Lamentations 3:1-66
I am the man who has witnessed affliction by the rod of His anger,
He has led me and made me walk in the dark without light.
Against me only He turns his hand over and over daily.
He has worn away my skin and flesh, and broke my bones.
He has attacked and blocked me in with bitterness and hardship.
He has made me live in darkness, like those long dead.
He has walled me in, so I can’t flee --- weighing me down in chains.
Even when I cry out, pleading for help, He ignores my prayer.
He has blocked my way with boulders. He made my paths twisted.
He lies in wait for me like a bear, like a lion in hiding.
He has shoved me aside and tore me up, leaving me stunned.
He has stretched his bow and used me for target practice.
He has pierced my vital organs with His quiver's arrows.
I’m a laughingstock to all my people, the butt of jokes daily.
He has filled me with bitterness, saturated me with wormwood.
He has broken my teeth with gravel and pressed me down into ashes.
I have been deprived of peace, I have so forgotten what happiness is,
that I think, “My strength is gone, and so is my hope in the Lord.”
Remember my utter misery, the wormwood and the bitterness.
I think about them continuously ---- which depresses me.
But in my thoughts I keep mulling over something that gives me hope —
that being that the grace of the Lord is not exhausted --- His compassion has not ended.
They renew every morning! How great your faithfulness!
“The Lord is all I have, therefore I will place my hope in Him.
The Lord is good to those waiting for him, to those seeking Him.
It is good to wait patiently for the Lord's saving help.
It is good for a man to bear the yoke from the start.
Let him sit alone quietly when he has handed it over to Him.
Let him TOTALLY submit; there may yet be hope.
Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes it, and receive his fill.
For rejection by the Lord is not permanent.
He may cause grief, but He takes pity, in keeping with His stupendous grace.
For He does not torment on a whim nor insult human beings.
When anyone tramples any of the prisoners of the land;
when anyone deprives justice, in defiance of God;
when someone is cheated of justice in court — does the Lord not note of such things?
Who can predict something and have it happen without the Lord's command?
Don’t both bad things and good proceed from at the command of the Most High?
Why should anyone living complain, even a strong man, about the punishment for his transgressions?
Let us examine and test our behavior and return to the Lord.
Let us expose our hearts and our hands to God in heaven and say,
We have transgressed and rebelled; You, for your part, have not forgiven.
You have smothered us with anger --- chased and slaughtered us without pity.
You have covered yourself with a cloud so obstructive that no prayer can penetrate.
You have reduced us to trash and filth among the nations.
All our adversaries open their mouths in scorn to us.
Panic and pitfall have come upon us, desolation and destruction.
My eyes stream with rivers of tears over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
My eyes weep endlessly without rest,
until the Lord looks down and observes from heaven.
My observations make me so upset at the fate of the women in my city.
Those who are my enemies irrationally hunted me down like a bird.
They forced me alive into a pit and stoned me.
Water rose over my head; I thought, “I am finished!”
I called on Your name dear Lord from the bottom of the pit.
You heard my voice; don’t close Your ear at my sighs/cries.
You came near when I called to you; you said, “Don’t fear.”
Lord, you defended my cause --- redeeming my life.
Lord, you see how I have been wronged; judgment favorably!
You observed all their vindictiveness and all their plots against me.
You have heard their taunts and schemes, Lord,
the whispered murmurings of my foes against me daily.
See how, no matter what they are about, I am the butt of their jokes.
Repay them, Lord, as their deeds deserve.
Give them hardheartedness as your curse on them.
Pursue them in anger! Destroy them from under your heavens!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 I [am] the man [who] hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
2 Me He hath led, and causeth to go [in] darkness, and without light.
3 Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.
4 He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
5 He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
6 In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
8 Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
9 He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
10 A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
11 My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.
12 He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
13 He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
14 I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me [with] wormwood.
16 And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
17 And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
18 And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
19 Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
20 Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
21 This I turn to my heart -- therefore I hope.
22 The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
23 New every morning, abundant [is] thy faithfulness.
24 My portion [is] Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
25 Good [is] Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeketh Him.
26 Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
27 Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
28 He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon him.
29 He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
30 He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
31 For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.
32 For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
33 For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.
34 To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,
35 To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
37 Who [is] this -- he hath said, and it is, [And] the Lord hath not commanded [it]?
38 From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.
39 What -- sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
40 We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.
41 We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We -- we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou -- Thou hast not forgiven.
43 Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain -- Thou hast not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.
45 Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.
46 Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
47 Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.
48 Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,
50 Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,
51 My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.
52 Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.
53 They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
54 Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
55 I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.
56 My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing -- at my cry.
57 Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.
58 Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.
59 Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.
61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me,
62 The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.
63 Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song.
64 Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.
65 Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.
66 Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!
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Lamentations 4:1-22
How refined gold has lost its beauty! For the inlaid Temple walls are scattered in the streets!
The best of our youth—the finest of the gold—are treated as the most common vessels.
Even jackals feed their young, but not my people, Israel. They are like cruel desert ostriches, heedless of their babies’ cries.
The children’s tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths for thirst, for there is no water left. Babies cry for bread, but no one has any.
Those who were picky eaters are begging in the streets for anything. Those brought up in palaces now pick through garbage pits for food.
For the sin of my people is worse than that of Sodom, where total disaster struck in a moment without the hand of man.
Our princes were lean and tanned, the finest specimens of men;
but now their faces are as black as soot. No one can recognize them. Their skin clings to their bones; it is dry, parched and shrunken.
Those killed by the sword are far better off than those who die of slow starvation.
Tenderhearted women have cooked and eaten their own children; thus they survived the siege.
But now at last the anger of the Lord is satisfied; his fiercest anger has been poured out. He kindled a fire in Jerusalem that burned it down to its foundations.
Not a king in all the earth—none in all the world—would have believed an enemy could enter through Jerusalem’s gates!
Yet God allowed this because of the sins of her prophets and priests, who defiled the city by offering baby sacrifices.
Now these same men are blindly staggering through the streets, covered with blood, soiling everything they contact.
“Go away!” the people exclaim. “You are filthy!” They flee to distant lands and wander there among foreigners; but none will let them stay.
The Lord himself has dealt with them; He no longer assists them, for they persecuted the priests and elders who remained true to God.
We hopelessly look for our allies to come and save us. The nation we expected most to help us didn't react at all.
We can’t go into the streets without concern for our lives. Our end is near—our days are numbered. We are doomed.
Our enemies are faster than the eagles; if we flee to the mountains, they find us. If we hide in the wilderness, they are waiting for us there.
Our king—the life of our life, the Lord’s anointed—was captured by their traps. Yes, our mighty king, about whom we had boasted that under his protection we could hold our own against any nation on earth!
Do you rejoice, O people of Edom, in the land of Uz? But you, too, will feel terror at the Lord's anger.
Israel’s exile for her sins will finally end, but Edom’s never.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 How is the gold become dim, Changed the best -- the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.
2 The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter.
3 Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.
4 Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.
5 Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.
6 And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as [in] a moment, And no hands were stayed on her.
7 Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.
8 Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered -- it hath been as wood.
9 Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.
10 The hands of merciful women have boiled their own children, They have been for food to them, In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 Completed hath Jehovah His fury, He hath poured out the fierceness of His anger, And he kindleth a fire in Zion, And it devoureth her foundations.
12 Believe not did the kings of earth, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That come would an adversary and enemy Into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,
14 They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,
15 `Turn aside -- unclean,' they called to them, `Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,' For they fled -- yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: `They do not add to sojourn.'
16 The face of Jehovah hath divided them, He doth not add to behold them, The face of priests they have not lifted up, Elders they have not favoured.
17 While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not.
18 They have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near hath been our end, fulfilled our days, For come hath our end.
19 Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned [after] us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.
20 The breath of our nostrils -- the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: `In his shadow we do live among nations.'
21 Joy and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, Dwelling in the land of Uz, Even unto thee pass over doth a cup, Thou art drunk, and makest thyself naked.
22 Completed [is] thy iniquity, daughter of Zion, He doth not add to remove thee, He hath inspected thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He hath removed [thee] because of thy sins!
How refined gold has lost its beauty! For the inlaid Temple walls are scattered in the streets!
The best of our youth—the finest of the gold—are treated as the most common vessels.
Even jackals feed their young, but not my people, Israel. They are like cruel desert ostriches, heedless of their babies’ cries.
