Month: February 2020

A Prophecy of Egypt’s Ruin

1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day of the month, the word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, turn your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.

3 Speak to him and say: This is what the LordGodsays:

Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

the great monsterlying in the middle of his Nile,

who says, ‘My Nile is my own;

I made it for myself.’

4 I will put hooks in your jaws

and make the fish of your streams

cling to your scales.

I will haul you up

from the middle of your Nile,

and all the fish of your streams

will cling to your scales.

5 I will leave you in the desert,

you and all the fish of your streams.

You will fall on the open ground

and will not be taken away

or gathered for burial.

I have given you

to the beasts of the earth

and the birds of the sky as food.

6 Then all the inhabitants of Egypt

will know that I am Yahweh,

for theyhave been a staff made of reed

to the house of Israel.

7 When Israel grasped you by the hand,

you splintered,tearing all their shoulders;

when they leaned on you,

you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.

8 “Therefore this is what the LordGodsays: I am going to bring a swordagainst you and wipe out man and animal from you.

9 The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin.Then they will know that I am Yahweh. Because yousaid, ‘The Nile is my own; I made it,’

10 therefore, I am against you and your Nile. I will turn the land of Egypt into ruins, a desolate waste from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.

11 No human foot will pass through it, and no animal foot will pass through it.It will be uninhabited for 40 years.

12 I will make the land of Egypt a desolation amongdesolate lands, and its cities will be a desolation amongruined citiesfor 40 years. I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them across the countries.

13 “For this is what the LordGodsays: At the end of 40 years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were dispersed.

14 I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.

15 Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small they cannot rule over the nations.

16 It will never again be an object of trustfor the house of Israel, drawing attention to their sin of turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”

Babylon Receives Egypt as Compensation

17 In the twenty-seventh year in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of theLordcame to me:

18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor strenuously against Tyre.Every head was made bald and every shoulder chafed, but he and his army received no compensation from Tyre for the labor he expended against it.

19 Therefore this is what the LordGodsays: I am going to give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,who will carry off its wealth, seizing its spoil and taking its plunder. This will be his army’s compensation.

20 I have given him the land of Egypt as the pay he labored for, since they worked for Me.” This is the declaration of the LordGod.

21 “In that day I will cause a horn to sproutfor the house of Israel, and I will enable you to speak outamong them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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Egypt’s Doom

1 The word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, prophesy and say: This is what the LordGodsays:

Wail:Woe for the day!

3 For a day is near;

a day belonging to theLordis near.

It will be a day of clouds,

a time of doom for the nations.

4 A sword will come against Egypt,

and there will be anguish in Cush

when the slain fall in Egypt,

and its wealth is taken away,

and its foundations are torn down.

5 Cush, Put, and Lud,

and all the various foreign troops,

plus Libyaand the men of the covenant land

will fall by the sword along with them.

6 This is what theLordsays:

Those who support Egypt will fall,

and its proud strength will collapse.

From Migdol to Syene

they will fall within it by the sword.

This is the declaration of the LordGod.

7 They will be desolate

amongdesolate lands,

and their cities will lie

among ruinedcities.

8 They will know that I am Yahweh

when I set fire to Egypt

and all its allies are shattered.

9 On that day, messengers will go out from Me in shipsto terrify confident Cush. Anguish will come over them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For indeed it is coming.”

10 This is what the LordGodsays:

I will put an end to the hordesof Egypt

by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

11 He along with his people,

ruthless men from the nations,

will be brought in to destroy the land.

They will draw their swords against Egypt

and fill the land with the slain.

12 I will make the streams dry

and sell the land into the hands of evil men.

I will bring desolation

on the land and everything in it

by the hands of foreigners.

I, Yahweh, have spoken.

13 This is what the LordGodsays:

I will destroy the idols and put an end

to the false gods in Memphis.

There will no longer be

a prince from the land of Egypt.

So I will instill fear in that land.

14 I will make Pathrosdesolate,

set fire to Zoan,

and execute judgments on Thebes.

15 I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium,

the stronghold of Egypt,

and will wipe out the crowdsof Thebes.

16 I will set fire to Egypt;

Pelusium will writhe in anguish,

Thebes will be breached,

and Memphis will face foes in broad daylight.

17 The young men of Onand Pi-beseth

will fall by the sword,

and those citieswill go into captivity.

