The cedar of the gospel. Chap. Before 19 Therefore thus faith the Lord GOD, As Christ I live, furely mine oath that he hath defpifed, 594 and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompenfe upon his own head. Chap. 20 And I will kfpread my net upon him, and 12.13.& he shall be taken in my fnare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trefpafs that he hath trefpaffed against me. 21 And all his fugitives with all his bands 12.14. fhall fall by the fword, and they that remain fhall be scattered towards all winds: and ye fhall know that I the LORD have spoken it. 32.3. I Chap. 22 Thus faith the Lord GOD, I will alfo take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will fet it, I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent. 23 m In the mountain of the height of Ifrael will I plant it: and it fhall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar and under it fhall dwell all fowl of every wings, in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. up 24 And all the trees of the field fhall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish I the LORD have spoken and have done it. 11 And that doth not any of those duties, breaker up of an house. but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbours wife, that doth to his brother befides any 12 Hath oppreffed the poor and needy, hath fpoiled by violence, hath not reftored the pledge, of these. and hath lift up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, 13 Hath given forth upon ufury, and hath taken increase: fhall he then live? he fhall not live: he hath done all these abominations, he fhall furely die, his † blood shall be upon him.; Lev. 20. 14 Now lo, if he beget a fon that feeth all 2 Chap. 3. his fathers fins which he hath done, and con- 18. fidereth, and doth not fuch like, A&ts 18.6. + Heb. 15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, bloods. neither hath lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Ifrael, hath not defiled his neighbours wife, hath not 16 Neither hath oppreffed any, thath not + Heb. withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by pledged the violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, pledge or, and hath covered the naked with a garment, 17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received ufury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my ftatutes; he fhall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall furely live. › 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppreffed, fpoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. taken to pledge. 20.5% Deut. 5.9. 19 Yet fay ye, Why?k doth not the fon * Exod. bear the iniquity of the father? when the fon hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my ftatutes, and hath done them, he thall furely live. 24. 16. 2 Kings 2 Chron. 20 The foul that finneth, it fhall die: the Deut. fon fhall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither fhall the father bear the iniquity of the fon; 14.6. the righteoufnefs of the righteous fhall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked fhall be Jer. 31. upon him. 29,30. m Chap. fins 21 But mif the wicked will turn from all his 33.12, 25 Yet ye fay, P the way of the LORD is Chap. 33 not equal. Hear now, O house of Ifrael, Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? 17.20. q Verl.25. 7 Chap. 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done, fhall he die. 27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doth that which is lawful and right, he fhall fave his foul alive. 28 Because he confidereth, and turneth away from all his tranfgreffions that he hath committed, he shall furely live, he fhall not die. 29 9 Yet faith the house of Ifrael, The way of the LORD is not equal, O houfe of Ifrael, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O houfe of Ifrael, every one according to his ways, faith the Lord GOD: repent, and turn your felves from all your tranfgreffions; fo iniquity fhall Jer. 32. not be your ruine. 39. Chap. 11. 26. The parable of the lions whelps. 3 And fhe brought up one of her whelps: it Before became a young lion, and it learned to catch the Chrift prey, it devoured men. 4 The nations alfo heard of him, he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of b Egypt. 594. 4 Verf.6. b2 Ring. 23.33.34 5 Now when the faw that she had waited, Jer. 22. and her hope was loft, then she took another of 11, 12. her whelps, and made him a young lion. 6 And he went up and down among the Jer. 22. lions, he became a young lion, and learned to 13-17. d ́Verf. 3. catch the prey, and devoured men. their wi 7 And he knew their defolate palaces, and Or, he laid wafte their cities, and the land was defolate, and the fulness thereof by the noise of his roring. 8 Then the nations fet against him on every e 2 Kings fide from the provinces, and fpread their net over him: he was taken in their 9 pit. 36.6. Jer. 22. f And they put him in ward in chains, f 2 Chron. and brought him to the king of Babylon; they 3, brought him into holds, that his voice fhould 18. no more be heard upon the mountains of in hooks. Ifrael. Or, 10 Thy mothers like a vine in thys Chap. blood, planted by the waters, fhe was fruitful 17.6 and full of branches by reafon of many waters. in thy quiet11 And she had ftrong rods for the fceptres by likenes of them that bare rule, and her ftature was exalted among the thick branches, and the appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. thy 14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her: Judg. 9. branches, which hath devoured her fruit, fo that's fhe hath no ftrong rod to be a fceptre to rule: 18. 