7,165 verses contain “will” (in the KJV: 3,373, in the BSB: 6,210) — showing 4,101–4,200
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For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any
strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
The seller
will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude
will not be
revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them
will preserve his life.
The sword is without, and the
pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and
pestilence shall
devour him.
The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country
will die by the sword, and those in the city
will be
devoured by famine and plague.
But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them
mourning, every one for his iniquity.
The survivors
will escape and live in the mountains,
moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
Every hand
will go
limp, and every
knee will turn to water.
They shall also
gird themselves with
sackcloth, and
horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and
baldness upon all their heads.
They
will put on
sackcloth, and terror
will overwhelm them. Shame
will cover all their faces, and all their heads
will be
shaved.
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their
bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
They
will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold
will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the
stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their
detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them.
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their
vile images and
detestable idols. Therefore I
will make these into something unclean for them.
And I
will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a
spoil; and they shall
pollute it.
And I
will hand these things over as
plunder to foreigners and
loot to the wicked of the earth, who
will defile them.
My face
will I turn also from them, and they shall
pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and
defile it.
I
will turn My face away from them, and they
will defile My
treasured place. Violent men
will enter it, and they
will defile it.
Wherefore I
will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I
will also make the
pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be
defiled.
So I
will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I
will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places
will be
profaned.
Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
Anguish is coming! They
will seek peace, but find none.
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
Disaster upon
disaster will come, and
rumor after
rumor. Then they
will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests
will perish, as
will counsel from the elders.
The king shall
mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with
desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I
will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts
will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
The king
will mourn, the prince
will be clothed with
despair, and the hands of the people of the land
will tremble. I
will deal with them according to their conduct, and I
will judge them by their own standards. Then they
will know that I am the LORD.’”
He said
furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is
committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you
will see even greater abominations.”
He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
Again, He told me, “You
will see them
committing even greater abominations.”
Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”
Therefore
will I also deal in
fury: mine eye shall not
spare, neither
will I have
pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet
will I not hear them.
Therefore I
will respond with wrath. I
will not look on them with
pity, nor
will I
spare them. Although they
shout loudly in My ears, I
will not
listen to them.”
And it came to pass, while they were
slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and
cried, and said,
Ah Lord GOD!
wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy
fury upon Jerusalem?
While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and
cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem,
will You destroy the entire
remnant of Israel?”
And as for me also, mine eye shall not
spare, neither
will I have
pity, but I
will recompense their way upon their head.
But as for Me, I
will not look on them with
pity, nor
will I
spare them. I
will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the
caldron: but I
will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.
Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.
You fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord GOD.
And I
will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and
will execute judgments among you.
I
will bring you out of the city and deliver you into the hands of foreigners, and I
will execute judgments against you.
Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
This city shall not be your
caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I
will judge you in the border of Israel:
The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.
Then you
will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have
conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”
And it came to pass, when I
prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and
cried with a loud voice, and said,
Ah Lord GOD!
wilt thou make a full end of the
remnant of Israel?
Now as I was
prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and
cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD,
will You bring the
remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I
will even gather you from the people, and
assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I
will give you the land of Israel.
Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I
will gather you from the peoples and
assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I
will give back to you the land of Israel.’
And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the
detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
When they return to it, they
will remove all its
detestable things and all its abominations.
And I
will give them one heart, and I
will put a new spirit within you; and I
will take the
stony heart out of their flesh, and
will give them an heart of flesh:
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their
detestable things and their abominations, I
will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
But as for those whose hearts pursue
detestable things and abominations, I
will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they
will consider, though they be a
rebellious house.
Therefore, son of man,
pack your bags for exile. In broad
daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they
will understand, though they are a
rebellious house.
Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so
will it be done to them; they
will go into exile as
captives.
And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the
twilight, and shall go forth: they shall
dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
And at
dusk the prince among them
will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They
will dig through the wall to bring him out. He
will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
My net also
will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my
snare: and I
will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
But I
will spread My net over him, and he
will be caught in My
snare. I
will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he
will not see it, and there he
will die.
And I
will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I
will draw out the sword after them.
And I
will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I
will draw a sword to
chase after them.
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall
scatter them among the nations, and
disperse them in the countries.
And they
will know that I am the LORD, when I
disperse them among the nations and
scatter them throughout the countries.
But I
will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the
pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen
whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
But I
will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they
will know that I am the LORD.”