The children’s tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths for thirst, for there is no water left. Babies cry for bread, but no one has any.
Those who were picky eaters are begging in the streets for anything. Those brought up in palaces now pick through garbage pits for food.
For the sin of my people is worse than that of Sodom, where total disaster struck in a moment without the hand of man.
Our princes were lean and tanned, the finest specimens of men;
but now their faces are as black as soot. No one can recognize them. Their skin clings to their bones; it is dry, parched and shrunken.
Those killed by the sword are far better off than those who die of slow starvation.
Tenderhearted women have cooked and eaten their own children; thus they survived the siege.
But now at last the anger of the Lord is satisfied; his fiercest anger has been poured out. He kindled a fire in Jerusalem that burned it down to its foundations.
Not a king in all the earth—none in all the world—would have believed an enemy could enter through Jerusalem’s gates!
Yet God allowed this because of the sins of her prophets and priests, who defiled the city by offering baby sacrifices.
Now these same men are blindly staggering through the streets, covered with blood, soiling everything they contact.
“Go away!” the people exclaim. “You are filthy!” They flee to distant lands and wander there among foreigners; but none will let them stay.
The Lord himself has dealt with them; He no longer assists them, for they persecuted the priests and elders who remained true to God.
We hopelessly look for our allies to come and save us. The nation we expected most to help us didn't react at all.
We can’t go into the streets without concern for our lives. Our end is near—our days are numbered. We are doomed.
Our enemies are faster than the eagles; if we flee to the mountains, they find us. If we hide in the wilderness, they are waiting for us there.
Our king—the life of our life, the Lord’s anointed—was captured by their traps. Yes, our mighty king, about whom we had boasted that under his protection we could hold our own against any nation on earth!
Do you rejoice, O people of Edom, in the land of Uz? But you, too, will feel terror at the Lord's anger.
Israel’s exile for her sins will finally end, but Edom’s never.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 How is the gold become dim, Changed the best -- the pure gold? Poured out are stones of the sanctuary At the head of all out-places.
2 The precious sons of Zion, Who are comparable with fine gold, How have they been reckoned earthen bottles, Work of the hands of a potter.
3 Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.
4 Cleaved hath the tongue of a suckling unto his palate with thirst, Infants asked bread, a dealer out they have none.
5 Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.
6 And greater is the iniquity of the daughter of my people, Than the sin of Sodom, That was overturned as [in] a moment, And no hands were stayed on her.
7 Purer were her Nazarites than snow, Whiter than milk, ruddier of body than rubies, Of sapphire their form.
8 Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered -- it hath been as wood.
9 Better have been the pierced of a sword Than the pierced of famine, For these flow away, pierced through, Without the increase of the field.
10 The hands of merciful women have boiled their own children, They have been for food to them, In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
11 Completed hath Jehovah His fury, He hath poured out the fierceness of His anger, And he kindleth a fire in Zion, And it devoureth her foundations.
12 Believe not did the kings of earth, And any of the inhabitants of the world, That come would an adversary and enemy Into the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,
14 They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without [any] being able to touch their clothing,
15 `Turn aside -- unclean,' they called to them, `Turn aside, turn aside, touch not,' For they fled -- yea, they have wandered, They have said among nations: `They do not add to sojourn.'
16 The face of Jehovah hath divided them, He doth not add to behold them, The face of priests they have not lifted up, Elders they have not favoured.
17 While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation [that] saveth not.
18 They have hunted our steps from going in our broad-places, Near hath been our end, fulfilled our days, For come hath our end.
19 Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned [after] us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.
20 The breath of our nostrils -- the anointed of Jehovah, Hath been captured in their pits, of whom we said: `In his shadow we do live among nations.'
21 Joy and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, Dwelling in the land of Uz, Even unto thee pass over doth a cup, Thou art drunk, and makest thyself naked.
22 Completed [is] thy iniquity, daughter of Zion, He doth not add to remove thee, He hath inspected thy iniquity, O daughter of Edom, He hath removed [thee] because of thy sins!
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Lamentations 5:1-22
Remember, Lord, what has occurred to us. Observe, and note our disgrace.
The land we owned has been handed over to strangers --- our homes to foreigners.
We have become fatherless orphans, our mothers --- widows.
We have to buy our own drinking water and pay for our own wood.
The yoke is on our necks; we are persecuted; we toil to exhaustion without rest.
We made pacts with Egypt and Ashur to get enough to eat.
Our ancestors sinned and are gone; we bear the weight of their guilt.
We are ruled by slaves, and no one to save us from their control.
We get our food at our peril because of the sword out in the desert.
Our skin is as black as a furnace because of the searing blasts of drought.
They have raped the women of Zion, and the virgins in the cities of Judah.
Princes are strung up by their hands. Leaders receive no regard.
Young men are compelled to work in the mill, boys stagger under loads of wood.
The old men have deserted the city gate, the young men have given up their music.
Joy has deserted our hearts, our dancing has become but mourning.
The crown has fallen from our heads. Misery to us! for we have sinned.
This is why we are heartsick; this is why our eyes grow blurry.
It’s because of Mount Zion is so wasted that jackals have overrun it.
You, Lord, reign forever; your throne lasts forever.
Why do you not remember us? Why abandon us for so long a time?
Lord, return to us and we will come back; renew our days, as they were in the past —
unless you have totally rejected us in anger.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
2 Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
3 Orphans we have been -- without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
4 Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
5 For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us.
6 [To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned -- they are not, We their iniquities have borne.
8 Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.
9 With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
11 Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins -- in cities of Judah.
12 Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.
13 Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.
14 The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.
15 Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.
16 Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Wo [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
17 For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
18 For the mount of Zion -- that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
19 Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.
20 Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
21 Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
22 For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us -- exceedingly?
Remember, Lord, what has occurred to us. Observe, and note our disgrace.
The land we owned has been handed over to strangers --- our homes to foreigners.
We have become fatherless orphans, our mothers --- widows.
We have to buy our own drinking water and pay for our own wood.
The yoke is on our necks; we are persecuted; we toil to exhaustion without rest.
We made pacts with Egypt and Ashur to get enough to eat.
Our ancestors sinned and are gone; we bear the weight of their guilt.
We are ruled by slaves, and no one to save us from their control.
We get our food at our peril because of the sword out in the desert.
Our skin is as black as a furnace because of the searing blasts of drought.
They have raped the women of Zion, and the virgins in the cities of Judah.
Princes are strung up by their hands. Leaders receive no regard.
Young men are compelled to work in the mill, boys stagger under loads of wood.
The old men have deserted the city gate, the young men have given up their music.
Joy has deserted our hearts, our dancing has become but mourning.
The crown has fallen from our heads. Misery to us! for we have sinned.
This is why we are heartsick; this is why our eyes grow blurry.
It’s because of Mount Zion is so wasted that jackals have overrun it.
You, Lord, reign forever; your throne lasts forever.
Why do you not remember us? Why abandon us for so long a time?
Lord, return to us and we will come back; renew our days, as they were in the past —
unless you have totally rejected us in anger.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
2 Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
3 Orphans we have been -- without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
4 Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
5 For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us.
6 [To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
7 Our fathers have sinned -- they are not, We their iniquities have borne.
8 Servants have ruled over us, A deliverer there is none from their hand.
9 With our lives we bring in our bread, Because of the sword of the wilderness.
10 Our skin as an oven hath been burning, Because of the raging of the famine.
11 Wives in Zion they have humbled, Virgins -- in cities of Judah.
12 Princes by their hand have been hanged, The faces of elders have not been honoured.
13 Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.
14 The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.
15 Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.
16 Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Wo [is] now to us, for we have sinned.
17 For this hath our heart been sick, For these have our eyes been dim.
18 For the mount of Zion -- that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.
19 Thou, O Jehovah, to the age remainest, Thy throne to generation and generation.
20 Why for ever dost Thou forget us? Thou forsakest us for length of days!
21 Turn us back, O Jehovah, unto Thee, And we turn back, renew our days as of old.
22 For hast Thou utterly rejected us? Thou hast been wroth against us -- exceedingly?
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Ezekiel 1:1-28
In the 13th year, on the 5th day of the 4th month, I was among exiles at the Chebar River when the heavens split apart and I saw visions of God.
(This occurred on the 5th day of the month, in the 5th year after King Jehoiachin’s deportation.
The Lord’s word sprang upon Buzi’s son the priest Ezekiel, in the country of Babylon along the Chebar River. There the Lord’s power captured him.)
