In Egypt and in the wilderness
And in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to ask the LORD and sat down before me. Then the LORD spoke to me: “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them: This is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to enquire of me? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.” Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Make them know the disgusting things their fathers did. And say to them: This is what the Lord GOD says. On the day I chose Israel and lifted my hand to the offspring of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt — when I lifted my hand to them and said, I'm the LORD your God — On that day I lifted my hand to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I'd spotted for them, flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands. Then I said to them: Every man, throw away the disgusting things your eyes are on, and don't make yourselves filthy with the idols of Egypt. I'm the LORD your God. But they rebelled against me and would not listen. No one cast away the disgusting things before their eyes, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them there in the land of Egypt. But I acted for the sake of my name, so it wouldn't be treated as common before the nations they were among — those I'd made myself known to before, by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. And I gave them my rules and let them know my judgments — those a man does and lives by. And I gave them my sabbaths too, to be a sign between me and them, so they'd know that I'm the LORD who sets them apart. But the people of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn't live by my rules and they rejected my judgments — those a man does and lives by — and they made my sabbaths very common. Then I said I'd pour out my fury on them in the wilderness to destroy them. But I acted for my name’s sake, so it would not be polluted before the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. But I also lifted my hand to them in the wilderness, that I wouldn't bring them into the land I'd given them, flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands — Because they rejected my judgments and didn't live by my rules and made my sabbaths common. Because their heart went after their idols. But my eye spared them and I didn't destroy them. I didn't make a full end of them in the wilderness. But I said to their children in the wilderness: Don't live by the rules of your fathers or keep their judgments or make yourselves filthy with their idols. I'm the LORD your God. Live by my rules and keep my judgments and do them, And keep my sabbaths holy. And they'll be a sign between me and you, so you know that I'm the LORD your God. But the children rebelled against me. They did not live by my rules or keep my judgments to do them — which, if a man does, he will live in them — and they polluted my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. But I pulled my hand back and acted for the sake of my name, so it wouldn't be treated as common before the nations, those I'd brought them out before. I lifted my hand to them in the wilderness too, that I'd scatter them among the nations and spread them through the countries — Because they hadn't done my judgments but rejected my rules and made my sabbaths common, and their eyes were on their fathers' idols. So I gave them rules that weren't good and judgments they couldn't live by. And I made them filthy in their own gifts, when they made everything that opens the womb go through the fire — so I could make them a desolation, so they'd know that I'm the LORD.
And in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to ask the Lord and sat down in front of me. Then the word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them: This is what the Lord God says. Have you come to ask me? As surely as I live, I won't be asked by you, says the Lord God. Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Make them know the disgusting things their fathers did. And say to them: This is what the Lord God says. On the day I chose Israel and lifted my hand to the offspring of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt — when I lifted my hand to them and said, I'm the Lord your God — on that day I lifted my hand to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I'd spotted for them, flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands. Then I said to them: Every man, throw away the disgusting things your eyes are on, and don't make yourselves filthy with the idols of Egypt. I'm the Lord your God. But they rebelled against me and wouldn't listen to me. Nobody threw away the disgusting things their eyes were on, and they didn't leave the idols of Egypt. Then I said I'd pour out my fury on them to finish my anger on them right there in the land of Egypt. But I acted for the sake of my name, so it wouldn't be treated as common in front of the nations they were among — the ones I'd made myself known to in front of, by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. And I gave them my rules and let them know my judgments — the ones a man does and lives by. And I gave them my sabbaths too, to be a sign between me and them, so they'd know that I'm the Lord who sets them apart. But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn't walk in my rules and they knocked back my judgments — the ones a man does and lives by — and they made my sabbaths very common. Then I said I'd pour out my fury on them in the wilderness to finish them off. But I acted for the sake of my name, so it wouldn't be treated as common in front of the nations, the ones I'd brought them out in front of. But I also lifted my hand to them in the wilderness, that I wouldn't bring them into the land I'd given them, flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands — because they knocked back my judgments and didn't walk in my rules and made my sabbaths common. Because their heart went after their idols. But my eye spared them and I didn't wreck them. I didn't make a full end of them in the wilderness. But I said to their children in the wilderness: Don't walk in the rules of your fathers or keep their judgments or make yourselves filthy with their idols. I'm the Lord your God. Walk in my rules and keep my judgments and do them, and keep my sabbaths holy. And they'll be a sign between me and you, so you know that I'm the Lord your God. But the children rebelled against me. They didn't walk in my rules and didn't keep my judgments to do them — the ones a man does and lives by — and they made my sabbaths common. Then I said I'd pour out my fury on them to finish my anger on them in the wilderness. But I pulled my hand back and acted for the sake of my name, so it wouldn't be treated as common in front of the nations, the ones I'd brought them out in front of. I lifted my hand to them in the wilderness too, that I'd scatter them among the nations and spread them through the countries — because they hadn't done my judgments but knocked back my rules and made my sabbaths common, and their eyes were on their fathers' idols. So I gave them rules that weren't good and judgments they couldn't live by. And I made them filthy in their own gifts, when they made everything that opens the womb go through the fire — so I could make them a wreck, so they'd know that I'm the Lord.
