\NormalFont\ShortTitle{EZEKIEL}
{\MTB This book contains the account of Ezekiel foretelling about Jerusalem being destroyed and rebuilt. We call this book
\par }{\MT Ezekiel

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Ezekiel saw Yahweh’s glory
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1-2}{\ADD{
I
am}}
Ezekiel,
a
priest,
the
son
of
Buzi.
When
I
was 30
years
{\ADD{
old}},
I
was{\ADD{
living}}
among
the{\ADD{Israeli}}
people
who
had
been ◄exiled
from/forced
to
leave►
Judah{\ADD{
and
had
come
to
Babylon}}.
I
was
living
along
the Kebar
River/Canal{\ADD{
south
of
Babylon}}.
Almost
five
years
after
King
Jehoiachin
had
been ◄exiled/forced
to
leave
Judah►,
on
the
fifth
day
of
the
fourth
month{\ADD{
of
that
year,
it
was
as
though}}
the
sky
was
opened
and
I
saw
visions
from
God.
\par }{\PP On
that
day,
\VS{3}God
gave
me
messages{\ADD{
in
visions
here}}
in
Babylonia,
and
I
felt
the
power [MTY]
of
Yahweh
on
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}{\ADD{
In
one
of
the
visions,
I
saw
a}}
windstorm
coming
from
the
north.
There
was
a
huge
cloud,
and
lightning
was
flashing
continually,
and
a brilliant
light
surrounded
the
cloud.
In
the
center
of
where
the
lightning
was
flashing
there
was
something
that
resembled
glowing
bronze.
\VS{5}In
the
center
of
the
storm
I
saw
what
resembled
four
living
creatures.
They
resembled humans,
\VS{6}but
each
of
them
had
four
faces
and
four
wings [DOU].
\VS{7}Their
legs
were
straight.
Their
feet
resembled
the
hooves
of
calves,
and
the
creatures
shone
like
polished
bronze.
\VS{8}On
their
four
sides
under
their
wings
there
were
hands
like humans
have.
\VS{9}As
the
four
creatures{\ADD{
stood
there,
they
formed
a
circle/square}},
with
their
wings
touching
each
other.
They
did
not
turn
when
they
were
moving;
they
went
straight
ahead.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Each{\ADD{
of
the
creatures
had
four
faces}}.
The
face
that
was
in
front
{\ADD{
of
each
one
was
a
face
that
}}
resembled
a
human
face.
The
face
on
the
right
side
resembled
a
lion’s
face.
The
face
on
the
left
side
resembled
an ox’s
face.
The
face
in
back
resembled
an
eagle’s
face.
\VS{11}Two
of
each creature’s
wings
were
lifted
up
and
touched
the
wings
of
the
creatures
that
were
on
each
side.
The
other
two
wings
were
folded
against
the creature’s
body.
\VS{12}The
creatures
went
straight
ahead
in
whatever
direction
the
spirit{\ADD{
that
controlled/guided
them}}
wanted
them
to
go,
without
changing
directions
while
they
were
moving.
\VS{13}The{\ADD{
four}}
creatures
resembled
burning
coals
or
torches.
A
blazing
fire
moved
back
and
forth
among
the
creatures,
and
lighting
flashed
from
among
them.
\VS{14}The
creatures
moved
back
and
forth{\ADD{
extremely
rapidly}},
like [SIM]
flashes
of
lightning.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}While
I
looked
at
the
four
living
creatures,
I
saw
a
wheel
on
the
ground
beside
each
of
them.
\VS{16}Each
of
the
wheels
was
the
same,
and
they
all
shone
like [SIM] ◄chrysolite/a
valuable
green
stone►.
Each
seemed
to
have
one
wheel
inside
another
wheel.
\VS{17}Whenever
they
moved,
they
would
go
straight
in
one
of
the
four
directions
that
they
faced;
they
did
not
turn{\ADD{
in
another
direction}}
while
they
moved.
\VS{18}The
rims
of
the
wheels
were
covered
with
eyes.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Whenever
the
living
creatures
moved,
the
wheels
moved
with
them.
{\ADD{
So}}
whenever
the
creatures
rose
from
the
ground,
the
wheels{\ADD{
also}}
rose
up.
\VS{20}Wherever
the
spirit{\ADD{
that
controlled
the
creatures}}
wanted
the
creatures
to
go,
they
went,
and
the
wheels
went
with
them,
because
the
spirit{\ADD{
that
controlled/guided
them}}
was
in
the
wheels [DOU].
\VS{21}Whenever
the
creatures
moved,
the
wheels
moved.
Whenever
the
creatures
stood{\ADD{
still}},
the
wheels
stopped.
Whenever
the
creatures
rose
up
from
the
ground,
the
wheels
rose
up
with
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Above
the
heads
of
the
creatures
there
was
something
that
resembled
a
dome.
It
shone
like
ice (OR,
crystal)
shines,
and
it
was
awesome.
\VS{23}Under
the
dome,
the
creatures
stretched
out
their
wings.
Each
one
had
two
wings;
{\ADD{
each
wing}}
stretched towards
the
creature
that{\ADD{
was
next
to}}
it,
and
two
wings
that
were
against
the creature’s
body.
\VS{24}Whenever
the
creatures
moved,
their
wings
made
a
sound
that
resembled
the
roar
made
by
a
rushing
stream.
It
also
sounded
like
the
voice
of
Almighty
God,
and
like [SIM]
the
noise
of
a
huge
army
marching.
Whenever
the
creatures
stood
still{\ADD{
on
the
ground}},
they
lowered
their
wings.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}While
they
stood{\ADD{
on
the
ground}}
with
their
wings
lowered,
there
was
a
voice
from
the
dome
that
was
over
their
heads.
\VS{26}Above
the
dome
was
something
that
resembled
a{\ADD{
huge}}
throne{\ADD{
that
was
made
of
a
huge}} ◄sapphire/valuable
blue
stone►.
Sitting
on
the
throne
was
someone
that
resembled
a
human.
\VS{27}I
saw
that
above
his
waist
his
body
resembled
metal
that
was
glowing
as
though
it
had{\ADD{
a
very
hot}}
fire
inside
it.
And
I
saw
that
below
his
waist
there
was
a
very brilliant
light
that
surrounded
him.
\VS{28}It{\ADD{
shone}}
like [SIM]
a
rainbow
shines
in
the
clouds
on
a
rainy
day.
\par }{\PP That
was
the brilliant
light
that represented
the
presence
of
Yahweh.
When
I
saw
it,
I
prostrated
myself
on
the
ground,
and
I
heard
him
speak.

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH Ezekiel was called to be a prophet
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}He
said
to
me, “You
human,
stand
up
while
I
speak
to
you.”
\VS{2}While
he
spoke
to
me,
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
entered
me
and
enabled
me
to
stand
up.
Then
I
heard
him
speak
to
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}He
said, “You
human,
I
will
send
you
to
the Israeli
people.
They
are
people
who
have
turned
away
from
me
and
rebelled
against
me.
Their
ancestors
rebelled
against
me,
and
they
themselves
are
still
rebelling
against
me.
\VS{4}The
people
to
whom
I
will
send
you
are
very
stubborn [DOU].
But
say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says
to
you.’
\VS{5}And{\ADD{
when
you
tell
them
my
messages}},
perhaps
those
rebellious
people
will
heed
those
messages
and
perhaps
they
will
not
heed
them,
but
they
will
know
that{\ADD{
you
are}}
a
prophet
who
has
been
among
them.
\VS{6}And
you
human,
you
must
not
be
afraid
of
them
or
afraid
of
what
they
say.
{\ADD{
Living
among
them
will
be
like}}
living
in
the
midst
of
briers
or
scorpions,
but
do
not
be
afraid
of
them.
They
are
rebellious
people [MTY],
but
do
not
allow
them
to
cause
you
to
become
afraid.
\VS{7}Tell
them
my
message,
but
do
not
expect
them
to
pay
attention
to
it,
because
they
are{\ADD{
very}}
rebellious.
\VS{8}But
human,
you
must
pay
attention
to
what
I
say.
Do
not
be
rebellious
like
they
are.
{\ADD{
Now}}
open
your
mouth
and
eat
what
I
give
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then,
as
I
watched,
I
saw
his
hand
that
was
stretched
toward
me.
In
his
hand
was
a
scroll.
\VS{10}He unrolled
the
scroll.
On
both
sides
of
it
were
written
words
that
expressed
sorrow
and
mourning
and
words
about
trouble/disaster.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}He
said
to
me, “You
human,
eat
this
scroll
that
is
in
front
of
you.
Then
go
and
speak
to
the Israeli
people [MTY].”
\VS{2}So
I
opened
my
mouth,
and
he
gave
me
the
scroll
to
eat
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Then
he
said
to
me, “You
human,
eat
the
scroll
that
I
have
given
to
you.
Fill
your
stomach
with
it.”
So
I
ate
it,
and
in
my
mouth
it
tasted
as
sweet
as
honey.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
he
said
to
me, “You
human,
go
to
the Israeli
people [MTY]
and
tell
them
my
message.
\VS{5}The
people
to
whom
I
am
sending
you
are
not
people
whose
language
is
very
difficult{\ADD{
to
learn}},
a
language
which
you
do
not
understand.
I
am
sending
you
to
your Israeli
people [MTY].
\VS{6}I
am
sending
you
to
people
whose
language
you
understand
very
well.
If
I
were
sending
you
to
people
whose
language
was
difficult
for
you
to
understand,
they
would{\ADD{
be
surprised
and}}
pay
attention
to
what
you{\ADD{
say
to
them}}.
\VS{7}But
the Israeli
people
do
not
want
to
listen
to
you
because
they
do
not
want
to
listen
to
me.
{\ADD{
They
do
not
want
to
listen
because}}
they
are
all
very
stubborn [DOU].
\VS{8}But
I
will
enable
you [SYN]
to
be
as
stubborn
and tough
as
they
are.
\VS{9}I
will
cause
you
to
be
as
firm/unbreakable
as [SIM]
the hardest
stone,
like
flint.
So,
{\ADD{
even
though}}
they
are
very
rebellious
people,
do
not
be
afraid
of
them;
do
not
allow
them
to
cause
you
to
be
afraid.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}He
also
said
to
me, “You
human,
listen
very
carefully
to
what
I
say,
and
keep
thinking
about
it [IDM].
\VS{11}Go
to
your
fellow Israelis
who
are{\ADD{
here
after
being}} ◄exiled/forced
to
leave
their
country►,
and
speak
to
them.
Say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says,’
{\ADD{
and
then
tell
them
my
message}},
whether
they
want
to
hear
it
or
whether
they
do
not
want
to
hear
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then{\ADD{
in
the
vision}}
the
Spirit{\ADD{
of
God}}
lifted
me
up,
and
I
heard
behind
me{\ADD{
someone
speaking
very
loudly}},
like
a
loud
rumbling
sound.
{\ADD{
I
heard
someone
say,}} “Praise
our
glorious
Yahweh
in
the
place
where
he
lives{\ADD{
in
heaven}}!”
\VS{13}{\ADD{
I
heard}}
the
sound
of
the
wings
of
the
four
living
creatures
brushing
against
each
other,
and{\ADD{
I
also
heard}}
the
sound
of
the
wheels
that
were
beside
them.
It
was
a
loud
rumbling
sound.
\VS{14}The
Spirit
took
me
away.
Within
me
I
was
very
bitter
and
angry [DOU],
but
I
felt
Yahweh
holding
me
very powerfully.
\VS{15}I
came
to
the
exiles
who
lived
at Tel
Abib{\ADD{
town}}
near
the Kebar
River/Canal{\ADD{
south
of
Babylon}}.
Then,
where
they
were
living,
I
sat
for
seven
days.
I
was
shocked{\ADD{
about
everything
that
I
had
seen}}.
\par }{\SH The
warning
to
the Israeli
people
\par }{\PP \VS{16}After
those
seven
days
had
ended,
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{17}“You
human,
I
am appointing
you{\ADD{
to
be
like}}
a
watchman [MET]
for
the Israeli
people [MTY].
{\ADD{
So}}
listen
to
these
messages
that
I
will
give
you,
and
tell
them
those
messages
to
warn
them.
\VS{18}When
I
say
about
some
wicked
people, ‘They
will
surely
die{\ADD{
because
of
their
sins}},’
if
you
do
not
warn
them
or
tell
them
that
they
must
turn
from
their
wicked
behavior
if
they
want
to ◄save
their
lives/remain
alive►,
those
wicked
people
will
die
because
of
the
sins
that
they
have
committed,
but
I
will
consider
that
you
are
responsible
for
their
deaths [MTY].
\VS{19}But
if
you
warn
the
wicked
people
and
they
do
not
turn
from
all
their
wicked
behavior [DOU],
they
will
die
because
of
their
sins,
but
you
will
have
saved
yourself{\ADD{
from
my
punishing
you}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Similarly,
when
righteous
people
turn
from
their
righteous
behavior
and
do
evil
deeds,
I
will
cause
bad
things
to
happen [IDM]
to
them.
{\ADD{
But
you
must
warn
them.
If
you
do
not
warn
them}},
and
if
they
do
not
stop
their
sinful
behavior,
they
will
die
because
of
their
sins;
I
will
not
think
about
the
righteous
things
that
they
did{\ADD{
previously}},
but
I
will
consider
that
you
are
responsible
for
their
deaths [MTY].
\VS{21}But
if
you
warn
righteous
people
not
to
sin,
and
they
do
not
sin,
they
will
surely
remain
alive
because
they
heeded{\ADD{
your}}
warning,
and
you
will
have
saved
yourself{\ADD{
from
my
punishing
you}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}{\ADD{
I
felt}}
Yahweh
take
control [MTY]
of
me,
and
he
said
to
me, “Get
up
and
go
out{\ADD{
from
the
city
down}}
to
the
plain/valley,
and
there
I
will
speak
to
you.”
\VS{23}So
I
got
up
and
went
down
to
the
valley.
And
I
saw
the
glory
of
Yahweh
there,
like
the
glory
that
I
had
seen
along
the Kebar
River/Canal.
And
I
prostrated
myself
on
the
ground.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Then
the
Spirit{\ADD{
of
God}}
entered
me
and
enabled
me
to
stand
up.
He
said
to
me, “Go
into
your
house
and
stay
inside
it.
\VS{25}People
will
tie
you
with
ropes,
with
the
result
that
you
will
be
unable
to
go
out
among
the
people.
\VS{26}{\ADD{
Even
though}}
they
are
very
rebellious
people,
I
will
cause
your
tongue
to
stick
to
the
roof
of
your
mouth,
with
the
result
that
you
will
be
unable
to
talk
and
to
rebuke
them.
\VS{27}But{\ADD{
then}}
when
I
speak
to
you{\ADD{
again}},
I
will
enable
you
to
talk [MTY],
and
you
will
say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says,’
{\ADD{
and
you
will
tell
them
my
message}}.
Those
who
are
willing
to
listen{\ADD{
to
what
you
say}}
will
listen,
but{\ADD{
many}}
will
refuse
to
listen,
because
they
are
rebellious
people [MTY].”

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH Ezekiel symbolized the coming destruction of Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Yahweh
also
said
to
me,}} “You
human,
take
a
large
clay
tablet/brick
and
put
it
in
front
of
you.
Then
on
the
clay{\ADD{
engrave/draw}}
on
it
lines
that
represent
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}Then{\ADD{
draw
figures
around
it
to
represent
enemy
soldiers
who
will}}
surround
the
city.
Make
mounds
around
it
and
a
dirt
ramp
up
against
the
wall{\ADD{
around
the
city}}.
Set{\ADD{
figures
around
it
that
represent}} ◄battering
rams/heavy
logs
that
will
break
though
the
walls►.
\VS{3}Then
take
an
iron
pan,
and
place
it
{\ADD{
to
be}}
like
an
iron
wall
between
you
and{\ADD{
the
drawing
of}}
the
city.
Then
turn
your
face
toward
the
drawing.
It
will symbolize
that{\ADD{
enemy
troops
will}}
surround
the
city
to
attack
it.
That
will
be
a
warning
to
the Israeli
people [MTY].
\par }{\PP \VS{4-5}Then
lie
on
your
left
side,
and
stay
like
that
for 390
days.
That
will{\ADD{symbolize
that
the Israeli
people
will
be
punished
for}}
their
sins;
you
must
lie
like
that
one
day
for
each
year
during
which
they
will
be
punished.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}After
that,
lie
down
again.
This
time,
lie
on
your
right
side
for 40
days.
That
will{\ADD{symbolize
that
the Israeli
people
will
be
punished
more}}
for
their
sins,
one
day
for
each
year{\ADD{
during
which
they
will
be
punished}}.
\VS{7}Turn
your
face
toward{\ADD{
the
drawing
of}}
Jerusalem
and
bare
your
arm{\ADD{
like
a
soldier
does
who
prepares
to
go
into
a
battle}} [MTY],
and
prophesy
about{\ADD{
what
will
happen
to}}
the
city.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
You
will
not
be
able
to
move;
it
will
be
as
though}}
I
have
tied
you
with
ropes
in
order
that
you
cannot
turn
from
one
side
to
the
other
until
you
have
finished{\ADD{
symbolizing
how
many
years
the
city}}
will
be ◄besieged/surrounded
by
enemy
soldiers►.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}{\ADD{
Before
you
do
that,}}
take
some
wheat
and
barley,
beans,
lentils,
spelt
and
millet,
and
put
them
in
a
{\ADD{
storage}}
jar,
and
use
that
to
bake
bread{\ADD{
for
yourself}}.
That
is
what
you
will
eat
during
the 390
days
while
you
lie
on
your
{\ADD{
left}}
side.
\VS{10}You
will
eat ◄8 ounces/a
small
loaf►
of
bread
each
day.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
Also}}
measure
out ◄1.5 pints/0.6 liter►
of
water
to
drink
each
day.
\VS{12}Eat
that
bread
like
you
would
eat
a
loaf
of
barley
bread.
But
use
your
own
dried
dung
for
fuel
to
bake
the
bread
while
people
are
watching.
\VS{13}That
will symbolize
that
the Israeli
people
will
be
forced
to
eat
food
that
is
unacceptable
to
me
when
they
are
living
in
the
nations
to
which
I
will
force
them
to
go.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
I
said, “No,
Yahweh
God!{\ADD{
Do
not
force
me
to
do
that}}!
I
have
never
caused
myself
to
become
unacceptable
to
you
{\ADD{
by
doing
anything
like
that}}.
From
the
time
when
I
was
young,
I
have
never
eaten
meat
of
any
{\ADD{
animal}}
that
was
found
dead
or
that
had
been
killed
by
wild
animals.
And
I
have
never
eaten
any
meat
that
is
unacceptable
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Yahweh
replied, “Okay,
I
will
allow
you
to
bake
your
bread
using
dried
cow
manure
instead
of
human
dung{\ADD{
for
fuel}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Then
he
said
to
me, “You
human,
I
will
cause
the
supply
of
food
to
Jerusalem
to
be
cut
off.
{\ADD{
Then}}
the
people
will
eat
the
small
amounts
of
food
and
drink
the
small
amounts
of
water{\ADD{
that
the
government
permits
them
to
have}},
and
they
will
be
{\ADD{
very}}
distressed
and
anxious
as
they
do
that,
\VS{17}because
water
and
food
will
be
very
scarce.
They
will
see
each
other
becoming
extremely
thin,
and
they
will
be
appalled;
{\ADD{
but
this
will
happen}}
because
they
are
being
punished
{\ADD{
for
the
sins
that
they
have
committed}}.”

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Also,
you
human,
{\ADD{
when
you
start
doing
those
things,}}
take
a
sharp
sword
and
use
it
like [SIM]
a
razor
to
shave
your
head
and
your
beard.
Then
put
the
hair
that
you
shaved
off
on
scales,
and
divide
the
hair{\ADD{
into
three
equal
parts}}.
\VS{2}When
the
time
during
which{\ADD{
you
will symbolize
that}}
the
city
will
be
surrounded{\ADD{
by
enemy
troops}}
ends,
put
a
third
of
the
hair
inside
the{\ADD{
drawing
of
the}}
city
and
burn
it.
Take
another
third
of
the
hair,
{\ADD{
scatter
it}}
all
around{\ADD{
the
drawing
of}}
the
city,
and
then
strike
it
with
your
sword.
That
will symbolize
that
I
will
strike
the
people
of
Jerusalem
with{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords.
Then
allow
the
wind
to
scatter
the
other
third
of
the
hair.
That
will symbolize
that{\ADD{
even
if
they
flee
from
the
city}},
I
will
still{\ADD{
cause
their
enemies
to}}
pursue
them
and
attack
them
with
swords.
\VS{3}Take
a
few
of
your
hairs
and tuck
them
into
the
folds
of
your
robe.
\VS{4}Then
take
a
few
of
those
hairs,
throw
them
into
the
fire,
and
burn
them
up.
{\ADD{
That
will symbolize
that}}
a
fire
will
spread
from
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
and
destroy
things}}
throughout
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}This
is
what
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: ‘This{\ADD{
drawing
will
represent}}
Jerusalem,
{\ADD{
the
city
which}}
I
have
set
in
the
center
of
the
nations,
with
{\ADD{
other}}
countries
around
it.
\VS{6}But
the
wicked
people
of
Jerusalem
rebelled
against
{\ADD{
obeying}}
my
commands,
and
{\ADD{
they
show
that}}
they
are
more
wicked
than
the
people
of
the
surrounding
countries.
They
rejected
my
laws
and
refused
to
obey
my
commands.’
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Therefore,
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: ‘You
people
of
Jerusalem
have
been
more
rebellious
than
the
people
of
the
nations
around
you;
you
have
not
obeyed
any
of
my
laws [DOU].
You
have
not
even
obeyed
the
laws
of
the
nations
around
you!’
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Therefore,
this
is
what{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: ‘I
am
opposed
to
{\ADD{
you
people
of
}}
Jerusalem.
I
will
punish
you,
and
the
{\ADD{
people
of
other}}
nations
will
see
it
happen.
\VS{9}Because
of
all
your
detestable
{\ADD{
idols}},
I
will
punish
you{\ADD{
people
of
Jerusalem}}
like
I
have
never
done
before
and
will
never
do
again.
\VS{10}As
a
result,
parents
among
you
will
eat
their
children,
and
children
will
eat
their
parents{\ADD{
because
there
will
be
nothing
else
to
eat}}.
I
will
punish
you
{\ADD{
severely}},
and
I
will
cause
those
who
will
still
be
alive
to
be
scattered
in
all
directions [IDM].’
\VS{11}Therefore,
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
as
surely
as
I
am
alive,
because
you
have
polluted
my
temple
with
all
your
disgusting
{\ADD{
statues
of
idols}}
and
by
the
other
detestable
things
that
you
do,
I
will
no
longer
bless
you.
I
will
not
pity
{\ADD{
you}}
or
act mercifully
{\ADD{
toward
you}}.
\VS{12}One-third
of
your
people
will
die
inside
the
city
because
of
the
plagues
{\ADD{
they
will
experience}}
or
by ◄famine/lack
of
food►.
One-third
of
your
people
will
be
killed
by{\ADD{
your
enemies’}}
swords
outside
the
city.
And
one-third
I
will
cause
to
be
scattered
in
all
directions;
but{\ADD{
your
enemies}}
will
{\ADD{
still}}
pursue
you
and
kill
you
with
their
swords.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
I
will
no
longer
be
angry
with
you;
I
will
stop
punishing [MTY]
you
after
I
have
gotten
revenge
on
you.
And
when
I
stop
punishing
you,
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
to
you
because
I
have
been
very
strongly
concerned
about{\ADD{
what
you
have
done}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}I
will
cause
your
{\ADD{
city}}
to
be
a
ruins,
with
the
result
that
{\ADD{
people
of
other}}
nations
that
are
around
you
will
pass
by
and
see
it
and
sneer
at
you.
\VS{15}They
will
make fun
of
you
and
taunt
you.
When
I
severely
punish
you
because
of
my
being
very
angry [DOU]
with
you,
they
will
be
horrified
and
they
will
be
warned.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it.
\VS{16}When
I
cut
off
your
food
supply
and
cause
there
to
be
more
famine,
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}} [MET]
I
am
shooting
at
you
with
my
arrows
that
will
destroy
you.
\VS{17}I
will
cause
you
to
experience
a
famine,
and
I
will
send
wild
beasts
to
attack
you
and
your
children,
and
{\ADD{
all}}
your
children
will
be
killed.
You
will
experience
plagues
and
wars,
and
I
will
cause
{\ADD{
your
enemies}}
to
attack
you
with
their
swords.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”

\par }\Chap{6}{\SH A prophecy against the mountains
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{2}“You
human,
turn
toward
the
mountains
of
Israel,
and
prophesy
about{\ADD{
what
will
happen
to}}
them,
and
say,
\VS{3}‘You
mountains
and
hills
of
Israel [APO],
listen
to
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says
to
you: “I
am
about
to
send{\ADD{
enemy
soldiers
with}}
swords
to
come
and
destroy
all{\ADD{
the
shrines
on}}
your hilltops.
\VS{4}They
will
smash
all
the
altars{\ADD{
for
worshiping
idols}}
and
the
altars
for
burning
incense.
And
they
will
kill{\ADD{
many Israeli}}
people
in
front
of
those
idols.
\VS{5}Their
corpses
will
lie
in
front
of
their
idols,
and
their
bones
will
be
scattered
around
their
altars.
\VS{6}Wherever
the Israelis
live,
their
towns
will
be
ruined,
and
the
shrines
where
they
worship
idols
will
be
smashed.
Their
altars
will
be
completely
smashed [DOU],
their
idols
will
be
completely
smashed [DOU],
and
everything
that
they
own
will
become
a
pile
of
ruins.
\VS{7}Many
of
their
people
will
be
killed;
and
then
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
the
things
that
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
I
will
allow
some
of
the Israelis
to
remain
alive.
They
will
escape
being
killed
when
their
enemies
scatter
them
among
many
other
nations.
\VS{9}When
that
happens,
in
those
nations
to
which
they
have
been
forced
to
go,
those
who
have
escaped
from
being
killed
will
think
about
me.
They
will
remember
that
I
was
very
grieved
because
of
their
turning
away
from
me [IDM]
with
their
inner
beings,
and
because
they
very
much
desired [IDM]
to
worship
their
idols.
They
will ◄hate/be
very
displeased
with►
themselves
because
of
the
evil
and
detestable
things
that
they
have
done.
\VS{10}And{\ADD{
they
will
realize
that}}
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
punished
them.
They
will
realize
that}}
when
I
threatened
to
punish
them,
I
surely
intended [LIT]
to
do
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}So
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say{\ADD{
to
you,
Ezekiel}}: ‘Wring
your
hands
and
stamp
your
feet
and
cry
out{\ADD{
to
show
that
you
are
distressed}},
and
groan{\ADD{
about
what
will
happen
to}}
your Israeli
people [MTY]
because
of
all
their
wicked
and
detestable
behavior.
They
will
be
killed
by{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords,
they
will
die
from
hunger,
and
they
will
die
from
plagues.
\VS{12}Those
who
are
far
{\ADD{
from
Jerusalem}}
will
die
from
plagues,
those
who
are
close
{\ADD{
to
Jerusalem}}
will
be
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords,
and
those
who
are
still
alive
will
die
from
hunger.
That
is
how
I
will
punish [MTY]
them.
\VS{13}{\ADD{
Some
of}}
your
people’s
corpses
will
lie
among
their
idols
around
their
altars,
on
every
high hilltop
and
on
all
the
mountaintops,
under
every
big
tree [DOU]—at
all
the
places
where
they
burned
incense
to{\ADD{
honor}}
their
idols.
Then
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\VS{14}And
I
will
stretch
out
my
arm
and
cause
your
entire
country
to
become
an
empty
wasteland,
from
the
desert{\ADD{
in
the
far
south}}
to
Diblah{\ADD{
town
in
the
far
north}}.
Then
they
will
realize
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
the
things
that
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’ ”

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH Israel will soon be destroyed
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said}}
\VS{2}“You
human,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say
to
{\ADD{
the
people}} [MTY]
of
Israel:
All
of
Israel
will
soon
be
destroyed.
\VS{3}You{\ADD{
people
of
Israel}},
the
end
has
come.
I
will
punish
you
severely.
I
will
judge
you
for
all
the
wicked
things
that
you
have
done,
and
pay
you
back
for
your
disgusting
behavior.
\VS{4}I
will
not
pity
you
or
act mercifully
toward
you.
I
will
{\ADD{
surely}}
punish
you
for
your
wicked
behavior [DOU].
Then
you
will
know
that
{\ADD{
it
has
happened
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
done
it}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says: “You
will
soon
experience
many
terrible
disasters!
\VS{6}This
will
be
the
end{\ADD{
of
Israel}};
your
country
will
be
finished!
And
your
{\ADD{
lives}}
will
be
ended [PRS]!
\VS{7}It
will
be
the
end
of
you
people
who
live
in
the
land{\ADD{
of
Israel}}.
The
time
has
come;
the
day{\ADD{
when
you
will
be
destroyed}}
is
near.
At
that
time
{\ADD{
the
people
who
worship
idols}}
on
the
mountains
will
not
be
happy;
they
will
panic.
\VS{8}I
am
very
angry
with
you
and
am
about
to
pour
out
my
punishment [MTY]
on
you.
I
will
judge
you
for
all
the
wicked
things
that
you
have
done
and
pay
you
back
for
your
disgusting
behavior.
\VS{9}I
will
not
pity
you
or
act mercifully
toward
you.
I
will
surely
punish
you
for
your
wicked
behavior [DOU].
Then
you
will
know
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh,
who
have
punished
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
day{\ADD{
of
your
punishment}}
is
here!
It
has
arrived!
Disasters
have
come.
\VS{11}People
are
acting
violently
and
doing
more
wicked
things.
And
nothing
that
belongs
to
those
people
will
be
left,
none
of
their
money,
nothing
that
is
valuable.
\VS{12}Now
is
the
time;
that
day
has
arrived.
\VS{13}People
who
buy
things
should
not
rejoice{\ADD{
because
of
buying
things
very
cheaply}},
and
those
who
sell
things
should
not
be
sad{\ADD{
because
they
had
to
sell
things
cheaply}},
because{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
will
be
punishing [MTY]
everyone.
During
the
rest
of
their
lives,
people
who
sell
some
of
their
property
will
never
be
able
to
buy
it
back,
because
I,
Yahweh,
will
never
change
my
mind
about
what
I
have
declared;
because
of
your
sins,
{\ADD{
I
will
destroy}}
all
of
you
people.
\VS{14}Even
though
your{\ADD{
soldiers}}
blow
trumpets{\ADD{
to
prepare
for}}
a
battle,
no
soldier
will
go
into
a
battle,
because
I
will
have
killed
all
of
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}{\ADD{
When
those
things
happen,
your
enemies}}
will
be
outside{\ADD{
the
city}}
with
their
swords,
and
there
will
be
plagues
and
famines
inside{\ADD{
the
city}}.
Those{\ADD{
who
flee
from
the
city}}
into
the
countryside
will
be
killed
by{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords,
and
those
who
stay
in
the
city
will
die
from
famines
and
plagues.
\VS{16}Those
who
survive
and
escape
will
flee
to
the
mountains,
and
they
all
will
moan
like
doves
because
of
their
sins.
\VS{17}{\ADD{
Because
everyone
will
be
very
afraid,}}
all
the
people’s
hands
will
become
limp
and
their
knees
will
become
very
weak.
\VS{18}They
will
put
on
clothes
made
from
rough
cloth,
and
they
will
be
terrified.
Their
faces
will
show
that
they
are
ashamed,
and
they
will
shave
their
heads{\ADD{
to
show
that
they
are
very
sad}}.
\VS{19}They
will
throw
their
silver
into
the
streets,
and
consider
that
their
gold
is
only
like [SIM] garbage,
because
they
will
realize
that
their
silver
and
gold
will
not
be
able
to
rescue
them
when
I,
Yahweh,
punish
them.
They
will
not
be
able
to
use
their
gold
and
silver
to
buy
things
to
fill
their
stomachs,
because
having
a
lot
of
gold
and
silver
has
led
them
to
sin.
\VS{20}They
were
proud
of
their
beautiful
jewelry,
and
they
used
it
to
make
their
detestable
idols
and
disgusting
statues{\ADD{
of
their
gods}}.
So
I
will
cause
them
to
be
disgusted
with
those
things.
\VS{21}I
will
give
their
silver
and
gold
to
foreigners
who
invade
your
country
and
take
away
your
valuable
treasures.
I
will
give
those
things
to
wicked
people,
and
they
will
do
disgraceful
things
to
those
treasures
that
I
give
them.
\VS{22}I
will
not ◄interfere
with/stop► [IDM]
robbers
when
they
enter
my
sacred
temple
and
desecrate
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Prepare
chains
to
be
fastened
on
you.
People
are
being
murdered [MTY]
throughout
the
country,
and
people
are
acting
violently
throughout
the
city.
\VS{24}So
I
will
bring
armies
of
the
nations
whose
people
are
extremely
wicked
to
occupy
the
houses
of
the Israeli
people.
I
will
cause Israeli
people{\ADD{
who
think
that
they}}
are [IRO]
strong/mighty
to
no
longer
be
proud.
Your
enemies
will
cause
your
places
of
worship
to
no
longer
be
acceptable
to
be
used.
\VS{25}When
your
enemies
cause
you
to
be
terrified,
you
will
plead
for
them
to
make
peace,
but
there
will
be
no
peace.
\VS{26}You
will
experience
many
disasters,
and
you
will
continually
hear
rumors{\ADD{
about
disasters
that
are happening
in
other
places}}.
People
will
plead
with
prophets
to
tell
them
what
visions
they
have
received,
{\ADD{
but
the
prophets
will
not
have
received
any
visions}}.
Priests
will
no
longer
teach
people
the
laws{\ADD{
that
I
gave
to
Moses}}.
\VS{27}Your
king
will
mourn,
and
his
son
will
no
{\ADD{
longer}}
expect{\ADD{
that
good
things
will
happen}}.
The
hands
of
people
throughout
the
country
will
tremble.
And
I
will
do
to
them
what
they
deserve
for
their
wicked
behavior.
I
will
judge{\ADD{
and
condemn}}
them
the
same
way
they
have
judged{\ADD{
and
condemned}}
others.
Then
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.”

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH Idol worship in the temple
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}On
the
fifth
day
of
the
sixth
month
{\ADD{
of
that
year}},
almost
six
years
after
we Israeli
people
had
been ◄exiled/forced
to
go
to
Babylon►,
I
was
sitting
in
my
house.
The
elders
of
Judah
were
sitting
in
front
of
me.
Suddenly
the
power [MTY]
of
Yahweh
the
Lord
came
on
me.
\VS{2}Then{\ADD{
in
a
vision}}
I
saw
someone
who
resembled
a
man.
Below
his
waist,
{\ADD{
his
body}}
was
like
fire,
and
above
his
waist
{\ADD{
his
body}}
was
glowing
like
very
hot
metal.
\VS{3}He
reached
out
what
seemed
to
be
a
hand
and
grabbed
me
by
the
hair
of
my
head.
The
Spirit
lifted
me
up
high
above
the
earth,
and
in
visions
God
took
me
{\ADD{
from
Babylon}}
to
Jerusalem.
He
took
me
{\ADD{
to
the
temple}},
to
the
north
gate,
to
the
place
where
there
was
an
idol
that
caused
Yahweh
to
be
very
disgusted
and
furious.
\VS{4}And
there
in
front
of
me
was
the brilliant
light
that indicated
the
presence
of
the
God
whom
the Israeli
{\ADD{
people
previously
worshiped.
It
was}}
like
the
vision
that
I
had
seen
alongside
the Kebar
River/Canal.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Yahweh
said
to
me, “You
human,
look
toward
the
north!”
So
I
looked,
and
I
saw
in
the
entrance
of
the
gate
near
the
altar
that
idol
that
caused
Yahweh
to
be
disgusted
and
furious.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}He
said
to
me, “You
human,
do
you
see
what
those Israeli
people [MTY]
are
doing?
They
are
doing
detestable
things
here,
things
that
will
cause
me
to
abandon
my
temple.
But
you
will
see
things
that
are
even
more
detestable.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
he
brought
me
to
the
entrance
of
the
courtyard.
I
looked
and
saw
a
hole
in
the
wall.
\VS{8}He
said
to
me, “You
human,
dig
through
the
wall
here.”
So
I
dug
through
the
wall,
and
I
saw
a
doorway
inside.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}He
said
to
me, “Go
in
and
see
the
wicked
and
detestable
things
that
they
are
doing
there!”
\VS{10}So
I
went
in
through
the
doorway
and
looked,
and
I
saw,
all
over
the
walls{\ADD{
of
a
big
room, drawings
of}}
all
kinds
of
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground
and
{\ADD{
other}}
detestable
animals,
and drawings
of
all
the
idols
that
the
people
of
Israel{\ADD{
were
worshiping}}.
\VS{11}In
front
of
them
stood 70
elders
of
Israel.
Jaazaniah,
the
son
of
Shaphan,
was
standing
among
them.
Each
of
them
was
holding
a
pan
in
which
incense
was
burning,
and
fragrant
smoke
of
the
burning
incense
was
rising
up.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Yahweh
said
to
me, “You
human,
look
at [RHQ]
what
the Israeli
elders
are
doing
here
in
the
darkness,
each
of
them
standing
in
front
of
the
shrine
of
his
own
idol!
They
are
saying, ‘Yahweh
does
not
see
us;
Yahweh
has
deserted
this
country.’ ”
\VS{13}He
also
said, “But
you
will
see
things
that
are
even
more
detestable!”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
he
took
me
to
the
entrance
at
the
north
gate
of
the
temple.
I
saw
women
sitting
there,
mourning
for
{\ADD{
the
death
of
the
god
of
the
people
of
Babylonia}},
Tammuz.
\VS{15}He
said
to
me, “You
human,
you
see
this [RHQ],
but
you
will
see
things
that
are
more
detestable
than
this!”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Then
he
took
me
into
the
courtyard
outside
the
temple.
There
at
the
entrance
of
the
temple,
between
the
porch
and
the
altar,
were
about 25
men.
Their
backs
were
toward
the
temple
and
their
faces
were
toward
the
east,
and
they
were
bowing
down
to
{\ADD{
worship}}
the
sun
{\ADD{
as
it
rose}}
in
the
east.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}He
said
to
me, “You
human,
you
see [RHQ]
what
they
are
doing.
{\ADD{
Do
you
think
that}}
it
is
not
important
that
these
men
of
Judah
are
doing
these
detestable
things
here?
{\ADD{
But
they
are
doing
other
terrible
things}}.
They
are
acting
violently
throughout
their
country,
and
continually
causing
me
to
be
angry.
Look
at
them!
They
are insulting
me
by
their
actions [IDM]!
\VS{18}So
I
will
show
them
that
I
am
very
angry.
I
will
not
pity
them
or
act mercifully
toward
them.
And
even
if
they
shout
to
me
{\ADD{
to
help
them}},
I
will
not
pay
attention
to
them.”

