God's providence BEFORE CHRIST 587. n ch. 3. 18. Heb. 13.17. o ver. 2, 8. 2 Heb. According to EZEKIEL, XXXV. 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 10 Thus saith the Lord GoD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds • feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. 11 For thus saith the Lord GoD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my Behold sheep, and seek them out. 122 As a shepherd seeketh out his the seeking. flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. p ch. 30. 3. Joel 2. 2. ч Ів. 65.9,10. Jer. 23. 3. 13 And I will bring them out ch. 28.25. & from the people, and gather them 36. 24. & 37. 21, 22. г Ps. 23. 2. from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains Jer. 33.12. of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. over his flock. all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; 22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it. BEFORE CHRIST 587. a ver. 17. b Is. 40. 11. Jer. 23. 4, 5. John 10. 11. Heb. 13. 20. 1 Pet. 2. 25. & 5. 4. c Jer. 30.9. ch.37.24,25. Hos. 3. 5. d ver. 30. Ex. 29. 45. ch. 37.27. e ch. 37.22. Luke 1. 32, 33. ch.37.26. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and & will cause & Lev. 26.6. the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the Jer. 23.6. woods. Is. 11.6-9. & 35.9. Hos. 2. 18. h ver. 28. ch. 26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill ka bless-256-40 ing; and I will cause the shower to Gen. 12. 2. come down in his season; there shall bem showers of blessing. Is. 19. 24. Zech. 8. 13. Lev. 26. 4. m Ps. 68.9. Mal. 3. 10. n Lev. 26. 4. Ps. 85. 12. Is. 4. 2. 27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken Lev. 26.13. the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. 28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. S 29 And I will raise up for them a plant 2 of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. 30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord God. 31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord God. M CHAPTER XXXV. The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel. OREOVER the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, a set thy face against bmount Seir, and prophesy against it, Jer. 2. 20. p Jer. 25. 14. q See ver. 8. ch. 36. 4. r ver. 25. Jer. 30. 10. & 46. 27. 8 Is. 11. 1. Jer. 23. 5. 2 Or, for renown. 3 Heb.taken away. t ch. 36. 3,6, 15. u ver. 24. ch. 37. 27. x Ps. 100. 3. John 10. 11. 587. a ch. 6. 2. b Deut. 2. 5. c Jer. 49.7,8. ch. 25. 12. Amos 1. 11. Obad. 10, &c. 3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GoD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and d I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I lation and will make thee most desolate. d ch. 6. 14. 4 Heb.deso desolation: So ver. 7. Judgment of mount Seir. BEFORE CHRIST 587. e ver. 9. 1 ch. 25. 12. Obad. 10. "Or, hatred of old, ch. 25. 15. 3 Heb. poured out the children. 4 Heb. hands. ch. 21.25,29. Dan. 9. 24. Obad. 11. 4° I will EZEKIEL, XXXVI. lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. 5f Because thou hast had a 2 perpetual hatred, and hast 3shed the blood of the children of Israel by the * force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Ps. 137. 7. Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: hsith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. h Ps. 109.17. 5 Heb. desolation and desolation, ver. 3. i Judg. 5. 6. ch. 29. 11. 7 Thus will I make mount Seir 5 most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth. 8 k And I will fill his mountains ch. 31.12. with his slain men: in thy hills, and & 32.5. 1 Jer. 49. 17, 18. ver. 4. ch. 25. 13. Mal. 1. 3, 4. mch. 6. 7. & 7.4, 9. & 36.11. in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, sword. 911 will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: mand ye shall know that I am the LORD. 10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries Ps.83.4,12. shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the Lord was there: ch. 36. 5. Obad. 13. 6 Or, though the LORD was there. Ps. 48. 1,3. & 132.13, 14. ch. 48. 35. p Matt. 7.2. Jam. 2. 13. q ch. 6. 7. Ps. 9. 16. 7 Heb. to devour. 1 Sam. 2.3. Rev. 13. 6. 8 Heb. magnified. Is. 65. 13, 14. tlObad. 12, 15. ■ver. 3, 4. 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the and say, Ye mountains of Israel, 2 Thus saith the Lord GoD; Be- 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GoD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and 3 ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: BEFORE CHRIST 587. ch. 6. 2,3. 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord Lord GoD, I will even do accordingful minds, to cast it out for a prey. 129 And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. 13 Thus with your mouth ye have * boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. 14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; • When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. 15 As thou didst rejoice at 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 Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD. GoD; I have 1 lifted up mine hand, 1 ch. 20. 5. 8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: 10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded : CHAPTER XXXVI. 1 The land of Israel is comforted, both by destruction of the heathen, who spitefully used it, 8 and by the blessings of God promised unto it. 16 Israel was rejected for their sin, 21 and shall be restored without their desert. 25 The blessings of Christ's kingdom. & 33.12. 