1  And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

1  THE word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2  'Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother;

3  and they committed harlotries in Egypt; they committed harlotries in their youth; there were their bosoms pressed, and there their virgin breasts were bruised.

3  and they went a-whoring in Egypt in their youth: there their breasts fell, there they lost their virginity.

3  and they fornicated in Egypt; they committed fornication in their youth. In that place, their breasts were conquered; the breasts of their adolescence were subdued.

4  And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister; and they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.

4  And their names were Oola the elder, and Ooliba her sister: and they were mine, and bore sons and daughters: and as for their names, Samaria was Oola, and Jerusalem was Ooliba.

5  And Oholah played the harlot when she was Mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians, warriors,

5  And Oola went a-whoring from me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that were her neighbors,

5  And then, Oholah committed fornication against me, and she acted madly with her lovers, with the Assyrians who approached her,

6  clothed with blue, governors and rulers, handsome young men all of them, horsemen riding upon horses.

6  clothed with purple, princes and captains; they were young men and choice, all horseman riding on horses.

6  who were clothed with hyacinth: rulers and magistrates, passionate youths and all of the horsemen, mounted on horses.

7  And she bestowed her harlotries upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whomsoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

7  And she distributed her fornications to those chosen men, all of them sons of the Assyrians. And she defiled herself with the uncleanness of all those whom she madly desired.

7  Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all the chosen men of Assyria and with all on whom she doted; with all their idols she defiled herself.

8  Neither hath she left her harlotries brought from Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised her virgin breasts; and they poured out their lust upon her.

8  And she forsook not her fornication with the Egyptians: for in her youth they committed fornication with her, and they deflowered her, and poured out their fornication upon her.

9  Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.

9  Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the children of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.

9  Because of this, I have delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the sons of the Assur, whom she has lustfully desired.

10  These uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and her they slew with the sword; and she became a byword among women, for judgments were executed upon her.

10  They uncovered her shame: they took her sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became a byword among women: and they wrought vengeance in her for the sake of the daughters.

11  And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.

11  And when her sister, Oholibah, had seen this, she was even more mad with lust than the other. And her fornication was beyond the fornication of her sister.

11  And when her sister Ahlibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her excessive lust than she, and her whoredoms were more than the whoredoms of her sister.

12  She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, warriors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them handsome young men.

12  She doted upon the sons of the Assyrian, princes and captains, her neighbours, clothed with fine linen, horsemen riding on horses; they were all choice young men.

12  She shamelessly offered herself to the sons of the Assyrians, to the rulers and magistrates who brought themselves to her clothed with colorful garments, to the horsemen who were carried by horses, and to the youths, all of them exceptional in appearance.

13  And I saw that she was defiled; they both took one way.

13  Then I saw that the ways of both of them were defiled.

14  And she increased her harlotries; for she saw men portrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion,

14  And she increased her fornications. And when she had seen men depicted on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans, expressed in colors,

15  girded with girdles upon their loins, with pendant turbans upon their heads, all of them captains to look upon, the likeness of the sons of Babylon, even of Chaldea, the land of their nativity.

15  having variegated girdles on their loins, having also richly dyed attire upon their heads; all had a princely appearance, the likeness of the children of the Chaldeans, of their native land.

15  with belts wrapped around the waist, and with dyed headdresses on their heads, having seen the appearance of all the rulers, the likenesses of the sons of Babylon and of the land of the Chaldeans in which they were born,

16  And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

16  she became mad for them with the desire of her eyes, and she sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

16  As soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers to them to the land of the Chaldeans,

17  And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their lust; and she was polluted with them, and her soul was alienated from them.

17  And the sons of Babylon came to her, into the bed of rest, and they defiled her in her fornication, and she was defiled by them, and her soul was alienated from them.

17  And when the sons of Babylon had gone to her, to the bed of breasts, they defiled her with their fornications, and she was polluted by them, and her soul was gorged by them.

18  So she uncovered her harlotries, and uncovered her nakedness; then My soul was alienated from her, like as My soul was alienated from her sister.

18  Also, her fornications were uncovered, and her shame was revealed. And my soul withdrew from her, as my soul had withdrawn from her sister.

19  Yet she multiplied her harlotries, remembering the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.

19  And thou didst multiply thy fornication, so as to call to remembrance the days of thy youth, wherein thou didst commit whoredom in Egypt,

19  For she multiplied her fornications, remembering the days of her youth, in which she fornicated in the land of Egypt.

20  And she doted upon concubinage with them, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

20  And she was mad with lust after lying with them, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys, and whose flow is like the flow of horses.

20  For she doted upon their servants, whose male organs are like those of asses, and whose privates are like those of horses.

21  Thus thou didst call to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, when they from Egypt bruised thy breasts for the bosom of thy youth.

21  And thou didst look upon the iniquity of thy youth, the things which thou wroughtest in Egypt in thy lodgings, where were the breasts of thy youth.

21  And you have revisited the crimes of your youth, when your breasts were conquered in Egypt, and the breasts of your adolescence were subdued.

22  Therefore, O Oholibah, thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy soul is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side

22  Because of this, Oholibah, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will raise up against you all of your lovers, with whom your soul has been gorged. And I will gather them together against you all around

23  the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, governors and rulers all of them, captains and councillors, all of them riding upon horses.

23  the children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Phacuc, and Sue, and Hychue, and all the sons of the Assyrians with them; choice young men, governors and captains, all princes and renowned, riding on horses.

23  the sons of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, the nobles, the sovereigns and princes, all the sons of the Assyrians, youths of exceptional form, all the rulers and magistrates, the leaders among leaders, and the renowned riders of horses.

24  And they shall come against thee with hosts, chariots, and wheels, and with an assembly of peoples; they shall set themselves in array against thee with buckler and shield and helmet round about; and I will commit the judgment unto them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.

24  And they will overwhelm you, well-equipped with chariot and wheel, a multitude of peoples. They will be armed against you on every side with armor and shield and helmet. And I will give judgment to their eyes, and they will judge you with their judgments.

25  And I will set My jealousy against thee, and they shall deal with thee in fury; they shall take away thy nose and thine ears, and thy residue shall fall by the sword; they shall take thy sons and thy daughters, and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire.

25  And against you, I will set my zeal, which they will execute upon you with fury. They will cut off your nose and your ears. And what remains will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and your daughters, and your youngest will be devoured by fire.

25  And I will set my indignation against you, and they shall crush your nose with fury and shall pluck out your ears; and your remnant shall fall by the sword; they shall carry away your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by fire,

26  They shall also strip thee of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.

26  And they shall strip thee of thy raiment, and take away thine ornaments.

26  And they will strip you of your vestments, and take away the articles of your glory.

27  Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy harlotry brought from the land of Egypt, so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.

27  And I will cause your wickedness to cease from you, and your fornication to cease from the land of Egypt. Neither shall you lift up your eyes toward them, and you shall no longer remember Egypt.

28  For thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy soul is alienated;

28  Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hands of those whom thou hatest, from whom thy soul is alienated.

28  For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you have hated, into the hands by which your soul has been gorged.

29  and they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and the nakedness of thy harlotries shall be uncovered, both thy lewdness and thy harlotries.

29  And they will act toward you with hatred, and they will take away all your labors, and they will send you away naked and filled with disgrace. And the shame of your fornication will be revealed: your crimes and your fornications.

30  These things shall be done unto thee, for that thou hast gone astray after the nations, and because thou art polluted with their idols.

30  brought this upon thee, in that thou wentest a-whoring after the nations, and didst defile thyself with their devices.

30  They have done these things to you, because you have fornicated after the Gentiles, among whom you were defiled by their idols.

31  In the way of thy sister hast thou walked; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.

31  Thou didst walk in the way of thy sister; and I will put her cup into thine hands.

31  You have walked in the way of your sister, and so I will give her chalice into your hand.

32  Thus saith YHWH GOD: Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be for a scorn and a derision; it is full to the uttermost.

32  Thus saith the Lord; Drink thy sister’s cup, deep and large, and full, to cause complete drunkenness.

32  Thus says the Lord God: You will drink the chalice of your sister, deep and wide. You will be held in derision and in ridicule, to a very great extent.

33  Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and appalment, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

33  And thou shalt be thoroughly weakened; and the cup of destruction, the cup of thy sister Samaria,

33  You will be filled with inebriation and sorrow, by the chalice of grief and sadness, by the chalice of your sister Samaria.

34  Thou shalt even drink it and drain it, and thou shalt craunch the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy breasts; for I have spoken it, saith YHWH GOD.

34  drink thou it, and I will take away her feasts and her new moons: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord.

34  And you will drink it, and you will empty it, even to the dregs. And you will consume even its particles. And you will wound your own breasts. For I have spoken, says the Lord God.

35  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Because thou hast forgotten Me, and cast Me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy harlotries.'

35  Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since you have forgotten me, and you have cast me behind your body, so also will you bear your wickedness and your fornications.”

35  Therefore thus says the LORD God: Because you have forgotten me and cast me off behind your idols, therefore you also shall bear your lewdness and your whoredoms.

36  YHWH said moreover unto me: 'Son of man, wilt thou judge Oholah and Oholibah? then declare unto them their abominations.

36  And the Lord said to me, Son of man wilt thou not judge Oola and Ooliba? and declare to them their iniquities?

36  The LORD said to me, Son of man, now you can judge Ahlah and Ahlibah, and declare to them their abominations;

37  For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery; and their sons, whom they bore unto Me, they have also set apart unto them to be devoured.

37  For they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands, and they have fornicated with their idols. Moreover, they have offered even their children, whom they bore for me, to them to be devoured.

38  Moreover this they have done unto Me: they have defiled My sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned My sabbaths.

38  So long too as they did these things to me, they defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my sabbaths.

39  For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into My sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of My house.

39  And when they sacrificed their children to their idols, they also went into my sanctuary to profane it: and whereas they did thus in the midst of my house;

39  And when they immolated their children to their idols, they also entered my sanctuary on the same day, so that they defiled it. They have done these things, even in the midst of my house.

40  And furthermore ye have sent for men that come from far; unto whom a messenger was sent, and, lo, they came; for whom thou didst wash thyself, paint thine eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments;

40  They sent for men who were coming from far away, to whom they had sent a messenger. And so, behold, they arrived, those for whom you washed yourself, and smeared cosmetics around your eyes, and were adorned with feminine ornaments.

41  and sattest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set Mine incense and Mine oil.

41  and satest on a prepared bed, and before it there was a table set out, and as for mine incense and mine oil, they rejoiced in them,

41  You sat upon a very beautiful bed, and a table was adorned before you, on which you placed my incense and my ointment.

42  And the voice of a multitude being at ease was therein; and for the sake of men, they were so many, brought drunken from the wilderness, they put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

42  and they raised a sound of music, and that with men coming from the wilderness out of a multitude of men, and they put bracelets on their hands, and a crown of glory on their heads;

42  And the sound of their merrymaking could be heard everywhere, and the voices of men who had come from Sheba and from the desert, who put bracelets upon their wrists, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

43  Then said I of her that was worn out by adulteries: Still they commit harlotries with her, even her.

43  And I said about her, as she was being worn away by her adulteries, ‘Even now, she continues in her fornication!’

44  For every one went in unto her, as men go in unto a harlot; so went they in unto Oholah and unto Oholibah, the lewd women.

44  And they went in to her, as men go in to a harlot; so they went in to Oola and to Ooliba to work iniquity.

44  And they entered to her, as if to a kept woman. So did they enter to Oholah and Oholibah, nefarious women.

45  But righteous men, they shall judge them as adulteresses are judged, and as women that shed blood are judged; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

45  But there are just men; these shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of those who shed blood. For they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.

46  For thus saith YHWH GOD: An assembly shall be brought up against them, and they shall be made a horror and a spoil.

46  Thus saith the Lord God, Bring up a multitude upon them, and send trouble and plunder into the midst of them.

46  For thus says the Lord God: Lead upon them a multitude, and hand them over to tumult and to pillaging.

47  And the assembly shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.

47  And may they be stoned with the stones of the peoples, and may they be pierced with their own swords. They will put to death their sons and daughters, and they will burn their houses with fire.

