri ty .


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18  So  I  poured  out  my  wrath 
 on  them be cause  of  the  blood  they  had  shed 
 on  the  land,  and be cause  they  had de filed  it 
 with  their  idols. 19  I dis persed  them  among  the 
na tions,  and  they  were scat tered  among  the 
coun tries. I  judged  them ac cord ing  to  their 
con duct  and ac tions. 20  When  they  came  to  the 
na tions  where  they  went,  they pro faned  my 
 holy  name, be cause  it  was  said  about  them, 
‘ These  are  the peo ple  of  the  L ord,  yet  they  had 
 to  leave  his  land  in ex ile.’ 21  Then  I  had con cern 
 for  my  holy  name,  which  the  house  of Is ra el 
pro faned  among  the na tions  where  they  went. 22 “There fore,  say  to  the  house  of Is ra el, ‘ This 
 is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  It  is  not  for  your 
 sake  that  I  will  act,  house  of Is ra el,  but  for  my 
 holy  name,  which  you pro faned  among  the 
na tions  where  you  went. 23  I  will hon or  the 
ho li ness  of  my  great  name,  which  has  been 
pro faned  among  the na tions  —   the  name  you 
 have pro faned  among  them. The na tions  will 
 know  that  I  am  the  L ord  —   this  is  the dec la ra-
tion  of  the  Lord  G od  —   when  I dem on strate 
 my ho li ness  through  you  in  their  sight. 24 “ ‘ For  I  will  take  you  from  the na tions  and 
gath er  you  from  all  the coun tries,  and  will 
 bring  you  into  your  own  land. 25  I  will  also 
sprin kle  clean wa ter  on  you,  and  you  will  be 
 clean. I  will  cleanse  you  from  all  your im pu ri-
ties  and  all  your  idols. 26  I  will  give  you  a  new 
 heart  and  put  a  new spir it with in  you;  I  will 
re move  your  heart  of  stone f  and  give  you  a 
 heart  of  flesh. 27  I  will  place  my Spir it with in 
 you  and  cause  you  to fol low  my stat utes  and 
care ful ly ob serve  my or di nances. 28  You  will 
 live  in  the  land  that  I  gave  your fa thers;  you 
 will  be  my peo ple,  and  I  will  be  your  God. 29  I 
 will  save  you  from  all  your un clean ness.


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I  will 
sum mon  the  grain  and  make  it plen ti ful,  and 
 I  will  not  bring fam ine  on  you. 30  I  will  also 
 make  the  fruit  of  the  trees  and  the pro duce  of 
 the  field plen ti ful,  so  that  you  will  no lon ger 
ex pe ri ence re proach  among  the na tions  on 
ac count  of fam ine. 31 “ ‘ You  will re mem ber  your  evil  ways  and 
 your  deeds  that  were  not  good,  and  you  will 
 loathe your selves  for  your in iq ui ties  and de-
test able prac tic es. 32  It  is  not  for  your  sake  that 
 I  will  act  —   this  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord 
 G od  —   let  this  be  known  to  you.


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Be  ashamed 
 and hu mil i at ed be cause  of  your  ways,  house 
 of Is ra el! 33 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  On  the 
 day  I  cleanse  you  from  all  your in iq ui ties,  I 
 will  cause  the cit ies  to  be in hab it ed,  and  the 
ru ins  will  be re built. 34  The des o late  land  will 
 be cul ti vat ed in stead  of ly ing des o late  in  the 
a36:5 Lit gave   b36:5 Or contempt, to empty it of ; Hb obscure   c36:7 Lit lift up my hand   d36:14 Alt Hb tradition reads and 
cause your nation to stumble   e36:15 Some Hb mss, Tg read no longer bereave your nation of children   f36:26 Lit stone from 
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 sight  of ev ery one  who pass es  by . 35  They  will 
 say , “ This  land  that  was des o late  has be come 
 like  the gar den  of  Eden. The cit ies  that  were 
 once ru ined, des o late,  and de mol ished  are  now 
for ti fied  and in hab it ed.” 36  Then  the na tions 
 that re main  around  you  will  know  that  I,  the 
 L ord,  have re built  what  was de mol ished  and 
 have re plant ed  what  was des o late. I,  the  L ord, 
 have spo ken  and  I  will  do  it. 37 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  will 
re spond  to  the  house  of Is ra el  and  do  this  for 
 them:  I  will mul ti ply  them  in num ber  like  a 
 flock. a 38  So  the ru ined cit ies  will  be  filled  with 
 a  flock  of peo ple,  just  as Je ru sa lem  is  filled 
 with  a  flock  of  sheep  for sac ri fice b dur ing  its 
ap point ed fes ti vals. Then  they  will  know  that 
 I  am  the  L ord.’ ”
THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES
37 
 The  hand  of  the  L ord  was  on  me,  and 
 he  brought  me  out  by  his Spir it  and  set 
 me  down  in  the mid dle  of  the val ley;  it  was  full 
 of  bones.


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There 
 were  a  great  many  of  them  on  the sur face  of 
 the val ley ,  and  they  were  very  dry . 3  Then  he 
 said  to  me, “ Son  of  man,  can  these  bones  live? ”
 I re plied, “ Lord  G od,  only  you  know .”
4  He  said  to  me, “Proph e sy con cern ing  these 
 bones  and  say  to  them:  Dry  bones,  hear  the  word 
 of  the  L ord! 5  This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says  to 
 these  bones:  I  will  cause  breath  to en ter  you, 
 and  you  will  live. 6  I  will  put ten dons  on  you, 
 make  flesh  grow  on  you,  and cov er  you  with 
 skin. I  will  put  breath  in  you  so  that  you  come 
 to  life.


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Then  you  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.”
7  So  I proph e sied  as  I  had  been com mand ed. While  I  was proph e sy ing,  there  was  a  noise,  a 
rat tling  sound,  and  the  bones  came to geth er, 
 bone  to  bone. 8  As  I  looked, ten dons ap peared 
 on  them,  flesh  grew ,  and  skin cov ered  them, 
 but  there  was  no  breath  in  them. 9  He  said  to 
 me, “Proph e sy  to  the  breath, c proph e sy ,  son 
 of  man. Say  to  it:  This  is  what  the  Lord  G od 
 says:  Breath,  come  from  the  four  winds  and 
 breathe  into  these  slain  so  that  they  may  live! ” 
10  So  I proph e sied  as  he com mand ed  me;  the 
 breath en tered  them,  and  they  came  to  life 
 and  stood  on  their  feet,  a  vast  army . 11  Then  he  said  to  me, “ Son  of  man,  these  bones 
 are  the  whole  house  of Is ra el. Look  how  they 
 say , ‘ Our  bones  are  dried  up,  and  our  hope  has 
per ished;  we  are  cut  off.’ 12 There fore, proph e sy 
 and  say  to  them: ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od 
 says:  I  am go ing  to  open  your  graves  and  bring 
 you  up  from  them,  my peo ple,  and  lead  you 
 into  the  land  of Is ra el. 13  You  will  know  that 
 I  am  the  L ord,  my peo ple,  when  I  open  your 
 graves  and  bring  you  up  from  them. 14  I  will 
 put  my Spir it  in  you,  and  you  will  live,  and  I 
 will set tle  you  in  your  own  land. Then  you  will 
 know  that  I  am  the  L ord.


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I  have spo ken,  and  I 
 will  do  it. This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  L ord.’ ”
THE REUNIFICATION OF ISRAEL
15  The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 16 “ Son 
 of  man,  take  a sin gle  stick  and  write  on  it: 
Be long ing  to Ju dah  and  the Is ra el ites as so-
ci at ed  with  him. Then  take an oth er  stick  and 
 write  on  it: Be long ing  to Jo seph  —   the  stick 
 of Ephra im  —   and  all  the  house  of Is ra el as-
so ci at ed  with  him.


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17  Then  join  them to geth er 
 into  a sin gle  stick  so  that  they be come  one 
 in  your  hand. 18  When  your peo ple  ask  you, 
‘ Won’t  you ex plain  to  us  what  you  mean  by 
 these  things? ’ — 19  tell  them, ‘ This  is  what  the 
 Lord  G od  says:  I  am go ing  to  take  the  stick  of 
Jo seph,  which  is  in  the  hand  of Ephra im,  and 
 the  tribes  of Is ra el as so ci at ed  with  him,  and 
 put  them to geth er  with  the  stick  of Ju dah. I 
 will  make  them  into  a sin gle  stick  so  that  they 
be come  one  in  my  hand.’
20 “ When  the  sticks  you  have writ ten  on  are 
 in  your  hand  and  in  full  view  of  the peo ple, 
21  tell  them, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: 
 I  am go ing  to  take  the Is ra el ites  out  of  the 
na tions  where  they  have  gone. I  will gath er 
 them  from  all  around  and  bring  them  into 
 their  own  land. 22  I  will  make  them  one na tion 
 in  the  land,  on  the moun tains  of Is ra el,  and 
 one  king  will  rule  over  all  of  them. They  will 
 no lon ger  be  two na tions  and  will  no lon ger 
 be di vid ed  into  two king doms. 23  They  will  not 
de file them selves any more  with  their  idols, 
 their ab hor rent  things,  and  all  their trans gres-
sions. I  will  save  them  from  all  their apos ta-
sies  by  which d  they  sinned,  and  I  will  cleanse 
 them. Then  they  will  be  my peo ple,  and  I  will 
 be  their  God. 24  My ser vant Da vid  will  be  king 
 over  them,  and  there  will  be  one shep herd  for 
 all  of  them. They  will fol low  my or di nances, 
 and  keep  my stat utes  and  obey  them.


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25 “ ‘ They  will  live  in  the  land  that  I  gave  to  my 
ser vant Ja cob,  where  your fa thers  lived. They 
 will  live  in  it for ev er  with  their chil dren  and 
a36:37 Lit flock of people   b36:38 Lit as the consecrated flock, as the flock of Jerusalem   c37:9 Or wind, or spirit, also in v . 10   
d37:23 Some Hb mss, LXX, Sym; other Hb mss read their settlements where
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grand chil dren,  and  my ser vant Da vid  will  be 
 their  prince for ev er. 26  I  will  make  a cov enant 
 of  peace  with  them;  it  will  be  a per ma nent 
cov enant  with  them. I  will es tab lish  and mul-
ti ply  them  and  will  set  my sanc tu ary  among 
 them for ev er.


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27  My dwell ing  place  will  be  with 
 them;  I  will  be  their  God,  and  they  will  be  my 
peo ple. 28  When  my sanc tu ary  is  among  them 
for ev er,  the na tions  will  know  that  I,  the  L ord, 
sanc ti fy Is ra el.’ ”
THE DEFEAT OF GOG
38 
 The  word  of  the  L ord  came  to  me: 2 “ Son 
 of  man,  face  Gog,  of  the  land  of Ma-
gog,  the  chief  prince  of a Me shech  and Tu bal. Proph e sy  against  him 3  and  say , ‘ This  is  what 
 the  Lord  G od  says:  Look,  I  am  against  you, 
 Gog,  chief  prince  of Me shech  and Tu bal. 4  I 
 will  turn  you  around,  put  hooks  in  your  jaws, 
 and  bring  you  out  with  all  your  army , in clud-
ing hors es  and rid ers,  who  are  all splendidly 
 dressed,  a  huge as sem bly  armed  with  large 
 and  small  shields,  all  of  them bran dish ing 
 swords.


