20:1 And it came to pass in the seventh
year, on the fifteenth day of the month, there came men of the elders of the
house of Israel to enquire of Yehovah, and they sat before me.
20:2 And the word of Yehovah came to me, saying,
20:3 Son of man, speak to the elders of the house of Israel, and thou shalt
say to them, Thus saith Yehovah; Are ye come to enquire of me? [As] I live,
I will not be enquired of by you, saith Yehovah.
20:4 Shall I utterly take vengeance on them, son of man? testify to them of
the iniquities of their fathers:
20:5 and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith Yehovah; From the da that I
chose the house of Israel, and became known to the seed of the house of
Jacob, and was known to them in the land of Egypt, and helped them with my
hand, saying, I am Yehovah your Elohim;
20:6 in that day I helped them with my hand, to bring them out of the land
of Egypt into the land which I prepared for them, a land flowing with milk
and honey, it is abundant beyond every land.
20:7 And I said to them, Let every one cast away the abominations of his
eyes, and defile not yourselves with the devices of Egypt: I am Yehovah
your Elohim.
20:8 But they revolted from me, and would not hearken to me: they cast not
away the abominations of their eyes, and forsook not the devices of Egypt:
then I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my wrath
upon them in the midst of Egypt.
20:9 But I wrought [so] that my name should not be at all profaned in the
sight of the Gentiles, in the midst of whom they are, among whom I was made
known to them in their sight, to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
20:10 And I brought them into the wilderness.
20:11 And I gave them my commandments, and made known to them mine
ordinances, all which [if] a man shall do, he shall even live in them.
20:12 And I gave them my sabbaths, that they should be for a sign between me
and them, that they should know that I am Yehovah that sanctify them.
20:13 And I said to the house of Israel in the wilderness, Walk ye in my
commandments: but they walked not [in them], and they rejected mine
ordinances, which [if] a man shall do, he shall even live in them; and they
grievously profaned my sabbaths: and I said that I would pour out my wrath
upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
20:14 But I wrought [so] that my name should not be at all profaned before
the Gentiles, before whose eyes I brought them out.
20:15 But I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness once for all,
that I would not bring them into the land which I gave them, a land flowing
with milk and honey, it is sweeter than all lands:
20:16 because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my
commandments, but profaned my sabbaths, and went after the imaginations of
their hearts.
20:17 Yet mine eyes spared them, so as [not] to destroy them utterly, and I
did not make an end of them in the wilderness.
20:18 And I said to their children in the wilderness, Walk not ye in the
customs of your fathers, and keep not their ordinances, and have no
fellowship with their practices, nor defile yourselves [with them].
20:19 I [am] Yehovah your Elohim; walk in my commandments, and keep mine
ordinances, and do them;
20:20 and hallow my sabbaths, and let them be a sign between me and you,
that ye may know that I am Yehovah your Elohim.
20:21 But they provoked me, and their children walked not in my
commandments, and they took no heed to mine ordinances to do them, which
[if] a man shall do, he shall even live in them, and they profaned my
sabbaths: then I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them in the
wilderness, to accomplish mine anger upon them.
20:22 But I wrought so that my name might not be at all profaned before the
Gentiles; and I brought them out in their sight.
20:23 I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness, that I would
scatter them among the Gentiles, [and] disperse them in the countries;
20:24 because they kept not mine ordinances, and rejected my commandments,
and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes went after the imaginations of
their fathers.
20:25 So I gave them commandments [that were] not good, and ordinances in
which they should not live.
20:26 And I will defile them by their [own] decrees, when I pass through
upon every one that opens the womb, that I may destroy them.
20:27 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and thou shalt
say to them, Thus saith Yehovah: Hitherto have your fathers provoke me in
their trespasses in which they transgressed against me.
20:28 Whereas I brought them into the land concerning which I lifted up mine
hand to give it them; and they looked upon every high hill, and every shady
tree, and they sacrificed there to their gods, and offered there
sweet-smelling savour, and there they poured out their drink-offerings.
20:29 And I said to them, What is Abama, that ye go in thither? and they
called its mane Abama, until this day.
20:30 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus saith Yehovah, Do ye
pollute yourselves with the iniquities of your fathers, and do ye go
a-whoring after their abominations,
20:31 and [do ye pollute yourselves] with the first-fruits of your gifts, in
the offerings wherewith ye pollute yourselves in all your imaginations,
until this day; and shall I answer you, O house of Israel? [As] I live,
saith Yehovah, I will not answer you, neither shall this thing come upon
your spirit.
20:32 And it shall not be as ye say, We will be as the nations, and as the
tribes of the earth, to worship stocks and stones.
20:33 Therefore, [as] I live, saith Yehovah, I will reign over you with a
strong hand, and with a high arm, and with outpoured wrath:
20:34 I will bring you out from the nations, and will take you out of the
lands wherein ye were dispersed, with a strong hand, and with a high arm,
and with outpoured wrath.
20:35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and will
plead with you there face to face.