48  Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

48  And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and shall not do according to their ungodliness.

48  And I will take away wickedness from the land. And all women shall learn not to act according to their wickedness.

49  And your lewdness shall be recompensed upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols; and ye shall know that I am YHWH GOD.'

49  And they will set your own crimes upon you, and you will bear the sins of your idols. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.”

24:1  And the word of YHWH came unto me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, saying

1  IN the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

24:2  'Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day; this selfsame day the king of Babylon hath invested Jerusalem.

2  Son of man, write for thyself daily from this day, on which the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem, even from this day.

24:3  And utter a parable concerning the rebellious house, and say unto them: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Set on the pot, set it on, and also pour water into it;

3  And speak a parable to the provoking house, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Set on the caldron, and pour water into it

3  And you shall speak, through a proverb, a parable to the inciting house. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Set out a cooking pot; set it out, I say, and put water into it.

24:4  Gather into it the pieces belonging to it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

4  and put the pieces into it, every prime piece, the leg and shoulder taken off from the bones,

4  And put into it pieces of meat which are good and fat, a shoulder whose bone is broken from the choicest of the flock.

24:5  Take the choice of the flock, and pile also the bones under it; make it boil well, that the bones thereof may also be seethed in the midst of it.

5  which are taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her.

5  And burn also the bones under the pot, and make it boil well, and let the bones seethe in it.

24:6  Wherefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose filth is therein, and whose filth is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; no lot is fallen upon it.

6  Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the city of blood, to the cooking pot that has rust in it, and whose rust has not gone out of it! Cast it out piece by piece! No lot has fallen upon it.

24:7  For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

24:8  that it might cause fury to come up, that vengeance might be taken, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

8  that my wrath should come up for complete vengeance to be taken: I set her blood upon a smooth rock, so as not to cover it.

8  So shall I bring my indignation over her, and take my vengeance. I have presented her blood upon the smoothest rock, so that it would not be covered.

24:9  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great,

9  Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Woe to the city of blood, out of which I will make a great funeral pyre.

9  Therefore, thus says the LORD God: Woe to the bloody city! I will even enlarge the fireplace and increase the fuel,

24:10  heaping on the wood, kindling the fire, that the flesh may be consumed; and preparing the mixture, that the bones also may be burned;

10  and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away;

10  Pile together the bones, which I will burn with fire. The flesh shall be consumed, and the entire composition shall be boiled, and the bones shall deteriorate.

24:11  then will I set it empty upon the coals thereof, that it may be hot, and the bottom thereof may burn, and that the impurity of it may be molten in it, that the filth of it may be consumed.

11  and that it may stand upon the coals, that her brass may be thoroughly heated, and be melted in the midst of her filthiness, and her scum may be consumed,

11  Also, place it empty on burning coals, so that it may be heated, and its brass may melt. And let the filth of it be melted in its midst, and let its rust be consumed.

24:12  It hath wearied itself with toil; yet its great filth goeth not forth out of it, yea, its noisome filth.

12  and her abundant scum may not come forth of her.

12  There has been much sweat and labor, and yet its extensive rust has not gone out of it, not even by fire.

24:13  Because of thy filthy lewdness, because I have purged thee and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have satisfied My fury upon thee.

13  Her scum shall become shameful, because thou didst defile thyself: and what if thou shalt be purged no more until I have accomplished my wrath?

13  Your uncleanness is execrable. For I wanted to cleanse you, and you have not been cleansed from your filth. So then, neither will you be cleansed before I cause my indignation over you to cease.

24:14  I YHWH have spoken it; it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith YHWH GOD.'

14  I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do it; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge thee, saith the Lord, according to thy ways, and according to thy devices: therefore will I judge thee according to thy bloodshed, and according to thy devices will I judge thee, thou unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.

24:15  Also the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

15  And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

24:16  'Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke; yet neither shalt thou make lamentation nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

16  Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thine eyes by violence: thou shalt not lament, neither shalt thou weep.

16  “Son of man, behold, I am taking away from you, with a stroke, the desire of your eyes. And you shall not lament, and you shall not weep. And your tears shall not flow down.

24:17  Sigh in silence; make no mourning for the dead, bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thine upper lip, and eat not the bread of men.'

17  Groan silently; you shall make no mourning for the dead. Let the band of your crown be on you, and let your shoes be on your feet. And you shall not cover your face, nor shall you eat the food of those who mourn.”

24:18  So I spoke unto the people in the morning, and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

18  Therefore, I spoke to the people in the morning. And my wife died in the evening. And in the morning, I did just as he had instructed me.

24:19  And the people said unto me: 'Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?'

19  And the people said to me: “Why won’t you explain to us what these things signify, which you are doing?”

24:20  Then I said unto them: 'The word of YHWH came unto me, saying

20  And I said to them: “The word of the Lord came to me, saying

20  Then I said to them, This is the word of the LORD which came to me, saying,

24:21  Speak unto the house of Israel: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the longing of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword.

21  ‘Speak to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will defile my sanctuary, the pride of your realm, and the desire of your eyes, and the dread of your soul. Your sons and your daughters, whom you have forsaken, will fall by the sword.’

24:22  And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your upper lips, nor eat the bread of men;

22  And so, you shall do just as I have done. You shall not cover your faces, and you shall not eat the food of those who mourn.

22  And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips nor shall you eat the bread provided for mourners.

24:23  and your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet; ye shall not make lamentation nor weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.

23  And your hair shall be upon your head, and your shoes on your feet: neither shall ye at all lament or weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and shall comfort every one his brother.

23  You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet. You shall not lament, and you shall not weep. Instead, you will waste away in your iniquities, and each one will groan to his brother.

24:24  Thus shall Ezekiel be unto you a sign; according to all that he hath done shall ye do; when this cometh, then shall ye know that I am YHWH GOD.

24  And Jezekiel shall be for a sign to you: according to all that I have done shall ye do, when these things shall come; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

24:25  And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and the yearning of their soul, their sons and their daughters,

24:26  that in that day he that escapeth shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?

26  in that day, when one who is fleeing will come to you, so that he may report to you,

26  On that day a survivor shall come to you and cause you to hear it with your ears;

24:27  In that day shall thy mouth be opened together with him that is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb; so shalt thou be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am YHWH.'

27  in that day, I say, your mouth shall be opened to him who has fled. And you shall speak, and you shall no longer be silent. And you shall be for them a portent. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”

27  And on that day the survivor shall open your mouth, and you shall speak and be no more dumb; and you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

25:1  And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

1  THE word of the LORD came to me, saying,

25:2  'Son of man, set thy face toward the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them;

25:3  and say unto the children of Ammon: Hear the word of YHWH GOD: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou saidst: Aha! against My sanctuary, when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel, when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;

3  and thou shalt say to the children of Ammon, Hear ye the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord; Forasmuch as ye have rejoiced against my sanctuary, because it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, because it was laid waste; and against the house of Juda, because they went into captivity;

3  And you shall say to the sons of Ammon: Listen to the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God: Because you have said, ‘Well, well!’ over my sanctuary, when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel, when it was desolated, and over the house of Judah, when they were led into captivity,

25:4  therefore, behold, I will deliver thee to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in thee, and make their dwellings in thee; they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

4  therefore, I will deliver you to the sons of the East, as an inheritance. And they will arrange their fences within you, and they will place their tents within you. They will eat your crops, and they will drink your milk.

4  Behold, therefore I will deliver you to the men of the east for a possession, and their army shall dwell in you and pitch their tents in you; they shall eat your fruit and they shall drink your milk.

25:5  And I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the children of Ammon a couching-place for flocks; and ye shall know that I am YHWH.

5  And I will give up the city of Ammon for camels’ pastures, and the children of Ammon for a pasture of sheep: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

25:6  For thus saith YHWH GOD: Because thou hast clapped thy hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the disdain of thy soul against the land of Israel;

6  For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped your hands and stomped your foot, and have rejoiced with all your heart against the land of Israel,

25:7  therefore, behold, I stretch out My hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut thee off from the peoples, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries; I will destroy thee, and thou shalt know that I am YHWH.

7  Therefore, thus says the LORD God: I will stretch out my hand against you and will deliver you for a spoil to the nations; and I will cut you off from among the people, and I will destroy you out of the cities, and will make you desolate, and you shall know that I am the LORD.

25:8  Thus saith YHWH GOD: Because that Moab and Seir do say: Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the nations,

8  Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab and Seir have said, ‘Behold, the house of Judah is like all the Gentiles!’

25:9  therefore, behold, I will open the flank of Moab on the side of the cities, on the side of his cities which are on his frontiers, the beauteous country of Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,

25:10  together with the children of Ammon, unto the children of the east, and I will give them for a possession, that the children of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations;

10  I have given him the children of Kedem in addition to the children of Ammon for an inheritance, that there may be no remembrance of the children of Ammon.

25:11  and I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am YHWH.

25:12  Thus saith YHWH GOD: Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;

12  Thus says the Lord God: Because Idumea has taken vengeance, so as to vindicate herself against the sons of Judah, and has sinned grievously, and has sought revenge against them,

25:13  therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: I will stretch out My hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman, even unto Dedan shall they fall by the sword.

13  therefore, thus says the Lord God: I will extend my hand over Idumea, and I will take from it both man and beast, and I will make it desolate from the south. And those who are in Dedan will fall by the sword.

25:14  And I will lay My vengeance upon Edom by the hand of My people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to Mine anger and according to My fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith YHWH GOD.

25:15  Thus saith YHWH GOD: Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with disdain of soul to destroy, for the old hatred;

15  Therefore thus saith the Lord, Because the Philistines have wrought revengefully, and raised up vengeance rejoicing from their heart to destroy the Israelites to a man;

15  Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines have taken vengeance, and have revenged themselves with all their soul, destroying, and fulfilling ancient hostilities,

25:16  therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I will stretch out My hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites, and destroy the remnant of the sea-coast.

16  because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will extend my hand over the Philistines, and I will destroy those who destroy, and I will perish the remnant of the maritime regions.

25:17  And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am YHWH, when I shall lay My vengeance upon them.'

26:1  And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

26:2  'Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem: Aha, she is broken that was the gate of the peoples; she is turned unto me; I shall be filled with her that is laid waste;

2  Son of man, because Sor has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is crushed: the nations are destroyed: she is turned to me: she that was full is made desolate

2  “Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem: ‘It is Well! The gates of the peoples have been broken! She has been turned toward me. I will be filled. She will be deserted!’

26:3  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth its waves to come up.

3  because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will cause many nations to rise up against you, just as the waves of the sea rise up.

26:4  And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

4  And they shall cast down the walls of Sor, and shall cast down thy towers: and I will scrape her dust from off her, and make her a bare rock.

26:5  She shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken it, saith YHWH GOD; and she shall become a spoil to the nations.

5  She will be a drying place for nets from the midst of the sea. For I have spoken, says the Lord God. And she will be a spoil for the Gentiles.

5  It shall be a drying place for nets in the midst of the sea, because I have spoken it, says the LORD God; and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

26:6  And her daughters that are in the field shall be slain with the sword; and they shall know that I am YHWH.

6  Likewise, her daughters who are in the field will be slain by the sword. And they shall know that I am the Lord.

26:7  For thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people.

7  For thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring up against thee, O Sor, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon from the north: he is a king of kings, with horses, and chariots, and horsemen, and a concourse of very many nations.

7  For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will lead into Tyre: Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, a king among kings, from the north, with horses, and chariots, and horsemen, and companies, and a great people.

26:8  He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field; and he shall make forts against thee, and cast up a mound against thee, and set up bucklers against thee.

8  He shall slay thy daughters that are in the field with the sword, and shall set a watch against thee, and build forts around thee, and carry a rampart round against thee, and set up warlike works, and array his spears against thee.

8  Your daughters who are in the field, he will kill with the sword. And he will surround you with fortifications, and he will put together a rampart on all sides. And he will lift up a shield against you.

26:9  And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

9  He shall cast down with his swords thy walls and thy towers.

9  And he will combine moveable shelters and battering rams before your walls, and he will destroy your towers with his armaments.

26:10  By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee; at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, thy walls shall shake, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.

10  He will cover you with the inundation of his horses and with their dust. Your walls will shake at the sound of horsemen and wheels and chariots, when they will have entered your gates, as if through the entrance of a city that has been broken open.

