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But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I
prefer that he turn from his ways
and live?
But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness,
and committeth iniquity,
and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his
trespass that he hath
trespassed,
and in his sin that he hath
sinned, in them shall he die.
But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness
and practices iniquity,
committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness
and sin he has committed, he will die.
When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD.
Repent,
and turn
yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD.
Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your
downfall.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have
transgressed;
and make you a new heart
and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Cast away from
yourselves all the transgressions you have committed,
and fashion for
yourselves a new heart
and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn
yourselves,
and live ye.
For I take no pleasure in
anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So
repent and live!
And say, What is thy mother? A
lioness: she lay down among lions, she
nourished her whelps among young lions.
and say: ‘What was your mother? A
lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion,
and it learned to catch the prey; it
devoured men.
She brought up one of her cubs,
and he became a young lion. After learning to
tear his prey, he
devoured men.
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
When the nations heard of him, he was
trapped in their pit. With hooks they led him away to the land of Egypt.
Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
And he went up
and down among the lions, he became a young lion,
and learned to catch the prey,
and devoured men.
He
prowled among the lions,
and became a young lion. After learning to
tear his prey, he
devoured men.
Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was
trapped in their pit.
And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
With hooks they
caged him
and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his
roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
Your mother was like a vine in your
vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful
and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule,
and her
stature was
exalted among the thick branches,
and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s
scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height
and for its dense foliage.
But she was
plucked up in
fury, she was cast down to the ground,
and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken
and withered; the fire consumed them.
But it was uprooted in
fury, cast down to the ground,
and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were
stripped off
and they
withered; the fire consumed them.
And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry
and thirsty ground.
Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry
and thirsty land.
And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath
devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a
sceptre to rule. This is a
lamentation,
and shall be for a
lamentation.
Fire has gone out from its main branch
and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s
scepter.’ This is a
lament and shall be used as a
lament.”
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 the LORD,
and sat before me.
In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel,
and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to
enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Have you come to inquire of Me? As surely as I live, I will not be consulted by you, declares the Lord GOD.
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 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 the LORD your God;
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I
swore an oath to the descendants of the house of Jacob
and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. With an
uplifted hand I said to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.’
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:
On that day I
swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk
and honey, the glory of all lands.
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 the LORD your God.
And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes,
and you must not
defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’
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.
But they rebelled against Me
and refused to
listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes,
and they did not
forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them
and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them into the wilderness.
And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me
and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that
sanctify them.
I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
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.
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes
and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—
and they utterly
profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them
and put an end to them in the wilderness.
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;
Moreover, with an
uplifted hand I
swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk
and honey, the glory of all lands—
Because they
despised my judgments,
and walked not in my statutes, but
polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
because they kept
rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes,
and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.
Nevertheless mine eye
spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
Yet I looked on them with
pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.
I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them;
I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them.
And hallow my sabbaths;
and they shall be a sign between me
and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
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.
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—
and they
profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them
and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
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.
But I
withheld My hand
and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be
profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
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;
However, with an
uplifted hand I
swore to them in the wilderness that I would
scatter them among the nations
and disperse them throughout the lands.
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.
For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes
and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.
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 the LORD.
And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every
firstborn in the fire—so that I might
devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.
Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel,
and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have
blasphemed me, in that they have committed a
trespass against me.
Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel,
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: In this way also your fathers
blasphemed Me by their unfaithfulness against Me.
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.
When I brought them into the land that I
swore to give them
and they saw any high hill or
leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that
provoked Me, sent up their
fragrant incense,
and poured out their drink offerings.
Then I said unto them, What is the high place
whereunto ye go?
And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
So I asked them: ‘What is this high place to which you go?’ (And to this day it is called Bamah.)
Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye
polluted after the manner of your fathers?
and commit ye
whoredom after their abominations?
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 the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to
defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!
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.
When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand,
and with a stretched out arm,
and with
fury poured out, will I rule over you:
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
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.
With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered.
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people,
and there will I
plead with you face to face.
And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, where I will enter into judgment with you face to face.
And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
I will make you pass under the rod and will bring you into the bond of the covenant.
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 the LORD.
And I will
purge you of those who
rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord 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.
And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go
and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely
listen to Me,
and you will no longer
defile My holy name with your gifts
and idols.
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord 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.
For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
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.
When I bring you from the peoples
and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing
aroma.
And I will show My
holiness through you in the sight of the nations.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, 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.
Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I
swore to give your fathers.
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.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, 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 the Lord GOD.
Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”
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;
“Son of man, set your face toward the south,
preach against it,
and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord 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.
Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to
ignite in you a fire,
and it will
devour all your trees, both green
and dry. The
blazing flame will not be
quenched,
and by it every face from south to north will be
scorched.
