13 "For the sins of her prophets, and cir. 588. the iniquities of her priests, "that have shed p Jer. 5.31. the blood of the just in the midst of her, 14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, 'so that men could not touch their garments. & 6. 13. & 28. Zeph. 3- 4. 31, 37. r Jer. 2. 34. Or, in that they could not but touch. s Numb. 19. Or ye pol- u ch. 5. 12. w 2 Kings 24.7. Isai. 20.5.& 30. 6, 7. Jer. 37. Ezek. 29. 16. x 2 Kings 25. 45 15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. 16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: "they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. 17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. W 18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our 7.2 days are fulfilled; for our end is come. y Ezek. 2, 8. 2. z Deut. 28. 49. Jer.4.13. a Gen. 2.7. cb. 2.9. Prek. 12. 13. 19 Our persecutors are 'swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. 20 The breath of our nostrils, the Jer. 52. 9. anointed of the LORD, was taken in & 19.4, 8. their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen. 21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of d Jer. 25. 15, Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked... c Like Eccles.11.9. 16, 21. Obad. 10. e Isai. 40. 2. Or, Thine iniquity. f P. 137.7. Or, carry for thy sins. thee captive a Ps. 89. 22 ||The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. CHAP. V. A pitiful complaint of Zion in prayer unto God. EMEMBER, O LORD, what is 6 ch. 9. 15. hold our reproach. come upon us: consider, and be Ps. 79. 4. Before CHRIST cir. 595 + Heb. captivity. 3-15, 23. & REMEMBER, THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL. CHAP. I. 1 The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at Chebar. o Job 19. 9. crown of fallen." our head is p ch. 1. 22. q Ps. 6. 7. ch. 2.11. 10. 16. & 29. & 102. 12, 26, Hab. 1. 12. s Ps. 45. 6. Ps. 13. 1. + Heb. for length of days? 7, 19. Jer. u Ps. 80. 3, 31. 18. wilt thou utterly reject us Before CHRIST 595 3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto † Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by Heb. the river Chebar; and the hand of the NOW it came to pass in the thirtieth LORD was there upon him. year, in the fourth month, in the a ver. 3. ch. fifth day of the month, as I was among 10. 15, 10, 22. the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. Ezekiel's vision of four cherubims, &c. Before CHRIST cir. 595. i ch. 10. 8, &c. k ver. 10. ch. 10. 14, 21. + Heb. a straight fool. Dan, 10.6. Rev. 1. 15. m ch. 10. 18, 21. 1 ver. 11. ⚫ ver. 12. ch. 10. 11. p See Rev. 4.7. 9 Numb. 2. 10. 3. EZEKIEL. this was their appearance; they had *the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. 8 "And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. 9" Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. 10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, 'and Numb. 2. the face of a lion, on the right side: 'and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. s Numb. 2. 18. 1 Numb. 2. 25. Or, divided above. Isai. 6. 2. x ver. 9. ch. 10. 22. y ver. 20. 11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were ||stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and "two covered their bodies. 12 And they went every one straight forward: 'whither the spirit was to go, z ver. 9, 17. they went; and they turned not when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burna Rev. 4.5 ing coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. b Zech. 4. 10. b 14 And the living creatures ran and e Matt. 24 returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. 27. ch. 10. 9, 15 Now as I beheld the living cread ch. 10. 9. tures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and f Dan. 10.6. their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness and their appearance and their 10. g ver. 12. His vision of God's glory. Before CHRIST cir. 395 and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit || of the living crea- 1 Or, of life. ture was in the wheels. n 22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. 23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. n ch. 10. 1. o cho 19 5 ch.43.2. Rev. 1 15 q Job 37. 4. 5. Ps. 29 30 468 32 work was as it were a wheel in the middle AND he said unto me, Son of man, of a wheel. 17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their Or strakes. rings were full of eves round about Zech. 4. 10. them four. h ch. 10. 12. i ch. 10. 16, 17. k ver. 12. 1 ch. 10. 17. Or, of life. m ver. 19, 20. ch. 10. 17. 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels." m 21 When those went, these went; x ch. 3. y ch. 3. 23 Acts 9.4 Rev. L. 17 Ezekiel's commission and instruction. CHAP. III. The rule of prophecy. Before are a rebellious house,) yet 'shall know | thee receive in thine heart, and hear with 595. that there hath been a prophet among thine ears. fch. 33-33. them. CHRIST Jer. 1.8, 17. Luke 12. 6¶ And thou, son of man, "be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their Or, rebels. words, though "briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. h Isai. 9. 18. 1 Pet. 3. 14. 27. And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are +most rebellious. 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy n Rev. 10. 9. mouth, and "eat that I give thee. • ch. & 3. Jer. 1.9. p ch. 3. 1. a ch. 2. 8, 9. 9 ¶ And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, Pa roll of a book was therein; 10 And he spread it before me: and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. CHAP. III. 1 Ezekiel eateth the roll. 4 God encourageth OREOVER he said unto me, Son Before CHRIST 595. í ch. 2.5, 7. 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they c will hear, or whether they will forbear. 12 Then the spirit took me up, and I k heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. 13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. 14 So 1the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. 15¶ Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and "I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. 16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, I have made thee Pa 8, watchman unto the house of Israel: p Isai. 52. & & 56. 10. & therefore hear the word at my mouth, 62. 6. Jer. 6. MOREOVER he shou findest; " eat and give them warning from me. this roll, and go speak unto the house of 2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did Rev. 10.9. I beat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. See Jer. 15 16. e Ps. 19. 