26:11  With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets; he shall slay thy people with the sword, and the pillars of thy strength shall go down to the ground.

26:12  And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise; and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy the houses of thy delight; and thy stones and thy timber and thy dust shall they lay in the midst of the waters.

12  They will lay waste to your wealth. They will despoil your businesses. And they will tear down your walls and overturn your eminent houses. And they will put your stones and your timber and your dust into the midst of the waters.

26:13  And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease, and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

13  And he shall destroy the multitude of thy musicians, and the sound of thy psalteries shall be heard no more.

26:14  And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shalt be a place for the spreading of nets, thou shalt be built no more; for I YHWH have spoken, saith YHWH GOD.

14  And I will make you like the barest rock; you will be a drying place for nets. And you will no longer be built up. For I have spoken, says the Lord God.”

26:15  Thus saith YHWH GOD to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

15  For thus saith the Lord God to Sor; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, while the wounded are groaning, while they have drawn a sword in the midst of thee?

15  Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: “Will not the islands shake at the sound of your ruin and at the groans of your slain, when they will have been cut down in your midst?

26:16  Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and strip off their richly woven garments; they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be appalled at thee.

16  And all the princes of the nations of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and shall take off their crowns from their heads, and shall take off their embroidered raiment: they shall be utterly amazed; they shall sit upon the ground, and fear their own destruction, and shall groan over thee.

16  And all the leaders of the sea will descend from their thrones. And they will cast aside their outer garments and their colorful clothing, and they will be clothed in stupor. They will sit on the ground, and they will wonder with astonishment at your sudden downfall.

26:17  And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee: how art thou destroyed, that wast peopled from the seas, the renowned city, that wast strong in the sea, thou and thy inhabitants, that caused your terror to be on all that inhabit the earth!

17  And taking up a lamentation over you, they will say to you: ‘How could you have perished, you who live in the sea, the famous city that was strong in the sea, with your inhabitants, of whom the whole world was in dread?’

26:18  Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be affrighted at thy going out.

18  And the isles shall be alarmed at the day of thy fall.

18  Now the ships will be stupefied, in the day of your terror. And the islands of the sea will be disturbed, because no one goes out from you.

26:19  For thus saith YHWH GOD: When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and the great waters shall cover thee;

19  For thus saith the Lord God; When I shall make the city desolate, as the cities that shall not be inhabited, when I have brought the deep up upon thee,

19  For thus says the Lord God: When I will have made you a desolate city, like the cities that are uninhabited, and when I will have led the abyss over you, and many waters will have covered you,

26:20  then will I bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make thee to dwell in the nether parts of the earth, like the places that are desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living;

20  and when I will have dragged you down with those who descend into the pit to the everlasting people, and when I will have assembled you in the lowest parts of the earth, like the desolate places of antiquity, with those who have been brought down into the pit, so that you will be uninhabited, and moreover, when I will have given glory to the land of the living

26:21  I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith YHWH GOD.'

21  I will reduce you to nothing, and you shall not be, and if you are sought, you will no longer be found, in perpetuity, says the Lord God.”

27:1  Moreover the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

1  And the word of the Lord came to me saying,

1  THE word of the LORD came to me, saying,

27:2  'And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre,

2  “You, therefore, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre.

2  Now, Son of man, make a lamentation over Tyre;

27:3  and say unto Tyre, that dwelleth at the entry of the sea, that is the merchant of the peoples unto many isles: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Thou, O Tyre, hast said: I am of perfect beauty.

27:4  Thy borders are in the heart of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

4  In the heart of the sea thy sons have put beauty upon thee for Beelim.

4  for I have been positioned at the heart of the sea!’ Your neighbors, who built you, have filled up your beauty.

27:5  Of cypress-trees from Senir have they fashioned all thy planks; they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

5  Cedar in Senir was employed for thee in building: boards of cypress timber were taken out of Libanus, and wood to make thee masts of fir.

27:6  Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; thy deck have they made of ivory inlaid in larch, from the isles of the Kittites.

6  They made thine oars of wood out of the land of Basan; thy sacred utensils they made of ivory, thy shady houses of wood from the isles of Chetiim.

6  They have formed your oars from the oaks of Bashan. And they have made your crossbeams from Indian ivory, and the pilothouse is from the islands of Italy.

27:7  Of fine linen with richly woven work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.

7  Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt supplied the couch, to put honour upon thee, and to clothe thee with blue and purple from the isles of Elisai; and they became thy coverings.

7  Colorful fine linen from Egypt was woven for you as a sail to be placed upon the mast; hyacinth and purple from the islands of Elishah were made into your covering.

27:8  The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were thy rowers; thy wise men, O Tyre, were in thee, they were thy pilots.

8  And thy princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Aradians were thy rowers: thy wise men, O Sor, who were in thee, these were thy pilots.

27:9  The elders of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to exchange thy merchandise.

9  The elders of the Biblians, and their wise men, who were in thee, these helped thy counsel: and all the ships of the sea and their rowers traded for thee to the utmost west.

9  The elders of Gebal and its experts were considered as sailors making use of your diverse equipment. All the ships of the sea and their sailors were your merchants among the people.

27:10  Persia and Lud and Put were in thine army, thy men of war; they hanged the shield and helmet in thee, they set forth thy comeliness.

10  Persians and Lydians and Libyans were in thine army: thy warriors hung in thee shields and helmets; these gave thee thy glory.

10  The Persians, and the Lydians, and the Libyans were your men of war in your army. They suspended shield and helmet within you for your adornment.

27:11  The men of Arvad and Helech were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadim were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty.

11  The sons of Arwad were with your army upon your walls all around. And even the Gammadim, who were in your towers, suspended their quivers on your walls on all sides; they completed your beauty.

27:12  Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for thy wares.

12  The Carthaginians were thy merchants because of the abundance of all thy strength; they furnished thy market with silver, and gold, and iron, and tin, and lead.

12  The Carthaginians, your merchants, supplied your festivals with a multitude of diverse riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead.

27:13  Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.

13  Greece, both the whole world, and the adjacent coasts, these traded with thee in the persons of men, and they gave as thy merchandise vessels of brass.

13  Greece, Tubal, and Meshech, these were your peddlers; they traveled to your people with slaves and with brass vessels.

27:14  They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and horsemen and mules.

14  Out of the house of Thogarma horses and horsemen furnished the market.

14  From the house of Togarmah, they brought horses, and horsemen, and mules to your market.

27:15  The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand; they brought thee as tribute horns of ivory and ebony.

15  The sons of the Rhodians were thy merchants; from the islands they multiplied thy merchandise, even elephants’ teeth: and to them that came in thou didst return thy prices,

15  The sons of Dedan were your merchants. The many islands were the marketplace of your hand. They traded teeth of ivory and of ebony for your price.

27:16  Aram was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy wealth; they traded for thy wares with carbuncles, purple, and richly woven work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.

16  even men as thy merchandise, from the multitude of thy trading population, myrrh and embroidered works from Tharsis: Ramoth also and Chorchor furnished thy market.

16  Edom was your market place by reason of many of your products: your purple, fine linen, embroidered work, purple robes, bracelets, and agate.

27:17  Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy merchandise wheat of Minnith, and balsam, and honey, and oil, and balm.

17  Juda and the children of Israel, these were thy merchants; in the sale of corn and ointments and cassia: and they gave the best honey, and oil, and resin, to thy trading population.

17  Judah and the land of Israel, these were your peddlers of the best grain; they offered balsam, and honey, and oil, and resins at your festivals.

27:18  Damascus was thy merchant for the multitude of thy wealth, by reason of the multitude of all riches, with the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

18  The people of Damascus were thy merchants by reason of the abundance of all thy power; wine out of Chelbon, and wool from Miletus; and they brought wine into thy market.

18  The Damascene was your trader in the multitude of your works, in greatly diverse wealth, in rich wine, in wool with the finest coloring.

27:19  Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.

19  Out of Asel came wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels among thy trading population.

19  Dan, and Greece, and Mosel have offered works made of iron at your festivals. Storax ointment and sweet flag were in your marketplace.

27:20  Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.

20  The people of Daedan were thy merchants, with choice cattle for chariots.

27:21  Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.

21  Arabia and all the leaders of Kedar, these were the merchants at your hand. Your merchants came to you with lambs, and rams, and young goats.

21  They also brought you rams, lambs, and kids.

27:22  The traffickers of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy traffickers; they traded for thy wares with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

22  The merchants of Sabba and Ramma, these were thy merchants, with choice spices, and precious stones: and they brought gold to thy market.

22  The vendors of Sheba and Raamah, these were your merchants, with all the finest aromatics, and precious stones, and gold, which they offered in your marketplace.

27:23  Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur was as thine apprentice in traffic.

23  Charra, and Chanaa, these were thy merchants: Assur, and Charman, were thy merchants

23  Haran, and Canneh, and Eden were your merchants. Sheba, Assur, and Chilmad were your sellers.

27:24  These were thy traffickers in gorgeous fabrics, in wrappings of blue and richly woven work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and cedar-lined, among thy merchandise.

24  bringing for merchandise blue, and choice stores bound with cords, and cypress wood.

27:25  The ships of Tarshish brought thee tribute for thy merchandise; so wast thou replenished, and made very heavy in the heart of the seas.

25  Ships were thy merchants, in abundance, with thy trading population: and thou wast filled and very heavily loaded in the heart of the sea.

25  The men of Tarshish who dwell west of you brought you loads of merchandise, and you were filled and became exceedingly strong.

27:26  Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters; the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.

26  Your rowers have brought you into many waters. The south wind has worn you down in the heart of the sea.

27:27  Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the exchangers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

27  Your riches, and your treasures, and your versatile equipment, your sailors and your navigators, who handle your goods and who were first among your people, likewise your men of war, who were among you, and your entire multitude that is in your midst: they will fall in the heart of the sea on the day of your ruin.

27:28  At the sound of the cry of thy pilots the waves shall shake.

28  Your fleets will be disturbed by the sound of an outcry from your navigators.

28  Those who dwell round about you shall tremble at the sound of the wailing of your pilots.

27:29  And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land,

29  And all the rowers and the mariners shall come down from the ships, and the pilots of the sea shall stand on the land.

29  And all who were handling the oar will descend from their ships; the sailors and all the navigators of the sea will stand upon the land.

27:30  And shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall roll themselves in the ashes;

30  And they shall lament over you a great and bitter lamentation and shall cast dust upon their heads and shall wallow in ashes

27:31  And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter lamentation.

31  And they will shave their heads because of you, and they will be wrapped in haircloth. And they will weep for you with bitterness of soul, with a very bitter weeping.

31  And they shall shave their heads in mourning over you, and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

27:32  And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee: who was there like Tyre, fortified in the midst of the sea?

32  And their sons shall take up a lament for thee, even a lamentation for Sor, saying,

32  And they will take up a mournful verse over you, and they will lament you: ‘What city is like Tyre, which has become mute in the midst of the sea?’

27:33  When thy wares came forth out of the seas, thou didst fill many peoples; with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise didst thou enrich the kings of the earth.

33  For by the going forth of your merchandise by sea, you supplied many peoples; by the multitude of your riches and of your people, you enriched the kings of the earth.

27:34  Now that thou art broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, and thy merchandise and all thy company are fallen in the midst of thee,

34  Now you have been worn away by the sea, your opulence is in the depths of the waters, and your entire multitude that was in your midst has fallen.

34  In the time when you shall be broken and sink in the depths of the sea, your merchandise and all your people in the midst of you shall fall.

27:35  All the inhabitants of the isles are appalled at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, they are troubled in their countenance;

35  All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over thee, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.

27:36  The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and never shalt be any more.'

36  Merchants from the nations have hissed at thee; thou art utterly destroyed, and shalt not be any more for ever.

36  The merchants of the peoples have hissed over you. You have been reduced to nothing, and you shall not be again, even forever.”