As I observed, without warning a driving storm sprang from the north, a giant cloud flashing lightning, brilliantly all about. At its center, in the midst the lightning, there was something like illuminated amber.
And inside this were silhouettes of 4 moving creatures. This was how they appeared: Each possessed a human form,
though each revealed 4 appearances and four wings.
Their feet appeared as complete, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ hooves, and they shone like polished bronze.
Human hands were revealed under their wings on all four sides. All 4 creatures had faces and wings, and
their wings brushed against one other’s wings. When they moved, they each moved forward without turning.
As for the countenance of their faces: each of the 4 possessed a human face, with a lion’s face to the right, a bull’s face at the left, and even an eagle’s face.
The pairs of wings that stretched out overhead touched one other, while the other pairs concealed their bodies.
Each moved forward wherever the wind motivated them; they moved without retreating.
Regarding the creatures’ shapes: they appeared as flaming coals, like torches. lightning danced about between the creatures and revealed them, and lightning flashed from the midst.
The creatures appeared like lightning streaking back and forth.
As I observed the creatures, suddenly there appeared a wheel on the earth relative to all four faces of the creatures.
The appearance and composition of the wheels looked like sparkling beryl/topaz. There was one shape formed by the four of them, as if one wheel were inside another.
When they shifted in any of the four directions, they moved without swerving.
Their rims were towering and awesome, because they were covered with windows all around.
When the creatures moved, the wheels moved next to them. Whenever the creatures levitated above the earth, the wheels also levitated.
Wherever the wind would seemingly travel, it would carry them there too. The wheels rose up beside them, because the spirit of the creatures was in the wheels.
When they moved, the wheels moved; when they froze, the wheels stood still; and when they levitated over the earth, the wheels levitated along with them, because the spirit of the creatures was inside the wheels.
The form over the heads of the creatures was a dome; it was like glittering diamonds stretched out over their heads.
Just below this dome, their outstretched wings touched each other. They each also had two wings to conceal their bodies.
Then I heard the sound of their wings as they moved forward. It was like the sound of rushing waters, like the sound of the Almighty, like the sound of a riot or the sound of an army camp. When they stood quiet, their wings relaxed.
Then there came a sound from above the dome over their heads. They stood still, and their wings relaxed.
Above the dome over their heads, there appeared something like lapis lazuli shaped as a throne. Above this shape there was a silhouette that had an appearance like a human being.
Above what looked like his waist, I saw something like beaming amber, something like fire encasing it. Below what looked like his waist, I saw something that appeared to be fire. Its brilliance shone everywhere.
Just as a rainbow brightens a cloud on a rainy day, so this brightness shone everywhere.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And it cometh to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth of the month, and I [am] in the midst of the Removed by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God.
2 In the fifth of the month -- it is the fifth year of the removal of the king Jehoiachin --
3 hath the word of Jehovah certainly been unto Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar, and there is on him there a hand of Jehovah.
4 And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.
5 And out of its midst [is] a likeness of four living creatures, and this [is] their appearance; a likeness of man [is] to them,
6 and four faces [are] to each, and four wings [are] to each of them,
7 and their feet [are] straight feet, and the sole of their feet [is] as a sole of a calf's foot, and they are sparkling as the colour of bright brass;
8 and hands of man under their wings -- on their four sides, and their faces and their wings -- [are] to them four;
9 joining one unto another [are] their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.
10 As to the likeness of their faces, the face of a man, and the face of a lion, toward the right [are] to them four, and the face of an ox on the left [are] to them four, and the face of an eagle [are] to them four.
11 And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each [are] two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.
12 And each straight forward they go, whither the spirit is to go, they go, they turn not round in their going.
13 As to the likeness of the living creatures, their appearances [are] as coals of fire -- burning as the appearance of lamps; it is going up and down between the living creatures, and brightness [is] to the fire, and out of the fire is going forth lightning.
14 And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.
15 And I see the living creatures, and lo, one wheel [is] in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.
16 The appearance of the wheels and their works [is] as the colour of beryl, and one likeness [is] to them four, and their appearances and their works [are] as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.
17 On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.
18 As to their rings, they are both high and fearful, and their rings [are] full of eyes round about them four.
19 And in the going of the living creatures, the wheels go beside them, and in the living creatures being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels.
20 Whither the spirit is to go, they go, thither the spirit [is] to go, and the wheels are lifted up over-against them, for a living spirit [is] in the wheels.
21 In their going, they go; and in their standing, they stand; and in their being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels over-against them; for a living spirit [is] in the wheels.
22 And a likeness [is] over the heads of the living creatures of an expanse, as the colour of the fearful ice, stretched out over their heads from above.
23 And under the expanse their wings [are] straight, one toward the other, to each are two covering on this side, and to each are two covering on that side -- their bodies.
24 And I hear the noise of their wings, as the noise of many waters, as the noise of the Mighty One, in their going -- the noise of tumult, as the noise of a camp, in their standing they let fall their wings.
25 And there is a voice from above the expanse, that [is] above their head: in their standing they let fall their wings.
26 And above the expanse that [is] over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, [is] the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above.
27 And I see as the colour of copper, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I have seen as the appearance of fire, and brightness [is] to it round about.
28 As the appearance of the bow that is in a cloud in a day of rain, so [is] the appearance of the brightness round about.
In the 13th year, on the 5th day of the 4th month, I was among exiles at the Chebar River when the heavens split apart and I saw visions of God.
(This occurred on the 5th day of the month, in the 5th year after King Jehoiachin’s deportation.
The Lord’s word sprang upon Buzi’s son the priest Ezekiel, in the country of Babylon along the Chebar River. There the Lord’s power captured him.)
As I observed, without warning a driving storm sprang from the north, a giant cloud flashing lightning, brilliantly all about. At its center, in the midst the lightning, there was something like illuminated amber.
And inside this were silhouettes of 4 moving creatures. This was how they appeared: Each possessed a human form,
though each revealed 4 appearances and four wings.
Their feet appeared as complete, but the soles of their feet were like calves’ hooves, and they shone like polished bronze.
Human hands were revealed under their wings on all four sides. All 4 creatures had faces and wings, and
their wings brushed against one other’s wings. When they moved, they each moved forward without turning.
As for the countenance of their faces: each of the 4 possessed a human face, with a lion’s face to the right, a bull’s face at the left, and even an eagle’s face.
The pairs of wings that stretched out overhead touched one other, while the other pairs concealed their bodies.
Each moved forward wherever the wind motivated them; they moved without retreating.
Regarding the creatures’ shapes: they appeared as flaming coals, like torches. lightning danced about between the creatures and revealed them, and lightning flashed from the midst.
The creatures appeared like lightning streaking back and forth.
As I observed the creatures, suddenly there appeared a wheel on the earth relative to all four faces of the creatures.
The appearance and composition of the wheels looked like sparkling beryl/topaz. There was one shape formed by the four of them, as if one wheel were inside another.
When they shifted in any of the four directions, they moved without swerving.
Their rims were towering and awesome, because they were covered with windows all around.
When the creatures moved, the wheels moved next to them. Whenever the creatures levitated above the earth, the wheels also levitated.
Wherever the wind would seemingly travel, it would carry them there too. The wheels rose up beside them, because the spirit of the creatures was in the wheels.
When they moved, the wheels moved; when they froze, the wheels stood still; and when they levitated over the earth, the wheels levitated along with them, because the spirit of the creatures was inside the wheels.
The form over the heads of the creatures was a dome; it was like glittering diamonds stretched out over their heads.
Just below this dome, their outstretched wings touched each other. They each also had two wings to conceal their bodies.
Then I heard the sound of their wings as they moved forward. It was like the sound of rushing waters, like the sound of the Almighty, like the sound of a riot or the sound of an army camp. When they stood quiet, their wings relaxed.
Then there came a sound from above the dome over their heads. They stood still, and their wings relaxed.
Above the dome over their heads, there appeared something like lapis lazuli shaped as a throne. Above this shape there was a silhouette that had an appearance like a human being.
Above what looked like his waist, I saw something like beaming amber, something like fire encasing it. Below what looked like his waist, I saw something that appeared to be fire. Its brilliance shone everywhere.
Just as a rainbow brightens a cloud on a rainy day, so this brightness shone everywhere.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And it cometh to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth of the month, and I [am] in the midst of the Removed by the river Chebar, the heavens have been opened, and I see visions of God.