18 The day will be darkin Tehaphnehes,

when I break the yoke of Egypt there

and its proud strength

comes to an end in the city.

A cloudwill cover Tehaphnehes,

and its villages will go into captivity.

19 So I will execute judgments against Egypt,

and they will know that I am Yahweh.

Pharaoh’s Power Broken

20 In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of theLordcame to me:

21 “Son of man, I have broken the armof Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged — no medicine has been applied and no splint put on to bandage it so that it can grow strong enough to handle a sword.

22 Therefore this is what the LordGodsays: Look! I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

23 I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

24 I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My swordin his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him as a mortally wounded man.

25 I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king, but Pharaoh’s arms will fall. They will know that I am Yahweh when I place My sword in the hand of Babylon’s king and he wields it against the land of Egypt.

26 When I disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries, they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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Downfall of Egypt and Assyria

1 In the eleventh year,in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes:

Who are you like in your greatness?

3 Think of Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon,

with beautiful branches and shady foliage

and of lofty height.

Its top was among the clouds.

4 The waters caused it to grow;

the underground springs made it tall,

directing their rivers all around

the place where the tree was planted

and sending their channels

to all the trees of the field.

5 Therefore the cedar became greater in height

than all the trees of the field.

Its branches multiplied,

and its boughs grew long

as it spread them out

because of the plentiful water.

6 All the birds of the sky

nested in its branches,

and all the animals of the field

gave birth beneath its boughs;

all the great nations lived in its shade.

7 It was beautiful in its greatness,

in the length of its limbs,

for its roots extended to abundant water.

8 The cedars in God’s garden could not rival it;

the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches,

nor could the plane trees match its boughs.

No tree in the garden of God

could compare with it in beauty.

9 I made it beautiful with its many limbs,

and all the trees of Eden,

which were in God’s garden, envied it.

10 “Therefore this is what the LordGodsays: Since itbecame great in height and set its top among the clouds,and itgrew proudon account of its height,

11 I determined to hand it over to a ruler of nations;he would surely deal with it. I banished it because of its wickedness.

12 Foreigners, ruthless men from the nations,cut it down and left it lying. Its limbs fell on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. All the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

13 All the birds of the sky nested on its fallen trunk, and all the animals of the field were among its boughs.

14 This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds,and so that no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the underworld, among the people who descend to the Pit.

15 “This is what the LordGodsays: I caused grieving on the day the cedar went down to Sheol.I closed off the underground deep because of it:I held back the rivers of the deep, and its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn on account of it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

16 I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I threw it down to Sheol to be with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden,all the well-watered trees, the choice and best of Lebanon, were comfortedin the underworld.

17 They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its alliesthey had lived in its shade among the nations.

18 “Who then are you like in glory and greatness among Eden’s trees? You also will be brought down to the underworld to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised with those slain by the sword.This is Pharaoh and all his hordes” — the declaration of the LordGod.

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A Lament for Pharaoh

1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, lamentfor Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

You compare yourself to a lion of the nations,

butyou are like a monsterin the seas.

You thrash about in your rivers,

churn up the waters with your feet,

and muddy therivers.”

3 This is what the LordGodsays:

I will spread My net over you

with an assembly of many peoples,

and theywill haul you up in My net.

4 I will abandon you on the land

and hurl you on the open field.

I will cause all the birds of the sky

to settle on you

and let the beasts of the entire earth

eat their fill of you.

5 I will put your flesh on the mountains

and fill the valleys with your carcass.

6 I will drench the land

with the flow of your blood,

even to the mountains;

the ravines will be filled with your gore.

7 When I snuff you out,

I will cover the heavens

and darken their stars.

I will cover the sun with a cloud,

and the moon will not give its light.

8 I will darken all the shining lights

in the heavens over you,

and will bring darkness on your land.

This is the declaration of the LordGod.

9 I will trouble the hearts of many peoples,

when I bring about your destruction

among the nations,

in countries you do not know.

10 I will cause many nations to be appalled at you,

and their kings will shudder with fear because of you

when I brandish My sword in front of them.

On the day of your downfall

each of them will tremble

every momentfor his life.

11 For this is what the LordGodsays:

The sword of Babylon’s king

will come against you!

12 I will make your hordes fall

by the swords of warriors,

all of them ruthless men from the nations.