28:1  And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

1  THE word of the LORD came to me, saying,

28:2  'Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God--

2  And thou, son of man, say to the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord; Because thine heart has been exalted, and thou hast said, I am God, I have inhabited the dwelling of God in the heart of the sea; yet thou art man and not God, though thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God

2  “Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart has been exalted, and you have said, ‘I am God, and I sit in the chair of God, in the heart of the sea,’ though you are a man, and not God, and because you have presented your heart as if it were the heart of God

28:3  Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! there is no secret that they can hide from thee!

3  Perhaps you are wiser than Daniel, or you have seen hidden things by your wisdom;

28:4  By thy wisdom and by thy discernment thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;

4  Hast thou gained power for thyself by thine own knowledge or thine own prudence, and gotten gold and silver in thy treasures?

4  By your wisdom and prudence, you have made yourself strong, and you have acquired gold and silver for your storehouses.

28:5  In thy great wisdom by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches--

5  By the multitude of your wisdom, and by your business dealings, you have multiplied strength for yourself. And your heart has been exalted by your strength.

28:6  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God;

6  Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Because your heart has been exalted as if it were the heart of God,

28:7  Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

7  because of this, behold, I will bring on thee strange plagues from the nations; and they shall draw their swords against thee, and against the beauty of thy knowledge,

7  for this reason, behold, I will lead over you foreigners, the most robust among the Gentiles. And they will bare their swords over the beauty of your wisdom, and they will defile your beauty.

28:8  They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.

8  and they shall bring down thy beauty to destruction. And they shall bring thee down; and thou shalt die the death of the slain in the heart of the sea.

8  They will destroy you and pull you down. And you will die the death of those slain in the heart of the sea.

28:9  Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee: I am God? But thou art man, and not God, in the hand of them that defile thee.

9  So then, will you speak, in the presence of those who are destroying you, before the hand of those who are killing you, saying, ‘I am God,’ though you are a man, and not God?

9  Perhaps you will still say before those who slay you, I am God. Yet you are but a man, and no God, in the hands of those who slay you.

28:10  Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers; for I have spoken, saith YHWH GOD.'

10  You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners. For I have spoken, says the Lord God.”

28:11  Moreover the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

11  And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

28:12  'Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say unto him: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Thou seal most accurate, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty,

12  and you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord God: You were the seal of similitudes, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

28:13  thou wast in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the carnelian, the topaz, and the emerald, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the carbuncle, and the smaragd, and gold; the workmanship of thy settings and of thy sockets was in thee, in the day that thou wast created they were prepared.

13  You were with the delights of the Paradise of God. Every precious stone was your covering: sardius, topaz, and jasper, chrysolite, and onyx, and beryl, sapphire, and garnet, and emerald. The work of your beauty was of gold, and your fissures were ready in the day when you were formed.

13  You have been in Eden, the garden of God; you were decked with every precious stone, the sardius, the topaz, and the emerald, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire and pearls; and you have filled your treasuries with gold and your chests with precious stones; you had all of these things from the day you were created.

28:14  Thou wast the far-covering cherub; and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of stones of fire.

14  From the day that thou wast created thou wast with the cherub: I set thee on the holy mount of God; thou wast in the midst of the stones of fire.

14  You were a cherub, stretched out and protecting, and I stationed you on the holy mountain of God. You have walked in the midst of stones containing fire.

28:15  Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till unrighteousness was found in thee.

15  Thou wast faultless in thy days, from the day that thou wast created, until iniquity was found in thee.

15  You were perfect in your ways, from the day of your formation, until iniquity was found in you.

28:16  By the multitude of thy traffic they filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned; therefore have I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God; and I have destroyed thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

16  Of the abundance of thy merchandise thou hast filled thy storehouses with iniquity, and hast sinned: therefore thou hast been cast down wounded from the mount of God, and the cherub has brought thee out of the midst of the stones of fire.

16  By the multitude of your business dealings, your interior was filled with iniquity, and you sinned. And I cast you away from the mountain of God, and I perished you, O protecting cherub, from the midst of the stones containing fire.

28:17  Thy heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness; I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may gaze upon thee.

17  And your heart was exalted by your beauty; you have destroyed your own wisdom by your beauty. I have cast you to the ground. I have presented you before the face of kings, so that they may examine you.

17  Since your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, now your wisdom and your beauty are corrupted; I will cast you to the ground before kings, that you may be a spectacle before them.

28:18  By the multitude of thine iniquities, in the unrighteousness of thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of thee, it hath devoured thee, and I have turned thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

18  Because of the multitude of thy sins and the iniquities of thy merchandise, I have profaned thy sacred things; and I will bring fire out of the midst of thee, this shall devour thee; and I will make thee to be ashes upon thy land before all that see thee.

18  You have defiled your sanctuaries, by the multitude of your iniquities and by the iniquity of your business dealings. Therefore, I will produce a fire from your midst, which will consume you, and I will make you into ashes upon the earth, in the sight of all who are watching you.

28:19  All they that know thee among the peoples shall be appalled at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt never be any more.'

19  All who gaze upon you among the Gentiles will be stupefied over you. You were made out of nothing, and you shall not be, forever.”

28:20  And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

20  The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

28:21  'Son of man, set thy face toward Zidon, and prophesy against it,

21  “Son of man, set your face against Sidon, and you shall prophesy about it.

28:22  and say: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon, and I will be glorified in the midst of thee; and they shall know that I am YHWH, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

22  And you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Sidon, and I will be glorified in your midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have executed judgments in her, and when I will have been sanctified in her.

28:23  For I will send into her pestilence and blood in her streets; and the wounded shall fall in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am YHWH.

23  Blood and death shall be in thy streets; and men wounded with swords shall fall in thee and on every side of thee; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

23  And I will send a pestilence upon her, and there will be blood in her streets. And they will fall, slain by the sword, on every side in her midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord.

28:24  And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor a piercing thorn of any that are round about them, that did have them in disdain; and they shall know that I am YHWH GOD.

24  And the house of Israel will no longer be a stumbling block of bitterness, nor a thorn bringing pain everywhere around them, to those who turn against them. And they shall know that I am the Lord God.”

28:25  Thus saith YHWH GOD: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

25  Thus says the Lord God: “When I will have gathered together the house of Israel, from the peoples among whom they have been dispersed, I shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the Gentiles. And they shall live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.

28:26  And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell safely; when I have executed judgments upon all those that have them in disdain round about them; and they shall know that I am YHWH their God.'

26  Yea, they shall dwell upon it safely, and they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and dwell securely, when I shall execute judgement on all that have dishonoured them, even on those that are round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God, and the God of their fathers.

26  And they shall live within it securely. And they shall build houses and plant vineyards. And they shall live in confidence, when I will have executed judgments upon all those who turn against them on every side. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God.”

29:1  In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

29:2  'Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt;

2  “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and you shall prophesy about him and about all of Egypt.

29:3  speak, and say: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said: My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

3  and say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against Pharao, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, that says, The rivers are mine, and I made them.

3  Speak, and you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, you great dragon, who rests in the midst of your rivers. And you say: ‘Mine is the river, and I have made myself.’

29:4  And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

4  But I will place a bridle in your jaws. And I will adhere the fish of your rivers to your scales. And I will draw you out of the midst of your rivers, and all your fish will adhere to your scales.

4  I will put hooks into your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your river to stick to your scales, and I will draw you up out of the midst of your river, and all the fish of your river shall stick to your scales.

29:5  And I will cast thee into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers; thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; to the beasts of the earth and to the fowls of the heaven have I given thee for food.

5  And I will throw you into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your river; you shall fall upon the open fields; you shall not be gathered nor buried; I have given you for food to the wild beasts and to the fowls of the air.

29:6  And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am YHWH, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

29:7  When they take hold of thee with the hand, thou dost break, and rend all their shoulders; and when they lean upon thee, thou breakest, and makest all their loins to be at a stand.

7  When they took hold of you with the hand, you broke, and so you wounded all of their shoulders. And when they leaned on you, you shattered, and so you injured all of their lower backs.

7  When they held you with their hands, you pierced them; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and made all their loins to tremble.

29:8  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast.

8  Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will lead the sword over you, and I will destroy both man and beast from among you.

29:9  And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste, and they shall know that I am YHWH; because he hath said: The river is mine, and I have made it.

29:10  Therefore, behold, I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from Migdol to Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

29:11  No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years.

11  The foot of man will not pass through it, and the foot of cattle will not walk in it. And it will be uninhabited for forty years.

29:12  And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

12  And I will set the land of Egypt in desolation, in the midst of desolate lands, and its cities in the midst of overturned cites. And they will be desolate for forty years. And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and I will disperse them among the lands.

29:13  For thus saith YHWH GOD: At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples whither they were scattered;

13  Thus saith the Lord; After forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations among whom they have been scattered;

13  For thus says the Lord God: After the end of forty years, I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they had been scattered.

29:14  and I will turn the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their origin; and they shall be there a lowly kingdom.

14  And I will lead back the captivity of Egypt, and I will collect them in the land of Pathros, in the land of their nativity. And in that place, they will be a lowly kingdom.

29:15  It shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it any more lift itself up above the nations; and I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.

15  and it shall be a base kingdom beyond all other kingdoms; it shall not any more be exalted over the nations; and I will make them few in number, that they may not be great among the nations.

15  It will be the lowest among the other kingdoms, and it will no longer be exalted above the nations. And I will diminish them, lest they rule over the Gentiles.

29:16  And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they turn after them; and they shall know that I am YHWH GOD.'

16  And they will no longer be the confidence of the house of Israel, teaching iniquity, so that they may flee and follow them. And they shall know that I am the Lord God.”

16  And the Egyptians shall be no more the hope of the house of Israel, bringing their iniquity to remembrance, because they went after them; and Israel shall know that I am the LORD God.

29:17  And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

17  And it happened that, in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying

29:18  'Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it;

18  Son of man, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was bald, and every shoulder peeled; yet there was no reward to him or to his army serving against Tyre, nor for the service wherewith they served against it.

18  “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, has caused his army to serve with great servility against Tyre. Every head was shaven, and every shoulder was stripped of hair. And wages have not been paid to him, nor to his army, for Tyre, for the service by which he served for me against it.

29:19  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her abundance, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

19  Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon the land of Egypt, and he shall take the plunder thereof, and seize the spoils thereof; and it shall be a reward for his army.

19  Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will station Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, in the land of Egypt. And he will take its multitude, and he will prey upon its profits, and he will plunder its spoils. And this shall be the wages for his army

29:20  I have given him the land of Egypt as his hire for which he served, because they wrought for Me, saith YHWH GOD.

20  In return for his service wherewith he served against Tyre, I have given him the land of Egypt; thus saith the Lord God

20  and for the work by which he has served against it. I have given to him the land of Egypt, because he has labored for me, says the Lord God.

29:21  In that day will I cause a horn to shoot up unto the house of Israel, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am YHWH.'

21  In that day, a horn will spring forth for the house of Israel, and I will give to you an open mouth in their midst. And they shall know that I am the Lord.”

30:1  And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

1  THE word of the LORD came to me, saying,

30:2  'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Wail ye: Woe worth the day!

2  Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the LORD God: Howl and cry, Oh, for the day!

30:3  For the day is near, even the day of YHWH is near, a day of clouds, it shall be the time of the nations.

3  For the day of the Lord is nigh, a day of cloud; it shall be the end of the nations.

30:4  And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and convulsion shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her abundance, and her foundation shall be broken down.

4  And the sword shall come upon the Egyptians, and there shall be tumult in Ethiopia, and in Egypt men shall fall down slain together, and her foundations shall fall.

4  And the sword will come to Egypt. And there will be dread in Ethiopia, when the wounded will have fallen in Egypt, and its multitude will have been taken away, and its foundations will have been destroyed.

30:5  Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.

5  Persians, and Cretans, and Lydians, and Libyans, and all the mixed multitude, and they of the children of my covenant, shall fall by the sword therein.

5  Ethiopians, Putians and Lybians and all Arabia and Chub and the men of the land that is in league with them shall fall with them by the sword.

30:6  Thus saith YHWH: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down; from Migdol to Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith YHWH GOD.

6  Thus says the Lord God: And those who prop up Egypt will fall, and the arrogance of its reign will be brought down. They will fall in it by the sword, before the tower of Syene, says the Lord, the God of hosts.

30:7  And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.

