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Prophecy of Ezechiel 1059

transgressors, and the wicked, and will bring of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold
them out of the land where they sojourn, and I will kindle a fire in thee, and will burn in thee
they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame
you shall know that I am the Lord. of the fire shall not be quenched: and every face
39 And as for you, O house of Israel: thus shall be burned in it, from the south even to the
saith the Lord God: Walk ye every one after north.
your idols, and serve them. But if in this also 48 And all flesh shall see, that I the Lord have
you hear me not, but defile my holy name any kindled it, and it shall not be quenched.
more with your gifts, and with your idols; 49 And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God: they
40 In my holy mountain, in the high mountain say of me: Doth not this man speak by parables?
of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the
house of Israel serve me; all of them I say, in the
land in which they shall please me, and there Chapter 21
will I require your firstfruits, and the chief of
your tithes with all your sanctifications.
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
41 I will accept of you for an odour of sweet-
2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem,
ness, when I shall have brought you out from the
and let thy speech flow towards the holy places,
people, and shall have gathered you out of the
and prophesy against the land of Israel:
lands into which you are scattered, and I will be
3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the
sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
Lord God: Behold I come against thee, and I
42 And you shall know that I am the Lord,
will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and
when I shall have brought you into the land of
will cut off in thee the just, and the wicked.
Israel, into the land for which I lifted up my hand
4 And forasmuch as I have cut off in thee the
to give it to your fathers.
just and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go
43 And there you shall remember your ways,
and all your wicked doings with which you have forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the
south even to the north.
been defiled; and you shall be displeased with
yourselves in your own sight, for all your wicked 5 That all flesh may know that I the Lord
deeds which you committed. have drawn my sword out of its sheath not to be
44 And you shall know that I am the Lord, turned back.
when I shall have done well by you for my own 6 And thou, son of man, mourn with the
name’s sake, and not according to your evil ways, breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh
nor according to your wicked deeds, O house of before them.
Israel, saith the Lord God. 7 And when they shall say to thee: Why
45 And the word of the Lord came to me, mournest thou? thou shalt say: For that which
saying: I hear: because it cometh, and every heart shall
46 Son of man, set thy face against the way melt, and all hands shall be made feeble, and ev-
of the south, and drop towards the south, and ery spirit shall faint, and water shall run down
prophesy against the forest of the south field. every knee: behold it cometh, and it shall be
47 And say to the south forest: Hear the word done, saith the Lord God.