the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;

And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

The word of Jehovah also came unto me, saying,

And in the morning came the word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

Moreover the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

For I am Jehovah; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed; it shall be no more deferred: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I speak the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Again the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: There shall none of my words be deferred any more, but the word which I shall speak shall be performed, saith the Lord Jehovah.

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Jehovah:

They have seen falsehood and lying divination, that say, Jehovah saith; but Jehovah hath not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And if the prophet be deceived and speak a word, I, Jehovah, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Again the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live.

And thou art different from other women in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to play the harlot; and whereas thou givest hire, and no hire is given unto thee, therefore thou art different.

Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:

Thou art the daughter of thy mother, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

that thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be ashamed because of all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

The word of Jehovah came unto me again, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;

and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

The word of Jehovah came unto me again, saying,

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Son of man, say unto her, Thou art a land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

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

Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Also the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Then I said unto them, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

and say unto the children of Ammon, Hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, 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:

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And they shall take up a lamentation over thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, that was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, that caused their terror to be on all that dwelt there!

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

and say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest at the entry of the sea, that art the merchant of the peoples unto many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, O Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.

The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

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

behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that is hidden from thee;

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth thee.

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

All they that know thee among the peoples shall be astonished at thee: thou art become a terror, and thou shalt nevermore have any being.

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

In the tenth year, in the tenth month , in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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 Jehovah came unto me, saying,

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

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

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

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

Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: 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;

To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt 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 the Lord Jehovah.

And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And as for thee, son of man, the children of thy people 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 Jehovah.

And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not.

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Jehovah:

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

And thou, son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of Jehovah.

therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Jehovah: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses 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;

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;

Moreover the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Again he said unto me, Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of Jehovah.

The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Art thou he of whom I spake in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, that prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring thee against them?

And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall show thee; for, to the intent that I may show them unto thee, art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.