Ezekiel 6:1
And the word of the Lord came unto me, again in direct verbal inspiration, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
And the word of the Lord came unto me, again in direct verbal inspiration, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DESOLATION OF THE LAND AND THE SLAUGHTER OF THE IDOLATERS... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, in a prophecy of condemnation, AND PROPHESY AGAINST THEM,... [ Continue Reading ]
and say, Ye mountains of Israel, the special places of idolatrous cults, here representing the entire country formerly occupied by the Lord's people, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD GOD, of the sovereign Ruler of the universe: THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD TO THE MOUNTAINS AND TO THE HILLS, the high places of h... [ Continue Reading ]
And your altars, namely, those devoted to the service of idols, SHALL BE DESOLATE, AND YOUR IMAGES SHALL BE BROKEN, the sun-pillars erected in honor of the Phoenician god Baal; AND I WILL CAST DOWN YOUR SLAIN MEN BEFORE YOUR IDOLS. In the original the word here used has a contemptuous flavor, so tha... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols, as a proper votive offering; AND I WILL SCATTER YOUR BONES ROUND ABOUT YOUR ALTARS, a fitting mockery of their idolatrous trust.... [ Continue Reading ]
In all your dwelling-places, that is, throughout the country occupied by them, THE CITIES SHALL BE LAID WASTE, AND THE HIGH PLACES SHALL BE DESOLATE, heaps of ruins, THAT YOUR ALTARS MAY BE LAID WASTE AND MADE DESOLATE AND YOUR IDOLS MAY BE BROKEN AND CEASE, totally exterminated, AND YOUR IMAGES MAY... [ Continue Reading ]
And the slain shall fail in the midst of you, so that some, indeed, would still be delivered, and YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD, the one and only true God, as contrasted with the idols, which have no true existence and pass away under the blows of the enemy's hammer. The falling of the slain, of... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet will I leave a remnant, in the general destruction spoken of in the first part of the chapter, THAT YE MAY HAVE SOME THAT SHALL ESCAPE THE SWORD AMONG THE NATIONS WHEN YE SHALL BE SCATTERED THROUGH THE COUNTRIES, in the exile which had been threatened by various prophets.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FATE OF THOSE WHO REMAIN... [ Continue Reading ]
And they that escape of you shall remember Me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, realizing that He who brought this calamity upon them was Jehovah, the God of Israel, and that His Word is the eternal truth, also in the threats uttered against their idolatry, BECAUSE I AM BROKE... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall know that I am the Lord, being brought to this realization by the lessons of a bitter experience, AND THAT I HAVE NOT SAID IN VAIN, with an empty threat, THAT I WOULD DO THIS EVIL UNTO THEM. Since they would not listen before, they would be obliged to heed when the proof of the Lord's... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord God, Smite with thine hand, either in clapping or in striking the thigh, AND STAMP WITH THY FOOT, in indignant impatience with Israel's hard-heartedness, AND SAY, ALAS FOR ALL THE EVIL ABOMINATIONS OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL! that it should have been necessary to go to such extremes... [ Continue Reading ]
He that is far off, out of time enemies' reach, SHALL DIE OF THE PESTILENCE, being unable to escape the avenging army of the Lord; AND HE THAT IS NEAR, within reach of the invaders, SHALL FALL BY THE SWORD; AND HE THAT REMAINETH AND IS BESIEGED SHALL DIE BY THE FAMINE, having escaped the sword in th... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, where the idolatrous sanctuaries to the heavenly powers were usually erected, AND UNDER EVERY GREEN TREE, AND UNDER EVERY THICK OAK... [ Continue Reading ]
So will I stretch out My hand upon them, in sending His punishment, AND MAKE THE LAND DESOLATE, YEA, MORE DESOLATE THAN THE WILDERNESS TOWARD DIBLATH, a desert otherwise unknown, but probably located in Arabia, IN ALL THEIR HABITATIONS; AND THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD. In one form or other, b... [ Continue Reading ]