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5 Per sia,  Cush,  and  Put  are  with  them, 
 all  of  them  with  shields  and hel mets; 6 Go mer 
 with  all  its  troops;  and Beth-to gar mah  from 
 the re mot est  parts  of  the  north  along  with 
 all  its  troops  —   many peo ples  are  with  you. 7 “ ‘ Be pre pared  and  get your self  ready ,  you 
 and  your  whole as sem bly  that  has  been mo-
bi lized  around  you;  you  will  be  their  guard.


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8 Af ter  a  long  time  you  will  be sum moned. In 
 the  last  years  you  will en ter  a  land  that  has  been 
re stored  from  war b  and regathered  from  many 
peo ples  to  the moun tains  of Is ra el,  which  had 
 long  been  a  ruin. They  were  brought  out  from 
 the peo ples,  and  all  of  them  now  live se cure ly .


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9  You,  all  of  your  troops,  and  many peo ples  with 
 you  will ad vance, com ing  like  a thun der storm; 
 you  will  be  like  a  cloud cov er ing  the  land. 10 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  On  that 
 day ,  thoughts  will  arise  in  your  mind,  and  you 
 will de vise  an  evil  plan. 11  You  will  say , “ I  will 
ad vance  against  a  land  of  open vil lages;  I  will 
 come  against  a tranquil peo ple  who  are liv ing 
se cure ly ,  all  of  them liv ing with out  walls  and 
with out  bars  or  gates”  —   12  in or der  to  seize 
 spoil  and car ry  off plun der,  to  turn  your  hand 
 against ru ins  now in hab it ed  and  against  a 
peo ple gath ered  from  the na tions,  who  have 
 been ac quir ing cat tle  and pos ses sions  and 
 who  live  at  the cen ter  of  the  world. 13 She ba 
 and De dan  and  the mer chants  of Tar shish  with 
 all  its rul ers c  will  ask  you, “ Have  you  come  to 
 seize  spoil?


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Have  you mo bi lized  your as sem bly 
 to car ry  off plun der,  to  make  off  with sil ver 
 and  gold,  to  take cat tle  and pos ses sions,  to 
 seize plen ty  of  spoil? ” ’
14 “There fore proph e sy ,  son  of  man,  and  say 
 to  Gog, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  On 
 that  day  when  my peo ple Is ra el  are dwell ing 
se cure ly ,  will  you  not  know  this 15  and  come 
 from  your  place  in  the re mot est  parts  of  the 
 north  —   you  and  many peo ples  with  you,  who 
 are  all rid ing hors es  —   a  huge as sem bly ,  a 
pow er ful  army? 16  You  will ad vance  against 
 my peo ple Is ra el  like  a  cloud cov er ing  the 
 land. It  will hap pen  in  the  last  days,  Gog,  that 
 I  will  bring  you  against  my  land  so  that  the 
na tions  may  know  me,  when  I  show my self 
 holy  through  you  in  their  sight. 17 “ ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  Are  you 
 the  one  I  spoke  about  in for mer  times  through 
 my ser vants,  the proph ets  of Is ra el,  who  for 
 years proph e sied  in  those  times  that  I  would 
 bring  you  against  them? 18  Now  on  that  day , 
 the  day  when  Gog  comes  against  the  land  of 
Is ra el  —   this  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord 
 G od  —   my  wrath  will  flare  up. d 19  I  swear  in 
 my  zeal  and fi ery  rage:  On  that  day  there  will 
 be  a  great earth quake  in  the  land  of Is ra el. 20  The  fish  of  the  sea,  the  birds  of  the  sky ,  the 
an i mals  of  the  field, ev ery crea ture  that crawls 
 on  the  ground,  and ev ery hu man be ing  on  the 
 face  of  the  earth  will trem ble be fore  me. The 
moun tains  will  be de mol ished,  the  cliffs  will 
col lapse,  and ev ery  wall  will  fall  to  the  ground. 21  I  will  call  for  a  sword  against  him  on  all  my 
moun tains  —   this  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the 
 Lord  G od  —   and ev ery  man’s  sword  will  be 
 against  his broth er. 22  I  will ex e cute judg ment 
 on  him  with  plague  and blood shed. I  will  pour 
 out torrential  rain, hail stones,  fire,  and burn-
ing sul fur  on  him,  as  well  as  his  troops  and 
 the  many peo ples  who  are  with  him. 23  I  will 
dis play  my great ness  and ho li ness,  and  will 
re veal my self  in  the  sight  of  many na tions. Then  they  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.’
THE DISPOSAL OF GOG
39 
“ As  for  you,  son  of  man, proph e sy 
 against  Gog  and  say , ‘ This  is  what  the 
 Lord  G od  says:  Look,  I  am  against  you,  Gog, 
 chief  prince  of e Me shech  and Tu bal. 2  I  will 
a38:2 Or the prince of Rosh,   b38:8 Lit from the sword   c38:13 Lit young lions, or  villages   d38:18 Lit up in my anger    
e39:1 Or Gog, prince of Rosh,
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 turn  you  around,  drive  you  on,  and  lead  you 
 up  from  the re mot est  parts  of  the  north. I 
 will  bring  you  against  the moun tains  of Is-
ra el.


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3  Then  I  will  knock  your  bow  from  your 
 left  hand  and  make  your ar rows  drop  from 
 your  right  hand. 4  You,  all  your  troops,  and 
 the peo ples  who  are  with  you  will  fall  on  the 
moun tains  of Is ra el. I  will  give  you  as  food  to 
ev ery  kind  of predatory  bird  and  to  the  wild 
an i mals. 5  You  will  fall  on  the  open  field,  for 
 I  have spo ken.


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This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the 
 Lord  G od. 6 “ ‘ I  will  send  fire  against Ma gog  and  those 
 who  live se cure ly  on  the  coasts  and is lands. Then  they  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord.


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7  So 
 I  will  make  my  holy  name  known  among  my 
peo ple Is ra el  and  will  no lon ger al low  it  to  be 
pro faned. Then  the na tions  will  know  that  I 
 am  the  L ord,  the  Holy  One  in Is ra el. 8  Yes,  it  is 
com ing,  and  it  will hap pen. This  is  the dec la-
ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od.


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This  is  the  day  I  have 
spo ken  about. 9 “ ‘ Then  the in hab i tants  of Is ra el’s cit ies 
 will  go  out, kin dle  fires,  and  burn  the weap-
ons  —   the  small  and  large  shields,  the  bows 
 and ar rows,  the  clubs  and  spears. For sev en 
 years  they  will  use  them  to  make  fires.


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10  They 
 will  not gath er  wood  from  the coun try side  or 
 cut  it  down  from  the for ests,  for  they  will  use 
 the weap ons  to  make  fires. They  will  take  the 
 loot  from  those  who loot ed  them  and plun der 
 those  who plun dered  them.


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This  is  the dec la-
ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. 11 “ ‘ Now  on  that  day  I  will  give  Gog  a buri al 
 place  there  in Is ra el  —   the Trav el ers’ V al ley a 
 east  of  the  Sea. It  will  block  those  who trav el 
 through,  for  Gog  and  all  his  hordes  will  be 
bur ied  there. So  it  will  be  called  Hordes  of 
 Gog b V al ley . 12  The  house  of Is ra el  will  spend 
sev en  months bury ing  them  in or der  to  cleanse 
 the  land. 13  All  the peo ple  of  the  land  will  bury 
 them  and  their  fame  will  spread  on  the  day 
 I dis play  my glo ry . This  is  the dec la ra tion  of 
 the  Lord  G od. 14 “ ‘ They  will ap point  men  on  a full-time 
ba sis  to  pass  through  the  land  and  bury  the 
in vad ers c  who re main  on  the sur face  of  the 
 ground,  in or der  to  cleanse  it. They  will  make 
 their  search  at  the  end  of  the sev en  months. 15  When  they  pass  through  the  land  and  one 
 of  them  sees  a hu man  bone,  he  will  set  up  a 
mark er  next  to  it un til  the bur iers  have bur ied 
 it  in  Hordes  of  Gog V al ley . 16  There  will  even 
 be  a  city  named Ha mo nah d  there. So  they  will 
 cleanse  the  land.’
17 “ Son  of  man,  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od 
 says:  Tell ev ery  kind  of  bird  and  all  the  wild 
an i mals, ‘ As sem ble  and  come! Gath er  from  all 
 around  to  my sacrificial  feast  that  I  am slaugh-
ter ing  for  you,  a  great  feast  on  the moun tains 
 of Is ra el;  you  will  eat  flesh  and  drink  blood. 18  You  will  eat  the  flesh  of  mighty  men  and 
 drink  the  blood  of  the  earth’s princ es:  rams, 
 lambs,  male  goats,  and  all  the fat tened  bulls 
 of Ba shan. 19  You  will  eat  fat un til  you  are sat-
is fied  and  drink  blood un til  you  are  drunk, 
 at  my sacrificial  feast  that  I  have pre pared 
 for  you. 20  At  my ta ble  you  will  eat  your  fill 
 of hors es  and rid ers,  of  mighty  men  and  all 
 the war riors. This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the 
 Lord  G od.’
ISRAEL’S RESTORATION TO GOD
21 “ I  will dis play  my glo ry  among  the na tions, 
 and  all  the na tions  will  see  the judg ment  I 
 have ex e cut ed  and  the  hand  I  have  laid  on 
 them. 22  From  that  day for ward  the  house  of 
Is ra el  will  know  that  I  am  the  L ord  their  God.


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23  And  the na tions  will  know  that  the  house 
 of Is ra el  went  into ex ile  on ac count  of  their 
in iq ui ty , be cause  they  dealt un faith ful ly  with 
 me. There fore,  I  hid  my  face  from  them  and 
hand ed  them  over  to  their en e mies,  so  that 
 they  all  fell  by  the  sword. 24  I  dealt  with  them 
ac cord ing  to  their un clean ness  and trans gres-
sions,  and  I  hid  my  face  from  them. 25 “ So  this  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  Now 
 I  will re store  the for tunes  of Ja cob  and  have 
com pas sion  on  the  whole  house  of Is ra el,  and 
 I  will  be jeal ous  for  my  holy  name. 26  They  will 
 feel re morse  for e,f  their dis grace  and  all  the 
un faith ful ness  they com mit ted  against  me, 
 when  they  live se cure ly  in  their  land  with  no 
 one  to fright en  them. 27  When  I  bring  them 
 back  from  the peo ples  and gath er  them  from 
 the coun tries  of  their en e mies,  I  will dem on-
strate  my ho li ness  through  them  in  the  sight  of 
 many na tions. 28  They  will  know  that  I  am  the 
 L ord  their  God  when  I regather  them  to  their 
 own  land af ter hav ing ex iled  them  among  the 
na tions. I  will  leave  none  of  them be hind. g 29  I 
 will  no lon ger  hide  my  face  from  them,  for  I 
 will  pour  out  my Spir it  on  the  house  of Is ra el.” 
 This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. a39:11 Hb obscure   b39:11 = Hamon-gog, also in v . 15   c39:14 Or basis, some to pass through the land, and with them some 
to bury those   d39:16 In Hb, Hamonah is related to the word “horde.”   e39:26 Some emend to will forget   f39:26 Lit will bear   
g39:28 Lit behind there any longer
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THE NEW TEMPLE
40 
 In  the twenty-fifth  year  of  our ex ile,  at 
 the be gin ning  of  the  year,  on  the  tenth 
 day  of  the  month  in  the four teenth  year af ter 
Je ru sa lem  had  been cap tured,  on  that  very  day 
 the  L ord’ s  hand  was  on  me,  and  he  brought 
 me  there. 2  In vi sions  of  God  he  took  me  to 
 the  land  of Is ra el  and  set  me  down  on  a  very 
 high moun tain.