2 In the fifth of the month -- it is the fifth year of the removal of the king Jehoiachin --
3 hath the word of Jehovah certainly been unto Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar, and there is on him there a hand of Jehovah.
4 And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.
5 And out of its midst [is] a likeness of four living creatures, and this [is] their appearance; a likeness of man [is] to them,
6 and four faces [are] to each, and four wings [are] to each of them,
7 and their feet [are] straight feet, and the sole of their feet [is] as a sole of a calf's foot, and they are sparkling as the colour of bright brass;
8 and hands of man under their wings -- on their four sides, and their faces and their wings -- [are] to them four;
9 joining one unto another [are] their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.
10 As to the likeness of their faces, the face of a man, and the face of a lion, toward the right [are] to them four, and the face of an ox on the left [are] to them four, and the face of an eagle [are] to them four.
11 And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each [are] two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.
12 And each straight forward they go, whither the spirit is to go, they go, they turn not round in their going.
13 As to the likeness of the living creatures, their appearances [are] as coals of fire -- burning as the appearance of lamps; it is going up and down between the living creatures, and brightness [is] to the fire, and out of the fire is going forth lightning.
14 And the living creatures are running, and turning back, as the appearance of the flash.
15 And I see the living creatures, and lo, one wheel [is] in the earth, near the living creatures, at its four faces.
16 The appearance of the wheels and their works [is] as the colour of beryl, and one likeness [is] to them four, and their appearances and their works [are] as it were the wheel in the midst of the wheel.
17 On their four sides, in their going they go, they turn not round in their going.
18 As to their rings, they are both high and fearful, and their rings [are] full of eyes round about them four.
19 And in the going of the living creatures, the wheels go beside them, and in the living creatures being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels.
20 Whither the spirit is to go, they go, thither the spirit [is] to go, and the wheels are lifted up over-against them, for a living spirit [is] in the wheels.
21 In their going, they go; and in their standing, they stand; and in their being lifted up from off the earth, lifted up are the wheels over-against them; for a living spirit [is] in the wheels.
22 And a likeness [is] over the heads of the living creatures of an expanse, as the colour of the fearful ice, stretched out over their heads from above.
23 And under the expanse their wings [are] straight, one toward the other, to each are two covering on this side, and to each are two covering on that side -- their bodies.
24 And I hear the noise of their wings, as the noise of many waters, as the noise of the Mighty One, in their going -- the noise of tumult, as the noise of a camp, in their standing they let fall their wings.
25 And there is a voice from above the expanse, that [is] above their head: in their standing they let fall their wings.
26 And above the expanse that [is] over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, [is] the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above.
27 And I see as the colour of copper, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I have seen as the appearance of fire, and brightness [is] to it round about.
28 As the appearance of the bow that is in a cloud in a day of rain, so [is] the appearance of the brightness round about.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Ezekiel 2:1-10
It's the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I witnessed it, I fell on my face and heard a voice speak.
He said to me, “Human! Stand! I want to speak with you!”
As He spoke to me, a spirit entered me and set me erect, and I comprehended Him who was speaking to me.
He said, “Human! I am sending you to the people of Israel, that rogue nation who have rebelled against me — they and their ancestors have been transgressing against me up till now.
Because they are defiant, hardhearted children, I am sending you; and you are to tell them, ‘Here is what the Lord says.’
Whether they listen or not, this rebellious house will know that a prophet has been among them!
“As for you, human, don’t fear them or their words, even if briars and thorns surround you, and you sit among scorpions. Don’t fear of their words or be upset by their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
You are to tell them what I say, whether they listen or not, for they are very rebellious.
But you, human, hear what I am telling you: don’t you be rebellious like that house. Open your mouth, and eat what I am about to give you.”
I looked and there was a hand stretched out to me, holding a scroll.
He spread it out in front of me, and it was covered with writing front and back. Written on it were laments, requiems and distresses.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 It [is] the appearance of the likeness of the honour of Jehovah, and I see, and fall on my face, and I hear a voice speaking, and He saith unto me, `Son of man, stand on thy feet, and I speak with thee.'
2 And there doth come into me a spirit, when He hath spoken unto me, and it causeth me to stand on my feet, and I hear Him who is speaking unto me.
3 And He saith unto Me, `Son of man, I am sending thee unto the sons of Israel, unto nations who are rebels, who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me, unto this self-same day.
4 And the sons [are] brazen-faced and hard-hearted to whom I am sending thee, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah:
5 and they -- whether they hear, or whether they forbear, for a rebellious house they [are] -- have known that a prophet hath been in their midst.
6 `And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they [are] a rebellious house,
7 And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they [are] rebellious.
8 `And thou, son of man, hear that which I am speaking unto thee: Thou art not rebellious like the rebellious house, open thy mouth, and eat that which I am giving unto thee.'
9 And I look, and lo, a hand [is] sent forth unto me, and lo, in it a roll of a book,
10 and He spreadeth it before me, and it is written in front and behind, and written on it [are] lamentations, and mourning, and wo!
It's the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I witnessed it, I fell on my face and heard a voice speak.
He said to me, “Human! Stand! I want to speak with you!”
As He spoke to me, a spirit entered me and set me erect, and I comprehended Him who was speaking to me.
He said, “Human! I am sending you to the people of Israel, that rogue nation who have rebelled against me — they and their ancestors have been transgressing against me up till now.
Because they are defiant, hardhearted children, I am sending you; and you are to tell them, ‘Here is what the Lord says.’
Whether they listen or not, this rebellious house will know that a prophet has been among them!
“As for you, human, don’t fear them or their words, even if briars and thorns surround you, and you sit among scorpions. Don’t fear of their words or be upset by their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
You are to tell them what I say, whether they listen or not, for they are very rebellious.
But you, human, hear what I am telling you: don’t you be rebellious like that house. Open your mouth, and eat what I am about to give you.”
I looked and there was a hand stretched out to me, holding a scroll.
He spread it out in front of me, and it was covered with writing front and back. Written on it were laments, requiems and distresses.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 It [is] the appearance of the likeness of the honour of Jehovah, and I see, and fall on my face, and I hear a voice speaking, and He saith unto me, `Son of man, stand on thy feet, and I speak with thee.'
2 And there doth come into me a spirit, when He hath spoken unto me, and it causeth me to stand on my feet, and I hear Him who is speaking unto me.
3 And He saith unto Me, `Son of man, I am sending thee unto the sons of Israel, unto nations who are rebels, who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me, unto this self-same day.
4 And the sons [are] brazen-faced and hard-hearted to whom I am sending thee, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah:
5 and they -- whether they hear, or whether they forbear, for a rebellious house they [are] -- have known that a prophet hath been in their midst.
6 `And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they [are] a rebellious house,
7 And thou hast spoken My words unto them, whether they hear or whether they forbear, for they [are] rebellious.
8 `And thou, son of man, hear that which I am speaking unto thee: Thou art not rebellious like the rebellious house, open thy mouth, and eat that which I am giving unto thee.'
9 And I look, and lo, a hand [is] sent forth unto me, and lo, in it a roll of a book,
10 and He spreadeth it before me, and it is written in front and behind, and written on it [are] lamentations, and mourning, and wo!
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Ezekiel 3:1-27
He said to me, “Human, consume what is presented to you; eat this scroll. Then visit and speak to the house of Israel.”
So I opened my mouth, and He presented the scroll to consume,
as He said, “Human, eat this scroll I am giving you; fill your insides with it.” When I ate it, it tasted sweet like honey.
“Human,” He said to me, “visit the house of Israel, and tell them My words.
You are not being sent to a people with a difficult language and unintelligible speech, but to the house of Israel —
not to many countries with difficult languages and who are incomprehensible, whose words you can’t understand when you listen. Without doubt, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, because they aren’t willing to listen to Me; since all the house of Israel are obstinate and hardhearted.
However, I am making you like them.
Yes, I am making your determination stronger than flint, as hard as a diamond. So don’t be afraid of them or depressed by how they look at you, because they are a rebellious house.”
Then He said to me, “Human, receive to your heart and listen to all my words that I tell you.
Then go to the exiles --- your countrymen; and speak to them. Tell them, ‘Here is what the Lord, says,’ whether they listen or not.”
A spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a very loud sound — blessed be the glory of Adonai from his place!
