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<h1>Ezekiel</h1>
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<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="1">Ezekiel 1</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth
month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of
the captives by the river Chobar, the heavens were opened, and I
saw the visions of God.</span></li>
<li><span>On the fifth day of the month, the same was the fifth
year of the captivity of king Joachin,</span></li>
<li><span>The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest the son
of Bud in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chobar: and the
hand of the Lord was there upon him.</span></li>
<li><span>And I saw, and behold a whirlwind came out of the north:
and a great cloud, and a fire infolding it, and brightness was
about it: and out of the midst thereof, that is, out of the midst
of the fire, as it were the resemblance of amber:</span></li>
<li><span>And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living
creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of
a man in them.</span></li>
<li><span>Every one had four faces, and every one four
wings.</span></li>
<li><span>Their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their foot
was like the sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like the
appearance of glowing brass.</span></li>
<li><span>And they had the hands of a man under their wings on
their four sides: and they bad faces, and wings on the four
sides,</span></li>
<li><span>And the wings of one were joined to the wings of another.
They turned not when they went: but every one went straight
forward.</span></li>
<li><span>And as for the likeness of their faces: there was the
face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right side of all the
four: and the face of an ox, on the left side of all the four: and
the face of an eagle over all the four.</span></li>
<li><span>And their faces, and their wings were stretched upward:
two wings of every one were joined, and two covered their
bodies:</span></li>
<li><span>And every one of them went straight forward: whither the
impulse of the spirit was to go, thither they went: and they turned
not when they went.</span></li>
<li><span>And as for the likeness of the living creatures, their
appearance was like that of burning coals of fire, and like the
appearance of lamps. This was the vision running to and fro in the
midst of the living creatures, a bright fire, and lightning going
forth from the fire.</span></li>
<li><span>And the living creatures ran and returned like flashes of
lightning.</span></li>
<li><span>Now as I beheld the living creatures, there appeared upon
the earth by the living creatures one wheel with four
faces.</span></li>
<li><span>And the appearance of the wheels, and the work of them
was like the appearance of the sea: and the four had all one
likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a
wheel in the midst of a wheel.</span></li>
<li><span>When they went, they went by their four parts: and they
turned not when they went.</span></li>
<li><span>The wheels had also a size, and a height, and a dreadful
appearance: and the whole body was full of eyes round about all the
four.</span></li>
<li><span>And when the living creatures went, the wheels also went
together by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from
the earth, the wheels also were lifted up with them.</span></li>
<li><span>Whithersoever the spirit went, thither as the spirit went
the wheels also were lifted up withal, and followed it: for the
spirit of life was in the wheels.</span></li>
<li><span>When those went these went, and when those stood these
stood, and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels
also were lifted up together, and followed them: for the spirit of
life was in the wheels.</span></li>
<li><span>And over the heads of the living creatures was the
likeness of the firmament, as the appearance of crystal terrible to
behold, and stretched out over their heads above.</span></li>
<li><span>And under the firmament were their wings straight, the
one toward the other, every one with two wings covered his body,
and the other was covered in like manner.</span></li>
<li><span>And I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of
many waters, as it were the voice of the most high God: when they
walked, it was like the voice of a multitude, like the noise of an
army, and when they stood, their wings were let down.</span></li>
<li><span>For when a voice came from above the firmament, that was
over their heads, they stood, and let down their wings.</span></li>
<li><span>And above the firmament that was over their heads, was
the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of the sapphire stone,
and upon the likeness of the throne, was a likeness as of the
appearance of a man above upon it.</span></li>
<li><span>And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber as the
appearance of fire within it round about: from his loins and
upward, and from his loins downward, I saw as it were the
resemblance of fire shining round about.</span></li>
<li><span>As the appearance of the rainbow when it is in a cloud on
a rainy day: this was the appearance of the brightness round
about.</span></li>
</ol>
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<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="2">Ezekiel 2</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>This was the vision of the likeness of the glory of the
Lord. And I saw, and I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of
one that spoke. And he said to me: Son of man, stand upon thy feet,
and I will speak to thee.</span></li>
<li><span>And the spirit entered into me after that he spoke to me,
and he set me upon my feet: and I heard him speaking to
me,</span></li>
<li><span>And saying: Son of man, I send thee to the children of
Israel, to a rebellious people, that hath revolted from me, they,
and their fathers, have transgressed my covenant even unto this
day.</span></li>
<li><span>And they to whom I send thee are children of a hard face,
and of an obstinate heart: and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith
the Lord God:</span></li>
<li><span>If so be they at least will hear, and if so be they will
forbear, for they are a provoking house: and they shall know that
there hath been a prophet in the midst of them.</span></li>
<li><span>And thou, O son of man, fear not, neither be thou afraid