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3  He  brought  me 
 there,  and  I  saw  a  man  whose ap pear ance  was 
 like  bronze,  with  a lin en  cord  and  a mea sur-
ing  rod  in  his  hand.


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4  He  spoke  to  me: “ Son  of  man,  look 
 with  your  eyes, lis ten  with  your  ears,  and  pay 
at ten tion  to ev ery thing  I  am go ing  to  show 
 you,  for  you  have  been  brought  here  so  that 
 I  might  show  it  to  you. Re port ev ery thing  you 
 see  to  the  house  of Is ra el.”
THE WALL AND OUTER GATES
5  Now  there  was  a  wall sur round ing  the out-
side  of  the tem ple. The mea sur ing  rod  in  the 
 man’s  hand  was  six  units  of twenty-one inch-
es; a  each  unit  was  the stan dard  length  plus 
 three inch es. b  He mea sured  the thick ness  of 
 the  wall struc ture;  it  was  10  1/ 2  feet, c  and  its 
 height  was  the  same. 6  Then  he  came  to  the 
 gate  that  faced  east  and  climbed  its  steps. He 
mea sured  the thresh old  of  the  gate;  it  was 
 10  1/ 2  feet  deep  —   one thresh old  was  10  1/ 2  feet 
 deep. 7  Each recess  was  10  1/ 2  feet  long  and  10  1/ 2 
 feet  deep,  and  there  was  a  space  of  8  3/ 4  feet d 
be tween  the re cess es. The in ner thresh old  of 
 the  gate  on  the tem ple  side  next  to  the  gate’s 
por ti co  was  10  1/ 2  feet. 8  Next  he mea sured  the 
 gate’s por ti co; 9  it e  was  14  feet, f  and  its  jambs 
 were  3  1/ 2  feet. g  The  gate’s por ti co  was  on  the 
tem ple  side. 10  There  were  three re cess es  on  each  side  of 
 the  east  gate,  each  with  the  same mea sure-
ments,  and  the  jambs  on ei ther  side  also  had 
 the  same mea sure ments. 11  Then  he mea sured 
 the  width  of  the  gate’s en trance;  it  was  17  1/ 2 
 feet, h  while  the  width i  of  the  gate  was  22  3/ 4 
 feet. j 12  There  was  a bar ri er  of  21 inch es k  in 
 front  of  the re cess es  on  both  sides,  and  the 
re cess es  on  each  side  were  10  1/ 2  feet l  square. 13  Then  he mea sured  the  gate  from  the  roof 
 of  one recess  to  the  roof  of  the op po site  one; 
 the dis tance  was  43  3/ 4  feet. m  The open ings  of 
 the re cess es  faced  each oth er. 14  Next,  he mea-
sured  the  porch  —   105  feet. n,o 15  The dis tance 
 from  the  front  of  the  gate  at  the en trance  to 
 the  front  of  the  gate’s por ti co  on  the in side 
 was  87  1/ 2  feet. p 16  The re cess es  and  their  jambs 
 had beveled win dows  all  around  the in side 
 of  the  gate. The por ti coes  also  had win dows 
 all  around  on  the in side.


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Each  jamb  was dec-
o rat ed  with  palm  trees. 17  Then  he  brought  me  into  the out er  court, 
 and  there  were cham bers  and  a paved sur face 
 laid  out  all  around  the  court. Thir ty cham bers 
 faced  the pave ment, 18  which flanked  the court-
yard’s  gates  and corresponded  to  the  length 
 of  the  gates;  this  was  the low er pave ment. 19  Then  he mea sured  the dis tance  from  the 
 front  of  the low er  gate  to  the ex te ri or  front 
 of  the in ner  court;  it  was  175  feet. q  This  was 
 the  east;  next  the  north  is de scribed. 20  He mea sured  the  gate  of  the out er  court 
fac ing  north,  both  its  length  and  width. 21  Its 
 three re cess es  on  each  side,  its  jambs,  and  its 
por ti co  had  the  same mea sure ments  as  the 
 first  gate:  87  1/ 2  feet  long  and  43  3/ 4  feet  wide. 22  Its win dows, por ti co,  and  palm  trees  had 
 the  same mea sure ments  as  those  of  the  gate 
 that  faced  east. Sev en  steps  led  up  to  the  gate, 
 and  its por ti co  was  ahead  of  them. 23  The in ner 
 court  had  a  gate fac ing  the  north  gate,  like  the 
 one  on  the  east. He mea sured  the dis tance 
 from  gate  to  gate;  it  was  175  feet. 24  He  brought  me  to  the  south  side,  and  there 
 was  also  a  gate  on  the  south. He mea sured  its 
 jambs  and por ti co;  they  had  the  same mea-
sure ments  as  the oth ers. 25  Both  the  gate  and 
 its por ti co  had win dows  all  around,  like  the 
oth er win dows. It  was  87  1/ 2  feet  long  and  43  3/ 4 
 feet  wide. 26  Its stair way  had sev en  steps,  and 
 its por ti co  was  ahead  of  them. It  had  palm  trees 
 on  its  jambs,  one  on  each  side.


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27  The in ner 
 court  had  a  gate  on  the  south. He mea sured 
 from  gate  to  gate  on  the  south;  it  was  175  feet. THE INNER GATES
28  Then  he  brought  me  to  the in ner  court 
 through  the  south  gate. When  he mea sured 
 the  south  gate,  it  had  the  same mea sure ments 
a40:5 = a long cubit   b40:5 Lit six cubits by the cubit and a handbreadth   c40:5 Lit was one rod, also in v . 7   d40:7 Lit five 
cubits, also in v . 30   e40:8-9 Some Hb mss, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss read gate facing the temple side; it was one rod. 9Then he 
measured the gate’s portico; it   f40:9 Lit eight cubits   g40:9 Lit two cubits   h40:11 Lit 10 cubits   i40:11 Lit length    
j40:11 Lit 13 cubits   k40:12 Lit one cubit, also in v . 42   l40:12 Lit six cubits   m40:13 Lit 25 cubits, also in vv . 21, 25, 29, 33, 36   
n40:14 MT adds To the jamb of the court, the gate was all around ; Hb obscure   o40:14 Lit 60 cubits   p40:15 Lit 50 cubits, also 
in vv . 21, 25, 29, 33, 36   q40:19 Lit 100 cubits, also in vv .


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 as  the oth ers. 29  Its re cess es,  jambs,  and por ti co 
 had  the  same mea sure ments  as  the oth ers. Both 
 it  and  its por ti co  had win dows  all  around. It 
 was  87  1/ 2  feet  long  and  43  3/ 4  feet  wide. 30 ( There 
 were por ti coes  all  around,  43  3/ 4  feet  long  and 
 8  3/ 4  feet  wide. a) 31  Its por ti co  faced  the out er 
 court,  and  its  jambs  were dec o rat ed  with  palm 
 trees. Its stair way  had  eight  steps.


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32  Then  he  brought  me  to  the in ner  court  on 
 the  east  side. When  he mea sured  the  gate,  it 
 had  the  same mea sure ments  as  the oth ers. 33  Its re cess es,  jambs,  and por ti co  had  the 
 same mea sure ments  as  the oth ers. Both  it 
 and  its por ti co  had win dows  all  around. It 
 was  87  1/ 2  feet  long  and  43  3/ 4  feet  wide. 34  Its 
por ti co  faced  the out er  court,  and  its  jambs 
 were dec o rat ed  with  palm  trees  on  each  side. Its stair way  had  eight  steps.


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35  Then  he  brought  me  to  the  north  gate. When  he mea sured  it,  it  had  the  same mea-
sure ments  as  the oth ers, 36  as  did  its re cess es, 
 jambs,  and por ti co. It  also  had win dows  all 
 around. It  was  87  1/ 2  feet  long  and  43  3/ 4  feet 
 wide. 37  Its por ti co b  faced  the out er  court,  and 
 its  jambs  were dec o rat ed  with  palm  trees  on 
 each  side.


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Its stair way  had  eight  steps. ROOMS FOR PREPARING SACRIFICES
38  There  was  a cham ber  whose  door  opened 
 into  the  gate’s por ti co. c  The  burnt off  er ing 
 was  to  be  washed  there. 39 In side  the  gate’s 
por ti co  there  were  two ta bles  on  each  side, 
 on  which  to slaugh ter  the  burnt off  er ing,  sin 
off  er ing,  and  guilt off  er ing. 40 Out side,  as  one 
ap proach es  the en trance  of  the  north  gate, 
 there  were  two ta bles  on  one  side  and  two 
 more ta bles  on  the oth er  side  of  the  gate’s 
por ti co. 41  So  there  were  four ta bles in side 
 the  gate  and  four out side,  eight ta bles  in  all 
 on  which  the slaugh ter ing  was  to  be  done. 42  There  were  also  four ta bles  of  cut  stone  for 
 the  burnt off  er ing,  each  31  1/ 2 inch  es d  long, 
 31  1/ 2 inch  es  wide,  and  21 inch es  high. The 
uten sils  used  to slaugh ter  the  burnt off  er ings 
 and oth er sac ri fic es  were  placed  on  them.


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43  There  were three-inch e  hooks f fas tened  all 
 around  the in side  of  the  room,  and  the  flesh 
 of  the off  er ing  was  to  be  laid  on  the ta bles. ROOMS FOR SINGERS AND PRIESTS
44 Out side  the in ner  gate, with in  the in ner 
 court,  there  were cham bers  for  the sing ers: g 
 one h be side  the  north  gate, fac ing  south,  and 
an oth er be side  the  south i  gate, fac ing  north. 45  Then  the  man  said  to  me: “ This cham ber  that 
fac es  south  is  for  the  priests  who  keep  charge 
 of  the tem ple.


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46  The cham ber  that fac es  north 
 is  for  the  priests  who  keep  charge  of  the al tar. These  are  the  sons  of Za dok,  the  ones  from  the 
 sons  of  Levi  who  may ap proach  the  L ord  to 
 serve  him.” 47  Next  he mea sured  the  court. It 
 was  square,  175  feet  long  and  175  feet  wide.