They will ravage Egypt’s pride,

and all its hordes will be destroyed.

13 I will slaughter all its cattle

that are beside many waters.

No human foot will churn them again,

and no cattle hooves will disturb them.

14 Then I will let their waters settle

and will make their rivers flow like oil.

This is the declaration of the LordGod.

15 When I make the land of Egypt a desolation,

so that it is emptied of everything in it,

when I strike down all who live there,

then they will know that I am Yahweh.

16 “This is a lament that will be chanted;the women of the nations will chant it. They will chant it over Egypt and all its hordes.” This is the declaration of the LordGod.

Egypt in Sheol

17 In the twelfth year,on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of theLordcame to me:

18 “Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and bring Egypt and the daughters of mighty nations down to the underworld,to be with those who descend to the Pit:

19 Who do you surpass in loveliness?

Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!

20 They will fall among those slain by the sword.

A sword is appointed!

They drag her and all her hordes away.

21 Warrior leaders will speak

from the middle of Sheol

about himand his allies:

They have come down;

the uncircumcised lie

slain by the sword.

22 Assyria is there with all her company;

her graves are all around her.

All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.

23 Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit,

and her company is all around her burial place.

All of them are slain, fallen by the sword —

those who once spread terror

in the land of the living.

24 Elamis there

with all her hordes around her grave.

All of them are slain, fallen by the sword —

those who went down to the underworlduncircumcised,

who once spread their terror

in the land of the living.

They bear their disgrace

with those who descend to the Pit.

25 Among the slain

they prepare a resting place for Elam

with all her hordes.

Her graves are all around her.

All of them are uncircumcised,

slain by the sword,

although their terror was once spread

in the land of the living.

They bear their disgrace

with those who descend to the Pit.

They are placed among the slain.

26 Meshech and Tubalare there,

with all their hordes.

Their graves are all around them.

All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword,

although their terror was once spread

in the land of the living.

27 They do not lie down

with the fallen warriors of the uncircumcised,

who went down to Sheol

with their weapons of war,

whose swords were placed under their heads.

The punishment for their sins

rested on their bones,

although the terror of these warriors

was once in the land of the living.

28 But you will be shattered

and will lie down among the uncircumcised,

with those slain by the sword.

29 Edomis there, her kings and all her princes,

who, despite their strength, have been placed

among those slain by the sword.

They lie down with the uncircumcised,

with those who descend to the Pit.

30 All the leaders of the north

and all the Sidoniansare there.

They went down in shame with the slain,

despite the terror their strength inspired.

They lie down uncircumcised

with those slain by the sword.

They bear their disgrace

with those who descend to the Pit.

31 Pharaoh will see them

and be comfortedover all his hordes —

Pharaoh and all his army,

slain by the sword.

This is the declaration of the LordGod.

32 For I will spread Myterror

in the land of the living,

so Pharaoh and all his hordes

will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised,

with those slain by the sword.”

This is the declaration of the LordGod.

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Ezekiel as Israel’s Watchman

1 The word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land select a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,

3 and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows his trumpetto warn the people.

4 Then, if anyone hears the sound of the trumpet but ignores the warning,and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

5 Since he heard the sound of the trumpet but ignored the warning, his blood is on his own hands.If he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.

6 However, if the watchman sees the sword coming but doesn’t blow the trumpet, so that the people aren’t warned, and the sword comes and takes away their lives, then they have been taken away because of their iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.

7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel.When you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

8 If I say to the wicked, ‘Wicked one, you will surely die,’but you do not speak out to warn him about his way, that wicked person will die for his iniquity, yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

9 But if you warn a wicked person to turn from his way and he doesn’t turn from it, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

10 “Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel: You have said this, ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy on us, and we are wasting away because of them!How then can we survive? ’

11 Tell them: As I live” — the declaration of the LordGod— “I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live.Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel?

12 “Now, son of man, say to your people: The righteousness of the righteous person will not save him on the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked person cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. The righteous person won’t be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.

13 When I tell the righteous person that he will surely live, but he trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteousness will be remembered, and he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

14 “So when I tell the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but he repents of his sin and does what is just and right —

15 he returns collateral, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of lifewithout practicing iniquity — he will certainly live; he will not die.

16 None of the sins he committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.

17 “But your people say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair,’even though it is their own way that isn’t fair.