10. & 119. 103. + Heb. deep of lip, and heary of tongue and So ver. 6. + Heb. deep of lip, and guage. 4¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. 5 For thou art not sent to a people + of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; 6 Not to many people † of a strange herty of lan speech and of an hard language, whose Or, if I had Words thou canst not understand. ||Suresent chee, hely, had I sent thee to them, they would not have have hearkened unto thee. would they hearkened unto thee? 21, 23 20 Again, When a 'righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and com- & 33. 12, 13. mit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock +Hebright before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 21 Nevertheless if thou warn the 7 But the house of Israel will not hear-righteous man, that the righteous sin not, d Matt. 11. ken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: 'for all the house of Israel are timpudent and hardhearted. 25 But thou, O son of man, behold, bch. 4.8. they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: e ch. 24. 27. Luke 1. 20, 22. reproving. 7. 26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt +Heb.aman be dumb, and shalt not be to them a red ch. 2. 5, 6, prover: for they are a rebellious house. 27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he gver. 9, 26. that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house. e ch. 24. 27. & 33. 22. f ver. 11. ch. 12. 2, 3 Or, chief leaders, ch. 21. 22. Or, at plate, or, slice. CHAP. IV. 1 Under the type of a siege is shewed the time TH 3 Moreover take thou unto thee || an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and ch. 12. 6, thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. 11. & 24. 24, 27. cir. 975beginning 4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. 5 For I have laid upon thee the years from Kings of their iniquity, according to the number 12. 23. end- of the days, three hundred and ninety b Numb. 14 the house of Israel. 5 days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of ing 34. 6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed Heb. a day thee teach day for a year. day for a 7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. for a year, a year. e ch. 3. 25. 8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon + Heb. from thee, and thou shalt not turn thee + from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. thy side to thy ride. 9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and Or, spelt. millet, and || fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hun 3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. He 4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. 5¶ Thus saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. 6 And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. sheweth the judgment of Jerusalem. Before CHRIST 594 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; AND the word of the LORD came un Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have Jer. 2.10 kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 11. ch.16. 47 h Lam. 4. 6. Dan. 9. 12. Amos 3.2. i Lev. 26. 29. Deut. 28. 53. 2 Kings 6. 29. Jer. 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. 9 h And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. 10 Therefore the fathers 'shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons 19. 9. Lam. shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. 2. 20. & 4. 10. Bar. 2. 3. k ver. 12. Lev. 26. 33. Deut. 28. 64. ch. 12. 14 Zech. 2.6. 1 2 Chron. 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast 'defiled 36.14 ch. my sanctuary with all thy "detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; "nein ch. 7.49 have any pity, m ch.11.21 ther shall mine eye spare, neither will I 7. 20. & 8. 5, &c. & 23. 38. & 8. 18. & 9.10. o See ver. 2. 21. 9. ch. 6. 12. 12 A third part of thee shall die Jer. 152 & with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and "I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. p Jer. 9. 16. ver. 2, 10. ch. 6. 8. q Lev. 26. 33. ver. 2. ch. 12. 14 r Lam. 4. 11. 7.8. ch. 6. 12. & sch. 21. 17. 13 Thus shall mine anger 'be accomplished, and I will 'cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: "and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomach. 36. 6. plished my fury in them. t Deut. 32. 36. Isai. 1. 24. & 38. 19. s Lev. 26. 31, 32. Neh. 2. 17. y Deut. 28. 37. 1 Kings 4. Jer. 24.9. Lam. 2. 15 14 Moreover *I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 15 So it shall be a 'reproach and a 7 P79. taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in 2 ch. 25-17. thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. a Deut. 32. 23, 24 b Lev. 26. 5 ch.4. 16. & 14. 13. Deut. 32. 24 23. 27. &34. 25 17 So will I send upon you famine and Lev. 26. 22. evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; ch. 14.21.& and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it. CHAP. VI. 1 The judgment of Israel for their idolatry. 8 A remnant shall be blessed. 11 The faith ful are exhorted to lament their calamities. deb. 38.22. 5 And I will lay the dead carcases of ↑ Heb. give. the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. 6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. 7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 8 ¶ Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. 9 And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I fai. 7. 13. am broken with their whorish heart, & 43.24.& which hath departed from me, and with h Numb. 15. their eyes, which go a whoring after their 24. idols: and they shall lothe themselves i Lev, 26. 39. for the evils which they have committed ch. 20. 43. & in all their abominations. 10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. 39. ch. 20. Job 42. 6. 36. 31. 11 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy k ch. 21. 14. foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! 1for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. 1 ch. 5. 12. 12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: "thus mch. 5. 13. will I accomplish my fury upon them. n ver. 7. o Jer. 2. 20. 13 Then "shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the p Hos. 4. 13mountains, and under every green tree, Isai. 57. 5. and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. |