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Prophecy of Ezechiel 1057

up: the fire hath devoured her. abominations of his eyes, neither did they forsake
13 And now she is transplanted into the the idols of Egypt: and I said I would pour out
desert, in a land not passable, and dry. my indignation upon them, and accomplish my
14 And a fire is gone out from a rod of her wrath against them in the midst of the land of
branches, which hath devoured her fruit: so that Egypt.
she now hath no strong rod, to be a sceptre of 9 But I did otherwise for my name’s sake, that
rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be for it might not be violated before the nations, in
a lamentation. the midst of whom they were, and among whom
I made myself known to them, to bring them out
of the land of Egypt.
Chapter 20 10 Therefore I brought them out from the land
of Egypt, and brought them into the desert.
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the 11 And I gave them my statutes, and I shewed
fifth month, the tenth day of the month: there
them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall
came men of the ancients of Israel to inquire of live in them.
the Lord, and they sat before me. 12 Moreover I gave them also my sabbaths, to
2 And the word of the Lord came to me, say- be a sign between me and them: and that they
ing: might know that I am the Lord that sanctify
3 Son of man, speak to the ancients of Israel them.
and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Are 13 But the house of Israel provoked me in the
you come to inquire of me? As I live, I will not desert: they walked not in my statutes, and they
answer you, saith the Lord God. cast away my judgments, which if a man do he
4 If thou judgest them, if thou judgest, O shall live in them: and they grievously violated
son of man, declare to them the abominations my sabbaths. I said therefore that I would pour
of their fathers. out my indignation upon them in the desert, and
5 And say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: would consume them.
In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up 14 But I spared them for the sake of my name,
my hand for the race of the house of Jacob: and lest it should be profaned before the nations,
appeared to them in the land of Egypt, and lifted from which I brought them out, in their sight.
up my hand for them, saying: I am the Lord your 15 So I lifted up my hand over them in the
God: desert, not to bring them into the land which I
6 In that day I lifted up my hand for them to had given them flowing with milk and honey, the
bring them out of the land of Egypt, into a land best of all lands.
which I had provided for them, flowing with milk 16 Because they cast off my judgments, and
and honey, which excelled amongst all lands. walked not in my statutes, and violated my sab-
7 And I said to them: Let every man cast away baths: for their heart went after idols.
the scandals of his eyes, and defile not yourselves 17 Yet my eye spared them, so that I de-
with the idols of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. stroyed them not: neither did I consume them
8 But they provoked me, and would not hear- in the desert.
ken to me: they did not every man cast away the 18 And I said to their children in the wilder-