\par }\Chap{9}{\SH The command to punish Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
I
heard
Yahweh
call
out
loudly, “{\ADD{
You
men
who
are
going
to
punish
this
city,}}
bring
here
the
guards
of
the
city,
each
carrying
a
weapon.”
\VS{2}Then
I
saw
six
men
coming
from
the
north
gate
of
the
temple
area.
Each
one
was
carrying
a
weapon.
With
them
was
a
man
wearing
a
white
linen
robe.
He{\ADD{
carried}}
at
his
side
a
case
containing
things
to
write
with.
They
{\ADD{
all}}
came
into
the
temple
and
stood
beside
the
bronze
altar.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\ADD{
Then}}
the ◄glory/dazzling
light►
{\ADD{
that symbolized
the
presence}}
of
the
God
of
Israel
rose
up
from
above
the
four
winged
creatures
and
moved
to
the
entrance
of
the
temple.
Then
Yahweh
called
to
the
man
wearing
the
linen
robe,
\VS{4}and
said
to
him, “Go
throughout
Jerusalem
and
put
a
mark
on
the
foreheads
of
those
who
are
very
sad [DOU]
because
of
the
detestable
things
that
are
being
done
inside
the
city.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}While
I
was
listening,
he
said
to
the
other
six
men, “Follow
the
man
wearing
the
white
robe,
and
kill
people.
Do
not
pity
them
or
act mercifully
toward
them.
\VS{6}Slaughter
old
men,
young
men
and
women,
older
women
and
children,
but
do
not
harm
any
of
those
who
have
that
mark
on
their
forehead.
Start
at
my
temple.”
So
they
began
by
killing
the
elders
who
were
{\ADD{
worshiping
idols}}
in
front
of
the
temple.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
Yahweh
said
to
those
men, “Pollute
the
temple
by
filling
the
courtyard{\ADD{
with
the
corpses
of
those
whom}}
you
kill!
Start
now!”
So
they
went
out
and
starting
killing
people
throughout
the
city.
\VS{8}While
they
were
doing
that,
I
was
left
alone.
I
prostrated
myself
on
the
ground
and
cried
out, “Yahweh
my
Lord,
are
you
going
to
get
rid
of
all
the
people
of
Israel
and
Judah
who
are
still
alive,
while
you
are
severely
punishing [MTY]
{\ADD{
the
people
of
}}
Jerusalem?”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}He
replied, “The
sins
of
the
people [MTY]
of
Israel
and
Judah
are
extremely
great.
People
are
murdered [MTY]
everywhere
{\ADD{
in
this
country}},
and
this
city
is
full
of
{\ADD{
people
who
act}}
unjustly.
They
say, ‘Yahweh
has
abandoned
this
country,
and
he
does
not
see{\ADD{
what
we
are
doing}}.’
\VS{10}{\ADD{
So}}
I
will
not
pity
them
or
act mercifully
toward
them.
I
will
do
to
them
the
evil
things
that
they
have
done
to
other
people.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
the
man
wearing
the
linen
robe
returned,
saying, “I
have
done
what
you
commanded
me
to
do.”

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH Yahweh’s glory leaves the temple
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
{\ADD{
in
the
vision}}
I
saw
what
resembled
a
throne
made
of ◄sapphire/{\ADD{
a
very
valuable}}
blue
stone►.
It
was
above
the
thing
that
resembled
a
dome
that
was
above
the
heads
of
the
four
winged
creatures.
\VS{2}Yahweh
said
to
the
man
wearing
the
linen
robe, “Go
between
the
wheels
that
are
under
the
winged
creatures.
Pick
up
as
many
hot
coals
as
you
can,
and
scatter
them
over
the
city.”
And
while
I
watched,
the
man
wearing
the
linen
robe
left.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
four
winged
creatures
were
standing
on
the
south
side
of
the
temple
when
the
man
wearing
the
linen
robe
entered.
Then
a
cloud
filled
the
inner
courtyard
{\ADD{
of
the
temple
area}}.
\VS{4}And
the ◄glory/dazzling
light►
of
Yahweh
rose
up
from
above
the
winged
creatures
and
went
to
the
entrance
of
the
temple.
The
cloud
filled
the
temple,
and
the
courtyard
was
full
of
the ◄glory/dazzling
light►
of
Yahweh.
\VS{5}The
sound
made
by
the
wings
of
the
winged
creatures
could
be
heard
as
far
away
as
the
courtyard
outside
the
temple.
It
was{\ADD{
very
loud}},
like [SIM]
the
voice
of
Almighty
God
when
he
speaks.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}When
Yahweh
commanded
the
man
wearing
the
linen
robe
to
take
burning
coals
from
among
those
winged
creatures,
the
man
went
into{\ADD{
the
courtyard}}
and
stood
beside
one
of
the
wheels.
\VS{7}Then
one
of
those
winged
creatures
reached
out
his
hand
to
the
fire
that
was
there
among
them.
He
picked
up
some
of
the
coals
and
put
them
in
the
hands
of
the
man
wearing
the
linen
robe,
and
that
man
took
them
and
left.
\VS{8}Under
the
wings
of
the
winged
creatures
was
something
that
resembled
a human’s
hands.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
{\ADD{
in
the
vision}}
I
saw
four
wheels
alongside
the
winged
creatures.
There
was
one
wheel
beside
each
of
the
winged
creatures.
The
wheels
shone
like [SIM]
very
valuable
stones.
\VS{10}The
wheels
were
all
alike:
Each
had
one
wheel
inside
another
wheel.
\VS{11}Whenever
they
moved,
they
went
straight
in
whatever
direction
one
of
the
winged
creatures
faced.
The
wheels
did
not
turn
in
another
direction
while
the
winged
creatures
flew.
\VS{12}Their
bodies,
including
their
backs
and
hands
and
wings,
were
covered
with
eyes.
The
wheels
were
also
covered
with
eyes.
\VS{13}I
heard
someone
call
them ‘the
whirling wheels’.
\VS{14}Each
of
the
winged
creatures
had
four
faces.
One
face
was
like
the
face
of
a
bull,
one
face
was
like
the
face
of
a
human,
one
face
was
like
the
face
of
a
lion,
and
one
face
was
like
the
face
of
an
eagle.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
the
winged
creatures
rose
up.
They
were
the
same
living
creatures
that
I
had
seen
alongside
the Kebar
River/Canal.
\VS{16}When
the
winged
creatures
moved,
the
wheels
moved
with
them.
When
the
winged
creatures
spread
their
wings
to
fly
over
the
ground,
the
wheels
did
not
leave
them.
\VS{17}When
the
winged
creatures
stopped,
the
wheels
stopped.
When
the
winged
creatures
started
to
fly,
the
wheels
flew
with
them,
because
the
spirit
of
the
living
creatures
was
in
the
wheels.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
the ◄glory/dazzling
light►
left
the
entrance
of
the
temple
and
stopped
above
the
winged
creatures.
\VS{19}While
I
watched,
the
winged
creatures
spread
their
wings
and
started
to
fly,
and
the
wheels
went
with
them.
They
stopped
at
the
gate
on
the
east
side
of
the
temple
area,
and
the ◄glory/dazzling
light►
of
God,
the
one
whom
the Israelis{\ADD{
had
worshiped}},
was
above
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Those
were
the
{\ADD{
same}}
four
living
creatures
that
I
had
seen
alongside
the Kebar
River/Canal,
and
I
realized
that
they
were
the
winged
creatures.
\VS{21}Each
of
them
had
four
faces
and
four
wings,
and
under
their
wings
was
what
resembled
a human’s
hands.
\VS{22}Their
faces
were
the
same
as
the
faces
that
I
had
seen
at
the Kebar
River/Canal.
Each
of
them
flew
straight
ahead.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH Israel’s wicked leaders are condemned
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Then
God’s}}
Spirit
lifted
me
up
and
took
me
to
the
gate
on
the
east
side
of
the
temple
area.
There
at
the
gate
were 25
men.
Among
them
I
saw
Jaazaniah
the
son
of
Azzur,
and
Pelatiah
the
son
of
Benaiah,
who
were
leaders
of
the
people.
\VS{2}Yahweh
said
to
me, “You
human,
these
are
the
{\ADD{
new
leaders
in
Jerusalem}}
who
are
planning
to
do
evil
things
and
who
are
giving
wicked
advice
{\ADD{
to
people}}
in
this
city.
\VS{3}They
say, ‘{\ADD{
Everything
will
go
well
for
us,
so}}
it
will
surely
soon
be [RHQ]
time
to
build
houses.
{\ADD{
We
are
like}} [MET]
fine/choice
pieces
of
meat
that
are
carefully
stored
in
covered
pots,
and
we
are
protected
{\ADD{
from
the
bad
things
that
will
happen
to
others}}.’
\VS{4}So,
you
human,
prophesy
about{\ADD{
the
terrible
things
that
will
happen
to}}
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
the
Spirit
of
Yahweh
came
upon
me
and
told
me
to
say{\ADD{
to
the
people}}, “This
is
what
Yahweh
says:
You Israeli
people [MTY]
are
saying
those
things,
but
I
know
what
you
are
thinking.
\VS{6}You
have
killed
many
people
in
this
city
and
filled
the
streets
with
their
corpses.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Therefore
this
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
The
corpses
of
the
people
whom
you
have
killed
here
are
{\ADD{
like}}
the
meat [MET],
and
this
city
is
{\ADD{
like}}
the
pot [MET],
but
I
will
expel
you
from
this
city.
\VS{8}You
are
afraid
of{\ADD{
being
killed
by
enemies’}}
swords,
and
that
is
what
I
will
cause
to
happen
to
you.
\VS{9}I
will
expel
you
from
this
city
and
enable
foreigners
to
capture
you
and
punish
you.
\VS{10}They
will
kill [EUP]
you
with
their
swords;
you
will
be
punished
{\ADD{
right
here}}
in
Israel.
Then
people
will
realize
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\VS{11}This
city
will
not
be
a{\ADD{
a
place
were
you
will
be
protected
like}} [MET]
meat
in
a
covered
pot.
I
will
punish
you
wherever
you
are
in
Israel.
\VS{12}And
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
predicted
that
would
happen}},
because
you
have
not
obeyed
my
commands
and
decrees;
instead,
you
have imitated
the{\ADD{
wicked}}
behavior
{\ADD{
of
the
people}}
of
the
nearby
nations.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}While
I
was
prophesying
that,
Pelatiah
the
son
of
Benaiah
{\ADD{
suddenly}}
died.
Then
I
prostrated
myself
on
the
ground
and
cried
out
loudly, “Yahweh
my
Lord,
are
you
going
to{\ADD{
similarly}}
get
rid
of
all
the Israeli
people
who
are
still
alive?”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{15}“You
human,
the
people
who
are
still
in
Jerusalem
are
talking
about
you
and
your
own
relatives
and
about
all
the
other
people
who
were ◄exiled/forced
to
go
to
other
countries►,
saying, ‘They
are{\ADD{
in
Babylonia}},
far
from
Yahweh.
They
have
left
their
property{\ADD{
here
in
Israel,
so}}
their
property
now
belongs
to
us!’ ”
\par }{\SH God’s
promise
that
the
exiles
will
return
\par }{\PP \VS{16}So
tell
{\ADD{
them}}, “This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
Although
I
caused
them
to
be
taken
far
away{\ADD{
from
Israel}}
and
scattered
them
among
other
nations,
for
a
short
time
I
will ◄be
like
a
refuge
for/protect►
them
in
the
countries
to
which
they
have
been
taken.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}So
also
tell
them, “This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
{\ADD{
Some
day}}
I
will
gather
you
from
the
nations{\ADD{
to
which
you
have
been
taken}}
and
bring
you
back
to
Israel,
and
you
will
live
in
your
country/land
{\ADD{
again}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}When
you
return
to
your
country,
you
will
get
rid
of
all
the
vile
statues
of
gods
and
detestable
idols.
\VS{19}I
will
put
a
new
way
of
thinking [IDM]
within
you.
I
will
cause
you
to
no
longer
be
stubborn [IDM],
and
I
will
enable
you
to
obey
me
completely [IDM].
\VS{20}When
I
do
that,
you
will
carefully
obey
all
my
laws [DOU].
You
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
your
God.
\VS{21}But
as
for
those
who
are
devoted
to{\ADD{
worshiping}}
their
vile
statues
and
detestable
idols,
I
will
punish
them
as
they
deserve
for
the
evil
things
that
they
have
done.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
the
winged
creatures,
with
their
wheels
beside
them,
spread
their
wings{\ADD{
and
flew
up
into
the
air}},
and
the
dazzling
brightness
of
Yahweh
was
above
them.
\VS{23}That
light
went
up
away
from
the
city
and
stopped
above
the
mountain
to
the
east
of
the
city.
\VS{24}In
the
vision
{\ADD{
that
I
had
been
seeing,
God’s}}
Spirit
lifted
me
up
and
brought
me
{\ADD{
back}}
to
the ◄exiles
in/people
who
had
been
forced
to
go
to►
Babylonia.
Then
the
vision
ended,
\VS{25}and
I
told
the
exiles
everything
that
Yahweh
had
shown
me{\ADD{
in
the
vision}}.

\par }\Chap{12}{\SH Ezekiel symbolizes what will happen when they are exiled
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{2}“You
human,
you
are
living
among
people
who
are
{\ADD{
very}}
rebellious.
They
have
eyes,
but
they
do
not
see{\ADD{
what
I
want
them
to
see}};
they
have
ears,
but
they
do
not
hear{\ADD{
what
I
want
them
to
hear}},
because
they
are
rebellious/stubborn
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Therefore,
you
human,
pack
your
belongings
as
though
you
were ◄going
into
exile/being
forced
to
go
to
another
country►.
Then,
during
the
daytime,
while
people
are
watching,
{\ADD{
prepare
to}}
go
to
another
place.
Even
though
the
people
are
rebellious,
perhaps
they
will
understand{\ADD{
what
you
are
symbolizing}}.
\VS{4}During
the
daytime,
while
they
are
watching,
bring
out
the
things
that
you
want
to
take
and
pack
them.
Then
in
the
evening,
while
they
are
watching,
do
what
those
who
are
preparing
to
go
into
exile
do.
\VS{5}Dig
through
the{\ADD{
city}}
wall
and
take
your
things
through
the
hole.
\VS{6}Then
put
them{\ADD{
in
a
sack}}
on
your
shoulder
while
they
are
watching
and
leave
at
dusk.
Cover
your
face
in
order
that
you
cannot
see
the
path.
{\ADD{
I
want
you
to
do
this}}
because
I
want
you
to
warn
the Israeli
people.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
So}}
I
did
what
Yahweh
told
me
to
do.
During
the
day
I
brought
things
out
of
my
house{\ADD{
as
though}}
I
was packing
to
go
into
exile.
Then
in
the
evening
I
dug
through
the{\ADD{
city}}
wall.
{\ADD{
Then}}
while
people
watched,
I
put
my
sack
of
belongings
on
my
shoulder
and
left.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
next
morning,
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{9}“You
human,
the
rebellious
people [MTY]
of
Israel
asked
you, ‘What
are
you
doing?’
\par }{\PP \VS{10}{\ADD{
So
go
back
and}}
say
to
them, ‘What
I
did
is
about
the
king
in
Jerusalem
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
people
of
Israel
who
are
there.’
\VS{11}Tell
{\ADD{
them}}, ‘{\ADD{
What
I
did}}
is
a
warning
to
you.’
What
has
happened
to
you
will
happen
to
them.
They
will
be
captured
and
forced
to
go
to
another
country.
\VS{12}Their
king
will
put
his
belongings
on
his
shoulder
at
dusk
and
leave.
{\ADD{
His
servants}}
will
dig
a
hole
through
the
city
wall,
{\ADD{
and
he
will
take
his
belongings}}
through
it.
He
will
cover
his
face
in
order
that{\ADD{
others
will
not
recognize}}
him.
\VS{13}But{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
I
will
spread
a
net
for
him{\ADD{
to
be
captured}};
{\ADD{
enemy
soldiers
will}}
capture
him
and
take
him
to
Babylon{\ADD{
city}}.
But
he
will
not{\ADD{
be
able
to}}
see
it;
and
there
he
will
die.
\VS{14}I
will
scatter
in
all
directions [IDM]
all
those
who
have
been
around
him—his advisors
and
his
soldiers—and
I
will
cause
his
enemies
to
pursue
them,
with
their
swords
ready
to
strike
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then,
when
I
scatter
them
among
many
nations [DOU],
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\VS{16}But
I
will
spare/save
a
few
of
them
from
being
killed
by
swords
and
from
dying
from
famines
or
plagues,
with
the
result
that
in
the
nations
to
which
they
are
forced
to
go,
they
will
realize/admit
that
they
have
been
doing
disgusting
things,
and
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{18}“You
human,
tremble
while
you
eat
your
food,
and
shudder
fearfully
while
you
drink
your
water.
\VS{19}Tell
{\ADD{
this
to}}
the Israeli
people: 'This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says
about
those
who
are
{\ADD{
still}}
living
in
Jerusalem
and
in{\ADD{
other
places
in}}
Israel:
They
also
will
be
very
anxious/worried [DOU]
while
they
eat
their
food
and
drink
their
water,
because
their
country
will
{\ADD{
soon}}
have
everything
taken
away.
That
will
happen
because
the
people
who
live
there
{\ADD{
continually}}
act
{\ADD{
very}}
violently.
\VS{20}The
towns
where
people
live
will
be
devastated,
and
the
land
will
become
barren/empty.
Then
you
people
will
know
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
who
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.' ”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{22}“You
human,
the
people
in
Israel
have
this
proverb/saying: ‘The
days
pass,
and
what{\ADD{
the
prophets}}
predict
never
happens.’
\VS{23}So
say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
I
am
going
to
prove
that ◄what
they
say/that
proverb►
is
not
correct,
and
then
they
will
never
say
that
again
in
Israel.’
Tell
them, ‘It
will
soon
be
the
time
when
everything
that
the
prophets
have
predicted
will
happen.
\VS{24}No
longer
will{\ADD{
false
prophets
tell}}
to
the Israeli
people
false
visions,
or
prophecies
that
try
to
please
people.
\VS{25}Instead,
I,
Yahweh,
will
say
what
I
want
to
tell
the
people,
and
what
I
predict
will
quickly
happen.
You
rebellious
people,
I
will
cause
to
happen
everything
that
I
say
will
happen.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I,}}
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Yahweh
also
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{27}“You
human,
the Israeli
people
are
{\ADD{
constantly}}
saying
{\ADD{
about
you}}, ‘The
things
that
he
sees
in
visions{\ADD{
will
not
happen
soon}}.
They
are
about{\ADD{
things
that
will
happen}}
many
years
from
now,
far
in
the
future.’
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Therefore
say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord [DOU]
says:
I
will
no
longer
delay{\ADD{
causing
to
happen}}
any
of
the
things
that
I
have
prophesied.
Whatever
I
have
predicted
will{\ADD{
very
soon}}
happen.’ ”

\par }\Chap{13}{\SH Ezekiel condemned the false prophets
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{2}“You
human,
prophesy{\ADD{
a
warning}}
against
the
prophets
in
Israel
who
are
prophesying.
Some
of
them
are
prophesying
things
that
they
themselves
have
imagined/thought.
Say
to
them: 'Listen
to
what
Yahweh
says!
\VS{3}He
says, “Terrible
things
will
happen
to
those
wicked
prophets
who
proclaim
their
own ideas
and
have
not
seen
any{\ADD{
visions
from
me}}.
\VS{4}You Israeli
people,
your
prophets
are{\ADD{
as
useless}}
as [SIM]
jackals/wolves
{\ADD{
that
only
dig}}
through
the
ruins{\ADD{
of
a
city}}.
\VS{5}Those
prophets
have
not
helped
you Israeli
people [MTY]
to
repair
the
places
where
the{\ADD{
city}}
walls
have ◄been
broken/crumbled►.
That
needs
to
be
done
in
order
that
the
walls
will
be
strong
at
the
time
when
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
allow
your
enemies}}
to
attack
you.
\VS{6}The
visions
and
prophecies
of
those
prophets
are
false.
They
say, 'Yahweh
told
me
this,'
but
I
have
not
sent
them{\ADD{
to
you
to
be
my
prophets}}.
But
they
expect
that
what
they
prophesy
will
truly
happen!
\VS{7}They
say
that
they
have
seen
visions,
but
those
visions
are
false,
and
the
things
that
they
prophesy
are
lies [RHQ].
They
say, 'Yahweh
told
me
this,'
but
I
have
told
them
nothing!”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Therefore,
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: “Because
you
prophets
have
said
what
is
false,
and
because
your
visions
are
lies,
I
am
opposed
to
you.
\VS{9}I
will
strike/punish
all
you
prophets
who
falsely
say
that
you
have
seen
visions
and
prophesy
things
that
are
lies.
You
will
not
have
any
place
among
my
people,
your
names
will
not
be
listed
in
the
records
of
the Israeli
people,
and
you
will
never
return
to
Israel.
Then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}They
deceive
my
people,
saying “Things
will
go
well
for
us,”
when
things
will
not
go
well.
{\ADD{
It
as
though}} [MET]
the
people
have
built
a shaky/weak
wall,
and
the
prophets
cover
it
with ◄whitewash/white
paint►
{\ADD{
to
make
people
think
that
it
is
a
very
strong
wall}}.
\VS{11}So,
tell
those
prophets
who
cover
the
wall
with
whitewash
that
the
wall
will
surely
fall
down.
It
will
rain
very
hard.
I
will
send
big
hailstones
to
fall.
Very
strong
winds
will
blow
against
it.
\VS{12}When
the
wall
falls
down,
the
people
will
certainly
say
to
those
prophets, “The
white
paint
certainly
did
not [RHQ]
make
the
wall
strong!”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}So
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: “Because
I
am
very
angry
with
you,
{\ADD{
I
will
send
enemy
armies
to
destroy
Jerusalem.
It
will
be
as
though}} [MET]
I
will
send
a
very
strong
wind
and
hailstones
and
very
heavy
rains
to
destroy
you.”
\VS{14}{\ADD{
The
false
prophecies
of
your
prophets
are
like}} [MET]
a
wall
that
they
have
covered
with
whitewash,
but
I
will
break
it
down,
and
shatter
it
down
to
the
ground,
with
the
result
that
people
can
see
its
foundations.
When
the
wall
collapses,
you
also
will
be
killed,
and
everyone
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\VS{15}In
that
way
I
will
show
that
I
am
very
angry
with{\ADD{
the
people
who
built}}
the
wall
and
those
who
covered
it
with ◄whitewash/white
paint►.
Then
I
will
say
to
you, “The
wall
is
destroyed/gone,
and
those
prophets
who
put ◄whitewash/white
paint►
on
it
have
been
killed.”
\VS{16}Those
are
the
prophets
who
prophesied
that
things
would
go
well
for
the
people
in
Jerusalem,
when
things
would
not
go
well
for
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}So,
you
human,
show
that
you
are
angry
with [IDM]
the
women
of
Jerusalem
who
prophesy
things
that
they
themselves
have
imagined.
\VS{18}Tell
them, “This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
Terrible
things
will
happen
to
you
women
who
fasten magic
charms
on
your
wrists
and
make
veils
of
various sizes
to
put
on
your
heads
in
order
to
deceive
the
people.
{\ADD{
You
think
that}} [RHQ]
you
will
deceive
others{\ADD{
by
telling
them
that
you
know
what
will
happen
in
the
future}},
and
that
you
will
save
your
own
lives.
\VS{19}You
dishonored
me{\ADD{
by
telling
lies}}
in
order
to
get
from
my
people
a
few
handfuls
of
barley
and
a
few
pieces
of
bread.
My
people
listen
to
lies;
and
you
women
who
are
lying
to
them
have
caused
to
be
killed
people
who
did
not
deserve
to
die
and
have ◄spared/allowed
to
remain
alive►
those
who
should
not
continue
to
live.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Therefore,
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say{\ADD{
to
those
women}}: “I
detest
your magic
charms
by
which
you
deceive
people
like [SIM]
{\ADD{
people
trap}}
birds.
I
will
tear
those
charms
off
your
wrists,
and
I
will
cause
the
people
whom
you
have
deceived
to
no
longer
be
deceived
by
you.
\VS{21}I
will
also
tear
off
your
veils
and
rescue
my
people
from
continuing
to
be
deceived
by
you,
and
they
will
no
longer
be
under
your
control.
Then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\VS{22}You
have
discouraged
righteous
people
by
telling
them
lies
when
I
did
not
{\ADD{
do
things
to}}
cause
them
to
be
sad.
And
you
have
encouraged
wicked
people
to
not
turn
away
from
their
wicked
behavior;
if
they
had
done
that,
they
would
have
continued
to
remain
alive.
\VS{23}Therefore,
you
will
no
longer
falsely
say
that
you
have
seen
visions
or
tell
people
what
will
happen
in
the
future
{\ADD{
in
order
to
please
them}}.
I
will
rescue
my
people
from
being
deceived
by
you.
And
then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.” ' ”

\par }\Chap{14}{\SH Ezekiel condemned the idol worshipers
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}One
day
some
of
the
elders
of
Israel
came
to
me
and
sat
down
in
front
of
me.
\VS{2}Then
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{3}“You
human,
these
men
want
to [IDM]
worship
idols,
and
they
are allowing
idols
to induce
them
to
sin [IDM].
So
I
will
certainly [RHQ]
answer
them
if
they
ask
me
for
advice.
\VS{4}So
say
this
to
them: ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
When
any Israeli
person
wants
to
worship
idols
which
will induce
him
to
sin,
and
he
goes
to
a
prophet{\ADD{
to
get
advice}},
I,
Yahweh,
will
give
him
the
answer
that
he
deserves
to
receive
because
he
worship
idols.
\VS{5}{\ADD{
I
will
do
that}}
in
order
that
the Israeli
people,
who
have
abandoned
me
in
order
to
worship
their
idols,
will
sincerely [IDM]
worship
me
again.’
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Therefore,
say
to
the Israeli
people, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says: ◄Repent/Stop
sinning►!
Stop
worshiping
your
idols,
and
stop
all
your
{\ADD{
other}}
detestable
behavior!’
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When
any
of
{\ADD{
you}} Israeli
people
or
any
foreigner
living
among
you
turns
away
from
me
and starts
worshiping
idols [IDM]
that induce
him
to
sin,
and
then
goes
to
a
prophet
to
find
out
what
I
want
him
to
do,
I
myself
will
answer
him.
\VS{8}I
will
show
that
I
detest
him,
and
cause{\ADD{
what
happens
to}}
him
to
be
a
warning
{\ADD{
to
others}},
and
cause
him
to
be
someone
whom
people
despise.
I
will
cause
him
to
no
longer
be
allowed
to
associate
with
my
people.
Then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}And
if
a
prophet
is
deceived
and
gives
a
false
prophecy,
{\ADD{
even
though}}
I
have{\ADD{
allowed
him
to}}
give
that
message,
I
will
get
rid
of
him
and
remove
him
from
among
my Israeli
people.
\VS{10}Both
the
prophet
and
the
one
who
asks
him
for
advice
will
be
guilty,
{\ADD{
and
I
will
punish
both
of
them}}.
\VS{11}Then
you Israeli
people
will
no
longer
abandon
me,
and
you
will
no
longer
become
unacceptable
to
me
because
of
your
sins.
You
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
your
God.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say.”
\par }{\SH Yahweh
will
punish
Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said}},
\VS{13}“You
human,
if{\ADD{
the
people
of
some}}
country
sin
against
me
by abandoning
me,
and
I
punish [IDM]
them
by
cutting
off
their
food
supply
and
by
sending
a
famine,
with
the
result
that
people
and
animals
die,
\VS{14}even
if
Noah,
Daniel,
and
Job
were
there,
they
would
save
only
themselves
because
of
their
being
righteous.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Or,
if
I
send
wild
animals
throughout
the
country,
and
they
attack
and
kill{\ADD{
many
of}} [HYP]
the
people,
with
the
result
that
travel
in
that
country
becomes
very
dangerous
and
no
one
travels
through
that
country,
\VS{16}{\ADD{
as
surely}}
as
I
am
alive,
even
if
those
three
men
were
in
that
country,
they
could
not
save
{\ADD{
even
their
own}}
sons
or
daughters{\ADD{
from
being
killed}}.
Only
those
{\ADD{
three}}
would ◄be
saved/remain
alive►,
and
the
country
would
become
desolate.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Or,
if
I
bring
enemy
soldiers [MTY]
to
attack
that
country,
and
they
kill [MTY]
people
and
animals
throughout
that
country
with
their
swords,
\VS{18}as
surely
as
I
am
alive,
even
if
those
three
men
were
in
that
country,
they
would
not
be
able
to
save
even
their
own
sons
or
daughters{\ADD{
from
being
killed}}.
They
would
save
only
themselves.
That
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Or,
if
I
send
a
plague
into
that
land
and
cause
the
people
and
the
animals
to
die{\ADD{
from
the
plague}}
because
I
am
very
angry
with
those
people,
\VS{20}{\ADD{
as
surely}}
as
I
am
alive,
even
if
Noah,
Daniel
and
Job
were
in
that
country,
they
would
not
{\ADD{
be
able
to}}
save
even
their
sons
and
daughters.
They
would
save
only
themselves
because
of
their
being
righteous.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}So
{\ADD{
now}}
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I,}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
I
will
cause
four
things
to
happen
to
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Jerusalem
to
punish
them
very
severely.
{\ADD{
Some}}
people
and
animals
will
be
killed
by
swords,
{\ADD{
some
will
die
from}}
famines,
{\ADD{
others
will
be
attacked
and
killed
by}}
wild
animals,
and
{\ADD{
others
will
die
in}}
plagues.
\VS{22}But
some
{\ADD{
of
your
people}}
will
remain
alive,
{\ADD{
both adults}}
and
children.
They
will
come
to
you,
{\ADD{
Ezekiel,
in
Babylon}}.
And
when
you
see
their{\ADD{
disgusting}}
behavior
and
actions,
you
will
realize
that
I
had
good
reasons
for
causing
{\ADD{
the
people
of
}}
Jerusalem
to
experience
those
many
great
disasters [DOU]
that
I
have
sent
to
them.
\VS{23}When
you
see
those
things
that
they
do,
you
will
know
that
there
were
very
good
reasons [LIT]
for
me
to
do
everything
that
I
caused
to
happen
to
them.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.”

\par }\Chap{15}{\SH The people of Jerusalem are like useless grapevines
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said}},
\VS{2}“You
human,
the
wood
of
a grapevine
is
certainly
not [RHQ]
more
useful
that
the
branches
of
the
trees
in
a
forest.
\VS{3}No
one [RHQ]
ever
takes
a
branch
of
a grapevine
and
makes
anything
{\ADD{
useful}}
from
it.
No
one [RHQ]
even
makes
pegs
from
them
to
hang
things
on.
\VS{4}And
after
a
branch
of
a grapevine
is
thrown
into
a
fire,
and
the
fire
burns
both
ends
and chars/scorches
the
branch
in
the
middle,
will
it
then
be
useful
for
anything?
\VS{5}No;
if
it
was
not
useful
for
anything
before
it
was
burned,
it
certainly
cannot
be{\ADD{
made
into
something}}
useful
after
the
fire
has
burned
and
charred
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
The
wood
of grapevines
is
useful
only
for
fuel
in
a
fire.
Similarly,
the
people
who
live
in
Jerusalem{\ADD{
are
useless}}.
\VS{7}I
will
reject [IDM]
them.
{\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
they
have
escaped
from
a
fire,
but
there
will
still
be
a
fire
that
will
burn
them
up.
And
when
I
punish [EUP]
them,
you
{\ADD{
people
who
remain
alive}}
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
done
it}}.
\VS{8}I
will
cause
your
country
to
become
a
wasteland
because
your
people
have
not
been
loyal
{\ADD{
to
me.
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh,
the
Lord,
say.”

\par }\Chap{16}{\SH An illustration about Jerusalem being unfaithful
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{2}“You
human,
cause
the
people
of
Jerusalem
to
think
about
their
detestable
behavior.
\VS{3}Say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says
to
you
people
of
Jerusalem:
{\ADD{
It
is
as
though
you
are
a
woman
who}} [MET]
was
born
in
the
country
where
the
Canaan people-group
lived.
{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}} [MET]
your
father
belonged
to
the Amor people-group
and
your
mother
belonged
to
the
Heth people-group.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}} [MET]
on
the
day
that
you
were
born,
your umbilical
cord
was
not
cut,
and
your
body
was
not
washed
in
water,
and
it
was
not
rubbed
with
salt
or
wrapped
in
strips
of
cloth,
{\ADD{
like Israeli
babies
always
are}}.
\VS{5}No
one
pitied
you
or
acted
kindly
toward
you
by
doing
those
things
for
you.
Instead,
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}} [MET]
you
were
thrown
into
a
field,
because
on
the
day
that
you
were
born,
you
were
despised $\{$everyone
despised
you$\}$.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}} [MET]
I
passed
by
and
saw
you
lying
in
your
own
blood
and kicking.
And
while
you
lay
there kicking
in
your
own
blood,
I
said
to
you, “I
want
you
to
remain
alive!”
\VS{7}{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}}
I
caused
you
to
grow
up,
like
plants
in
the
field
grow;
you
grew
up
and
became
tall
and
became
like [MET]
a
very
beautiful
jewel.
{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}} [MET]
your
breasts ◄formed/became
large►,
and
your
hair
became
long,
although
you
were
still
naked [DOU].
\par }{\PP \VS{8}When
I
saw
you
several
years
later,
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}} [MET]
I
saw
that
you
were
old
enough
to
have
sex [EUP].
So
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}} [MET]
I
spread
the
corner
of
my
robe
over
you{\ADD{
to symbolize
that
I
would
marry
you}},
with
the
result
that
you
were
no
longer
naked.
I
solemnly
promised
{\ADD{
that
I
would
marry
you}}
and
made
a
marriage
agreement
with
you,
and
you
became
my
wife.
That
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}{\ADD{
And
then
it
was
as
though}} [MET]
I
bathed
you
and
washed
the
blood
from
you
and
put
ointment
on
your
body.
\VS{10}{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}} [MET]
I
put
a
fine
linen
robe
on
you
and
gave
you
other expensive
clothes.
I
put
an
embroidered
dress
on
you
and
put
leather
sandals
on
your
feet.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}} [MET]
I
put
bracelets
on
your
arms
and
a
necklace
around
your
neck.
Those
things
all
had
nice
jewels
fastened
to
them.
\VS{12}I
put
a
gold
ring
in
your
nose
and
fastened
earrings
to
your
ears
and
put
a
beautiful
crown
on
your
head.
\VS{13}So
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
you
wore
gold
and
silver
ornaments.
You
had
clothes
made
from
fine ◄linen/white
cloth►
and
other expensive
embroidered
material/cloth.
You
ate
{\ADD{
bread
made
from}}
fine
flour,
honey,
and
olive
oil.
You
became
very
beautiful,
like [MET]
a
queen.
\VS{14}You
were
very
beautiful,
with
the
result
that
people
in
other
nations
heard
about
you,
because
they
knew
that
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
am
the
one
who
had
caused
you
to
become
very
beautiful.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}But
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}} [MET]
you
realized
that
because
people
knew
that
you
were
very
beautiful,
you
could
{\ADD{earn
a
lot
of
money
by}}
becoming
a
prostitute.
{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}}
you
had
sex
with [EUP]
every
man
who
came
along,
and
they
all
enjoyed
your
beauty.
\VS{16}{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}}
you
took
some
of
your
clothes
to
make beautifully
decorated
shrines,
and
that
is
where
you
had
sex
with
those
men.
Those
things
should
certainly
never
occur!
\VS{17}You
took
the
fine
gold
and
silver
jewelry
that
I
gave
you,
and
you
made
male
idols
for
yourself,
in
order
to
have
sex
with
them.
\VS{18}You
took
some
of
your
embroidered
clothes
to
put
on
those
idols,
and
you
burned
oil
and
incense
in
front
of
them
{\ADD{
to
honor
them}}.
\VS{19}And
the
{\ADD{
bread
that
was
made
from}}
fine
flour
and
the
olive
oil
and
honey
that
I
gave
to
you
to
eat,
you
offered
to
be
a
fragrant
sacrifice
to
those
idols.
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
is
what
happened.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}And
you
even
took
your
sons
and
daughters
who
were
{\ADD{
as
though
they
were}} [MET]
my
children,
and
sacrificed
them
to
be
food
for
the
idols.
That
was
much
worse [RHQ]
than
your
becoming
a
prostitute.
\VS{21}You
slaughtered
{\ADD{
those
who
were
like}} [MET]
my
children,
and
offered
them
to
be
sacrifices
to
the
gods!
\VS{22}All
during
the
time
when
you
were
acting
like
a
prostitute
and
doing
other
detestable
things,
you
did
not
think
about
the
time
when
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
you
were
very
young,
naked [DOU],
lying
in
your
own
blood
and kicking.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}So
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
terrible
things
will
happen
to
you.
In
addition
to
all
the
other
wicked
things
that
you
did,
\VS{24}you
built
a
shrine
to
worship
idols
in
every
{\ADD{
city}}
square/plaza.
\VS{25}At
the
beginning
of
every
street
you
built
a
shrine,
and
showed
people
your
beautiful
body,
offering
it
to
have
sex
with
every
man
who
walked
by,
becoming
a
better
known
prostitute
every
day.
\VS{26}{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}} [MET]
you
had
sex
with
men
from
Egypt
who
were
eager
to
have
sex
with
you,
men
who
lived
near
to
Israel.
You
caused
me
to
become
very
angry
because
you
became
more
eager
to
have
sex
with
more
and
more
of
them.
\VS{27}So
I
punished [IDM]
you
and
caused
your
enemies
to
capture
some
of
your
country.
I
enabled
your
greedy
enemies
from
Philistia
to
defeat
you;
and
even
they
were
shocked
because
of
your
disgraceful
behavior.
\VS{28}{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}}
you
had
sex
with
soldiers
from
Assyria,
too,
because
you
always
wanted
more
sex.
And
after
that,
you
still
were
not
satisfied.
\VS{29}So
you
also
had
sex
{\ADD{
with
soldiers
from}}
Babylonia,
a
country
full
of
merchants/businessmen,
but
even
that
did
not
satisfy
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
when
you
did
all
those
things,
acting
like [MET]
a
bold
prostitute,
you
were
showing
that
you
were
ready
to
do
anything
that
you
wanted
to [IDM].
\VS{31}When
you
built
shrines
to
worship
idols
on
every
street
corner
and
in
every
city
square/plaza,
you
were
not
like
a
prostitute:
Prostitutes
charge
money,
but
you
refused
to
take
money
for
what
you
did.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}You
are
like [MET]
a
woman
who
commits
adultery:
You
prefer
to
{\ADD{
have
sex
with}}
strangers
rather
than
with
your
husband.
\VS{33}Prostitutes
are
paid,
but
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
you
give
gifts
to
all
your
lovers;
you
bribe
them
to
come
to
you
from
everywhere
to
have
sex
with
you.
\VS{34}So
although
you
act
like [MET]
a
prostitute,
you
are
not
like
other
prostitutes:
No
one
needs
to
request
you
to
have
sex [EUP]
with
them.
You
are
the
opposite
of
other
prostitutes;
instead
of
them
giving
any
money
to
you,
you
give
men
money
to
have
sex
with
you.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Therefore,
{\ADD{
you
people
of}}
Jerusalem,
who
are
like
a
prostitute [MET],
listen
to
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
am
saying
about
you!
\VS{36}I
say
that
{\ADD{
what
you
have
done
is
as
though}} [MET]
you
took
off
your
clothes
and
acted
like
a
prostitute
and
had
sex
with
men
who
are
not
your
husband.
{\ADD{
What
I
mean
is
that
you
have
been
worshiping}}
detestable
idols,
and
you
have
murdered [MTY]
your
own
children
to
be
sacrifices
to
them.
\VS{37}So
{\ADD{
what
I
am
going
to
do
is
as
though}}
I
will
gather
those
who
you
think
have
loved
you
and
those
whom
you
hated.
I
will
gather
them
around
you
{\ADD{
to
attack
you}},
and
{\ADD{
what
I
will
do
is
as
though}}
I
will
strip
your
clothes
off
you,
and
they
will
see
you
when
you
are
completely
naked.
\VS{38}I
will
punish
you
like
women
who
commit
adultery
and
who
murder
people [MTY]
are
punished.
I
will
get
revenge
on
you
and
get
rid
of
you
because
I
am
extremely
angry
with
you.
\VS{39}I
will
allow
{\ADD{
your
enemies
who
you
thought}}
loved
you [IRO]
to
defeat
you,
and
they
will
tear
down
your
shrines.
{\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
they
will
strip
off
your fancy
clothes
and
take
away
your
fine
jewelry
and
cause
you
to
be
completely
naked [DOU].
\VS{40}They
will
bring
a mob
to
attack
you,
and
that mob
will
throw
stones
at
you
and
cut
you
to
pieces
with
their
swords.
\VS{41}They
will
burn
down
your
houses
and
punish
you
while
many
women
are
watching.
I
will
cause
your
acting
like
a
prostitute
and
paying
your
lovers
to
have
sex
with
you
to
end.
\VS{42}Then
I
will
no
longer
be
angry [DOU]
with
you.
I
will
stop
being
jealous
{\ADD{
because
of
your
worshiping
gods
other
than
me
only}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}You
have
forgotten
{\ADD{
the
wonderful
things
that
I
did
for
you}}
in
previous
years [MET].
You
have
caused
me
to
become
extremely
angry
because
of
all
the
{\ADD{
evil
things}}
that
you
have
done.
In
addition
to
all
the
other
detestable
things
that
you
did,
you
committed
many
sexual
sins.
So
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
I
will
punish
you [IDM]
for
doing
those
things.
\par }{\PP \VS{44}People
who
{\ADD{
like
to}}
quote
proverbs
will
quote
this
proverb
about
you: “Daughters{\ADD{
behave}}
like
their
mothers
{\ADD{
behave}}.”
\VS{45}You
are
like
your
mother;
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
she
detested
her
husband
and
her
children.
You
are
like
your
sisters,
who
also
despised
their
husbands
and
their
children.
{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}} [MET]
your
father
belonged
to
the Amor people-group
and
your
mother
belonged
to
the
Heth people-group.
\VS{46}And
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}} [MET]
your
older
sister
was
Samaria,
and
she
and
her
daughters
lived
to
the
north
of
you,
and
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
your
younger
sister
was
Sodom,
and
she
and
her
daughters
lived
to
the
south
of
you.
\VS{47}You
not
only imitated
all [DOU]
their
detestable
behavior,
but
you
quickly
became
more
sinful
than
they
were.
\VS{48}I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
solemnly
declare
that
as
surely
as
I
am
alive,
{\ADD{
the
people
who
lived
in}} [MTY]
Sodom
and
other
nearby
cities
never
did
the
detestable
things
that
you
{\ADD{
people
in
Jerusalem
and
other
places
in
Judah}}
have
done.
\par }{\PP \VS{49}These
are
the
sins
of{\ADD{
the
people
who
lived
in}}
Sodom,
who
were
like
your
sister [MET]:
The
people
who
lived
there
and
in
nearby
cities
were
arrogant.
In
spite
of
having
more
food
to
eat
than
they
needed,
they
refused
to
help
the
poor
and
needy [DOU]
people
among
them.
\VS{50}The
people
of
Sodom
and
nearby
cities [MET]
were
proud
and
did
detestable
things
in
my
presence,
so
I
got
rid
of
them
when
I
saw
what
they
had
been
doing.
\VS{51}Also,
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Samaria
did
not
commit
half
as
many
sins
as
you
have
committed.
You
have
done
more
disgusting
things
than
they
have
done.
You
cause
the
people
of
Samaria
to
appear
to
be
good,
compared
to
you.
\VS{52}Your
sins
are
worse
than
their
sins,
so
they
seem
to
be
less
wicked
than
you
are.
So
I
will
punish
you
more
than
I
punished
them.
As
a
result,
you
will
be
ashamed
and
disgraced [DOU].
\par }{\PP \VS{53}However,
{\ADD{
some
day}}
I
will
cause{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Sodom
and
Samaria
and
the
cities
near
to
them [MET]
to
prosper
again.
And
I
will
cause
you
to
prosper
again,
too.
\VS{54}You
will
be
very
ashamed [DOU]
of
the
wicked
things
that
you
have
done,
and
that
will
cause
the
people
of
those
cities
to
be
encouraged.
\VS{55}{\ADD{
The
people
of}}
Sodom
and
Samaria
will
prosper
again,
and
you
and
the
people
in
nearby
cities
will
prosper
also.
\VS{56}You ◄sneered
at/despised►
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Sodom
when
you
were
proud,
\VS{57}before
it
was
revealed
that
you
were
very
wicked.
And
now
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Edom
and
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Philistia
all
insult
you
and
despise
you.
\VS{58}And
you
are
being
punished
for
all
your immoral
behavior
and
other
detestable
things
that
you
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{59}This
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
I
will
continue
to
punish
you
like
you
deserve
to
be
punished,
because
by rejecting
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
you,
you
have
despised
that
solemn
agreement
that
you
promised
to
obey.
\VS{60}But
I
will
not
forget
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
you
long
ago [MET],
and
I
will
make
an
agreement
with
you
that
will
endure
forever.
\VS{61}Then
you
will
think
about
what
you
have
done,
and
you
will
be
ashamed
about
those
things
when
you
welcome
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Sodom
and
Samaria,
cities
which
are
like [MET]
older
and
younger
sisters
to
you
people
of
Jerusalem.
I
will
{\ADD{
put
them
under
your
control
by}}
causing
them
to
become
like [MET]
your
daughters,
but
they
will
not
have
the
same
agreement
that
I
will
make
with
you.
\VS{62}I
will
establish
my
agreement
with
you,
and
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\VS{63}Then
when
I
have
forgiven
you
for
all
your
sins,
you
will
think
about
all
the
sins
that
you
committed
and
you
will
be
ashamed,
and
you
will
never
again
{\ADD{
boast
about
them}},
because
you
will
be
humiliated.’ ”