It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures as they beat against one another, and the sound of the wheels next to them, a very loud sound.
So a spirit picked me up and carried me off. I went with resentment and the heat of my spirit, with the hand of the Lord firmly on me.
I went to the exiles who were living in Tel-Ahib , by the Chebar River and remained among them there causing dumbfoundedness for 7 days.
After 7 days the word of the Lord came to me:
“Human, I have appointed you as a guard over the house of Israel. When you hear anything from my mouth, you are to warn them for me.
If I say to a wicked person, ‘You are going die’; and you fail to warn him, to tell and warn the wicked person to leave his wicked way and save his life; then that wicked person will die guilty; and I will hold you responsible libel for his death.
Otherwise, if you warn that wicked individual, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, then he will still die guilty; but you will have saved your own life.
Similarly, when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits wickedness, I will place an obsticle before him — he'll die; because you failed to warn him, he will die in his sin; his righteous acts will not be remembered; and I will hold you accountable for his death.
But if you warn that righteous person that a righteous person should not sin, and he doesn’t sin; then he will certainly live, because he took the warning; and you too will have saved your life.”
The leading of the Lord came on me there, and He told me, “Get up, leave the valley, and I will speak with you there.”
So I left the valley. The glory of the Lord was there, like the glory I had seen by the Chebar River; and I fell on my face.
A spirit entered me and set me upright. Then He spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
Human, you are going to be bound with ropes, unable to visit the people.
I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, so that you will be mute, unable to reprove them; for they are a rebellious house.
But when I talk with you, I will open your mouth; and you will then say, ‘This is what the Lord says.’ Whoever cares to listen will listen, and whoever doesn't care will refuse, because they are a rebellious lot.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, that which thou findest eat, eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.'
2 And I open my mouth, and He causeth me to eat this roll.
3 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.
5 For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue [art] thou sent -- unto the house of Israel;
6 not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them -- they, they do hearken unto thee,
7 but the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.
8 `Lo, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.
9 As an adamant harder than a rock I have made thy forehead; thou dost not fear them, nor art thou affrighted before them, for a rebellious house [are] they.'
10 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, all My words, that I speak unto thee, receive with thy heart, and with thine ears hear;
11 and go, enter in unto the Removed, unto the sons of thy people, and thou hast spoken unto them, and hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: whether they hear, or whether they forbear.'
12 And lift me up doth a spirit, and I hear behind me a noise, a great rushing -- `Blessed [is] the honour of Jehovah from His place!' --
13 even a noise of the wings of the living creatures touching one another, and a noise of the wheels over-against them, even a noise of a great rushing.
14 And a spirit hath lifted me up, and doth take me away, and I go bitterly, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah on me [is] strong.
15 And I come in unto the Removed, at Tel-Ahib, who are dwelling at the river Chebar, and where they are dwelling I also dwell seven days, causing astonishment in their midst.
16 And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven days,
17 that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me.
18 In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he -- the wicked -- in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require.
19 And thou, because thou hast warned the wicked, and he hath not turned back from his wickedness, and from his wicked way, he in his iniquity dieth, and thou thy soul hast delivered.
20 `And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require.
21 And thou, because thou hast warned him -- the righteous -- that the righteous sin not, and he hath not sinned, he surely liveth, because he hath been warned; and thou thy soul hast delivered.'
22 And there is on me there a hand of Jehovah, and He saith to me, `Rise, go forth to the valley, and there I do speak with thee.'
23 And I rise and go forth unto the valley, and lo, there the honour of Jehovah is standing as the honour that I had seen by the river Chebar, and I fall on my face.
24 And come into me doth a spirit, and causeth me to stand on my feet, and He speaketh with me, and saith unto me, `Go in, be shut up in the midst of thy house.
25 `And thou, son of man, lo, they have put on thee thick bands, and have bound thee with them, and thou goest not forth in their midst;
26 and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house [are] they.
27 And in My speaking with thee, I do open thy mouth, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah; the hearer doth hear, and the forbearer doth forbear; for a rebellious house [are] they.
He said to me, “Human, consume what is presented to you; eat this scroll. Then visit and speak to the house of Israel.”
So I opened my mouth, and He presented the scroll to consume,
as He said, “Human, eat this scroll I am giving you; fill your insides with it.” When I ate it, it tasted sweet like honey.
“Human,” He said to me, “visit the house of Israel, and tell them My words.
You are not being sent to a people with a difficult language and unintelligible speech, but to the house of Israel —
not to many countries with difficult languages and who are incomprehensible, whose words you can’t understand when you listen. Without doubt, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.
But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, because they aren’t willing to listen to Me; since all the house of Israel are obstinate and hardhearted.
However, I am making you like them.
Yes, I am making your determination stronger than flint, as hard as a diamond. So don’t be afraid of them or depressed by how they look at you, because they are a rebellious house.”
Then He said to me, “Human, receive to your heart and listen to all my words that I tell you.
Then go to the exiles --- your countrymen; and speak to them. Tell them, ‘Here is what the Lord, says,’ whether they listen or not.”
A spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a very loud sound — blessed be the glory of Adonai from his place!
It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures as they beat against one another, and the sound of the wheels next to them, a very loud sound.
So a spirit picked me up and carried me off. I went with resentment and the heat of my spirit, with the hand of the Lord firmly on me.
I went to the exiles who were living in Tel-Ahib , by the Chebar River and remained among them there causing dumbfoundedness for 7 days.
After 7 days the word of the Lord came to me:
“Human, I have appointed you as a guard over the house of Israel. When you hear anything from my mouth, you are to warn them for me.
If I say to a wicked person, ‘You are going die’; and you fail to warn him, to tell and warn the wicked person to leave his wicked way and save his life; then that wicked person will die guilty; and I will hold you responsible libel for his death.
Otherwise, if you warn that wicked individual, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, then he will still die guilty; but you will have saved your own life.
Similarly, when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits wickedness, I will place an obsticle before him — he'll die; because you failed to warn him, he will die in his sin; his righteous acts will not be remembered; and I will hold you accountable for his death.
But if you warn that righteous person that a righteous person should not sin, and he doesn’t sin; then he will certainly live, because he took the warning; and you too will have saved your life.”
The leading of the Lord came on me there, and He told me, “Get up, leave the valley, and I will speak with you there.”
So I left the valley. The glory of the Lord was there, like the glory I had seen by the Chebar River; and I fell on my face.
A spirit entered me and set me upright. Then He spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
Human, you are going to be bound with ropes, unable to visit the people.
I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, so that you will be mute, unable to reprove them; for they are a rebellious house.
But when I talk with you, I will open your mouth; and you will then say, ‘This is what the Lord says.’ Whoever cares to listen will listen, and whoever doesn't care will refuse, because they are a rebellious lot.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, that which thou findest eat, eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.'
2 And I open my mouth, and He causeth me to eat this roll.
3 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, thy belly thou dost feed, and thy bowels thou dost fill with this roll that I am giving unto thee;' and I eat it, and it is in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
4 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, go, enter in unto the house of Israel, and thou hast spoken with My words unto them.
5 For, not unto a people deep of lip and heavy of tongue [art] thou sent -- unto the house of Israel;
6 not unto many peoples, deep of lip and heavy of tongue, whose words thou dost not understand. If I had not sent thee unto them -- they, they do hearken unto thee,
7 but the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.
8 `Lo, I have made thy face strong against their face, and thy forehead strong against their forehead.
9 As an adamant harder than a rock I have made thy forehead; thou dost not fear them, nor art thou affrighted before them, for a rebellious house [are] they.'
10 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, all My words, that I speak unto thee, receive with thy heart, and with thine ears hear;
11 and go, enter in unto the Removed, unto the sons of thy people, and thou hast spoken unto them, and hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: whether they hear, or whether they forbear.'
12 And lift me up doth a spirit, and I hear behind me a noise, a great rushing -- `Blessed [is] the honour of Jehovah from His place!' --
13 even a noise of the wings of the living creatures touching one another, and a noise of the wheels over-against them, even a noise of a great rushing.
14 And a spirit hath lifted me up, and doth take me away, and I go bitterly, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah on me [is] strong.
15 And I come in unto the Removed, at Tel-Ahib, who are dwelling at the river Chebar, and where they are dwelling I also dwell seven days, causing astonishment in their midst.