of their words: for thou art among unbelievers and destroyers, and
thou dwellest with scorpions. Fear not their words, neither be thou
dismayed at their looks: for they are a provoking
house.</span></li>
<li><span>And thou shalt speak my words to them, if perhaps they
will hear, and forbear: for they provoke me to anger.</span></li>
<li><span>But thou, O son of man, hear all that I say to thee: and
do not thou provoke me, as that house provoketh me: open thy mouth,
and eat what I give thee.</span></li>
<li><span>And I looked, and behold, a hand was sent to me, wherein
was a book rolled up: and he spread it before me, and it was
written within and without: and there were written in it
lamentations, and canticles, and woe.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="3">Ezekiel 3</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And he said to me: Son of man, eat all that thou shalt
find: eat this book, and go speak to the children of
Israel.</span></li>
<li><span>And I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that book
:</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Son of man, thy belly shall eat, and
thy bowels shall be filled with this book, which I give thee. And I
did eat it: and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel,
and thou shalt speak my words to them.</span></li>
<li><span>For thou art not sent to a people of a profound speech,
and of an unknown tongue, but to the house of Israel:</span></li>
<li><span>Nor to many nations of a strange speech, and of an
unknown tongue, whose words thou canst not understand: and if thou
wert sent to them, they would hearken to thee.</span></li>
<li><span>But the house of Israel will not hearken to thee: because
they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are of a
hard forehead and an obstinate heart.</span></li>
<li><span>Behold I have made thy face stronger than their faces:
and thy forehead harder than their foreheads.</span></li>
<li><span>I have made thy face like an adamant and like flint: fear
them not, neither be thou dismayed at their presence: for they are
a provoking house.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Son of man, receive in thy heart, and
hear with thy ears, all the words that I speak to thee:</span></li>
<li><span>And go get thee in to them of the captivity, to the
children of thy people, and thou shalt speak to them, and shalt say
to them: Thus saith the Lord: If so be they will hear and will
forbear.</span></li>
<li><span>And the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the
voice of a great commotion, saying: Blessed be the glory of the
Lord, from his place.</span></li>
<li><span>And the noise of the wings of the living creatures
striking one against another, and the noise of the wheels following
the living creatures, and the noise of a great
commotion.</span></li>
<li><span>The spirit also lifted me, and took me up: and I went
away in bitterness in the indignation of my spirit: for the hand of
the Lord was with me, strengthening me.</span></li>
<li><span>And I came to them of the captivity, to the heap of new
corn, to them that dwelt by the river Chobar, and I sat where they
sat: and I remained there seven days mourning in the midst of
them.</span></li>
<li><span>And at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to
me, saying:</span></li>
<li><span>Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of
Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt
tell it them from me.</span></li>
<li><span>If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou
declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted
from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his
iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.</span></li>
<li><span>But if thou give warning to the wicked, and he be not
converted from his wickedness, and from his evil way: he indeed
shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy
soul.</span></li>
<li><span>Moreover if the just man shall turn away from his
justice, and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumblingblock
before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning:
he shall die in his sin, and his justices which he hath done, shall
not be remembered: but I will require his blood at thy
hand.</span></li>
<li><span>But if thou warn the just man, that the just may not sin,
and he doth not sin: living he shall live, because thou hast warned
him, and thou hast delivered thy soul.</span></li>
<li><span>And the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he said to me:
Rise and go forth into the plain, and there I will speak to
thee.</span></li>
<li><span>And I rose up, and went forth into the plain: and behold
the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I saw by
the river Chobar: and I fell upon my face.</span></li>
<li><span>And the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet:
and he spoke to me, and said to me: Go in; and shut thyself up in
the midst of thy house.</span></li>
<li><span>And thou, O son of man, behold they shall put bands upon
thee, and they shall bind thee with them: and thou shalt not go
forth from the midst of them.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy
mouth, and thou shalt be dumb, and not as a man that reproveth:
because they are a provoking house.</span></li>
<li><span>But when I shall speak to thee, I will open thy mouth,
and thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: He that
heareth, let him hear: and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for
they are a provoking house.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="4">Ezekiel 4</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And thou, O son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it
before thee: and draw upon it the plan of the city of
Jerusalem.</span></li>
<li><span>And lay siege against it, and build forts, and cast up a
mount, and set a camp against it, and place battering rams round
about it.</span></li>
<li><span>And take unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of
iron between thee and the city: and set thy face resolutely against
it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it:
it is a sign to the house of Israel.</span></li>
<li><span>And thou shalt sleep upon thy left side, and shalt lay
the iniquities of the house of Israel upon it, according to the
number of the days that thou shalt sleep upon it, and thou shalt
take upon thee their iniquity.</span></li>