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The al tar  was  in  front  of  the tem ple. 48  Then  he  brought  me  to  the por ti co  of  the 
tem ple  and mea sured  the  jambs  of  the por ti-
co;  they  were  8  3/ 4  feet  thick  on  each  side. The 
 width  of  the  gate  was  24  1/ 2  feet, j  and  the  side 
 walls  of  the  gate  were k  5  1/ 4  feet l  wide  on  each 
 side. 49  The por ti co  was  35  feet m  across  and 
 21 n  feet o  deep,  and  10  steps  led p  up  to  it. There 
 were pil lars  by  the  jambs,  one  on  each  side. INSIDE THE TEMPLE
41 
 Next  he  brought  me  into  the  great  hall 
 and mea sured  the  jambs;  on  each  side 
 the  width  of  the  jamb  was  10  1/ 2  feet. q,r 2  The 
 width  of  the en trance  was  17  1/ 2  feet, s  and  the 
 side  walls  of  the en trance  were  8  3/ 4  feet t  wide 
 on  each  side. He  also mea sured  the  length  of 
 the  great  hall,  70  feet, u  and  the  width,  35  feet. v 
3  He  went in side  the  next  room  and mea sured 
 the  jambs  at  the en trance;  they  were  3  1/ 2  feet w 
 wide. The en trance  was  10  1/ 2  feet  wide,  and 
 the  width  of  the en trance’s  side  walls  on  each 
 side x  was  12  1/ 4  feet. y 4  He  then mea sured  the 
 length  of  the  room adjacent  to  the  great  hall, 
 35  feet,  and  the  width,  35  feet. And  he  said  to 
 me, “ This  is  the  most  holy  place.”
OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE
5  Then  he mea sured  the  wall  of  the tem ple; 
 it  was  10  1/ 2  feet  thick. The  width  of  the  side 
 rooms  all  around  the tem ple  was  7  feet.


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6  The  side  rooms  were ar ranged  one  above 
an oth er  in  three sto ries  of thir ty  rooms  each. aa 
 There  were  ledges  on  the  wall  of  the tem ple 
 all  around  to  serve  as sup ports  for  the  side 
a40:30 Some Hb mss, LXX omit v . 30   b40:37 LXX; MT reads jambs   c40:38 T ext emended; MT reads door was by the jambs, at 
the gates   d40:42 Lit one and a half cubits   e40:43 Lit one handbreadth   f40:43 Or ledges   g40:44 LXX reads were two 
chambers   h40:44 LXX; MT reads singers, which was   i40:44 LXX; MT reads east   j40:48 Lit 14 cubits   k40:48 LXX; MT omits 
24 ½ feet, and the side walls of the gate were   l40:48 Lit three cubits   m40:49 Lit 20 cubits   n40:49 LXX; MT reads 19 ¼   
o40:49 Lit 12 cubits   p40:49 MT reads and it was on steps that they would go   q41:1 LXX; MT reads jambs; they were 10 ½ 
feet wide on each side  —  the width of the tabernacle   r41:1 Lit six cubits, also in vv . 3,5   s41:2 Lit 10 cubits   t41:2 Lit five 
cubits, also in vv .


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9,11,12   u41:2 Lit 40 cubits   v41:2 Lit 20 cubits, also in vv . 4,10   w41:3 Lit two cubits, also in v . 22   x41:3 LXX; 
MT reads width of the entrance   y41:3 Lit seven cubits   z41:5 Lit four cubits   aa41:6 Lit another three and thirty times
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 rooms,  so  that  the sup ports  would  not  be  in 
 the tem ple  wall it self. 7  The  side  rooms sur-
round ing  the tem ple wid ened  at  each suc ces-
sive sto ry ,  for  the struc ture sur round ing  the 
tem ple  went  up  by  stages. This  was  the rea son 
 for  the tem ple’s broad ness  as  it  rose. And  so, 
 one  would  go  up  from  the low est sto ry  to  the 
high est  by  means  of  the mid dle  one. a
8  I  saw  that  the tem ple  had  a  raised plat form 
sur round ing  it;  this foun da tion  for  the  side 
 rooms  was  10  1/ 2  feet  high. b 9  The thick ness  of 
 the out er  wall  of  the  side  rooms  was  8  3/ 4  feet. The  free  space be tween  the  side  rooms  of  the 
tem ple 10  and  the out er cham bers  was  35  feet 
 wide  all  around  the tem ple. 11  The  side  rooms 
 opened  into  the  free  space,  one en trance to-
ward  the  north  and an oth er  to  the  south. The 
 area  of  free  space  was  8  3/ 4  feet  wide  all  around. 12  Now  the build ing  that  faced  the tem ple 
 yard to ward  the  west  was  122  1/ 2  feet c  wide. The  wall  of  the build ing  was  8  3/ 4  feet  thick 
 on  all  sides,  and  the building’s  length  was 
 157  1/ 2  feet. d
13  Then  the  man mea sured  the tem ple;  it  was 
 175  feet e  long. In ad di tion,  the tem ple  yard  and 
 the build ing, in clud ing  its  walls,  were  175  feet 
 long. 14  The  width  of  the  front  of  the tem ple 
 along  with  the tem ple  yard  to  the  east  was 
 175  feet. 15  Next  he mea sured  the  length  of  the 
build ing fac ing  the tem ple  yard  to  the  west, 
 with  its gal ler ies f  on  each  side;  it  was  175  feet. INTERIOR WOODEN STRUCTURES
 The in te ri or  of  the  great  hall  and  the por ti coes 
 of  the  court — 16  the thresh olds,  the beveled 
win dows,  and  the balconies  all  around  with 
 their  three lev els op po site  the thresh old  —  
 were over laid  with  wood  on  all  sides. They 
 were pan eled  from  the  ground  to  the win dows 
( but  the win dows  were cov ered), 17 reach ing 
 to  the  top  of  the en trance,  and  as  far  as  the 
in ner tem ple  and  on  the out side.


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On ev ery  wall 
 all  around,  on  the in side  and out side,  was  a 
pat tern 18  carved  with cher u bim  and  palm 
 trees. There  was  a  palm  tree be tween  each 
 pair  of cher u bim. Each cher ub  had  two fac es: 
19  a hu man  face  turned to ward  the  palm  tree 
 on  one  side,  and  a  lion’s  face  turned to ward 
 it  on  the oth er. They  were  carved through-
out  the tem ple  on  all  sides. 20 Cher u bim  and 
 palm  trees  were  carved  from  the  ground  to 
 the  top  of  the en trance  and  on  the  wall  of 
 the  great  hall. 21  The door posts  of  the  great  hall  were 
 square,  and  the  front  of  the sanc tu ary  had 
 the  same ap pear ance. 22  The al tar  was g  made 
 of  wood,  5  1/ 4  feet h  high  and  3  1/ 2  feet  long. i  It 
 had cor ners,  and  its  length j  and  sides  were 
 of  wood. The  man  told  me, “ This  is  the ta ble 
 that  stands be fore  the  L ord.”
23  The  great  hall  and  the sanc tu ary  each  had 
 a dou ble  door, 24  and  each  of  the  doors  had  two 
swinging pan els. There  were  two pan els  for 
 one  door  and  two  for  the oth er.


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25 Cher u bim 
 and  palm  trees  were  carved  on  the  doors  of 
 the  great  hall  like  those  carved  on  the  walls. There  was  a wood en can o py a out side,  in  front 
 of  the por ti co. 26  There  were beveled win dows 
 and  palm  trees  on  both  sides,  on  the  side  walls 
 of  the por ti co,  the  side  rooms  of  the tem ple, 
 and  the canopies. a
THE PRIESTS’ CHAMBERS
42 
 Then  the  man  led  me  out  by  way  of 
 the  north  gate  into  the out er  court.


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He 
 brought  me  to  the  group  of cham bers op po site 
 the tem ple  yard  and op po site  the build ing  to 
 the  north.


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2  Along  the  length  of  the cham bers, 
 which  was  175  feet, k  there  was  an en trance  on 
 the  north;  the  width  was  87  1/ 2  feet. l 3 Op po site 
 the  35  foot  space m be long ing  to  the in ner  court 
 and op po site  the paved sur face be long ing  to 
 the out er  court,  the struc ture  rose gal lery  by 
gal lery  in  three tiers. 4  In  front  of  the cham bers 
 was  a walkway to ward  the in side,  17  1/ 2  feet n 
 wide  and  175  feet  long, o  and  their en tranc es 
 were  on  the  north.


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5  The up per cham bers  were 
nar row er be cause  the gal ler ies  took  away 
 more  space  from  them  than  from  the low er 
 and mid dle sto ries  of  the build ing. 6  For  they 
 were ar ranged  in  three sto ries  and  had  no 
pil lars  like  the pil lars  of  the  courts; there fore 
 the up per cham bers  were  set  back  from  the 
 ground  more  than  the low er  and mid dle sto-
ries. 7  A  wall  on  the out side  ran  in  front  of  the 
cham bers, par al lel  to  them, to ward  the out er 
 court;  it  was  87  1/ 2  feet  long. 8  For  the cham bers 
 on  the out er  court  were  87  1/ 2  feet  long,  while 
 those fac ing  the  great  hall  were  175  feet  long. 9  At  the  base  of  these cham bers  there  was  an 
en try way  on  the  east  side  as  one en ters  them 
 from  the out er  court. a41:7,25,26 Hb obscure   b41:8 Lit a full rod of six cubits of a joint ; Hb obscure   c41:12 Lit 70 cubits   d41:12 Lit 90 cubits   
e41:13 Lit 100 cubits   f41:15 Or ledges   g41:21-22 Or and in front of the sanctuary was something that looked like 22an altar   
h41:22 Lit three cubits   i41:22 LXX reads long and 3 ½ feet wide   j41:22 LXX reads base   k42:2 Lit 100 cubits, also in vv . 4,8   
l42:2 Lit 50 cubits, also in v .


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7   m42:3 Lit 20 cubits   n42:4 Lit 10 cubits   o42:4 LXX, Syr; MT reads wide, a way of one cubit
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10  In  the thick ness  of  the  wall  of  the  court 
to ward  the  south, a  there  were cham bers fac-
ing  the tem ple  yard  and  the west ern build ing, 
11  with  a pas sage way  in  front  of  them,  just  like 
 the cham bers  that  faced  north. Their  length  and 
 width,  as  well  as  all  their ex its, mea sure ments, 
 and en tranc es,  were iden ti cal. 12  The en trance 
 at  the be gin ning  of  the pas sage way ,  the  way  in 
 front  of  the cor re spond ing b  wall  as  one en ters 
 on  the  east  side,  was sim i lar  to  the en tranc es 
 of  the cham bers  that  were  on  the  south  side. 13  Then  the  man  said  to  me, “ The north ern 
 and south ern cham bers  that  face  the court yard 
 are  the  holy cham bers  where  the  priests  who 
ap proach  the  L ord  will  eat  the  most  holy off  er-
ings. There  they  will de pos it  the  most  holy of-
fer ings  —   the  grain off  er ings,  sin off  er ings,  and 
 guilt off  er ings  —   for  the  place  is  holy . 14  Once 
 the  priests  have en tered,  they  are  not  to  go 
 out  from  the  holy  area  to  the out er  court un til 
 they  have re moved  the  clothes  they min is ter 
 in,  for  these  are  holy . They  are  to  put  on oth er 
 clothes be fore  they ap proach  the pub lic  area.”
OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS OF THE TEMPLE COMPLEX
15  When  he fin ished mea sur ing in side  the tem-
ple complex,  he  led  me  out  by  way  of  the  gate 
 that  faced  east  and mea sured  all  around  the 
complex. 16 He measured the east side with a 
measuring rod;
it was 875 feet c by the measuring rod. d
17 He e measured the north side;
it was 875 feet by the measuring rod. 18 He f measured the south side;
it was 875 feet by the measuring rod. 19 Then he turned to the west side
and measured 875 feet by the measuring 
rod. 20  He mea sured  the tem ple complex  on  all  four 
 sides. It  had  a  wall  all  around  it,  875  feet  long 
 and  875  feet  wide,  to sep a rate  the  holy  from 
 the com mon. RETURN OF THE LORD’S GLORY
43 
 He  led  me  to  the  gate,  the  one  that fac es 
 east, 2  and  I  saw  the glo ry  of  the  God  of 
Is ra el com ing  from  the  east. His  voice sound ed 
 like  the  roar  of  a  huge tor rent,  and  the  earth 
 shone  with  his glo ry .