16 And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven days,
17 that there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying, `Son of man, a watchman I have given thee to the house of Israel, and thou hast heard from My mouth a word, and hast warned them from Me.
18 In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he -- the wicked -- in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require.
19 And thou, because thou hast warned the wicked, and he hath not turned back from his wickedness, and from his wicked way, he in his iniquity dieth, and thou thy soul hast delivered.
20 `And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require.
21 And thou, because thou hast warned him -- the righteous -- that the righteous sin not, and he hath not sinned, he surely liveth, because he hath been warned; and thou thy soul hast delivered.'
22 And there is on me there a hand of Jehovah, and He saith to me, `Rise, go forth to the valley, and there I do speak with thee.'
23 And I rise and go forth unto the valley, and lo, there the honour of Jehovah is standing as the honour that I had seen by the river Chebar, and I fall on my face.
24 And come into me doth a spirit, and causeth me to stand on my feet, and He speaketh with me, and saith unto me, `Go in, be shut up in the midst of thy house.
25 `And thou, son of man, lo, they have put on thee thick bands, and have bound thee with them, and thou goest not forth in their midst;
26 and thy tongue I cause to cleave unto thy palate, and thou hast been dumb, and art not to them for a reprover, for a rebellious house [are] they.
27 And in My speaking with thee, I do open thy mouth, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah; the hearer doth hear, and the forbearer doth forbear; for a rebellious house [are] they.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Ezekiel 4:1-17
“With regards to you, human, take a clay tablet, set it down in front of you, and draw upon it the city of Jerusalem.
Illustrate it under siege — draw siege machines attacking it, raise earthworks and show camps attacking it, and surround it with battering rams.
Then take an iron griddle and set it in place as a wall of iron between yourself and the city, and fix your gaze on it — the city is under siege, and you are the one besieging. This will be a sign for the house of Israel.
“Next, you are to lie on your left side, and have it bear the guilt of the house of Israel — for as many days as you lie on your side, you will bear their guilt.
I am assigning you one day for each year of their guilt. You are to bear the guilt of the house of Israel for 390 days.
Then, when you have finished with that, you are to lie on your right side and bear the guilt of the house of Judah for 40 days, each day representing a year; this is what I am assigning you.
You are to fix your gaze on the siege of Jerusalem, and, with your arm bared, prophesy against it.
I am tying you down with ropes, and you are not to turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
“Take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and buckwheat; put them together in one bowl; and make bread with it. For the entire time on your side (390 days) this is what you are eating.
Each day the food you intake must weigh only three-quarters of a pound; you may eat it from time to time daily.
You are also to limit your water intake to two-thirds of a quart; you may drink it from time to time daily.
The bread you eat is to be baked like barley cakes; you are to bake it before their eyes, using human feces as fuel.”
The Lord said, “This is how the people of Israel will eat their food — unclean — in the nations where I am sending them.”
Ezekiel objected: “No, Lord God! I have never defiled myself — from my youth until now I have never eaten anything that died by itself or was killed by wild animals; no such disgusting food has ever entered my mouth.”
God answered, “All right, I will allow you cow manure to use instead of human feces, and you can prepare your bread with that.”
God then said to Ezekiel, “Human, I am going to cut off the supply of bread to Jerusalem, so that they will fretfully weigh out bread to eat, and ration water to drink.
Finally, due to lack of bread and water, they will stare at each other in shock, skin & bones because of their guilt.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 `And thou, son of man, take to thee a brick, and thou hast put it before thee, and hast graven on it a city -- Jerusalem,
2 and hast placed against it a siege, and builded against it a fortification, and poured out against it a mount, and placed against it camps, yea, set thou against it battering-rams round about.
3 And thou, take to thee an iron pan, and thou hast made it a wall of iron between thee and the city; and thou hast prepared thy face against it, and it hath been in a siege, yea, thou hast laid siege against it. A sign it [is] to the house of Israel.
4 `And thou, lie on thy left side, and thou hast placed the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; the number of the days that thou liest on it, thou bearest their iniquity.
5 And I -- I have laid on thee the years of their iniquity, the number of days, three hundred and ninety days; and thou hast borne the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6 And thou hast completed these, and hast lain on thy right side, a second time, and hast borne the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days -- a day for a year -- a day for a year I have appointed to thee.
7 `And unto the siege of Jerusalem thou dost prepare thy face, and thine arm [is] uncovered, and thou hast prophesied concerning it.
8 And lo, I have put on thee thick bands, and thou dost not turn from side to side till thy completing the days of thy siege.
9 `And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side -- three hundred and ninety days -- thou dost eat it.
10 And thy food that thou dost eat [is] by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.
11 `And water by measure thou dost drink, a sixth part of the hin; from time to time thou dost drink [it].
12 A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung -- the filth of man -- thou dost bake before their eyes.
13 And Jehovah saith, `Thus do the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations whither I drive them.'
14 And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, lo, my soul is not defiled, and carcase, and torn thing, I have not eaten from my youth, even till now; nor come into my mouth hath abominable flesh.'
15 And He saith unto me, `See, I have given to thee bullock's dung instead of man's dung, and thou hast made thy bread by it.'
16 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink;
17 so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.
“With regards to you, human, take a clay tablet, set it down in front of you, and draw upon it the city of Jerusalem.
Illustrate it under siege — draw siege machines attacking it, raise earthworks and show camps attacking it, and surround it with battering rams.
Then take an iron griddle and set it in place as a wall of iron between yourself and the city, and fix your gaze on it — the city is under siege, and you are the one besieging. This will be a sign for the house of Israel.
“Next, you are to lie on your left side, and have it bear the guilt of the house of Israel — for as many days as you lie on your side, you will bear their guilt.
I am assigning you one day for each year of their guilt. You are to bear the guilt of the house of Israel for 390 days.
Then, when you have finished with that, you are to lie on your right side and bear the guilt of the house of Judah for 40 days, each day representing a year; this is what I am assigning you.
You are to fix your gaze on the siege of Jerusalem, and, with your arm bared, prophesy against it.
I am tying you down with ropes, and you are not to turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
“Take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and buckwheat; put them together in one bowl; and make bread with it. For the entire time on your side (390 days) this is what you are eating.
Each day the food you intake must weigh only three-quarters of a pound; you may eat it from time to time daily.
You are also to limit your water intake to two-thirds of a quart; you may drink it from time to time daily.
The bread you eat is to be baked like barley cakes; you are to bake it before their eyes, using human feces as fuel.”
The Lord said, “This is how the people of Israel will eat their food — unclean — in the nations where I am sending them.”
Ezekiel objected: “No, Lord God! I have never defiled myself — from my youth until now I have never eaten anything that died by itself or was killed by wild animals; no such disgusting food has ever entered my mouth.”
God answered, “All right, I will allow you cow manure to use instead of human feces, and you can prepare your bread with that.”
God then said to Ezekiel, “Human, I am going to cut off the supply of bread to Jerusalem, so that they will fretfully weigh out bread to eat, and ration water to drink.
Finally, due to lack of bread and water, they will stare at each other in shock, skin & bones because of their guilt.”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 `And thou, son of man, take to thee a brick, and thou hast put it before thee, and hast graven on it a city -- Jerusalem,
2 and hast placed against it a siege, and builded against it a fortification, and poured out against it a mount, and placed against it camps, yea, set thou against it battering-rams round about.
3 And thou, take to thee an iron pan, and thou hast made it a wall of iron between thee and the city; and thou hast prepared thy face against it, and it hath been in a siege, yea, thou hast laid siege against it. A sign it [is] to the house of Israel.
4 `And thou, lie on thy left side, and thou hast placed the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; the number of the days that thou liest on it, thou bearest their iniquity.
5 And I -- I have laid on thee the years of their iniquity, the number of days, three hundred and ninety days; and thou hast borne the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6 And thou hast completed these, and hast lain on thy right side, a second time, and hast borne the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days -- a day for a year -- a day for a year I have appointed to thee.
7 `And unto the siege of Jerusalem thou dost prepare thy face, and thine arm [is] uncovered, and thou hast prophesied concerning it.
8 And lo, I have put on thee thick bands, and thou dost not turn from side to side till thy completing the days of thy siege.
9 `And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side -- three hundred and ninety days -- thou dost eat it.
10 And thy food that thou dost eat [is] by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.
11 `And water by measure thou dost drink, a sixth part of the hin; from time to time thou dost drink [it].