7  And it shall be made desolate in the midst of desolate countries, and their cities shall be desolate in the midst of desolate cities

7  And they will be scattered into the midst of desolate lands, and its cities will be in the midst of cities that have been deserted.

30:8  And they shall know that I am YHWH, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.

30:9  In that day shall messengers go forth from before Me in ships to make the confident Ethiopians afraid; and there shall come convulsion upon them in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh.

9  In that day, messengers will go forth from my face in Greek warships, in order to crush the confidence of Ethiopia. And there will be dread among them in the day of Egypt; for without doubt, it will happen.

30:10  Thus saith YHWH GOD: I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease, by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

10  Thus saith he Lord God; I will also destroy the multitude of the Egyptians by the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon,

10  Thus says the Lord God: By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, I will cause the multitude of Egypt to cease.

30:11  He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

30:12  And I will make the rivers dry, and will give the land over into the hand of evil men; and I will make the land desolate, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers; I YHWH have spoken it.

12  And I will make their rivers desolate, and will destroy the land and the fulness of it by the hands of strangers: I the Lord have spoken.

12  And I will cause the channels of the rivers to dry up. And I will deliver the land into the hand of the most wicked. And by the hands of foreigners, I will utterly destroy the land and its plenitude. I, the Lord, have spoken.

30:13  Thus saith YHWH GOD: I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause the things of nought to cease from Noph; and there shall be no more a prince out of the land of Egypt; and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

13  For thus saith the Lord God; I will also destroy the nobles from Memphis, and the princes of Memphis out of the land of Egypt; and they shall be no more.

30:14  And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.

14  And I will destroy the land of Phathore, and will send fire upon Tanis, and will execute vengeance on Diospolis.

30:15  And I will pour My fury upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.

15  And I will pour out my indignation upon Pelusium, the strength of Egypt, and I will kill the multitude of Alexandria.

30:16  And I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great convulsion, and No shall be rent asunder; and in Noph shall come adversaries in the day-time.

16  And I will send a fire upon Egypt. Pelusium will be in pain, like a woman giving birth. And Alexandria will be utterly destroyed. And in Memphis, there will be anguish every day.

16  And I will set fire in Egypt; Seen shall be terrified, and No shall be breached, and Memphis shall fall.

30:17  The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; and these cities shall go into captivity.

17  The youths of Heliopolis and Bubastum shall fall by the sword, and the women shall go into captivity.

30:18  At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her; as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

18  And the day shall be darkened in Taphnae, when I have broken there the scepters of Egypt: and the pride of her strength shall perish there: and a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall be taken prisoners.

18  And in Tahpanhes, the day will grow black, when, in that place, I will break the scepters of Egypt. And the arrogance of her authority will fail within her; a gloom will cover her. Then her daughters will be led into captivity.

30:19  Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt; and they shall know that I am YHWH.'

19  And I will execute judgement on Egypt; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

30:20  And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

20  And it happened that, in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the Lord came, me, saying

30:21  'Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it hath not been bound up to be healed, to put a roller, that it be bound up and wax strong, that it hold the sword.

21  “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And behold, it has not been wrapped, so that it might be restored to health; it has not been bound with cloths, or bandaged with linen, so that, having recovered strength, it would be able to hold the sword.

30:22  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

22  Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and I will shatter his strong arm, which has already been broken. And I will cast the sword away from his hand.

22  Therefore, thus says the LORD God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his strong arms, and I will cause the sword to fall from his hands.

30:23  And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

30:24  And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put My sword in his hand; but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.

30:25  And I will hold up the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am YHWH, when I shall put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

25  Yea, I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharao shall fail: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have put my sword into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out over the land of Egypt.

25  And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon. And the arms of Pharaoh will fall. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have given my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and when he will have extended it over the land of Egypt.

30:26  And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries; and they shall know that I am YHWH.'

26  And I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and I will scatter them among the lands. And they shall know that I am the Lord.”

31:1  And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

1  And it happened that, in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying

31:2  'Son of man, say unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude: whom art thou like in thy greatness?

2  “Son of man, speak to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to his people: To whom can you be compared in your greatness?

31:3  Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of a high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.

3  Behold, Assur is like the cedar of Lebanon, with fair branches, and full of leaves, and of high stature, and his summit has been elevated above the thick branches.

31:4  The waters nourished it, the deep made it to grow; her rivers ran round about her plantation, and she sent out her conduits unto all the trees of the field.

4  The waters have nourished him. The abyss has exalted him. Its rivers have flowed around his roots, and it has sent forth its streams to all the trees of the regions.

31:5  Therefore its stature was exalted above all the trees of the field; and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long, because of the multitude of waters, when it shot them forth.

5  Therefore, was his stature exalted above all the trees of the field, and his branches spread far by the help of much water.

5  Because of this, his height was exalted above all the trees of the regions, and his groves were multiplied, and his own branches were elevated, because of the many waters.

31:6  All the fowls of heaven made their nests in its boughs, and all the beasts of the field did bring forth their young under its branches, and under its shadow dwelt all great nations.

6  All the birds of the sky made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches all the wild beasts of the field bred; the whole multitude of nations dwelt under his shadow.

6  And when he had extended his shadow, all the birds of the air made their nests in his branches, and all the beasts of the forest conceived their young under his foliage, and an assembly of the many peoples lived under his shadow.

31:7  Thus was it fair in its greatness, in the length of its branches; for its root was by many waters.

7  And he was fair in his height by reason of the multitude of his branches: for his roots were amidst much water.

7  And he was most beautiful in his greatness and in the expansion of his groves. For his root was near many waters.

31:8  The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the cypress-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.

8  And such cypresses as this were in the paradise of God; and there were no pines like his shoots, and there were no firs like his branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty,

8  The cedars in the Paradise of God were not higher than he was. The spruce trees were not equal to his summit, and the plane trees were not equal to his fullness. No tree in the Paradise of God was similar to him or to his beauty.

31:9  I made it fair by the multitude of its branches; so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.

9  because of the multitude of his branches: and the trees of God’s paradise of delight envied him.

9  For I made him beautiful, and dense with many branches. And all the trees of delight, which were in the Paradise of God, were jealous of him.

31:10  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

10  Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Since he was sublime in height, and he made his summit green and dense, and his heart was exalted because of his height,

31:11  I do even deliver him into the hand of the mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with him; I do drive him out according to his wickedness.

11  therefore I delivered him into the hands of the prince of the nations, and he wrought his destruction.

31:12  And strangers, the terrible of the nations, do cut him off, and cast him down; upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs lie broken in all the channels of the land; and all the peoples of the earth do go down from his shadow, and do leave him.

12  And ravaging strangers from the nations have destroyed him, and have cast him down upon the mountains: his branches fell in all the valleys, and his boughs were broken in every field of the land; and all the people of the nations are gone down from their shelter, and have laid him low.

12  And foreigners, and the most cruel among the nations, will cut him down. And they will cast him on the mountains. And his branches will fall in every steep valley, and his grove will be broken apart on every cliff of the earth. And all the peoples of the earth will withdraw from his shadow, and abandon him.

31:13  Upon his carcass all the fowls of the heaven do dwell, and upon his branches are all the beasts of the field;

13  All the birds of the sky have settled on his fallen trunk, and all the wild beasts of the field came upon his boughs

13  And when it falls, all the fowls of the air shall alight upon it and all the beasts of the field shall be under its branches,

31:14  to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up in their height, even all that drink water; for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.

14  For this reason, none of the trees among the waters will exalt themselves because of their height, nor will they place their summits above the thick branches and foliage, nor will any of those that are irrigated stand out because of their height. For they have all been delivered unto death, to the lowest part of the earth, into the midst of the sons of men, those who descend into the pit.

31:15  Thus saith YHWH GOD: In the day when he went down to the nether-world I caused the deep to mourn and cover itself for him, and I restrained the rivers thereof, and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

15  Thus saith the Lord God; In the day wherein he went down to Hades, the deep mourned for him: and I stayed her floods, and restrained her abundance of water: and Libanus saddened for him, all the trees of the field fainted for him.

15  Thus says the Lord God: In the day when he descended into hell, I led in grieving. I covered him with the abyss. And I held back its rivers, and I restrained the many waters. Lebanon was saddened over him, and all the trees of the field were struck together.

31:16  I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to the nether-world with them that descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

31:17  They also went down into the nether-world with him unto them that are slain by the sword; yea, they that were in his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

17  For they went down to hell with him among the slain with the sword; and his seed, even they that dwelt under his shadow, perished in the midst of their life.

31:18  To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth; thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith YHWH GOD.'

18  To whom art thou compared? descend, and be thou debased with the trees of paradise to the depth of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword. Thus shall Pharao be, and the multitude of his host, saith the Lord God.

18  To whom can you be compared, O famous and sublime one, among the trees of pleasure? Behold, you have been brought down, with the trees of pleasure, to the lowest part of the earth. You will sleep in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who have been slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh, and all his multitude, says the Lord God.”

32:1  And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

1  And it happened that, in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying

32:2  'Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him: thou didst liken thyself unto a young lion of the nations; whereas thou art as a dragon in the seas; and thou didst gush forth with thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters with thy feet, and foul their rivers.

2  “Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him: You are like the lion of the Gentiles, and like the dragon that is in the sea. And you brandished a horn among your rivers, and you disturbed the waters with your feet, and you trampled upon their rivers.

2  Son of man, make a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, You are like a lion among the nations and you are like a sea monster; you come forth in your rivers, and trouble the waters with your feet and foul their rivers.

32:3  Thus saith YHWH GOD: I will therefore spread out My net over thee with a company of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in My net.

3  Thus saith the Lord; I will also cast over thee the nets of many nations, and will bring thee up with my hook

3  Because of this, thus says the Lord God: I will spread my net over you, with the multitude of many peoples, and I will draw you into my dragnet.

32:4  And I will cast thee upon the land, I will hurl thee upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to settle upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

4  And I will throw you upon the land. I will cast you upon the surface of the field. And I will cause all the birds of the air to live upon you. And I will satiate the beasts of the entire earth with you.

4  Then I will cast you out upon the land; I will cast you forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the air to alight upon you and will fill the wild beasts of the whole earth with you.

32:5  And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy foulness.

32:6  I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the channels shall be full of thee.

6  And the land shall be drenched with thy dung, because of thy multitude upon the mountains: I will fill the valleys with thee.

6  And I will irrigate the earth with your rotting blood upon the mountains. And the valleys will be filled with you.

32:7  And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

7  And I will cover heaven, when you will have been extinguished. And I will cause its stars to grow dark. I will shroud the sun with gloom, and the moon will not give her light.

32:8  All the bright lights of heaven will I make black over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith YHWH GOD.

8  I will cause all the lights of heaven to grieve over you. And I will bring darkness upon your land, says the Lord God, when your wounded will have fallen in the midst of the land, says the Lord God.

32:9  I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

9  And I will provoke to anger the heart of many people, when I shall lead thee captive among the nations, to a land which thou hast not know.

32:10  Yea, I will make many peoples appalled at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish My sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

10  And many nations shall mourn over thee, and their kings shall be utterly amazed, when my sword flies in their faces, as they wait for their own fall from the day of thy fall.

10  And I will cause many peoples to be stupefied over you. And their kings will be afraid, with great horror, over you, when my sword will begin to fly above their faces. And suddenly, they will be struck with astonishment, each one concerning his own life, on the day of their ruination.

32:11  For thus saith YHWH GOD: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

11  For thus says the LORD God: The sword of Babylon shall come upon you.

32:12  By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall; the terrible of the nations are they all; and they shall spoil the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

12  with the swords of mighty men; and I will cast down thy strength: they are all destroying ones from the nations, and they shall destroy the pride of Egypt, and all her strength shall be crushed.

32:13  I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside many waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.

13  And I will destroy all her cattle from beside the great water; and the foot of man shall not trouble it any more, and the step of cattle shall no more trample it.

13  And I will perish all its cattle, which were above the many waters. And the foot of man will no longer disturb them, and the hoof of cattle will no longer trouble them.

32:14  Then will I make their waters to settle, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith YHWH GOD.

14  Thus shall their waters then be at rest, and their rivers shall flow like oil, saith the Lord,

14  Then I will cause their waters to be very pure, and their rivers to be like oil, says the Lord God,

32:15  When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and waste, a land destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am YHWH.