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3  The vi sion  I  saw  was 
 like  the  one  I  had  seen  when  he g  came  to de-
stroy  the  city ,  and  like  the  ones  I  had  seen  by 
 the Che bar Ca nal. I  fell face down. 4  The glo ry 
 of  the  L ord en tered  the tem ple  by  way  of  the 
 gate  that  faced  east. 5  Then  the Spir it lift ed  me 
 up  and  brought  me  to  the in ner  court,  and  the 
glo ry  of  the  L ord  filled  the tem ple. 6  While  the  man  was stand ing be side  me,  I 
 heard some one speak ing  to  me  from  the tem-
ple. 7  He  said  to  me: “ Son  of  man,  this  is  the  place 
 of  my  throne  and  the  place  for  the  soles  of  my 
 feet,  where  I  will  dwell  among  the Is ra el ites 
for ev er. The  house  of Is ra el  and  their  kings 
 will  no lon ger de file  my  holy  name  by  their 
re li gious pros ti tu tion  and  by  the  corpses h  of 
 their  kings  at  their  high plac es. i 8 When ev er 
 they  placed  their thresh old  next  to  my thresh-
old  and  their door posts be side  my door posts, 
 with  only  a  wall be tween  me  and  them,  they 
 were de fil ing  my  holy  name  by  the de test able 
 acts  they com mit ted. So  I de stroyed  them  in 
 my an ger. 9  Now  let  them re move  their pros ti-
tu tion  and  the  corpses  of  their  kings  far  from 
 me,  and  I  will  dwell  among  them for ev er. 10 “ As  for  you,  son  of  man, de scribe  the tem-
ple  to  the  house  of Is ra el,  so  that  they  may  be 
 ashamed  of  their in iq ui ties. Let  them mea sure 
 its pat tern, 11  and  they  will  be  ashamed  of  all 
 that  they  have  done. Re veal j  the de sign  of  the 
tem ple  to  them  —   its layout  with  its ex its  and 
en tranc es  —   its com plete de sign  along  with 
 all  its stat utes, de sign spec i fi ca tions,  and  laws. Write  it  down  in  their  sight  so  that  they  may 
ob serve  its com plete de sign  and  all  its stat utes 
 and  may car ry  them  out. 12  This  is  the  law  of 
 the tem ple:  All  its sur round ing ter ri to ry  on 
 top  of  the moun tain  will  be es pe cial ly  holy .


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Yes,  this  is  the  law  of  the tem ple. THE ALTAR
13 “ These  are  the mea sure ments  of  the al tar  in 
 units  of  length ( each  unit be ing  the stan dard 
 length  plus  three inch es): k  The gut ter  is  21 
inch es l  deep  and  21 inch es  wide,  with  a  rim  of 
 nine inch es m  around  its  edge. This  is  the  base n 
 of  the al tar.


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14  The dis tance  from  the gut ter 
 on  the  ground  to  the low er  ledge  is  3  1/ 2  feet, o 
 and  the  width  of  the  ledge  is  21 inch es. There 
a42:10 LXX; MT reads east   b42:12 Or protective ; Hb obscure   c42:16 Lit 500 in rods, also in vv .


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17,18,19   d42:16 Lit rod all 
around, also in vv . 17,18,19   e42:17 LXX reads Then he turned to the north and   f42:18 LXX reads Then he turned to the south 
and   g43:3 Some Hb mss, Theod, Vg; other Hb mss, LXX, Syr read I   h43:7 Or monuments, also in v . 9   i43:7 Some Hb mss, Theod, 
Tg read their death   j43:10-11 LXX, Vg; MT reads pattern. 11And if they are ashamed  .


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. done, reveal   k43:13 Lit in cubits (a 
cubit being a cubit plus a handbreadth)   l43:13 Lit one cubit, also in vv . 14,17   m43:13 Lit one span   n43:13 LXX reads height   
o43:14 Lit two cubits
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 are  7  feet a  from  the  small  ledge  to  the  large 
 ledge,  whose  width  is  also  21 inch es. 15  The 
al tar  hearth b  is  7  feet  high,  and  four  horns 
project up ward  from  the  hearth. 16  The  hearth 
 is  square,  21  feet c  long  by  21  feet  wide. 17  The 
 ledge  is  24  1/ 2  feet d  long  by  24  1/ 2  feet  wide,  with 
 four  equal  sides.


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The  rim  all  around  it  is  10  1/ 2 
inch es, e  and  its gut ter  is  21 inch es  all  around 
 it. The altar’s  steps  face  east.”
18  Then  he  said  to  me: “ Son  of  man,  this  is 
 what  the  Lord  G od  says:  These  are  the stat utes 
 for  the al tar  on  the  day  it  is con struct ed,  so 
 that  burnt off  er ings  may  be sac ri ficed  on  it 
 and  blood  may  be splattered  on  it: 19  You  are 
 to  give  a  bull  from  the  herd  as  a  sin off  er ing 
 to  the Le vit i cal  priests  who  are  from  the off-
spring  of Za dok,  who ap proach  me  in or der 
 to  serve  me.”  This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the 
 Lord  G od. 20 “ You  are  to  take  some  of  its  blood 
 and ap ply  it  to  the  four  horns  of  the al tar,  the 
 four cor ners  of  the  ledge,  and  all  around  the 
 rim. In  this  way  you  will pu ri fy  the al tar  and 
 make atone ment  for  it. 21  Then  you  are  to  take 
 away  the  bull  for  the  sin off  er ing,  and  it  must 
 be  burned out side  the sanc tu ary  in  the  place 
ap point ed  for  the tem ple. 22 “ On  the sec ond  day  you  are  to pre sent  an 
un blem ished  male  goat  as  a  sin off  er ing. They 
 will pu ri fy  the al tar  just  as  they  did  with  the 
 bull. 23  When  you  have fin ished  the pu ri fi ca-
tion,  you  are  to pre sent  a  young, un blem ished 
 bull  and  an un blem ished  ram  from  the  flock. 24  You  are  to pre sent  them be fore  the  L ord;  the 
 priests  will  throw  salt  on  them  and sac ri fice 
 them  as  a  burnt off  er ing  to  the  L ord. 25  You 
 will off  er  a  goat  for  a  sin off  er ing  each  day 
 for sev en  days. A  young  bull  and  a  ram  from 
 the  flock,  both un blem ished,  are  also  to  be of-
fered. 26  For sev en  days  the  priests  are  to  make 
atone ment  for  the al tar  and  cleanse  it. In  this 
 way  they  will con se crate  it f 27  and com plete 
 the  days  of pu ri fi ca tion.


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Then  on  the  eighth 
 day  and af ter ward,  the  priests  will off  er  your 
 burnt off  er ings  and fel low ship off  er ings  on 
 the al tar,  and  I  will ac cept  you.”  This  is  the 
dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. THE PRINCE’S PRIVILEGE
44 
 The  man  then  brought  me  back to-
ward  the sanc tu ary’s out er  gate  that 
 faced  east,  and  it  was  closed. 2  The  L ord  said 
 to  me: “ This  gate  will re main  closed. It  will 
 not  be  opened,  and  no  one  will en ter  through 
 it, be cause  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  has 
en tered  through  it. There fore  it  will re main 
 closed. 3  The  prince him self  will  sit  in  the  gate 
 to  eat  a  meal be fore  the  L ord. He  is  to en ter 
 by  way  of  the por ti co  of  the  gate  and  go  out 
 the  same  way .”
4  Then  the  man  brought  me  by  way  of  the 
 north  gate  to  the  front  of  the tem ple. I  looked, 
 and  the glo ry  of  the  L ord  filled  his tem ple.


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And  I  fell face down. 5  The  L ord  said  to  me: 
“ Son  of  man,  pay at ten tion;  look  with  your 
 eyes  and lis ten  with  your  ears  to ev ery thing 
 I  tell  you  about  all  the stat utes  and  laws  of 
 the  L ord’ s tem ple. Take care ful  note  of  the 
en trance  of  the tem ple  along  with  all  the ex its 
 of  the sanc tu ary . THE LEVITES’ DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES
6 “ Say  to  the re bel lious peo ple,  the  house  of 
Is ra el, ‘ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  I  have 
 had  enough  of  all  your de test able prac tic es, 
 house  of Is ra el. 7  When  you  brought  in for eign-
ers, un cir cum cised  in  both  heart  and  flesh,  to 
oc cu py  my sanc tu ary ,  you de filed  my tem ple 
 while  you off  ered  my  food  —   the  fat  and  the 
 blood.


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You g  broke  my cov enant  by  all  your de-
test able prac tic es. 8  You  have  not  kept  charge 
 of  my  holy  things  but  have ap point ed oth ers 
 to  keep  charge  of  my sanc tu ary  for  you.’
9 “ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  No for-
eign er, un cir cum cised  in  heart  and  flesh,  may 
en ter  my sanc tu ary ,  not  even  a for eign er  who 
 is  among  the Is ra el ites. 10 Sure ly  the Le vites 
 who wan dered  away  from  me  when Is ra el 
 went  astray ,  and  who  strayed  from  me af ter 
 their  idols,  will  bear  the con se quenc es  of  their 
in iq ui ty .


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11  Yet  they  will oc cu py  my sanc tu ary , 
serv ing  as  guards  at  the tem ple  gates  and min-
is ter ing  at  the tem ple. They  will slaugh ter  the 
 burnt off  er ings  and oth er sac ri fic es  for  the 
peo ple  and  will  stand be fore  them  to  serve 
 them. 12 Be cause  they min is tered  to  the  house 
 of Is ra el be fore  their  idols  and be came  a sin ful 
stum bling  block  to  them, there fore  I  swore  an 
 oath h  against  them”  —   this  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od  —  “ that  they  would  bear  the 
con se quenc es  of  their in iq ui ty . 13  They  must 
 not ap proach  me  to  serve  me  as  priests  or 
 come  near  any  of  my  holy  things  or  the  most 
 holy  things.


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They  will  bear  their dis grace  and 
 the con se quenc es  of  the de test able  acts  they 
a43:14 Lit four cubits, also in v . 15   b43:15 Hb obscure   c43:16 Lit 12 cubits   d43:17 Lit 14 cubits   e43:17 Lit one-half cubit   
f43:26 Lit will fill its hands   g44:7 LXX, Syr , Vg; MT reads They   h44:12 Lit I lifted my hand
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com mit ted. 14  Yet  I  will  make  them re spon si ble 
 for  the du ties  of  the tem ple  —   for  all  its  work 
 and ev ery thing  done  in  it. THE PRIESTS’ DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES
15 “ But  the Le vit i cal  priests de scend ed  from Za-
dok,  who  kept  charge  of  my sanc tu ary  when  the 
Is ra el ites  went  astray  from  me,  will ap proach 
 me  to  serve  me. They  will  stand be fore  me  to 
off  er  me  fat  and  blood.”  This  is  the dec la ra tion 
 of  the  Lord  G od.