12 A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung -- the filth of man -- thou dost bake before their eyes.
13 And Jehovah saith, `Thus do the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations whither I drive them.'
14 And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, lo, my soul is not defiled, and carcase, and torn thing, I have not eaten from my youth, even till now; nor come into my mouth hath abominable flesh.'
15 And He saith unto me, `See, I have given to thee bullock's dung instead of man's dung, and thou hast made thy bread by it.'
16 And He saith unto me, `Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink;
17 so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Ezekiel 5:1-17
“Listen, human, take a sharp sword; and apply it as a barber’s razor to shave your head and beard. Then weigh the hair on a balance-scale, and split it up.
A third of it you are to burn in the city when the siege ends. Take another third, and hit it with your sword all around the city. Scatter the final third to the wind, and I will pursue them with drawn sword.
Also take some hairs and tie them up in the folds of your garment.
Also, of these take some; throw them in fire, and burn them up; from there a fire will spring against the entire house of Israel.
“Here is what The Lord, says:
‘This is Jerusalem! I have positioned her in the middle of the nations; countries surround her.
But she has rebelled against my rulings and committed wickedness more those nations --- regarding my laws more than the countries around her; because they have rejected my rulings and do not live according to my statutes.’
“Therefore here is what the Lord, says: ‘Because you have outdone the nations around you by not living according to my laws or following my rulings or even following the rules of the nations around you,’
here is what the Lord, says: ‘I too am against you, absolutely, and I will execute judgments among you while all the nations observe.
Moreover, because of all your disgusting practices, I will do things to you that I have never done before; and I will never do such things again.
Parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents! I will execute judgments among you and scatter to all the winds those of you who survive.
For, as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and disgraceful observances, therefore I swear that I will cut you off — my eye will not spare. I will take no pity.
A third of you will die from plague or be consumed by famine inside Jerusalem; a third will die by the sword all around Jerusalem; and a third I will scatter to all the winds and pursue with the sword.’
In this way my anger will spend itself, my fury against them will dissipate, and I will be satisfied. Then, when I have spent my fury upon them, they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken out of my zeal.
‘I will make you a ruin and an object of disappointment among the nations around you, in view of all travelers.
When I ignite judgments and furious punishments among you in anger and fury, Jerusalem will be an object of reproach, derision and horror, and a illustration warning the nations around you. I, the Lord, have said it.
I will send upon them the deadly, destructive arrows of famine, which I will send to destroy you. I will make the famine worse for you by cutting off your food supply.
Yes, I will send famine and wild beasts upon you to leave you childless; plague and bloodshed will sweep through you; and I will bring the sword upon you. I, the Lord, have spoken it.’”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 `And thou, son of man, take to thee a sharp weapon, the barber's razor thou dost take to thee, and thou hast caused [it] to pass over thy head, and over thy beard, and thou hast taken to thee weighing scales, and apportioned them.
2 A third part with fire thou dost burn in the midst of the city, at the fulness of the days of the siege; and thou hast taken the third part, thou dost smite with a weapon round about it; and the third part thou dost scatter to the wind, and a weapon I draw out after them.
3 And thou hast taken thence a few in number -- and hast bound them in thy skirts;
4 and of them thou dost take again, and hast cast them unto the midst of the fire, and hast burned them in the fire -- out of it cometh forth a fire unto all the house of Israel.
5 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this [is] Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her [are] the lands.
6 And she changeth My judgments into wickedness more than the nations, And My statutes more than the lands that [are] round about her, For against My judgments they have kicked, And My statutes -- they have not walked in them.
7 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your multiplying above the nations that [are] around you, In My statutes ye have not walked, And My judgments ye have not done, According to the judgments of the nations That [are] round about you ye have not done.
8 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, even I, And I have done in thy midst judgments, Before the eyes of the nations.
9 And I have done in thee that which I have not done, And that which I do not its like again, Because of all thine abominations.
10 Therefore fathers do eat sons in thy midst, And sons eat their fathers, And I have done in thee judgments, And have scattered all thy remnant to every wind.
11 Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah: Because My sanctuary thou hast defiled, With all thy detestable things, And with all thine abominations, Mine eye pitieth not, and I also spare not. Do not even I also diminish?
12 Thy third part -- by pestilence they die, And by famine are consumed in thy midst, And the third part, by sword they fall round about thee, And the third part, to every wind I scatter, And a sword I draw out after them.
13 And completed hath been Mine anger, And I have caused My fury to rest on them, And I have been comforted, And they have known that I, Jehovah, have spoken in My zeal, In My completing My fury on them.
14 And I give thee for a waste, And for a reproach among nations that [are] round about thee, Before the eyes of every passer by.
15 And it hath been a reproach and a reviling, An instruction and an astonishment, To nations that [are] round about thee, In My doing in thee judgments, In anger and fury, and in furious reproofs, I, Jehovah, have spoken.
16 In My sending the evil arrows of famine among them, That have been for destruction, That I send to destroy you, And famine I am adding upon you, And I have broken to you the staff of bread.
17 And I have sent on you famine and evil beasts, And they have bereaved thee, And pestilence and blood pass over on thee, And a sword I do bring in against thee, I, Jehovah, have spoken!'
“Listen, human, take a sharp sword; and apply it as a barber’s razor to shave your head and beard. Then weigh the hair on a balance-scale, and split it up.
A third of it you are to burn in the city when the siege ends. Take another third, and hit it with your sword all around the city. Scatter the final third to the wind, and I will pursue them with drawn sword.
Also take some hairs and tie them up in the folds of your garment.
Also, of these take some; throw them in fire, and burn them up; from there a fire will spring against the entire house of Israel.
“Here is what The Lord, says:
‘This is Jerusalem! I have positioned her in the middle of the nations; countries surround her.
But she has rebelled against my rulings and committed wickedness more those nations --- regarding my laws more than the countries around her; because they have rejected my rulings and do not live according to my statutes.’
“Therefore here is what the Lord, says: ‘Because you have outdone the nations around you by not living according to my laws or following my rulings or even following the rules of the nations around you,’
here is what the Lord, says: ‘I too am against you, absolutely, and I will execute judgments among you while all the nations observe.
Moreover, because of all your disgusting practices, I will do things to you that I have never done before; and I will never do such things again.
Parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents! I will execute judgments among you and scatter to all the winds those of you who survive.
For, as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and disgraceful observances, therefore I swear that I will cut you off — my eye will not spare. I will take no pity.
A third of you will die from plague or be consumed by famine inside Jerusalem; a third will die by the sword all around Jerusalem; and a third I will scatter to all the winds and pursue with the sword.’
In this way my anger will spend itself, my fury against them will dissipate, and I will be satisfied. Then, when I have spent my fury upon them, they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken out of my zeal.
‘I will make you a ruin and an object of disappointment among the nations around you, in view of all travelers.
When I ignite judgments and furious punishments among you in anger and fury, Jerusalem will be an object of reproach, derision and horror, and a illustration warning the nations around you. I, the Lord, have said it.
I will send upon them the deadly, destructive arrows of famine, which I will send to destroy you. I will make the famine worse for you by cutting off your food supply.
Yes, I will send famine and wild beasts upon you to leave you childless; plague and bloodshed will sweep through you; and I will bring the sword upon you. I, the Lord, have spoken it.’”
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 `And thou, son of man, take to thee a sharp weapon, the barber's razor thou dost take to thee, and thou hast caused [it] to pass over thy head, and over thy beard, and thou hast taken to thee weighing scales, and apportioned them.
2 A third part with fire thou dost burn in the midst of the city, at the fulness of the days of the siege; and thou hast taken the third part, thou dost smite with a weapon round about it; and the third part thou dost scatter to the wind, and a weapon I draw out after them.
3 And thou hast taken thence a few in number -- and hast bound them in thy skirts;
4 and of them thou dost take again, and hast cast them unto the midst of the fire, and hast burned them in the fire -- out of it cometh forth a fire unto all the house of Israel.
5 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this [is] Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her [are] the lands.
6 And she changeth My judgments into wickedness more than the nations, And My statutes more than the lands that [are] round about her, For against My judgments they have kicked, And My statutes -- they have not walked in them.
7 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of your multiplying above the nations that [are] around you, In My statutes ye have not walked, And My judgments ye have not done, According to the judgments of the nations That [are] round about you ye have not done.