15  when I will have set the land of Egypt in desolation. And the land will be deprived of her plenitude, when I will have struck all its inhabitants. And they shall know that I am the Lord.

15  When I have made the land of Egypt desolate, the land shall be destitute in its fullness; when I shall smite all its inhabitants, they shall know that I am the LORD.

32:16  This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament; the daughters of the nations shall lament therewith; for Egypt, and for all her multitude, shall they lament therewith, saith YHWH GOD.'

16  There is a lamentation, and thou shalt utter it; and the daughters of the nations shall utter it, even for Egypt, and they shall mourn for it over all the strength thereof, saith the Lord God.

32:17  It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

17  And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

17  And it happened that, in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying

32:18  'Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, with the daughters of the mighty nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

18  Son of man, lament over the strength of Egypt, for the nations shall bring down her daughters dead to the depth of the earth, to them that go down to the pit.

32:19  Whom dost thou pass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

19  They shall fall with him in the midst of them that are slain with the sword, and all his strength shall perish: the giants also shall say to thee,

32:20  They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword; she is delivered to the sword; draw her down and all her multitudes.

20  Be thou in the depth of the pit: to whom art thou superior? yea, go down, and lie with the uncircumcised,

20  They will fall by the sword in the midst of the slain. The sword has been given. They have dragged her down, with all her people.

32:21  The strong among the mighty shall speak of him out of the midst of the nether-world with them that helped him; they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

21  in the midst of them that are slain with the sword.

21  The most powerful among the strong will speak to him from the midst of hell, those who descended with his helpers and who went to sleep uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

32:22  Asshur is there and all her company; their graves are round about them; all of them slain, fallen by the sword;

22  There are Assur and all his company: all his slain have been laid there

22  Assur is in that place, with all his multitude. Their graves are all around him: all of the slain and those who fell by the sword.

32:23  whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.

23  and their burial is in the depth of the pit, and his company are set around about his tomb: all the slain that fell by the sword, who had caused the fear of them to be upon the land of the living.

23  Their graves have been placed in the lowest parts of the pit. And his multitude was stationed on all sides of his grave: all of the slain, and those who fell by the sword, who formerly spread terror in the land of the living.

32:24  There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.

24  Elam is in that place, with all his multitude, on all sides of his grave, all those who were slain or who fell by the sword, who descended uncircumcised to the lowest part of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living. And they have borne their disgrace, with those who descend into the pit.

32:25  They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; because their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit; they are put in the midst of them that are slain.

25  in the midst of the slain.

25  They have appointed him a place to lie among all his people, in the midst of the slain. Their graves are all around him. All these are uncircumcised and were slain by the sword. For they spread their terror in the land of the living, and they have borne their disgrace, with those who descend into the pit. They have been stationed in the midst of the slain.

32:26  There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude; her graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; because they caused their terror in the land of the living.

26  There were laid Mosoch, and Thobel, and all his strength round about his tomb: all his slain men, all the uncircumcised, slain with the sword, who caused their fear to be in the land of the living.

26  Meshech and Tubal are in that place, with all their multitude. Their graves are all around him: all these are uncircumcised, and they were slain and fell by the sword. For they spread their terror in the land of the living.

32:27  And they that are inferior to the uncircumcised shall not lie with the mighty that are gone down to the nether-world with their weapons of war, whose swords are laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones; because the terror of the mighty was in the land of the living.

27  And they are laid with the giants that fell of old, who went down to Hades with their weapons of war: and they laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities were upon their bones, because they terrified all men during their life.

27  But they shall not sleep with the strong, and with those who also fell uncircumcised, who descended to hell with their weapons, and who placed their swords under their heads, while their iniquities were in their bones. For they were the terror of the strong in the land of the living.

32:28  But thou, in the midst of the uncircumcised shalt thou be broken and lie, even with them that are slain by the sword.

28  Therefore, you also will be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and you will sleep with those who were slain by the sword.

28  You also shall sleep among the uncircumcised and shall lie among the slain by the sword.

32:29  There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword; they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

29  There are laid the princes of Assur, who yielded their strength to a wound of the sword: these are laid with the slain, with them that go down to the pit.

29  Idumea is in that place, with her kings and all her commanders, who with their army have been given to those who were slain by the sword. And they have slept with the uncircumcised and with those who descend into the pit.

32:30  There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, who are gone down with the slain, ashamed for all the terror which they caused by their might, and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

30  All the leaders of the north are in that place, with all the hunters, who were brought down with the slain, fearful and confounded in their strength, who have gone to sleep uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. And they have borne their disgrace, with those who descend into the pit.

32:31  These shall Pharaoh see, and shall be comforted over all his multitude; even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, saith YHWH GOD.

31  King Pharao shall see them, and shall be comforted over all their force, saith the Lord God.

31  Pharaoh saw them, and he was consoled over all his multitude, which was slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his army, says the Lord God.

32:32  For I have put My terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith YHWH GOD.'

32  For I have caused his destruction in the land of the living, and caused him to be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with those that are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh, he and all his army, says the LORD God.

33:1  And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

33:2  'Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them: When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman;

2  “Son of man, speak to the sons of your people, and you shall say to them: Concerning the land, when I will have led the sword over it: if the people of the land take a man, one of their least, and appoint him over themselves as a watchman,

33:3  if, when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the horn, and warn the people;

3  and he shall see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and sound an alarm to the people;

3  and if he sees the sword approaching over the land, and he sounds the trumpet, and he announces to the people,

33:4  then whosoever heareth the sound of the horn, and taketh not warning, if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head;

4  and he that hears the sound of the trumpet shall hear indeed, and yet not take heed, and the sword shall come upon him, and overtake him, his blood shall be upon his own head.

4  then, having heard the sound of the trumpet, whoever he is, if he also does not take care of himself, and the sword arrives and takes him: his blood will be upon his own head.

33:5  he heard the sound of the horn, and took not warning, his blood shall be upon him; whereas if he had taken warning, he would have delivered his soul.

5  Because he heard the sound of the trumpet, and took no heed, his blood shall be upon him: but the other, because he took heed, has delivered his soul.

5  But if he should take heed, he shall deliver his life.

33:6  But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the horn, and the people be not warned, and the sword do come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

6  And if the watchman sees the sword approaching, and he does not sound the trumpet, and so the people do not guard themselves, and the sword arrives and takes some of their lives, certainly these have been taken due to their own iniquity. But I will attribute their blood to the hand of the watchman.

6  But when the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and does not warn the people, and the sword comes and takes the life from among them, that life is taken away in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at the watchman's hand.

33:7  So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore, when thou shalt hear the word at My mouth, warn them from Me.

7  And thou, son of man, I have set thee as a watchman to the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear a word from my mouth.

7  And as for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore, having heard the word from my mouth, you shall announce it to them from me.

33:8  When I say unto the wicked: O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.

8  When I say to the sinner, Thou shalt surely die; if thou speak not to warn the wicked from his way, the wicked himself shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

8  When I say to the impious, ‘O impious man, you will die a death,’ if you have not spoken so that the impious man will keep himself from his way, then that impious man will die in his iniquity. But I will attribute his blood to your hand.

33:9  Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul.

9  But if thou forewarn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way, he shall die in his ungodliness; but thou hast delivered thine own soul.

9  But if you have announced to the impious man, so that he may be converted from his ways, and he has not converted from his way, then he will die in his iniquity. Yet you will have freed your own soul.

33:10  Therefore, O thou son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying: Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live?

33:11  Say unto them: As I live, saith YHWH GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

33:12  And thou, son of man, say unto the children of thy people: The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not stumble thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall he that is righteous be able to live thereby in the day that he sinneth.

12  Say to the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him, in the day wherein he errs: and the iniquity of the ungodly shall not harm him, in the day wherein he turns from his iniquity, but the righteous erring shall not be able to deliver himself.

12  And as for you then, son of man, say to the sons of your people: The justice of the just man will not deliver him, on whatever day he will have sinned. And the impiety of the impius man will not harm him, on whatever day he will have been converted from his impiety. And the just man will not be able to live by his justice, on whatever day he will have sinned.

33:13  When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, for it shall he die.

13  Even now, if I say to the just man that he shall certainly live, and so, with confidence in his justice, he commits iniquity, all his justices will be delivered into oblivion, and by his iniquity, which he has done, by this he shall die.

13  When I shall say to the righteous that he shall surely live, and he trusts in his own righteousness and then commits iniquity, all his righteousness which he had done shall not be remembered to him; but for the iniquity which he has committed, he shall die.

33:14  Again, when I say unto the wicked: Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

14  And when I say to the ungodly, Thou shalt surely die; and he shall turn from his sin, and do judgement and justice,

14  And if I say to the impious man, ‘You shall certainly die,’ and yet he repents from his sin, and he does judgment and justice,

33:15  if the wicked restore the pledge, give back that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

15  and return the pledge, and repay that which he has robbed, and walk in the ordinances of life, so as to do no wrong; he shall surely live, and shall not die.

33:16  None of his sins that he hath committed shall be remembered against him; he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

16  None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered: because he has wrought judgement and righteousness; by them shall he live.

33:17  Yet the children of thy people say: The way of YHWH is not equal; but as for them, their way is not equal.

17  And the sons of your people have said, ‘The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,’ even while their own way is unjust.

17  Yet your people say, The way of the LORD is not fair; but it is their own ways that are not fair.

33:18  When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

18  For when the just man will have withdraw from his justice, and committed iniquities, he shall die by these.

18  When a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die in his iniquity.

33:19  And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

19  And when the sinner turns from his iniquity, and shall do judgement and righteousness, he shall live by them.

19  And when the impious man will have withdrawn from his impiety, and have done judgment and justice, he shall live by these.

33:20  Yet ye say: The way of YHWH is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.'

20  And this is that which ye said, The way of the Lord is not straight. I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one for his ways.

33:21  And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying: 'The city is smitten.'

21  And it happened that, in the twelfth year of our transmigration, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, one who had fled from Jerusalem arrived saying, “The city has been laid waste.”

33:22  Now the hand of YHWH had been upon me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and He had opened my mouth against his coming to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

22  But the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening, before the one who had fled arrived. And he opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning. And since my mouth had been opened, I was no longer silent.

33:23  Then the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

23  And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

33:24  'Son of man, they that inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying: Abraham was one, and he inherited the land; but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.

24  Son of man, they that inhabit the desolate places on the land of Israel say, Abram was one, and he possessed the land: and we are more numerous; to us the land is given for a possession.

24  “Son of man, as for those who live in these ruinous ways on the soil of Israel, when speaking, they say: ‘Abraham was one man, and he possessed the land as an inheritance. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.’

33:25  Wherefore say unto them: Thus saith YHWH GOD. Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood; and shall ye possess the land?

25  Therefore, you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: You who eat even the blood, and who lift up your eyes to your uncleannesses, and who shed blood: will you possess the land as an inheritance?

25  Therefore say to them, Thus says the LORD God: Because you eat meat with the blood and lift up your eyes toward your idols and drink blood, do you expect to inherit the land?

33:26  Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife; and shall ye possess the land?

26  You stood by your swords, you committed abominations, and each one has defiled his neighbor’s wife. And will you possess the land as an inheritance?

26  You rely on your swords, you commit abomination, and you defile every one his neighbor's wife; and do you expect to inherit the land?

33:27  Thus shalt thou say unto them: Thus saith YHWH GOD: As I live, surely they that are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

27  You shall say these things to them: So says the Lord God: As I live, those who live in ruinous ways will fall by the sword. And whoever is in the field will be delivered over to wild beasts to be devoured. But those who are in fortresses and in caves will die of the pestilence.

33:28  And I will make the land most desolate, and the pride of her power shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, so that none shall pass through.

28  And I will make the land into a wilderness and a desert. And its arrogant strength will fail. And the mountains of Israel will be desolate; for there will be no one who crosses through them.

33:29  Then shall they know that I am YHWH, when I have made the land most desolate, because of all their abominations which they have committed.

29  And they shall know that I am the Lord; and I will make their land desert, and it shall be made desolate because of all their abominations which they have wrought.