18 When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die on account of this.

19 But if a wicked person turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.

20 Yet you say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair.’ I will judge each of you according to his ways, house of Israel.”

The News of Jerusalem’s Fall

21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken! ”

22 Now the hand of theLordhad been on me the evening before the fugitive arrived, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.

Israel’s Continued Rebellion

23 Then the word of theLordcame to me:

24 “Son of man, those who live in theruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one person,yet he received possession of the land.But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’

25 Therefore say to them: This is what the LordGodsays: You eat meat with blood in it,raise your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then receive possession of the land?

26 You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then receive possession of the land?

27 “Tell them this: This is what the LordGodsays: As surely as I live, those who are in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I have given to wild animals to be devoured, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.

28 I will make the land a desolate waste,and its proud strength will come to an end.The mountains of Israelwill become desolate, with no one passing through.

29 They will know that I am Yahweh when I make the land a desolate waste because of all the detestable acts they have committed.

30 “Now, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One person speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear what the message is that comes from theLord! ’

31 So My people come to you in crowds,sit in front of you, and hear your words, but they don’t obey them. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest profit.

32 Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don’t obey them.

33 Yet when it comes— and it will definitely come — then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

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The Shepherds and God’s Flock

1 The word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and say to them: This is what the LordGodsays to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who have been feeding themselves!Shouldn’t the shepherds feed their flock?

3 You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.

4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost.Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

5 They were scattered for lack of a shepherd;they became food for all the wild animalswhen they were scattered.

6 My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill.They were scattered over the whole face of the earth, and there was no one searching or seeking for them.

7 “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of theLord.

8 As I live” — the declaration of the LordGod— “because My flock has become prey and food for every wild animal since they lack a shepherd, for My shepherds do not search for My flock, and because the shepherds feed themselves rather than My flock,

9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of theLord!

10 “This is what the LordGodsays: Look, I am against the shepherds.I will demand My flock from themand prevent them from shepherding the flock. The shepherds will no longer feed themselves, for I will rescue My flock from their mouths so that they will not be food for them.

11 “For this is what the LordGodsays: See, I Myself will search for My flock and look for them.

12 As a shepherd looks for his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scatteredon a cloudy and dark day.

13 I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the land.

14 I will tend them with good pasture, and their grazing place will be on Israel’s lofty mountains. There they will lie down in a good grazing place; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

15 I will tend My flock and let them lie down.”This is the declaration of the LordGod.

16 “I will seek the lost,bring back the strays, bandage the injured,and strengthen the weak, but I will destroythe fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.

17 “The LordGodsays to you, My flock: I am going to judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and male goats.

18 Isn’t it enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Or isn’t it enough that you drink the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?

19 Yet My flock has to feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied.

20 “Therefore, this is what the LordGodsays to them: See, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

21 Since you have pushed with flank and shoulder and butted all the weak ones with your horns until you scattered them all over,

22 I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey for you. I will judge between one sheep and another.

23 I will appoint over them a single shepherd, My servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.

24 I, Yahweh, will be their God, and My servant Davidwill be a prince among them. I, Yahweh, have spoken.

25 “I will make a covenant of peacewith them and eliminate dangerous animalsin the land, so that they may live securelyin the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

26 I will make them and the area around My hilla blessing: I will send down showers in their season— showersof blessing.

27 The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. They will know that I am Yahweh when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslave them.

28 They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the wild animals of the land will not consume them. They will live securely, and no one will frighten them.

29 I will establish for them a place renowned for its agriculture,and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land. They will no longer endure the insults of the nations.

30 Then they will know that I, Yahweh their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people.”This is the declaration of the LordGod.

31 “You are My flock, the human flock of My pasture, and I am your God.” This is the declaration of the LordGod.

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A Prophecy against Edom

1 The word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, turn your face toward Mount Seirand prophesy against it.

3 Say to it: This is what the LordGodsays:

Look! I am against you, Mount Seir.

I will stretch out My hand against you

and make you a desolate waste.

4 I will turn your cities into ruins,

and you will become a desolation.

Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

5 “Because you maintained an ancient hatredand handed over the Israelites to the power of the sword in the time of their disaster, the time of final punishment,

6 therefore, as I live” — this is the declaration of the LordGod— “I will destine you for bloodshed, and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

7 I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.

8 I will fill its mountains with the slain;those slain by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

9 I will make you a perpetual desolation; your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

10 “Because you said, ‘These two nations and two lands will be mine, and we will possess them’ — though theLordwas there—

11 therefore, as I live” — the declaration of the LordGod— “I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them. I will make Myself known among themwhen I judge you.

12 Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all the blasphemies you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are desolate. They have been given to us to devour!’

13 You boasted against Mewith your mouth, and spoke many words against Me. I heard it Myself!

14 “This is what the LordGodsays: While the whole world rejoices, I will make you a desolation.

15 Just as you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it became a desolation, so I will deal with you: you will become a desolation, Mount Seir, and so will all Edom in its entirety. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

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Restoration of Israel’s Mountains

1 “Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of theLord.

2 This is what the LordGodsays: Because the enemy has said about you, ‘Good!The ancient heightshave become our possession,’

3 therefore, prophesy and say: This is what the LordGodsays: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you from every side, so that you became a possession for the rest of the nations and an object of people’s gossip and slander,

4 therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LordGod. This is what the LordGodsays to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become plunderand a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.

5 “This is what the LordGodsays: Certainly in My burning zeal I speak against the rest of the nations and all of Edom,who tookMy land as their own possession with wholehearted rejoicing and utter contemptso that its pastureland becameplunder.

6 Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: This is what the LordGodsays: Look, I speak in My burning zealbecause you have endured the insults of the nations.

7 Therefore this is what the LordGodsays: I swearthat the nations all around you will endure their own insults.

8 “You, mountains of Israel, will produce your branchesand bear your fruit for My people Israel, since their arrival is near.

9 Look! I am on your side; I will turn toward you,and you will be tilled and sown.

10 I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety.The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt.

11 I will fill you with people and animals,and they will increase and be fruitful. I will make you inhabited as you once were and make you better off than you were before. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

12 I will cause people, My people Israel, to walk on you; they will possess you,and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer deprive them of their children.

13 “This is what the LordGodsays: Because people are saying to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of children,’

14 therefore, you will no longer devour men and deprive your nation of children.”This is the declaration of the LordGod.

15 “I will no longer allow the insults of the nations to be heard against you, and you will not have to endure the reproach of the peoples anymore;you will no longer cause your nation to stumble.”This is the declaration of the LordGod.

Restoration of Israel’s People

16 The word of theLordcame to me:

17 “Son of man, while the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions.Their behavior before Me was like menstrual impurity.

18 So I poured out My wrathon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols.

19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered among the countries.I judged them according to their conduct and actions.

20 When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name,because it was said about them, ‘These are the people of Yahweh, yet they had to leave His land in exile.’

21 Then I had concern for My holy name,which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

22 “Therefore, say to the house of Israel: This is what the LordGodsays: It is not for your sake that I will act,house of Israel, but for My holy name,which you profaned among the nations where you went.

23 I will honor the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations — the name you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am Yahweh” — the declaration of the LordGod— “when I demonstrate My holiness through you in their sight.

24 “For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.

25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean.I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you;I will remove your heart of stoneand give you a heart of flesh.

27 I will place My Spirit within youand cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe My ordinances.

28 Then you will live in the land that I gave your fathers;you will be My people, and I will be your God.

29 I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and will not bring famine on you.

30 I will also make the fruit of the trees and the produce of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer experience reproach among the nations on account of famine.

31 “Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good,and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and detestable practices.

32 It is not for your sake that I will act”— the declaration of the LordGod— “let this be known to you. Be ashamed and humiliated because of your ways, house of Israel!

33 “This is what the LordGodsays: On the day I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the ruins will be rebuilt.

34 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.

35 Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden.The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

36 Then the nations that remain around you will know that I, Yahweh, have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I, Yahweh, have spoken and I will do it.

37 “This is what the LordGodsays: I will respond to the house of Israel and do this for them:I will multiply them in number like a flock.

38 So the ruined cities will be filled with a flock of people, just as the flock of sheep for sacrificeis filledin Jerusalem during its appointed festivals. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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The Valley of Dry Bones

1 The hand of theLordwas on me,and He brought me out by His Spiritand set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.

2 He led me all around them. There were a great many of them on the surface of the valley, and they were very dry.

3 Then He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live? ”

I replied, “LordGod, only You know.”