<li><span>And I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity,
according to the number of the days three hundred and ninety days:
and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of
Israel.</span></li>
<li><span>And when thou hast accomplished this, thou shalt sleep
again upon thy right side, and thou shalt take upon thee the
iniquity of the house of Juda forty days: a day for it year, yea, a
day for a year I have appointed to thee.</span></li>
<li><span>And thou shalt turn thy face to the siege of Jerusalem,
and thy arm shall be stretched out: and thou shalt prophesy against
it.</span></li>
<li><span>Behold I have encompassed thee with bands: and thou shalt
not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended
the days of thy siege.</span></li>
<li><span>And take to thee wheat and barley, and beans, and
lentils, and millet, and 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 ninety days shalt
thou eat thereof.</span></li>
<li><span>And thy meat that thou shalt eat, shall be in weight
twenty staters a day: from time to time thou shalt eat
it.</span></li>
<li><span>And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of
a hin: from time to time thou shalt drink it,</span></li>
<li><span>And thou shalt eat it as barley bread baked under the
ashes: and thou shalt cover it, in their sight, with the dung that
cometh out of a man.</span></li>
<li><span>And the Lord said: So shall the children of Israel Beat
their bread all filthy among the nations whither I will cast them
out.</span></li>
<li><span>And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, behold my soul hath
not been defiled, and from my infancy even till now, I have not
eaten any thing that died of itself, or was torn by beasts, and no
unclean flesh hath entered into my mouth.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Behold I have given thee neat's dung
for man's dung, and thou shalt make thy bread
therewith.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Son of man: Behold, I will break in
pieces the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by
weight, and with care: and they shall drink water by measure, and
in distress.</span></li>
<li><span>So that when bread and water fail, every man may fall
against his brother, and they may pine away in their
iniquities.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="5">Ezekiel 5</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife that
shaveth the hair: and cause it to pass over thy head, and over thy
beard: and take thee a balance to weigh in, and divide the
hair.</span></li>
<li><span>A third part thou shalt burn with fire in the midst of
the city, according to the fulfilling of the days of the siege: and
thou shalt take a third part, and cut it in pieces with the knife
all round about: and the other third part thou shalt scatter in the
wind, and I will draw out the sword after them.</span></li>
<li><span>And thou shalt take thereof a small number: and shalt
bind them in the skirt of thy cloak.</span></li>
<li><span>And thou shalt take of them again, and shalt cast them in
the midst of the fire, and shalt burn them with fire: and out of it
shall come forth a fire into all the house of Israel.</span></li>
<li><span>Thus saith the Lord God: This is Jerusalem, I have set
her in the midst of the nations, and the countries round about
her.</span></li>
<li><span>And she hath despised my judgments, so as to be more
wicked than the Gentiles; and my commandments, more than the
countries that are round about her: for they have cast off my
judgments, and have not walked in my commandments.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because you have
surpassed the Gentiles that are round about you, and have not
walked in my commandments, and have not kept my judgments, and have
not done according to the judgments of the nations that are round
about you:</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against
thee, and I myself will execute judgments in the midst of thee in
the sight of the Gentiles.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will do in thee that which I have not done: and the
like to which I will do no more, because of all thy
abominations.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of
thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers: and I will execute
judgments in thee, and I will scatter thy whole remnant into every
wind.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore as I live, saith the Lord God : Because thou
hast violated my sanctuary with all thy offences, and with ail thy
abominations: I will also break thee in pieces, and my eye shall
not spare, and I will not have any pity.</span></li>
<li><span>A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and
shall be consumed with famine in the midst of thee: and a third
part of thee shall fall by the sword round about thee: and a third
part of thee will I scatter into every wind, and I will draw out a
sword after them.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will accomplish my fury, and will cause my
indignation 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 shall
have accomplished my indignation in them.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will make thee desolate, and a reproach among the
nations that are round about thee, in the sight of every one that
passeth by.</span></li>
<li><span>And thou shalt be a reproach, and a scoff, an example,
and an astonishment amongst the nations that are round about thee,
when I shall have executed judgments in thee in anger, and in
indignation, and in wrathful rebukes.</span></li>
<li><span>I the Lord have spoken it: When I shall send upon them
the grievous arrows of famine, which shall bring death, and which I
will send to destroy you: and I will gather together famine against
you: and I will break among you the staff of bread.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will send in upon you famine, and evil beasts unto
utter destruction: and pestilence, and blood shall pass through
thee, and I will bring in the sword upon thee. I the Lord have
spoken it.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="6">Ezekiel 6</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:</span></li>
<li><span>Son of man, set thy face towards the mountains of Israel,
and prophesy against them.</span></li>
<li><span>And say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the
Lord God: Thus Faith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the