31 Caft away from you all your tranf-k this is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamen-k Lam. 4. 19. & 36. greffions, whereby ye have tranfgreffed, and make you a new heart, and a new fpirit; for why will ye die, O houfe of Ifrael? tation. CHAP. XX. God refufeth to be confulted by the elders of Ifrael: the fifth month, the tenth day of the M the princes of Ifrael, 2 And Lay, What is thy mother? a lioness: the lay down among lions, the nourished her whelps among young lions. 20. 593. Chap. 8. 1. & 14. 1. The history of Ifraels Chap. xx. See 12. lands: f 7 Then faid I unto them, Caft ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not your felves 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 caft away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forfake 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 8 But I wrought for my names fake, that it Exod. 32. fhould not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whofe fight I made my felf known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. Numb. 14.16. Deut. 9. 28. Verf. 14, 22. Exod. 13. 18. + Heb. 10 Wherefore I caufed them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. And I gave them my ftatutes, and wade them fhewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. to know. i Lev. 18.5. 21. 12. Moreover alfo, I gave them my k fabbaths, to be a fign between me and them, that Rom. 10. they might know that I am the LORD that fanЄtifie them. 5. Gal. 3. 12. Exod. 20 8.& 31.13. &c. & 35.2. Deut. 5. 13 But the house of Ifrael rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my ftatutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he fhall even live in them; and my fabbaths they greatly polluted: then I faid, I would pour out my fury upon them in them wilm Numb. dernefs to confume them. 14.29.&. 1.2. 1 Exod. 16.27. 26.65. n 14 But I wrought for my names fake, that Verf. 9. it fhould not be polluted before the heathen, in Numb.. whofe fight I brought them out. 22. 15 Yet alfo I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them: manifold rebellions. into the land which I had given them flowing with milk and honey, P which is the glory of all lands: 16 9 Because they defpifed my judgments, and walked not in my ftatutes, but polluted my fabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. 17 Nevertheless, mine eyes fpared them from deftroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. 18 But I faid unto their children in the wil dernefs, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither obferve their judgments nor defile your felves with their idols. 19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my ftatutes, and keep my judgments and do them: 29 Then I faid unto them, What is the 16.19. high place, whereunto ye go? and the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day. Or, I told them what the was, or, 30 Wherefore fay unto the houfe of Ifrael, high place Thus faith the Lord GOD, Are ye polluted afBamah. ter the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations? 31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your fons to pass through the fire, ye pollute your felves with all your idols even unto Verf. 3. this day: and d fhall I be enquired of by you, O house of Ifrael? As I live, faith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. 32 And that which cometh into your mind, fhall not be at all, that ye fay, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries to ferve wood and stone. # Or, a delivering. e Chap. 34.17,20. 33 As I live, faith the Lord GOD, furely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you. 38 And I will purge out from among you Matth. 25. the rebels, and them that tranfgrefs again't me: 32,33. I will bring them forth out of the country f Jer. 44. they fojourn, and they shall not enter into the & Chap. 6. land of Ifrael, & and ye fhall know that I am the 14. 4. 4. 7.& 15.7. LORD. & 23.49. b Amos 39 hAs for you, O houfe of Ifrael, thus faith the Lord GOD, Go ye, ferve 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 Ifrael, faith the Lord GOD, there fhall all the houfe of Ifrael, all of Mic. 4.1. them in the land ferve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firft-fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. i Ifai. 2. 2.3. Chap. 17. 2.3. Or, chief. + Heb. er of favour, when I bring you out from the people, 41 I will accept you with your +fweet Ifraelites by the Gospel. and gather you out of the countries wherein ye Refore have been fcattered, and I will be fanctified in you before the heathen. k Chrift 593. 42 And ye fhall know that I am the LORD, Verf. 38, when I fhall bring you into the land of Ifrael,into ++ the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers, 43 And there fhall ye remember your ways, Chap. and all your doings, wherein ye have been de- 16. 