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Ezekiel

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1 And it came to pass in the sev­enth year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that cer­tain of the el­ders of Is­rael came to en­quire of the LORD, and sat be­fore me. 2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, say­ing, 3 Son of man, speak unto the el­ders of Is­rael, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to en­quire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be en­quired of by you. 4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abom­i­na­tions of their fa­thers: 5 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Is­rael, and lift­ed up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Ja­cob, and made my­self known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lift­ed up mine hand unto them, say­ing, I am the LORD your God; 6 In the day that I lift­ed up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had es­pied for them, flow­ing with milk and hon­ey, which is the glo­ry of all lands: 7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away ev­ery man the abom­i­na­tions of his eyes, and de­file not your­selves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 8 But they re­belled against me, and would not hear­ken unto me: they did not ev­ery man cast away the abom­i­na­tions of their eyes, nei­ther did they for­sake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to ac­com­plish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be pol­lut­ed be­fore the hea­then, among whom they were, in whose sight I made my­self known unto them, in bring­ing them forth out of the land of Egypt. 10 Where­fore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilder­ness. 11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judg­ments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. 12 More­over also I gave them my sab­baths, to be a sign be­tween me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanc­ti­fy them. 13 But the house of Is­rael re­belled against me in the wilder­ness: they walked not in my statutes, and they de­spised my judg­ments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sab­baths they great­ly pol­lut­ed: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilder­ness, to con­sume them. 14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be pol­lut­ed be­fore the hea­then, in whose sight I brought them out. 15 Yet also I lift­ed up my hand unto them in the wilder­ness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had giv­en them, flow­ing with milk and hon­ey, which is the glo­ry of all lands; 16 Be­cause they de­spised my judg­ments, and walked not in my statutes, but pol­lut­ed my sab­baths: for their heart went af­ter their idols. 17 Nev­er­the­less mine eye spared them from de­stroy­ing them, nei­ther did I make an end of them in the wilder­ness. 18 But I said unto their chil­dren in the wilder­ness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fa­thers, nei­ther ob­serve their judg­ments, nor de­file your­selves with their idols: 19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judg­ments, and do them; 20 And hal­low my sab­baths; and they shall be a sign be­tween me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. 21 Notwith­stand­ing the chil­dren re­belled against me: they walked not in my statutes, nei­ther kept my judg­ments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they pol­lut­ed my sab­baths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to ac­com­plish my anger against them in the wilder­ness. 22 Nev­er­the­less I with­drew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be pol­lut­ed in the sight of the hea­then, in whose sight I brought them forth. 23 I lift­ed up mine hand unto them also in the wilder­ness, that I would scat­ter them among the hea­then, and dis­perse them through the coun­tries; 24 Be­cause they had not ex­e­cut­ed my judg­ments, but had de­spised my statutes, and had pol­lut­ed my sab­baths, and their eyes were af­ter their fa­thers' idols. 25 Where­fore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judg­ments where­by they should not live; 26 And I pol­lut­ed them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them des­o­late, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD. 27 There­fore, son of man, speak unto the house of Is­rael, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fa­thers have blas­phemed me, in that they have com­mit­ted a tres­pass against me. 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lift­ed up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw ev­ery high hill, and all the thick trees, and they of­fered there their sac­ri­fices, and there they pre­sent­ed the provo­ca­tion of their of­fer­ing: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink of­fer­ings. 29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place where­un­to ye go? And the name there­of is called Bamah unto this day. 30 Where­fore say unto the house of Is­rael, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye pol­lut­ed af­ter the man­ner of your fa­thers? and com­mit ye whore­dom af­ter their abom­i­na­tions? 31 For when ye of­fer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pol­lute your­selves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be en­quired of by you, O house of Is­rael? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be en­quired of by you. 32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the hea­then, as the fam­i­lies of the coun­tries, to serve wood and stone. 33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, sure­ly with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: 34 And I will bring you out from the peo­ple, and will gath­er you out of the coun­tries where­in ye are scat­tered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. 35 And I will bring you into the wilder­ness of the peo­ple, and there will I plead with you face to face. 36 Like as I plead­ed with your fa­thers in the wilder­ness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. 37 And I will cause you to pass un­der the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: 38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the coun­try where they so­journ, and they shall not en­ter into the land of Is­rael: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 39 As for you, O house of Is­rael, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye ev­ery one his idols, and here­after also, if ye will not hear­ken unto me: but pol­lute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. 40 For in mine holy moun­tain, in the moun­tain of the height of Is­rael, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Is­rael, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I ac­cept them, and there will I re­quire your of­fer­ings, and the first­fruits of your obla­tions, with all your holy things. 41 I will ac­cept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the peo­ple, and gath­er you out of the coun­tries where­in ye have been scat­tered; and I will be sanc­ti­fied in you be­fore the hea­then. 42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Is­rael, into the coun­try for the which I lift­ed up mine hand to give it to your fa­thers. 43 And there shall ye re­mem­ber your ways, and all your do­ings, where­in ye have been de­filed; and ye shall lothe your­selves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have com­mit­ted. 44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not ac­cord­ing to your wicked ways, nor ac­cord­ing to your cor­rupt do­ings, O ye house of Is­rael, saith the Lord GOD. 45 More­over the word of the LORD came unto me, say­ing, 46 Son of man, set thy face to­ward the south, and drop thy word to­ward the south, and proph­esy against the for­est of the south field; 47 And say to the for­est of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Be­hold, I will kin­dle a fire in thee, and it shall de­vour ev­ery green tree in thee, and ev­ery dry tree: the flam­ing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned there­in. 48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kin­dled it: it shall not be quenched. 49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak para­bles?