hills, and to the rocks, and the valleys: Behold, I will bring upon
you the sword, and I will destroy your high places.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will throw down your altars, and your idols shall
be broken in pieces: and I will cast down your slain before your
idols.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of
Israel before your idols: and I will scatter Sour bones round about
your altars,</span></li>
<li><span>In all your dwelling places. The cities shall be laid
waste, and the high places shall be thrown down, and destroyed, and
your altars shall be abolished, and shall be broken in pieces: and
your idols shall be no more, and your temples shall be destroyed,
and your works shall be defaced.</span></li>
<li><span>And the slain shall fall in the midst of you: and you
shall know that I am the Lord.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will leave in you some that shall escape the sword
among the nations, when I shall have scattered you, through the
countries.</span></li>
<li><span>And they that are saved of you shall remember me amongst
the nations to which they are carried captives: because I have
broken their heart that was faithless, and revolted from me: and
their eyes that went a fornicating after their idols: and they
shall be displeased with themselves because of the evils which they
have committed in all their abominations.</span></li>
<li><span>And they shall know that I the Lord have not spoken in
vain that I would do this evil to them.</span></li>
<li><span>Thus saith the Lord God: Strike with thy hand, and stamp
with thy foot, and say: Alas, for all the abominations of the evils
of the house of Israel: for they shall fall by the sword, by the
famine and by the pestilence.</span></li>
<li><span>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: and I will accomplish my
indignation upon them.</span></li>
<li><span>And you shall know that I am the Lord, when your slain
shall be amongst your idols, round about your altars, in every high
hill, and on all the tops of mountains, and under every woody tree,
and under every thick oak, the place where they burnt sweet
smelling frankincense to all their idols.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will stretch forth my hand upon them: and I will
make the land desolate, and abandoned from the desert of Deblatha
in all their dwelling places: and they shall know that I am the
Lord.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="7">Ezekiel 7</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:</span></li>
<li><span>And thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God to the land
of Israel: The end is come, the end is come upon the four quarters
of the land.</span></li>
<li><span>Now is an end come upon thee, and I will send my wrath
upon thee, and I will judge thee according to thy ways: and I will
set all thy abominations against thee.</span></li>
<li><span>And my eye shall not spare thee, and I will shew thee no
pity: but I will lay thy ways upon thee, and thy abominations shall
be in the midst of thee: and you shall know that I am the
Lord.</span></li>
<li><span>Thus saith the Lord God: One affliction, behold an
affliction is come.</span></li>
<li><span>An end is come, the end is come, it hath awaked against
thee: behold it is come.</span></li>
<li><span>Destruction is come upon thee that dwellest in the land:
the time is come, the day of slaughter is near, and not of the joy
of mountains.</span></li>
<li><span>Now very shortly I will pour out my wrath upon thee, and
I will accomplish my anger in thee: and I will judge thee according
to thy ways, and I will lay upon thee all thy crimes.</span></li>
<li><span>And my eye shall not spare, neither will I shew mercy:
but I will lay thy ways upon thee, and thy abominations shall be in
the midst of thee: and you shall know that I am the Lord that
strike.</span></li>
<li><span>Behold the day, behold it is come: destruction is gone
forth, the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.</span></li>
<li><span>Iniquity is risen up into a rod of impiety: nothing of
them shall remain, nor of their people, nor of the noise of them:
and there shall be no rest among them.</span></li>
<li><span>The time is come, the day is at hand: let not the buyer
rejoice: nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the people
thereof.</span></li>
<li><span>For the seller shall not return to that which he hath
sold, although their life be yet among the living. For the vision
which regardeth all the multitude thereof, shall not go back:
neither shall man be strengthened in the iniquity of his
life.</span></li>
<li><span>Blow the trumpet, let all be made ready, yet there is
none to go to the battle: for my wrath shall be upon all the people
thereof.</span></li>
<li><span>The sword without: and the pestilence, and the famine
within: he that is in the field shall die by the sword: and they
that are in the city, shall be devoured by the pestilence, and the
famine.</span></li>
<li><span>And such of them as shall flee shall escape: and they
shall be in the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them
trembling, every one for his iniquity.</span></li>
<li><span>All hands shall be made feeble, and all knees shall run
with water.</span></li>
<li><span>And they shall gird themselves with haircloth, and fear
shall cover them, and shame shall be upon every face, and baldness
upon all their heads.</span></li>
<li><span>Their silver shall be cast forth, and their gold shall
become a dunghill. 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 soul, and their bellies shall not be filled: because
it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.</span></li>
<li><span>And they have turned the ornament of their jewels into
pride, and have made of it the images of their abominations, and
idols: therefore I have made it an uncleanness to them.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will give it into the hands of strangers for spoil,
and to the wicked of the earth for a prey, and they shall defile
it.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will turn away my face from them, and they shall
violate my secret place: and robbers shall enter into it, and
defile it.</span></li>
<li><span>Make a shutting up: for the land is full of the judgment
of blood, and the city is full of iniquity.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will bring the worse of the nations, and they shall
possess their houses: and I will make the pride of the mighty to