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16 “ They  are  the  ones  who  may 
en ter  my sanc tu ary  and ap proach  my ta ble  to 
 serve  me.


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They  will  keep  my mandate. 17  When 
 they en ter  the  gates  of  the in ner  court  they  are 
 to  wear lin en gar ments;  they  must  not  have 
 on  them any thing  made  of  wool  when  they 
min is ter  at  the  gates  of  the in ner  court  and 
with in  it. 18  They  are  to  wear lin en tur bans  on 
 their  heads  and lin en un der gar ments  around 
 their  waists. They  are  not  to  put  on any thing 
 that  makes  them  sweat. 19 Be fore  they  go  out 
 to  the out er  court, a  to  the peo ple,  they  must 
 take  off  the  clothes  they  have  been min is ter ing 
 in,  leave  them  in  the  holy cham bers,  and  dress 
 in oth er  clothes  so  that  they  do  not transmit 
ho li ness  to  the peo ple  through  their  clothes. 20 “ They  may  not  shave  their  heads  or  let 
 their  hair  grow  long,  but  are  to care ful ly  trim 
 their  hair. 21  No  priest  may  drink  wine be fore 
 he en ters  the in ner  court. 22  He  is  not  to mar ry 
 a wid ow  or  a di vorced wom an,  but  may mar ry 
 only  a vir gin  from  the off spring  of  the  house 
 of Is ra el,  or  a wid ow  who  is  the wid ow  of  a 
 priest. 23  They  are  to  teach  my peo ple  the dif-
fer ence be tween  the  holy  and  the com mon, 
 and ex plain  to  them  the diff  er ence be tween 
 the  clean  and  the un clean.


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24 “ In  a dis pute,  they  will off  i ci ate  as judg-
es  and de cide  the  case ac cord ing  to  my or-
di nances. They  are  to ob serve  my  laws  and 
stat utes re gard ing  all  my ap point ed fes ti vals, 
 and  keep  my Sab baths  holy . 25  A  priest  may  not 
 come  near  a  dead per son  so  that  he be comes 
de filed. How ev er,  he  may de file him self  for  a 
fa ther,  a moth er,  a  son,  a daugh ter,  a broth er, 
 or  an un mar ried sis ter. 26 Af ter  he  is  cleansed, 
 he  is  to  count  off sev en  days  for him self. 27  On 
 the  day  he  goes  into  the sanc tu ary ,  into  the 
in ner  court  to min is ter  in  the sanc tu ary ,  he 
 is  to pre sent  his  sin off  er ing.”  This  is  the dec-
la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. 28 “ This  will  be  their in her i tance:  I  am  their 
in her i tance.


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You  are  to  give  them  no pos ses-
sion  in Is ra el:  I  am  their pos ses sion. 29  They 
 will  eat  the  grain off  er ing,  the  sin off  er ing,  and 
 the  guilt off  er ing. Ev ery thing  in Is ra el  that  is 
per ma nent ly ded i cat ed  to  the  L ord  will be long 
 to  them. 30  The  best  of  all  the first fruits  of ev ery 
 kind  and con tri bu tion  of ev ery  kind  from  all 
 your  gifts  will be long  to  the  priests. You  are  to 
 give  your  first  batch  of  dough  to  the  priest  so 
 that  a bless ing  may  rest  on  your  homes.


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31  The 
 priests  may  not  eat  any  bird  or an i mal  that 
 died nat u ral ly  or  was  mauled  by  wild  beasts. THE SACRED PORTION OF THE LAND
45 
“ When  you di vide  the  land  by  lot  as 
 an in her i tance,  set  aside  a do na tion 
 to  the  L ord,  a  holy por tion  of  the  land,  8  1/ 3 
 miles b  long  and  6  2/ 3  miles c  wide. This en tire 
re gion  will  be  holy .


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2  In  this  area  there  will  be  a 
 square sec tion d  for  the sanc tu ary ,  875  by  875 
 feet, e  with  87  1/ 2  feet f  of  open  space  all  around 
 it. 3  From  this  holy por tion, g  you  will mea sure 
 off  an  area  8  1/ 3  miles  long  and  3  1/ 3  miles h  wide, 
 in  which  the sanc tu ary ,  the  most  holy  place, 
 will  stand. i 4  It  will  be  a  holy  area  of  the  land 
 to  be  used  by  the  priests  who min is ter  in  the 
sanc tu ary ,  who ap proach  to  serve  the  L ord. It  will  be  a  place  for  their hous es,  as  well  as  a 
 holy  area  for  the sanc tu ary . 5  There  will  be an-
oth er  area  8  1/ 3  miles  long  and  3  1/ 3  miles  wide 
 for  the Le vites  who min is ter  in  the tem ple;  it 
 will  be  their pos ses sion  for  towns  to  live  in. j
6 “ As  the prop er ty  of  the  city ,  set  aside  an  area 
 1  2/ 3  miles k  wide  and  8  1/ 3  miles  long, adjacent 
 to  the  holy do na tion  of  land. It  will  be  for  the 
 whole  house  of Is ra el. 7  And  the  prince  will 
 have  the  area  on  each  side  of  the  holy do na-
tion  of  land  and  the  city’s prop er ty , adjacent 
 to  the  holy do na tion  and  the  city’s prop er ty , 
stretch ing  to  the  west  on  the  west  side  and  to 
 the  east  on  the  east  side. Its  length  will corre-
spond  to  one  of  the trib al por tions  from  the 
west ern bound ary  to  the east ern bound ary . 8  This  will  be  his  land  as  a pos ses sion  in Is ra el. My princ es  will  no lon ger op press  my peo ple 
 but  give  the  rest  of  the  land  to  the  house  of 
Is ra el ac cord ing  to  their  tribes. 9 “ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  You  have 
 gone  too  far, l princ es  of Is ra el! Put  away vi o-
lence  and op pres sion  and  do  what  is  just  and 
a44:19 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss read court, to the outer court   b45:1 Lit 25,000 cubits, also in vv . 3,5,6    
c45:1 LXX reads 20,000 cubits ; MT reads 10,000 cubits   d45:2 Lit square all around   e45:2 Lit 500 by 500 cubits   f45:2 Lit 
50 cubits   g45:3 Lit this measured portion   h45:3 Lit 10,000 cubits, also in v . 5   i45:3 Lit be   j45:5 LXX; MT , Syr , Tg, Vg read 
possession  —  20 chambers   k45:6 Lit 5,000 cubits   l45:9 Lit Enough of you
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 right. Put  an  end  to  your evictions  of  my peo-
ple.”  This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. 10 “ You  are  to  have hon est  scales,  an hon est  dry 
mea sure, a  and  an hon est liq uid mea sure.


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b 11  The 
 dry mea sure c  and  the liq uid mea sure d  will  be 
uniform,  with  the liq uid mea sure con tain ing 
 5  1/ 2 gal lons e  and  the  dry mea sure hold ing  half 
 a bushel. e  Their mea sure ment  will  be  a  tenth  of 
 the stan dard larg er ca pac i ty mea sure.


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Your  mina 
 will  equal six ty shek els. THE PEOPLE’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE 
SACRIFICES
13 “ This  is  the con tri bu tion  you  are  to off  er: 
 Three  quarts h  from  five bush els i  of  wheat 
 and j  three  quarts  from  five bush els  of bar -
ley . 14  The quo ta  of  oil  in liq uid mea sures k 
 will  be  one percent  of ev ery l  cor.


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The  cor 
equals  ten liq uid mea sures  or  one stan dard 
larg er ca pac i ty mea sure, m  since  ten liq uid 
mea sures  equal  one stan dard larg er ca pac i ty 
mea sure. 15  And  the quo ta  from  the  flock  is 
 one an i mal  out  of ev ery  two hun dred  from 
 the well-watered pas tures  of Is ra el. These 
 are  for  the  grain off  er ings,  burnt off  er ings, 
 and fel low ship off  er ings,  to  make atone ment 
 for  the peo ple.”  This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the 
 Lord  G od. 16 “ All  the peo ple  of  the  land  must 
 take  part  in  this con tri bu tion  for  the  prince 
 in Is ra el. 17  Then  the  burnt off  er ings,  grain 
off  er ings,  and  drink off  er ings  for  the fes ti-
vals,  New  Moons,  and Sab baths  —   for  all  the 
ap point ed  times  of  the  house  of Is ra el  —   will 
 be  the  prince’s re spon si bil i ty . He  will pro-
vide  the  sin off  er ings,  grain off  er ings,  burnt 
off  er ings,  and fel low ship off  er ings  to  make 
atone ment  on be half  of  the  house  of Is ra el. 18 “ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  In  the 
 first  month,  on  the  first  day  of  the  month, 
 you  are  to  take  a  young, un blem ished  bull 
 and pu ri fy  the sanc tu ary . 19  The  priest  is  to 
 take  some  of  the  blood  from  the  sin off  er ing 
 and ap ply  it  to  the tem ple door posts,  the  four 
cor ners  of  the altar’s  ledge,  and  the door posts 
 of  the  gate  of  the in ner  court. 20  You  are  to 
 do  the  same  thing  on  the sev enth  day  of  the 
 month  for ev ery one  who  sins un in ten tion al-
ly  or  through ig no rance. In  this  way  you  will 
 make atone ment  for  the tem ple. 21 “ In  the  first  month,  on  the four teenth  day 
 of  the  month,  you  are  to cel e brate  the Pass-
over,  a fes ti val  of sev en  days dur ing  which 
un leav ened  bread  will  be eat en. 22  On  that  day 
 the  prince  will pro vide  a  bull  as  a  sin off  er ing 
 on be half  of him self  and  all  the peo ple  of  the 
 land. 23 Dur ing  the sev en  days  of  the fes ti val, 
 he  will pro vide sev en  bulls  and sev en  rams 
with out blem ish  as  a  burnt off  er ing  to  the 
 L ord  on  each  of  the sev en  days,  along  with  a 
 male  goat  each  day  for  a  sin off  er ing. 24  He  will 
 also pro vide  a  grain off  er ing  of  half  a bushel n 
 per  bull  and  half  a bushel  per  ram,  along  with 
 a gallon o  of  oil  for ev ery  half bushel. 25  At  the 
fes ti val  that be gins  on  the fif teenth  day  of 
 the sev enth  month, p  he  will pro vide  the  same 
 things  for sev en  days  —   the  same  sin off  er-
ings,  burnt off  er ings,  grain off  er ings,  and  oil. SACRIFICES AT APPOINTED TIMES
46 
“ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  The  gate 
 of  the in ner  court  that fac es  east  is  to  be 
 closed dur ing  the  six  days  of  work,  but  it  will 
 be  opened  on  the Sab bath  day  and  opened  on 
 the  day  of  the  New  Moon. 2  The  prince  should 
en ter  from  the out side  by  way  of  the  gate’s 
por ti co  and  stand  at  the  gate’s door post  while 
 the  priests sac ri fice  his  burnt off  er ings  and 
fel low ship off  er ings. He  will  bow  in wor ship 
 at  the  gate’s thresh old  and  then de part,  but 
 the  gate  is  not  to  be  closed un til eve ning. 3  The 
peo ple  of  the  land  will  also  bow  in wor ship 
be fore  the  L ord  at  the en trance  of  that  gate 
 on  the Sab baths  and  New  Moons. 4 “ The  burnt off  er ing  that  the  prince pre-
sents  to  the  L ord  on  the Sab bath  day  is  to  be 
 six un blem ished  lambs  and  an un blem ished 
 ram. 5  The  grain off  er ing  will  be  half  a bushel q 
 with  the  ram,  and  the  grain off  er ing  with  the 
 lambs  will  be what ev er  he  wants  to  give,  as 
 well  as  a gallon r  of  oil  for ev ery  half bushel. 6  On  the  day  of  the  New  Moon,  the  burnt off  er-
ing  is  to  be  a  young, un blem ished  bull,  as  well 
 as  six  lambs  and  a  ram with out blem ish. 7  He 
 will pro vide  a  grain off  er ing  of  half  a bushel 
 with  the  bull,  half  a bushel  with  the  ram,  and 
what ev er  he  can aff  ord  with  the  lambs, to geth-
er  with  a gallon  of  oil  for ev ery  half bushel. 8  When  the  prince en ters,  he  is  to  go  in  by  way 
 of  the  gate’s por ti co  and  go  out  the  same  way . a45:10 Lit an honest ephah   b45:10 Lit and an honest bath   c45:11 Lit The ephah   d45:11 Lit the bath   e45:11 Lit one-tenth 
of a homer   f45:11 Lit be based on the homer   g45:12 A shekel is about two-fifths of an ounce of silver   h45:13 Lit One-sixth 
of an ephah   i45:13 Lit a homer   j45:13 LXX, Vg; MT reads and you are to give   k45:14 Lit oil, the bath, the oil   l45:14 Lit 
be a tenth of the bath from the   m45:14 Lit 10 baths, a homer   n45:24 Lit an ephah   o45:24 Lit a hin   p45:25 = the Festival 
of Shelters   q46:5 Lit an ephah, also in vv . 7,11   r46:5 Lit a hin, also in vv .


