vw - Ezekiel:11-15

vw@Ezekiel:11:1 @ Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the house of Jehovah, which faces eastward; and there at the door of the gate were twenty-five men, among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, rulers of the people.

vw@Ezekiel:11:2 @ And He said to me: Son of man, these are the men who devise wickedness and give evil advice in this city,

vw@Ezekiel:11:3 @ who say, The time is not near; let us build houses. This city is the kettle, and we are the flesh.

vw@Ezekiel:11:4 @ Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man!

vw@Ezekiel:11:5 @ And the Spirit of Jehovah fell upon me, and said to me, Speak! Thus says Jehovah: Thus you have said, O house of Israel; for I know the thoughts that come into your mind.

vw@Ezekiel:11:6 @ You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with the slain.

vw@Ezekiel:11:7 @ Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the flesh, and this city is the kettle; but I shall bring you out of the midst of it.

vw@Ezekiel:11:8 @ You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:11:9 @ And I will bring you out of its midst, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and execute judgments against you.

vw@Ezekiel:11:10 @ You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you to the borders of Israel. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:11:11 @ This city shall not be your kettle, nor shall you be the flesh in its midst. I will judge you in the borders of Israel.

vw@Ezekiel:11:12 @ And you shall know that I am Jehovah; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My judgments, but have done according to the customs of the nations which are all around you.

vw@Ezekiel:11:13 @ And it happened, while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel?

vw@Ezekiel:11:14 @ Again the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

vw@Ezekiel:11:15 @ Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, the men of your kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Go far away from Jehovah; this land has been given to us as a possession.

vw@Ezekiel:11:16 @ Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Although I have cast them far off among the nations, and although I have scattered them throughout the earth, yet I shall be a little sanctuary for them in the lands where they have gone.

vw@Ezekiel:11:17 @ Therefore say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will gather you from the peoples, assemble you from the lands where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

vw@Ezekiel:11:18 @ And they will come there, and they will take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there.

vw@Ezekiel:11:19 @ And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,

vw@Ezekiel:11:20 @ that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

vw@Ezekiel:11:21 @ But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds upon their own heads, says the Lord Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:11:22 @ Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them from above.

vw@Ezekiel:11:23 @ And the glory of Jehovah went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain, which is on the east side of the city.

vw@Ezekiel:11:24 @ Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to those of the captivity. And the vision that I had seen went up from me.

vw@Ezekiel:11:25 @ So I spoke to those of the captivity all the things that Jehovah had shown me.

vw@Ezekiel:12:1 @ And the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying:

vw@Ezekiel:12:2 @ Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house.

vw@Ezekiel:12:3 @ Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for exile, and go into exile by day in their sight. You shall go from your place into exile to another place in their sight. It may be that they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

vw@Ezekiel:12:4 @ By day you shall bring out your belongings in their sight, as though going into captivity; and at evening you shall go in their sight, like those who go into captivity.

vw@Ezekiel:12:5 @ Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your belongings out through it.

vw@Ezekiel:12:6 @ In their sight you shall bear them on your shoulders and carry them out at twilight; you shall cover your face, so that you cannot see the ground, for I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.

vw@Ezekiel:12:7 @ So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my belongings by day, as though going into captivity, and at evening I dug through the wall with my hand. I brought them out at twilight, and I bore them on my shoulder in their sight.

vw@Ezekiel:12:8 @ And in the morning the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

vw@Ezekiel:12:9 @ Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What are you doing?

vw@Ezekiel:12:10 @ Say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are among them.

vw@Ezekiel:12:11 @ Say, I am a sign to you. As I have done, so shall it be done to them; they shall go into exile, into captivity.

vw@Ezekiel:12:12 @ And the prince who is among them shall bear his belongings on his shoulder in the dark and go out. They shall dig through the wall to carry them out through it. He shall cover his face, so that he cannot see the ground with his eyes.

vw@Ezekiel:12:13 @ I will also spread My net over him, and he shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.

vw@Ezekiel:12:14 @ And I will scatter to every wind all who are around him to help him, and all his troops; and I will draw out the sword after them.

vw@Ezekiel:12:15 @ And they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the earth.

vw@Ezekiel:12:16 @ But I will leave of them a number of men from the sword, from famine, and from pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations wherever they go. And they shall know that I am Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:12:17 @ Moreover the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

vw@Ezekiel:12:18 @ Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and anxiety.

vw@Ezekiel:12:19 @ And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord Jehovah to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with horror, so that her land may be emptied of all who are in it, because of the violence of all those who dwell in it.

vw@Ezekiel:12:20 @ Then the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall become desolate; and you shall know that I am Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:12:21 @ And the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

vw@Ezekiel:12:22 @ Son of man, what is this proverb that you people have about the land of Israel, which says, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?

vw@Ezekiel:12:23 @ Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel. But say to them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.

vw@Ezekiel:12:24 @ For no more shall there be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

vw@Ezekiel:12:25 @ For I, Jehovah, speak, and the Word which I speak will come to pass; it will no more be drawn out. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and perform it, declares the Lord Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:12:26 @ Again the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

vw@Ezekiel:12:27 @ Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times afar off.

vw@Ezekiel:12:28 @ Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: None of My words will be drawn out any more, but the word which I speak will be done, declares the Lord Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:13:1 @ And the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

vw@Ezekiel:13:2 @ Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear the Word of Jehovah!