33:30  And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people that talk of thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying: Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from YHWH;

30  And as for you, O Son of man, your people are gossiping about you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come and hear what is the word that comes forth from the LORD.

33:31  and come unto thee as the people cometh, and sit before thee as My people, and hear thy words, but do them not--for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness;

31  And they come to you, as if the people were entering, and my people sit before you. And they listen to your words, but they do not do them. For they turn them into a song for their mouth, but their heart pursues their own avarice.

31  And the people come to you and sit before you, and they hear your words, but they will not do them, because their mouths are full of falsehood and they follow after the thoughts of their own hearts.

33:32  and, lo, thou art unto them as a love song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; so they hear thy words, but they do them not--

32  And thou art to them as a sound of a sweet, well-tuned psaltery, and they will hear thy words, but they will not do them.

33:33  when this cometh to pass--behold, it cometh--then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.'

33  But whenever it shall come to pass, they will say, Behold, it is come: and they shall know that there was a prophet in the midst of them.

33  And when what has been predicted occurs, for behold it is approaching, then they shall know that a prophet was among them.”

34:1  And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

34:2  'Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that have fed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep?

2  “Son of man, prophesy about the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and you shall say to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the flocks be fed by the shepherds?

34:3  Ye did eat the fat, and ye clothed you with the wool, ye killed the fatlings; but ye fed not the sheep.

3  You consumed the milk, and you covered yourselves with the wool, and you killed what was fattened. But my flock you did not feed.

3  You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool and sacrifice the fat ones; but you do not feed the flock.

34:4  The weak have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought back that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force have ye ruled over them and with rigour.

4  The weak one ye have not strengthened, and the sick ye have not cherished, and the bruised ye have not bound up, and the stray one ye have not turned back, and the lost ye have not sought; and the strong ye have wearied with labour.

4  What was weak, you have not strengthened, and what was sick, you have not healed. What was broken, you have not bound, and what was cast aside, you have not led back again, and what was lost, you have not sought. Instead, you ruled over them with severity and with power.

34:5  So were they scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

5  And my sheep were scattered, because there were no shepherds: and they became meat to all the wild beasts of the field.

34:6  My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill, yea, upon all the face of the earth were My sheep scattered, and there was none that did search or seek.

6  And my sheep were scattered on every mountain, and on every high hill: yea, they were scattered on the face of the earth, and there was none to seek them out, nor to bring them back.

6  My sheep have wandered to every mountain and to every exalted hill. And my flocks have been scattered across the face of the earth. And there was no one who sought them; there was no one, I say, who sought them.

34:7  Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of YHWH

7  Because of this, O shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord

34:8  As I live, saith YHWH GOD, surely forasmuch as My sheep became a prey, and My sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did My shepherds search for My sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not My sheep;

8  As I live, says the Lord God, since my flocks have become a prey, and my sheep have been devoured by all the wild beasts of the field, since there was no shepherd, for my shepherds did not seek my flock, but instead the shepherds fed themselves, and they did not feed my flocks

34:9  therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of YHWH

9  For this cause, O shepherds,

9  because of this, O shepherds, listen to the word of the Lord

34:10  Thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require My sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver My sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

10  Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will be over the shepherds. I will require my flock at their hand, and I will cause them to cease, so that they no longer refrain from feeding the flock. Neither will the shepherds feed themselves any more. And I will deliver my flock from their mouth; and it will no longer be food for them.

10  Thus says the LORD God: Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding my flock again; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them any more.

34:11  For thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, here am I, and I will search for My sheep, and seek them out.

11  For thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will seek out my sheep, and will visit them.

34:12  As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are separated, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness.

34:13  And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the habitable places of the country.

34:14  I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be; there shall they lie down in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

14  I will feed them in very fertile pastures, and their pastures will be on the lofty mountains of Israel. There they will rest on the green grass, and they will be fed in the fat pastures, on the mountains of Israel.

34:15  I will feed My sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, saith YHWH GOD.

15  I myself will feed my sheep and I will cause them to lie down, says the LORD God.

34:16  I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick; and the fat and the strong I will destroy, I will feed them in justice.

16  I will seek what had been lost. And I will lead back again what had been cast aside. And I will bind up what had been broken. And I will strengthen what had been infirm. And I will preserve what was fat and strong. And I will feed them on judgment.

34:17  And as for you, O My flock, thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, even the rams and the he- goats.

17  And as for you, ye sheep, thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will distinguish between sheep and sheep, between rams and he-goats.

17  But as for you, O my flocks, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, among rams and among he-goats.

34:18  Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have fed upon the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the settled waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

18  And is it not enough for you that ye fed on the good pasture, that ye trampled with your feet the remnant of your pasture? and that ye drank the standing water, that ye disturbed the residue with your feet?

18  Was it not enough for you to feed upon good pastures? For you even trample with your feet upon the remainder of your pastures. And when you drank the purist water, you disturbed the remainder with your feet.

34:19  And as for My sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

19  So my sheep fed on that which ye had trampled with your feet; and they drank the water that had been disturbed by your feet.

19  And my sheep were pastured from what you had trampled with your feet, and they drank from what your feet had disturbed.

34:20  Therefore thus saith YHWH GOD unto them: Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and the lean cattle.

20  Because of this, thus says the Lord God to you: Behold, I myself am judging between the fat cattle and the lean.

34:21  Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the weak with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;

21  Ye did thrust with your sides and shoulders, and pushed with your horns, and ye cruelly treated all the sick.

21  For you have pushed with your sides and shoulders, and you have threatened all the weak cattle with your horns, until they were scattered abroad.

34:22  therefore will I save My flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

22  I will save my flock, and it will be no longer be a prey, and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

34:23  And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even My servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

23  And I will raise up over them ONE SHEPHERD, who will feed them, my servant David. He himself will feed them, and he will be their shepherd.

34:24  And I YHWH will be their God, and My servant David prince among them; I the YHWH have spoken.

24  and I the Lord will be to them a God, and David a prince in the midst of them; I the Lord have spoken it.

24  And I, the Lord, will be their God. And my servant David will be the leader in their midst. I, the Lord, have spoken.

34:25  And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

34:26  And I will make them and the places round about My hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.

26  And I will settle them round about my mountain; and I will give you the rain, the rain of blessing.

26  And I will give them my blessing round about my hill; and I will send down the rain in its season; and it shall be a shower of blessing.

34:27  And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield her produce, and they shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am YHWH, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.

34:28  And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beast of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

28  And they will no longer be a prey to the Gentiles, nor will the wild beasts of the earth devour them. Instead, they will live in confidence without any terror.

34:29  And I will raise up unto them a plantation for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the nations any more.

34:30  And they shall know that I YHWH their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people, saith YHWH GOD.

34:31  And ye My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith YHWH GOD.'

31  For you are my flocks; the flocks of my pasture are men. And I am the Lord your God, says the Lord God.”

31  And you are my sheep, the flock of my pasture; you are men, and I am your God, says the LORD.

35:1  Moreover the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

1  And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

35:2  'Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

2  “Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and you shall prophesy about it, and you shall say to it

35:3  and say unto it: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out My hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

3  and say to it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and will make thee a waste, and thou shalt be made desolate.

3  Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, mount Seir, and I will extend my hand over you, and I will make you desolate and deserted.

35:4  I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate; and thou shalt know that I am YHWH.

4  And I will cause desolation in thy cities, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

4  I will tear down your cities, and you will be deserted. And you shall know that I am the Lord.

35:5  Because thou hast had a hatred of old, and hast hurled the children of Israel unto the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;

5  For you have been a continual adversary, and you have enclosed the sons of Israel, by the hands of the sword, in the time of their affliction, in the time of extreme iniquity.

5  Because you have had a perpetual enmity and delivered the children of Israel over to the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time when their iniquity had come to an end,

35:6  therefore, as I live, saith YHWH GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee; surely thou hast hated thine own blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee.

6  Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, verily thou hast sinned even to blood, therefore blood shall pursue thee.

6  Because of this, as I live, says the Lord God, I will hand you over to blood, and blood will pursue you. Even though you have hated blood, blood will pursue you.

35:7  Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth through and him that returneth.

7  And I will make mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off it men and cattle

7  I will make mount Seir waste and desolate, and destroy from it him that goes out and him that comes in.

35:8  And I will fill his mountains with his slain; in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy streams shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

8  And I will fill up its mountains with its slain. In your hills, and in your valleys, as well as in your torrents, the slain will fall by the sword.

35:9  I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return; and ye shall know that I am YHWH.

9  I will hand you over to everlasting desolations, and your cities will not be inhabited. And you shall know that I am the Lord God.

35:10  Because thou hast said: These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas YHWH was there;

10  For you have said, ‘Two nations and two lands will be mine, and I will possess them as an inheritance,’ though the Lord was in that place.

10  Because you have said, These two nations and these two kingdoms are mine, and we will possess them, though the LORD was there;

35:11  therefore, as I live, saith YHWH GOD, I will do according to thine anger and according to thine envy, which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make Myself known among them, when I shall judge thee.

11  therefore, as I live, saith the Lord, I will even deal with thee according to thine enmity, and I will be made known to thee when I shall judge thee

11  Because of this, as I live, says the Lord God, I will act in accord with your own wrath, and in accord with your own zeal, by which you have acted with hatred toward them. And I will be made known by them, when I will have judged you.

35:12  And thou shalt know that I YHWH have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying: They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.

12  And you shall know that I, the Lord, have heard all your disgraces, which you have spoken about the mountains of Israel, saying: ‘They are deserted. They have been given to us to devour.’

35:13  And ye have magnified yourselves against Me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against Me; I have heard it.

13  and thou hast spoken swelling words against me with thy mouth: I have heard them.

13  And you rose up against me with your mouth, and you disparaged against me with your words. I have heard.

35:14  Thus saith YHWH GOD: When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.

14  Thus says the Lord God: When the whole earth will rejoice, I will reduce you to solitude.

14  Thus says the LORD God to mount Seir which is situated at the happiest place on the earth: I will make you desolate.

35:15  As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee; thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it; and they shall know that I am YHWH.

15  Thou shalt be desert, O mount Seir, and all Idumea; and it shall be utterly consumed: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord their God.

15  Just as you have rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, when it was laid waste, so will I act toward you. You will be laid waste, O mount Seir, with all of Idumea. And they shall know that I am the Lord.”

36:1  And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say: Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of YHWH.

1  “But as for you, son of man, prophesy over the mountains of Israel, and you shall say: O mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord.

1  ALSO, you Son of man, prophesy concerning the mountains of Israel, and say to the mountains of Israel, Hear the word of the LORD;

36:2  Thus saith YHWH GOD: Because the enemy hath said against you: Aha! even the ancient high places are ours in possession;

2  Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, the old waste places are become a possession for us

2  Thus says the Lord God: Because the enemy has said about you: ‘It is well! The everlasting heights have been given to us as an inheritance!’

36:3  therefore prophesy, and say: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the rest of the nations, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;

3  therefore prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have been dishonoured, and hated by those round about you, that ye might be a possession to the remainder of the nations, and ye became a by-word, and a reproach to the nations

3  because of this, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord God: Because you have been made desolate, and you have been trampled on every side, and you have been made into an inheritance for the remainder of the nations, and because you rose up, over the tip of the tongue and over the shame of the people,

36:4  therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of YHWH GOD: Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about;

4  because of this, O mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord God. Thus says the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the torrents, and to the valleys, and to the deserts, and to the ruins, and to the forsaken cities, which have been depopulated and ridiculed by the remainder of the nations all around

36:5  therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: Surely in the fire of My jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed My land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with disdain of soul, to cast it out for a prey;

5  Because of this, thus says the Lord God: In the fire of my zeal, I have spoken about the remainder of the nations, and about all of Idumea, who have given my land to themselves, joyfully, as an inheritance, and with all the heart and mind, and who have cast it out, so that they may lay waste to it.

5  Therefore, thus says the LORD God: Surely in the fire of my indignation have I spoken against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, because they partitioned my land to themselves for an inheritance; and with the joy of their heart they have reproached the people that they might carry them captive and plunder them.