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9 “ When  the peo ple  of  the  land  come be fore 
 the  L ord  at  the ap point ed  times, a who ev er 
en ters  by  way  of  the  north  gate  to wor ship  is 
 to  go  out  by  way  of  the  south  gate,  and who-
ev er en ters  by  way  of  the  south  gate  is  to  go 
 out  by  way  of  the  north  gate. No  one  may re-
turn  through  the  gate  by  which  he en tered, 
 but  is  to  go  out  by  the op po site  gate. 10  When 
 the peo ple en ter,  the  prince  will en ter  with 
 them,  and  when  they  leave,  he  will  leave. 11  At  the fes ti vals  and ap point ed  times,  the 
 grain off  er ing  will  be  half  a bushel  with  the 
 bull,  half  a bushel  with  the  ram,  and what ev er 
 he  wants  to  give  with  the  lambs,  along  with  a 
gallon  of  oil  for ev ery  half bushel. 12 “ When  the  prince  makes  a free will off  er-
ing, wheth er  a  burnt off  er ing  or  a fel low ship 
off  er ing  as  a free will off  er ing  to  the  L ord,  the 
 gate  that fac es  east  is  to  be  opened  for  him. He  is  to off  er  his  burnt off  er ing  or fel low ship 
off  er ing  just  as  he  does  on  the Sab bath  day .


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Then  he  will  go  out,  and  the  gate  is  to  be  closed 
af ter  he  leaves. 13 “ You  are  to off  er  an un blem ished year-old 
 male  lamb  as  a dai ly  burnt off  er ing  to  the  L ord; 
 you  will off  er  it ev ery morn ing. 14  You  are  also 
 to pre pare  a  grain off  er ing ev ery morn ing 
 along  with  it:  three  quarts, b  with one-third  of 
 a gallon c  of  oil  to moist en  the  fine  flour  —   a 
 grain off  er ing  to  the  L ord. This  is  a per ma nent 
stat ute  to  be ob served reg u lar ly .


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15  They  will 
off  er  the  lamb,  the  grain off  er ing,  and  the  oil 
ev ery morn ing  as  a reg u lar  burnt off  er ing. TRANSFER OF ROYAL LANDS
16 “ This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says:  If  the  prince 
 gives  a  gift  to  each  of  his  sons  as  their in her i-
tance,  it  will be long  to  his  sons. It  will be come 
 their prop er ty  by in her i tance.


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17  But  if  he  gives  a 
 gift  from  his in her i tance  to  one  of  his ser vants, 
 it  will be long  to  that ser vant un til  the  year  of 
free dom,  when  it  will re vert  to  the  prince. His 
in her i tance be longs  only  to  his  sons;  it  is  theirs.


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18  The  prince  must  not  take  any  of  the peo ple’s 
in her i tance, evicting  them  from  their prop er-
ty . He  is  to pro vide  an in her i tance  for  his  sons 
 from  his  own prop er ty ,  so  that  none  of  my peo-
ple  will  be displaced  from  his  own prop er ty .”
THE TEMPLE KITCHENS
19  Then  he  brought  me  through  the en trance 
 that  was  at  the  side  of  the  gate,  into  the  priests’ 
 holy cham bers,  which  faced  north. I  saw  a 
 place  there  at  the  far west ern  end. 20  He  said 
 to  me, “ This  is  the  place  where  the  priests  will 
 boil  the  guilt off  er ing  and  the  sin off  er ing, 
 and  where  they  will  bake  the  grain off  er ing, 
 so  that  they  do  not  bring  them  into  the out er 
 court  and transmit ho li ness  to  the peo ple.” 
21  Next  he  brought  me  into  the out er  court 
 and  led  me  past  its  four cor ners. There  was  a 
sep a rate  court  in  each  of  its cor ners.


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22  In  the 
 four cor ners  of  the out er  court  there  were 
en closed d  courts,  70  feet e  long  by  52  1/ 2  feet f 
 wide. All  four cor ner  areas  had  the  same di-
men sions.


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23  There  was  a  stone  wall g  around 
 the in side  of  them,  around  the  four  of  them, 
 with ov ens  built  at  the  base  of  the  walls  on  all 
 sides. 24  He  said  to  me: “ These  are  the kitch ens 
 where  those  who min is ter  at  the tem ple  will 
 cook  the peo ple’s sac ri fic es.”
THE LIFE-GIVING RIVER
47 
 Then  he  brought  me  back  to  the en-
trance  of  the tem ple  and  there  was 
wa ter flow ing  from un der  the thresh old  of 
 the tem ple to ward  the  east,  for  the tem ple 
 faced  east. The wa ter  was com ing  down  from 
un der  the  south  side  of  the thresh old  of  the 
tem ple,  south  of  the al tar. 2  Next  he  brought 
 me  out  by  way  of  the  north  gate  and  led  me 
 around  the out side  to  the out er  gate  that  faced 
 east;  there  the wa ter  was trickling  from  the 
 south  side. 3  As  the  man  went  out  east  with  a 
mea sur ing  line  in  his  hand,  he mea sured  off  a 
 third  of  a  mile h  and  led  me  through  the wa ter. It  came  up  to  my an kles. 4  Then  he mea sured 
 off  a  third  of  a  mile  and  led  me  through  the 
wa ter. It  came  up  to  my  knees. He mea sured 
 off an oth er  third  of  a  mile  and  led  me  through 
 the wa ter. It  came  up  to  my  waist. 5  Again  he 
mea sured  off  a  third  of  a  mile,  and  it  was  a 
riv er  that  I  could  not  cross  on  foot. For  the 
wa ter  had ris en;  it  was  deep  enough  to  swim 
 in,  a riv er  that  could  not  be  crossed  on  foot. 6  He  asked  me, “ Do  you  see  this,  son  of  man? ” 
 Then  he  led  me  back  to  the  bank  of  the riv er. 7  When  I  had re turned,  I  saw  a  very  large num-
ber  of  trees  along  both  sides  of  the riv er bank. 8  He  said  to  me, “ This wa ter  flows  out  to  the 
east ern re gion  and  goes  down  to  the Ar a bah. When  it en ters  the  sea,  the  sea  of  foul wa ter, i,j 
 the wa ter  of  the  sea be comes  fresh. 9 Ev ery 
 kind  of liv ing crea ture  that  swarms  will  live 
a46:9 Or the festivals   b46:14 Lit one-sixth of an ephah   c46:14 Lit one-third of a hin   d46:22 Hb obscure   e46:22 Lit 40 
cubits   f46:22 Lit 30 cubits   g46:23 Or a row   h47:3 Lit 1,000 cubits, also in vv . 4,5   i47:8 Or enters the sea, being brought 
out to the sea ; Hb obscure   j47:8 = the Dead Sea
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wher ev er  the riv er  flows, a  and  there  will  be  a 
 huge num ber  of  fish be cause  this wa ter  goes 
 there. Since  the wa ter  will be come  fresh,  there 
 will  be  life ev ery where  the riv er  goes. 10 Fish-
er men  will  stand be side  it  from  En-gedi  to 
En-eglaim. b  These  will be come plac es  where 
 nets  are  spread  out  to  dry .


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Their  fish  will con-
sist  of  many diff  er ent  kinds,  like  the  fish  of 
 the Med i ter ra nean  Sea. 11  Yet  its  swamps  and 
marsh es  will  not  be  healed;  they  will  be  left 
 for  salt. 12  All  kinds  of  trees pro vid ing  food 
 will  grow  along  both  banks  of  the riv er. Their 
 leaves  will  not with er,  and  their  fruit  will  not 
 fail.


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Each  month  they  will  bear  fresh  fruit be-
cause  the wa ter  comes  from  the sanc tu ary . Their  fruit  will  be  used  for  food  and  their  leaves 
 for med i cine.”
THE BORDERS OF THE LAND
13  This  is  what  the  Lord  G od  says: “ This  is c  the 
bor der  you  will  use  to di vide  the  land  as  an 
in her i tance  for  the  twelve  tribes  of Is ra el. Jo-
seph  will re ceive  two  shares.


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14  You  will in her it 
 it  in  equal por tions,  since  I  swore d  to  give  it 
 to  your an ces tors.


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So  this  land  will  fall  to  you 
 as  an in her i tance. 15  This  is  to  be  the bor der  of  the  land:
On the north side it will extend from the 
Mediterranean Sea by way of Hethlon 
and Lebo-hamath to Zedad,  e 16 Berothah, 
and Sibraim (which is between the bor -
der of Damascus and the border of Ha -
math), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is 
on the border of Hauran. 17 So the border 
will run from the sea to Hazar-enon at the 
border of Damascus, with the territory 
of Hamath to the north. This will be the 
northern side. 18 On the east side it will run between 
Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan 
between Gilead and the land of Israel; you 
will measure from the northern border to 
the eastern sea. f This will be the eastern 
side. 19 On the south side it will run from Tamar 
to the Waters of Meribath-kadesh,  g 
and on to the Brook of Egypt as far as 
the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the 
southern side. 20 On the west side the Mediterranean Sea 
will be the border, from the southern bor -
der up to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This will be the western side. 21 “ You  are  to di vide  this  land  among your-
selves ac cord ing  to  the  tribes  of Is ra el. 22  You 
 will al lot  it  as  an in her i tance  for your selves 
 and  for  the  aliens residing  among  you,  who 
 have fa thered chil dren  among  you. You  will 
 treat  them h  like native-born Is ra el ites;  along 
 with  you,  they  will  be al lot ted  an in her i tance 
 among  the  tribes  of Is ra el. 23  In what ev er  tribe 
 the  alien re sides,  you  will as sign  his in her i tance 
 there.”  This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. THE TRIBAL ALLOTMENTS
48 
“ Now  these  are  the  names  of  the  tribes:
From the northern end, along the 
road of Hethlon, to Lebo-hamath as far 
as Hazar-enon, at the northern border 
of Damascus, alongside Hamath and 
extending from the eastern side to the 
sea, will be Dan  —  one portion. 2 Next to the territory of Dan, from the 
east side to the west, will be Asher  —  one 
portion.