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me. Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols. Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
And in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to ask the LORD and sat down before me.
And in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to ask the Lord and sat down in front of me.
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me.
Then the LORD spoke to me:
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them: This is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to enquire of me? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.”
Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them: This is what the Lord God says. Have you come to ask me? As surely as I live, I won't be asked by you, says the Lord God.
Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Make them know the disgusting things their fathers did.
Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers:
And say to them: This is what the Lord GOD says. On the day I chose Israel and lifted my hand to the offspring of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt — when I lifted my hand to them and said, I'm the LORD your God —
And say to them: This is what the Lord God says. On the day I chose Israel and lifted my hand to the offspring of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt — when I lifted my hand to them and said, I'm the Lord your God —
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
On that day I lifted my hand to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I'd spotted for them, flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands.
on that day I lifted my hand to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I'd spotted for them, flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands.
In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
Then I said to them: Every man, throw away the disgusting things your eyes are on, and don't make yourselves filthy with the idols of Egypt. I'm the LORD your God.
Then I said to them: Every man, throw away the disgusting things your eyes are on, and don't make yourselves filthy with the idols of Egypt. I'm the Lord your God.
Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
But they rebelled against me and would not listen. No one cast away the disgusting things before their eyes, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them there in the land of Egypt.
But they rebelled against me and wouldn't listen to me. Nobody threw away the disgusting things their eyes were on, and they didn't leave the idols of Egypt. Then I said I'd pour out my fury on them to finish my anger on them right there in the land of Egypt.
But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
But I acted for the sake of my name, so it wouldn't be treated as common before the nations they were among — those I'd made myself known to before, by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
But I acted for the sake of my name, so it wouldn't be treated as common in front of the nations they were among — the ones I'd made myself known to in front of, by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
And I gave them my rules and let them know my judgments — those a man does and lives by.
And I gave them my rules and let them know my judgments — the ones a man does and lives by.
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
And I gave them my sabbaths too, to be a sign between me and them, so they'd know that I'm the LORD who sets them apart.
And I gave them my sabbaths too, to be a sign between me and them, so they'd know that I'm the Lord who sets them apart.
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
But the people of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn't live by my rules and they rejected my judgments — those a man does and lives by — and they made my sabbaths very common. Then I said I'd pour out my fury on them in the wilderness to destroy them.
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They didn't walk in my rules and they knocked back my judgments — the ones a man does and lives by — and they made my sabbaths very common. Then I said I'd pour out my fury on them in the wilderness to finish them off.
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
But I acted for my name’s sake, so it would not be polluted before the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
But I acted for the sake of my name, so it wouldn't be treated as common in front of the nations, the ones I'd brought them out in front of.
But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
But I also lifted my hand to them in the wilderness, that I wouldn't bring them into the land I'd given them, flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands —
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Because they rejected my judgments and didn't live by my rules and made my sabbaths common. Because their heart went after their idols.
because they knocked back my judgments and didn't walk in my rules and made my sabbaths common. Because their heart went after their idols.
Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
But my eye spared them and I didn't destroy them. I didn't make a full end of them in the wilderness.
But my eye spared them and I didn't wreck them. I didn't make a full end of them in the wilderness.
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
But I said to their children in the wilderness: Don't live by the rules of your fathers or keep their judgments or make yourselves filthy with their idols.
But I said to their children in the wilderness: Don't walk in the rules of your fathers or keep their judgments or make yourselves filthy with their idols.
But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
I'm the LORD your God. Live by my rules and keep my judgments and do them,
I'm the Lord your God. Walk in my rules and keep my judgments and do them,
I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
And keep my sabbaths holy. And they'll be a sign between me and you, so you know that I'm the LORD your God.
and keep my sabbaths holy. And they'll be a sign between me and you, so you know that I'm the Lord your God.
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
But the children rebelled against me. They did not live by my rules or keep my judgments to do them — which, if a man does, he will live in them — and they polluted my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
But the children rebelled against me. They didn't walk in my rules and didn't keep my judgments to do them — the ones a man does and lives by — and they made my sabbaths common. Then I said I'd pour out my fury on them to finish my anger on them in the wilderness.
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
But I pulled my hand back and acted for the sake of my name, so it wouldn't be treated as common before the nations, those I'd brought them out before.
But I pulled my hand back and acted for the sake of my name, so it wouldn't be treated as common in front of the nations, the ones I'd brought them out in front of.
Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.
I lifted my hand to them in the wilderness too, that I'd scatter them among the nations and spread them through the countries —
I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
Because they hadn't done my judgments but rejected my rules and made my sabbaths common, and their eyes were on their fathers' idols.
because they hadn't done my judgments but knocked back my rules and made my sabbaths common, and their eyes were on their fathers' idols.
Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ idols.
So I gave them rules that weren't good and judgments they couldn't live by.
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
And I made them filthy in their own gifts, when they made everything that opens the womb go through the fire — so I could make them a desolation, so they'd know that I'm the LORD.
And I made them filthy in their own gifts, when they made everything that opens the womb go through the fire — so I could make them a wreck, so they'd know that I'm the Lord.
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
What you say won't happen
So speak to the people of Israel, son of man, and tell them: This is what the Lord GOD says. Your fathers insulted me in this too, by breaking faith with me. Because when I'd brought them into the land I'd lifted my hand to give them, then they looked at every high hill and every thick tree, and they offered their sacrifices there and brought their stirring offerings there. They put their sweet aromas there and poured out their drink offerings there. Then I said to them: What's this high place you go to? And its name is called Bamah to this day. So tell the people of Israel: This is what the Lord GOD says. Are you making yourselves filthy the way your fathers did, and going whoring after the disgusting things they had? When you offer your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day. And should I be enquired of by you, people of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. And what comes into your mind won't happen at all — that you say, We'll be like the nations, like the families of the countries, serving wood and stone. As surely as I live, says the Lord GOD, I'll rule over you with a strong hand and an outstretched arm and with fury poured out. And I'll bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries you're scattered in, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm and with fury poured out. I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead with you face to face. The way I took it up with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, that's how I'll take it up with you, says the Lord GOD. And I'll make you go under the rod, and I'll bring you into the bond of the covenant. And I'll clear out the rebels from among you, and those who step over the line against me. I'll bring them out of the country where they're living, and they won't come into the land of Israel. And you'll know that I'm the LORD. As for you, people of Israel — this is what the Lord GOD says. Go and serve your idols, every one of you, now and later, if you won't listen to me. But don't make my holy name common any more with your gifts and your idols. Because on my holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel, says the Lord GOD, that's where the whole people of Israel, all of them in the land, will serve me. That's where I'll accept them, and that's where I'll want your offerings and the first of your gifts, with all your holy things. I'll accept you with a pleasing aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries you've been scattered in. And my holiness will be shown through you before the eyes of the nations. And you'll know that I'm the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country I lifted my hand to give your fathers. And you'll remember your ways there, and everything you did that made you filthy. And you'll loathe yourselves in your own sight for all the evils you've done. And you'll know that I'm the LORD, when I've dealt with you for my name's sake and not according to your wicked ways or your rotten doings, people of Israel, says the Lord GOD.
So speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them: This is what the Lord God says. Your fathers insulted me in this too, by breaking faith with me. Because when I'd brought them into the land I'd lifted my hand to give them, then they looked at every high hill and every thick tree, and they offered their sacrifices there and brought their stirring offerings there. They put their pleasing smells there and poured out their drink offerings there. Then I said to them: What's this high place you go to? And its name is called Bamah to this day. So tell the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says. Are you making yourselves filthy the way your fathers did, and going whoring after the disgusting things they had? When you bring your gifts, when you make your sons go through the fire, you make yourselves filthy with all your idols right up to this day. And should I be asked by you, house of Israel? As surely as I live, says the Lord God, I won't be asked by you. And what comes into your mind won't happen at all — that you say, We'll be like the nations, like the families of the countries, serving wood and stone. As surely as I live, says the Lord God, I'll rule over you with a strong hand and an outstretched arm and with fury poured out. And I'll bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries you're scattered in, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm and with fury poured out. And I'll bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and I'll take it up with you there face to face. The way I took it up with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, that's how I'll take it up with you, says the Lord God. And I'll make you go under the rod, and I'll bring you into the bond of the covenant. And I'll clear out the rebels from among you, and the ones who step over the line against me. I'll bring them out of the country where they're living, and they won't come into the land of Israel. And you'll know that I'm the Lord. As for you, house of Israel — this is what the Lord God says. Go and serve your idols, every one of you, now and later, if you won't listen to me. But don't make my holy name common any more with your gifts and your idols. Because on my holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel, says the Lord God, that's where the whole house of Israel, all of them in the land, will serve me. That's where I'll accept them, and that's where I'll want your offerings and the first of your gifts, with all your holy things. I'll accept you with a pleasing smell when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries you've been scattered in. And I'll be made holy in you in front of the eyes of the nations. And you'll know that I'm the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country I lifted my hand to give your fathers. And you'll remember your ways there, and everything you did that made you filthy. And you'll loathe yourselves in your own sight for all the evils you've done. And you'll know that I'm the Lord, when I've dealt with you for my name's sake and not according to your wicked ways or your rotten doings, house of Israel, says the Lord God.
Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings. Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day. Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations? For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
So speak to the people of Israel, son of man, and tell them: This is what the Lord GOD says. Your fathers insulted me in this too, by breaking faith with me.
So speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them: This is what the Lord God says. Your fathers insulted me in this too, by breaking faith with me.
Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
Because when I'd brought them into the land I'd lifted my hand to give them, then they looked at every high hill and every thick tree, and they offered their sacrifices there and brought their stirring offerings there. They put their sweet aromas there and poured out their drink offerings there.
Because when I'd brought them into the land I'd lifted my hand to give them, then they looked at every high hill and every thick tree, and they offered their sacrifices there and brought their stirring offerings there. They put their pleasing smells there and poured out their drink offerings there.
For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
Then I said to them: What's this high place you go to? And its name is called Bamah to this day.
Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
So tell the people of Israel: This is what the Lord GOD says. Are you making yourselves filthy the way your fathers did, and going whoring after the disgusting things they had?
So tell the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says. Are you making yourselves filthy the way your fathers did, and going whoring after the disgusting things they had?
Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations?
When you offer your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day. And should I be enquired of by you, people of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
When you bring your gifts, when you make your sons go through the fire, you make yourselves filthy with all your idols right up to this day. And should I be asked by you, house of Israel? As surely as I live, says the Lord God, I won't be asked by you.
For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
And what comes into your mind won't happen at all — that you say, We'll be like the nations, like the families of the countries, serving wood and stone.
And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
As surely as I live, says the Lord GOD, I'll rule over you with a strong hand and an outstretched arm and with fury poured out.