And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have
kindled it: it shall not be
quenched.
Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have
kindled it; it will not be
quenched.”
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem,
and drop thy word toward the holy places,
and prophesy against the land of Israel,
And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee,
and will draw forth my sword out of his
sheath,
and will cut off from thee the righteous
and the wicked.
and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you,
and I will draw My sword from its
sheath and cut off from you both the righteous
and the wicked.
Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous
and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his
sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
Because I will cut off both the righteous
and the wicked, My sword will be
unsheathed against
everyone from south to north.
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins;
and with bitterness
sigh before their eyes.
But you, son of man,
groan!
Groan before their eyes with a broken heart
and bitter grief.
And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the
tidings; because it cometh:
and every heart shall
melt,
and all hands shall be feeble,
and every spirit shall
faint,
and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh,
and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
And when they ask, ‘Why are you
groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will
melt,
and every hand will go
limp. Every spirit will
faint,
and every
knee will turn to water.’
Yes, it is coming
and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
Son of man,
prophesy,
and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened,
and also
furbished:
“Son of man,
prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened
and polished—
And he hath given it to be
furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened,
and it is
furbished, to give it into the hand of the
slayer.
The sword is appointed to be polished, to be
grasped in the hand. It is sharpened
and polished, to be placed in the hand of the
slayer.
Cry
and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people:
smite therefore upon thy
thigh.
Cry out
and wail, O son of man, for the sword is
wielded against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel! They are
tossed to the sword with My people; therefore strike your
thigh.
Because it is a trial,
and what if the sword
contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
Surely testing will come!
And what if even the
scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
Thou therefore, son of man,
prophesy,
and smite thine hands together,
and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
‘So then, son of man,
prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may
faint,
and their ruins be multiplied:
ah! it is made bright, it is
wrapped up for the slaughter.
So that their hearts may
melt and many may
stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter.
Yes, it is ready to
flash like
lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
I will also
smite mine hands together,
and I will cause my
fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”
Also, thou son of man,
appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both
twain shall come forth out of one land:
and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land.
And make a
signpost where the road branches off to each city.
Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the
Ammonites,
and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.
At his right hand was the
divination for Jerusalem, to
appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with
shouting, to
appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount,
and to build a fort.
In his right hand appears the
portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up
battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the
battering rams against the gates, to build a
ramp,
and to erect a siege wall.
And it shall be unto them as a false
divination in their sight, to them that have
sworn oaths: but he will call to
remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
It will seem like a false
omen to the eyes of those who have
sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt
and take them
captive.
And thou,
profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
And you, O
profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the
diadem,
and take off the crown: this shall not be the same:
exalt him that is low,
and abase him that is high.
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the
turban,
and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are:
Exalt the lowly
and bring low the
exalted.
I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’
And thou, son of man,
prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the
Ammonites,
and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is
furbished, to
consume because of the
glittering:
Now
prophesy, son of man,
and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the
Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to
consume, to
flash like
lightning—
Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you— to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
And I will pour out mine
indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath,
and deliver thee into the hand of
brutish men,
and skilful to destroy.
I will pour out My anger upon you; I will
breathe the fire of My
fury against you; I will hand you over to
brutal men, skilled in destruction.
Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come,
and maketh idols against herself to
defile herself.
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own
doom by
shedding blood within her walls
and making idols to
defile herself,
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed;
and hast
defiled thyself 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 heathen,
and a
mocking to all countries.
you are guilty of the blood you have shed,
and you are
defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close
and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations
and a
mockery to all the lands.
Those that be near,
and those that be far from thee, shall
mock thee, which art infamous
and much
vexed.
Those near
and far will
mock you, O infamous city, full of
turmoil.
In thee have they set light by father
and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they
vexed the fatherless
and the widow.
Father
and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless
and the widow are
oppressed.
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood:
and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit
lewdness.
And one hath committed
abomination with his neighbour’s wife;
and another hath
lewdly defiled his daughter in law;
and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
One man commits an
abomination with his
neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law;
and yet another
violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken
usury and increase,
and thou hast
greedily gained of thy neighbours by
extortion,
and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You
engage in
usury, take excess interest,
and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
Behold, therefore I have
smitten mine hand at thy
dishonest gain which thou hast made,
and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
Can thine heart
endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it,
and will do it.
Will your courage
endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken,
and I will act.
I will
disperse you among the nations
and scatter you throughout the lands; I will
purge your uncleanness.
And thou shalt take thine inheritance in
thyself in the sight of the heathen,
and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
And when you have
defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become
dross: all they are brass,
and tin,
and iron,
and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the
dross of silver.
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become
dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron,
and lead inside the furnace; they are but the
dross of silver.