cease, and they shall possess their sanctuary.</span></li>
<li><span>When distress cometh upon them, they will seek for peace
and there shall be none.</span></li>
<li><span>Trouble shall come upon trouble, and rumour upon rumour,
and they shall seek a vision of the prophet, and the law shall
perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.</span></li>
<li><span>The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed
with sorrow, and the hands of the people of the land shall be
troubled. I will do to them according to their way, and will judge
them according to their judgments: and they shall know that I am
the Lord.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="8">Ezekiel 8</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth
month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the
ancients of Juda sat before me, that the hand of the Lord God fell
there upon me.</span></li>
<li><span>And I saw, and behold a likeness as the appearance of
fire: from the appearance of his loins, and downward, fire: and
from his loins, and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the
appearance of amber.</span></li>
<li><span>And the likeness of a hand was put forth 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 vision of God into Jerusalem,
near the inner gate, that looked toward the north, where was set
the idol of jealousy to provoke to jealousy.</span></li>
<li><span>And behold the glory of the God of Israel was there,
according to the vision which I had seen in the plain.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Son of man, lift up thy eyes towards
the way of the north. And I lifted up my eyes towards the way of
the north: and behold on the north side of the gate of the altar
the idol of jealousy in the very entry.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Son of man, dost thou see, thinkest
thou, what these are doing, the great abominations that the house
of Israel committeth here, that I should depart far off from my
sanctuary? and turn thee yet again and thou shalt see greater
abominations.</span></li>
<li><span>And he brought me in to the door of the court: and I saw,
and behold a hole in the wall.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Son of man, dig in the wall. And when
I had digged in the wall, behold a door.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Go in, and see the wicked abominations
which they commit here.</span></li>
<li><span>And I went in and saw, and behold every form of creeping
things, and of living creatures, the abomination, and all the idols
of the house of Israel, were painted on the wall all round
about.</span></li>
<li><span>And seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel,
and Jezonias the son of Saaphan stood in the midst of them, that
stood before the pictures: and every one had a censer in his hand:
and a cloud of smoke went up from the incense.</span></li>
<li><span>And he add to me: Surely thou seest. O son of man, what
the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in
private in his chamber: for they say: The Lord seeth us not, the
Lord hath forsaken the earth.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: If thou turn thee again, thou shalt
see greater abominations which these commit.</span></li>
<li><span>And he brought me in by the door of the gate of the
Lord's house, which looked to the north: and behold women sat there
mourning for Adonis.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of man:
but turn thee again: and thou shalt see greater abominations than
these.</span></li>
<li><span>And he brought me into the inner court of the house of
the Lord: and behold at the door of the temple of the Lord, between
the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men having
their backs towards the temple of the Lord, and their faces to the
east: and they adored towards the rising of the sun.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Surely thou hast seen, O son of man:
is this a light thing to the house of Juda, that they should commit
these abominations which they have committed here: because they
have filled the land with iniquity, and have turned to provoke me
to anger? and behold they put a branch to their nose.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore I also will deal with them in my wrath: my eye
shall not spare them, neither will I shew mercy: and when they
shall cry to my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear
them.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="9">Ezekiel 9</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying: The
visitations of the city are at hand, and every one hath a
destroying weapon in his hand.</span></li>
<li><span>And behold six men came from the way of the upper gate,
which looketh to the north: and each one had his weapon of
destruction in his hand: and there was one man in the midst of them
clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn at his reins: and they
went in, and stood by the brazen altar.</span></li>
<li><span>And the glory of the Lord of Israel went up from the
cherub, upon which he was, to the threshold of the house: and he
called to the man that was clothed with linen, and had a writer's
inkhorn at his loins.</span></li>
<li><span>And the Lord said to him: Go through the midst of the
city, through the midst of Jerusalem: and mark Thau upon the
foreheads of the men that sigh, and mourn for all the abominations
that are committed in the midst thereof.</span></li>
<li><span>And to the others he said in my hearing: Go ye after him
through the city, and strike: let not your eyes spare, nor be ye
moved with pity.</span></li>
<li><span>Utterly destroy old and young, maidens, children and
women: but upon whomsoever you shall see Thau, kill him not, and
begin ye at my sanctuary. So they began at the ancient men who mere
before the house.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to them: Defile the house, and ill the courts
with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew them
that were in the city.</span></li>
<li><span>And the slaughter being ended I was left: and I fell upon
my face, and crying, I said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God, wilt
thou then destroy all the remnant of Israel, by pouring out thy
fury upon Jerusalem?</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: The iniquity of the house of Israel,
and of Juda, is exceeding great, and the land is filled with blood,