\par }\Chap{17}{\SH An illustration about two eagles and a vine
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{2}“You
human,
tell
this
story/parable [DOU]
to
the
people [MTY]
of
Israel.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
Say
to
them,}} ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
A
huge
eagle
that
had
strong
wings
and
long
beautiful
feathers
of
many
colors
flew
to
Lebanon.
It
grasped
the
top
of
a
cedar
{\ADD{
tree}}
\VS{4}and
broke
it
off.
Then
the
eagle
carried
it
away
to
{\ADD{
Babylonia}},
a
country
that
had
many
merchants/businessmen,
and
planted
it
in
one
of
the
cities
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
that
eagle
took
a seedling
from
{\ADD{
your}}
country
and
planted
it
in
a
fertile
field.
He
planted
it
like
people
plant
a
willow
tree,
alongside
{\ADD{
a
stream
that
had}}
plenty
of
water.
\VS{6}It
grew
and
became
a
low grapevine
that
spread
{\ADD{
along
the
ground}}.
Its
branches
turned
up towards
the
eagle,
but
its
roots
grew
down
into
the
ground.
So
it
became
a
{\ADD{
good}}
vine
and
produced
{\ADD{
lots
of}}
branches
and
leaves.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}But
there
was
another
huge
eagle
that
had
strong
wings
and
beautiful
feathers.
And
{\ADD{
some
of}}
the
roots
of
the
vine
grew
toward
that
eagle,
and
its
branches
{\ADD{
also}}
turned
toward
it,
hoping
that
the
eagle
would
bring
more
water
to
it.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
That
happened
in
spite
of
the
fact
that}}
the
vine
had
{\ADD{
already}}
been
planted
in
good
soil,
where
there
was
plenty
of
water,
with
the
result
that
it
had
produced
branches
and
produced
grapes
and
had
become
a
very
healthy/productive
vine.’
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
{\ADD{
after
you
have
told
that
to
the
people,
say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
That
vine}}
will
certainly
not [RHQ]
remain
healthy/productive.
It
will
be [RHQ]
pulled
up
by
its
roots
by
the
eagle
{\ADD{
that
planted
it}},
and
all
its
fruit
will
be
stripped
off
and
its
leaves
will
wither.
And
it
will
not
need
someone
with
strong
arms
or
many
people
to
pull
it
out
by
its
roots.
\VS{10}Even
if
that
vine
is transplanted,
it
certainly
will
not
continue
to
grow [RHQ].
When
the
hot
wind
from
the
east
blows
against
it,
it
will
completely
wither,
there
where
it
was
planted! [RHQ]’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Yahweh
gave
this
message
to
me:
\VS{12}“Ask
these
rebellious
{\ADD{Israeli}}
people, ‘Do
you
know
what
this
parable/story
means?’
Tell
them
that
it signifies
that
the
King
of
Babylon
went
to
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
with
his
army}}
and
captured
the
King
of
Judah
and
his
officials,
and
took
them
back
to
Babylon.
\VS{13}Then
he
took
one
of
the
king’s
close
relatives
{\ADD{
and
appointed
him
to
be
the
king}},
and
made
an
agreement
with
him,
forcing
him
to
solemnly
promise
{\ADD{
to
remain
loyal}}.
The
King
of
Babylon
also
took
to
Babylon
the
other
important
citizens
of
Judah,
\VS{14}in
order
that
the
kingdom
of
Judah
would
not
be
able
to
become
powerful
again.
The
King
of
Babylon
intended
that
the
kingdom
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}
would
not
continue
to exist
if
the
people
did
not
obey
that
agreement
{\ADD{
that
he
made
with
the
King
of
Babylon}}.
\VS{15}But
the
King
of
Judah
rebelled
against
the
King
of
Babylon
by
sending
officials
to
Egypt
to
request
from
them
horses
and
a
large
army
{\ADD{
to
fight
against
the
army
of
Babylonia}}.
But
the
King
of
Judah
will
certainly
not [RHQ]
be sucessful.
Rulers
who
{\ADD{
rebel
like
that
and}}
and
refuse
to
obey
solemn agreements
will
never [RHQ]
escape.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
{\ADD{
as
surely}}
as
I
am
alive,
the
King
of
Judah
will
die
in
Babylon,
in
the
city
where
the
King
of
Babylon
appointed
him
to
be
the
King [MTY]
{\ADD{
of
Judah}}.
He
will
die
because
he
despised
the
solemn
agreement
and
refused
to
do
what
he
promised
to
do.
\VS{17}The
King
of
Egypt
with
all
his
very
huge
army [DOU]
will
not
{\ADD{
be
able
to}}
help
the
King
of
Judah:
{\ADD{
The
soldiers
from
Babylonia}}
will
build
ramps
up
against
the
walls
of
Jerusalem
and
set
up
devices
to batter
the
walls.
They
will
{\ADD{
enter
Jerusalem
and}}
kill
many
of
its
people.
\VS{18}The
King
of
Judah
despised
the
solemn
agreement
by disregarding
the
treaty.
Although
he
had
solemnly
promised
to
be
under
the
control
of
the
King
of
Babylon,
{\ADD{
he
sent
officials
to
request
help
from
Egypt}}.
Therefore
he
will
not
escape
being
punished
{\ADD{
by
the
King
of
Babylon}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Therefore
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: 'Just
as
surely
as
I
am
alive,
I
will
cause
the
King
of
Judah
to
be
punished [IDM]
for ignoring
the
solemn
agreement
that
he
made
{\ADD{
with
the
King
of
Babylon}}
and
then
refusing
to
obey
it.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
I
will
spread
a
net
to
capture
him,
and
he
will
be
caught
in
it.
He
will
{\ADD{
be
captured
and}}
taken
to
Babylon
and
punished
because
he
rebelled
against
me.
\VS{21}Most [HYP]
of
his
soldiers
who
try
to
escape
will
be
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords,
and
those
who
survive
will
be
scattered
in
all
directions.
Then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.' ”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says: “{\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
I
will
take
a
shoot
from
the
top
of
a
very
tall
cedar
{\ADD{
tree}}
and
plant
it [DOU]
in
another
place.
I
will
plant
it
on
a
very
high [DOU]
mountain.
\VS{23}{\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
I
will
plant
it
on
a
mountain
in
Israel,
and
it
will
grow
and
become
a
beautiful
cedar
{\ADD{
tree}}.
Many [HYP]
kinds
of
birds
will
make
their
nests
in
the
tree,
and
they
will
have
shade
in
its
branches.
\VS{24}And
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
all
the
trees
in
the
field
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
get
rid
of
tall
trees
and
make
little
ones
grow.
I
cause
{\ADD{
big}}
green
trees
to
wither,
and
I
cause
dry
trees
to
become
green.
\par }{\PP I,
Yahweh
have
said
this,
and
I
will
{\ADD{
certainly}}
do
what
I
have
said
that
I
will
do.”

\par }\Chap{18}{\SH It is those who sin who will be punished
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{2}“You
people
quote [RHQ]
this
proverb
{\ADD{
and
say
that
it
is}}
about
Israel:
\par }{\Q ‘Parents/People
eat
sour
grapes,
\par }{\QB but
it
is
their
children
who
have
a
very
sour
taste
in
their mouths',
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
which
means
that
you
think
that
it
is
not
fair
for
you
to
be
punished
for
your ancestors’
sins}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}But
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
{\ADD{
as
surely}}
as
I
am
alive,
you Israeli
people
will
no
longer
quote
that
proverb.
\VS{4}Everyone
{\ADD{
who
is
alive}}
belongs
to
me.
That includes
children
and
their
parents;
they
all
belong
to
me.
And
it
is
those
who
sin
who
will
die{\ADD{
because
of
their
sins}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}{\ADD{
So,}}
suppose
there
is
a
righteous
person
\par }{\QB who{\ADD{
always}}
does
what
is
fair
and
right [DOU].
\par }{\Q \VS{6}He
does
not
eat{\ADD{
meat
sacrificed
to
idols}}
on
the hilltops,
\par }{\QB he
does
not
request
help
from
idols.
\par }{\Q He
does
not
have
sex
with
someone
else’s
wife
\par }{\QB or
have
sex
with
a
woman
during
her
monthly
menstrual
period.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}He
does
not
mistreat/oppress
people;
\par }{\QB if
someone{\ADD{
borrows
money
from
him
and
gives
him
his
cloak
to
guarantee
that
he
will
pay
the
money
back}},
he
always
gives
the
cloak
back
to
that
person{\ADD{
before
the
sun
goes
down}}.
\par }{\Q He
does
not
rob
people.
\par }{\QB He
gives
food
to
hungry
people.
\par }{\QB He
gives
clothing
to
people
who
need
clothes.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}When
he
lends
money
to
people,
\par }{\QB he
does
not
{\ADD{
do
it
just
to}}
charge
big
interest.
\par }{\Q He
does
not
do [SYN]
things
that
are
evil.
\par }{\QB He
{\ADD{
always}}
decides
things
fairly.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}He
faithfully
obeys
all [DOU]
my
laws.
\par }{\QB That
man
is
truly
righteous;
\par }{\Q he
will
remain
alive.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
is
what
I,}}
Yahweh
the
Lord,
promise.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{10}But
suppose
that
man
has
a
son
who
acts
violently,
who
murders
people
and
does
any
of
these
other
things,
even
though
his
father
has
not
done
any
of
them:
\par }{\Q \VS{11}He
eats{\ADD{
meat
sacrificed
to
idols}}
on
the hilltops.
\par }{\QB He
has
sex
with
other
people’s
wives.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}He mistreats/oppresses
poor
and
needy
people.
\par }{\QB He
robs
people.
\par }{\Q If
someone
gives
him
his
cloak
to
guarantee{\ADD{
that
he
will
pay
the
money
back}},
\par }{\QB he
never
gives
the
cloak
back
to
him{\ADD{
before
the
sun
goes
down}}.
\par }{\Q He
seeks
help
from
idols.
\par }{\QB He
does
{\ADD{
other}}
detestable
things.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}When
he
lends
money,
he
charges{\ADD{
very
big}}
interest.
\par }{\MM If
you
think
that
such
a
person
will{\ADD{
be
allowed
to}}
remain
alive [RHQ],
you
are
certainly
wrong.
Because
he
has
done
those
detestable
things,
he
will
surely
be
executed,
and
it
will
be
his
own
fault [IDM].
\par }{\PP \VS{14}But
suppose
that
man
has
a
son
who
sees
all
the
sins
that
his
father
commits,
but
he
does
not
do
those
things:
\par }{\Q \VS{15}He
does
not
eat{\ADD{
meat
sacrificed
to
idols}}
on
the hilltops.
\par }{\QB He
does
not
request
help
from
idols.
\par }{\QB He
does
not
have
sex
with
other
people’s
wives.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}He
does
not
mistreat/oppress
people.
\par }{\QB If
he
lends
money
to
someone,
he
does
not
require
that
person
to
give
him
his
cloak
to
guarantee
that
he
will
pay
the
money
back.
\par }{\Q He
does
not
rob
anyone.
\par }{\QB He
gives
food
to
those
who
need
it.
\par }{\QB He
gives
clothes
to
those
who
need
clothes.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}He
does
not
commit
sins,
{\ADD{
like
his
father
did}},
\par }{\QB and
does
not
charge
big
interest [DOU]
when
he
lends
money.
\par }{\Q He
faithfully
obeys
{\ADD{
all}} [DOU]
my
laws.
\par }{\MM That
person
will
not
be
executed
for
his
father’s
sins;
he
will
surely
remain
alive.
\VS{18}But
his
father
will
be
executed
for
the
sins
that
he
committed,
because
he
cheated
people
and
robbed
people
and
did
{\ADD{
other}}
things
that
are
evil.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\ADD{
If}}
you
ask, ‘Why
should
the
{\ADD{
man’s}}
son
not ◄suffer/be
punished►
for
the
evil
things
that
his
father
did?’,
{\ADD{
I
will
answer
that}}
the
son
has
done
what
is
fair
and
right [DOU]
and
has
obeyed
all
my
laws,
so
he
will
surely
remain
alive.
\VS{20}It
is
those
who
sin
who
will
die{\ADD{
because
of
their
sins}}.
People
will
not
be
punished
for
the
sins
of
their
parents,
or
for
the
sins
of
their
children.
Good/Righteous
people
will
be
rewarded
for
their
being
good/righteous,
and
evil
people
will
be
punished
for
their{\ADD{
doing}}
evil.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}But
if
a
wicked
person ◄turns
away
from/quits►
doing
all
the
evil
things
that
he
did
previously,
and
if
he starts
to
obey
faithfully
all
my
laws,
and
does
what
is
fair
and
right [DOU],
he
will
surely
remain
alive;
he
will
not
be
executed.
\VS{22}He
will
not
be
punished
for
the
sins
he
committed
{\ADD{
previously}}.
Because
of
the
good/righteous
things
that
he
has
done
{\ADD{
since
that
time}},
he
will{\ADD{
be
allowed
to}}
remain
alive.
\VS{23}{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
I
certainly
am
not [RHQ]
happy
about
wicked
people
dying.
Instead,
I
am
happy
when
they
turn
away
from
their
wicked
behavior,
and{\ADD{
because
of
that,
they}}
remain
alive.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}But
if
a
righteous
person
stops
doing
righteous
things
and
{\ADD{starts
to}}
commit
sins
and
does
the
same
detestable
things
that
wicked
people
do,
he
will
certainly
not [RHQ]
{\ADD{
be
allowed
to}}
remain
alive.
I
will
not
think
about
the
righteous
things
that
he
did
previously.
Because
he
did
not
faithfully{\ADD{
do
what
pleases
me}},
and
because
of
{\ADD{
all}}
the
sins
that
he
has
committed,
he
will
be
executed.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}But
you
say, ‘Yahweh
does
not
act
fairly!’
You Israeli
people,
listen
to
what
I
say:
It
is
certainly
not [RHQ]
what
I
do
that
is
unfair,
it
is
what
you
continually
do
that
is
not
fair/right!
\VS{26}If
a
righteous
person ◄turns
away
from/quits►
doing
what
is
righteous
and
commits
sins,
he
will
die{\ADD{
for
committing
those
sins}}.
\VS{27}But
if
a
wicked
person
turns
away
from
doing
wicked
things
and
does
what
is
just
and
right [DOU],
he
will
save
himself{\ADD{
from
being
executed/punished}}.
\VS{28}Because
he
has
thought
about
all
the
evil
things
that
he
did
and
has
turned
away
from
doing
them,
he
will
surely{\ADD{
be
allowed
to}}
live.
He
will
not
be
executed
{\ADD{
for
having
done
evil
things}}.
\VS{29}But
{\ADD{
you}} Israeli
people [MTY]
say, ‘Yahweh
does
not
act
fairly.’
You
people
of
Israel,
my
behavior
is
certainly
not [RHQ]
unfair!
It
is
your
behavior
that
is
not
right.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Therefore,
you Israeli
people [MTY],
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
will
judge
each
of
you
according
to
what
you
have
done.
Repent!
Turn
{\ADD{
away}}
from
all
your
wicked
behavior!
Then
you
will
not
be
destroyed [PRS]
because
of
your
sins.
\VS{31}Get
rid
of
all
your
wicked
behavior,
and
get
a
new
way
of
thinking [IDM, DOU].
You Israeli
people [MTY], ◄do
you
really
want
to
be
executed
for
your
sins?/you
act
as
though
you
want
to
be
executed
{\ADD{
for
your
sins}}► [RHQ].
\VS{32}{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
I
am
not
pleased
about
your
dying.
So
repent,
and
remain
alive!”

\par }\Chap{19}{\SH A funeral song for Israel’s leaders
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Ezekiel}},
sing
a
sad funeral
song{\ADD{
a
which
will
be
a
parable}}
about{\ADD{
two
of
the}}
kings
of
Israel.
\VS{2}Say
{\ADD{
to
the Israeli
people}},
\par }{\Q ‘{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}} [MET]
your
mother
was
a
brave
female
lion
\par }{\QB who
raised
her
cubs
among
{\ADD{
other}}
lions.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}She
taught
one
of
them
to
hunt{\ADD{
for
other
animals
to
kill}},
\par }{\QB and
he
{\ADD{
even}}
learned
to{\ADD{
kill
and}}
eat
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}{\ADD{
When
people
from
other}}
nations
heard
about
him,
\par }{\QB they
trapped
him
in
a
pit.
\par }{\Q Then
they
used
hooks
\par }{\QB to
drag
him
to
Egypt.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}His
mother
waited
for
him
{\ADD{
to
return}},
\par }{\QB but
{\ADD{
soon}}
she
stopped
hoping/expecting
{\ADD{
that
he
would
return}}.
\par }{\Q So
she
raised
another
cub
\par }{\QB who
{\ADD{
also}}
became
very
fierce.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}He
hunted
along
with
{\ADD{
other}}
lions{\ADD{
for
animals
to
kill}},
\par }{\QB and
he
even
learned
to{\ADD{
kill
and}}
eat
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}He
destroyed
forts,
\par }{\QB and
he
ruined
cities.
\par }{\Q When
he
roared
{\ADD{
loudly}},
\par }{\QB everyone
was
terrified.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}So
{\ADD{
people
of
other}}
nations
planned
to
kill
him,
\par }{\QB and
men
came
from
many
places
\par }{\Q to
spread
out
a
net
for
him,
\par }{\QB and
they
caught
him
in
a
trap.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}They
tied
him
with
chains
\par }{\QB and
took
him
to
Babylonia.
\par }{\Q And
{\ADD{
there}}
he
was
locked
in
a
prison,
\par }{\QB with
the
result
that
{\ADD{
no
one
on}}
the
hills
of
Israel
ever
heard
him
roar
again.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP {\ADD{
Also,
say
to
the Israeli
people,}}
\par }{\Q \VS{10}‘{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}} [SIM]
your
mother
was
a grapevine
\par }{\QB that
was
planted
along
a
stream.
\par }{\Q There
was
plenty
of
water,
\par }{\QB so
it
had
lots
of
branches
and
produced
{\ADD{
a
lot
of}}
grapes.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}That grapevine
grew
and
became
taller
than
all
the
nearby
trees;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
everyone
could}}
see
that
it
was
very
strong
and
healthy.
\par }{\Q And
those
branches
were
good
for
making
scepters
\par }{\QB that symbolize
the
power/authority{\ADD{
of
a
king}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}But{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
became
very
angry,
\par }{\QB so
he
pulled
up
the
vine
by
its
roots
\par }{\Q and
threw
it
on
the
ground,
\par }{\QB where
the
{\ADD{
very
hot}}
winds
from
the
desert
dried
up
all
its
fruit.
\par }{\Q The
strong
branches
wilted
\par }{\QB and
were
burned
in
a
fire.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Now
that
vine
has
been
planted
in
a
hot,
dry
desert.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}A
fire
started
to
burn
its
stem,
\par }{\QB and
then
started
to
burn
the
branches
\par }{\QB and
burned
all
the
grapes.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Now}}
not
{\ADD{
even}}
one
strong
branch
remains;
\par }{\Q they
will
never
become
scepters
for
a
king.’
\par }{\MM That funeral
song
must
be
sung
very
sadly.”

\par }\Chap{20}{\SH The people of Israel continued to rebel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Almost
seven
years
after{\ADD{
King
Jehoiachin
and
the
rest
of
us
had
been
captured
and
taken
to
Babylonia}},
on
the
tenth
day
of
the
fifth
month{\ADD{
of
that
year}},
some Israeli
elders
came
to
me
to
ask{\ADD{
if
I
had
a
message
for
them}}
from
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Then
Yahweh
gave
me
a
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{3}“You
human,
speak
to
the Israeli
elders
and
say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
You{\ADD{
say
that}}
you
have
come
to
ask
if
there
is
any
message
from
me [RHQ],
but
{\ADD{
as
surely}}
as
I
am
alive,
I
will
not{\ADD{
answer
you
if}}
you
ask
me{\ADD{
to
tell
you}}
anything.’
\par }{\PP \VS{4}If
you
are [RHQ]
willing
to
warn
them,
remind
them
of
the
detestable
things
that
their
ancestors
did.
\VS{5}Then
say
to
them, ‘On
the
day
that
I
chose
{\ADD{
you}} Israeli
people{\ADD{
to
belong
to
me}},
with
my
hand
lifted
up,
I
made
a
solemn
promise
to
your
ancestors{\ADD{
while
they
were
still}}
in
Egypt.
I
said
to
them, “I
am
Yahweh,
your
God.
\VS{6}I
will
bring
you
out
of
Egypt
and
lead
you
to
a
land
that
I
have
chosen
for
you.
It
is
a
very
fertile [IDM]
and ◄very
beautiful/more
beautiful
than
any
other►
land.
\VS{7}Each
of
you
must
get
rid
of
the
disgusting
idols
that
you
loved [IDM],
and
do
not
defile
yourselves
by{\ADD{
worshiping}}
those
idols{\ADD{
that
you
saw}}
in
Egypt.
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
{\ADD{
am
saying
this
to
you}}.” ’
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
they
rebelled
against
me.
They
would
not
pay
attention
to
me.
They
did
not
get
rid
of
the
disgusting
idols
they
loved,
and
they
did
not
reject
those
idols{\ADD{
that
they
saw}}
in
Egypt.
So
because
I
was
angry
with
them,
I
said
that
I
would
punish [MTY]
them
in
Egypt.
\VS{9}But
for
the
sake
of
my
own
reputation,
I
decided
to
do
something
in
order
that
I
would
not
be
dishonored
by
the
people
of
the
nations
who
would
see
it
when
I
brought
my
people
out
of
Egypt.
\VS{10}Therefore
I
led
them
out
of
Egypt
and
brought
them
into
the
desert.
\VS{11}I
gave
them
{\ADD{
all}}
my
laws
and
decrees [DOU],
in
order
that
they
would
obey
them,
and
as
a
result
they
would
live
{\ADD{
for
a
long
time}}.
\VS{12}Also,
I
established
the
Sabbath/rest
days
to
be
a
symbol
between
us
to
show
that
I,
Yahweh,
had
caused
them
to
be
set
apart{\ADD{
from
the
other
nations}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}But
the Israeli
people
rebelled
against
me
in
the
desert.
They
did
not
obey
my
commands [DOU];
they
rejected
them,
even
though
they
tell
people
who
obey
them
that
they
will
live
{\ADD{
for
a
long
time}},
and
they
profaned
the
Sabbath
days.
So
I
said
that
I
would
get
rid
of
them
in
the
desert,
and
that
would
show
that
I
was
very
angry
with
them.
\VS{14}But
{\ADD{
again}},
for
the
sake
of
my
own
reputation,
I
decided
to
do
something
else
in
order
that
I
would
not
be
dishonored/despised
by
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
the
nations
who
had
seen
me
bring
my
people
out
of
Egypt.
\VS{15}I
lifted
up
my
hand
and
solemnly
declared
to
them
in
the
desert
that
I
would
not
take
them
into
the
land
that
I{\ADD{
had
promised
to}}
give
them,
a
land
that
was
very
fertile [IDM]
and ◄very
beautiful/more
beautiful
than
any
other►
land.
\VS{16}The
reason
that
I
promised
that
was
because
they
rejected
and
disobeyed
all
my
laws [DOU]
and ◄desecrated/refused
to
rest
on►
the
Sabbath
days.
{\ADD{
They
did
that
}}
because
they [SYN]
were
devoted
to{\ADD{
worshiping}}
their
idols.
\VS{17}But,
I
still
pitied
them
and
did
not
get
rid
of
{\ADD{
all
of}}
them
in
the
desert.
\VS{18}I
said
to
their
children, ‘Do
not
do
the
things
that
your
parents
continually
did,
or
defile
yourselves
by{\ADD{
worshiping}}
their
idols.
\VS{19}I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
Carefully
obey [DOU]
my
laws
and
commands.
\VS{20}Respect
my
Sabbath
days,
in
order
that
by
doing
that [PRS],
it
will
remind
you
that
you
belong
to
me,
Yahweh
your
God.’
\par }{\PP \VS{21}But
their
children
{\ADD{
also}}
rebelled
against
me.
They
did
not
carefully
obey
my
laws [DOU],
{\ADD{
even
though}}
the
people
who
obey
them
will
live
{\ADD{
for
a
long
time}};
and
they
profaned
the
Sabbath
days.
So
again
I
said
that
by
getting
rid
of
them
in
the
desert,
I
would
show
that
I
was
very
angry
with
them.
\VS{22}But
I
did
not
do
that [IDM].
{\ADD{
Again,}}
for
the
sake
of
my
own
reputation,
I
{\ADD{
decided
to}}
do
something
in
order
that
I
would
not
be
dishonored/despised
by
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
the
nations
who
had
seen
it
when
I
brought
my
people
out
{\ADD{
of
Egypt}}.
\VS{23}I
lifted
up
my
hand
and
solemnly
declared
to
them
in
the
desert
that
I
would
cause
them
to
be
scattered
among
{\ADD{
many}}
nations [DOU],
\VS{24}because
they
had
rejected
and
disobeyed
all
my
laws [DOU]
and
desecrated
the
Sabbath
days,
and
they
had
eagerly
desired{\ADD{
to
worship}}
the
idols
that
their
parents{\ADD{
had
worshiped}}.
\VS{25}I
also
allowed
them
to
obey
laws
that
were
not
good,
and
laws
that
would
not
enable
them
to
live
{\ADD{
a
long
time
if
they
obeyed
them}}.
\VS{26}I
allowed
them
to
become
unacceptable
to
me
by
their
sacrificing
their
firstborn
children
in
the
fire.
I
did
that
in
order
that
they
would
be
horrified,
and
in
order
that
they
would
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Therefore,
you
human,
speak
to
the Israeli
people.
Say
this
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says
{\ADD{
to
you}}:
This
is
one
way
that
your
ancestors
dishonored
me
by
turning
away
from
me.
\VS{28}After
I
brought
them
into
the
land
that
I
had
solemnly
promised
to
give
to
them,
every
time
that
they
saw
a
high
hill
or
a
{\ADD{
big}}
green
tree,
they
offered
sacrifices{\ADD{
to
idols}}
there.
They
made
offerings
to
them,
and
that
caused
me
to
become
angry.
They
presented
to
those
idols
their
fragrant
burning
incense,
and
poured
out
wine
offerings
to
them.
\VS{29}{\ADD{
Then}}
I
asked
them, “Who [RHQ]
{\ADD{
told
you
to
worship
at}}
a
shrine
like
this,
here
on
this hilltop?”
So
they
are
still
called “hilltop
shrines”.’
\par }{\SH Punishment
and restoration
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Therefore,
say
this
to
the Israeli
people [MTY]: 'This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says: “You
are
going
to [RHQ]
defile
yourselves
like
your
ancestors
did
by
strongly desiring{\ADD{
to
worship}}
their
disgusting
{\ADD{
statues
of
idols}}.
\VS{31}When
you
sacrifice
your
children
in
the
fire,
you
are
still
continuing
to
make
yourselves
unacceptable
to
me
by{\ADD{
worshiping}}
your
many
idols.
You Israeli
people,
should
I
allow
you
to
inquire{\ADD{
what
I
want
you
to
do}}?
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say
that
{\ADD{
as
surely}}
as
I
am
alive,
{\ADD{
I
will
not
answer}}
if
you
inquire.'
\par }{\PP \VS{32}You
say, ‘We
want
to
be
like
the
{\ADD{
other}}
nations,
like
the
{\ADD{
other}} people-groups
in
the
world.
We
want
to
worship{\ADD{
idols
made
of}}
wood
and
stone{\ADD{
like
they
do}}.’
But
what
you
want
will
never
happen.
\VS{33}{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
your
Lord,
say
that
{\ADD{
as
surely}}
as
I
am
alive,
I
will
use
my
great
power [DOU, MTY]
to
rule
over
you,
and
show
that
I
am
angry
with
you.
\VS{34}With
my
great
power
I
will
gather
you
from
the
places
to
which
you
have
been
scattered,
\VS{35}and
I
will
bring
you
to
a
desert{\ADD{
that
is
surrounded}}
by
{\ADD{
other}}
nations.
There,
while
I
am
looking
at
you,
I
will
judge
you.
\VS{36}I
will
punish
you,
like
I
punished
your
ancestors
in
the
desert
near
Egypt.
\VS{37}I
will
count
you [MTY]
as
you
walk
by,
and
I
will
force
you
to
obey
the
agreement
that
I
made
with
you.
\VS{38}I
will
get
rid
of
those
people
among
you
who
rebel [DOU]
against
me.
Although
I
will
bring
them
out
of{\ADD{
Babylonia}},
where
they
are
now
living,
they
will
not
enter
Israel.
Then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}As
for
you Israeli
people [MTY],
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: 'Go
and
worship
your
idols
now [IRO],
each
of
you.
But
{\ADD{
afterwards}},
you
will
{\ADD{
surely}}
heed
me
and
no
longer
dishonor
me [MTY]
by
taking
gifts
to
your
idols.
\VS{40}{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
your
Lord,
declare
that
there
on
my
sacred
hill,
{\ADD{
Zion}},
that
high
hill
in
Israel,
you
will
bring
gifts
to
me,
and
I
will
accept
them.
I
will
require
you
to
bring
to
me
gifts
and
offerings
there,
and
your
sacrifices
that
are
dedicated
to
me.
\VS{41}When
I
bring
you
out
from
the
{\ADD{
other}}
nations [DOU]
to
which
you
have
been
scattered,
I
will
accept
you{\ADD{
as
though
you
were}}
fragrant
incense.
By
doing
that,
I
will
show
the
people
of
other
nations
that
I
have
set
you
apart
to
belong
to
me.
\VS{42}Then,
when
I
bring
you
into
the
land
of
Israel,
the
land
that
I
solemnly
promised
with
my
hand
lifted
up
that
I
would
give
to
your
ancestors,
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
done
it}}.
\VS{43}And
there{\ADD{
in
Israel}}
you
will
remember
how
you
conducted
your
lives
{\ADD{
previously,
you
will
remember}}
the
actions
that
caused
you
to
become
unacceptable
to
me,
and
you
will
hate/despise
yourselves
for
all
the
evil
things
that
you
have
done.
\VS{44}When
I
act
toward
you Israeli
people
to
protect
my
reputation,
and
not
{\ADD{
just
}}
because
of
your
evil
deeds
and
corrupt
behavior,
you Israeli
people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.'
That
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
declares.”
\par }{\SH Prophecy
against
the
southern
part
of
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{45}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{46}“You
human,
turn
toward
the
south.
Preach
about
what
will
happen
to
that
dry
land,
to
the
forest
there.
\VS{47}Say
to
the
forest
in
the
south{\ADD{
part
of
Israel}}: 'Listen
to
this
message
that
Yahweh
the
Lord
is
saying
{\ADD{
about
you}}: “I
am
about
to
start
a
fire
in
your
midst,
and
it
will
burn
up
all
your
trees,
{\ADD{
both}}
the
green
trees
and
the
withered/dry
trees.
Nothing
will
extinguish
the
blazing
flames.
And
the
fire
will scorch
the
faces
of
everyone
{\ADD{
who
lives}}
in
that
area,
from
the
south
to
the
north.
\VS{48}Everyone
will
see
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh,
who
have
lit
this
fire,
and
no
one
will
{\ADD{
be
able
to}}
put
it
out.” ' ”
\par }{\PP \VS{49}Then
I
said, “Yahweh,
my
Lord,
{\ADD{
when
I
tell
things
like
this
to
people,
they
do
not
believe
me}}.
They
say
about
me, ‘He
is
only
telling
parables.’ ”