12 Yea, I will cause men to walk o ch. 35.9. & 37.6, 13. Israel is comforted. BEFORE CHRIST 587. P Obad. 17, &c. EZEKIEL, XXXVI. Blessings of Christ's kingdom. EZEKIEL, XXXVIII. upon you, even my people Israel; and Peop they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them a See Jer.15. of men. 7. r Num. 13. 32. 2 Or, cause to fall. ch. 34. 29. 13 Thus saith the Lord Gon; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; 14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither 2 bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord God. 15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD. 16 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 17 Son of man, when the house of Lev. 18.25, Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before 27, 28. Jer. 2.7. Lev. 15.19, me as the uncleanness of a removed &c. 38. & 23.37. y ch. 22.15. woman. 18 Wherefore I poured my fury *ch. 16.36, upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: 19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. 2 ch. 7. 3. & 18.30. & 39.24. a Is. 52. 5. Rom. 2. 24. bch.20.9,14. Ps. 106. 8. d ch. 20. 41. & 28. 22. 3 Or, your. ch. 34. 13. & 37. 21. Is. 52. 15. Heb. 10. 22. 20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they a profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land. 21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GoD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord God, when I shall be dsanctified in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25 Then will I sprinkle clean 27 And I will put my 'spirit with - ch. 11. 19. in you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will alsom save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. 30 P And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. k ch. 28. 25. & 37.25. 1Jer. 30. 22. ch.11.20. & 37.27. m Matt.1.21. Rom. 11. 26. n See Ps. 105. 16. o ch. 34. 29. p ch. 34.27. 63. 31 Then shall ye remember your 9 ch. 16. 61, own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. 32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. 33 Thus saith the Lord GoD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. • Deut. 32. 39. 1 Sam. 2.6. John 5. 21. Rom. 4. 17. 2 Cor. 1.9. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. ech.6.7. & 35. 12. Joel 2. 27. & 8.17. 3 Or, breath. 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith Ps. 104.30. the Lord GoD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. ver. 5. 10 So I prophesied as he command& Rev.11.11. ed me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.. h Ps. 141.7. Is. 49. 14. 1 Is. 26. 19. Hos. 13. 14. ch. 36. 24. ver. 25. 11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and * bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, BEFORE CHRIST cir. 587. 14 And 'shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall 1ch.36.27. place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. 15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, m See Num. 17.2. n 2 Chr. 11. & 15.9. & 30. 11,18 16 Moreover, thou son of man, m take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take 12, 13, 16. another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: ver. 22, 24. 17 And join them one to another See into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. 18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, P. Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Gon; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. Pch. 12.9. Zech.10.6. & 24.19. r ver. 16, 17. 23 Neither shall they defile them- ch.36.25. selves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. 24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. 25 d And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my d ch. 36. 28. P Is. 28. 2. servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. 26 Moreover I will make a & covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: bch.36.10, and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. 1 2 Cor. 6.16. k Lev. 26. John 1. 14. 1 ch. 11. 20. & 14.11. & 36.28. m ch. 36.23. nch. 20.12. ▲ ch. 39.1. bch. 35. 2,3. c Rev. 20. 8. 2 Or, prince of the chief. d ch. 32. 26. e 2 Kings 19.28. ch. 29.4. & 39.2. f ch. 23.12. 3 Or, Phut. ch. 27.10. & 30.5. & Gen. 10. 2. h ch. 27.14. 1 Like Is. 8. 9,10. unto me, saying, 2a Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, 2 the chief prince of a Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, fall of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and 3 Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare Jer. 46.3,4, for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 14. & 51. 12. k Gen. 49.1. Deut. 4. 30. ver. 16. 1 Is. 29.6. m ver. 12. ch. 34. 13. 8. is gathered out of many people, nch. 36.1,4, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of • Jer. 23. 6. ch. 28. 26. & 34.25, 28. them. ver. 11. 9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. malice of Gog. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 587. 10 Thus saith the Lord GoD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt 2 think an evil 2 Or, thought: 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, 12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? 17 Thus saith the Lord GoD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the pro- 6 Heb. by phets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? 18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face. 19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my the hands. 1 ch. 36.5,6. & 39.25. k Ps. 89.46. 1Hag. 2.6.7. Rev. 16. 18. q Jer. 4. 18. ver. 16. m Hos. 4. 3. |