The chambers of imagery. Before CHRIST 594 a Luke 10, 39. CHAPTER VIII. 1 1 Ezekiel's vision....18 God's wrath for idolatry. EZEKIEL. CHRIST 594. Some preserved, others destroyed. { mit here? for they have filled the land with vio- Before AND it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. lence, and have returned to provoke me to anger; month, in the fifth day of the non before me, shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though Micah 6, Arts 5, 42 my house, the elders Judah sat " & 10, $3. b2 Kings , 32. c as a I sat in that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I the 3 And he put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my 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 52 Cor. 12, inner gate that looketh toward the north, where was the seat of the "image of jealousy, which provoketh h Jer. 7,30. to jealousy. 4. i Ex. 30, 5. k 4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was k Jer. 2, 11. 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 m Gen. 15, mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold, northward at the gate of the altar, this image of jealousy in the entry. 6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that n Amos 3,3. 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. from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the 'threshold 56. of Israel and Judah is " exceeding great, and the land u ch. 16, 25. z Pr. 10, 6. had the ink-horn by his side, reported the matter, The vision of the coals of fire, and of the cherubims. a Rev. 16, 17 a Ps. 85, R. i. b Isa. 66, 1 THEN I looked, and, behold, in the firmament Hau. 2, 1. S d Luke 12, 25, 9. and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the Kings 2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, 49. 17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, Otween the cherubims, and scatter them over the fHeb. 1, 13 cherub, and fill thy hand with coals of fire from be- Micah 1, 12 son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah city. And he went in in my sight. that they commit the abominations which they com- 3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of 504 Before the house, when the man went in; and the cloud ş filled the inner court. CHRIST 594. b Rev. 15, The princes' sin and judgment. CHAPTER XI. Before CHRIST 594. God sheweth Ezekiel his purpose in saving a remnant. 4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the MOREOVER, the spirit lifted me up, and ch.2.2. unto the east gate of the LORD's cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; chap. 9, s. and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory. Hag. 2, 9. 7,9. 5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was Kings heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. 1 Ps. 29, 3, 5. Mat. 12, 18. 6 And it came to pass, that when he had comRev. 18, 2. manded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire mverse 4. from between the wheels, from between the cheruJohn 14,31. bims; then he went in, and "stood beside the wheels. n Isa. 10, 6. 7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from 25,26. between the cherubims unto the fire that was bePs. 108, tween the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen; who took it, and went out. 9 And when I looked, behold, the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another? wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of ch. 1, 15. the wheels was as the colour of a beryl-stone. sch. 1, 9. 10 And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. 11 When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place Mat. 8, 9 whither the head looked they " followed it; they turned not as they went. John 15, 5. u Rev. 19, 14. x ch. 1, 18. Rev. 4, & 8. y Ps. 119, 9. 147, 18. I ch. 1, 10. S. 12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels, that they four had.. 13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel! 14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. 16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them; and when the cherubims lifted up their wings, to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. 17 When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for Gen. 1,2, the spirit of the living creature was in them. 18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over cherubims. ง 5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and h ch. 24, 4. said unto me, 'Speak; Thus saith the LORD, Thus isa. 64,3, have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. 6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and Ex. 4, 12. ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. m Luke 24, 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Your P slain, whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron; but I will bring i you forth out of the midst of it. 8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD. 15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, t real. 105, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel 13, 14 wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jetherusalem have said, "Get you far from the LORD; 2 unto us is this land given in possession. 19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and Jer.6,7, mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they Hosea 9, 12. Went out, the wheels also were beside them; and e ch. 9, 3 every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 20 This is the living creature that I saw under the 1 Ps. 157,1. God of Israel, by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. chap. 1, 2. &3, 15. 21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. c John 16, d Isa. 66, 5 11. 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Al- e Micah 3, though I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the coun- Isa. 45,6, tries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in Micah 1, 12 the countries where they shall come. 7. 7. Gen. 8, 1. 17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD, I Jer. 29, 5, will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scat- 12. tered, and I will give you the land of Israel. h Jer. 3, Hosea 1, 11 18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof, and Hos 1, all the abominations thereof, from thence. 8. Joel 3, 17 39. 22 And the likeness of their faces was the same 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put k Jer. 32, faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their ap-a new spirit withir you and I will take the stony ch. 36,27 Ep. 11, pearances and themselves: they went every one heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of straight forward. {flesh; g Ps. 18,50. The type of Ezekiel's removing. Before CHRIST 594. ! Psal. 105, 43, 45. m Mat. 13, 30. n ch. 8, 4. 9, 3. & 10, 4. verse 22. o Hos. 11, 8. Zech. 14, 11. EZEKIEL. 21 But as for them" whose heart walketh after 22 Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. 24 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in vision by the P Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity: so the vision that I had seen Cor. 12,3. went up from me. p ch. 4, 4. q Acts 20, 21. a ch. 2, 3. £3, 28. 25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me. CHAPTER XII. a Ezekiel's trembling sheweth the Jews' desolation. The word often, thou dwellest in the midst of a HE word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see John 9, 41. not; they have ears to hear, and hear not for they are a rebellious house. b Isa. 6, 9. b 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolong-m,. 3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuffed, and every vision faileth? I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. Ps. 37,13. 24 For there shall be no more any a vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. 14. 25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the 1 Kings word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall 212 be no more prolonged for in your days, O rebell- & 26, 28. ious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, 6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoul-saith the Lord God. ders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt 'cover thy face, that thou see not the ground; for I Ch. 21, 21. have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. g 27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel 7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to d Isa. 28, forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and income, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. Jer. 52, 12. the even I digged through the wall with my hand; } I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight. Jer. 52, 7. 11. Luke 21,33. 15. Mat. 