36:6  therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains and to the hills, to the streams and to the valleys: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My fury, because ye have borne the shame of the nations;

6  Therefore, prophesy over the soil of Israel, and you shall say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the ridges, and to the valleys: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I have spoken in my zeal and in my fury, because you have endured the shame of the Gentiles.

36:7  therefore thus saith YHWH GOD: I have lifted up My hand: Surely the nations that are round about you, they shall bear their shame.

7  therefore I will lift up my hand against the nations that are round about you; they shall bear their reproach.

7  Therefore, thus says the Lord God: I have lifted up my hand, so that the Gentiles, who are all around you, will themselves bear their shame.

36:8  But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to My people Israel; for they are at hand to come.

8  But your grapes and your fruits, O mountains of Israel, shall my people eat; for they are hoping to come.

8  But as for you, O mountains of Israel, spring forth your branches, and bear your fruit, to my people Israel. For they are close to their advent.

36:9  For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown;

9  For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be plowed, and you will receive seed.

36:10  and I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it; and the cities shall be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded;

36:11  and I will multiply upon you man and beast, and they shall increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited after your former estate, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings; and ye shall know that I am YHWH.

11  And I will multiply men and cattle upon you; and I will cause you to dwell as at the beginning, and will treat you well, as in your former times: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

11  And I will fill you again with men and with cattle. And they will be multiplied, and they will increase. And I will cause you to live as from the beginning, and I will give you even greater gifts than those you had from the start. And you shall know that I am the Lord.

36:12  Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel, and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance; and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of children.

12  And I will increase men upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall inherit you, and ye shall be to them for a possession; and ye shall no more be bereaved of them.

12  And I will lead men over you, over my people Israel, and they will possess you as an inheritance. And you shall be to them as an inheritance. And you shall no longer be permitted to be without them.

36:13  Thus saith YHWH GOD: Because they say unto you: Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nations;

13  Thus says the Lord God: Because they are saying about you, ‘You are a woman who devours men, and you are strangling your own nation,’

36:14  therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith YHWH GOD;

14  because of this, you shall no longer consume men, and you shall no longer harm your own nation, says the Lord God.

14  Therefore, from henceforth you shall devour men no more, neither shall you be bereaved of your people any more, says the LORD God.

36:15  neither will I suffer the shame of the nations any more to be heard against thee, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the peoples any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to stumble any more, saith YHWH GOD.'

15  And there shall no more be heard against you the reproach of the nations, and ye shall no more bear the revilings of the peoples, saith the Lord God.

36:16  Moreover the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

16  And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

36:17  'Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings; their way before Me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

17  Son of man, the house of Israel dwelt upon their land, and defiled it by their way, and with their idols, and with their uncleannesses; and their way was before me like the uncleanness of a removed woman.

17  “Son of man, the house of Israel lived on their own soil, and they defiled it with their ways and with their intentions. Their way, in my sight, became like the uncleanness of a menstruous woman.

36:18  Wherefore I poured out My fury upon them for the blood which they had shed upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;

18  So I poured out my wrath upon them

18  And so I poured out my indignation upon them, because of the blood which they shed upon the land, and because they defiled it with their idols.

36:19  and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries; according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

36:20  And when they came unto the nations, whither they came, they profaned My holy name; in that men said of them: These are the people of YHWH, and are gone forth out of His land.

36:21  But I had pity for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, whither they came.

21  but I spared them for the sake of my holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations, among whom they went.

21  But I have spared my holy name, which the house of Israel has defiled among the Gentiles, to whom they entered.

36:22  Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus saith YHWH GOD: I do not this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye came.

22  For this reason, you shall say to the house of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: I will act, not for your sake, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have defiled among the Gentiles, to whom you entered.

36:23  And I will sanctify My great name, which hath been profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am YHWH, saith YHWH GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

23  So that I may sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the Gentiles, which you have caused to be profaned among them; and the Gentiles shall know that I am the LORD, says the LORD God, when my name shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

36:24  For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.

24  Certainly, I will take you away from the Gentiles, and I will gather you together from all the lands, and I will lead you into your own land.

36:25  And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

25  Then I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and I shall purify you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.

36:26  A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

26  And I will give to you a new heart, and I will place in you a new spirit. And I will take away the heart of stone from your body, and I will give to you a heart of flesh.

36:27  And I will put My spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep Mine ordinances, and do them.

27  And I will place my Spirit in your midst. And I will act so that you may walk in my precepts and keep my judgments, and so that you may fulfill them.

36:28  And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be My people, and I will be your God.

36:29  And I will save you from all your uncleannesses; and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

36:30  And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.

36:31  Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

36:32  Not for your sake do I this, saith YHWH GOD, be it known unto you; be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

32  It is not for your sakes that I will act, says the Lord God; let this be known to you. Be confounded and ashamed over your own ways, O house of Israel.

32  But you must know, it is not for your sake that I am doing these things, says the LORD God; now be ashamed and refrain from your evil ways, that you may not die, O house of Israel.

36:33  Thus saith YHWH GOD: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be builded.

33  Thus says the Lord God: In the day when I will have cleansed you from all your iniquities, and when I will have caused the cities to be inhabited, and when I will have restored the ruinous places,

36:34  And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by.

34  and the desolate land shall be cultivated, whereas it was desolate in the eyes of every one that passed by.

36:35  And they shall say: This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.

35  then they shall say: ‘This uncultivated land has become a garden of delight, and the cities, which were deserted and destitute and overturned, have been settled and fortified.’

36:36  Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I YHWH have builded the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate; I the YHWH have spoken it, and I will do it.

36  And the nations, as many as shall have been left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have built the ruined cities and planted the waste lands: I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.

36:37  Thus saith YHWH GOD: I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

37  Thus saith the Lord God; Yet for this will I be sought by the house of Israel, to establish them; I will multiply them even men as sheep;

37  Thus says the Lord God: Even in this time, the house of Israel shall find me, so that I may act for them. I will multiply them like a flock of men,

36:38  As the flock for sacrifice, as the flock of Jerusalem in her appointed seasons, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men; and they shall know that I am YHWH.'

38  like a holy flock, like the flock of Jerusalem in her solemnities. So shall the deserted cities be filled with flocks of men. And they shall know that I am the Lord.”

37:1  The hand of YHWH was upon me, and the YHWH carried me out in a spirit, and set me down in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones;

1  And the hand of the Lord came upon me, and the Lord brought me forth by the Spirit, and set me in the midst of the plain, and it was full of human bones.

37:2  and He caused me to pass by them round about, and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

2  And he led me round about them every way: and, behold, there were very many on the face of the plain, very dry.

37:3  And He said unto me: 'Son of man, can these bones live?' And I answered: 'O Lord GOD, Thou knowest.'

3  And he said to me, “Son of man, do you think that these bones will live?” And I said, “O Lord God, you know.”

37:4  Then He said unto me: 'Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them: O ye dry bones, hear the word of YHWH

4  And he said to me, Prophesy upon these bones, and thou shalt say to them, Ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

37:5  Thus saith YHWH GOD unto these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live.

5  Thus saith the Lord to these bones; Behold, I will bring upon you the breath of life

5  Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will send spirit into you, and you shall live.

37:6  And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am YHWH.'

6  And I will set sinews upon you, and I will cause flesh to grow over you, and I will extend skin over you. And I will give you spirit, and you shall live. And you shall know that I am the Lord.”

37:7  So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a commotion, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

7  And I prophesied, just as he had instructed me. But a noise occurred, as I was prophesying, and behold: a commotion. And the bones joined together, each one at its joint.

37:8  And I beheld, and, lo, there were sinews upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.

8  And I looked, and behold, sinews and flesh grew upon them, and skin came upon them above: but there was not breath in them.

8  And I saw, and behold: sinews and flesh rose up over them; and skin was extended over them. But they had no spirit within them.

37:9  Then said He unto me: 'Prophesy unto the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.'

9  And he said to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord; Come from the four winds, and breathe upon these dead men, and let them live.

9  And he said to me: “Prophesy to the spirit! Prophesy, O son of man, and you shall say to the spirit: Thus says the Lord God: Approach, O spirit, from the four winds, and blow across these ones who were slain, and revive them.”

37:10  So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great host.

10  And I prophesied, just as he had instructed me. And spirit entered into them, and they lived. And they stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.

37:11  Then He said unto me: 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say: Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are clean cut off.

11  And the Lord spoke to me, saying, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: and they say, Our bones are become dry, our hope has perished, we are quite spent.

11  And he said to me: “Son of man: All these bones are the house of Israel. They say: ‘Our bones are dried out, and our hope has perished, and we have been cut off.’

37:12  Therefore prophesy, and say unto them: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.

12  therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will open your tombs, and will bring you up out of your tombs, and will bring you into the land of Israel.

12  Because of this, prophesy, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your tombs, and I will lead you away from your sepulchers, O my people. And I will lead you into the land of Israel.

37:13  And ye shall know that I am YHWH, when I have opened your graves, and caused you to come up out of your graves, O My people.

13  And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have opened your sepulchers, and when I will have led you away from your tombs, O my people.

37:14  And I will put My spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I will place you in your own land; and ye shall know that I YHWH have spoken, and performed it, saith the YHWH.'

14  And I will place my Spirit within you, and you shall live. And I will cause you to rest upon your own soil. And you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and acted, says the Lord God.”

37:15  And the word of YHWH came unto me, saying

15  The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

37:16  'And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it: For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions; then take another stick, and write upon it: For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and of all the house of Israel his companions;

16  Son of man, take for thyself a rod, and write upon it, Juda, and the children of Israel his adherents; and thou shalt take for thyself another rod, and thou shalt inscribe it for Joseph, the rod of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel that belong to him.

16  “And as for you, son of man, take up a piece of wood for yourself, and write upon it: ‘For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions.’ And take up another piece of wood, and write upon it: ‘For Joseph, the wood of Ephraim, and for the entire house of Israel, and for his companions.’

37:17  and join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.

17  And thou shalt joint them together for thyself, so as that they should bind themselves into one stick; and they shall be in thine hand.

17  And join these, one to the other, for yourself, as one piece of wood. And they will be united in your hand.

37:18  And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying: Wilt thou not tell us what thou meanest by these?

18  Then, when the sons of your people will speak to you, saying: ‘Will you not tell us what you intend by this?’

18  And if your people should say to you, Will you not show us what is the meaning of these sticks?

37:19  say into them: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them unto him together with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in My hand.

19  you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the wood of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, which are joined to him, and I will put them together with the wood of Judah, and I will make them one piece of wood. And they will be one in his hand.

37:20  And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before their eyes.

20  And the rods on which thou didst write shall be in thine hand in their presence.

20  Then the pieces of wood, on which you have written, will be in your hand, before their eyes.

37:21  And say unto them: Thus saith YHWH GOD: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land;

21  And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the whole house of Israel out of the midst of the nations, among whom they have gone, and I will gather them from all that are round about them, and I will bring them into the land of Israel.

21  And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take up the sons of Israel, from the midst of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them together on every side, and I will lead them onto their own soil.

37:22  and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;

37:23  neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; so shall they be My people, and I will be their God.

23  that they may no more defile themselves with their idols; and I will deliver them from all their transgressions whereby they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be to me a people, and I the Lord will be to them a God.

23  And they will no longer be defiled by their idols, and by their abominations, and by all their iniquities. And I will save them, out of all the settlements in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. And they will be my people, and I will be their God.

37:24  And My servant David shall be king over them, and they all shall have one shepherd; they shall also walk in Mine ordinances, and observe My statutes, and do them.

37:25  And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob My servant, wherein your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children, for ever; and David My servant shall be their prince for ever.

25  And they shall dwell in their land, which I have given to my servant Jacob, where their fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell upon it: and David my servant shall be their prince forever.

25  And they shall live upon the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived. And they shall live upon it, they and their sons, and the sons of their sons, even for all time. And David, my servant, shall be their leader, in perpetuity.

37:26  Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them--it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will establish them, and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in the midst of them for ever.

26  And I will make with them a covenant of peace; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will establish my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever.

37:27  My dwelling-place also shall be over them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

27  And my tabernacle shall be among them; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be my people.

37:28  And the nations shall know that I am YHWH that sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for ever.'