8 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I [am] against thee, even I, And I have done in thy midst judgments, Before the eyes of the nations.
9 And I have done in thee that which I have not done, And that which I do not its like again, Because of all thine abominations.
10 Therefore fathers do eat sons in thy midst, And sons eat their fathers, And I have done in thee judgments, And have scattered all thy remnant to every wind.
11 Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah: Because My sanctuary thou hast defiled, With all thy detestable things, And with all thine abominations, Mine eye pitieth not, and I also spare not. Do not even I also diminish?
12 Thy third part -- by pestilence they die, And by famine are consumed in thy midst, And the third part, by sword they fall round about thee, And the third part, to every wind I scatter, And a sword I draw out after them.
13 And completed hath been Mine anger, And I have caused My fury to rest on them, And I have been comforted, And they have known that I, Jehovah, have spoken in My zeal, In My completing My fury on them.
14 And I give thee for a waste, And for a reproach among nations that [are] round about thee, Before the eyes of every passer by.
15 And it hath been a reproach and a reviling, An instruction and an astonishment, To nations that [are] round about thee, In My doing in thee judgments, In anger and fury, and in furious reproofs, I, Jehovah, have spoken.
16 In My sending the evil arrows of famine among them, That have been for destruction, That I send to destroy you, And famine I am adding upon you, And I have broken to you the staff of bread.
17 And I have sent on you famine and evil beasts, And they have bereaved thee, And pestilence and blood pass over on thee, And a sword I do bring in against thee, I, Jehovah, have spoken!'
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Ezekiel 6:1-14
The message of the Godhead came to me:
“Human, face the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them:
Mountains of Israel, hear what the Godhead says. This is what the Godhead says about the mountains, hills, ravines and valleys: I myself will bring a sword against you and destroy your pagan places.
Your altars will be demolished and your pillars for sun-worship broken, and I will dump your slain ones in front of your idols.
I will lay the corpses of the people of Israel before their statues and toss your bones around about your altars.
Anywhere you reside, the cities will be destroyed and the pagan places ruined; so that your altars can be destroyed and demolished, your idols broken and abolished, your pillars for sun-worship cut down and the things you have made wiped out.
The slain will fall among you; then you will know that I am the God.
Nevertheless, I will leave survivors, some who will escape the sword among the nations, when you have been scattered throughout nations.
Those of you who escape will remember Me among the countries where such have been exiled. How upset I have been over their whoring hearts that deserted Me, and their eyes that went whoring after statuary! They are going to despise themselves for all the evils they committed through their revolting practices.
Then they will know that I am God; it isn’t for nothing that I said I would bring calamity upon them.”
This is what the Godhead says: ‘Hit with your hand, and stomp your foot, and wail regarding the terrible disgusting practices of the house of Israel. For they will die by sword, famine and plague.
Those far away will die from plague, those nearby will be slain, and whoever remains and is besieged will die from famine. This is how I will use up my fury on them.
You will know that I am GOD when their slain men are lying among their idols about their altars on every high hill, on every mountaintop, under every evergreen, under every dense pistachio tree, wherever they offered sweet-smelling sacrifices to appease their idols.
I will stretch out My hand over them and make the land wherever they live into a total waste worse than the Divlah Desert. Then they will realize that I am GOD!"
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
2 `Son of man, set thy face unto mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them:
3 And thou hast said: Mountains of Israel, Hear ye a word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah To the mountains, and to the hills, To the streams, and to the valleys, Lo, I, I am bringing in against you a sword, And I have destroyed your high places.
4 And desolated have been your altars, And broken your images, And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols,
5 And put the carcasses of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars.
6 In all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that waste and desolate are your altars, And broken and ceased have your idols, And cut down have been your images, And blotted out have been your works.
7 And fallen hath the wounded in your midst, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.
8 And I have caused [some] to remain, In their being to you the escaped of the sword among nations, In your being scattered through lands.
9 And remembered Me have your escaped among nations, Whither they have been taken captive, Because I have been broken with their heart that is going a-whoring, That hath turned aside from off Me, And with their eyes they are going a-whoring after their idols, And they have been loathsome in their own faces, For the evils that they have done -- all their abominations.
10 And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, Not for nought have I spoken to do to them this evil.
11 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Smite with thy palm, and stamp with thy foot, And say: Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, Who by sword, by famine, and by pestilence do fall.
12 The far-off by pestilence dieth, And the near by sword falleth, And the left and the besieged by famine dieth, And I have completed my fury upon them.
13 And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, In their wounded being in the midst of their idols, Round about their altars, On every high hill, on all tops of mountains, And under every green tree, and under every thick oak, The place where they gave sweet fragrance to all their idols.
14 And I have stretched out my hand against them, And have made the land a desolation, Even a desolation from the wilderness to Diblath, In all their dwellings, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah!'
The message of the Godhead came to me:
“Human, face the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them:
Mountains of Israel, hear what the Godhead says. This is what the Godhead says about the mountains, hills, ravines and valleys: I myself will bring a sword against you and destroy your pagan places.
Your altars will be demolished and your pillars for sun-worship broken, and I will dump your slain ones in front of your idols.
I will lay the corpses of the people of Israel before their statues and toss your bones around about your altars.
Anywhere you reside, the cities will be destroyed and the pagan places ruined; so that your altars can be destroyed and demolished, your idols broken and abolished, your pillars for sun-worship cut down and the things you have made wiped out.
The slain will fall among you; then you will know that I am the God.
Nevertheless, I will leave survivors, some who will escape the sword among the nations, when you have been scattered throughout nations.
Those of you who escape will remember Me among the countries where such have been exiled. How upset I have been over their whoring hearts that deserted Me, and their eyes that went whoring after statuary! They are going to despise themselves for all the evils they committed through their revolting practices.
Then they will know that I am God; it isn’t for nothing that I said I would bring calamity upon them.”
This is what the Godhead says: ‘Hit with your hand, and stomp your foot, and wail regarding the terrible disgusting practices of the house of Israel. For they will die by sword, famine and plague.
Those far away will die from plague, those nearby will be slain, and whoever remains and is besieged will die from famine. This is how I will use up my fury on them.
You will know that I am GOD when their slain men are lying among their idols about their altars on every high hill, on every mountaintop, under every evergreen, under every dense pistachio tree, wherever they offered sweet-smelling sacrifices to appease their idols.
I will stretch out My hand over them and make the land wherever they live into a total waste worse than the Divlah Desert. Then they will realize that I am GOD!"
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
2 `Son of man, set thy face unto mountains of Israel, and prophesy concerning them:
3 And thou hast said: Mountains of Israel, Hear ye a word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah To the mountains, and to the hills, To the streams, and to the valleys, Lo, I, I am bringing in against you a sword, And I have destroyed your high places.
4 And desolated have been your altars, And broken your images, And I have caused your wounded to fall before your idols,
5 And put the carcasses of the sons of Israel before their idols, And scattered your bones round about your altars.
6 In all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that waste and desolate are your altars, And broken and ceased have your idols, And cut down have been your images, And blotted out have been your works.
7 And fallen hath the wounded in your midst, And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah.
8 And I have caused [some] to remain, In their being to you the escaped of the sword among nations, In your being scattered through lands.
9 And remembered Me have your escaped among nations, Whither they have been taken captive, Because I have been broken with their heart that is going a-whoring, That hath turned aside from off Me, And with their eyes they are going a-whoring after their idols, And they have been loathsome in their own faces, For the evils that they have done -- all their abominations.
10 And they have known that I [am] Jehovah, Not for nought have I spoken to do to them this evil.
11 Thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Smite with thy palm, and stamp with thy foot, And say: Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, Who by sword, by famine, and by pestilence do fall.
12 The far-off by pestilence dieth, And the near by sword falleth, And the left and the besieged by famine dieth, And I have completed my fury upon them.
13 And ye have known that I [am] Jehovah, In their wounded being in the midst of their idols, Round about their altars, On every high hill, on all tops of mountains, And under every green tree, and under every thick oak, The place where they gave sweet fragrance to all their idols.
14 And I have stretched out my hand against them, And have made the land a desolation, Even a desolation from the wilderness to Diblath, In all their dwellings, And they have known that I [am] Jehovah!'
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Re: Bible verse by verse
Hard at it, eh? Need anything?
"God" is the original deus ex machina. --Maksutov