20:36 As I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt,
so will I judge you, saith Yehovah.
20:37 And I will cause you to pass under my rod, and I will bring you in by
number.
20:38 And I will separate from among you the ungodly and the revolters; for
I will lead them forth out of their place of sojourning, and they shall not
enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am Yehovah, [even]
Yehovah.
20:39 And [as to] you, O house of Israel, thus saith Yehovah, [even] the
Lord; Put away each one his [evil] practices, and hereafter if ye hearken to
me, then shall ye no more profane my holy name by your gifts and by devices.
20:40 For upon my holy mountain, on the high mountain, saith Yehovah,
[even] Yehovah, there shall all the house of Israel serve me for ever: and
there will I accept [you], and there will I have respect to your
first-fruits, and the first-fruits of your offerings, in all your holy
things.
20:41 I will accept you with a sweet-smelling savour, when I bring you out
from the nations, and take you out of the countries wherein ye have been
dispersed; and I will be sanctified among you in the sight of the nations.
20:42 And ye shall know that I am Yehovah, when I have brought you into the
land of Israel, into the land concerning which I lifted up my hand to give
it to your fathers.
20:43 And ye shall there remember your ways, and your devices wherewith ye
defiled yourselves; and ye shall bewail yourselves for all your wickedness.
20:44 And ye shall know that I am Yehovah, when I have done thus to you,
that my name may not be profaned in your evil ways, and in your corrupt
devices, saith Yehovah.
20:45 And the word of Yehovah came to me, saying,
20:46 Son of man, set thy face against Thaeman, and look toward Darom, and
prophesy against the chief forest of Nageb,
20:47 and thou shalt say to the forest of Nageb, Hear the word of Yehovah;
thus saith Yehovah, [even] Yehovah; Behold, I [will] kindle a fire in
thee, and it shall devour in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the
flame that is kindled shall not be quenched, and every face shall be
scorched with it from the south to the north.
20:48 And all flesh shall know that I Yehovah have kindled it: it shall not
be quenched.
20:49 And I said, Not so, O Lord Elohim! they say to me, Is not this that is
spoken a parable? |
20:1 And it came to pass in the seventh
year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the
elders of Israel came to enquire of Yehovah, and sat before me.
20:2 Then came the word of Yehovah unto me, saying,
20:3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus
saith Yehovah GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith Yehovah
GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
20:4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to
know the abominations of their fathers:
20:5 And say unto them, Thus saith Yehovah GOD; In the day when I chose
Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and
made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand
unto them, saying, I am Yehovah your Elohim;
20:6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of
the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk
and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
20:7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his
eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am Yehovah your
Elohim.
20:8 But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did
not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they
forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them,
to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
20:9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before
the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto
them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
20:10 Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and
brought them into the wilderness.
20:11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a
man do, he shall even live in them.
20:12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and
them, that they might know that I am Yehovah that sanctify them.
20:13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they
walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man
do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then
I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume
them.
20:14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted
before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
20:15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would
not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and
honey, which is the glory of all lands;
20:16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but
polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
20:17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I
make an end of them in the wilderness.
20:18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the
statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile
yourselves with their idols:
20:19 I am Yehovah your Elohim; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments,
and do them;
20:20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you,
that ye may know that I am Yehovah your Elohim.
20:21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in
my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he
shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would
pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the
wilderness.
20:22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake,
that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I
brought them forth.
20:23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would
scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
20:24 Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my
statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their
fathers' idols.
20:25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments
whereby they should not live;
20:26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass
through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate,
to the end that they might know that I am Yehovah.
20:27 Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto
them, Thus saith Yehovah GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me,
in that they have committed a trespass against me.
20:28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up
mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the
thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they
presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their
sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
20:29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the
name whereof is called Bamah unto this day.
20:30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith Yehovah GOD; Are
ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after
their abominations?
20:31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through
the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and
shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith Yehovah
GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
20:32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say,
We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood
and stone.
20:33 As I live, saith Yehovah GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a
stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
20:34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of
the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a
stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
20:35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will
I plead with you face to face.
20:36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of
Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith Yehovah GOD.
20:37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into
the bond of the covenant:
20:38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that
transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they
sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know
that I am Yehovah.
20:39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith Yehovah GOD; Go ye, serve
ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me:
but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
20:40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel,
saith Yehovah GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the
land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your
offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
20:41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from
the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been
scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
20:42 And ye shall know that I am Yehovah, when I shall bring you into the
land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give
it to your fathers.
20:43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye
have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all
your evils that ye have committed.
20:44 And ye shall know that I am Yehovah when I have wrought with you for
my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your
corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith Yehovah GOD.
20:45 Moreover the word of Yehovah came unto me, saying,
20:46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward
the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
20:47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Yehovah; Thus
saith Yehovah GOD; 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 burned
therein.
20:48 And all flesh shall see that I Yehovah have kindled it: it shall not
be quenched.
20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? |