and the city is filled with perverseness: for they have said: The
Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore neither shall my eye spare, nor will I have
pity: I will requite their way upon their head.</span></li>
<li><span>And behold the man that was clothed with linen, that had
the inkhorn at his back, returned the word, saying: I have done as
thou hast commanded me.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="10">Ezekiel 10</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And saw and behold in the firmament that was over the
heads of the cherubims, there appeared over them as it were the
sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a
throne.</span></li>
<li><span>And he spoke to the man, that was clothed with linen, and
said: Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubims and
fill thy hand with the coals of fire that are between the
cherubims, and pour them out upon the city. And he went in, in my
sight:</span></li>
<li><span>And the cherubims stood on the right side of the house,
when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner
court.</span></li>
<li><span>And the glory of the Lord was lifted up from above the
cherub to the threshold of the house: and the house was filled with
the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the
glory of the Lord.</span></li>
<li><span>And the sound of the wings of the cherubims was heard
even to the out- ward court as the voice of God Almighty
speaking.</span></li>
<li><span>And when he had commanded the man that was clothed with
linen, saying: Take fire from the midst of the wheels that are
between the cherubims: he went in and stood beside the
wheel,</span></li>
<li><span>And one cherub stretched out his arm from the midst of
the cherubims to the fire that was between the cherubims: and he
took, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen:
who took it and went forth.</span></li>
<li><span>And there appeared in the cherubims the likeness of a
man's hand under their wings.</span></li>
<li><span>And I saw, and behold there were four wheels by the
cherubims: one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by an- other
cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was to the sight like the
chrysolite stone:</span></li>
<li><span>And as to their appearance, all four were alike: as if a
wheel were in the midst of a wheel.</span></li>
<li><span>And when they went, they went by four ways: and they
turned not when they went: but to the place whither they first
turned, the rest also followed, and did not turn back.</span></li>
<li><span>And their whole body, and their necks, and their hands,
and their wings, and the circles were full of eyes, round about the
four wheels.</span></li>
<li><span>And these wheels he called voluble, in my
hearing.</span></li>
<li><span>And every one had four faces: one face was the face of a
cherub, and the second face, the face of a man: and in the third
was the face of a lion: and in the fourth the face of an
eagle.</span></li>
<li><span>And the cherubims were lifted up: this is the living
creature that I had seen by the river Chobar.</span></li>
<li><span>And when the cherubims went, the wheels also went by
them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings, to mount up
from the earth, the wheels stayed not behind, but were by
them.</span></li>
<li><span>When they stood, these stood: and when they were lifted
up, these were lifted up: for the spirit of life was in
them.</span></li>
<li><span>And the glory of the Lord went forth from the threshold
of the temple: and stood over the cherubims.</span></li>
<li><span>And the cherubims lifting up their wings, were raised
from the earth before me: and as they went out, the wheels also
followed: and it stood in the entry of the east gate of the house
of the Lord: and the glory of the God of Israel was over
them.</span></li>
<li><span>This is the living creature, which I saw under the God of
Israel by the river Chobar: and I understood that they were
cherubims.</span></li>
<li><span>Each one had four faces, and each one had four wings: and
the likeness of a man's hand was under their wings.</span></li>
<li><span>And as to the likeness of their faces, they were the same
faces which I had seen by the river Chobar, and their looks, and
the impulse of every one to go straight forward.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="11">Ezekiel 11</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And the spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the east
gate of the house of the Lord, which looketh towards the rising of
the sun: and behold in the entry of the gate five and twenty men:
and I saw in the midst of them Jezonias the son of Azur, and
Pheltias the son of Banaias, princes of the people.</span></li>
<li><span>And he said to me: Son of man, these are the men that
study iniquity, and frame a wicked counsel in this
city,</span></li>
<li><span>Saying: Were not houses lately built? This city is the
caldron, and we the flesh.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, thou son of
man.</span></li>
<li><span>And the spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said to me:
Speak: Thus saith the Lord: Thus have you spoken, O house of
Israel, for I know the thoughts of your heart.</span></li>
<li><span>You have killed a great many in this city, and you have
filled the streets thereof with the slain.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Your slain, whom you
have laid in the midst thereof, they are the flesh, and this is the
caldron: and I will bring you forth out of the midst
thereof.</span></li>
<li><span>You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword
upon you, saith the Lord God.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will cast you out of the midst thereof, and I will
deliver you into the hand of the enemies, and I will execute
judgments upon you.</span></li>
<li><span>You shall fall by the sword: I will judge you in the
borders of Israel, and you shall know that I am the
Lord.</span></li>
<li><span>This shall not be as a caldron to you, and you shall not
be as flesh in the midst thereof: I will judge you in the borders
of Israel.</span></li>
<li><span>And you shall know that I am the Lord: because you have
not walked in my commandments, and have not done my judgments, but
you have done according to the judgments of the nations that; are
round about you.</span></li>
<li><span>And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pheltias the