As surely as I live, says the Lord God, I'll rule over you with a strong hand and an outstretched arm and with fury poured out.
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
And I'll bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries you're scattered in, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm and with fury poured out.
And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will plead with you face to face.
And I'll bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and I'll take it up with you there face to face.
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
The way I took it up with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, that's how I'll take it up with you, says the Lord GOD.
The way I took it up with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, that's how I'll take it up with you, says the Lord God.
Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD.
And I'll make you go under the rod, and I'll bring you into the bond of the covenant.
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
And I'll clear out the rebels from among you, and those who step over the line against me. I'll bring them out of the country where they're living, and they won't come into the land of Israel. And you'll know that I'm the LORD.
And I'll clear out the rebels from among you, and the ones who step over the line against me. I'll bring them out of the country where they're living, and they won't come into the land of Israel. And you'll know that I'm the Lord.
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
As for you, people of Israel — this is what the Lord GOD says. Go and serve your idols, every one of you, now and later, if you won't listen to me. But don't make my holy name common any more with your gifts and your idols.
As for you, house of Israel — this is what the Lord God says. Go and serve your idols, every one of you, now and later, if you won't listen to me. But don't make my holy name common any more with your gifts and your idols.
As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
Because on my holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel, says the Lord GOD, that's where the whole people of Israel, all of them in the land, will serve me. That's where I'll accept them, and that's where I'll want your offerings and the first of your gifts, with all your holy things.
Because on my holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel, says the Lord God, that's where the whole house of Israel, all of them in the land, will serve me. That's where I'll accept them, and that's where I'll want your offerings and the first of your gifts, with all your holy things.
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
I'll accept you with a pleasing aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries you've been scattered in. And my holiness will be shown through you before the eyes of the nations.
I'll accept you with a pleasing smell when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries you've been scattered in. And I'll be made holy in you in front of the eyes of the nations.
I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
And you'll know that I'm the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country I lifted my hand to give your fathers.
And you'll know that I'm the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country I lifted my hand to give your fathers.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.
And you'll remember your ways there, and everything you did that made you filthy. And you'll loathe yourselves in your own sight for all the evils you've done.
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
And you'll know that I'm the LORD, when I've dealt with you for my name's sake and not according to your wicked ways or your rotten doings, people of Israel, says the Lord GOD.
And you'll know that I'm the Lord, when I've dealt with you for my name's sake and not according to your wicked ways or your rotten doings, house of Israel, says the Lord God.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
The fire in the south
And the LORD spoke to me: Son of man, set your face towards the south and drop your word towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the south. And say to the forest of the south: Listen to the word of the LORD. This is what the Lord GOD says. Look: I'll light a fire in you, and it'll eat every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame won't be put out, and every face from the south to the north will be scorched in it. And all flesh will see that I the LORD have lit it. It won't be put out. Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he just speaking parables?’”
And the word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, set your face towards the south and drop your word towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the south. And say to the forest of the south: Listen to the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord God says. Look — I'll light a fire in you, and it'll eat every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame won't be put out, and every face from the south to the north will be scorched in it. And all flesh will see that I the Lord have lit it. It won't be put out. Then I said: Hang on, Lord God — they say about me: Isn't he just telling sayings?
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
And the LORD spoke to me:
And the word of the Lord came to me:
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Son of man, set your face towards the south and drop your word towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the south.
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
And say to the forest of the south: Listen to the word of the LORD. This is what the Lord GOD says. Look: I'll light a fire in you, and it'll eat every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame won't be put out, and every face from the south to the north will be scorched in it.
And say to the forest of the south: Listen to the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord God says. Look — I'll light a fire in you, and it'll eat every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame won't be put out, and every face from the south to the north will be scorched in it.
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
And all flesh will see that I the LORD have lit it. It won't be put out.
And all flesh will see that I the Lord have lit it. It won't be put out.
And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he just speaking parables?’”
Then I said: Hang on, Lord God — they say about me: Isn't he just telling sayings?
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?