\par }\Chap{21}{\SH Yahweh will punish Israel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{2}“You
human,
turn
toward
Jerusalem.
Preach
about
what
will
happen
to
the
temple
{\ADD{
there}}.
Preach
about
what
will
happen
to
the Israeli
people.
\VS{3}Say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
says:
I
am
opposed
to
you.
\VS{4}So{\ADD{
what
I
will
do
to
you
will
be
as
though}} [MET]
I
will
pull
my
sword
from
its
sheath
{\ADD{
and
strike
you}}.
I
will
kill
everyone,
including
righteous
people
and
wicked
people [DOU].
I
will
get
rid
of
everyone,
from
the
south
to
the
north.
\VS{5}Then
everyone
will
know
that{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
struck
people
with
my
sword,
and
I
will
not
put
it
back
in
its
sheath
again.’
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Therefore,
you
human,
groan!
Groan
in
front
of
the Israeli
people
very
sadly
and sorrowfully [IDM, DOU].
\VS{7}And
when
they
ask
you, ‘Why
are
you
groaning?’
tell
them, ‘Because
of
the
news
that
they
soon
will
hear.
Everyone
will
be
very
fearful [IDM],
and
their
knees
will
become
as
weak
as [SIM]
water.
{\ADD{
A
great
disaster}}
will
soon
occur.
That
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
is
promising.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said}},
\VS{9}“You
human,
prophesy
and
say
{\ADD{
to
them}}, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
says:
\par }{\Q I
have
sharpened
my
sword
\par }{\QB and
polished
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}It
is
sharpened
in
order
that
I
can
slaughter{\ADD{
many
people
with
it}};
\par }{\QB it
is
polished
so
that
it
will
flash
like
lightning.
\par }{\Q The
people
of
Judah
will
not
celebrate{\ADD{
their
being
punished
like
this}},
\par }{\QB but
they
did
not
repent
when{\ADD{
I
only
struck
them}}
with
a
stick.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}A
sword
should
be
polished,
\par }{\QB and
be
grasped
{\ADD{
in
someone’s
hand}}.
\par }{\Q It
should
be
sharpened
and
polished,
\par }{\QB ready
for
someone
to
use
it
to
kill
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}{\ADD{
So,}}
you
human,
cry
and
wail,
\par }{\QB because
I
will
use
my
sword
to
kill
my
people,
\par }{\QB including
the
leaders
of
Israel.
\par }{\Q They
and
all
the
other
people,
my
people,
\par }{\QB will
be
killed
by
swords,
\par }{\Q so
beat
your
chest{\ADD{
to
show
that
you
are
sad}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}I
am
about
to
test
my
people,
\par }{\QB and
the
kings [MTY]
of
Judah
will
not
escape
being
punished.
\par }{\QB That
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}So,
you
human,
prophesy;
\par }{\QB clap
your
hands{\ADD{
to
show
that
you
are
very
happy
about
what
is
going
to
happen}}.
\par }{\Q My
sword
will
strike
them
again
and
again;
\par }{\Q it
is
a
sword
for
slaughtering
many
people,
\par }{\QB while
I
attack
them
from
every
side.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}In
order
that
people
will
be
very
much
afraid [IDM]
\par }{\QB and
many
people
will
be
killed,
\par }{\Q I
have
placed{\ADD{
soldiers
holding}}
my
swords
at
every
{\ADD{
city}}
gate,
\par }{\QB ready
to
slaughter
people.
\par }{\Q Those
swords
will
flash
like
lightning,
\par }{\QB as
the
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
grasp
them
to
slaughter
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Their
swords [APO]
will
slash
to
the
right
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
then}}
to
the
left,
\par }{\QB whichever
way
they
turn
the blades.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Then
I
will
clap
my
hands{\ADD{
triumphantly}};
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
then}}
I
will
no
longer
be
angry.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it.’ ”
\par }{\SH The
sword
of
the
King
of
Babylonia
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{19}“You
human,
make{\ADD{
a
map}},
and
on
it
mark
two
roads
for
the
King
of
Babylonia
to
march
on{\ADD{
along
with
his
army,
carrying}}
their
swords.
When
they
depart
from
their
country,
they
will
come
to
a
sign
post
where
the
road
divides.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
If
they
continue
on
the
one
road,}}
they
will
attack
Rabbah{\ADD{
city}},
the
capital
of
the
Ammon people-group.
{\ADD{
If
they
continue
on
the
other
road,}}
they
will
come
to
Judah
and
to
Jerusalem,
{\ADD{
a
city}}
with
walls
around
it.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
When
the
army
of}}
Babylonia
comes
to
where
the
road
divides,
{\ADD{
they
will
stop}},
and
the
king
will
perform magic rituals
{\ADD{
to
decide
which
road
to
go
on}}.
He
will
throw
arrows;
{\ADD{
then}}
consult
his
idols{\ADD{
about
which
road
to
go
on}},
and
he
will ◄examine/look
at►
the
liver{\ADD{
of
a
sheep}}.
\VS{22}With
his
right
hand
he
will
pick
up
the
arrow
marked ‘Jerusalem’.
He
will
then{\ADD{
command
his
soldiers
to
go
to
Jerusalem.
When
they
arrive
there,
they}}
will
set
up ◄rams/devices
to batter{\ADD{
down
the
walls}},►
and
{\ADD{
then}}
the
king
will
give
the
command
for
them
to
slaughter
{\ADD{
the
people}}.
They
will
shout
{\ADD{
a battle-cry}},
and
they
will
set
up
the
rams
against
the
{\ADD{
city}}
gates.
They
will
build
a
dirt
ramp
{\ADD{
against
the
walls
around
the
city}},
and
set
up
things
to bash
those
walls.
\VS{23}The
people{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem}}
who
had
promised
{\ADD{
to
be
loyal
to
the
King
of
Babylonia
will
think
that
those rituals
must
be
wrong.
They
will
think
that
his
army
should
not
be
attacking
them}}.
But
he
will
remind
them
of
the
sins [MTY]
that
they
had
committed,
and{\ADD{
his
army}}
will
capture
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Therefore,
{\ADD{
tell
the Israeli
people
that}}
this
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says: ‘You
people
have
allowed
everyone
to
see
that
you
are
openly
rebelling{\ADD{
against
the
King
of
Babylonia}},
and
by
doing
that
you
have
shown
that
everything
that
you
do
is
sinful.
Therefore
you
will
be
captured
and
taken{\ADD{
to
Babylonia}}.’
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Also,
say, ‘You
very
wicked [DOU]
king
of
Israel,
it
is
your
time{\ADD{
to
die}}.
It
is
the
time
for
you
to
be
punished.’
\VS{26}And
this
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says
{\ADD{
to
you
soldiers
from
Babylonia}}: ‘Take
off
{\ADD{
the
king’s}}
turban
and
his
crown,
because
now
things
will
be
different
than
they
were
{\ADD{
before}}.
Those{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem}}
who
had
no
authority
will
now
be
given
authority,
and
those
who
had
authority
will
have
their
authority
taken
from
them.
\VS{27}{\ADD{
Jerusalem}}
will
be
completely
ruined.
I
will
cause
it
to
be
ruined,
and
it
will
not
be
rebuilt/restored
until
the
king
to
whom
the
city
truly
belongs
comes;
I
will
give
it
to
him{\ADD{
to
rule
it}}.’ ”
\par }{\SH A
prophecy
about
Ammon
\par }{\PP \VS{28}“And,
you
human,
prophesy
and
say
{\ADD{
this}}: 'This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says
about
the
Ammon people-group,
and
about
what
they
have
said
to
insult
{\ADD{
Israel}}:
\par }{\Q {\ADD{“The
King
of
Babylon
says,}}
\par }{\PP ‘{\ADD{
My
soldiers
have}} swords’ [APO];
\par }{\QB they
have
pulled
out
those
swords
to
slaughter
many
people.
\par }{\Q They
have
polished
them
in
order
to
kill
people,
\par }{\QB and
to
make
those
swords
flash
like
lightning.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}{\ADD{
Your
prophets}}
have
given
you
false
visions
about
{\ADD{
what
will
happen
to}}
you,
\par }{\QB and
they
have
given
you
messages
that
are
not
true.
\par }{\Q So
swords
will
strike
the
necks
\par }{\QB of
those
wicked
people;
\par }{\Q it
is
time
for
them
to
be
killed;
\par }{\QB it
is
the
day
when
they
will
be
punished{\ADD{
for
their
sins}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}You
must
put
your
swords
back
in
their sheaths
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
because
the
days
for
you
to
slaughter
your
enemies
are
ended}}.
\par }{\QB I
will
judge
those
people
in
the
country
where
they
were
born.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}I
will
pour
out
my
punishment [MTY]
on
them.
\par }{\Q Because
I
am
very
angry
with
them,
\par }{\QB my
breath
on
them
will scorch
them
{\ADD{
like}}a
fire [MET].
\par }{\Q I
will
allow
brutal
men
to
capture
them,
\par }{\QB men
who
are experts
in
killing
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}You
will
be
{\ADD{
like}}
fuel [MET]
{\ADD{
that
is
burned}}
in
a
fire.
\par }{\QB Your
blood
will
be
shed
in
your
own
land.
\par }{\Q No
one
will
remember
you
anymore.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it.” ' ”

\par }\Chap{22}{\SH The sins of the people of Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{2}“You
human,
are
you
ready
to
condemn
the
people
of
Jerusalem?
It
is [RHQ]
a
city
full
of
murderers [MTY].
Remind
them
of
all
the
detestable
things
that
they
have
done.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
Then}}
say, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
By
your murdering
people
and
by ◄defiling
yourselves/making
yourselves
unacceptable
to
God►
by
making
idols,
you
people
of
this
city [APO]
have
brought
to
yourselves
the
time
when
you
{\ADD{
will
be
destroyed}}.
\VS{4}You
have
become
guilty
by
doing
both
of
those
things [DOU].
You
have
brought
to
an
end
your
time
{\ADD{
to
remain
alive}} [DOU].
Therefore
I
will
cause
you
to
become
a
group
whom
the
{\ADD{
people
of
other}}
nations
will
scorn;
they
will
all
laugh
at
you [DOU].
\VS{5}People
in
countries
that
are
near
you
and
people
who
live
far
from
you
will
make fun
of
you,
because
your
city
is
full
of
lawless
people
and
full
of
confusion.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Think
about
how
each
of
your Israeli
kings
have
used
their
power
to
cause
people
to
be
murdered [MTY].
\VS{7}Your
people
do
not
respect/honor
their
parents;
they
have
oppressed
foreigners;
they
mistreat
orphans
and
widows.
\VS{8}You
despise
my
sacred
places
and ◄dishonor/do
not
respect►
the
Sabbath
days.
\VS{9}Among
you
are
men
who
tell
lies
in
order
to
cause
others
to
be
executed [MTY].
There
are
those
who
eat{\ADD{
food
offered
to
idols}}
at
the hilltop
{\ADD{
shrines}},
and
they
perform
disgusting
sexual
acts.
\VS{10}There
are
men
who
have
sex
with
their
father’s
wives [EUP],
and
men
who
have
sex
with
women
during
their
monthly
menstrual
periods.
\VS{11}There
are
men
who
have
sex
with
someone
else’s
wife.
Some
men
have
sex
with
their
daughters-in-law
or
with
their
sisters
or half-sisters.
\VS{12}There
are
among
you
men
who
accept
bribes
in
order
to
cause
someone
to
be
executed [MTY].
You
charge
high
interest
when
you
lend
people
money.
You
become
rich
by
forcing
people
to
give
you
money.
And{\ADD{
the
worst
thing
is
that}}
you
have
forgotten
me,
Yahweh
the
Lord.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}So
I
will
shake
my
fists
at
you
to
show
that
I
am
angry
with
you
because
of
your
stealing
money
from
people
and murdering [MTY]
people
who
live
among
you.
\VS{14}When
I
finish{\ADD{
punishing}}
you,
you
will
no
longer [RHQ]
be
courageous/brave [DOU].
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
{\ADD{
what
I
will
do
to
you}},
and
I
will
do
it.
\VS{15}I
will
cause
you
to
be
scattered
among
many
nations [DOU],
and
I
will
cause
you
to
stop
your
sinful
behavior.
\VS{16}When
{\ADD{
the
people
of
other}}
nations
see
that
you
have
been
humiliated,
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’ ”
\par }{\SH The
people
of
Jerusalem
must
be
purified
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Yahweh
{\ADD{
also}}
said
to
me,
\VS{18}“You
human,
your Israeli
people [MTY]
have
become{\ADD{
useless}}
to
me.
They
are
{\ADD{
like
}} [MET]
dross/slag
to
me.
They
are
like [SIM]
the{\ADD{
worthless}}
copper,
tin,
iron,
and
lead
that
remains
after
silver
is
melted
in
a{\ADD{
very
hot}}
furnace.
\VS{19}Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
Because
you
have
all
become
{\ADD{
like}}
dross/slag,
I
will
gather
you
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{20}People
put{\ADD{ore
containing}}
silver,
copper,
iron,
lead,
and
tin
in
a
{\ADD{
very
hot}}
furnace
and
melt
them
in
a
blazing
fire{\ADD{
to
burn
up
the
impurities}}.
Similarly [SIM],
I
will
gather
you
together{\ADD{
inside
Jerusalem}},
and
because
I
am
very
angry
with
you,
{\ADD{
what
I
will
do
will
be
as
though}}
I
am
melting
you.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
I
will
blow
on
you
with
a
hot
breath
that
shows
that
I
am
very
angry,
and{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
you
will
be
melted,
\VS{22}as
though
you
will
be
melted
like [SIM]
silver
is
melted
in
a
furnace,
and
then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
have
poured
out
my
punishment [MTY]
on
you.”
\par }{\SH The
sins
of
the
leaders
in
Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{24}“You
human,
say
to
the Israeli
people, ‘When{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
is
angry
with
you,
there
has
been
no
rain
or
showers
in
your
country.’
\VS{25}Your
leaders
are
like [SIM]
lions
that
tear
apart
the
animals
that
they
have
killed.
Your
leaders
destroy
their
people.
They
steal
treasures
and
{\ADD{
other}}
valuable
things
from
people,
and
they
cause
many
women
to
become
widows{\ADD{
by murdering
their
husbands}}.
\VS{26}Their
priests
disobey
my
laws
and
disrespect
my
sacred
things
by
saying
that
there
is
no
difference
between
things
that
are
sacred
and
those
that
are
not
sacred,
and
by ignoring
my
laws
about
honoring
the
Sabbath
days.
As
a
result,
they
no
{\ADD{
longer}}
honor
me.
\VS{27}Their
officials
are
like [SIM]
wolves
that
tear
apart
the
animals
that
they
have
killed:
They
murder
people [DOU]
in
order
to
get
their
money.
\VS{28}Their
prophets,
by
falsely
saying
they
have
received
visions{\ADD{
from
God}},
and
by
giving
false
messages,
try
to ◄cover
up [MET]/say
that
it
is
all
right
to
commit►
those
sins.
They
say, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says,’
when
I
have
said
nothing
to
them.
\VS{29}The Israeli
people
force
others
to
give
them
money,
and
they
rob
people.
They
oppress
poor [DOU]
people,
and
they
mistreat
foreigners
among
them
by
not treating
them
fairly{\ADD{
in
the
courts}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}I
looked
among
them
to
find
a
man
who
would
cause
the
people
of
the
city
to
repent [MET]
so
that
I
would
not
need
to
get
rid
of
them.
But
I
did
not
find
anyone.
\VS{31}So
because
I
am
very
angry
with
them,
I
will
severely
punish
them [MTY]
for
{\ADD{
all}}
the
wicked
things
that
they
have
done.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
have
said
it.”

\par }\Chap{23}{\SH A parable about Jerusalem and Samaria
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
said
to
me,
\VS{2}“You
human,
{\ADD{
listen
to
this
parable
about
Jerusalem
and
Samaria}}.
Once
there
were
two
women,
daughters
of
the
same
mother.
\VS{3}They
lived
in
Egypt.
And
from
the
time
that
they
were
young
women,
they
became
prostitutes.
In
that
land,
{\ADD{
men}}
fondled
their
breasts
and caressed
their bosoms [DOU].
\VS{4}The
older
{\ADD{
sister}}
was
Oholah,
and
her
{\ADD{
younger}}
sister
was
Oholibah.
{\ADD{
It
was
as
though}}
they
became
my
{\ADD{
wives.
Later}}
they
gave
birth
to
sons
and
daughters.
Oholah represents
Samaria,
and
Oholibah represents
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Oholah
acted
like
a
prostitute
while
she
was
{\ADD{
still}}
my
wife.
She
desired
to
have
sex
with
those
she
loved—soldiers
from
Assyria.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
Some
of
them}}
were
army
officers
and
commanders.
They
wore
{\ADD{
beautiful}}
blue
{\ADD{uniforms.
They
were}}
all
handsome
young
men.
Some
of
them
rode
horses.
\VS{7}She
acted
like
a
prostitute
toward
all
the
important
Assyrian
officials,
and
became
unacceptable
to
me
by
worshiping
all
the
idols
of
the
men
she
wanted
to
have
sex
with.
\VS{8}When
she
was
a
young
woman
in
Egypt,
she
started
being
a
prostitute,
and
{\ADD{
young}}
men caressed
her
breasts
and
had
sex
with
her;
and
when
she
became
older,
she
did
not
quit
acting
like
a
prostitute.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}So
I
allowed
the
Assyrian
soldiers,
whom
she
wanted
to
have
sex
with,
to
capture
her.
\VS{10}They
stripped
all
her
clothes
off
her.
They
took
away
her
sons
and
daughters.
And
then
they
killed
her
with
a
sword.
{\ADD{
Other}}
women
started
talking
about
what
had
happened
to
her,
about
how
she
had
been
punished.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Her{\ADD{
younger}}
sister
Oholibah
saw
those
things{\ADD{
that
happened
to
Oholah}},
but
she
was
a
prostitute,
and
she
desired
to
have
sex
with
men
more
than
her{\ADD{
older}}
sister
had
desired.
\VS{12}Oholibah
{\ADD{
also}}
wanted
to
have
sex
with
the
Assyrian
soldiers.
{\ADD{
Some
of
them
were}}
army
officers
and
commanders.
{\ADD{
They
all}}
wore
beautiful
blue uniforms.
They
were
all
handsome
young
men.
{\ADD{
Some
of}}
them
rode
horses.
\VS{13}I
saw
what
she
did
that
caused
her
to
became
unacceptable
to
me,
just
like
her{\ADD{
older}}
sister.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}But
she
did
{\ADD{
even}}
worse
things.
She
saw drawings
of
men
from
Babylonia
on
the
walls,
painted
in
red.
\VS{15}The
men{\ADD{
in
the drawings}}
had
belts
around
their waists
and
long
turbans
on
their
heads.
They
all
resembled
officers
from
Babylonia [DOU]
{\ADD{
who
rode
in
chariots}}.
\VS{16}As
soon
as
she
saw
those drawings,
she
wanted
to
have
sex
with
those
men,
and
she
sent
messages
to
them
in
Babylonia.
\VS{17}Then
the
soldiers
from
Babylonia
came
to
her,
they
lay
in
bed
with
her,
and
they
had
sex
with
her.
Then
she
became
disgusted
with
them
and
turned
away
from
them.
\VS{18}But
when
she
continued
to
openly/boldly
act
like
a
prostitute [DOU],
I
became
disgusted
with
her,
and
I
rejected
her
like
I
had
rejected
her{\ADD{
older}}
sister.
\VS{19}But
she
became
even
more immoral,
as
she
remembered
when
she
was
a
young
woman
who
was
a
prostitute
in
Egypt.
\VS{20}There
she
wanted
to
have
sex
with
those
who
loved
her,
whose
genitals
were
{\ADD{
very
long}},
like [SIM]
those
of
donkeys,
and
whose
sexual emissions
were
huge,
{\ADD{
like}}
those
of
horses.
\VS{21}So
she
desired
to
be immoral
like
she
was
when
she
was
young,
when
men
in
Egypt caressed
her
bosom
and
fondled
her
breasts.”
\par }{\SH Yahweh
will
punish
Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VS{22}“Oholibah{\ADD{represents
you
people
of
Jerusalem}}.
Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord
say: ‘I
will
cause
those
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
who
loved
you
but
whom
you
turned
away
from
because
you
became
disgusted
with
them,
to
be
angry
with
you.
I
will
cause
them
to
come
and
attack
you
from
every
side—
\VS{23}soldiers
from
Babylon
and
all
the
other
places
in
Babylonia,
and{\ADD{
their
allies}}
from
Pekod
and
Shoa
and
Koa{\ADD{
regions}},
and
all
the
army
of
Assyria.
{\ADD{
Yes}},
all
of
them
are
handsome
young
men,
army
officers
and
commanders,
officers
who
ride
in
chariots,
all
riding
on
horses.
\VS{24}Their
huge
army
will
attack
you
with
weapons,
riding
in
chariots
and pulling
wagons
{\ADD{
that
will
carry
their
army
supplies}}.
They
will
surround
you,
carrying
large
and
small
shields,
and
wearing
helmets.
I
will
allow
them
to
capture
you
and
punish
you
in
the
way
that
they
{\ADD{
always}}
punish{\ADD{
their
enemies}}.
\VS{25}Because
I
am
very
angry
with
you,
I
will
cause
them
to
act
{\ADD{
very}}
furiously
toward
you.
They
will
cut
off
your
noses
and
your
ears.
Then,
those
who
are
still
alive,
they
will
kill
with
their
swords.
They
will
take
away
your
sons
and
daughters,
and
a
fire
will
burn
up
those
who
remain
alive.
\VS{26}They
will
strip
off
your
clothes
and
your
fine
jewelry
and
take
them
away.
\VS{27}In
that
way,
I
will
stop
all
the immoral
behavior
that
began
when
you
became
a
prostitute
in
Egypt.
You
will
no
longer
desire
to
do
those
things,
or
think
about{\ADD{
what
you
did
in}}
Egypt.’
\par }{\PP \VS{28}This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord
say: ‘I
am
about
to
allow
those
whom
you
hate,
those
you
became
disgusted
with
and
turned
away
from,
to
capture
you.
\VS{29}They
will
be
cruel
and
take
away
everything
that
you
have
worked
hard
to
acquire.
They
will
leave
you
completely
naked [DOU],
and
everyone
will
see
that
you
truly
are
a
prostitute.
\VS{30}It
is
because
of
what
you
have
done
that
you
will
be
punished
like
that;
you
have
been
an immoral
prostitute;
you
have
had
sex
with
men
of
other
nations,
and
you
have
caused
yourselves
to
become
unacceptable
to
me
by{\ADD{
worshiping}}
their
idols.
\VS{31}You
have
behaved
like{\ADD{
the
people
of
Samaria,
who
are
like}}
your
{\ADD{
older}}
sister.
So
I
will
cause
you
to
be
punished [MET]
like
they
were
punished.’
\par }{\PP \VS{32}This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: ‘{\ADD{
You
will
suffer
like
people
suffer
when
they
drink
from
a
cup
a
lot
of
strong alcoholic
drink}}:
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
you
will
drink
from
the
cup
that
the
people
of
Samaria
drank
from;
\par }{\QB a
big
and
tall
cup.
\par }{\Q Because
of
your
drinking
what
is
in
that
cup,
\par }{\QB many
people
will
scorn
you
and
make fun
of
you
\par }{\QB because
there
is
a
lot
of
liquid
in
that
cup.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}When
you
become
very
drunk,
\par }{\QB you
will
become
very
sad,
\par }{\Q because{\ADD{
drinking
what
is
in}}
that
cup [MTY]
will
cause
you
to
become
ruined
and
deserted,
\par }{\QB like
what
happened [MET]
to
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Samaria,
{\ADD{
who
are
like}} [MET]
your
sister.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}You
will
drink
all
the
liquid
that
is
in
that
cup;
\par }{\QB then
you
will
break
that
cup
into
pieces
\par }{\QB and{\ADD{
use
those
pieces
to}}
gash/cut
your
breasts{\ADD{
because
you
will
be
very
sad}}.’
\par }{\MM {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: ‘Because
you
have
forgotten
me
and
rejected
me [IDM],
you
must
be
punished
for
your immoral
behavior
and
for
being{\ADD{
like}}
a
prostitute.’ ”
\par }{\SH God
will
punish
Samaria
and
Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VS{36}Yahweh
said
to
me, “You
human,
you
must [RHQ]
judge{\ADD{
the
people
of
those
two
cities represented
by}}
Oholah
and
Oholibah.
You
must
remind
them
of
their
detestable
behavior:
\VS{37}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though
the
people
of
those
cities}}
have
committed
adultery
and
have
murdered [MTY]
people.
They
have
been
unfaithful
to
me
by
{\ADD{
worshiping}}
idols.
They
have
even
sacrificed
their
own
children,
who
belonged
to
me,
to
be
food
for
their
idols.
\VS{38}They
have
done
other{\ADD{
disgraceful
things}}:
They
have
caused
my
temple
to
be
an
unacceptable
place
for
worship,
and
have
not
respected
the
Sabbath
days.
\VS{39}On
the
same
day
that
they
sacrificed
their
children
to
their
idols,
they
entered
my
temple,
which
caused
it
to
be
an
unacceptable
place
for
worshiping
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{40}They
sent
messages
to
men
{\ADD{
in
countries}}
far
away.
And
when
those
men
arrived,
{\ADD{
the
women
of
those
two
cities}}
bathed
themselves
for
them,
painted
their
eyebrows,
and
put
on
jewelry.
\VS{41}They
sat
on
a
beautiful
couch,
with
a
table
in
front
of
it
on
which
they
had
put
incense
and
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil
that
belonged
to
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{42}Soon
there
was
a
noisy
crowd
around
them.
Among
the
crowd
there
were
men
from
Sheba
who
had
come
from
the
desert{\ADD{
of
Arabia}}.
They
put
bracelets
on
the
arms
of
the
{\ADD{
two}}
sisters
and
put
beautiful
crowns
on
their
heads.
\VS{43}Then
I
said
about
the
woman
who
had
become
exhausted
by
her
having
sex
with
many
men, ‘Now
allow
those
men
to
act
toward
her
as
though
she
is
a
prostitute,
because
that
is
all
that
she
is.’
\VS{44}So
they
had
sex [EUP]
with
those
two
women,
Oholah
and
Oholibah,
like
men
have
sex
with
prostitutes.
\VS{45}But
righteous
men
will
condemn
them
to
be
punished,
like
women
who
commit
adultery
and
who
murder
others
are
punished,
because
those
women
commit
adultery
and
they
murder [MTY]
others.
\par }{\PP \VS{46}So
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
Bring
a mob
to
attack
Samaria
and
Jerusalem,
and
allow
that mob
to
cause
the
people
of
those
cities
to
be
terrified,
and
to
rob
them.
\VS{47}The mob
will
throw
stones
at
them{\ADD{
to
kill
them}};
they
will
cut
them
into
pieces
with
their
swords,
they
will
kill
their
sons
and
daughters,
and
burn
down
their
houses.
\par }{\PP \VS{48}In
that
way
I
will
cause
them
to
stop
their immoral
behavior.
It
will
warn
other
women
to
not
imitate/do
what
you
people
of
Jerusalem
are
doing.
\VS{49}You{\ADD{
people
of
Jerusalem}}
will
be
punished
for
your immoral
behavior
and
for
your
worshiping
idols.
Then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.”

\par }\Chap{24}{\SH A parable about meat cooking in a pot
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Almost
nine
years{\ADD{
after
we
had
been
taken
to
Babylonia}},
on
the
tenth
day
of
the
tenth
month
{\ADD{
of
that
year}},
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{2}“You
human,
write
down
what
day
of
the
month
this
is.
On
this
day{\ADD{
the
army
of}}the
King
of
Babylon
has
surrounded
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}Tell
those
rebellious Israeli
people [MTY]
{\ADD{
in
Babylon}}
a
parable.
Say
this
to
them:
This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
\par }{\Q ‘Pour
water
into
the
{\ADD{
cooking}}
pot
\par }{\QB and
put
the
pot
on{\ADD{
the
fire}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Put
into
the
pot
some
pieces
of
meat{\ADD{
from
one
of
your
best
sheep}}:
\par }{\QB Put
in
the
leg
and
shoulder,
{\ADD{
which
are}}
the
best
pieces.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Then}}
fill
{\ADD{
the
rest
of}}
the
pot
with
the
best
bones.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Pile
wood
on
the
fire,
\par }{\QB and
cook
the
bones
and
the
meat
in
the
boiling
water.’
\par }{\BB \par }{\MM \VS{6}{\ADD{
Do
that}}
because
this
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
\par }{\Q ‘Terrible
things
will
happen
to{\ADD{
Jerusalem}};
\par }{\QB it
is
city
that
is
full
of
murderers [MTY],
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
a
city
that
is
like}} [MET]
a
scorched
pot
\par }{\QB whose
black
residue
inside
cannot
be
removed.
\par }{\Q Take
the
pieces
{\ADD{
of
meat}}
out
of
the
pot,
\par }{\QB but
do
not
choose
which
pieces
to
take
out.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}The
blood
of
the
people
who
were
murdered
in
Jerusalem
is
still
there;
\par }{\Q they
were
murdered
on
the
bare
rocks,
\par }{\QB not
on
the
soil,
where
their
blood
could
be
covered.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}But
I
am
the
one
who
caused
the
blood
of
those
who
were
murdered [MTY]
to
be
smeared
on
the
bare
rock,
\par }{\QB where
their
blood
could
not
be
covered;
\par }{\Q I
did
that
in
order
that{\ADD{
I
could
see
it
and}}
\par }{\QB then
be
angry
and
get
revenge.’
\par }{\MM \VS{9}Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord
say:
\par }{\Q ‘Terrible
things
will
happen
to
that
city
that
is
full
of
murderers [MTY]!
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
I
also
will
pile
high
{\ADD{
the
wood
in
the
fire}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}{\ADD{
So}},
heap
on
the
wood
\par }{\QB and
light
the
fire!
\par }{\Q Cook
the
meat
well,
\par }{\QB and
mix
some
spices
with
it;
\par }{\QB cook
it
until
the
bones
are
charred.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Then
set
the
empty
pot
on
the
coals{\ADD{
of
the
fire}}
\par }{\QB until
the
pot
becomes
{\ADD{
very}}
hot
and
the
copper
glows,
\par }{\Q with
the
result
that
the
impurities
and
the
rust
will
be
burned
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
I
tried
to
get
rid
of
that
rust,
\par }{\Q but
I
was
not
able
to
do
it,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
not
even}}
by
putting
that
pot
in
a
fire.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
rust{\ADD{
in
the
pot represents}}
your immoral
behavior.
I
tried
to
cleanse
you
from
your
wicked
behavior,
but
you
did
not
allow
me
to
do
that.
So
you
will
not
be
cleansed{\ADD{
from
the
guilt
of
your
sin}}
until{\ADD{
I
have
punished
you
and}}
I
am
no
longer
angry.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}I,
Yahweh,
have
said
{\ADD{
that
I
will
surely
punish
you}}.
{\ADD{
And
it
is
time}}
for
me
to
do
that.
I
will
not
change
my
mind;
I
will
not
refrain
from
punishing
you,
and
I
will
not
pity
you.
I
will
judge
you
{\ADD{
and
punish
you}}
as
you
deserve
to
be
punished
for
your
sinful
behavior.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
have
said
it.” ’ ”
\par }{\SH Ezekiel’s
wife
died
\par }{\PP \VS{15}{\ADD{
One
day}}
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{16}“You
human,
I
am
going
to
suddenly
take
from
you{\ADD{
your
wife}},
whom
you
love
very
much.
But{\ADD{
when
she
dies}},
do
not{\ADD{
show
that
you
are}}
sad
or
lament
or
cry.
\VS{17}Groan
quietly;
do
not
cry
{\ADD{
openly}}
for
her.
{\ADD{
Keep}}
your
turban
wrapped
around
your
head,
and{\ADD{
instead
of
being
barefoot,
keep}}
your
sandals
on
your
feet.
Do
not
cover
the
lower
part
of
your
face{\ADD{
to
show
that
you
are
sad}}.
And
do
not
eat
the
kind
of
food
that
people
who
are
mourning
usually
eat.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}So{\ADD{
one
morning}}
I
talked
to
the
people{\ADD{
as
usual}},
and
that
evening
my
wife
{\ADD{
suddenly}}
died.
The
next
morning
I
did
what
{\ADD{
Yahweh}}
had
told
me
to
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Then
the
people
asked
me, “What
do
the
things
that
you
are
doing signify
to
us?”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}So
I
said
to
them, “{\ADD{
This
is
what}}
Yahweh
told
me:
\VS{21}‘Tell
the Israeli
people [MTY]
that
I
am
about
to
destroy
the
temple,
{\ADD{
the
building}}
that
you
are
very
proud
of,
the
building
that
you
delight
to
look
at.
Your
children
whom
you
left{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem
when
you
were
forced
to
come
to
Babylon}}
will
be
killed
by{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords.
\VS{22}{\ADD{
When
that
happens}},
you
will
do
like
I
have
done:
You
will
not
cover
the
lower
part
of
your
faces,
or
eat
the
kinds
of
food
that
people
who
are
mourning
usually
eat.
\VS{23}{\ADD{
You
will
keep}}
your
turbans
wrapped
around
your
heads
and
{\ADD{
keep}}
your
sandals
on
your
feet.
You
will
not
mourn
or
cry,
but
your
bodies
will
become
very
thin
and slowly
die
because
of
your
sins.
And
you
will
groan
to
each
other.
\VS{24}Ezekiel
will
be
a
warning
to
you,
and
you
must
do
what
he
has
done.
When
that
happens,
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}{\ADD{
Then
Yahweh
said
to
me}}, “You
human,
{\ADD{
soon}}
I
will
destroy
their
sacred
temple,
which
they
rejoice
about
and
which
they
respect
and
delight
to
look
at,
and
{\ADD{
I
will
get
rid
of}}
their
sons
and
daughters
also.
\VS{26}On
that
day,
someone
will
escape
{\ADD{
from
Jerusalem}}
and
come
and
tell
you
what
has
happened
{\ADD{
there}}.
\VS{27}When
that
happens,
you
will
be
able
to
speak
again [MTY]
{\ADD{
without
constraint}}.
You
two
will
talk
together [DOU].
You
will
be
a
warning
to
the
people;
and
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.”

\par }\Chap{25}{\SH A prophecy about the people of Ammon
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Some
time
later,}}
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{2}“You
human,
turn
toward
where
the
Ammon people-group{\ADD{
lives}},
and
prophesy
about{\ADD{
what
will
happen
to}}
them.
\VS{3}Say
about
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says: “You
shouted
joyfully
when
my
temple{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem}}
was
destroyed,
and
when
the
country/land
of
Israel
was
ruined,
and
when
the
people
of
Judah
were ◄exiled/forced
to
go►
{\ADD{
to
Babylonia}}.
\VS{4}Therefore,
I
am
going
to
allow
you
to
be
conquered
by
people
{\ADD{
who
will
come}}
from
the
east.
They
will
set
up
their
tents
in
your
country
and
live
there.
And
they
will
eat
the
fruit
from
your{\ADD{
fruit
trees}}
and
drink
the
milk{\ADD{
from
your
cattle}}.
\VS{5}I
will
cause{\ADD{
your
capital
city}}
Rabbah
to
become
a
pasture
for
camels,
and
the
rest
of
Ammon
to
become{\ADD{
only}}
a
resting
place
for
sheep.
Then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.”
\VS{6}This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: “You
clapped
your
hands{\ADD{
joyfully}}
and stomped
your
feet,
and
laughed
because
you
despised
{\ADD{
the
people
in}}
the
land
of
Israel.
\VS{7}Therefore,
I
will
use
my
power [MTY]
against
you,
and
I
will
enable
{\ADD{
other}}
nations
to{\ADD{
conquer
you
and}}
take
away
your
valuable
possessions.
I
will
destroy
you
completely [DOU],
with
the
result
that
you
no
longer
will
be
a
nation.
When
that
happens,
people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’ ”
\par }{\SH A
prophecy
about
the
people
of
Moab
\par }{\PP \VS{8}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says: “{\ADD{
The
people
of
}}
Moab{\ADD{
south
of
Ammon}}
and
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Seir{\ADD{
south
of
Moab
despised
Israel
and}}
said, ‘The
people [MTY]
of
Israel
have
become{\ADD{
as unimportant}}
as
all
the
other
nations!’
\VS{9}Therefore,
I
will
destroy
the
cities
that
protect
the
borders
of
Moab,
starting
at
Beth-Jeshimoth,
Baal-Meon,
and
Kiriathaim,
the
finest
cities
in
Moab.
\VS{10}I
will
enable
people
from
the
east
to
conquer
Moab
and
also
to
conquer
Ammon.
As
a
result,
{\ADD{
I
will
cause
that}}
Ammon
will
no
longer
be
remembered
by
other
nations.
\VS{11}I
will
also
punish
{\ADD{
the
people
of
}}
Moab.
When
that
happens,
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.”
\par }{\SH A
prophecy
about
the
people
of
Edom
\par }{\PP \VS{12}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says: “{\ADD{
You
people
of}}
Edom
are
guilty
of
getting
revenge
on
the
people [MTY]
of
Judah.
\VS{13}Therefore
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: 'I
will
use
my
power
against
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Edom
and
will
get
rid
of
their
men
and
their
animals.
I
will
ruin
the
land
from
Teman
{\ADD{
region
in central
Edom}}
to
Dedan
{\ADD{
region
in
the
south
of
Edom}},
and
many
of
their
men
will
be
killed
by{\ADD{
their
enemies}}
swords.'
\VS{14}The Israeli
people
will
use
their
power [MTY]
to
get
revenge
on
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Edom.
They
will
show
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Edom
that
I
have
been
angry
with
them,
and
I
will
punish [MTY]
them.
The
people
of
Edom
will
experience
my
getting
revenge
on
them.
Then
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.”
\par }{\SH A
prophecy
about
the
people
of
Philistia
\par }{\PP \VS{15}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says: “The
Philistia people-group
wanted
very
much
to
get
revenge
{\ADD{
on
the
people
of
Judah}}.
They
very
maliciously
wanted
to
destroy
{\ADD{
Judah}}.
\VS{16}Therefore
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
I
am
about
to
use
my
power [MTY]
against
the
Philistia
people.
I
will
get
rid
of
the Kereth people-group
and
all
{\ADD{
those
who
live
along}}
the
coast
of
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
\VS{17}By
the
way
I
punish
them,
I
will
get
great
revenge
on
them
and
show
that
I
am
angry
with
them.
And
when
I
get
revenge
on
them,
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.' ”

\par }\Chap{26}{\SH A prophecy about the people of Tyre
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Almost
twelve
years{\ADD{
after
we
had
been
taken
to
Babylonia}},
on
the
first
day
of
the
month,
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said
to
me,
\VS{2}“You
human,
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Tyre
{\ADD{
city}}
shouted
joyfully
and
said
about
Jerusalem, ‘{\ADD{
Jerusalem,}}
the
city
from
which
many
traders/merchants
went
to
many
nations,
is
now
destroyed.
And
now
people
from
all
over
the
world
will
come
to
us
to
buy
and
sell
things.
Because
Jerusalem
has
now
been
ruined,
we
will
prosper!’
\VS{3}Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I,}}
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: ‘I
am
now
the
enemy
of
{\ADD{
you
people
of}}
Tyre.
I
will
cause{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
many
nations
to
come
and
attack
your
{\ADD{
city}},
like
the
waves
of
the
sea
beat
against
the shores.
\VS{4}Their
soldiers
will
destroy
the
walls
around
Tyre
and
tear
down
its
towers.
Tyre
will
become
a
place
where
people
from
many
nations
steal
valuable
things,
{\ADD{
and
then
the
city
will
be
completely
destroyed}}.
Then
they
will
scrape
away
the
rubble
and
cause
the
city
to
become
a
bare
rock.
\VS{5}Out
in
the
sea,
Tyre
will
become
an
island
where
men
spread
{\ADD{
their
fishing}}
nets
to
dry
them.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
have
predicted
it.
\VS{6}The
people
in
small
villages
on
the
coast
near
Tyre
will
be
killed
by{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords.
Then
people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’
\par }{\PP \VS{7}This
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say{\ADD{
is
going
to
happen}}: ‘From
the
north,
I
am
going
to
bring
the
most
powerful
king
{\ADD{
in
the
world}},
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon,
{\ADD{
with
his
army}}
to
attack
Tyre.
They
will
bring
horses
and
chariots,
and
men
who
ride
the
horses
{\ADD{
and
men
who
drive
the
chariots}};
it
will
be
a
huge
army.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
In
the
battles
in
the
small
villages}}
on
the
coast,
their
soldiers
will
kill
{\ADD{
many}}
people
with
their
swords.
{\ADD{
Then}}
they
will
set
up
devices
to batter
the
wall
around
the
city
of
Tyre,
and
they
will
build
a
dirt
ramp
up
to
the
top
of
the
wall,
and
they
will
all
hold
up
shields
{\ADD{
to
protect
themselves
from
arrows
being
shot
from
the
ground}}.
\VS{9}The
king
will
direct
the
soldiers
who operate
the ◄rams/things►
to batter
the
walls,
and
who
will
use
their
iron
bars
to
tear
down
the
towers
in
the
wall.
\VS{10}The
king
will
have
a
huge
number
of
horses,
and{\ADD{
the
stamping
of
their
hooves
will
result
in}}
the
city
being
covered
with
dust.
{\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
the
walls
will
tremble
because
of
the
noise
made
by
the
horses,
the
{\ADD{
supply}}
wagons,
and
the
chariots
when
they
enter
the
city
where
the
walls
have
been
broken
down.
\VS{11}The
horses
will
trample
all
of
the
streets{\ADD{
of
the
city}}
with
their
hooves.
The
soldiers
will
kill
the
people
with
their
swords;
and
they
will
cause
your
strong
pillars
to ◄collapse/fall
to
the
ground►.
\VS{12}They
will
take
away
all
the
people’s
valuable
possessions
and
steal
the
things
that
the
merchants
sell.
They
will
tear
down
the
walls
of
the
houses
and
destroy
their
fine
houses.
Then
they
will
throw
into
the
sea
the
stones
{\ADD{
from
the
walls}}
of
those
houses
and
the
timber
and
the
rubble.
\VS{13}No
longer
will
you
sing
noisy
songs,
and
people
will
not
play
their
harps
anymore.
\VS{14}The
enemy
soldiers
will
cause
the
city
to
become
a
bare
rock
and
{\ADD{
only}}
a
place
where
men
spread
{\ADD{
their
fishing}}
nets.
And
the
city
will
never
be
rebuilt.
{\ADD{
Those
things
will
surely
happen}}
because
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
have
declared{\ADD{
that
they
will
happen}}.’
\par }{\PP \VS{15}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say
about
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Tyre: ‘When
the
wounded
{\ADD{
people
in
Tyre}}
groan
and
many
people
are
slaughtered
and
the
city
is
destroyed,
{\ADD{
it
will
surely
be
as
though}} [RHQ]
the
areas
along
the
coast
will
tremble.
\VS{16}Then
all
the
kings
{\ADD{
in
the
cities}}
along
the
coast
will
step
down
from
their
thrones
and
lay
aside
their
robes
and
their
embroidered
clothes.
They
will
be
terrified,
and
they
will
sit
on
the
ground,
trembling.
They
will
be
appalled
because
of
what
has
happened
to
the
city
of
Tyre.
\VS{17}Then
they
will
sing
a
sad
song
about
the
city,
and
they
will
sing
this:
\par }{\PI “The
famous
city [APO],
in
which
many
men{\ADD{
who
sailed
on}}
the
seas
lived,
\par }{\QB is
now
destroyed!
\par }{\PI The
people
of
that
city
had
great
power
{\ADD{
because
they
had
many
ships
that
sailed}}
on
the
seas;
\par }{\QB they
caused
all
the
people
who
lived
near
them
to
be
terrified.
\par }{\PI \VS{18}Now
on
the
day
when
that
city
is
destroyed,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
it
is
as
though
the
people
in}}
the
areas
along
the
coast
tremble
\par }{\PI and
the
{\ADD{
the
people
on
the}}
islands
in
the
sea
are
terrified
because
of
that
city
being
ruined.” ’
\par }{\PP \VS{19}This
is
also
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: ‘When
I
cause
the
city
{\ADD{
of
Tyre}}
to
become
desolate/empty,
like
{\ADD{
other}}
cities
in
which
people
no
{\ADD{
longer}}
live,
and
when
I
cause
the
huge
waves
of
the
sea
to
cover
it,
\VS{20}then
I
will
bring
the
people
of
that
city
down
to
be
with
those
who
have
gone
down
to
where
the
dead
people
are,
people
who
lived
long
ago.
I
will
cause
them
to
remain
in
the
place
below
the
earth
that
is
like
old/ancient
ruins,
with
those
who
have
gone
down
to
that
pit
{\ADD{
previously}},
and
they
will
never
return
to
the
earth,
to
where
people
are
alive.
\VS{21}I
will
cause
them
to
die
in
a
horrible
way (OR,
people
will
be
very
afraid
because
of
what
happens
to
that
city),
and
that
will
be
the
end
of ◄them/their
lives►.
People
will
search
for
that
city
but
it
will
no
longer exist.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I,}}
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
{\ADD{
will
happen}}.’ ”