vw@Ezekiel:13:3 @ Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

vw@Ezekiel:13:4 @ O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the deserts.

vw@Ezekiel:13:5 @ You have not gone up into the gaps, nor built a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle in the day of Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:13:6 @ They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, Jehovah declares! But Jehovah has not sent them; yet they hope that their word may be confirmed.

vw@Ezekiel:13:7 @ Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination? You say, Jehovah declares; though I have not spoken.

vw@Ezekiel:13:8 @ Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you have spoken vanity and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, declares the Lord Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:13:9 @ And My hand will be against the prophets who see vanity and who divine lies; they shall not be in the council of My people, nor be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:13:10 @ Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, Peace! when there is no peace; and one builds a wall, and plasters it with whitewash.

vw@Ezekiel:13:11 @ Say to those who plaster it with whitewash, that it will fall. There will be a flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall break it down.

vw@Ezekiel:13:12 @ Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, Where is the mortar with which you plastered it?

vw@Ezekiel:13:13 @ Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it.

vw@Ezekiel:13:14 @ Thus I will break down the wall you have plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:13:15 @ Thus will I accomplish My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it with whitewash; and I will say to you, The wall is no more, nor those who plastered it;

vw@Ezekiel:13:16 @ that is, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace, declares the Lord Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:13:17 @ Likewise, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, who prophesy out of their own heart; prophesy against them,

vw@Ezekiel:13:18 @ and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the women who sew amulets on their sleeves and make veils for the heads of people of every height, to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people, and save the souls alive to yourselves?

vw@Ezekiel:13:19 @ And will you profane Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, executing souls that should not die, and keeping alive the souls that should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?

vw@Ezekiel:13:20 @ Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against your amulets by which you hunt souls to make them fly. I will tear them from your arms, and let the souls go, the souls you hunt to make them fly.

vw@Ezekiel:13:21 @ I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall no longer be as prey in your hand. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:13:22 @ Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not pained; and you have strengthened the hands of the wicked, so that he does not turn from his wicked way to restore his life.

vw@Ezekiel:13:23 @ Therefore you shall no longer see vanity nor divine divinations; for I will deliver My people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:14:1 @ Then some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me.

vw@Ezekiel:14:2 @ And the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

vw@Ezekiel:14:3 @ Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I be inquired of at all by them?

vw@Ezekiel:14:4 @ Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Everyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, and puts before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I, Jehovah will answer him who comes, according to the multitude of his idols,

vw@Ezekiel:14:5 @ that I may catch the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from Me through their idols.

vw@Ezekiel:14:6 @ Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations.

vw@Ezekiel:14:7 @ For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the stranger who sojourns in Israel, who separates himself from Me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning Me, I Jehovah will answer him by Myself.

vw@Ezekiel:14:8 @ I will set My face against that man and make him desolate as a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:14:9 @ And if the prophet is induced to speak anything, I Jehovah have induced that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from the midst of My people Israel.

vw@Ezekiel:14:10 @ And they shall bear their iniquity; the punishment of the prophet shall be the same as the punishment of the one who inquired,

vw@Ezekiel:14:11 @ that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor be defiled anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people and I may be their God, says the Lord Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:14:12 @ The Word of Jehovah came again to me, saying:

vw@Ezekiel:14:13 @ Son of man, when a land sins against Me by acting treacherously unfaithfully, I will stretch out My hand against it; I will cut off its supply of food, send famine on it, and cut off man and beast from it.

vw@Ezekiel:14:14 @ And although these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Lord Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:14:15 @ If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they bereave it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts,

vw@Ezekiel:14:16 @ although these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord Jehovah, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; only they would be delivered, and the land would be desolate.

vw@Ezekiel:14:17 @ Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, and I cut off man and beast from it,

vw@Ezekiel:14:18 @ although these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord Jehovah, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but only they themselves would be delivered.

vw@Ezekiel:14:19 @ Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My fury on it in blood, and cut off from it man and beast,

vw@Ezekiel:14:20 @ although Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord Jehovah, they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.

vw@Ezekiel:14:21 @ For thus says the Lord Jehovah: How much more shall it be when I send My four severe judgments on Jerusalem; the sword and famine and wild beasts and pestilence; to cut off man and beast from it!

vw@Ezekiel:14:22 @ Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it.

vw@Ezekiel:14:23 @ And they will comfort you when you see their ways and their doings; and you shall know that I have done nothing without cause, all that I have done in it, says the Lord Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:15:1 @ And the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying:

vw@Ezekiel:15:2 @ Son of man, how is the wood of the vine, the vine branch, better than any other wood which is among the trees of the forest?

vw@Ezekiel:15:3 @ Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?

vw@Ezekiel:15:4 @ Instead, it is thrown into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and its middle is burned. Is it useful for any work?

vw@Ezekiel:15:5 @ Indeed, when it was whole, no object could be made from it. How much less will it be useful for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned.

vw@Ezekiel:15:6 @ Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

vw@Ezekiel:15:7 @ and I will set My face against them. They will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour them. And you shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set My face against them.

vw@Ezekiel:15:8 @ And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted treacherously unfaithfully, says the Lord Jehovah.

vw@Ezekiel:16:1 @ Again the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,