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord M13,55 GoD, There shall none of my words be prolonged any more: but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord God. CHAPTER XIII. 1 The reproof of lying prophets....17 Of prophetesses and AND Asen of man, prophesy against the prophets 14. of Israel, that prophesy, and say thou unto them a Jer. 14, that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the 2 Pet 2,1 word of the LORD; c b Mat. 23, d Song 2, 15. 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Wo unto the fool- 15. 12 And the prince that is among them shall bearish prophets that follow their own spirit, and have e Pr. 14, 4 upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth seen nothing! 25, they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby :} he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. 4, 7. 4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the Mic. 3, 5, deserts. e 11. e 23, 50. 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither Ps. 106, made up the hedge for the house of Israel, to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. 23. 24. 6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, g ca. 12 saying, The LORD saith; and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that h Pr. 14. would confirm the word. b are about him to help him, and all his bands; and they Have ye not seen 'a vain vision, and have ye not i will draw out the sword after them. 506 15. i 2 Pet. 2 Isa. 8,7, ch. S8, 22. 8 Isa. 21, 1. Jer, ch. 30, 19. t Lam. 2, 15. u Jer. 7, 4. 29, 31. 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD, Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, *I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. Idolaters exhorted to repentance. CHRIST 594. vine divinations; for I will deliver my people out of Before Hypocrites reproved, who inquire of God with idolatry in TH a Isa. 29, 19. 32. 9 And my hand shall be upon the prophets that seeHEN came certain of the elders of Israel unto vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in theme, and sat before me. assembly of my people, neither shall they be writ2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ch. 35, 51. ten in the writing of the house of Israel, neither 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in shall they "enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall their heart, and put the stumbling-block of their b Jer. 17, 1. know that I am the Lord GOD. iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them? 10 Because, even because they have P seduced my people, saying, Peace, and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar : r b c 1 Kings 12, 29. Zeph. 1, 3 d Isa. ft. S 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Every man of the house of HR, 1. Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth 11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an over-cometh to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him 1 Kings flowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; 2 Thess. 2. fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. 5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me fch. 12, 13 through their idols. 8 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is "the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, I will even 28,1rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones, in my fury, to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall Micah 1,16 be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. x Ps. 137, 7. 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth Jer. 2, 13 himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart and putteth the stumbling-block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire k 1 Sam of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him Kings 8, by myself: 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the 8 And I will set my face against that man, and wall, and upon them that have daubed it with un-will make him 'a sign and a proverb, and I will "cut 1 Deut. 28, tempered mortar; and will say unto you, The wall him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall 57. is no more, neither they that daubed it; know that I am the LORD. b 16 To wit, the prophets of Israel, which prophesy a Jer. 6, 14. Concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. 17 1 Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face Isa. 57, 20, against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against Ex. 32, 7. them, 21. Jer. 6, 2. 10. 18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Wo to the women that sew pillows to all arm-holes, and make 2 Tim. 4, 3. kerchiefs upon the head of every stature, to hunt souls! e2 Sam. 15, Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? 30. f Pr. 6, 29. 2 Pet. 2, la Pr. 19, 27. 19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley, and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your tying to my people that hear your lies? 20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the Reb. to the souls t to make them fly; and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. 14 Though these three men, " Noah, Daniel, and Jer. 15, 1. Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own Gen. 7, 1. souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. 15 If I cause" noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: y Job 42, K. z Pr. 11, 4. A Lev. 26, 16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, 22 saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons 1 Kings 12 nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the 26 land shall be desolate. 24. 2 Kings 2, chap. 5, 17. 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man b Lev. 26,6 and beast from it: c Gen. 2, 1. Deut. 4, 2. 18 Though these three men were in it, as I live. MAL 8, God's irrevocable judgments. CHRIST 594. d Ps. 91, 5. e wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee, when Before thou wast in thy blood, Live. CHRIST 594. Gen. 12, Before saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. 19 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and 7I have caused thee to "multiply as the bud of the g pour out my fury upon it 'in blood, to cut off from field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and f it man and beast: thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts h Ex. 1, 7. are fashioned, and thy hair is grown, whereas thou wast* naked and bare. e ch. 7, 8. f Gen. 37, 26. 15. 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I 2 Sam. 24, live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. g Ex. 3, 5. 21 For thus saith the Lord GOD, How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, chap. 5, 17. the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? Amos 3, 6. & 4, 10. h 2 Chr. 36, 20. 22 Yet, behold, therein shall be left "a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters; behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall ¡ Ps. 119,16. see their way and their doings: and ye shall be 'comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. 9 23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I Jer. 22, 8, have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. k CHAPTER XV. The rejection of Jerusalem foreshewn. a ND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,broidered work: thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, 2 Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than and oil; and thou wast exceeding "beautiful, and u Ps. 48, 2, 31. & 7,7 any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees thou didst prosper into a kingdom. of the forest? a Deut. 1, Hosea 9, 13. b Jer. 5,1,2. Luke 14, 35. a b 15. 14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen x 1 Kings 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeli- 4, 29. Mat. 5, 15 or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?ness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. y 1 Cor. 4,7 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire 15 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and z Deut. 32, devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and Isa. 5, 27. burned. Is it meet for any work? pouredst out thy fornications on every one that pas- a Judg. 2, 5 Behold, when it was whole it was meet for nosed by; his it was. work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any 16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckwork when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?edst thy Irigh places with divers colours, and playe Isa. 5, 1, 2. 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, As the edst the harlot thereupon: the bike things shall not vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have come, neither shall it be so. given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wastdoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy k verse 4. born, thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou wash-youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast ed in water to supple thee: thou wast not a salted at polluted in thy blood. Mark 9, all, nor swaddled at all. |