4 He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of theLord!

5 This is what the LordGodsays to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.

6 I will put tendons on you, make flesh grow on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you so that you come to life. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”

7 So I prophesied as I had been commanded. While I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

8 As I looked, tendons appeared on them, flesh grew, and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath,prophesy, son of man. Say to it: This is what the LordGodsays: Breath, come from the four winds and breathe into these slain so that they may live! ”

10 So I prophesied as He commanded me; the breathentered them,and they came to life and stood on their feet, a vast army.

11 Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel.Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up,and our hope has perished;we are cut off.’

12 Therefore, prophesy and say to them: This is what the LordGodsays: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them,My people, and lead you into the land of Israel.

13 You will know that I am Yahweh, My people, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.

14 I will put My Spirit in you,and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I am Yahweh. I have spoken, and I will do it.”This is the declaration of theLord.

The Reunification of Israel

15 The word of theLordcame to me:

16 “Son of man, take a single stick and write on it:Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him. Then take another stick and write on it: Belonging to Joseph — the stick of Ephraim — and all the house of Israel associated with him.

17 Then join them together into a single stick so that they become one in your hand.

18 When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these things? ’—

19 tell them: This is what the LordGodsays: I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick so that they become one in My hand.

20 “When the sticks you have written on are in your hand and in full view of the people,

21 tell them: This is what the LordGodsays: I am going to take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone.I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.

22 I will make them one nation in the land,on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them.They will no longer be two nations and will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.

23 They will not defile themselves anymore with their idols,their detestable things, and all their transgressions.I will save them from all their apostasies by whichthey sinned,and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.

24 My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them.They will follow My ordinances, and keep My statutes and obey them.

25 “They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob,where your fathers lived. They will live in it forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.

26 I will make a covenant of peace with them;it will be an everlasting covenantwith them. I will establish and multiply them and will set My sanctuary among them forever.

27 My dwelling place will be with them;I will be their God, and they will be My people.

28 When My sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, Yahweh, sanctify Israel.”

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The Defeat of Gog

1 The word of theLordcame to me:

2 “Son of man, turn your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog,the chief prince ofMeshech and Tubal.Prophesy against him

3 and say: This is what the LordGodsays: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

4 I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws,and bring you out with all your army, including horses and riders,who are all splendidly dressed, a huge company armed with shields and bucklers, all of them brandishing swords.

5 Persia,Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shields and helmets;

6 Gomerwith all its troops; and Beth-togarmahfrom the remotest parts of the north along with all its troops — many peoples are with you.

7 “Be prepared and get yourself ready, you and all your company who have been mobilized around you; you will be their guard.

8 After a long time you will be summoned. In the last years you will enter a land that has been restored from warand regathered from many peoples to the mountains of Israel, which had long been a ruin.They were brought out from the peoples, and all of them now live securely.

9 You, all of your troops, and many peoples with you will advance, coming like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.

10 “This is what the LordGodsays: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

11 You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of open villages; I will come against a tranquil people who are living securely,all of them living without walls and without bars or gates—

12 in order to seize spoil and carry off plunder,to turn your hand against ruins now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have been acquiring cattle and possessions and who live at the center of the world.’

13 Shebaand Dedanand the merchants of Tarshishwith all its rulerswill ask you, ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your hordes to carry off plunder, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions, to seize great spoil? ’

14 “Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: This is what the LordGodsays: On that day when My people Israel are dwelling securely,will you not know this

15 and come from your place in the remotest parts of the north— you and many peoples with you, who are all riding horses — a mighty horde, a huge army?

16 You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the last days, Gog, that I will bring you against My land so that the nations may know Me, when I show Myself holy through you in their sight.

17 “This is what the LordGodsays: Are you the one I spoke about in former times through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who for years prophesied in those times that I would bring you against them?

18 Now on that day, the day when Gog comes against the land of Israel” — this is the declaration of the LordGod— “My wrath will flare up.

19 I swear in My zeal and fiery rage:On that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

20 The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, every creature that crawls on the ground, and every human being on the face of the earth will tremble before Me. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.

21 I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains” — the declaration of the LordGod— “and every man’s sword will be against his brother.

22 I will execute judgment on him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone on him, as well as his troops and the many peoples who are with him.

23 I will display My greatness and holiness, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations.Then they will know that I am Yahweh.

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