\par }\Chap{27}{\SH The trade with Tyre
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
said
this
to
me:
\VS{2}“You
human,
sing
a funeral
song
about
Tyre.
\VS{3}{\ADD{
The
city
of
}}Tyre
is
located
{\ADD{
on
an
island}}
at
the
edge
of
the
sea,
and
their
merchants ◄traded/bought
and
sold
goods►
with people-groups
{\ADD{
who
live}}
along
many seacoasts.
This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say
{\ADD{
that
you
should
tell
them}}:
\par }{\PI ‘You
{\ADD{
people
of
}}
Tyre
said
that
your
{\ADD{
city}}
was
very
beautiful.
\par }{\PI \VS{4}You
controlled
what
was
bought
and
sold
by
people
who
lived
along
the
sea.
\par }{\QB Those
who
built
your
{\ADD{
city}}
caused
it
to
become
very
beautiful.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}You
were
like [SIM]
a
huge
ship
\par }{\QB that
was
built
from
the
from
pine/cypress
{\ADD{
trees}}
on
Hermon
{\ADD{
Mountain}}.
\par }{\Q Then
they
took
cedar
{\ADD{
wood}}
from
Lebanon
to
make
a
mast
for
the
ship.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}They
carved
your
oars
from
oak
trees
from
the
Bashan
{\ADD{
region}}.
\par }{\Q They
made
the
deck
from
cypress/pine
wood
from
Cyprus
{\ADD{
island}},
\par }{\QB and
they
covered
{\ADD{
the
decks}}
with
ivory.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The sails
for
the
ship
were
made
from
fine
embroidered
linen
from
Egypt,
\par }{\QB and
those sails
were
like
flags
that
people
could
see
{\ADD{
far
away}}.
\par }{\Q For
shade
they
{\ADD{
hung
pieces
of}}
blue
and
purple
cloth
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
brought}}
from
{\ADD{
people
living
on}}
Cyprus
{\ADD{
island}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Men
from
Sidon
and
Arvad
{\ADD{
cities}}
pulled
the
oars;
\par }{\QB the
men
who steered
the
boat
were
skilled
men
from
Tyre.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Experienced
craftsmen
from Byblos
{\ADD{
city
on
the
coast}} ◄did
the caulking/filled
the
spaces
between
the
planks
in
the
sides►
of
the
ship.
\par }{\QB Sailors
from
many
countries
came
in
their
ships
to
buy
and
sell
goods
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Men
from
{\ADD{
as
far
away
as}}
Persia,
Lydia,
and
Libya
were
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
in
your
army.
\par }{\Q They
hung
their
shields
and
helmets
on
{\ADD{
the
walls
of}}
your
{\ADD{
city}},
\par }{\QB and
that
caused
people
to
admire
your
city.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Men
from
Arvad
and Helech
{\ADD{
cities
were
watchmen}}
on
the
walls
{\ADD{
of
your
city}};
\par }{\QB men
from Gammad
{\ADD{
town}}
were
in
your
towers.
\par }{\Q They
{\ADD{
also}}
hung
their
shields
on
your
walls;
\par }{\QB they
also
caused
your
{\ADD{
city}}
to
be
very
beautiful.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Because
of
the
many
things
that
you
had
{\ADD{
to
trade}},
men
from
Tarshish
{\ADD{
in Spain}}
sent
merchants
who
brought
silver,
iron,
tin,
and
lead
to
trade
for
things
that
you
had.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}{\ADD{
Merchants
from}}
Greece,
Tubal,
and
Meshech
brought
slaves
and
things
made
from
bronze
to
trade
for
things
that
you
had.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}{\ADD{
Men
from}}
Beth-Togarmah
{\ADD{
in
Armenia}}
brought
work
horses,
war
horses,
and
mules
to
trade
for
things
that
you
had.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Merchants
came
to
you
from Rhodes
{\ADD{
island}}.
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
People
from}}
nations
along
the
coast
traded
with
you;
they
brought ◄ivory/elephant
tusks►
and
{\ADD{
valuable
black}}
ebony
{\ADD{
wood}}
to
trade
for
things
that
you
had.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Because
you
had
very
many
things
{\ADD{
to
trade}},
people
from
Syria
brought
to
you
valuable
turquoise
stones,
purple
{\ADD{
cloth}},
embroidered
{\ADD{
cloth}},
fine
linen
{\ADD{
cloth}},
and
{\ADD{
jewelry
made
from}}
coral
and
rubies
to
trade
for
your
things.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Men
from
Judah
and
Israel
brought
wheat
from
Minnith
{\ADD{
city
in
Ammon}},
and
figs,
honey,
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil,
and
ointment
to
trade
for
your
things.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Because
you
had
very
many
things
{\ADD{
to
trade}},
men
from
Damascus
brought
wine
from
Helbon
{\ADD{
town}}
and
white
wool
from
the Zahar
{\ADD{
area}}
to
trade
for
many
things
that
you
had.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Greek
men
from
the
Uzal
{\ADD{
area}}
brought
things
made
of
iron,
and
cassia
{\ADD{
spice}},
and
{\ADD{
fragrant}}
calamus
{\ADD{
seeds}}
to
trade
for
things
that
you
had.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}{\ADD{
Merchants
came
from}}
Dedan
{\ADD{
in
southern
Edom}}
bringing
saddle blankets
to
trade
for
things
that
you
had.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Men
from
Arabia
and
all
the
rulers
of
the
Kedar
{\ADD{
region}}
sent
merchants
to
trade
lambs
and
rams
and
male
goats
for
things
that
you
had.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Merchants
from
Sheba
and
Raamah
{\ADD{
in
Arabia}}
brought
many
kinds
of
very
good
spices
and
jewels
and
gold
to
exchange
for
things
that
you
had.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}{\ADD{
Men
came
from}}
Haran,
Canneh,
Eden,
Sheba,
Asshur
and Kilmad
{\ADD{
in
Mesopotamia}}
with
their
goods.
\VS{24}They
brought
pretty
things
to
trade:
Blue
cloth,
embroidered
cloth,
and rugs
of
{\ADD{
many}}
colors
that
were
{\ADD{
rolled
up
and}}
tied
with
ropes.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Cargo
ships
from
Tarshish
carried
{\ADD{
all}}
those
things
that
you
traded;
\par }{\QB and
the warehouses
on
your
island
were
full
of
all
those
things.’ ”
\par }{\SH The
destruction
of
Tyre
\par }{\Q \VS{26}“ ‘The
men
who
row
your
boats
took
{\ADD{
the
ships
full
of}}
cargo
out
on
the
stormy
seas.
\par }{\QB But
the
strong
east
wind wrecked
those
cargo
boats.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}Everything
in
the
boats ◄was
lost/sank
to
the
bottom
of
the
sea►—
\par }{\QB all
the
valuable
cargo [DOU]
and
{\ADD{
many
of}} [HYP]
the
sailors
and
ship
pilots,
\par }{\Q the
ship
workers
and
merchants
and
soldiers.
\par }{\Q On
the
day
that
the
ships
were wrecked,
\par }{\QB many
of
those
on
the
ships
sank
to
the
bottom
of
the
sea.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}{\ADD{
The
people
in
cities
along}}
the
coast
trembled
\par }{\QB when
they
heard
your
ship
pilots
cry
out.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{29}All
the
men
who
remained
who
pulled
the
oars
left
the
ships;
\par }{\QB the
sailors
and
pilots
{\ADD{
go
to
the
shore
and}}
stand
on
the beach.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}They
cry
aloud
because
of
{\ADD{
what
has
happened
to}}
your
{\ADD{
wealth}},
\par }{\QB and
they
weep
bitterly.
\par }{\Q They
throw
dirt
on
their
heads
\par }{\QB and
roll
around
in
ashes.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}They
shave
their
heads
to
show
that
they
are
very
sad
because
of
{\ADD{
what
has
happened
to}}
you,
\par }{\QB and
they
put
on
rough
sackcloth.
\par }{\Q They
weep
for
you
very
bitterly
\par }{\QB and
mourn
for
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{32}While
they
wail
and
mourn
because
of
what
has
happened
to
you,
\par }{\QB they
sing
this
sad funeral
song:
\par }{\Q “There
was
certainly
never [RHQ]
a
city
like
Tyre
\par }{\QB that
now
is
silent,
\par }{\QB covered
by
the
waves
of
the
sea.”
\par }{\Q \VS{33}The
goods
that
your
merchants
traded
\par }{\QB were
things
that
pleased
the
people
of
many
countries.
\par }{\Q Kings
in
very
distant
places
became
rich
\par }{\QB from
the
wealth
that
they
obtained
from
trading
with
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}But
now
your
city
is
like
a
ship [MET]
that
is wrecked
in
the
sea,
\par }{\QB and
everything
that
was
in
it
is
broken,
at
the
bottom
of
the
sea.
\par }{\Q All
of
your
cargo
and
your
sailors
have
sunk
to
the
bottom
of
the
sea
along
with
the
ships.
\par }{\Q \VS{35}All
the
people
who
live
along
the
seacoast
are
appalled/horrified
\par }{\QB because
of
what
has
happened
to
you.
\par }{\Q Their
kings
are
very
horrified,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
causing}}
their
faces
to
be
twisted
{\ADD{
as
they
watch}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{36}The
merchants
of
the
{\ADD{
other}}
nations
shake
their
heads
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
because
it
is
difficult
for
them
to
believe
what
has
happened}};
\par }{\Q your
city
has
disappeared,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
not exist
anymore.’ ”

\par }\Chap{28}{\SH A message about the king of Tyre
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Then}}
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said}}:
\VS{2}“You
human,
give
to
the
king
of
Tyre
this
message
from
{\ADD{
me}},
Yahweh
the
Lord:
\par }{\Q ‘You
have
very
proudly
claimed, “I
am
a
god!
\par }{\QB I
sit
on
a
throne
of
a
god
{\ADD{
in
a
city
on
an
island}}
in
the
sea!”
\par }{\Q You
boast
that
you
are
a
god;
\par }{\QB but
you
are
only
a
man,
not
a
god.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}{\ADD{
You
think
that}}
you
are
wiser
than
Daniel
was,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
and
you
think
that}}
you
can
understand
every
secret.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}By
being
wise
and
understanding
{\ADD{
a
lot}},
you
have
become
{\ADD{
very}}
rich;
\par }{\QB you
have
acquired
much
gold
and
silver
for
your
treasuries.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}{\ADD{
Yes,
it
is
true
that}}
by
trading
wisely,
you
have
been
enabled
to
become
very
rich,
\par }{\QB and
because
you
are
rich,
you
have
become
very
proud.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Therefore,
this
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
\par }{\Q “Because
you
think
that
you
are
as
wise
as
a
god,
\par }{\QB \VS{7}I
will
{\ADD{
now}}
bring
a
foreign
{\ADD{
army}}
to
attack
your
{\ADD{
country}},
\par }{\QB an
army
that
causes
other
nations
to
be
terrified.
\par }{\Q They
will
pull
out
their
swords
to
strike
you,
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
you
who
think
that}} [IRO]
you
have
marvelous/great
wisdom,
\par }{\Q and
they
will
destroy
all
your
beautiful
things.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}They
will
bring
you
down
to
your
grave;
\par }{\Q you
will
die
violently
\par }{\QB like [MET]
those
who
died
in
the
sea.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Then
you
will
certainly
not [RHQ]
say
to
those
who
are
killing
you,
\par }{\QB 'I
am
a
god!'
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
because
they
will
know
that}}
you
are
not
a
god;
\par }{\QB you
are
only
a
man.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}You
will
die
like
other
people
who
are
unacceptable
to
me
die,
\par }{\QB killed
by
foreigners.”
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it.’ ”
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{11}Yahweh
also
gave
me
this
message:
\par }{\Q \VS{12}“You
human,
sing
a
sad/funeral
song
about
the
king
of
Tyre.
Say
to
him, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
\par }{\Q {\ADD{“You
thought
that}} [IRO]
you
were
completely
perfect,
\par }{\QB extremely
wise
and
handsome.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}You
{\ADD{
had
a
wonderful
life,
as
though}}
you
were
in
my
{\ADD{
beautiful}}
garden
in
Eden.
\par }{\QB Your
{\ADD{
clothes}}
were
decorated
with
many [HYP]
kinds
of
very
valuable
stones—
\par }{\Q ruby,
topaz,
emerald, chrysolite,
onyx,
jasper,
turquoise,
and
beryl
{\ADD{
stones}}.
\par }{\QB Those
stones
were
set/placed
in
gold
{\ADD{mountings}}.
\par }{\QB They
were
prepared
for
you
on
the
day
that
you
were
born.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}I
appointed [DOU]
you
to
be
like [MET]
a
strong
angel
to
guard
the
people.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
was
as
though
I
put}}
you
on
my
holy
mountain,
\par }{\QB and
you
walked
among
fiery
stones.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}You
were
completely
good
in
all
that
you
did,
\par }{\QB from
the
day
that
you
were
created/born,
\par }{\QB until
you
{\ADD{
started
to}}
do
wicked
things.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}{\ADD{
Then}}
you
became
busy
trading
things,
\par }{\QB and
you
started
to
act
violently,
\par }{\QB and
you
sinned.
\par }{\Q So
I
caused
you
to
be
disgraced;
\par }{\QB and
the
angel
who
was
guarding
you
forced
you
to
leave
my
holy
mountain,
\par }{\QB forced
you
to
leave
your
place
among
those
fiery
stones.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}You
were
extremely
proud
\par }{\QB because
you
were
very
handsome.
\par }{\Q Because
you
loved
beautiful
things,
\par }{\QB you
did
things
that
wise
people
do
not
do.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
So}}
I
threw
you
to
the
ground,
\par }{\QB and
allowed
{\ADD{
other}}
kings
who
saw
you
to
laugh
at
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}By
committing
many
sins
\par }{\QB and
by
trading
things
dishonestly,
\par }{\QB you
caused
your
places
of
worship
to
become
unacceptable
to
me.
\par }{\Q So
I
caused
a
fire
{\ADD{
to
burn
down
your
city}}.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
Your
city}}
was
burned
completely;
\par }{\Q the
people
who
were
watching
it
saw
\par }{\QB that
only
ashes
remained
on
the
ground.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}All
the
people
who
knew
what
your
{\ADD{
city
was
like
previously}}
\par }{\QB were
appalled.
\par }{\Q Now
{\ADD{
your
city}}
has
disappeared,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
not exist
anymore.” ’ ”
\par }{\SH A
message
about
Sidon
\par }{\PP \VS{20}{\ADD{
Then}}
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said}},
\VS{21}“You
human,
turn
toward
Sidon
{\ADD{
city}},
and
declare
the
terrible
things
that
will
happen
to
it.
\VS{22}Give
{\ADD{
the
people
of
Sidon}}
this
message
from
{\ADD{
me}},
Yahweh
the
Lord:
\par }{\Q ‘I
am
your
enemy,
{\ADD{
you
people
of}}
Sidon,
\par }{\QB and
by
what
I
do
to
you,
\par }{\Q I
will
reveal
that
I
am
very
great/glorious.
\par }{\Q When
I
punish
you
and
reveal
that
I
am
holy,
\par }{\QB everyone
who
is
watching
that
will
know
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
who
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}I
will
send
a
plague
upon
you,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
send
{\ADD{
enemies
to
come
and}}
kill [MTY]
you
in
your
streets.
\par }{\Q They
will
attack
you
from
every
direction,
\par }{\QB and
your
people
will
be
slaughtered
inside
the
walls
of
your
city.
\par }{\Q Then
everyone
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.'
\par }{\PP \VS{24}No
longer
will
those
who
live
near
you
people
of
Israel
{\ADD{
hurt
you}}
like [MET]
painful
briers
and
sharp
thorns
{\ADD{
hurt
people}}.
And
then
the Israeli
people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.”
\par }{\SH Restoration
for
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{25}And
this
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says: “Some
day
the
people
of
Israel
will
live
in
their
own
land
{\ADD{
again}},
the
land
that
I
gave
to
Jacob,
who
{\ADD{
also}}
served
me.
I
will
gather
them
from
{\ADD{
distant}}
countries
where
I
have
scattered
them.
And
I
will
reveal
to
the
nations
that
I
am
holy
among
my
people.
\VS{26}My
people
will
live
safely
in
Israel;
they
will
build
houses
and
plant
vineyards.
And
when
I
punish
the
nearby
nations
that
despised
them,
they
will
know
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh
their
God,
{\ADD{
who
has
done
it}}.”

\par }\Chap{29}{\SH A message about Egypt
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Almost
ten
years{\ADD{
after
we
had
been
taken
to
Babylonia}},
on
the
twelfth
day
of
the
tenth
month{\ADD{
of
that
year}},
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said
to
me}},
\VS{2}“You
human,
turn
toward
Egypt
and
proclaim
the
terrible
things
that
will
happen
to
the
king
of
Egypt
and
all
his
people.
\VS{3}Give
the
king
this
message
from
{\ADD{
me}},
Yahweh
the
Lord:
\par }{\Q ‘You
king
of
Egypt,
I
am
your
enemy;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
you
are
like}} [MET]
a
great
monster/crocodile
that
lies
in
the
streams{\ADD{
along
the
Nile
River}}.
\par }{\Q You
say, “The
Nile
{\ADD{
River}}
is
mine;
\par }{\QB I
made
it
{\ADD{
for
myself}}.”
\par }{\Q \VS{4}But
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
I
will
put
hooks
in
your
jaws
\par }{\Q and
drag
you
out
{\ADD{
from
the
river}}
onto
the
land,
\par }{\QB with
fish sticking
to
your
scales.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}I
will
leave
you
and
all
those
fish
to
die
in
the
desert;
\par }{\QB you
will
fall
onto
the
ground,
\par }{\Q and
your
{\ADD{
corpse}}
will
not
be
picked
up
and
buried,
\par }{\QB because
I
have
declared
that
your
flesh
will
be
food
for
the
wild
animals
and
birds.
\par }{\MM \VS{6}When
that
happens,
all
the
people
of
Egypt
will
know
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
who
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\par }{\PP The Israeli
people
{\ADD{
trusted
that
you
would
help
them}}.
But
you
have
been
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
a
reed
pole
in
their
hands.
\VS{7}And
when
they
leaned
on
that
pole,
it
splintered
and
tore
open
their
shoulders.
When
they
leaned
on
you,
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
you
were
a
pole
that
broke,
and
as
a
result
you wrenched
their
backs.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: “I
will
bring
{\ADD{
your
enemies
to
attack}}
you
with
their
swords,
and
they
will
kill
your
people
and
your
animals.
\VS{9}Egypt
will
become
an
empty
desert.
Then
the
people
of
Egypt
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.”
\par }{\PP You
{\ADD{
proudly}}
said, “The
Nile
{\ADD{
River}}
is
mine;
I
made
it!”
\VS{10}Therefore
I
am
opposed
to
you
and
your
streams,
and
I
will
cause
Egypt
to
be
ruined,
and
cause
it
to
be
an
empty
desert,
from
Migdol
{\ADD{
in
the
north}}
to Aswan
{\ADD{
in
the
south}},
as
far
{\ADD{
south}}
as
the
border
of
Ethiopia.
\VS{11}For 40
years
no
one
will
walk
through
that
area,
and
no
one
will
live
there.
\VS{12}Egypt
will
be
barren/empty,
and
it
will
be
surrounded
by
other
desolate
nations.
The
cities
in
Egypt
will
be
empty
and
deserted
for 40
years,
surrounded
by
ruined
cities
in
nearby
nations.
I
will
cause
the
people
of
Egypt
to
be
scattered
to
countries
{\ADD{
far
away}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}But
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
{\ADD{
also}}
say: “At
the
end
of 40
years,
I
will
enable
the
people
of
Egypt
to
return
home
{\ADD{
again}}
from
the
nations
to
which
they
were
scattered.
\VS{14}I
will
bring
back
the
people
of
Egypt
who
had
been
captured,
and
I
will
enable
them
to
live
again
in
the
Pathros
area
{\ADD{
in
the
south}},
where
they
lived
previously.
But
Egypt
will
be
a
very unimportant [DOU]
kingdom.
\VS{15}It
will
be
the
least
important
of
{\ADD{
all}}
the
nations;
it
will
never
again
be
greater
than
the
nearby
countries.
I
will
cause
Egypt
to
be
very
weak,
with
the
result
that
it
will
never
again
rule
over
other
nations.
\VS{16}{\ADD{
When
that
happens,
the
leaders
of}}
Israel
will
no
longer
be
tempted
to
ask
Egypt
to
help
them.
Egypt
will
be
punished,
and
that
will
cause
the Israeli
people
to
not
forget
that
they
previously
sinned
by
trusting
that
Egypt
could
help
them.
And
the
people
of
Israel
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.” ' ”
\par }{\SH Yahweh
promises
that
the
Babylonians
will
conquer
Egypt
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Almost
twenty-seven
years
{\ADD{
after
we
had
been
taken
to
Babylonia}},
on
the
first
day
{\ADD{
of
the
new
year}},
Yahweh
gave
me
this
message:
\VS{18}“You
human,
the
army
of
king
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
fought
very
hard
against
Tyre,
with
the
result
that
their
heads
were
rubbed
bare
and
their
shoulders
became ◄raw/full
of blisters►.
But
Nebuchadnezzar
and
his
army
did
not
get
any
valuable
things
from
Tyre
to
reward
them
for
their
hard
work
{\ADD{
to
destroy
Tyre}}.
\VS{19}Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: 'I
will
enable
King Nebuchadnezzar’s
army
to
conquer
Egypt.
They
will
carry
away
from
there
all
the
valuable
things,
in
order
that
the
king
can
give
them
to
his
soldiers.
\VS{20}I
will
enable
them
to
conquer
Egypt
as
a
reward
for
what
they
did
{\ADD{
to
Tyre}},
because
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
say
that
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
his
army
was
working
for
me,
{\ADD{
doing
what
I
wanted
them
to
do,
when
they
destroyed
Tyre}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}And
some
day
Israel
will
become
a
glorious
nation [MET]
again.
When
that
happens,
I
will
cause
the Israeli
people
to
respect
what
you
say [MTY].
And
then
they
will
know
that
{\ADD{
it
has
happened
because
}}
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.' ”

\par }\Chap{30}{\SH Yahweh will punish Egypt
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{2}“You
human,
prophesy
{\ADD{
about
what
will
happen
to
Egypt}}.
Say, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
\par }{\Q “Weep
and
wail [DOU],
\par }{\QB because
terrible
things
will
happen
some
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}That
day
is
near,
\par }{\QB the
day
when
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
will
punish
people}};
\par }{\Q it
will
be
a
day
of
{\ADD{
dark}}
clouds
and
disaster
for
{\ADD{
many}}
nations.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}{\ADD{
An
enemy
army}} [PRS]
will
come
to
attack
Egypt
with
their
swords,
\par }{\QB and
there
will
be
great
distress
{\ADD{
among
the
people}}
in
Ethiopia.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Many}}
people
will
be
killed
in
Egypt;
\par }{\QB everything
valuable
will
be
taken
away,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
even}}
the
foundations
{\ADD{
of
the
buildings}}
will
be
torn
down.
\par }{\MM \VS{5}{\ADD{
Soldiers
of
}}
Ethiopia,
Libya,
Lydia,
and
from
all
of
Arabia,
and
{\ADD{
all
the
other}}
groups
who
are
their
allies,
will
be
killed
in
the
battles.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
say:
\par }{\Q “The
allies
of
Egypt
will
be
defeated,
\par }{\QB and
the
power
that
{\ADD{
the
people
of
Egypt}}
are
proud
of
will
end.
\par }{\Q From
Migdol
{\ADD{
city
in
the
north}}
to Aswan
{\ADD{
city
in
the
south}},
the
soldiers
of
Egypt
will
be
killed
by
their
enemies’
swords”;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
that
is
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}Egypt
will
become
the
most
deserted
country
in
the
world,
\par }{\Q and
its
cities
will
be
ruined,
\par }{\QB surrounded
by
ruined
cities
{\ADD{
in
nearby
nations}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Then,
when
I
cause
{\ADD{
everything
in}}
Egypt
to
be
burned
in
fires,
\par }{\QB and
all
their
allies
are
defeated,
\par }{\QB people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}At
that
time,
I
will
send
messengers
to
go
{\ADD{
swiftly
up
the
Nile
River}}
in
boats
to
cause
the
people
of
Ethiopia
who ◄are
complacent/confident/think
that
nothing
terrible
will
happen
to
them►
to
become
afraid.
They
will
be
terrified [PRS]
when
Egypt
is
destroyed;
and
it
will
soon
be
that
time!”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
\par }{\Q “By
the
power
of [MTY]
of
King
Nebuchadnezzar
of
Babylon
\par }{\QB I
will
get
rid
of
very
many
people
in
Egypt.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Nebuchadnezzar
and
his
army,
whose
soldiers
are
extremely
ruthless,
\par }{\QB will
come
to
destroy
Egypt.
\par }{\Q They
will
pull
out
their
swords
\par }{\QB and
fill
Egypt
with
{\ADD{
the
corpses
of}}
those
whom
they
have
killed.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
will
cause
the
Nile
{\ADD{
River}}
to
become
dry,
\par }{\QB and
I
will
sell
the
nation
to
evil
men.
\par }{\Q By
the
power [MTY]
of
foreigners
\par }{\QB I
will
ruin
the
land
and
everything
that
is
in
it.
\par }{\MM {\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
predicted
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
\par }{\Q “I
will
cause
the
idols
and
statues
{\ADD{
of
idols}} [DOU]
\par }{\QB in
Memphis
{\ADD{
city}}
to
be
destroyed.
\par }{\Q No
longer
will
there
be
a
king
in
Egypt,
\par }{\QB and
all
over
the
land,
people
will
be
terrified.
\par }{\Q I
will
cause
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Egypt
to
be
very
afraid.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}I
will
cause
the
Pathros
{\ADD{
area
in
southern
Egypt}}
to
be
abandoned.
\par }{\QB I
will
start
fires
in
Zoan
{\ADD{
city
in northeast
Egypt}}
\par }{\QB and
punish
{\ADD{
the
people
in}}
Thebes,
{\ADD{
the
capital
of
southern
Egypt}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}I
will
pour
out
my
punishment [MTY]
on
{\ADD{
the
fortress
in}}
Pelusium
{\ADD{
at
the
eastern
end
of
Egypt}},
\par }{\QB and
I
will
get
rid
of
very
many
people
in
Thebes.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}I
will
burn
Egypt
by
fires;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
the
people
in}}
Pelusium
will
suffer
severe
pain.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Enemies}}
will
conquer
Thebes,
\par }{\QB and
{\ADD{
the
people
in}}
Memphis
will
constantly
be
terrified.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}{\ADD{
Many}}
young
men
in
Heliopolis
and Bubastis
{\ADD{
cities
in
northern
Egypt}}
will
be
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies}}
swords,
\par }{\QB and
the
others
{\ADD{
from
those
cities}}
will
be
captured
and
taken
{\ADD{
to
Babylon}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}It
will
be
a
dark
day
{\ADD{
of
destruction}}
at
Tahpenes
{\ADD{
city
in northeast
Egypt}}
\par }{\QB when
I
cause
the
power [MET]
of
Egypt
to
end;
\par }{\QB that
country
will
no
longer
be
proud
of
being
strong.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
a
dark
cloud
will
cover
Egypt,
\par }{\QB because
the
people
of
its
villages
will
be
captured
and
forced
to
go
{\ADD{
to
Babylon}}.”
\par }{\Q \VS{19}That
is
how
I
will
punish
Egypt,
\par }{\QB and
people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’ ”
\par }{\SH The
king
of
Egypt
will
be
defeated
by Nebuchadnezzar’s
army
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Almost
eleven
years
{\ADD{
after
we
had
been
taken
to
Babylon}},
on
the
seventh
day
of
the
first
month
{\ADD{
of
that
year}},
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
{\ADD{
He
said,}}
\VS{21}“You
human,
I
{\ADD{
have
enabled
the
army
of
Nebuchadnezzar
to
defeat
the
army
of}}
the
King
of
Egypt.
{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
I
have
broken
one
of
the
arms
of
the
King
of
Egypt,
and
it
has
not
been
bandaged
in
order
that
it
could
be
healed,
and
it
has
not
been
put
in splints
in
order
that
{\ADD{
after
it
heals}}
the
arm
will
be
strong
{\ADD{
enough}}
to
hold
a
sword.
\VS{22}Therefore,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: ‘I
am
the
enemy
of
the
King
of
Egypt.
{\ADD{
I
will
completely
destroy
the
power
of
Egypt;
it
is
as
though}}
now
I
will
break
both
of
the
king’s
arms,
the
good/strong
one
and
the
broken
one,
and
cause
the
sword
to
fall
from
his
hand.
\VS{23}I
will
cause
the
people
of
Egypt
to
be
scattered
among
the
nations [DOU].
\VS{24}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
I
will
strengthen
the
arms
of
the
King
of
Babylon
and
put
a
sword
in
his
hand,
and
{\ADD{
as
though}}
I
will
break
the
arms
of
the
king
of
Egypt,
and
he
will
groan
in
front
of
the
King
of
Babylon
like [SIM]
a
soldier
who
is
wounded
and
about
to
die.
\VS{25}I
will
cause
the
power [MTY]
of
the
King
of
Babylon
to
become
greater,
and
the
power
of
the
king
of
Egypt
will
be
useless [MET].
When
that
happens,
when
I
give
power
to
the
army
of
the
King
of
Babylon,
they
will
use
that
power
to
attack
Egypt.
\VS{26}I
will
cause
the
people
of
Egypt
to
be
scattered
among
the
nations [DOU].
And
when
that
happens,
the
people
{\ADD{
of
Egypt}}
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}} [DOU].’ ”

\par }\Chap{31}{\SH Egypt is compared to defeated Assyria
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Almost
eleven
years
{\ADD{
after
we
had
been
taken
to
Babylonia}},
on
the
first
day
of
the
third
month
{\ADD{
of
that
year}},
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{2}“You
human,
say
to
the
King
of
Egypt
and
all
of
his
people,
\par }{\Q ‘{\ADD{
You
think
that}}
there
is [RHQ, IRO]
no
country
whose
power
is
as
great
as
the
power
of
your
country.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}You
think
that
your
country
is
as
great
as
Assyria
was:
\par }{\QB Assyria
was
previously
like [MET]
a
tall
cedar
tree
in
Lebanon;
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
it
had
big
beautiful
branches
\par }{\QB that
provided
shade
for
{\ADD{
other
trees
in}}
the
forest.
\par }{\Q It
was
very
tall;
\par }{\QB its
top
was
above
the
leaves
of
the
other
trees.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Water
came
from
deep
springs,
\par }{\QB and
as
a
result
that
cedar
tree
grew
tall
and
very
green.
\par }{\Q Then
water
flowed
around
the
base
of
the
tree
\par }{\QB into
channels
that
took
water
to
other
nearby
trees.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}That
huge
tree
grew
very
tall,
\par }{\QB higher
than
all
the
other
trees
around
it.
\par }{\Q Its
branches
grew
very
thick
and
long [DOU]
\par }{\QB because
of
the
abundant
water
{\ADD{
at
the
base
of
the
tree}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Birds
built
their
nests
in
the
branches,
\par }{\QB and
wild
animals
gave
birth
to
their
babies
under
those
branches.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
And
it
was
as
though
people
of}}
all
the
great
nations
lived
in
the
shade
of
that
tree.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}It
was
majestic
and
beautiful;
\par }{\Q its
branches
spread
out widely
\par }{\QB because
the
roots
of
the
tree
grew
down
into
the
ground
where
there
was
a
plentiful
supply
of
water.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The
cedar
trees
in
my
garden
{\ADD{
in
Eden}}
were
not
as
great
as
that
tree,
\par }{\QB and
the
branches
of
the
pine/cypress
trees
were
not
as
long
and
thick
as
the
branches
of
that
cedar
tree.
\par }{\Q And
the
branches
of
the
plane
trees
were
not
as
long
and
thick,
either.
\par }{\QB No
tree
in
my
garden
was
as
beautiful
as
that
cedar
tree.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Because
I
caused
that
tree
to
become
very
beautiful
\par }{\QB with
its
magnificent
green
branches,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
all
the
leaders
of
other
countries represented
by}} [MET]
those
other
trees
in
Eden
envied
{\ADD{
the
country represented
by}}
that
tree.’
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Therefore,
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: ‘That
tree,
which
{\ADD{represents
Assyria}},
grew
very
tall,
and
its
top
was
higher
than
the
other
trees,
and
it
became
very
proud
because
of
being
very
tall.
\VS{11}Therefore,
I
enabled
another
mighty
nation
to
conquer
it
and
to
destroy
it
as
it
deserved
to
be
destroyed.
I
have
already
discarded
it.
\VS{12}A
foreign
army,
one
that
has
caused
people
of
other
nations
to
be
terrified,
cut
it
down
and
left
it.
Its
branches
fell
on
the
mountains
and
in
the
valleys.
Some
of
its
branches
lay
broken
in
all
the
ravines
in
the
land.
All
the
people
of
other
nations
came
out
from
being
under
its
shade
and
left
it.
\VS{13}Birds ◄settled/went
to
live►
on
the
fallen
tree,
and
wild
animals
lived
among
its
branches.
\VS{14}The
result
of
what
I
have
done
is
that
no
other
trees,
even
if
they
have
plenty
of
water,
will
ever
grow
very
high
and
become
proud,
and
lift
their
tops
above
the
branches
of
other
trees.
I
do
not
want
any
other
tree
to
grow
high
like
that
cedar
tree
did;
trees
will
all
certainly
die
and
decay
in
the
ground,
like
people
die
and
go
down
to
their
graves.’
\par }{\PP \VS{15}This
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say: ‘When
that
great
tree
was
cut
down,
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
the
springs
that
watered
it
mourned
for
it,
because
I
caused
the
plentiful
water
{\ADD{
from
the
springs}}
to
dry
up.
I
caused
{\ADD{
the
mountains
in}}
Lebanon
to
become
black,
and
all
the
trees
there
to
wither.
\VS{16}I
caused
the
people
of
other
nations
to
tremble
when
they
heard
that
tree
fall
to
the
ground.
{\ADD{
They
realized}}
that
it
would
decay,
like
all
people
who
die
and
are
buried
decay.
And
all
the
{\ADD{
leaders
of
other
countries represented
by}}
other
beautiful
trees
in
my
garden
in
Eden
and
in
Lebanon,
were
like
beautiful
trees
{\ADD{
that
were
very
proud}}.
They
were
ones
which
had
roots
that
grew
down
deep
into
the
{\ADD{
ground
where
there
was
plenty
of}}
water.
They
were
comforted
when
{\ADD{
the
king represented
by}} [MET]
that
cedar
tree
was
there
with
them
in
the
place
where
the
dead
people
are.
\VS{17}The
{\ADD{
leaders
of
other
countries represented
by}} [MET]
trees
that
grew
in
the
shade
of
the
huge
tree,
{\ADD{
the
allies
of}}
the
great
nation
{\ADD{
that
the
cedar
tree represents}},
had
also
joined
those
who
had
been
killed
by
the
sword
and
gone
down
to
where
the
dead
people
are.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}{\ADD{
This
parable
is
about
you}}
people
of
Egypt.
{\ADD{
You
think
that}} [RHQ, IRO]
there
is
no
other
nation
that
is
as
great
and
glorious
as
yours
is.
But
your
nation
will
also
be
destroyed,
{\ADD{
as
Assyria
was}},
along
with
those
other
nations.
Your
people
will
be
there
among
the
other
people
who
are
not
fit
to
worship
me,
people
who
have
been
killed
by
their
enemies’
swords.
That
is
what
will
happen
to
the
king
of
Egypt
and
all
his
people.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
predicted
it}}.’ ”