son of Banaias died: and I fell down upon my face, and cried with a
loud voice: and said: Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God: wilt thou make
an end of all the remnant of Israel?</span></li>
<li><span>And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:</span></li>
<li><span>Son of man, thy brethren, thy brethren, thy kinsmen, and
all the house of Israel, all they to whom the inhabitants of
Jerusalem have said: Get ye far from the Lord, the land is given in
possession to us.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because I have removed
them far off among the Gentiles, and because I have scattered them
among the countries: I will be to them a little sanctuary in the
countries whither they are come.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore speak to them: Thus saith the Lord God: I will
gather you from among the peoples, and assemble you out of the
countries wherein you are scattered, and I will give you the land
of Israel.</span></li>
<li><span>And they shall go in thither, and shall take away all the
scandals, and all the abominations thereof from thence.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit
in their bowels: and I will take away the stony heart out of their
flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh:</span></li>
<li><span>That they may walk in my commandments, and keep my
judgments, and do them: and that they may be my people, and I may
be their God.</span></li>
<li><span>But as for them whose heart walketh after their scandals
and abominations, I will lay their way upon their head, saith the
Lord God.</span></li>
<li><span>And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and the wheels
with them: and the glory of the God of Israel was over
them.</span></li>
<li><span>And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the
city, and stood over the mount that is on the east side of the
city.</span></li>
<li><span>And the spirit lifted me up, and brought me into Chaldea,
to them of the captivity, in vision, by the spirit of God: and the
vision which I had seen was taken up from me.</span></li>
<li><span>And I spoke to them of the captivity all the words of the
Lord, which he had shewn me.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="12">Ezekiel 12</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:</span></li>
<li><span>Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a provoking
house: who have eyes to see, and see not: and ears to hear, and
hear not: for they are a provoking house.</span></li>
<li><span>Thou, therefore, O son of man, prepare thee all
necessaries for removing, and remove by day in their sight: and
thou shalt remove out of thy place to another place in their sight,
if so be they will regard it: for they are a provoking
house.</span></li>
<li><span>And thou shalt bring forth thy furniture as the furniture
of one that is removing by day in their sight: and thou shalt go
forth in the evening in their presence, as one goeth forth that
removeth his dwelling.</span></li>
<li><span>Dig thee a way through the wall before their eyes: and
thou shalt go forth through it.</span></li>
<li><span>In their sight thou shalt be carried out upon men's
shoulders, thou shalt be carried out in the dark: thou shalt cover
thy face, and shalt not see the ground: for I have set thee for a
sign of things to come to the house of Israel.</span></li>
<li><span>I did therefore as he had commanded me: I brought forth
my goods by day, as the goods of one that removeth: and in the
evening I digged through the wall with my hand: and I went forth in
the dark, and was carried on men's shoulders in their
sight.</span></li>
<li><span>And the word of the Lord came to me in the morning,
saying:</span></li>
<li><span>Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the provoking
house, said to thee: What art thou doing?</span></li>
<li><span>Say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: This burden
concerneth my prince that is in Jerusalem, and all the house of
Israel, that are among them.</span></li>
<li><span>Say: I am a sign of things to come to you: as I have
done, so shall it be done to them: they shall be removed from their
dwellings, and go into captivity.</span></li>
<li><span>And the prince that is in the midst of them, shall be
carried on shoulders, he shall go forth in the dark: they shall dig
through the wall to bring him out: his face shall be covered, that
he may not see the ground with his eyes.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken
in my net: and I will bring him into Babylon, into the land of the
Chaldeans, and he shall not see it, and there he shall
die.</span></li>
<li><span>And all that are about him, his guards, and his troops I
will scatter into every wind: and I will draw out the sword after
them.</span></li>
<li><span>And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have
dispersed them among the nations, and scattered them in the
countries.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will leave a few men of them from the sword, and
from the famine, and from the pestilence: that they may declare all
their wicked deeds among the nations whither they shall go: and
they shall know that I am the Lord.</span></li>
<li><span>And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:</span></li>
<li><span>Son of man, eat thy bread in trouble: and drink thy water
in hurry and sorrow.</span></li>
<li><span>And say to the people of the land: Thus saith the Lord
God to them that dwell in Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They
shall eat their bread in care, and drink their water in desolation:
that the land may become desolate from the multitude that is
therein, for the iniquity of all that dwell therein.</span></li>
<li><span>And the cities that are now inhabited shall be laid
waste, and the land shall be desolate: and you shall know that I am
the Lord.</span></li>
<li><span>And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:</span></li>
<li><span>Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the
land of Israel? saying: The days shall be prolonged, and every
vision shall fail.</span></li>
<li><span>Say to them therefore: Thus saith the Lord God: I will
make this proverb to cease, neither shall it be any more a common
saying in Israel: and tell them that the days are at hand, and the
effect of every vision.</span></li>
<li><span>For there shall be no more any vain visions, nor doubtful
divination in the midst of the children of Israel.</span></li>
