forted over all his multitude: leven Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the 32 sword, saith the Lord GOD. °For I have put his terror in the land of the living and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

331 And the word of the LORD came 2 unto me, saying, Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man from among them', and 3 set him for their watchman: if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn 4 the people; then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be 5 upon his own head. He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him whereas if he had taken warning he should have delivered' 6 his soul. But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned, and the sword come, and take any person from among them; he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. (7 °So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thine (9) hand. "Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, 'and' he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

(10) And thou, son of man, Isayꞌ unto

the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then should we live? 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in

the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house 12 of Israel? And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness: neither shall The that is righteous be able to live Ithereby in the day that he sinneth. (13) °When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, Inone of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he hath committed, therein 14 shall he die. Again, when I say unto

the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that 15 which is lawful and right; if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had taken by robbery', walk in the statutes of life, committing !no! iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall 16 not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely 17 live. Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not 18 equal. When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die "there19 in. And when the wicked 'turneth! from his wickedness, and 'doeth' that which is lawful and right, he shall (20 live thereby. Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

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And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city 22 is smitten. 08 Now the hand of the LORD 'had beenꞌ upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came;, and he had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no 23 more dumb. And the word of the

6 Heb. judgement and righteousness. 7 Or, for them

8 See ch. xxiv. 26, 27.

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24 LORD came unto me, saying, "Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. 25 °Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Ye eat with the blood,

and lift up your eyes Junto! your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess 26 the land? Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife and 27) shall ye possess the land? °Thus

Ishalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD: As I live, surely they that are in the 'waste places' shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the Istrong holds and in the caves shall 28 die of the pestilence. And I will Imake the land a desolation and an astonishment', and the 'pride' of her 'power' shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that 29 none shall pass through. Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have made the land la desolation and an astonishment', because of all their abominations which they have 30 committed. And as for theel, son of man, the children of thy people 'talk of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the (31) LORD. And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but do them not: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their 32 heart goeth after their 'gain'.

And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do 33 them not. And when this cometh to pass, ('behold', it 'cometh',) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

341 And the word of the LORD came 2) unto me, saying, °Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, 'even! to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe unto the shepherds

1 Or, a love song

of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the 3 sheep? Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill the fatlings; but ye feed not the sheep'. 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigour have ye ruled 'over' 5 them. And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of 6 the field, 'and' were scattered. sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my 'sheep were! scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none

My

that did search or seek after them. 7 °Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the 8 word of the LORD: As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely 'forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my Isheep' became meat to all the beasts! of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my 'sheep', but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my (9 sheep'; therefore, ye shepherds, hear 10 the word of the LORD; Thus saith the

Lord GOD: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my Isheep' at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep'; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my 'sheep' from their mouth, that they (11 may not be meat for them. For thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I 'myself', even I, will search for my sheep, 12 and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad', so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark 13 day. And I will bring them out from the peoples', and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and 'I will' feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses', and in all the 14 inhabited places of the country. °I will feed them 'with' good pasture, and

Heb. the day of clouds and thick darkness.

upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold, and 'on' fat pasture shall they feed upon the 15 mountains of Israel. I myself will feed my 'sheep', and I will cause them 16) to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. I will seek that which was lost, and will bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: 'and' the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed 17 them in judgement. And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, as well the rams 'as the 18 he-goats. Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have 'fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your 'pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue

19 with your feet? And as for my Isheep', they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and the (21 lean cattle. Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and 'push' all the diseased with your horns, till ye 22 have scattered them abroad; therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will 23 judge between cattle and cattle. And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he (24 shall be their shepherd. And I the

LORD will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I the (25 LORD have spoken it. And I will

make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land and they shall dwell 'securely in the wilderness, and sleep in 26 the woods. And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there 27 shall be showers of blessing. And the tree of the field shall yield its' fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be secure! in their land; and they shall know

1 Or, Imade bondmen 2 Or, plant

that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars! of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of 28 them. And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the earth' devour them; but they shall dwell 'securely, and none 29 shall make them afraid. °And I will raise up unto them a plantation

for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with famine in the land, neither bear the shame of the (30) heathen any more. And they shall know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, saith the 31 Lord GOD. And ye my 'sheep', the Isheep of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.

351 Moreover the word of the LORD 2 came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and 3) prophesy against it, and say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee la desola4 tion and an astonishment'. I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that 5 I am the LORD. Because thou hast had a perpetual enmity', and hast Igiven over the children of Israel 'to' the 'power' of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the 6 iniquity of the end: therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue 7 thee. Thus will I make mount Seir Jan astonishment and a desolation1; and I will cut off from it him that passeth through and him that re(8 turneth. And I will fill his mountains with his slain: in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy watercourses shall they fall that are slain 9 with the sword. I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and ye shall 10 know that I am the LORD. Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the (11 LORD was there: therefore, as I live,

saith the Lord GOD, I will do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast 'shewed' out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known lamong! (12 them, 1when I 'shall judge' thee. And thou shalt know that I the LORD have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, "They are laid desolate, they are given us to 'devour'. 13) And ye have 'magnified yourselves!

against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: 14 I have heard it. Thus saith the

Lord GOD: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. 15 As thou didst rejoice lover' the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all 'Edom', even all of it and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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'And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the 2 word of the LORD. Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha! 'and', The ancient high places are ours in pos3 session: therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because, leven because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the nations', and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the 4 people: therefore, 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 Iwatercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become! a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about: 5 therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the Inations, and against all Edom', which have appointed my land 'unto themselves for al possession with the joy of all their heart, with 'despite of 6) soul, to cast it out for a prey: there

1 Or, laccording as

2 Or, that I am the LORD; I have heard &c.

fore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains and to the hills, to the 'watercourses! and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the hea7 then therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: I have lifted up mine hand, saying, Surely the heathen that are round about you, they shall bear (8 their shame. But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to 9 come. For, behold, I am for you,

and I will turn unto you, and ye shall 10 be tilled and sown: and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste 11 places shall be builded: and I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and 'be fruitful and I will 'cause you 'to be inhabited after your former estate', and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know 12 that I am the LORD. Yea, I will

cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of 'children'. 13 Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because they say unto you, Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast 'been a 14 bereaver of thy "nation; therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nation any more, (15) saith the Lord GOD; neither will I

let thee hear any more the shame of the heathen, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the 'peoples' any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nation to stumble any more, saith the Lord GOD.

16 Moreover the word of the LORD (17) came unto me, saying, Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a 18) woman in her separation. °Wherefore I poured out my fury upon them for the blood 'which they had 'poured out! upon the land, and because they 5 Another reading is, cause to stumble. • Or, ¡proclaim against thee

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