\par }\Chap{32}{\SH A funeral song for the king of Egypt
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Almost
twelve
years
{\ADD{
after
we
had
been
taken
to
Babylonia}},
on
the
first
day
of
the
twelfth
month
{\ADD{
of
that
year}},
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{2}“You
human,
sing
a
sad/funeral
song
about
the
king
of
Egypt.
Sing
this
to
him:
\par }{\Q ‘You
{\ADD{
think
that
you}} [IRO]
are
like [SIM]
a
lion
among
the
nations;
\par }{\Q or
like [SIM]
a
monster/crocodile
in
the
river
\par }{\QB thrashing
around
in
the
water,
\par }{\QB churning/stirring
up
the
water
with
your
feet
\par }{\QB and
causing
the
water
to
become
muddy.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}But
this
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
\par }{\Q “I
will
send
many
people
to
throw
my
net
over
you,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
haul/drag
you
up
{\ADD{
onto
the
land}}
in
my
net.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}They
will
throw
you
into
a
field [DOU]
{\ADD{
to
die}};
\par }{\Q I
will
allow
the
birds
to
sit
on
you,
\par }{\QB and
all
the
wild
animals
will
eat
the
flesh
of
your
corpse
until
their
stomachs
are
full.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}I
will
cause
them
to
scatter
your
flesh
on
the
hills
\par }{\QB and
fill
the
valleys
with
your
bones.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
will
cause
them
to
fill
the
land
with
your
blood,
\par }{\QB all
the
way
to
the
mountains,
\par }{\QB and
the
ravines
will
be
filled
with
your
flesh.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}When
I
get
rid
of
you,
\par }{\QB I
will
cover
the
sky
and
not
allow
the
stars
to
shine.
\par }{\Q I
will
put
a
dark
cloud
in
front
of
the
sun,
\par }{\QB and
the
moon
will
not
shine.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}I
will
cause
the
stars
in
the
sky
to
be
dark,
\par }{\QB and
there
will
be
darkness
over
your
entire
land;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
that
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
have
said
it.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}And
when
the
people
of
many
nations
hear
about
your
being
destroyed,
\par }{\QB many
of
them
will
be
afraid/worried—
\par }{\QB people
living
in
countries
that
you
have
never
known
about.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}I
will
cause
many
people
to
be
appalled
because
of
{\ADD{
what
has
happened
to}}
you,
\par }{\QB and
their
kings
will
be
horrified
and
shudder/shake
because
of
your
{\ADD{
being
destroyed}},
\par }{\QB when
I
swing
my
sword
in
front
of
them.
\par }{\Q At
the
time
that
you
will
be
destroyed,
\par }{\QB all
of
them
will
tremble,
\par }{\QB fearing
that
they
also
will
be
killed.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
\par }{\Q “The
swords
of
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
the
King
of
Babylon
will
strike
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
will
cause
very
many
of
your
people
to
be
killed
\par }{\QB by
the
swords
of
mighty
soldiers
{\ADD{
from
Babylonia}},
\par }{\QB who
are
more
ruthless/cruel
than
the
soldiers
of
all
other
nations.
\par }{\Q They
will
cause
the
people
of
Egypt
to
quit
being
proud,
\par }{\QB because
very
many [HYP]
of
their
people
will
be
killed.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}I
will
destroy
all
the
cattle
in
Egypt
\par }{\QB that ◄graze/eat
grass►
alongside
the
streams.
\par }{\Q As
a
result,
the
water
in
those
streams
will
never
again
become
muddy
\par }{\QB because
of
people
and
cattle
walking
in
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Then
I
will
allow
the
streams
in
Egypt
to
become
calm
again
\par }{\QB and
flow
{\ADD{
as
smoothly}} [SIM]
as
olive
oil
flows.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{15}When
I
cause
Egypt
to
become
empty/desolate
\par }{\QB and
strip
off
everything
that
grows
on
the
land,
\par }{\Q and
when
I
get
rid
of
all
the
people
who
live
there,
\par }{\QB people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.” ’
\par }{\PP \VS{16}That
sad
song
about
Egypt
will
also
be
sung
by
the
people.
\par }{\PP Women
of
many
nations
will
sing
it.
\par }{\QB They
will
chant
it
about
Egypt
and
all
its
people;
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
that
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
that
it
would
happen.”
\par }{\SH Egypt
will
be
destroyed
\par }{\PP \VS{17}On
the
fifteenth
day
of
that
same
month,
Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\par }{\PP \VS{18}“You
human,
wail
about
the
many
people
of
Egypt,
because
I
will
send
them
to
the
place
under
the
earth,
where
they
and
people
of
other
mighty
nations
will
be.
I
will
send
them
there,
along
with
others,
down
to
the
place
where
the
dead
are.
\VS{19}Say
to
them, ‘You
people
of [APO]
Egypt,
{\ADD{
you
think
that}} [IRO, RHQ]
you
are
more
beautiful
than
the
people
of
other
nations.
But
you
also
will
descend
to
the
place
where
the
godless
dead
people
are.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
Your
enemies}}
will
pull
out
their
swords
and
kill
many
of
you.
A
huge
number
of
the
people
of
Egypt
who
remain
will
be
dragged
away.
\VS{21}In
the
place
where
the
dead
people
are,
mighty
leaders
{\ADD{
of
other
countries}}
will
{\ADD{
make fun
of
the
people
of
Egypt}}
and
say, “They
have
come
here
to
lie
with
us
godless
people
who
were
killed
by
our
enemies’
swords!” ’
\par }{\PP \VS{22}{\ADD{
The
corpses
of
the
people
of}}
Assyria
will
be
there.
They
will
be
surrounded
by
{\ADD{
corpses
of}}
soldiers
who
were
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords.
\VS{23}The
people’s
graves
are
there
in
the
deep
pit,
and
{\ADD{
corpses
of
soldiers
of}}
their
army
lie
around
their
graves.
Corpses
of
all
those
who
had
caused
many
others
in
other
places
to
be
terrified
also
will
be
there,
having
been
killed
by
swords.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}A
great
number
of
the
people
of
Elam
will
be
there.
They
also
were
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords.
They
had
caused
people
in
many
places [HYP]
to
be
terrified.
At
that
time
they
will
lie
there
in
that
deep
pit
below
the
earth,
and
they,
along
with
the
others
who
have
gone
there,
will
be
disgraced.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}They
will
lie
there
among
others
who
were
slaughtered,
surrounded
by
the
graves
of
a
huge
crowd
of
other
people.
While
they
were
alive,
they
caused
people
of
other
nations
to
be
terrified;
but
they
were
godless,
and
now,
having
been
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies}}
swords,
they
will
lie
with
others
in
that
deep
pit,
disgraced,
all
of
them avoiding
each
other.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}{\ADD{
Corpses
of}}
soldiers
of
Meshech
and
Tubal
will
be
there,
surrounded
by
the
graves
of
a
huge
crowd
of
their
people.
They
were
all
godless
people
who
were
killed
by
swords
because
while
they
were
alive,
they
also
caused
people
in
many
places [HYP]
to
be
terrified.
\VS{27}They
will
surely [RHQ]
not
be
buried honorably
like
the
soldiers
who
have
died,
whose
shields
were
buried
with
their
corpses,
whose
swords
were
placed
on
their skulls
in
the
graves.
While
those
godless
people
were
alive,
they
had
caused
many
people
in
the
land
to
be
terrified,
so
they
were
punished
for
their
sins.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}You
king
of
Egypt,
you
also
be
killed
and
will
lie
there
with
other
godless
people
who
have
been
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}People
of
the
Edom people-group
will
be
there,
along
with
their
kings
and
leaders.
They
were
powerful,
but
they
will
{\ADD{
be
killed
and}}
lie
there
in
the
place
where
the
other
dead
people
are.
They
will
lie
there
in
that
deep
pit,
with
the
other
godless
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}All
the
rulers
of
countries
north
{\ADD{
of
Israel}},
including
people
from
Sidon,
will
be
there.
Because
of
their
power,
they
caused
people
to
be
terrified,
but
they
will
lie
there.
They
were
godless,
and
they
will
lie
there
along
with
others
who
were
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords.
They,
along
with
everyone
else
who
descends
into
that
deep
pit,
will
be
disgraced.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}The
king
of
Egypt
and
all
his
army
will
see
them,
and
they
will
be
comforted
to
know
that
there
were
other
huge
groups
of
people
who
were
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords.
\VS{32}While
he
was
living,
I
allowed
him
to
cause
others
in
many
countries
to
be
terrified,
but
he
and
his
huge
army
will
be
there
among
other
godless
people
who
had
been
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
am
the
one
who
has
said
{\ADD{
that
it
would
happen}}.”

\par }\Chap{33}{\SH Ezekiel was appointed to be a watchman
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{2}“You
human,
speak
to
your
fellow Israelis
and
say
this
to
them: ‘When
I
bring
an
enemy
army [MTY]
to
attack
a
country,
and
the
people
of
that
country
choose
one
of
their
men
and
appoint
him
to
be
a
watchman,
\VS{3}if
he
sees
the
enemy
army [MTY]
coming
to
attack
his
country,
and
he
blows
a
trumpet
to
warn
the
people,
\VS{4}if
anyone
hears
the
trumpet
and
does
not
heed
the
warning,
and
as
a
result
he
is
killed
by
the
sword
{\ADD{
of
one
of
his
enemies}},
he
will
be
responsible
for
his
own
death [MTY].
\VS{5}If
he
had
heeded
the
warning,
he
would
have ◄have
saved
his
life/still
be
alive►.
But
because
he
heard
the
sound
of
the
trumpet
and
did
not
heed
that
warning,
his
death
will
be
his
own
fault.
\VS{6}But
if
the
watchman
sees
the
enemy
army [MTY]
coming
and
does
not
blow
the
trumpet
to
warn
the
people,
and
one
of
his
people
is
killed
by
an
enemy
sword,
that
person
will
die
because
of
his
sin,
but
I
will
consider
that
the
watchman
is
responsible
for
that
man’s
death.’
\par }{\PP \VS{7}So,
you
human,
I
have
appointed
you
to
be
a
watchman
for
the Israeli
people [MTY].
So
always
listen
to
what
I
say
and
warn
the
people
for
me.
\VS{8}When
I
say
to
some
wicked
person, ‘You
wicked
person,
you
will
surely
die
{\ADD{
because
of
your
sins,’
you
must
tell
him
that}}.
If
you
do
not
speak
to
that
person
to
warn
him
that
he
should
turn
away
from
his
sins,
that
wicked
person
will
die
because
of
his
sins,
but
I
will
say
that
you
are
responsible
for
his
death [MTY].
\VS{9}But
if
you
warn
that
wicked
person
that
he
should
turn
away
from
his
sins,
and
he
does
not
do
that,
he
will
die
because
of
his
sins,
but
you
will
have
saved
your
life.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}You
human,
say
to
the Israeli
people, ‘This
is
what
you
all
are
saying: “{\ADD{
The
guilt
that
we
have
for}} disobeying
God’s
laws
and
sinning
is
like
a
heavy
weight
on
us,
and
it
is
hurting
us,
and
we
are slowly
dying.
So
what
can
we
do
to
continue
to
remain
alive?” ’
\VS{11}Say
to
them, ‘Yahweh
the
Lord
says, “As
surely
as
I
am
alive,
I
am
not
happy
when
wicked
people
die;
I
would
prefer
that
they
turn
away
from
their
wicked
behavior
and
continue
to
live.
So
repent!
Turn
away
from
your
evil
behavior!
You Israeli
people,
do
you
really
want
to
die [RHQ]?” ’
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Therefore,
you
human,
say
to
your
fellow Israelis, ‘If
righteous
people
start
to
disobey
me,
their
being
righteous
previously
will
not
save
them
{\ADD{
from
being
punished}}.
And
if
wicked
people
turn
away
from
their
wicked
behavior,
they
will
not
die
because
of
the
sins
that
they
committed
{\ADD{
previously}}.
And
if
righteous
people
start
to
sin,
they
will
not
be
allowed
to
remain
alive
because
of
their
formerly
being
righteous.’
\VS{13}If
I
tell
righteous
people
that
they
will
surely
remain
alive,
but
then
they
trust/think
that
because
they
have
been
righteous
previously,
they
can
start
to
do
evil
{\ADD{
and
not
be
punished}},
I
will
not
think
about
the
righteous
things
that
they
did
previously;
they
will
die
because
of
the
evil
things
that
they
are
doing.
\VS{14}And
if
I
say
to
some
wicked
person, ‘You
will
surely
die
{\ADD{
because
of
your
sins}},’
that
person
may
turn
away
from
his
sinful
behavior
and
do
what
is
just
and
right [DOU].
\VS{15}For
example,
he
may
return
what
he
took
from
another
person
to
guarantee
{\ADD{
that
that
person
would
pay
back
what
he
owes}},
or
he
may
return
things
that
he
has
stolen,
and
he
may
obey
the
laws
that
will
enable
{\ADD{
those
who
obey
them}}
to
remain
alive,
and
he
will
not
continue
to
do
evil
things.
If
that
happens,
he
will
surely
remain
alive;
he
will
not
die
{\ADD{
because
of
the
sins
that
he
committed
previously}}.
\VS{16}I
will
not
think
about
the
sins
that
he
has
committed;
he
will
surely
remain
alive.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Your
fellow Israelis
say, ‘What
Yahweh
does
is
not
fair.’
But
it
is
your
behavior
that
is
not
fair.
\VS{18}If
a
righteous
person
turns
away
from
doing
what
is
righteous
and starts
to
do
what
is
evil,
{\ADD{
it
is
fair
that}}
he
die
because
of
his
sins.
\VS{19}And
if
a
wicked
person
turns
away
from
his
wicked
behavior
and
does
what
is
right
and
fair [DOU],
{\ADD{
it
is
fair}}
for
him
to
remain
alive
because
of
doing
that.
\VS{20}But
you Israeli
people
still
say, ‘What
Yahweh
does
is
not
fair.’
But
I
will
judge
each
of
you
for
what
you
do.”
\par }{\SH What
will
happen
to
those
who
remained
in
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Almost
twelve
years
{\ADD{
after
we
had
been
taken
to
Babylonia}},
on
the
fifth
day
of
the
tenth
month
{\ADD{
of
that
year}},
a
man
who
had
escaped
from
Jerusalem
came
to
me
{\ADD{
in
Babylon}}
and
said, “Jerusalem
has
been
captured!”
\VS{22}The
evening
before
that
man
arrived,
Yahweh
took
control [MTY]
of
me,
and
when
that
man
arrived,
Yahweh
enabled
me
to
speak
again;
I
was
no
longer
forced
to
be
silent.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
Yahweh
gave
a
message
to
me.
He
said,
\VS{24}“You
human,
the
people
who
are
living
in
the
ruins
in
Israel
are
saying, ‘Abraham
was
only
one
person,
but
Yahweh
{\ADD{
promised
him
that
he
and
his
descendants}}
would
possess
this
land.
But
we
are
many;
so
surely
this
land
has
been
given
to
us
{\ADD{
by
Yahweh}}
to
continue
to
possess.’
\VS{25}So
send
a
message
to
them.
Say, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
You
eat
meat
that
still
has
the
animal’s
blood
in
it.
You
still
worship
idols.
And
you
still
murder
others [MTY].
So, ◄should
this
land
belong
to
you?/this
land
should
certainly
not
belong
to
you!► [RHQ]
\VS{26}You
rely
on
using
your
swords
{\ADD{
to
obtain
things
that
you
want}}.
You
do
many
detestable
things.
Each
of
you
has
sex
with
other
men’s
wives.
So ◄why
should
you
continue
to
possess
the
land
of
Israel?/you
should
not
continue
to
possess
this
land!► [RHQ]’
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Send
this
message
to
them: ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
As
surely
as
I
am
alive,
those
who
are
left
in
the
ruins
{\ADD{
in
Jerusalem}}
will
also
be
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords,
and
those
who
are
living
in
the
countryside
will
be
killed
by
wild
animals,
and
those
who
are
living
in
forts
and
caves
will
die
from
a
plague.
\VS{28}I
will
cause
your
country
to
become
a
desolate
wasteland.
You
will
no
longer
be
proud
of
being
a
strong
country.
The
mountains
of
Israel
will
become
very
desolate,
with
the
result
that
no
one
will
walk
across
them.
\VS{29}Then,
when
I
have
caused
your
country
to
become
a
desolate
wasteland
because
of
all
the
detestable
things
that
you
have
done,
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’
\par }{\PP \VS{30}As
for
you,
you
human,
your
fellow Israelis
{\ADD{
here
in
Babylon}}
are
talking
about
you
along
the
city
walls
and
at
the
doors
of
their
houses.
They
are
saying
to
each
other, ‘Come
and
listen
to
the
message
that
has
come
from
Yahweh!’
\VS{31}My
people
come
to
you
as
they
often
have
done,
and
they
sit
in
front
of
you
to
listen
to
what
you
say.
But
they
do
not
do
what
you
tell
them
that
they
must
do.
With
their
mouths
they
say
that
they
love
me,
but
in
their
inner
beings
they
are
eager
to
acquire
things
by
doing
what
is
unjust.
\VS{32}To
them,
you
are
only
a
man
who
sings
love
songs
with
a
beautiful
voice,
and
you
play
a
musical
instrument
well.
They
hear
what
you
say,
but
they
do
not
do
what
you
tell
them
to
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}The
terrible
things
that
I
have
said
will
happen
to
them
will
surely
happen.
And
then
they
will
know
that
a
prophet
has
been
among
them,
{\ADD{
and
that
you
are
that
prophet}}.”

\par }\Chap{34}{\SH A parable about the leaders of Israel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{2}“You
human,
prophesy
about
the{\ADD{
leaders}}
of
Israel.
{\ADD{
They
should
be
taking
care
of
my
people
like}} [MET]
shepherds
{\ADD{
take
care
of
their
sheep}}.
Say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
Terrible
things
will
happen
to
you
leaders [MET]
of
Israel
who
only
take
care
of
yourselves!
You
should
certainly [RHQ]
take
care
of
{\ADD{
your
people
like}} [MET]
a
shepherd
takes
care
of
his
flock
of
sheep!
\VS{3}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
you
eat
the
curds,
you
slaughter
the
very
good
animals
and
wear
clothes
made
from
their
wool.
But
you
do
not
take
care
of
the
flock.
\VS{4}You
have
not
enabled
those
who
are
weak
to
become
strong.
You
have
not
healed
those
who
were
sick.
You
have
not
bandaged
those
who
were
wounded/injured.
You
have
not
brought
back
those
who
went
astray.
You
have
not
searched
for
those
who
became
lost.
You
have
ruled
your
people
harshly
and
cruelly.
\VS{5}So
they
were
scattered,
because
you
did
not
{\ADD{
take
care
of
them
like}} [MET]
a
shepherd
{\ADD{
takes
care
of
his
sheep}}.
And
when
they
were
scattered,
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
wild
animals
attacked
and
{\ADD{
killed
them
and
ate}}
their
flesh.
\VS{6}My
people
wandered
like
sheep
all
over
the
high
hills
and
mountains.
They
were
scattered
all
over
the
earth,
and
no
one
searched
for
them [DOU].
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Therefore,
you
{\ADD{
who
should
be
acting
like}}
shepherds,
listen
to
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord
say:
\VS{8}As
surely
as
I
am
alive,
my
people
{\ADD{
are
like
a
flock
of
sheep
that
has}}
no
shepherd,
and
as
a
result
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
wild
animals
have
attacked
my
people
and
eaten
them.
You
did
not
search
for
them;
instead,
you
only
wanted
to
provide
food
for
yourselves.
\VS{9}Therefore,
you
{\ADD{
who
should
be
like}} [MET]
shepherds,
listen
to
what
I,
Yahweh
say:
\VS{10}I
am
opposed
to
{\ADD{
you
leaders
who
should
be
like}} [MET]
shepherds
for
my
people.
I
will
remove
you
from
taking
care
of
my
people,
with
the
result
that
you
will
no
longer
feed
yourselves
{\ADD{
instead
of
feeding
them}}.
I
will
rescue
my
people
from
you,
with
the
result
that
you
will
longer
be
able
to
{\ADD{butcher
them
and}}
eat
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}This
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say
to
you
leaders:
I
myself
will
search
for
my
sheep
and
take
care
of
them.
\VS{12}Like
a
shepherd
finds
his
scattered
sheep,
I
will
rescue
my
people
from
all
the
places
to
which
they
have
been
scattered,
at
a
time
when
things
were
very
gloomy
and
they
experienced
disasters.
\VS{13}I
will
bring
them
back
from
many
countries
and
gather
them
together
again
in
their
own
land.
{\ADD{
Because
my
people
are
like
sheep}} [MET],
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
I
will
enable
them
to
find
good pastureland
on
the
hills
of
Israel,
and
in
the
ravines,
and
in
the
villages
of
Israel.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
I
will
allow
them
to
graze
in
good
pastures
on
the
mountaintops.
They
will
lie
down
in
good ◄grazing
areas/grassy
fields►
there [DOU].
\VS{15}I
myself
will
take
care
of
my
people
and
enable
them
to
lie
down
and
rest.
\VS{16}I
will
search
for
those
who
are
lost
and
bring
back
the
ones
who
have
strayed
away.
I
will
bandage
those
who
have
been
injured
and
strengthen
those
who
are
weak.
But
I
will
get
rid
of
those
who
are
fat
and
powerful.
I
will
act
fairly
toward
{\ADD{
the
people
who
are
like}} [MET]
my
sheep.
That
is
what
I,
Yahweh,
promise.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
as
for
you
who
are
like [MET]
my
sheep,
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
I
will
judge
between
each
of
you;
and
I
will
separate
{\ADD{
those
that
are
peaceful
like}}
sheep
from
{\ADD{
those
that
are
always
trying
to
dominate
others
like}}
goats.
\VS{18}It
is
bad
that [RHQ]
some
of
you
keep
the
best
pastures
for
yourselves.
It
is
even
worse
that [RHQ]
you
trample
the
good
grass
with
your
feet.
You
yourselves
drink
the
clear
water [RHQ].
But
with
your
feet
you
cause
the
other
water
to
become
muddy [RHQ].
\VS{19}{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
you [RHQ]
are
forcing
my
flock
to
eat
the
grass
that
you
have
trampled
and
to
drink
the
water
that
you
have
caused
to
become
muddy!
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Therefore,
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say
to
you:
I
myself
will
judge
between
{\ADD{
those
of
you
who
are
like}} [MET]
the
fat
sheep
and
{\ADD{
those
of
you
who
are
like}}
the
thin
sheep.
\VS{21}You{\ADD{
who
are
like}}
strong
sheep,
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
with
your
shoulders
and
buttocks
you
have shoved
away
{\ADD{
those
who
are
like}}
thin
sheep,
and
you
have butted
them
with
your
horns,
until
you
have
chased
them
all
away
{\ADD{
from
the
good pastureland}}.
\VS{22}But
I
will
rescue
my
people,
and
they
no
longer
will
be ◄harassed/treated
cruelly►.
I
will
judge
between
one
person
and
another.
\VS{23}And
I
will
appoint
one
leader [MET]
for
them,
{\ADD{
someone
who
will
be
like}}
King
David,
who
served
me
{\ADD{
very
well}}.
That
leader
will
take
care
of
them
and
be
like
their
shepherd.
\VS{24}I,
Yahweh,
will
be
their
God,
and
{\ADD{
the
one
who
is
like}} [MET]
King
David
will
be
their
king.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}I
will
make
a
peace
agreement
with
the
people
of
Israel.
In
this
agreement
I
will
promise
to
get
rid
of
all
the
wild
animals
in
Israel,
in
order
that
my
people
may
live
safely,
even
in
the
desert
and
in
the
forests.
\VS{26}I
will
bless
them,
and
I
will
bless
the
places
close
to
my
sacred
hill.
I
will
bless
them
by
sending
them
rain
showers
at
the
right
season;
they
will
be
showers
to
bless
them.
\VS{27}The
fruit
trees
will
produce
fruit
and
the
ground
will
produce
crops.
And
my
people
will
live
safely
in
their
land.
When
I
rescue
them
from
people
who
caused
them
to
be
slaves [MET, DOU],
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\VS{28}{\ADD{
Soldiers
from}}
other
nations
will
no
longer
take
away
their
valuable
possessions,
and
wild
animals
will
no
longer
attack
them.
They
will
live
safely,
and
no
one
will
cause
them
to
be
afraid.
\VS{29}I
will
cause
their
land
to
be
famous/well-known
for
its
good
crops.
There
will
no
longer
be
famines
in
the
land,
and
people
in
other
nations
will
no
longer
ridicule
them.
\VS{30}Then
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
their
God,
am
helping
them,
and
they
will
know
that
they,
the Israeli
people,
are
my
people.
\VS{31}{\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}} [MET]
my
people
are
my
sheep
whom
I
will
take
care
of,
and
I
will
be
their
God.
That
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.’ ”

\par }\Chap{35}{\SH A prophecy about the destruction of Edom
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{2}“You
human,
turn
toward
Edom
and
prophesy
what
will
happen
to
its
people.
Say
that
this
is
what
Yahweh
says
to
them:
\VS{3}‘You
who
live
near
Seir
Mountain
{\ADD{
in
Edom}},
I
am
opposed
to
you,
and
I
will
use
my
power [MTY]
to
strike
you
and
cause
your
country
to
become
a
wasteland.
\VS{4}I
will
cause
your
country
to
be
ruined
and
desolate.
When
that
happens,
people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}You
have
always
been
enemies
of
the Israeli
people.
You
{\ADD{
rejoiced}}
when
they
experienced
a
great
disaster:
{\ADD{
their
enemies
attacked
them
with}}
swords,
when
I
punished
them
{\ADD{
for
the
sins
that
they
had
committed}}.
\VS{6}Therefore,
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
as
surely
as
I
am
alive,
I
will
allow
{\ADD{
your
enemies}}
to
slaughter [MTY]
you
and
continue
to
slaughter
you.
You
were
happy
when [LIT]
others
were
slaughtered;
\VS{7}so
I
will
cause
Seir
Mountain
to
be
abandoned/deserted,
and
I
will
get
rid
of
anyone
who
enters
it
or
leaves
it.
\VS{8}I
will
cause
your
mountains
to
be
filled
with
{\ADD{
the
corpses
of}}
those
who
have
been
killed.
The
corpses
of
those
who
have
been
killed
by
{\ADD{
your
enemies’}}
swords
will
lie
on
your
hills
and
in
your
valleys
and
in
all
your
ravines.
\VS{9}I
will
cause
your
land
to
be
deserted
forever.
No
one
will
live
in
your
towns
again.
When
that
happens,
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}You
people
said, “Israel
and
Judah
will
become
ours.
We
will
take
over
their
territory!”
You
said
that
even
though
I,
Yahweh,
was
still
there
{\ADD{
and
protecting
them}}.
\VS{11}Therefore,
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
as
surely
as
I
am
alive,
I
will
punish [MTY]
you
for
being
angry
with
my
people, envying
them,
and
hating
them.
\VS{12}Then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
have
heard
all
the
disgusting
things
that
you
have
said
about
the
mountains
in
Israel.
You
said
that
they
have
been
ruined/devastated,
and
that
they
have
been
given
to
you
to
occupy [MET].
\VS{13}When
you
insulted
me,
I
heard
all
that
you
said
about
me.
\VS{14}So
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
You
people
who
live
on
Seir
Mountain
and
in
all
the
other
places
in
Edom,
when
I
cause
your
land
to
become
desolate,
everyone
in
the
entire
world
will
rejoice.
\VS{15}You
were
happy
when
the
land [MTY]
of
the Israeli
people
became
desolate,
so
I
will
cause
your
land
to
become
desolate.
When
that
happens,
people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’ ”

\par }\Chap{36}{\SH A prophecy about Yahweh bringing his people back to Israel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}You
human,
prophesy
about
the
mountains
in
Israel.
Say
to
them, “You
mountains
in
Israel,
listen
to
what
Yahweh
says.
\VS{2}This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
Your
enemies
{\ADD{happily}}
said
about
you, ‘Aha!
The
mountains
in
Israel
that
have
existed
for
a
long
time
have
become
ours!’ ”
\VS{3}Therefore
prophesy
about
those
mountains
and
say, “This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
declares:
{\ADD{
Armies
of
other
nations}}
attacked
you [DOU]
from
every
direction,
with
the
result
that
your
land
became
abandoned,
and
people
of
other
nations
occupied
you,
and
they
spoke
maliciously
about
you
and
slandered
you.
\VS{4-6}Therefore,
you
mountains
in
Israel,
listen
to
this
message
from
me.
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
have
something
to
say
to
the
hills
and
mountains,
to
the
ravines
and
valleys,
to
the
deserted
ruins
and
towns
whose
valuable
possessions
have
been
taken
and
their
people ridiculed
by
the
people
of
other
nations
around
them.
This
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare:
I
am
very
angry [DOU]
with
the
people
of
Edom
and
other
nations;
they
have
forced
you
{\ADD{Israeli
people}}
to
endure
them insulting
you.
\VS{7}Therefore,
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
Lifting
up
my
arm,
I
solemnly
declare
that
the
people
of
the
nations
that
are
around
you
will
also
endure
being
insulted.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
{\ADD{
I
say
to}}
you
mountains
in
Israel
that
huge
crops
of
fruit
will
grow
on
your
trees
for
my Israeli
people,
because
they
will
soon
return
home
{\ADD{
from
Babylonia}}.
\VS{9}I ◄am
concerned
about/will
take
care
of►
you,
and
I
will
bless
you.
I
will
{\ADD{
enable
farmers
to}}
plow
the
ground
and
plant
seed
there.
\VS{10}I
will
cause
the
number
of
people
who
live
on
you
mountains
and
everywhere
else
in
Israel
to
greatly
increase.
People
will
live
in
the
towns
and
rebuild
{\ADD{
houses
where
there
are
now
only}}
ruins.
\VS{11}I
will
cause
the
number
of
people
and domestic
animals
to
increase.
People
will
have
many
children [IDM, DOU].
I
will
enable
people
to
live
there
like
they
did
previously,
and
I
will
enable
them
to
prosper
like
they
did
before.
Then
you
will
know
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
who
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\VS{12}I
will
enable
my Israeli
people
to
walk
through
your
mountains.
They
will
own
you;
you
will
be
their
permanent
possession.
Never
again
will
their
children
die.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}This
is
also
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say
to
you:
People
say
that
{\ADD{
only
a
small
amount
of
food
is
produced
on
your
mountains,
and
as
a
result
the
people
of
Israel}}
die
from
hunger.
\VS{14}Therefore,
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
no
longer
will
that
happen.
\VS{15}No
longer
will
the
people
of
other
nations
ridicule
you;
no
longer
will
they
laugh
at
you;
no
longer
will
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
other
nations
conquer
you.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh,
have
declared
that
it
will
happen.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said,
\VS{17}“You
human,
when
the Israeli
people
were
living
in
their
own
land,
they ◄defiled
it/caused
it
to
become
unacceptable
to
me►
by
the
things
that
they
did.
I
considered
that
their
behavior
was
{\ADD{
disgusting}},
like [SIM]
the
rags/cloths
that
women
use
during
their
monthly
menstrual
periods.
\VS{18}So
I
severely
punished [MTY]
them,
because
they
had
murdered [MTY]
many
people
and
because
they
had
defiled
the
land
by
{\ADD{
worshiping}}
idols
there.
\VS{19}I
caused
them
to
be
scattered
among
many
nations [DOU].
I
punished [MTY]
them
like
they
deserved
to
be
punished
because
of
their
very
evil
behavior [DOU].
\VS{20}And
wherever
they
went
among
those
nations,
they
caused
my
reputation [MTY]
to
be
disgraced.
What
has
happened
is
that
the
people
in
those
countries
said
about
the Israeli
people, ‘They
belong
to
Yahweh,
but
they
were
forced
to
leave
the
land
that
he
{\ADD{
gave
to
them}}.’
\VS{21}But
I
was
concerned
about
my
reputation,
which
the
people
of
Israel
had
disgraced
among
the
nations
to
which
they
were
forced
to
go.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Therefore,
say
to
the Israeli
people, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
You Israeli
people,
it
is
not
for
your
sake
that
I
am
going
to
do
these
things.
Instead,
it
is
for
the
sake
of
my
sacred
reputation,
which
you
have
disgraced
among
the
nations
to
which
you
were
forced
to
go.
\VS{23}I
will
show
that
my
reputation
is
sacred,
a
reputation
which
you
have
disgraced
among
the
nations
to
which
you
were
forced
to
go.
And
when
I
show
the
nations
that
I
am
holy,
the
people
of
those
nations
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}What
I
will
do
is
to
bring
you
back
from
those
nations.
I
will
gather
you
from
all
the
countries
{\ADD{
to
which
you
were
forced
to
go}},
and
bring
you
back
to
your
own
land.
\VS{25}{\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}} [MET]
I
will
sprinkle
clean
water
on
you,
and
then
you
will
be
clean.
I
will
cause
you
to
be
cleansed
from
everything
that
has
defiled
you,
and
I
will
cause
you
to
stop
worshiping
idols.
\VS{26}I
will
give
you
a
completely
new
way
of
thinking [IDM].
I
will
enable
you
to
stop
being
stubborn [IDM],
and
I
will
enable
you
to
obey
me
from
your
inner
beings [IDM].
\VS{27}I
will
put
my
Spirit
within
you
and
enable
you
to
carefully
obey
all
my
laws [DOU].
\VS{28}You
will
again
live
in
the
land
that
I
gave
to
your
ancestors.
You
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
your
God.
\VS{29}I
will
free
you
from
all
your
disgraceful
behavior.
I
will
cause
your
grain
to
be
plentiful,
and
I
will
not
send
a
famine
to
you
again.
\VS{30}I
will
cause
your
fruit
trees
to
produce
plenty
of
fruit
and
your
ground
to
produce
plenty
of
good
crops,
with
the
result
that
you
will
no
longer
be ridiculed
by
the
people
of
other
nations
because
of
your
not
having
enough
food.
\VS{31}When
that
happens,
you
will
think
about
your
previous
evil
behavior
and
wicked
deeds,
and
you
will ◄be
very
displeased
with/hate►
yourselves
for
your
sins
and
the
detestable
things
that
you
did.
\VS{32}But
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
I
want
you
to
know
that
it
is
not
for
your
sake
that
I
will
do
those
things.
You Israeli
people
ought
to
be
ashamed
of
your
behavior.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}This
is
also
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
At
the
time
that
I
forgive
you
for
all
the
sins
that
you
have
committed,
I
will
enable
you
to
live
in
your
towns
again
and
to
build
houses
where
there
are
now
only
ruins.
\VS{34}People
who
walk
through
your
country
will
see
that
your
land
is
again
cultivated
instead
of ◄being
desolate/having
nothing
growing
in
it►.
\VS{35}They
will
say, “This
land
that
was
ruined
has
become
{\ADD{
very
fertile/productive}}
like [SIM]
the
garden
of
Eden!
The
cities
that
were
piles
of
ruins,
empty
and
destroyed,
now
have
walls
around
them,
and
people
live
in
those
cities.”
\VS{36}When
that
happens,
the
people
in
the
nations
that
are
around
you
that
still exist
will
know
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh,
who
have
enabled
you
to
rebuild
what
was
destroyed,
and
to
again
plant
crops
in
the
fields
that
had
nothing
growing
in
them.
I,
Yahweh,
have
said
{\ADD{
that
it
will
happen}},
and
I
will
cause
it
to
happen.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}This
is
also
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
Again
I
will
heed
what
you Israeli
people
are
pleading
for
me
to
do
for
you.
I
will
cause
your
people
to
be
as
numerous
as
your
sheep,
\VS{38}as
numerous
as
the
flocks
of
sheep
that
will
be
needed
for
offerings
in
Jerusalem
during
your
regular
festivals.
The
cities
that
are
now
ruined
will
be
filled
with
people,
and
then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’ ”

\par }\Chap{37}{\SH The vision about the valley of dry bones
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}One
day
Yahweh
gave
me
another
vision.
In
the
vision
I
felt
the
power [MTY]
of
God
on
me,
and
by
his
Spirit
he
took
me
to
the
middle
of
a
valley.
It
was
full
of
bones
{\ADD{
of
people
who
had
been
killed}}.
\VS{2}He
led
me
to
walk
back
and
forth
among
those
bones.
I
saw
that
there
were
very
many
bones
there,
bones
that
were
very
dry.
\VS{3}He
asked
me, “You
human,
{\ADD{
do
you
think
that}}
these
bones
can
become
living
{\ADD{
people
again}}?”
\par }{\PP I
replied, “Yahweh
my
Lord,
only
you
know
{\ADD{
if
that
can
happen}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
he
said
to
me, “Prophesy
to
these
bones.
Say
to
them, ‘You
dry
bones,
listen
to
what
Yahweh
says.
\VS{5}This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says
to
you
bones:
I
will
put
my
breath
into
each
of
you,
and
you
will
become
alive
again.
\VS{6}I
will
fasten
tendons
to
your
bones,
and
cause
your
bones
to
be
covered
with
flesh.
I
will
cover
the
flesh
with
skin.
Then
I
will
breathe
into
you,
and
you
will
become
alive.
When
that
happens,
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}So
I
spoke
to
the
bones
what
Yahweh
commanded
me
to
speak.
As
I
was
speaking,
there
was
a
noise,
a
rattling
sound,
and
the
bones
came
together,
bones
joining
to
each
other.
\VS{8}While
I
was
looking,
I
saw
tendons fastening
to
them
and
flesh
covering
them,
and
then
skin
covered
the
flesh,
but
they
did
not
breathe.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
he
said
to
me, “You
human,
prophesy
to
the
wind.
Say
to
the
wind, ‘Wind [APO],
Yahweh
says
to
you,
blow
from
all
four
directions.
Breathe
into
these
people
who
have
been
killed,
in
order
that
they
can
become
alive
again!’ ”
\VS{10}So
I
said
what
he
commanded
me
to
say,
and
then
breath
entered
them.
They
became
alive
and
stood
up,
like
a
huge
army.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
he
said
to
me, “You
human,
these
bones
represent
all
the Israeli
people [MTY].
The
people
say, ‘{\ADD{
It
is
as
though}}
our
bones
are
dried
up;
there
are
no
more
good
things
that
we
can ◄hope
for/confidently
expect
to
happen
to
us►;
our
nation
is
destroyed/finished.’
\VS{12}So
prophesy
and
say
to
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
My
people,
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
I
will
open
your
graves
and
cause
your
corpses
to
become
alive
again.
I
will
bring
you
back
to
Israel.
\VS{13}Then,
what
that
happens,
you
my
people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\VS{14}I
will
put
my
Spirit
in
you,
and
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
you
will
become
alive
again,
and
I
will
enable
you
to
live
in
your
own
land
again.
Then
you
will
know
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh,
who
said
{\ADD{
that
it
would
happen}}
and
who
has
caused
it
to
happen.
That
is
what
I,
Yahweh,
declare.’ ”
\par }{\SH A
prophecy
about
being
one
nation
with
one
king
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Yahweh
gave
me
{\ADD{
another}}
message.
He
said,
\VS{16}“You
human,
take
a
piece
of
wood
and
write
on
it, ‘This represents
Judah
and
all
the
tribes
of
Judah.’
Then
take
another
piece
of
wood
and
write
on
it, ‘This represents
Israel
and
all
the
tribes
of
Israel.’
\VS{17}Then
join
them
together
to
become
{\ADD{
as
though
they
were}}
one
piece
of
wood
in
your
hand.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}When
your
fellow Israelis
ask
you, ‘What
does ◄this
action/what
you
just
did►
mean?’,
\VS{19}tell
them, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
One
of
the
pieces
of
wood
in
my
hand represents
Israel
and
all
the
tribes
of
Israel.
I
am
joining
it
to
the
piece
of
wood
that represents
Judah,
to
form
one
piece
of
wood
in
his
hand.’
\VS{20}Then,
{\ADD{
you
human}},
hold
up
the
pieces
of
wood
that
you
have
written
on,
in
order
that
the
people
can
see
them.
\VS{21}Say
to
the
people, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
I
will
take
you Israeli
people
out
of
the
countries
to
which
you
have
been
forced
to
go.
I
will
gather
you
from
all
those
nations
and
bring
you
back
to
your
own
land.
\VS{22}And
I
will
cause
you
to
again
be
one
nation
in
that
land,
on
the
mountains
in
Israel.
And
there
will
be
one
king
to
rule
over
all
of
you.
Never
again
will
you
be
two
nations
or
divided
into
two
kingdoms.
\VS{23}No
longer
will
you ◄defile
yourselves/make
yourselves
unacceptable
to
me►
by
{\ADD{
worshiping}}
idols
and
disgusting
statues
{\ADD{
of
your
gods}},
because
I
will
enable
you
to
quit
your
sinful
behavior
and
to
stop rejecting
me.
You
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
your
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}{\ADD{
Someone
who
will
be
like}} [MET]
{\ADD{
King}}
David
who
served
{\ADD{
me
well}}
will
be
the
king
{\ADD{
of
your
descendants}},
and
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}} [MET]
he
will
be
their
shepherd.
They
will
carefully
obey
all
my
laws [DOU].
\VS{25}They
will
live
in
the
land
that
I
gave
to
Jacob,
who
also
served
{\ADD{
me
well}};
they
will
live
in
the
land
where
your
ancestors
lived.
They
and
their
children
and
their
grandchildren
will
live
there
forever,
and
{\ADD{
the
one
who
will
be
like}} [MET]
{\ADD{
King}}
David
will
be
their
king
forever.
\VS{26}I
will
make
a
peace
agreement
with
them;
it
will
be
an
agreement
that
will
endure
forever.
I
will
again
give
them
that
land
and
cause
their
population
to
increase.
And
I
will
put
my
temple
among
them
forever.
\VS{27}The
place
where
I
will
live
will
be
among
them;
I
will
be
their
God
and
they
will
be
my
people.
\VS{28}Then,
when
my
temple
is
forever
there
among
them,
the
people
of
other
nations
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
have
caused
the Israeli
people
to
be
set
apart
{\ADD{
to
belong
to
me}}.’ ”