61. filed, and mye fhall lothe your felves in your m Lev. 26. own fight, for all your evils that ye have com- 322 Chap. 6.9. Hof. 5.15. mitted. 44 " And ye fhall know that I am the LORD," Verf. 38. when I have wrought with Chap. 24. you for my names 24. fake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Ifrael, faith the Lord GOD. 45 Moreover, the word of the LORD came unto me, faying, 21.2. 46 Son of man, fet thy face toward the Chap. fouth, and drop thy word toward the fouth, and prophefie against the foreft of the fouth field; 47 And fay to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD, Thus faith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it fhall devour Pevery green tree in thee, and every Luke dry tree: the flaming flame fhall not be quenched, 23.31. and all faces from the fouth to the north fhall be burnt therein. 48 And all flesh fhall fee that I the LORD have kindled it: it fhall not be quenched. 49 Then faid I, Ah Lord GoD, they fay of me, Doth he not speak parables? СНАР. XXI. 1 Ezekiel prophefieth against Jerusalem, with a fign of fighing. & The Sharp and bright fword, 18 against Ferufalem, 25 against the kingdom, 28 and against the Ammonites. 3 And fay to the land of Ifrael, Thus faith Amos 7. the LORD, Behold, I am against thee, and will Mic. 2.6, draw forth my fword out of his fheath, and will 11 cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee, the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my fword go forth out of his fheath against all flesh from the fouth to the north: 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my fword out of his fheath: it fhall not return any more. 6 Sigh therefore, thou fon of man, with the breaking of thy loyns; and with bitterness figh before their eyes, The Sharp and bright fword, against the kingdom of Ifrael. images, he looked Before bright, he confulted with in the liver. Chap. xxj, xxij. Before 7 And it fhall be, when they fay unto thee, Christ Wherefore fighelt thou? that thou shalt anfwer, 593. For the tidings, because it cometh and every heart fhall melt, and all hands fhall be feeble, + Heb. and every fpirit fhall faint, and all knees + fhall fhall go into be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and fhall be brought to pass, faith the Lord GOD. water. . Deut. 32.41. Verf. 15, 28. Or, itis therod of my fon, it defpifeth every tree. 8 Again, the word of the LORD came unto me, faying, 9 Son of man, prophefie and fay, Thus faith the LORD, Say, A fword, a fword is fharpned, and alfo furbished. C 10 It is fharpned to make a fore flaughter, it is furbished that it may glitter: fhould we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my fon, as every tree. 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: the fword is fharpned, and it is furbished to give it into the hand of the flayer. 12 Cry and howl, fon of man, for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Ifrael: terrors, by realon of the fword, shall be upon my people: 4 fmite therefore upon to the ford thy thigh. Or, they are thrust down with my people. d 13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword 4 Jer. 31. contemn even the rod ? it fhall be no more, faith the Lord GOD. 19. Or, When the trial hath 14 Thou therefore, fon of man, prophefie, been, what and efmite thine hands together, and let the then? Shall fword be doubled the third time, the fword of the the flain, it is the fword of the great men that belong to defpifing are flain, which entreth into their privy chambers. Tod? not allo e Numb. 24. 10. 15 I have fet the point of the fword against Ver all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruines be multiplied: ah, it is made bright, it is wrapt up for the slaughter. 11. hand to hand. || Or, glittering, 16 Go thee one way or other, either on the or, fear right hand, † or on the left, whitherfoever thy || Or, Sharpned. + Heb. face is fet. 17 I will alfo ffmite mine hands together, fet thy felf, and I will caufe my fury to reft: I the LORD take the left have faid it. hand. f Verf. 14. 18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, faying, 2. 19 Alfo thou fon of man, appoint thee two ways, that the fword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land, and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. 20 Appoint a way, that the fword may come Jer.49. to 8 Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerufalem the defenced. + Heb. mother of 21 For the king of Babylon ftood at the +parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to ufe divination: he made his arrows Chrift + Heb. battering 22 At his right hand was the divination for 593. Jerufalem to appoint captains, to open the teraphim. mouth in the flaughter, to lift up the voice with Or, fhouting, to appoint battering rams against the rams. gates, to caft a mount, and to build a fort. Chap. 4. 2 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their fight, to them that have fworn or, oaths: but he will call to remembrance the ini- for theat quity, that they may be taken. 24 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Becaufe ye have made your iniquity to be remembred, in that your tranfgreffions are discovered, fo that in all your doings your fins do appear: because, 1fay, that ye are come to remembrance, ye fhall be taken with the hand. |