EZEKIEL BEARING THE INIQUITY OF ISRAEL EZEK. IV:1-17-B. C. 595 1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. 8 And, behold, I will lay bands 2 And lay siege against it, and upon thee, and thou shalt not turn build a fort against it, and cast a thee from one side to another till mount against it; set the camp thou hast ended the days of thy also against it, and set battering siege. rams against it round about. 3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. 9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. 4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according 10 And thy meat which thou to the number of the days that shalt eat shall be by weight, twenthou shalt lie upon it thou shalt ty shekels a day: from time to bear their iniquity. 5 For I have laid upon thee the time shalt thou eat it. 11 Thou shalt drink also water years of their iniquity, according by measure, the sixth part of an to the number of days, three hun- hin: from time to time shalt thou dred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 6 And when thou hast accom plished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. drink. 12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. 13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. EZEKIEL BEARING THE INIQUITY OF ISRAEL 14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! 16 Moreover he said unto me, behold, my soul hath not been pol-Son of man, behold, I will break luted: for from my youth up even the staff of bread in Jerusalem, till now have I not eaten of that and they shall eat bread by weight, which dieth of itself, or is torn in and with care; and they shall pieces; neither came there abomin- drink water by measure, and with able flesh into my mouth. astonishment: * 15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. *No doubt "The House of Israel" used cow's dung for cooking when they were in Southern Russia, between the Caspian sea, the Black sea, and the Don river. In America, buffalo chips were used for cooking while crossing the plains to the Pacific Coast. 2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together. 3 MY MOUTH SHALL 12 NEVERTHELESS ΜΑΝ BEING IN HONOUR ABIDETH NOT: HE IS LIKE THE BEASTS THAT PERISH. 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. 14 Like sheep they are laid in SPEAK OF WISDOM: AND the grave; death shall feed on THE MEDITATION OF MY them; and the upright shall have HEART SHALL BE OF UN- dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall con4I will incline mine ear to a sume in the grave from their parable: I will open my dark say-dwelling. ing upon the harp. DERSTANDING. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for shall receive me. Selah. he 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multi- his tude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. is 16 Be not thou afraid when one made rich, when the glory of house is increased; 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul, (and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,) 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. 10 For he seeth that wise men 20 Man that is in honour, and die, likewise the fool and the brut- understandeth not, is like the ish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. beasts that perish. PS. XCII:1-15 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for 1 It is a good thing to give ever, and their dwelling places to thanks unto the LORD, and to sing all generations: they call their praises unto thy name, O most lands after their own names. High: |