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Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock 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 righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

22 AND the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, 23 go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory 24 which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, 25 Go, shut thyself within thine house. But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go 26 out among them: and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them 2 a reprover: for they are a 27 rebellious house. 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 that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house. 4 THOU also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem and lay siege against it, and build a fort 2 against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set 3 battering rams against it round about. 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 thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

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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 5 shalt bear their iniquity. For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt 6 thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 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 thee each day for a year.

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Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine 8 arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee 6 from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

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Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and 7 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 hundred and 10 ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be 11 by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time 12 shalt thou drink. And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

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And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled 14 bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

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Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and 17 they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: that they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

1 Heb. righteousnesses.

2 Heb. a man reproving. 3 Or, chief leaders.

4 Or. a flat plate, or, slice.

5 Heb. a day for a year, a
day for a year.

6 Heb. from thy side to

thy side. 7 Or, spell.

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And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the 2 to weigh, and divide the hair. midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in 3 the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. Thou shalt also take thereof 4 a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. 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.

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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.

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God;

Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you,
And have not walked in my statutes,

Neither have kept my judgments,

Neither have done according to the judgments

Of the nations that are round about you;

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 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,

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And the sons shall eat their fathers;

And I will execute judgments in thee,

And the whole remnant of thee will I scatter

Into all the winds.

Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD;

Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, And with all thine abominations,

Therefore will I also diminish thee;

Neither shall mine eye spare,

Neither will I have any pity.

12 A third part of thee shall die 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.

13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished,

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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 accomplished my fury in them.

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 taunt,

An instruction and an astonishment

Unto the nations that are round about thee,
When I shall execute judgments in thee
In anger and in fury and in furious rebukes.
I the LORD have spoken it.

1 Heb, wings.

16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine,
Which shall be for their destruction,

And which I will send to destroy you:
And I will increase the famine upon you,

And will break your staff of bread:

17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts,

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And they shall bereave thee;

And pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;

And I will bring the sword upon thee.

I the LORD have spoken it.

AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face

toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, and say,

3 Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD;

Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills,

To the rivers, and to the valleys;

Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you,

And I will destroy your high places.

4 And your altars shall be desolate,

And your images shall be broken:

And I will cast down your slain men before your idols.

5 And I will lay the dead carcases of 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 am broken

With their whorish heart, which hath departed from me,

And with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols:

And they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed
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.

11 Thus saith the Lord GOD;

Smite with thine hand,

And stamp with thy foot, and say,

Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel!

For they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

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 will I accomplish my fury upon them.

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 mountains,'

And under every green tree, and under every thick oak,

The place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them,

And make the land desolate,

Yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath,

In all their habitations:

And they shall know that I am the LORD.

7 MOREOVER the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel;

2 An end, the end is come

Upon the four corners of the land.

3 Now is the end come upon thee,

And I will send mine anger upon thee,

And will judge thee according to thy ways,

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And will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

4 And mine eye shall not spare thee,

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Neither will I have pity:

But I will recompense thy ways upon thee,

And thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee:

And ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Thus saith the Lord GOD;

An evil, an only evil, behold, is come.

6 An end is come, the end is come:

It watcheth for thee; behold, it is come.

7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: The time is come, the day of trouble is near,

And not the sounding again of the mountains.

8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, And accomplish mine anger upon thee:

And I will judge thee according to thy ways,

And will recompense thee for all thine abominations.

9 And mine eye shall not spare,

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Neither will I have pity:

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I will recompense thee according to thy ways

And thine abominations that are in the midst of thee;
And ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.

Behold the day, behold, it is come:

The morning is gone forth;

The rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness:

None of them shall remain, nor of their 6 multitude, nor of any of 7 theirs : Neither shall there be wailing for them.

12 The time is come, the day draweth near:

Let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn :
For wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold,

8 Although they were yet alive :

For the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof,

Which shall not return;

Neither shall any strengthen himself 9 in 10 the iniquity of his life.

14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready;

But none goeth to the battle:

For my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: He that is in the field shall die with the sword;

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And he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
But they that escape of them shall escape,

And shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys,

All of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.

17 All hands shall be feeble,

And all knees shall be weak as water.

18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth,
And horror shall cover them;

And shame shall be upon all faces,
And baldness upon all their heads.

19 They shall cast their silver in the streets,
And their gold shall be removed:

Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them
In the day of the wrath of the LORD:

They shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels:
3 Because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty : But they made the images of their abominations

And of their detestable things therein :

Therefore have I set it far from thein.

21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, And to the wicked of the earth for a spoil;

And they shall pollute it.

22 My face will I turn also from them,

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And they shall pollute my secret place:

For the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.

Make a chain :

For the land is full of bloody crimes,

And the city is full of violence.

24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen,
And they shall possess their houses:

I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease;
And their holy places shall be defiled."

257 Destruction cometh;

And they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour;

Then shall they seek a vision of the prophet;

But the law shall perish from the priest,

And counsel from the ancients.

27 The king shall mourn,

And the prince shall be clothed with desolation,

And the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled:

I will do unto them after their way,

And according to their deserts will I judge them;

And they shall know that I am the LORD.

8 AND it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that 2 the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. Then I beheld, and, lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the 3 colour of amber. And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, 4 which provoketh to jealousy. And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

5 Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and, behold, north6 ward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.

1 Heb. go into water.

2 Heb. for a separation, or, uncleanness.

3 Or, Because their iniquity is their stumblingblock. 4 Or, made it unto them an unclean thing.

5 Or, burglars.

6 Or, they shall inherit their holy places.

7 Heb. Cutting off.

8 Heb. with their judgments.