\par }\Chap{38}{\SH A prophecy about Gog
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
gave
me
another
message.
He
said
to
me,
\VS{2}“You
human,
turn
and
face
Magog,
the
country
where
Gog
{\ADD{
is
the
king}}.
He
is
{\ADD{
also}}
the
ruler
of
{\ADD{
the
nations
of}}
Meshech
and
Tubal.
Prophesy
about
{\ADD{
the
terrible
things
that
will
happen
to}}
him,
\VS{3}and
say, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
Gog,
you
who
rule
Meshech
and
Tubal,
I
am
opposed
to
you.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
I
will
turn
you
around
and
put
hooks
in
your
jaws
and
bring
you
{\ADD{
to
Israel}}—you
and
all
of
your
army,
{\ADD{
including
your}}
horses
and
men
carrying
weapons
who
ride
the
horses,
and
many
other
soldiers
carrying
large
shields
and
small
shields,
all
of
them
carrying
swords.
\VS{5}{\ADD{
Armies
from}}
Persia,
Ethiopia,
and
Put/Libya
will
also
come,
all
of
them
with
shields
and
helmets.
\VS{6}An
army
from
Gomer
{\ADD{
north
of
Israel}}
will
come,
and
an
army
from
Togarmah
far
north
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}
will
come.
Armies
of
many
nations
will
accompany
you.’
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
Tell
Gog,}} ‘Get
ready
and
be
prepared
to
be
the
commander
of
all
those
groups
of
soldiers.
\VS{8}At
some
future
time,
I
will
command
you
to
lead
those
armies
to
attack
{\ADD{
Israel}},
a
country
whose
{\ADD{
buildings}}
have
been
rebuilt
after
{\ADD{
they
were
destroyed
in}}
wars.
Their
people
will
have
been
brought
back
from
many
nations
{\ADD{
to
live
again}}
on
the
hills
of
Israel,
which
had
been
deserted
for
a
long
time.
They
had
been
brought
back
from
{\ADD{
other}}
nations
and
will
be
living
peacefully.
\VS{9}You
and
all
those
armies
from
many
nations
will
go
up
to
Israel,
advancing
like [SIM]
a
big
storm.
Your
army
will
be
like
a
huge
cloud
that
covers
the
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}But
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
On
that
day,
you
will
have
an
idea
about [DOU]
doing
an
evil
thing.
\VS{11}You
will
say
{\ADD{
to
yourself}}, “My
{\ADD{
army}}
will
invade
a
country
where
the
villages
do
not
have
walls
around
them.
We
will
attack
people
who
are
peaceful
and
do
not suspect/think
{\ADD{
that
they
will
be
attacked}}.
Their
towns
and
villages
do
not
have
walls
with
gates
and
bars.
\VS{12}So
{\ADD{
it
will
be
easy
for}}
us
to
attack
the
people
who
are
living
again
in
those
towns
that
were
previously
destroyed.
They
are
people
who
have
been
gathered
from
many
countries
{\ADD{
where
they
had
lived
for
many
years}},
people
who
now
live
safely
in
their
land
with
all
their
livestock
and
other
possessions.
They
are
living
in
the
country
that
is
in
the
middle
of
the
most
important
countries (OR,
{\ADD{
that
they
think
is}} [IRO]
the
most
important
country)
in
the
world.
Our
soldiers
will
take
away [DOU]
all
their
valuable
possessions.”
\VS{13}{\ADD{
Then
people
of}}
Sheba
and
Dedan
and
the
merchants
of
Tarshish
and
nearby
villages
will
come
and
say
to
you, “Are
you
gathering
all
your
soldiers
in
order
to
{\ADD{
attack
Israel
and}}
take
away
all
their
silver
and
gold?
{\ADD{
Do
you
plan}}
to
take
away
their
livestock
and
all
their
other
valuable
possessions [DOU]?” ’
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Therefore,
you
human,
prophesy
about
Gog
and
say
to
him, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
At
that
time,
when
my
people
of
Israel
are
living
safely,
you
will
certainly
think
about
that.
\VS{15}So
you
will
come
from
your
place
far
north
{\ADD{
of
Israel}},
with
the
armies
of
many
{\ADD{
other}}
nations,
all
riding
horses,
a
huge
army.
\VS{16}You
will
march
toward
my Israeli
people,
and
{\ADD{
your
soldiers}}
will
cover
the
land
like
a
huge
cloud.
Gog,
I
will
bring
your
army
to
attack
the
country
that
belongs
to
me,
but
{\ADD{
what
I
do}}
for
you
will
show
the
people
of
other
nations
that
I
am
holy.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say
to
Gog:
In
past
years,
when
I
gave
messages
to
my
servants,
the
prophets
{\ADD{
in
Israel}},
there
were
messages [RHQ]
about
you.
At
that
time,
they
prophesied
for
{\ADD{
many}}
years
that
I
would
bring
your
{\ADD{
armies}}
to
attack
my
people.
\VS{18}{\ADD{
So}}
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say
will
happen:
When
your
{\ADD{
army}}
attacks
Israel,
I
will
be
very
angry
with
you.
\VS{19}I
will
be
very
furious,
and
to
show
that
I
am
angry,
there
will
be
a
great
earthquake
in
Israel,
{\ADD{
where
your
armies
will
be}}.
\VS{20}The
fish
in
the
sea,
the
birds,
the
wild
animals,
and
the
animals/creatures
that crawl
on
the
ground,
and
all
the
people
on
the
earth
will
tremble
because
of
what
I
{\ADD{
am
doing}}.
Mountains
will
fall
down,
cliffs
will
crumble,
and
walls
everywhere
will
fall
to
the
ground.
\VS{21}Gog,
on
all
the
mountains
in
the
country
that
belongs
to
me
I
will
cause
your
soldiers
to
fight
against
each
other
with
their
swords.
\VS{22}I
will
punish [MTY]
you
{\ADD{
and
your
soldiers}}
with
plagues
and
murders [MTY].
And
I
will
send
down
{\ADD{
from
the
sky}},
on
you
and
your
troops
that
have
come
from
many
nations,
huge
amounts
of
rain
and
hail
and
burning
sulfur.
\VS{23}By
doing
that,
I
will
cause
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
many
nations
to
know
that
I
am
very
great
and
holy,
and
they
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
the
things
that
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.’ ”

\par }\Chap{39}{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Yahweh
said
to
me}}, “You
human,
prophesy
about
{\ADD{
more
terrible
things
that
will
happen}}
to
Gog,
and
say
this
{\ADD{
to
him}}: ‘Gog,
I
am
opposed
to
you
who
rule
Meshech
and
Tubal.
\VS{2}I
will
turn
you
around
and
drag
you
{\ADD{
and
your
armies}}
from
far
north
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}
and
send
you
to
{\ADD{
fight
on}}
the
mountains
in
Israel.
\VS{3}When
you
are
there,
I
will
snatch
your
bows
from
your
left
hands
and
cause
your
arrows
to
fall
from
your
right
hands.
\VS{4}You
and
all
the
soldiers
that
are
with
you
will
die
on
the
mountains
in
Israel.
I
will
give
your
{\ADD{
corpses}}
to
be
food
for
the
birds
that
eat
{\ADD{
dead}}
flesh,
and
to
the
wild
animals.
\VS{5}You
will
die
in
the
open
fields.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because}}
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
{\ADD{
have
said
that
it
will
happen}}.
\VS{6}I
will
cause
{\ADD{
many}}
fires
to
burn
in
Magog
and
among
{\ADD{
all}}
those
who
live
safely
in
the
areas
along
their
coasts,
and
they
will
know
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
who
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}I
will
enable
my Israeli
people
to
know
that
I
am
holy.
I
will
no
longer
allow
people
to
damage
my
reputation,
and
{\ADD{
people
in
other}}
nations
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
am
the
Holy
One
in
Israel.
\VS{8}{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
that
it
will
soon
be
the
day
that
those
things
will
happen.
It
will
be
the
day
that
I
have
spoken
{\ADD{
to
you}}
about.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}At
that
time,
those Israelis
who
live
in
the
towns
will
go
out
and
gather
the
weapons
{\ADD{
from
your
dead
soldiers}},
and
use
them
to
make
fires
{\ADD{
to
cook
their
food}}.
They
will
burn
the
small
and
large
shields,
the
bows
and
arrows,
the
war
clubs,
and
spears.
There
will
be
enough
weapons
to
use
as
firewood
for
seven
years.
\VS{10}They
will
not
need
to
gather
firewood
in
the
fields
or
cut
wood
from
trees
in
the
forests,
because
those
weapons
will
be
all
the
firewood
{\ADD{
that
they
will
need}}.
And
they
will
take
valuable
things
from
those
who
took
valuable
things
from
them,
and
steal
things
from
people
who
stole
things
from
them.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare
{\ADD{
will
happen}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}At
that
time
I
will
create
a
graveyard
for
you,
Gog,
{\ADD{
and
your
soldiers}},
in
the
valley
east
of
the
{\ADD{
Dead}}
Sea.
That
graveyard
will
block
the
road
that
travelers
{\ADD{
usually
walk
on}},
because
you,
Gog
and
all
{\ADD{
the
soldiers}}
of
your
huge
army
will
be
buried
there.
{\ADD{
So}}
it
will
be
named ‘the
Valley
of Gog’s
Huge Army’.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}For
seven
months
the
people
of
Israel
will
be
burying
those
corpses.
{\ADD{
It
will
be
necessary
to
bury
all
of
them}},
in
order
that
the
land
will
not
be ◄defiled/considered
unacceptable
to
me►
{\ADD{
because
of
any
unburied
corpses}}.
\VS{13}All
the
people
of
Israel
will
{\ADD{
do
the
work
of}}
burying
them.
The
day
when
I
{\ADD{
win
that
victory}}
they
will
honor
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}After
those
seven
months
are
ended,
the Israeli
people
will
appoint
men
to
go
throughout
the
land
to
bury
corpses,
in
order
that
the
land
will
not
remain
defiled.
\VS{15}When
they
go
through
the
land,
when
one
of
them
sees
a
human
bone,
he
will
set
up
a
marker
beside
it.
{\ADD{
When}}
the gravediggers
{\ADD{
see
the markers,
they
will
pick
up
the
bones}}
and
bury
them
in
the
Valley
of Gog’s
Huge
Army.
\VS{16}There
will
be
a
city
there
named
Hamonah,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘huge army’}}.
And
by
doing
this
{\ADD{
work
of
burying
the
corpses}},
they
will ◄cleanse
the
land/cause
the
land
to
be
acceptable
to
me
again►.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
Yahweh
said
to
me}}, “You
human,
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
Summon
every
kind
of
bird
and
wild
animal.
Say
to
them, ‘Gather
together
from
everywhere
and
come
to
the
feast
that
Yahweh
is
preparing
for
you.
{\ADD{
It
will
be}}
a
great
feast
on
the
mountains
in
Israel.
{\ADD{
There}}
you
will
eat
{\ADD{
men’s}}
flesh
and
drink
their
blood.
\VS{18}You
will
eat
the
flesh
of
strong
soldiers
and
drink
the
blood
of
kings
{\ADD{
as
if
they
were}}
fat
animals—rams
and
lambs,
goats
and
bulls—from
the
Bashan
{\ADD{
region}}.
\VS{19}At
that
feast
that
Yahweh
is
preparing
for
you,
you
will
eat
fat
until
your
{\ADD{
stomachs}}
are
full,
and
you
will
drink
blood
until
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
you
are
drunk.
\VS{20}{\ADD{
It
will
be
as
though}}
you
are
eating
at
a
table
that
I
{\ADD{
have
set
up
for
you.
You
will
eat
all
you
want
of
the
flesh}}
of
horses
and
their
riders,
strong
soldiers [DOU]
of
every
kind.’
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}I
will
show
{\ADD{
people
of}}
many
nations
that
I
am
glorious,
and
all
those
nations
will
see
how
I
punish
them [DOU].
\VS{22}After
that
time,
the Israeli
people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
their
God,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
\VS{23}And
the
{\ADD{
people
of
other}}
nations
will
know
that
the Israeli
people
had
been
forced
to
go
to
other
countries
because
they
sinned
by
not
being
faithful
to
me.
I ◄turned
away
from/abandoned►
them,
and
allowed
their
enemies
to
capture
them [IDM],
and
many [HYP]
of
them
were
killed
by
{\ADD{
their
enemies’}}
swords.
\VS{24}I
punished
them
like
they
deserved
to
be
punished
because
of
their
disgusting
behavior
and
sins,
and
I
turned
away
from
them [MTY].
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Therefore,
this
is
{\ADD{
now}}
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
I
will
now
bring
back
from
exile/Babylonia
{\ADD{
the
descendants
of}}
Jacob;
I
will
pity
all
the Israeli
people,
and
I
will
{\ADD{
also}} jealously
protect
my
reputation.
\VS{26}When
the Israeli
people
{\ADD{
are
back
in
their
own
country,
they
will}}
live
safely
in
their
land,
with
no
one
to
cause
them
to
be
afraid,
but
they
will
be
ashamed
when
they
think
about
the
disgraceful
and
unfaithful
things
that
they
did
{\ADD{
previously}}.
\VS{27}When
I
have
brought
them
back
from
their
enemies’
countries
and
gathered
them
together
{\ADD{
in
Israel}},
the
people
of
many
nations
will
know
that
I
am
holy.
\VS{28}And
the Israeli
people
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh
their
Lord,
{\ADD{
have
the
power
to
do
what
I
say
that
I
will
do}}.
They
will
know
that
because
{\ADD{
even
though}}
I
forced
them
to
go
to
{\ADD{
other}}
countries,
I
will
gather
them
together
in
their
own
country.
I
will
not
leave
any
of
them
in
those
countries.
\VS{29}I
will
no
longer
turn
away
from
them;
I
will
pour
out
my
Spirit
on
the Israeli
people.
{\ADD{
That
will
surely
happen
because
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said
it.”

\par }\Chap{40}{\SH In a vision, Ezekiel was taken to Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Almost 25
years
after
we
had
been
taken{\ADD{
to
Babylonia}},
on
the
tenth
day
of
the
first
month
of
that
year,
almost 14years
after
Jerusalem
had
been
destroyed,
in
a
vision
{\ADD{
I
felt}}
the
power [MTY]
of
Yahweh
on
me,
and
he
took
me
to
Israel.
\VS{2}He
set
me
on
a
very
high
mountain.
On
the
south
side
of
that
mountain
there
were
some
buildings
that
appeared
to
be
{\ADD{
part
of}}
a
city.
\VS{3}When
he
took
there,
I
saw
a
man
whose
face
was
like [SIM]
bronze.
He
was
standing
in
the
entrance
{\ADD{
of
a
building}}.
He
had
a
linen
cord
and
a
measuring
stick
in
his
hand.
\VS{4}He
said
to
me, “You
human,
look
carefully
at
everything
that
I
am
going
to
show
you,
and
pay
attention
to
everything
that
I
say
and
everything
that
I
will
show
you,
because
that
is
why
you
have
been
brought
here.
{\ADD{
And
then
later}}
you
must
tell
the Israeli
people
everything
that
you
have
seen
{\ADD{
here}}.”
\par }{\SH The
east entryway
to
the
outer
courtyard
\par }{\PP \VS{5}{\ADD{
In
the
vision
I
saw
that}}
there
was
a
wall
that
completely
surrounded
the
temple
area.
The
measuring
stick
in
the
man’s
hand
was ◄10-1/2
feet/3.3 meters►
long.
He
measured
the
wall:
It
was ◄10-1/2
feet/3.3 meters►
thick
and ◄10-1/2
feet/3.3 meters►
high.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
he
went
to
the entryway
on
the
east
{\ADD{
side
of
the
temple}}.
He
climbed
the
steps
and
measured
the
outer
threshold/opening
for
the entryway:
It
was ◄10-1/2
feet/3.3 meters►
deep.
\VS{7}Next,
there
was
an
entry hallway
with
{\ADD{
three}} ◄alcoves/very
small
rooms►
along
each
side
{\ADD{
where
the
guards
stood}}.
Each
of
the
alcoves
was ◄10-1/2
feet/3.3 meters►
on
each
side.
There
was
a
dividing
wall
between
each alcove
that
was ◄8-3/4
feet/2.7 meters►
wide.
At
the
end
of
the
entry hallway
was
the
inner
threshold/opening
for
the entryway, ◄10-1/2
feet/3.3 meters►
deep.
It
led
to
the
entry
room
{\ADD{
to
the
inner
courtyard}}
and
faced
the
temple.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
he
measured
the
entry
room
at
the
end
of
the
entry hallway.
\VS{9}It
was
about ◄14
feet/4.2 meters►
long,
and
its
supporting
columns
were ◄3-1/2
feet/1.1 meters►
thick.
The
entry
room
of
the entryway
was
at
the
end
of
the
entry hallway
that
faced
the
temple
{\ADD{
and
extended
into
the
courtyard}}.
\VS{10}Inside
the
east entryway
there
were
three
alcoves
on
each
side
of
the
entry hallway.
They
each
had
the
same
length
and
width.
And
the
measurements
of
the
walls
that
divided
the
alcoves
were
all identical.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
he
measured
the
threshold/opening
for
the entryway:
It
was ◄17-1/2
feet/5.3 meters►
wide,
and
the
entry hallway
{\ADD{
between
the
alcoves}}
was ◄22-3/4
feet/6.9 meters►
wide.
\VS{12}In
front
of
each alcove
was
a
low
wall
about ◄21
inches/53 cm.►
high,
and
the
alcoves
were ◄10-1/2
feet/3.3 meters►
on
each
side.
\VS{13}Then
he
measured
the
width
of
the
roof
of
the
entrance hallway,
the
distance
between
the
rear
wall
of
one alcove
to
the
rear
wall
of
the
opposite alcove,
{\ADD{
including
the
supporting
walls
along
each
side}}.
It
was ◄43-3/4
feet/13.3 meters►.
\VS{14}Then
he
measured
all
along
the
dividing
walls
between
the
alcoves
all
along
the
inside
of
the
entry hallway:
It
was ◄105
feet/31.8 meters►.
He
measured
as
far
as
the
entry
room
of
the entryway.
\VS{15}The
length
from
the{\ADD{
outer}}
opening
of
the entryway
to
the
far
end
of
the
entry
room
was ◄87-1/2
feet/26.5 meters►.
\VS{16}There
were
{\ADD{
small}}
windows
in
the
outside
walls
of
all
the
alcoves,
and
also
in
the
inner
dividing
walls
between
the
alcoves.
There
were
also
small
windows
in
the
entry
room.
The
dividing
walls
were
decorated
with
{\ADD{
carvings
of}}
palm
trees.
\par }{\SH The
outer
courtyard
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
{\ADD{
in
the
vision}}
he
brought
me
to
the
outer
courtyard.
There
I
saw
some
rooms,
and
a
stone
path/pavement
along
the
walls
around
the
courtyard.
There
were
thirty
rooms
along
the
path.
\VS{18}The
stone
path
was
all
around
the
courtyard,
and
it
extended
out
from
the
walls
into
the
courtyard
for
the
same
distance
as
the
entry
room
{\ADD{
of
the entryway}}.
That
was
the
lower
path.
\VS{19}Then
the
man
measured
the
distance
{\ADD{
across
the
outer
courtyard
of
the
temple}},
between
the
inner
{\ADD{
entrance
of}}
the entryway
and
{\ADD{
the
wall
surrounding
the}}
inner
courtyard:
It
was ◄175
feet/53 meters►
{\ADD{
on
the
east
side
and
on
the
north
side
of
the
courtyard}}.
\par }{\SH The
north entryway
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
he
measured
how
long
and
how
wide
was
the entryway
that
was
on
the
north
side,
the
entrance
into
the
outer
courtyard
{\ADD{
of
the
temple}}.
\VS{21}There
were
three
alcoves
on
each
side
of
the entryway
hall.
The
measurements
of
the
alcoves,
the
dividing
walls
between
the
alcoves,
and
the
entry
room
were
the
same
as
as
those
in
the
first entryway.
The
length
from
the{\ADD{
outer}}
opening
of
the entryway
to
the
far
end
of
the
entry
room
was ◄87-1/2
feet/26.5 meters►.
The entryway
was ◄43-3/4
feet/13.3 meters►
wide.
\VS{22}Its
windows
and
the
entry
room
and
the
palm
tree
{\ADD{decorations
all}}
measured
the
same
as
the
ones
on
the
east
{\ADD{
side}}.
There
were
seven
steps
up
to
the
outer
threshold/opening
for
the entryway,
and
an
entry
room
was
at
the
other
end
of
the entryway.
\VS{23}There
was
an entryway
to
the
inner
courtyard
that
faces
the
north entryway,
like
there
was
on
the
east
{\ADD{
side}}.
The
man
measured
{\ADD{
the
distance}}
from
{\ADD{
the
north}} entryway
to
the entryway
{\ADD{
on
the
other
side}};
it
was ◄175
feet/53 meters►.
\par }{\SH The
south entryway
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Then
he
brought
me
through
the
south entryway
{\ADD{
into
the
outer
courtyard}},
and
he
measured
it.
It
measured
the
same
as
the
other entryways.
Its
alcoves,
its
dividing
walls
between
the
alcoves,
and
its
entry
room
measured
the
same
as
the
ones
on
the
other
sides.
\VS{25}The
alcoves
and
the
entry
room
had
{\ADD{
narrow}}
windows
along
the
walls,
like
on
the
other
{\ADD{
sides}}.
The
length
{\ADD{
of
the
outer
opening
of
the}} entryway
{\ADD{
to
the
far
end
of
the
entry
room
was}}
was ◄87-1/2
feet/26.5 meters►
and
the entryway
was ◄43-3/4
feet/13.3 meters►
wide.
\VS{26}There
were
seven
steps
up
to
the
outer
threshold/opening
for
the entryway,
and
an
entry
room
was ◄opposite
it/at
the
end
of
the entryway
facing
the
courtyard►.
It
{\ADD{
also}}
had
{\ADD{
carvings
of}}
palm
trees
on
the
dividing
walls
that
were
between
the
alcoves.
\VS{27}The
inner
courtyard
also
had
an entryway
on
the
south
{\ADD{
side}}.
He
measured
from
that entryway
to
the
entrance
on
the
south
{\ADD{
side
of
the
outer
courtyard;
it
was
also}} ◄175
feet/53 meters►.
\par }{\SH Entryways
to
the
inner
courtyard
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Then
{\ADD{
in
the
vision}}
he
brought
me
through
the
south entryway
into
the
inner
courtyard,
and
he
measured
the
south entryway.
It
measured
the
same
as
the
other
{\ADD{entryways}}.
\VS{29}Its
alcoves
{\ADD{
along
the
entry hallway}},
its
dividing
walls
{\ADD{
between
the
alcoves}},
and
its
entry
room
measured
the
same
as
{\ADD{
the
ones
on}}
the
other
{\ADD{
sides}}.
The
alcoves
and
the
entry
room
had
windows.
The
length
{\ADD{
of
the
outer
opening
of
the}} entryway
{\ADD{
to
the
far
end
of
the
entry
room
was}}
was ◄87-1/2
feet/26.5 meters►
and
the entryway
was ◄43-3/4
feet/13.3 meters►
wide.
\VS{30}The
entry
rooms
around
{\ADD{
the
inner
courtyard}}
were ◄43-3/4
feet/13.3 meters►
wide
and ◄8.7
feet/2.6 meters►
long.
\VS{31}The
entry
room
faced
the
outer
courtyard.
There
were
{\ADD{
carvings
of}}
palm
trees
that
decorated
the
columns,
and
there
were
eight
steps
{\ADD{
up}}
to
the entryway.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Then
he
led
me
to
the
east
side
of
the
inner
courtyard,
and
he
measured
the
entrance.
It
had
the
same
measurements
as
the
other
{\ADD{
entrances}}
\VS{33}Its
alcoves
and
dividing
walls
and
entry
room
measured
the
same
as
the
others.
\VS{34}Its
entry
room
faced
the
outer
courtyard.
It
also
had
carvings
of
palm
trees
that
decorated
the
walls,
and
it
had
eight
steps
up
to
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Then
he
led
me
to
the
entrance
on
the
north
side
and
measured
it.
It
measured
the
same
as
the
other
entrances.
\VS{36}And
its
alcoves
and
walls
between
them
and
the
entry
room
all
had
{\ADD{
small}}
windows
in
the
walls.
It
was ◄87-1/2
feet/26.5 meters►
long
and ◄43.7
feet/13.3 meters►
wide.
\VS{37}Its
entry
room
faced
the
outer
courtyard.
There
were
{\ADD{
carvings
of}}
palm
trees
that
decorated
its
walls,
and
there
were
eight
steps
{\ADD{
up}}
to
the entryway.
\par }{\SH The
rooms
for
preparing
sacrifices
\par }{\PP \VS{38}{\ADD{
In
the
vision,
I
saw
that}}
in
the
inner
entry
room
of
the
north entryway
there
was
a
door
to
a
side
room.
That
side
room
was
where
the
{\ADD{
carcasses
of
the}}
animals
that
would
be
burned
completely
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
were
washed.
\VS{39}In
the
entry
room,
there
were
two
tables
on
each
side
{\ADD{
of
the
room}}.
On
those
tables
would
be
slaughtered
the
animals
that
would
be
completely
burned,
and
the
animals
for
offerings
for
sins
that
people
had
committed,
and
offerings
to
cause
people
to
longer
be
guilty
for
having
sinned.
\VS{40}Along
the
outside
wall
of
the
entry
room,
on
each
side
of
the
steps
at
the
opening
to
the entryway
on
the
north
side,
were
two
tables.
\VS{41}{\ADD{
So}}
there
were
four
tables
outside
the
entrance
and
four
tables
inside
the
entry
room,
on
which
the
{\ADD{
animals
to
be}}
sacrificed
were
slaughtered.
\VS{42}There
were
also
four
tables
of
cut
stone
for
the
offerings
to
be
completely
burned, ◄31-1/2
in./80 cm.►
on
each
side
and ◄21
in./53 cm.►
high.
On
those
stone
tables
would
be
placed
the
tools
for
slaughtering
all
the
animals
for
the
sacrifices.
\VS{43}The
meat
for
the
offerings
would
be
placed
on
{\ADD{
stone}}
tables.
There
were
hooks
{\ADD{
on
which
the
meat
was
hung}},
each
with
two prongs,
each ◄3
in./8 cm.►
long,
fastened
to
the
walls
{\ADD{
of
the
entry
room}}.
\par }{\SH Rooms
for
the
priests
\par }{\PP \VS{44}Outside
the
inner entryway,
inside
the
inner
courtyard,
were
two
rooms,
one
on
the
north
side
and
one
on
the
south
side.
\VS{45}The
man
said
to
me, “The
room
whose
door
faces
south
is
for
the
priests
who
are
in
charge
of
the
work
in
the
temple.
\VS{46}The
room
whose
door
faces
north
is
for
the
priests
who
are
in
charge
of
{\ADD{
the
work
at}}
the
altar.
They
are
the
descendants
of
Zadok;
they
are
the
only
descendants
of
Levi
who
are
permitted
to
approach
Yahweh
while
they
work
for
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{47}Then
he
measured
the
courtyard:
It
was
square, ◄175
feet/53 meters►
long
and ◄175
feet/53 meters►
wide.
The
altar
was
in
front
of
the
temple.
\par }{\SH The
temple
\par }{\PP \VS{48}Then
{\ADD{
in
the
vision}}
he
brought
me
to
the
entry
room
of
the
temple,
and
measured
the
walls
on
each
side
of
the
entrance:
They
were ◄8-3/4
feet/2.6 meters►
thick.
The
entrance
was ◄24-1/2
feet/7.4 meters►
wide,
and
the
walls
on
each
side
of
the
entrance
were ◄5-1/4
feet/1.6 meters►
long.
\VS{49}The
entry
room
was ◄35
feet/10.6 meters►
wide
on
each
side.
There
were
ten
steps
up
to
it,
and
there
were
pillars
on
each
side
of
the
entrance.

\par }\Chap{41}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then{\ADD{
in
the
vision}}
the
man
brought
me
to
into
the
Holy
Place
in
the
temple
and
measured
the
walls
on
each
side
of
the
doorway
of
that
room:
They
were
about ◄10-1/2
feet/3.3 meters►
thick.
\VS{2}The
entrance
was ◄17-1/2
feet/5.3 meters►
wide,
and
the
walls
of
each
side
of
it
were ◄8-3/4
feet/2.6 meters►
wide.
He
also
measured
the
Holy
Place,
it
was ◄70
feet/21.4 meters►
long
and ◄35
feet/10.7 meters►
wide.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Then
he
entered
the
inner
room
{\ADD{
of
the
temple}}
and
measured
the
walls
of
the
entrance;
{\ADD{
each
was}} ◄3-1/2
feet/1.1 meter►
thick.
The
doorway
was ◄10-1/2
feet/3.3 meters►
wide,
and
the
walls
on
each
side
of
the
entrance
were ◄12-1/4
feet/3.7 meters►
long.
\VS{4}Then
he
measured
the
inner
room:
It
was ◄35
feet/10.7 meters►
long
and ◄35
feet/10.7 meters►
wide.
He
said
to
me, “This
is
the
Very
Holy
Place.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
he
measured
the
wall
of
the
temple:
It
was ◄10-1/2
feet/3.3 meters►
thick.{\ADD{
There
was
a
row
of
rooms
along
the
outside
wall
of
the
temple}}.
Each
of
those
rooms
was ◄7
feet/2.1 meters►
wide.
\VS{6}There
were
three levels
of
rooms,
one
above
the
other.
There
were
thirty
rooms
on
each
level.
There
were
ledges
all
around
the
wall
of
the
temple
that
were
supports
for
those
side
rooms;
so
those
supports
were
not
built
into
the
wall
of
the
temple.
\VS{7}Each
of
those
side
rooms
was
wider
than
the
one
below
it.
The
most
narrow
rooms
were
built
first,
at
the
bottom.
Then
a
wider
set
of
rooms
was
built
over
it,
and
the widest
set
was
at
the
top.
A
set
of
stairs
was
built
from
the
lowest
level
through
the
middle
level
to
the
highest
level.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}I
saw
that
there
was
a
terrace (OR,
raised
platform)
around
the
temple.
The
terrace
was
the
foundation
for
those
side
rooms;
it
was ◄10-1/2
feet/3.3 meters►
high.
\VS{9}The
outer
wall
of
those
side
rooms
was ◄8-3/4
feet/2.6 meters►
thick.
All
around
those
side
rooms
there
was
an
open
area
that
was ◄35
feet/10.6 meters►
wide.
\VS{10}There
was
a
row
of
rooms
for
the
priests
on
each
side
of
the
outer
wall
of
the
inner
courtyard.
\VS{11}There
were
two
doors
from
those
side
rooms
into
another
open
area;
one
faced
north
and
one
faced
south.
That
open
area
was ◄8-3/4
feet/2.6 meters►
wide.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}There
was
a
large
building
on
the
west
side
of
the
temple
area.
It
was ◄122-1/2
feet/37.1 meters►
wide
and ◄157-1/2
feet/47.7 meters►
long.
And
its
walls
were
{\ADD{
also}} ◄8-3/4
feet/2.6 meters►
thick.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
the
man
measured
the
temple.
It
was ◄175
feet/53 meters►
long,
and
the
{\ADD{
temple}}
courtyard,
where
the
large
building
was,
including
its
walls
was
{\ADD{
also}} ◄175
feet/53 meters►
wide.
\VS{14}The
courtyard
on
the
east
side
of
the
temple,
across
the
front
of
the
temple,
was
also ◄175
feet/53 meters►
wide.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
he
measured
the
building
on
the
west
{\ADD{
side}}.
Including
its
walls
it
was
also ◄175
feet/53 meters►
wide.
\par }{\PP The
outer
walls
of
the
Holy
Place,
the
Very
Holy
Place,
and
the
entry
room,
\VS{16}the
inner
walls
above
and
below
the
windows,
and
the
frames
of
the
windows
were
all
covered
with
{\ADD{
thin}} panels
of
wood.
\VS{17}All
the
walls
inside
the
temple
were
decorated
with{\ADD{
carvings
of}}
winged
creatures
and
palm
trees:
Between
each
figure
of
a
winged
creature
was
a
carving
of
a
palm
tree.
Each
winged
creature
had
two
faces:
\VS{18-19}One
was
a
face
of
a
human,
and
one
was
the
face
of
a
lion.
Those
figures
were
carved
on
the
walls
all
around
the
inside
of
the
temple.
\VS{20}They
covered
all
the
walls,
from
the
floor
to
the
top
of
the
walls.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}At
the
entrance
to
the
Holy
Place
of
the
temple
there
were
square
doorposts.
In
front
of
the
Very
Holy
Place
there
was
something
that
resembled
\VS{22}a
wooden
altar.
It
was ◄5.2
feet/1.6 meters►
high
and ◄3-1/2
feet/1.1 meters►
wide
on
all
four
sides.
Its
corners
and
base
and
sides
were
{\ADD{
all
made}}
of
wood.
The
man
said
to
me, “This
is
the
table
that
is
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh.”
\VS{23}The
Holy
Place
and
the
Very
Holy
Place
had
double
doors.
\VS{24}Each
doorway
had
two
doors
that
swung{\ADD{
on
hinges}}.
\VS{25}On
the
doors
of
the
Holy
Place
there
were
carvings
of
winged
creatures
and
palm
trees,
like
those
on
the
walls
of
the
Holy
Place.
There
was
also
a
wooden
roof
over
the
front
of
the
entry
room
{\ADD{
of
the
temple}}.
\VS{26}On
the
side
walls
of
the
entry
room
were
narrow
windows
with
{\ADD{
figures
of}}
palm
trees
{\ADD{
carved}}
on
the
sides
of
the
windows.
The
side
rooms
around
the
temple
also
had
roofs.

\par }\Chap{42}{\SH Rooms for the priests
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then{\ADD{
in
the
vision}}
the
man
led
me
out
of
the
inner
courtyard,
through
{\ADD{
the
entrance
on}}
the
north
side.
We
entered
the
outer
courtyard
and
came
to
a
building
that
was
built
against
the
north
wall{\ADD{
of
the
inner
courtyard}}.
\VS{2}That
building
was ◄175
feet/53 meters►
long
and ◄87-1/2
feet/26.5 meters►
wide.
Its
doorway
faced
north.
\VS{3}In
that
building
were
two
rows
of
rooms,
built
on
three levels,
that
faced
each
other.
One
row
of
rooms
was
built
against
the
wall
of
the
inner
courtyard,
and
the
other
row
was
built
against
the
wall
facing
the
outer
courtyard.
The
building
was 34
feet
from
the
temple.
\VS{4}Between
the
{\ADD{
two}}
rows
of
rooms
there
was
a walkway
that
was ◄17-1/2
feet/5.3 meters►
wide
and ◄175
feet/53 meters►
long.
All
its
doors
were
on
the
north
side.
\VS{5}Each
of
the
upper
rows
of
rooms
was
narrower
than
the
row
of
rooms
below
them,
{\ADD{
because
the
upper
rows
needed
to
have
a walkway
in
front
of
them}}.
\VS{6}The
rooms
on
the
upper levels
had
no
pillars
to
support
them
like
the
ones
in
the
courtyard.
Instead,
each
of
those
row
of
rooms
were
supported
by
the
walls
of
the
row
of
rooms
on
the
level
below.
\VS{7}The
wall
of
the
building
extended ◄87-1/2
feet/26.5 meters►
past
the
set
of
rooms
built
along
the
outer
courtyard,
separating
all
the
rooms
from
the
outer
courtyard.
\VS{8}The
row
of
rooms
that
were
along
the
outer
courtyard
was ◄87-1/2
feet/26.5 meters►
long,
and
the
set
of
rooms
that
faced
the
temple
was ◄175
feet/53 meters►
long.
\VS{9}The
lowest
row
of
rooms
had
an
entrance
from
the
outer
courtyard,
on
the
east
side.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}On
the
south
{\ADD{
side}},
along
the
wall
of
the
outer
courtyard,
next
to
the
temple
courtyard,
was
a
{\ADD{
a
building
with
two}}
rows
of
rooms,
\VS{11}with
a walkway
between
them.
Those
rooms
were
like
the
rooms
on
the
north
{\ADD{
side}}:
they
were
the
same
length
and
width,
and
had
the
same
kind
of
entrances.
\VS{12}The
doorways
on
the
south
side
were
similar
to
the
doorways
on
the
north
side.
There
was
an
entrance
in
the
wall
that
faced
the
doors
of
the
set
of
rooms,
and
there
was
an
entrance
on
the
east
side,
at
the
end
of
the
inside walkway.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
the
man
said
to
me, “These
rooms
that
overlook
the
temple
on
the
north
and
south
sides
are
holy.
Here
the
priests
who
offer
sacrifices
to
Yahweh
will
eat{\ADD{
their
portions
of}}
the
sacred
offerings.
Because
these
rooms
are
holy,
they
will
be
used
to
store
the
sacred
offerings:
{\ADD{
the
grain
for}}
the
grain
offerings,
the
offerings
for
the
sins
that
people
have
committed,
and
offerings
in
order
that
people
will
no
longer
be
guilty
for
having
sinned.
\VS{14}When
the
priests
leave
the
temple,
they
will
not
be
allowed
to
{\ADD{
immediately}}
enter
the
outer
courtyard.
First,
they
must
remove
the
clothes
that
they
had
been
wearing
inside
the
temple,
because
those
clothes
are
holy.
They
must
put
on
other
clothes
before
they
enter
the
parts
{\ADD{
of
the
temple
area}}
where
the
{\ADD{
other}}
people
{\ADD{
gather}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}When
the
man
had
finished
measuring
the
inside
of
the
temple
area,
he
led
me
out
through
the
east
entrance
{\ADD{
of
the
outer
courtyard}}
and
measured
all
the
way
around
the
temple
area.
\VS{16-19}He
measured
the
four
sides
of
the
area.
There
was
a
wall
around
the
area
that
was ◄875
feet/265 meters►
long
on
each
side.
\VS{20}That
wall
separated
the
{\ADD{
area
which
was}}
sacred/holy
from
the
{\ADD{
areas
that
were}}
not
sacred.