<li><span>For I the Lord will speak: and what word soever I shall
speak, it shall come to pass, and shall not be prolonged any more:
but in your days, ye provoking house, I will speak the word, and
will do it, saith the Lord God.</span></li>
<li><span>And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:</span></li>
<li><span>Son of man, behold the house of Israel, they that say:
The vision that this man seeth, is for many days to come: and this
men prophesieth of times afar off.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Not one
word of mine shall be prolonged any more: the word that I shall
speak shall be accomplished, saith the Lord God.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="13">Ezekiel 13</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:</span></li>
<li><span>Son of man, prophesy thou against the prophets of Israel
that prophesy: and thou shalt say to them that prophesy out of
their own heart: Hear ye the word of the Lord:</span></li>
<li><span>Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets that
follow their own spirit, and see nothing.</span></li>
<li><span>Thy prophets, O Israel, were like foxes in the
deserts.</span></li>
<li><span>You have not gone up to face the enemy, nor have you set
up a wall for the house of Israel, to stand in battle in the day of
the Lord.</span></li>
<li><span>They see vain things, and they foretell lies, saying: The
Lord saith: whereas the Lord hath not sent them: and they have
persisted to confirm what they have said.</span></li>
<li><span>Have you not seen a vain vision and spoken a lying
divination: and you say: The Lord saith: whereas I have not
spoken.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because you have
spoken vain things, and have seen lies: therefore behold I come
against you, saith the Lord God.</span></li>
<li><span>And my hand shall be upon the prophets that see vain
things, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the council of
my people, nor shall they be written in the writing of the house of
Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel, and you
shall know that I am the Lord God.</span></li>
<li><span>Because they have deceived my people, saying: Peace, and
there is no peace: and the people built up a wall, and they daubed
it with dirt without straw.</span></li>
<li><span>Say to them that daub without tempering, that it shall
fall: for there shall be an overflowing shower, and I will cause
great hailstones to fall violently from above, and a stormy wind to
throw it down.</span></li>
<li><span>Behold, when the wall is fallen: shall it not be said to
you: Where is the daubing wherewith you have daubed it?</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Lo, I will cause a
stormy wind to break forth in my indignation, and there shall be an
overflowing shower in my anger: and great hailstones in my wrath to
consume.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will break down the wall that you have daubed with
untempered mortar: and I will make it even with the ground, and the
foundation thereof shall be laid bare: and it shall fall, and shall
be consumed in the midst thereof: and you shall know that I am the
Lord.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon
them that daub it without tempering the mortar, and I will say to
you: The wall is no more, and they that daub it are no
more.</span></li>
<li><span>Even the prophets of Israel that prophesy to Jerusalem,
and that see visions of peace for her: and there is no peace, saith
the Lord God.</span></li>
<li><span>And thou, son of man, set thy face against the daughters
of thy people that prophesy out of their own heart: and do thou
prophesy against them,</span></li>
<li><span>And say: Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to them that sew
cushions under every elbow: and make pillows for the heads of
persons of every age to catch souls: and when they caught the souls
of my people, they gave life to their souls.</span></li>
<li><span>And they violated me among my people, for a handful of
barley, and a piece of bread, to kill souls which should not die,
and to save souls alive which should not live, telling lies to my
people that believe lies.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I declare
against your cushions, wherewith you catch flying souls: and I will
tear them off from your arms: and I will let go the souls that you
catch, the souls that should fly.</span></li>
<li><span>And I will tear your pillows, and will deliver my people
out of your hand, neither shall they be any more in your hands to
be a prey: and you shall know that I am the Lord.</span></li>
<li><span>Because with lies you have made the heart of the just to
mourn, whom I have not made sorrowful: and have strengthened the
hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his evil way,
and live.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore you shall not see vain things, nor divine
divinations any more, and I will deliver my people out of your
hand: and you shall know that I am the Lord.</span></li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="chapter">
<div class="chaptertitle"><a name="14">Ezekiel 14</a></div>
<ol>
<li><span>And some of the ancients of Israel came to me, and sat
before me.</span></li>
<li><span>And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:</span></li>
<li><span>Son of man, these men have placed their uncleannesses in
their hearts, and have set up before their face the stumblingblock
of their iniquity : and shall I answer when they inquire of
me?</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore speak to them, and say to them: Thus saith the
Lord God: Man, man of the house of Israel that shall place his
uncleannesses in his heart, and set up the stumblingblock of his
iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet inquiring
of me by him: I the Lord will answer him according to the multitude
of his uncleannesses:</span></li>
<li><span>That the house of Israel may be caught in their own
heart, with which they have departed from me through all their
idols.</span></li>
<li><span>Therefore say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord
God: Be converted, and depart from your idols, and turn away your
faces from all your abominations.</span></li>
<li><span>For every man of the house of Israel, and every stranger
among the proselytes in Israel, if he separate himself from me, and
place his idols in his heart, and set the stumblingblock of his