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3 Next to the territory of Asher, from the 
east side to the west, will be Naphtali  —  
one portion. 4 Next to the territory of Naphtali, 
from the east side to the west, will be 
Manasseh  —  one portion. 5 Next to the territory of Manasseh, from 
the east side to the west, will be Ephraim   
—  one portion. 6 Next to the territory of Ephraim, from 
the east side to the west, will be Reuben   
—  one portion. 7 Next to the territory of Reuben, from the 
east side to the west, will be Judah  —  one 
portion. 8 “ Next  to  the ter ri to ry  of Ju dah,  from  the 
 east  side  to  the  west,  will  be  the por tion  you 
donate  to  the  L ord,  8  1/ 3  miles i  wide,  and  as 
 long  as  one  of  the trib al por tions  from  the 
 east  side  to  the  west. The sanc tu ary  will  be 
 in  the mid dle  of  it. 9 “ The spe cial por tion  you donate  to  the 
 L ord  will  be  8  1/ 3  miles  long  and  3  1/ 3  miles j 
a47:9 LXX, Vg; MT reads the two rivers flow   b47:10 Two springs near the Dead Sea   c47:13 Tg, Vg; Syr reads The valley of    
d47:14 Lit lifted my hand   e47:15 LXX; MT reads and Lebo to Zedad, Hamath ; Ezk 48:1   f47:18 = the Dead Sea    
g47:19 = Kadesh-barnea   h47:22 Lit They will be to you   i48:8 Lit 25,000 cubits, also in vv . 9, 10, 13, 15, 20, 21   j48:9 Lit 10,000 
cubits, also in vv .


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10  This  holy do na tion  will  be  set  apart 
 for  the  priests  alone. It  will  be  8  1/ 3  miles  long 
 on  the north ern  side,  3  1/ 3  miles  wide  on  the 
west ern  side,  3  1/ 3  miles  wide  on  the east ern 
 side,  and  8  1/ 3  miles  long  on  the south ern  side. The  L ord’ s sanc tu ary  will  be  in  the mid dle  of 
 it.


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11  It  is  for  the con se crat ed  priests,  the  sons 
 of Za dok,  who  kept  my  charge  and  did  not  go 
 astray  as  the Le vites  did  when  the Is ra el ites 
 went  astray . 12  It  will  be  a spe cial do na tion  for 
 them  out  of  the  holy do na tion  of  the  land,  a 
 most  holy  place adjacent  to  the ter ri to ry  of 
 the Le vites. 13 “ Next  to  the ter ri to ry  of  the  priests,  the 
Le vites  will  have  an  area  8  1/ 3  miles  long  and 
 3  1/ 3  miles  wide. The to tal  length  will  be  8  1/ 3 
 miles  and  the  width  3  1/ 3  miles. 14  They  must 
 not  sell  or ex change  any  of  it,  and  they  must 
 not trans fer  this  choice  part  of  the  land,  for 
 it  is  holy  to  the  L ord. 15 “ The re main ing  area,  1 2/ 3  miles a  wide  and 
 8  1/ 3  miles  long,  will  be  for com mon  use  by 
 the  city ,  for  both residential  and  open  space.


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The  city  will  be  in  the mid dle  of  it. 16  These   
are  the  city’s mea sure ments:
1 1/2 miles b on the north side;
1 1/2 miles on the south side;
1 1/2 miles on the east side;
and 1 1/2 miles on the west side. 17  The  city’s  open  space  will ex tend:
425 feet c to the north,
425 feet to the south,
425 feet to the east,
and 425 feet to the west. 18 “ The re main der  of  the  length along side 
 the  holy do na tion  will  be  3  1/ 3  miles  to  the  east 
 and  3  1/ 3  miles  to  the  west. It  will  run along-
side  the  holy do na tion.


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19  The  city’s 
work ers  from  all  the  tribes  of Is ra el  will cul-
ti vate  it. 20  The en tire do na tion  will  be  8  1/ 3 
 miles  by  8  1/ 3  miles;  you  are  to  set  apart  the 
 holy do na tion  along  with  the  city prop er ty 
 as  a  square  area. 21 “ The re main ing  area  on  both  sides  of  the 
 holy do na tion  and  the  city prop er ty  will be long 
 to  the  prince. He  will  own  the  land adjacent 
 to  the trib al por tions,  next  to  the  8  1/ 3  miles  of 
 the do na tion  as  far  as  the east ern bor der  and d 
 next  to  the  8  1/ 3  miles  of  the do na tion  as  far  as 
 the west ern bor der. The  holy do na tion  and  the 
sanc tu ary  of  the tem ple  will  be  in  the mid dle 
 of  it. 22 Ex cept  for  the Le vit i cal prop er ty  and 
 the  city prop er ty  in  the mid dle  of  the  area 
be long ing  to  the  prince,  the  area be tween  the 
ter ri to ry  of Ju dah  and  that  of Ben ja min  will 
be long  to  the  prince. 23 “ As  for  the  rest  of  the  tribes:
From the east side to the west, will be 
Benjamin  —  one portion. 24 Next to the territory of Benjamin, from 
the east side to the west, will be Simeon   
—  one portion. 25 Next to the territory of Simeon, from 
the east side to the west, will be Issachar   
—  one portion. 26 Next to the territory of Issachar, from 
the east side to the west, will be Zebulun   
—  one portion. 27 Next to the territory of Zebulun, from 
the east side to the west, will be Gad  —  
one portion. 28  Next  to  the ter ri to ry  of  Gad to ward  the  south 
 side,  the bor der  will  run  from Ta mar  to  the 
Wa ters  of Meribath-kadesh,  to  the  Brook  of 
 Egypt,  and  out  to  the Med i ter ra nean  Sea. 29  This 
 is  the  land  you  are  to al lot  as  an in her i tance 
 to Is ra el’s  tribes,  and  these  will  be  their por-
tions.”  This  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the  Lord  G od. THE NEW CITY
30 “ These  are  the ex its  of  the  city:
On the north side, which measures 1 1/2 
miles, 31 there will be three gates facing 
north, the gates of the city being named 
for the tribes of Israel: one, the gate of 
Reuben; one, the gate of Judah; and one, 
the gate of Levi. 32 On the east side, which is 1 1/2 miles, 
there will be three gates: one, the gate of 
Joseph; one, the gate of Benjamin; and 
one, the gate of Dan. 33 On the south side, which measures 1 1/2 
miles, there will be three gates: one, the 
gate of Simeon; one, the gate of Issachar; 
and one, the gate of Zebulun. 34 On the west side, which is 1 1/2 miles, 
there will be three gates: one, the gate of 
Gad; one, the gate of Asher; and one, the 
gate of Naphtali. 35  The perimeter  of  the  city  will  be  six  miles, e 
 and  the  name  of  the  city  from  that  day  on  will 
 be,  The  L ord  Is  There.”
a48:15 Lit 5,000 cubits   b48:16 Lit 4,500 cubits, also in vv . 30,32,33,34   c48:17 Lit 250 cubits   d48:21 Lit border, and to the 
west,   e48:35 Lit 18,000 cubits
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DANIEL’S CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON
1 
 In  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of  King Je-
hoi a kim  of Ju dah,  King Neb u chad nez zar a 
 of Bab ylon  came  to Je ru sa lem  and  laid  siege 
 to  it. 2  The  Lord hand ed  King Je hoi a kim  of 
Ju dah  over  to  him,  along  with  some  of  the 
ves sels  from  the  house  of  God.


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Neb u chad-
nez zar car ried  them  to  the  land  of Bab ylon, b 
 to  the  house  of  his  god, c  and  put  the ves sels 
 in  the trea sury  of  his  god. 3  The  king or dered Ash pe naz,  his  chief eu-
nuch, d  to  bring  some  of  the Is ra el ites  from  the 
roy al fam i ly  and  from  the no bil i ty — 4  young 
 men with out  any phys i cal de fect, good-looking, 
suit able  for in struc tion  in  all wis dom, knowl-
edgeable, per cep tive,  and ca pa ble  of serv ing 
 in  the  king’s pal ace. He  was  to  teach  them  the 
Chal de an lan guage  and lit er a ture.


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5  The  king 
as signed  them dai ly pro vi sions  from  the roy al 
 food  and  from  the  wine  that  he  drank. They 
 were  to  be  trained  for  three  years,  and  at  the 
 end  of  that  time  they  were  to at tend  the  king. e 
6  Among  them,  from  the Ju da hites,  were Dan iel, 
Han a ni ah, Mish a el,  and Az a ri ah. 7  The  chief 
eu nuch  gave  them  names;  he  gave  the  name 
Bel te shaz zar  to Dan iel, Sha drach  to Han a ni ah, 
Me shach  to Mish a el,  and Abed ne go  to Az a ri ah. FAITHFULNESS IN BABYLON
8 Dan iel de ter mined  that  he  would  not de file 
him self  with  the  king’s  food  or  with  the  wine 
 he  drank. So  he  asked per mis sion  from  the 
 chief eu nuch  not  to de file him self. 9  God  had 
grant ed Dan iel kind ness  and com pas sion  from 
 the  chief eu nuch, 10  yet  he  said  to Dan iel, “ I 
 fear  my  lord  the  king,  who as signed  your  food 
 and  drink. What  if  he  sees  your fac es look ing 
thinner  than  the oth er  young  men  your  age? You  would en dan ger  my  life f  with  the  king.”
11  So Dan iel  said  to  the  guard  whom  the  chief 
eu nuch  had as signed  to Dan iel, Han a ni ah, 
Mish a el,  and Az a ri ah, 12 “ Please  test  your ser-
vants  for  ten  days. Let  us  be giv en veg e ta bles 
 to  eat  and wa ter  to  drink. 13  Then ex am ine  our 
ap pear ance  and  the ap pear ance  of  the  young 
 men  who  are eat ing  the  king’s  food,  and  deal 
 with  your ser vants  based  on  what  you  see.” 
14  He  agreed  with  them  about  this  and test ed 
 them  for  ten  days. 15  At  the  end  of  ten  days 
 they  looked bet ter  and health i er g  than  all  the 
 young  men  who  were eat ing  the  king’s  food. 16  So  the  guard con tin ued  to re move  their  food 
 and  the  wine  they  were  to  drink  and  gave 
 them veg e ta bles. FAITHFULNESS REWARDED
17  God  gave  these  four  young  men knowl edge 
 and un der stand ing  in ev ery  kind  of lit er a -
ture  and wis dom. Dan iel  also un der stood  
vi sions  and  dreams  of ev ery  kind.