\par }\Chap{43}{\SH Yahweh’s glory returned to the temple
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
{\ADD{
in
the
vision}}
the
man
brought
me
to
the
entrance
on
the
east
side.
\VS{2}Suddenly
I
saw
the
glory/brightness
of
the
God
of
Israel
coming
from
the
east.
The
sound
of
his
coming
was
like
the
roar
of
a
rushing
river,
and
all
that
area
shone
with
his
glory.
\VS{3}What
I
saw
in
this
vision
was
like
what
I
saw
in
the
visions
that
I
had
seen
{\ADD{
previously,
first}}
by
the Kebar
River
and
{\ADD{
later}}
when
God
came
to
destroy
Jerusalem.
I
prostrated
myself
on
the
ground.
\VS{4}The
glory
of
Yahweh
entered
the
temple
through
the
east
entrance.
\VS{5}Then
the
Spirit
lifted
me
up
and
brought
me
into
the
inner
courtyard,
and
the
glory
of
Yahweh
filled
the
temple.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\ADD{
Then}}
while
the
man
was
standing
beside
me,
I
heard
someone
speak
to
me
from
inside
the
temple.
\VS{7}He
said, “You
human,
this
is
{\ADD{
my
temple}},
the
place
where{\ADD{
I
sit
on}}
my
throne
and
where
I
rest
my
feet.
This
is
where
I
will
live
with
the Israeli
people
forever.
The Israeli
people
and
their
kings
will
never
again
disgrace
me [SYN]
by
worshiping
other
gods [MET]
at
the
shrines
on
their hilltops,
or
by
{\ADD{
building}}
monuments
to
honor
their
kings
who
have
died.
\VS{8}They
placed
their
altars
near
mine,
and
the
doorposts
of
their
{\ADD{
temples}}
were
next
to
the
doorposts
of
my
{\ADD{
temple}}.
There
was
only
a
wall
between
them.
And
they
disgraced
me
by
the
detestable
things
that
they
did.
So,
being
very
angry
with
them,
I
got
rid
of
them.
\VS{9}Now
they
must
stop
this
disgusting
worship
of
idols
and
these rituals
to
honor
their
kings
who
have
died.
If
they
stop
doing
those
things,
I
will
live
among
them
forever.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}You
human,
describe
to
the Israeli
people
what
this
temple
that
I
have
shown
you
{\ADD{
in
a
vision}}
is
like,
in
order
that
they
will
be
ashamed
of
the
sins
that
they
have
committed
{\ADD{
which
resulted
in
their
temple
in
Jerusalem
being
destroyed}}.
\VS{11}If
they
are
ashamed
of
all
{\ADD{
the
evil
things}}
that
they
have
done,
tell
them
{\ADD{
all}}
about
the
temple
{\ADD{
that
I
showed
you}}:
its
design/shape,
the
exits
and
entrances,
{\ADD{
and
everything
else
about
it}}.
And
tell
them
all
my
laws
and
regulations
about
worshiping
me
there.
Write
all
these
things
down
while
they
watch
you,
in
order
that
they
will
be
able
to
faithfully
obey
those
laws.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}And
this
is
the supreme
law
about
the
temple [DOU]:
All
of
the
area
on
top
of
the
hill
{\ADD{
where
the
temple
will
be
built}}
must
be
kept
sacred
and
holy.”
\par }{\SH The
altar
\par }{\PP \VS{13}These
are
the
measurements
of
the
altar,
using
the
same
kind
of
measuring
stick
that
was
used
for
the
temple
area:
There
is
a
gutter
around
the
altar
that
is ◄21
in./53 cm.►
deep
and ◄21
in./53 cm.►
wide.
There
is
a
rim
around
it
that
is ◄9
in./23 cm.►
wide.
\VS{14}The
lower
part
of
the
gutter
is ◄3-1/2
feet/1.1 meters►
high
to
the
lower
ledge/rim
that
surrounds
the
altar.
The
lower
ledge
is ◄21
in./53 cm.►
wide.
The
upper
part
of
the
altar
is ◄7
feet/2.1 meters►
high,
up
to
the
upper
ledge.
That
ledge
is
also ◄21
in./53 cm.►
wide.
\VS{15}The ◄hearth/place
where
the
sacrifices
are
burned►
at
the
top
of
the
altar
is
another ◄7
feet/2.2 meters►
high,
and
there
is
a
projection
that juts/extends
up
from
each
of
the
four
corners.
\VS{16}That
place
at
the
top
of
the
altar
is
square, ◄21
feet/6.4 meters►
on
each
side.
\VS{17}The
upper
ledge
is
also
a
square, ◄24-1/2
feet/7.4 meters►
on
each
side.
There
is
a ◄21
in./53 cm.►
gutter
{\ADD{
at
the
bottom
of
the
altar}},
and
a ◄10.5
in./26.6 cm.►
rim
all
around
it.
There
are
steps
up
to
the
east
side
of
the
altar.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
the
man
said
to
me, “You
human,
this
is
what
Yahweh
the
Lord
says:
These
are
the
regulations
for
sacrificing
offerings
that
will
be
completely
burned
and
for sprinkling
the
blood
against
the
sides
of
the
altar
when
it
is
built:
\VS{19}You
must
present
to
the
priests
a
young
bull
to
be
an
offering
to
cause
the
altar
to
be
acceptable
to
me.
The
priests
are
descendants
of
Levi,
from
the
clan
of
Zadok,
who
come
near
to
the
altar
to
serve
me.
\VS{20}You
must
take
some
of
the
blood
{\ADD{
from
the
bull
that
is
sacrificed}},
and
smear
it
on
the
four
projections
of
the
altar
and
on
the
four
corners
of
the
upper
ledge,
and
all
around
the
rim,
to
cause
the
altar
to
be
acceptable
to
me,
and
to
consecrate
it.
\VS{21}You
must
burn
that
bull
outside
the
temple
in
the
part
of
the
temple
area
{\ADD{
that
I
have}}
designated
for
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}The
next
day,
you
must
offer
a
male
goat
that
has
no defects,
to
be
an
offering
to
cause
the
altar
to
be
acceptable
to
me.
Then
you
must
purify
the
altar
again,
like
you
did
with
the
bull
that
was
sacrificed.
\VS{23}When
you
have
finished
doing
all
that,
you
must
offer
a
young
bull
and
a
ram,
both
of
them
without
any defects.
\VS{24}You
must
offer
them
to
{\ADD{
me}},
Yahweh,
and
the
priests
must
sprinkle
salt
on
them
and
completely
burn
them
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
for
a
sacrifice
to
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}{\ADD{
Then}},
each
day
for
seven
days,
you
must
bring
{\ADD{
to
the
priest}}
a
male
goat
{\ADD{
to
be
sacrificed}}
for
an
offering
to
cause
the
altar
to
be
acceptable
to
me.
You
must
also
sacrifice
a
young
bull
and
a
ram,
{\ADD{
each}}
without
any
defect.
\VS{26}For
seven
days
the
priests
will
consecrate
the
altar
and
cause
it
to
be
acceptable
to
me.
By
doing
that
they
will
dedicate
it
to
me.
\VS{27}At
the
end
of
those
seven
days,
starting
on
the
following
day,
the
priests
will
continue
to
put
on
the
altar
offerings
to
be
completely
burned
and
offerings
to
maintain
fellowship
with
me.
Then
I
will
accept
you.
{\ADD{
That
it
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.”

\par }\Chap{44}{\SH The king, the Levites, and the priests.
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
{\ADD{
in
the
vision}}
the
man
brought
me
back
to
the
outer entryway
to
the
temple
{\ADD{
area}},
the
one
on
the
east
side,
but
the
outer
entrance
was
shut.
\VS{2}Yahweh
said
to
me, “This
entrance
must
remain
shut.
It
must
not
be
opened
{\ADD{
by
anyone}};
no
one
will
be
permitted
to
enter
it.
It
must
remain
shut
because
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
have
{\ADD{
caused
it
to
be
sacred
by}}
entering
through
it.
\VS{3}Only
the
king
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}
will
be
permitted
to
sit
inside
this entryway
to
eat
food
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh.
But
he
will
must
enter
and
leave
{\ADD{
the
temple
area}}
through
the
entry
room
of
this entryway.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
the
man
brought
me
through
the
north entryway
to
the
front
of
the
temple.
I
looked
and
saw
that
the
glory
of
Yahweh
filled
his
temple,
and
I
prostrated
myself
on
the
ground.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Yahweh
said
to
me, “You
human,
look
carefully,
and
listen
carefully
to
everything
that
I
tell
you
about
all
the
regulations
concerning
the
temple.
Note
carefully
the
temple
entrance
and
all
the
exits.
\VS{6}Say
this
to
the
rebellious Israeli
people: ‘This
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
You Israeli
people,
I
will
no
longer
endure
the
detestable
things
that
you
do!
\VS{7}In
addition
to
all
the
other
detestable
things
that
you
do,
you
brought
into
my
temple
foreign
men
who
had
not
been
circumcised
and
who
were
godless [IDM].
By
doing
that,
you
caused
my
temple
to
be
an
unacceptable
place
to
worship
me,
while
you
offered
food
and
fat
and
blood,
and
you
disobeyed
my
agreement
with
you.
\VS{8}Instead
of
doing
what
I
commanded
you
to
do
in
regard
to
my
holy
things,
you
appointed
foreigners
to
be
in
charge
of
my
temple.
\VS{9}But
this
is
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh,
have
said:
No
foreigners,
no
men
who
are
not
circumcised,
no
godless
people
are
permitted
to
enter
my
temple,
not
even
foreigners
who
live
among
you
{\ADD{Israelis
permanently}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}{\ADD{
Most
of}}
the
descendants
of
Levi
abandoned
me
along
with
{\ADD{
most
of}}
the Israeli
people,
and
started
to
worship
idols.
They
must
be
punished
for
their
sin.
\VS{11}They
are
{\ADD{
still}}
permitted
to
work
in
my
temple
and
to
be
in
charge
of
the
entrances
of
the
temple,
and
they
are
permitted
to
slaughter
the
animals
that
will
be
completely
burned
on
the
altar,
and
{\ADD{
to
burn
other}}
sacrifices
for
the
people,
and
they
will
{\ADD{
be
able
to}}
help
the
people.
\VS{12}But
because
they
helped
the
people
to
worship
idols
and
caused
{\ADD{
many
of}}
the Israeli
people [MTY]
to
sin
{\ADD{
by
worshiping
idols}},
I
have
lifted
up
my
arm
and
solemnly
declared
that
they
must
be
punished
for
their
sin.
\VS{13}They
must
not
come
near
me
to
serve
as
priests.
They
must
not
come
near
any
sacred
things
or
the
holy
offerings.
They
must
be
ashamed
of
the
shameful
things
that
they
did.
\VS{14}But
I
will
still
put
them
in
charge
of
the
work
in
the
temple
and
allow
them
to
do
all
the
work
that
needs
to
be
done
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}But
{\ADD{
most
of}}
the
priests
who
are
descendants
of
Levi
and
from
the
clan
of
Zadok
worked
in
my
temple
when
the
{\ADD{
other}} Israelis
abandoned
me.
{\ADD{
So
they}}
are
permitted
to
come
near
to
me
to
work
for
me.
They
will
stand
in
my
presence
to
offer
{\ADD{
sacrifices
of animals’}}
fat
and
blood.
\VS{16}They
{\ADD{
are
the
only
ones
who}}
are
permitted
to
enter
my
temple.
They
are
{\ADD{
the
only
ones
who
are}}
permitted
to
come
near
my
altar
to
serve
me
and
do
what
I
tell
them
to
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}When
they
enter
{\ADD{
one
of}}
the
entrances
into
the
inner
courtyard,
they
must
wear
linen
clothes.
They
must
not
wear
any
clothes
{\ADD{
made}}
of
wool
while
they
do
their
work
at
the
entrances
of
the
inner
courtyard
or
inside
{\ADD{
the
temple}}.
\VS{18}They
must
have
linen
turbans
{\ADD{
wrapped}}
around
their
heads
and
wrap
linen
undergarments
around
their waists.
They
must
not
wear
anything
that
would
cause
them
to perspire.
\VS{19}Before
they
go
out
into
the
outer
courtyard
where
{\ADD{
other}}
people
are,
they
must
take
off
the
clothes
that
they
have
been
wearing
and
leave
them
in
the
sacred
rooms,
and
they
must
put
on
other
clothes,
in
order
that
the
other
people
are
not
punished
because
of
{\ADD{
their
touching}}
the
sacred
clothes.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}The
priests
must
not
shave
their
heads
or
allow
their
hair
to
become
long;
but
they
must
regularly
trim
{\ADD{
the
edges
of}}
their
hair.
\VS{21}Priests
must
not
drink
wine
before
they
enter
the
inner
courtyard.
\VS{22}{\ADD{
Also}},
priests
must
not
marry
widows
{\ADD{
of
men
who
were
not
priests}}
or
women
who
have
been
divorced.
{\ADD{
Priests
are
permitted
to
marry
only}} Israeli [MTY]
virgins
or
widows
of
{\ADD{
other}}
priests.
\VS{23}Priests
must
teach
the
people
the
difference
between
things
that
are
holy/sacred
and
things
that
are
not,
and
they
must
teach
them
the
difference
between
things
that
are
acceptable
to
me
and
things
that
are
not.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}When
there
are
disputes
{\ADD{
between
people}},
the
priests
are
the
ones
who
must
be
the
judges
and
decide
according
to
my
laws
what
must
be
done.
They
must
obey
all
my
laws
and
decrees
concerning
the
sacred
festivals,
and
they
must
keep
my
Sabbath
days ◄holy/set
apart►.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}A
priest
is
permitted
to
go
near
the
corpse
of
his
father
or
his
mother
or
his
son
or
his
daughter
or
his
brother
or
his
unmarried
sister;
but
he
is
still
defiled
by
doing
that.
But
a
priest
must
not
defile
himself
by
going
near
a
corpse
of
anyone
else.
\VS{26}But
{\ADD{
even}}
if
a
priest
touches
the
corpse
{\ADD{
of
a
close
relative,
he
must
perform
the rituals
to
become
acceptable
to
serve
me
again}}.
After
he
performs
those rituals,
he
must
wait
seven
days.
\VS{27}Then,
on
the
day
that
he
enters
the
inner
courtyard
{\ADD{
again}}
to
serve
me
in
the
temple,
he
must
give
an
offering
to
remove
his
guilt
for
his
sin.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}The
priests
are
not
permitted
to
own
any
property.
They
will
have
only
what
I
{\ADD{
provide
for
them}}.
\VS{29}They
will
eat
the
offerings
{\ADD{
other
people
make}}
from
grain,
offerings
to
remove
people’s
guilt
for
having
sinned,
and
offerings
made
when
people
fail
to
give
to
Yahweh
the
things
that
they
are
required
to
give.
Everything
{\ADD{
else}}
in
Israel
that
is
completely
dedicated
to
{\ADD{
me}},
Yahweh,
will
belong
to
the
priests.
\VS{30}The
best
fruits
of
the
first
part
of
each
harvest
and
all
the
{\ADD{
other}}
special
gifts
that
are
given
to
me
will
belong
to
the
priests.
You
must
give
them
the
first
part
of
your finely-ground
flour,
in
order
that
I
will
bless
{\ADD{
the
people
who
live
in}} [MTY]
your
houses.
\VS{31}Priests
must
not
eat
the
flesh
of
any
bird
or
animal
that
was
found
dead
or
that
has
been
killed
by
wild
animals.’ ”

\par }\Chap{45}{\SH The division of the land
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}“ ‘When
the
land
of
Israel
is
divided
{\ADD{
among
the
twelve
tribes}},
you
must
present
to
me,
Yahweh,
one
part
of
the
land
to
be
a
sacred
district.
It
will
be ◄8.3
miles/13.3 km.►
long
and ◄6.7
miles/10.6 km.►
wide.
That
entire
area
will
be ◄holy/set
apart
for
me►.
\VS{2}Part
of
that
area, ◄875
feet/265 meters►
on
each
side,
will
be
for
the
temple
area.
An additional
strip
of
ground, ◄87-1/2
feet/26.5 meters►
wide,
will
be
left
empty
all
around
the
temple
area.
\VS{3}Inside
that
sacred
district,
measure
a
section ◄8.3
miles/13.3 km.►
long
and ◄3.5
miles/5.3 km.►
wide.
\VS{4}That
section
will
be
the
sacred
portion
of
the
land
for
the
priests
who
work
in
the
temple
and
who
come
near
to
me
to
serve
me.
It
will
be
a
place
for
their
houses
as
well
as
being
a
holy
place
for
the
temple.
\VS{5}An
area ◄8.3
miles/13.3 km.►
long
and ◄3.5
miles/5.3 km.►
wide
will
be
for
the
descendants
of
Levi
who
work
in
the
temple.
That
area
will
belong
to
them,
and
they
will
be
permitted
to
build
cities
there
to
live
in.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Alongside
that
sacred
area
will
be
a
section
of
land
that
is ◄8.3
miles/13.3 km.►
long
and ◄1.7
miles/2.65 km.►
wide.
It
will
be
for
a
city
where
anyone
in
Israel [MTY]
will
be
permitted
to
live.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
king
will
have
two
sections
of
land;
one
will
be
on
the
western
side
of
the
sacred
district
and
other
will
be
on
the
eastern
side
of
the
sacred
district.
The
one
on
the
western
side
will
extend
west
to
the Mediterranean
Sea.
The
one
on
the
eastern
side
will
extend
east
to
the
eastern
end
of
the
country.
The
eastern
and
western
borders
of
the
king’s
land
will
be
next
to
the
areas
allotted
to
the
tribes.
\VS{8}That
land
will
be
the
land
in
Israel
that
belongs
to
the
king.
So,
{\ADD{
because
the
kings
will
have
their
own
land}},
they
will
no
longer
need
to
oppress
my
people
and
steal
{\ADD{
land}}
from
them.
They
will
assign
the
remaining
parts
of
the
land
to
the
people,
giving
a
part
to
each
tribe.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}This
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
say:
You
kings
of
Israel
must
stop
acting
violently
and
oppressing
the
people!
You
must
do
what
is
fair
and
right [DOU].
Stop
taking
land
from
the
people!
\VS{10}And
you
must
use
accurate
scales,
and
accurate
containers
for
measuring
things.
\VS{11}The
baskets
for
measuring
dry
things
and
containers
for
measuring liquids
must
be
the
same
size;
each
must
hold 175 quarts/liters.
\VS{12}When
you
weigh
things,
you
must
use
weights
that
everyone
accepts
as
being
correct [MTY].’ ”
\par }{\SH Special
offerings
and
holy
days
\par }{\PP \VS{13}“ ‘You
must
present
to
the
king
one
bushel
of
wheat
or
barley
for
every 60
that
you
harvest.
\VS{14}And
you
must
give
him
one quart/liter
of
olive
oil
for
every 100 quarts/liters
that
you
make.
\VS{15}Also,
I,
Yahweh,
declare
that
you
must
take
one
sheep
from
each 200
sheep
in
your
flocks
in
the
pastures
of
Israel.
Those
things
that
you
take
to
the
king
will
be
used
with
the
offerings
of
things
made
from
grain
and
for
the
offerings
that
will
be
completely
burned
and
the
offerings
to
maintain
fellowship
with
me,
offerings
in
order
for
me
to
forgive
you
for
the
sins
that
you
have
committed.
\VS{16}All
the Israeli
people
must
join
in
bringing
those
offerings
to
the
king
of
Israel.
\VS{17}The
king
must
provide
the
animals
to
be
completely
burned
on
the
altar,
grain
for
the
grain
offerings,
and
wine
for
the
wine
offerings
for
the
sacred
festivals
that
I
have
appointed
for
the
people
of
Israel—including
the
festivals
to
celebrate
each
new
moon
and
the
Sabbaths.
He
must
provide
{\ADD{
the
animals
for}}
the
offerings
for
the
people
to
become
acceptable
to
me,
grain
for
the
grain
offerings,
animals
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}},
and
offerings
to
maintain
fellowship
with
me,
Yahweh,
in
order
that
I
will
forgive
the Israeli
people
for
their
sins.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}This
is
also
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare:
On
the
first
day
of
the
first
month
{\ADD{
of
each
year}}
you
must
take
one
young
bull
that
has
no defects
and
{\ADD{
sacrifice
it
to}}
cause
the
temple
to
be
acceptable
to
me.
\VS{19}The
{\ADD{Supreme}}
Priest
must
take
some
of
the
blood
of
the
offering
to
cause
people
to
become
acceptable
to
me,
and
smear
it
on
the
doorposts
of
the
temple,
on
the
four
corners
of
the
upper
ledge
of
the
altar,
and
on
the
entry
posts
of
the
inner
courtyard.
\VS{20}He
must
do
the
same
thing
on
the
seventh
day
of
the
month
for
any
people
who
sin
without
intending
to
sin
or
without realizing
that
what
they
did
is
sinful.
By
doing
that
you
will
purify
the
temple.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}In
the
first
month
of
each
year,
on
the 14th
day
of
the
month,
you
must
start
to
celebrate
the
Passover
Festival.
The
festival
will
last
for
seven
days.
During
that
time
you
must
not
eat
bread
made
with
yeast.
\VS{22}On
the
first
day,
the
king
must
provide
a
bull
to
be
an
offering
for
himself
and
for
the
all
the
other
people
of
the
country.
\VS{23}And
every
day
during
those
seven
days
he
must
provide
seven
young
bulls
and
seven
rams
that
have
no defects,
to
be
an
offering
for
the
people’s
sins.
\VS{24}He
must
also
provide
a
half
bushel
of
grain
to
be
an
offering,
and
also
four quarts
of
olive
oil,
for
each
bill
and
ram.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}During
the
seven
days
of
the
festival
{\ADD{
of
Living
in
Temporary
Shelters}},
which starts
on
the
fifteenth
day
of
the
seventh
month
of
each
year,
the
king
must
provide
the
same
things
for
offerings
for
the
people’s
sins,
for
offerings
to
be
completely
burned,
for
grain
offerings,
and
the
same
amount
of
olive
oil
that
he
provided
each
day
{\ADD{
during
the
Passover
Festival}}.’ ”

\par }\Chap{46}{\PP \VerseOne{1}“ ‘This
is
{\ADD{
also}}
what
{\ADD{
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare:
The
east entryway
of
the
inner
courtyard
must
be
shut
during
the
six
days
in
which
people
work
each
week,
but
on
the
Sabbath
days
and
on
the
days
when
there
is
a
new
moon,
that entryway
must
{\ADD{
remain}}
open
until
that
evening.
\VS{2}The
king
must
enter
the
courtyard
through
the
entry
room
of
the entryway,
and
stand
alongside
the
entry
post.
{\ADD{
Then}}
the
priests
must
sacrifice
the
animal
that
the
king
brought
to
be
completely
burned{\ADD{
on
the
altar}},
and
also
his
offering
to
maintain
fellowship
with
me.
The
king
must
worship
me
at
the
entrance
of
the entryway,
and
then
he
must
go
out.
{\ADD{
After
he
leaves}},
the entryway
will
not
be
shut
until
that
evening.
\VS{3}On
the
Sabbath
days
and
on
the
{\ADD{
days
when
there
is
a}}
new
moon,
the
people
must
worship
{\ADD{
me}}
at
the
entrance
of
the entryway.
\VS{4}The
offering
that
the
king
brings
to
be
completely
burned
on
the
Sabbath
day
must
be
six
lambs
and
one
ram,
all
with
no defects.
\VS{5}The
offering
{\ADD{
that
he
gives}}
with
the
ram
must
be
a
bushel
of
grain,
and
the
grain
{\ADD{
that
he
offers}}
with
the
lambs
should
be
as
much
as
he
desires
to
offer,
along
with ◄1 gallon/3.8 liters►
of
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil
for
each
bushel
{\ADD{
of
grain}}.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
Then}}
each
day
that
there
is
a
new
moon,
he
must
offer
a
young
bull,
six
lambs
and
a
ram,
all
with
no defects.
\VS{7}He
must
{\ADD{
also}}
provide
one
bushel
of
grain
with
the
bull,
one
bushel
of
grain
with
the
ram,
and
as
much
grain
as
he
wants
with
the
lambs,
along
with
one quart/liter
of
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil
with
each
bushel
{\ADD{
of
grain}}.
\VS{8}When
the
king
enters
{\ADD{
the
temple
area}},
he
must
enter
through
the
entry
room
of
the entryway,
and
he
must
go
out
through
that
same
entry
room
{\ADD{
when
he
leaves}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}When
the Israeli
people
come
to
worship
me
at
the
festivals
that
I
have
appointed,
those
who
enter
the
temple
area
through
the
north entryway
must
go
out
through
the
south entryway.
And
those
who
enter
through
the
south entryway
must
go
out
through
the
north entryway.
People
must
not
go
out
through
the entryway
through
which
they
entered;
they
must
go
out
through
the
opposite entryway.
\VS{10}The
king
must
go
in
when
the
other
people
go
in,
and
go
out
when
the
people
go
out.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}During
the
festivals
and
sacred
feasts,
the
king
must
present
a
bushel
of
grain
along
with
each
bull
or
ram,
and
as
much
grain
as
he
wants
to
bring,
along
with
the
lambs
and ◄1 gallon/3.8 liters►
of
olive
oil
with
each
bushel
of
grain.
\VS{12}When
the
king
gives
an
offering
that
is
not
required,
either
one
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
or
an
offering
to
maintain
fellowship
with
{\ADD{
me,
Yahweh,
the entryway
on
the
east
side
of
the
courtyard}}
must
be
opened
for
him.
Then
he
must
present
those
offerings
like
he
does
on
the
Sabbath
days.
Then
he
must
go
out,
and
after
he
goes
out,
the entryway
must
be
shut.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Every
day,
during
the
morning,
someone
must
provide
a one-year-old
lamb
with
no defects
to
be
an
offering
to
me
that
will
be
completely
burned.
\VS{14}Someone
must
also
provide
each
morning
an
offering
of
flour.
It
must
be
one
sixth
of
a
bushel
of
flour
mixed
with
one quart/liter
of
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil.
These
offerings
of
flour
and
olive
oil
to
must
be
presented
{\ADD{
to
me}},
Yahweh,
each
day.
\VS{15}The
lamb
and
the
offering
of
flour
and
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil
must
be
presented
to
me
every
morning,
to
be
completely
burned
on
the
altar.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}This
is
what
I,
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare:
If
the
king
gives
some
of
his
land
to
one
of
his
sons,
to
belong
to
him
permanently,
it
will
then
belong
to
his
son’s
descendants
forever.
\VS{17}However,
if
he
gives
some
of
his
land
to
one
of
his
servants,
the
servant
is
allowed
to
keep
that
land
until
the
Year
of
Celebration.
Then
the
king
will
own
it
again;
the
king’s
land
must
belong
to
his
descendants
forever.
\VS{18}The
king
must
not
take
any
land
that
the
people
own
and
force
them
to
live
somewhere
else.
The
land
that
he
gives
to
his
sons
must
be
from
his
own
property,
{\ADD{
not
from
anyone
else’s
property}},
in
order
that
none
of
my
people
will
be
forced
to
leave
his
own
property.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Then,
{\ADD{
in
the
vision}},
the
man
{\ADD{
who
was
showing
the
temple
area
to
me}}
brought
me
through
the
entrance
alongside
the entryway
and
led
me
to
the
sacred
rooms
on
the
north
side,
the
rooms
that
the
priests
used,
and
he
showed
me
a
place
at
the
western
end
{\ADD{
of
those
rooms}}.
\VS{20}He
said
to
me, “This
is
the
place
where
the
priests
must
cook
the
meat
of
the
offerings
that
people
bring
in
order
to
no
longer
be
guilty
for
having
sinned,
and
offerings
for
their
sins,
and
where
they
will
bake
bread
made
with
the
flour
brought
to
be
offerings.
{\ADD{
They
will
cook
those
things
in
their
rooms
}}
in
order
to
avoid
bringing
them
into
the
outer
courtyard
{\ADD{
to
cook
them
there}},
lest
someone
{\ADD{
be
punished
because
of}}
touching
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Then
the
man
brought
me
to
the
outer
courtyard
and
led
me
to
its
four
corners.
In
each
corner
I
saw
an
enclosed
area;
\VS{22}each
of
those
areas
was ◄70
feet/21.2 meters►
long
and ◄52-1/2
feet/15.9 meters►
wide.
\VS{23}Around
the
inside
of
each
of
those
enclosed
areas
was
a
stone
ledge,
with
places
to
make
fires
all
around
under
each
ledge.
\VS{24}The
man
said
to
me, “These
are
the kitchens
where
{\ADD{
the
descendants
of
Levi}}
who
work
in
the
temple
must
cook
the
sacrifices
that
the
people
bring.”

\par }\Chap{47}{\SH The stream that flowed from the temple
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then,
{\ADD{
in
the
vision}},
the
man
brought
me
back
to
the
entrance
of
the
temple.
There
I
saw
water
flowing
out
from
under
the
entrance,
flowing
toward
the
east.
The
water
was
flowing
from
under
the
south
side
of
the
entrance,
south
of
the
altar.
\VS{2}Then
the
man
brought
me
out
of
the
inner
courtyard
through
the
north entryway,
and
then
he
led
me
around
to
the
outer entryway
on
the
east
side
{\ADD{
of
the
inner
courtyard}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}As
the
man
continued
walking
toward
the
east,
he
had
a
measuring
line
in
his
hand.
He
measured
off ◄1,750
feet/530 meters►,
and
then
led
me
through
water
that
covered
my
ankles.
\VS{4}Then
he
measured
off
another ◄1,750
feet/530 meters►
and
led
me
through
water
that
was
up
to
my
knees.
Then
he
measured
off
another ◄1,750
feet/530 meters►
and
led
me
through
water
that
was
up
to
my
waist.
\VS{5}Then
he
measured
off
another ◄1,750
feet/530 meters►
and
led
me
through
water
that
had
become
a
river
that
I
could
not
cross,
because
the
water
had
risen
{\ADD{
very
high,
with
the
result
that}}
it
would
be
necessary
to
swim
across
it.
It
was
a
river
that
no
one
could
cross
{\ADD{
by
walking
across
it}}.
\VS{6}Then
he
said
to
me, “You
human,
think
carefully
about
what
you
have
seen.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
he
led
me
to
the
bank
of
that
river.
There
I
saw
many
trees
growing
on
each
side
of
the
river.
\VS{8}He
said
to
me, “This
water
flows
east
and
down
into
the
{\ADD{
Dead}}
Sea.
And
when
it
flows
into
the
{\ADD{
Dead}}
Sea,
its salty
water
becomes
fresh.
\VS{9}Wherever
the
river
flows,
there
will
be
lots
of
animals
and
fish.
And
there
will
be
lots
of
fish
in
the
{\ADD{
Dead}}
Sea,
because
the
water
that
flows
into
it
will
cause
the
salt
water
to
become ◄fresh
water/water
that
people
can
drink►.
Wherever
the
river
flows,
everything
{\ADD{
alongside
it}}
will
flourish.
\VS{10}Fishermen
will
stand
along
the
bank
{\ADD{
of
the
Dead
Sea
to
catch
fish}}.
From
En-Gedi
{\ADD{
on
the
western
side}}
to
En-Eglaim
{\ADD{
on
the
eastern
side}}
there
will
be
places
{\ADD{
for
fishermen}}
to
spread
their
fishing
nets.
There
will
be
many
kinds
of
fish,
like
there
are
in
the Mediterranean
Sea.
\VS{11}But
the
swamps
and
marshes
{\ADD{
along
the
shore}}
will
not
become
fresh;
they
will
be
left
to
the
people
to
use
make
salt.
\VS{12}Many
kinds
of
fruit
trees
will
grow
on
both
sides
of
the
river.
Their
leaves
will
not
wither,
and
they
will
always
have
fruit.
They
will
bear
fruit
every
month,
because
{\ADD{
they
will
continually
get
water
from}}
the
water
{\ADD{
that
comes
}}
from
the
temple.
Their
fruit
will
be
good
to
eat
and
their
leaves
will
be
{\ADD{
good}}
for
healing.”
\par }{\SH The
division
of
the
land
\par }{\PP \VS{13}{\ADD{
In
the
vision}},
Yahweh
{\ADD{
also}}
said
this
to
me: “Here
is
a
list
of
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel
and
the
territory
that
each
tribe
must
receive.
{\ADD{
The
descendants
of}}
Joseph
will
receive
two
portions;
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of
Levi
will
not
receive
any}}.
\VS{14}I
lifted
up
my
arm
and
solemnly
declared
to
your
ancestors
that
I
would
give
you
this
land
to
own
permanently.
{\ADD{
So
divide
the
land equally
among
all
of
the
other
tribes}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}These
will
be
the
boundaries
of
the
land:
\par }{\LI On
the
north
side,
{\ADD{
it
will
extend}}
from
the Mediterranean
Sea
east
along
the
road
to
Hethlon,
past
Lebo-Hamath
to
Zedad,
\VS{16}to
{\ADD{
the
cities
of}}
Berothah
and
Sibraim,
which
are
on
the
border
between
Damascus
and
Hamath.
{\ADD{
From
there
the
boundary
will
extend}}
as
far
as{\ADD{
the
city
of
}}
Hazer-Hatticon,
which
is
on
the
border
of
the
Hauran
{\ADD{
region}}.
\VS{17}So
the
boundary
will
extend
from
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea
to
{\ADD{
the
city
of}}
Hazar-Enan
on
the
border
between
Hamath
to
the
north
and
Damascus
{\ADD{
to
the
south}}.
That
will
be
the
northern
boundary.
\par }{\LI \VS{18}On
the
east
side,
the
boundary
{\ADD{
will
extend}}
between
Hauran
and
Damascus,
{\ADD{
south}}
along
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
between
the
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}
and
the
land
of
Israel,
along
the
Dead
Sea
as
far
as
{\ADD{
the
town
of}}
Tamar.
That
will
be
the
eastern
boundary.
\par }{\LI \VS{19}On
the
south
side,
the
boundary
will
extend
from
Tamar
{\ADD{southwest}}
to
the
springs
near
{\ADD{
the
town
of}}
Meribah-Kadesh.
Then
{\ADD{
the
boundary
will
extend
west}}
along
the
dry riverbed
{\ADD{
at
the
border}}
of
Egypt
to
the Mediterranean
Sea.
That
will
be
the
southern
boundary.
\par }{\LI \VS{20}On
the
west
side,
the
boundary
will
be
the Mediterranean
Sea,
north
to
near
Lebo-Hamath.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}You
must
distribute
this
land
among
yourselves,
among
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\VS{22}You
must
allot
the
land
to
be
a
permanent
possession
for
yourselves,
and
{\ADD{
also}}
to
be
a
permanent
possession
of
any
foreigners
who
are
living
among
you
and
raising
their
children.
You
must
consider
those
people
to
be
like
you
who
were
born Israelis,
and
they
must
be
allotted
land
among
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\VS{23}Wherever
foreigners
are
living,
you
must
give
them
some
land
to
belong
to
them
permanently.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.”

\par }\Chap{48}{\SH The division of the land
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Here
is
a
list
of
the
tribes
of
Israel
{\ADD{
and
the
territory
that
each
tribe
is
to
receive}}:
{\ADD{
The
tribe
of}}
Dan
will
be
allotted
land
at
the
northern
boundary
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}:
It
will
extend
east
from
the Mediterranean
Sea
east
to
Hethlon
{\ADD{
city}},
then
from
there
to
Hamath
Pass,
and
on
to
{\ADD{
the
town
of}}
Hazar-Enan
south
of
Damascus,
between
Damascus
and
Hamath.
\par }{\PP The
tribe
of
Dan
will
receive
land
on
the
northern
border
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}
from
the
eastern
end
{\ADD{
of
the
country}}
west
to
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}South
of
their
land
will
be
the
territory
{\ADD{
for
the
tribe}}
of
Asher.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}South
of
their
land
will
be
the
territory
{\ADD{
for
the
tribe}}
of
Naphtali.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}South
of
their
land
will
be
the
territory
{\ADD{
for
the
tribe}}
of
Manasseh.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}South
of
their
land
will
be
the
territory
{\ADD{
for
the
tribe}}
of
Ephraim.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}South
of
their
land
will
be
the
territory
{\ADD{
for
the
tribe}}
of
Reuben.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}South
of
their
land
will
be
the
territory
{\ADD{
for
the
tribe}}
of
Judah.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}South
of
their
land
will
be
an
area
set
apart
for
special
use.
The
temple
will
be
in
the
center
of
that
area.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}It
must
be ◄8.3
miles/13.3 km.►
long
and ◄6.7
miles/10.6 km.►
wide.
\VS{10}For
the
priests,
there
must
be
a
strip
of
land ◄8.3
miles/13.3 km.►
long
and ◄3.3
miles/5.3 km.►
wide.
The
temple
will
be
in
the
center
of
that
area.
\VS{11}That
area
is
for
the
priests
who
are
descendants
of
Zadok.
They
are
ones
who
served
me
faithfully
and
did
not
turn
away
from
me,
like
most
of
the
descendants
of
Levi
and
the
other Israeli
people
did.
\VS{12}When
the
land
is
distributed,
that
area
must
be
given
to
the
priests;
it
is
land
that
is
very
sacred.
It
will
be
next
to
the
land
that
will
be
given
to
the
other
descendants
of
Levi.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
land
that
will
be
allotted
to
the
{\ADD{
other}}
descendants
of
Levi
will
be
the
same
size
as
the
land
allotted
to
the
priests.
So
together,
those
two
portions
of
land
will
be ◄8.3
miles/13.3 km.►
long
and ◄6.6
miles/10.6 km.►
wide.
\VS{14}None
of
this
special
land
will
ever
be
permitted
to
be
sold
or
traded
or
used
by
other
people,
because
it
belongs
to
me,
Yahweh.
It
is
set
apart
for
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}The
rest
{\ADD{
of
that
sacred
area,
a
strip
of
land}} ◄8.3
miles/13.3 km.►
long
and ◄1.7
miles/2.65 km.►
wide
will
be
allotted
for
other
people
to
use.
It
will
be
land
where
they
will
be
permitted
to
build
homes
and
have
pasturelands.
There
will
be
a
city
at
the
center.
\VS{16}The
city
will
be
square, ◄1.5
miles/2.4 km.►
on
each
side.
\VS{17}Around
the
city
there
will
be
an
area
for
farming,
that
will
be ◄150
yards/135 meters►
in
each
direction.
\VS{18}Outside
the
city,
to
the
east
and
to
the
west,
there
will
be
a
farming
area.
It
will
extend ◄3
miles/4.8 km.►
to
the
east
and ◄3
miles/4.8 km.►
to
the
west.
{\ADD{
Men
who
work
there}}
will
produce
food
for
the
people
who
work
in
the
city.
\VS{19}{\ADD{
Some
of}}
those
who
come
from
the
various Israeli
tribes
to
work
in
the
city
may
also
work
on
the farmland.
\VS{20}That
entire
special
area,
including
the
sacred
lands
and
the
city,
will
be
a
square
that
is ◄8.3
miles/13.3 km.►
on
each
side.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}The
areas
to
the
east
and
to
the
west
of
the
sacred
area
and
the
city
will
belong
to
the
king.
One
area
will
extend
east
to
the
eastern
boundary
of
Israel
and
the
other
will
extend
west
to
the Mediterranean
Sea.
The
sacred
area
in
which
the
temple
is
located
will
be
in
the
middle.
\VS{22}The
area
that
belongs
to
the
king
will
be
between
the
land
{\ADD{
of
the
tribe}}
of
Judah{\ADD{
to
the
north}}
and
the
land
{\ADD{
of
the
tribe}}
of
Benjamin
{\ADD{
to
the
south}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}South
of
that
special
area,
each
of
the
other
tribes
must
be
allotted
one
portion
of
land
that
extends
from
the
eastern
{\ADD{
boundary
of
Israel}}
west
{\ADD{
to
the Mediterranean
Sea}}.
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
Beginning
at
the
north}}
will
be
land
for
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Benjamin.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}South
of
their
land
will
be
the
territory
for
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Simeon.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}South
of
their
land
will
be
the
territory
for
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Issachar.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}South
of
their
land
will
be
the
territory
for
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Zebulun.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}South
of
their
land
will
be
the
territory
for
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Gad.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}The
southern
boundary
of
{\ADD{
the
tribe
of}}
Gad
will
extend
south
from
Tamar
to
the
springs
at
Meribah-Kadesh,
and
from
there
{\ADD{
to
the
west}}
along
the
dry riverbed
at
the
border
of
Egypt
to
the Mediterranean
Sea.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}That
is
the
land
that
you
must
allot
to
the
tribes
of
Israel,
to
belong
to
them
permanently.
{\ADD{
That
is
what
I}},
Yahweh
the
Lord,
declare.”
\par }{\SH The
gates
of
the
city
\par }{\PP \VS{30}These
will
be
the
exits
from
the
city:
On
the
north
side,
which
will
be ◄1.5
miles/2.4 km.►
long,
\VS{31}there
must
be
three
gates;
each
one
will
have
the
name
of
one
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
The
first
one
will
be
named
for
Reuben,
the
next
for
Judah,
the
next
for
Levi.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}On
the
east
side,
{\ADD{
also}} ◄1.5
miles/2.4 km.►
long,
will
be
gates
named
for
Joseph,
Benjamin,
and
Dan.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}On
the
south
side,
{\ADD{
also}} ◄1.5
miles/2.4 km.►
long,
will
be
gates
named
for
Simeon,
Issachar,
and
Zebulun.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}On
the
west
side,
{\ADD{
also}} ◄1.5
miles/2.4 km.►
long,
will
be
gates
named
for
Gad,
Asher,
and
Naphtali.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}{\ADD{
So}}
the
distance
around
the
city
will
thus
be ◄6
miles/9.6 km.►.
\par }{\PP And
from
that
time
on,
the
name
of
the
city
will
be ‘Yahweh
Is There’.’
\par }