And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with
astonishment, that her land may be
desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They
will eat their bread with
anxiety and drink their water in
dread, for their land
will be
stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be
desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
The inhabited cities
will be laid waste, and the land
will become
desolate. Then you
will know that I am the LORD.’”
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I
will make this
proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a
proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I
will put an end to this
proverb, and in Israel they
will no longer
recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision
will be fulfilled.
For there
will be no more false visions or
flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
For I am the LORD: I
will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O
rebellious house,
will I say the word, and
will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
because I, the LORD,
will speak whatever word I speak, and it
will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O
rebellious house, I
will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
Say unto them which
daub it with untempered
morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a
stormy wind shall
rend it.
Surely when the wall has fallen, you
will not be asked, ‘Where is the
whitewash with which you covered it?’
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I
will even
rend it with a
stormy wind in my
fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my
fury to
consume it.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I
will release a
windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and
hail will fall with destructive
fury.
So
will I break down the wall that ye have
daubed with untempered
morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
I
will tear down the wall you
whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city
will fall, and you
will be destroyed within it. Then you
will know that I am the LORD.
Thus
will I
accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have
daubed it with untempered
morter, and
will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that
daubed it;
And after I have
vented My wrath against the wall and against those who
whitewashed it, I
will say to you: ‘The wall is gone, and so are those who
whitewashed it—
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Woe to the women that
sew pillows to all armholes, and make
kerchiefs upon the head of every
stature to
hunt souls!
Will ye
hunt the souls of my people, and
will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says:
Woe to the women who
sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to
ensnare their souls.
Will you
ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
And
will ye
pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to
slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
You have
profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would
listen, you have killed those who should not have died and
spared those who should not have lived.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your
pillows,
wherewith ye there
hunt the souls to make them fly, and I
will tear them from your arms, and
will let the souls go, even the souls that ye
hunt to make them fly.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you
ensnare souls like birds, and I
will tear them from your arms. So I
will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.
Your
kerchiefs also
will I
tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be
hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
I
will also
tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they
will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you
will know that I am the LORD.
Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
therefore you
will no longer see false visions or practice
divination. I
will deliver My people from your hands. Then you
will know that I am the LORD.”
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any
Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked
stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD
will answer him according to his great
idolatry,
For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to
enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD
will answer him by myself:
For when any
Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked
stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD
will answer him Myself.
And I
will set my face against that man, and
will make him a sign and a
proverb, and I
will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
I
will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a
proverb; I
will cut him off from among My people. Then you
will know that I am the LORD.
And if the prophet be
deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have
deceived that prophet, and I
will stretch out my hand upon him, and
will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.
But if the prophet is
enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who
enticed him, and I
will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet—
That the house of Israel may go no more
astray from me, neither be
polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
in order that the house of Israel may no longer
stray from Me and no longer
defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they
will be My people and I
will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by
trespassing grievously, then
will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and
will break the staff of the bread thereof, and
will send famine upon it, and
will cut off man and beast from it:
“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four
sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the
noisome beast, and the
pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse
will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four
dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
Yet, behold, therein shall be left a
remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
Yet, behold, some survivors
will be left in it—sons and daughters who
will be brought out. They
will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you
will be comforted regarding the
disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
They
will bring you
consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you
will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or
will men take a pin of it to
hang any vessel
thereon?
Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a
peg on which to
hang utensils?
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.
And I
will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall
devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
And I
will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire
will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you
will know that I am the LORD.
And I
will make the land
desolate, because they have committed a
trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
Thus I
will make the land
desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the
will of them that
hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are
ashamed of thy
lewd way.
Therefore I stretched out My hand against you and reduced your portion. I gave you over to the desire of those who
hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were
ashamed of your
lewd conduct.
How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an
imperious whorish woman;
How weak-
willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless
prostitute!
Behold, therefore I
will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast
hated; I
will even gather them round about against thee, and
will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
therefore I
will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you
hated. I
will gather them against you from all around and
expose you before them, and they
will see you completely naked.
And I
will judge thee, as women that break
wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I
will give thee blood in
fury and jealousy.
And I
will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit
adultery and those who shed blood; so I
will bring upon you the wrath of your
bloodshed and jealousy.
And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
Then I
will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they
will level your mounds and
tear down your lofty shrines. They
will strip off your clothes, take your fine
jewelry, and leave you naked and bare.
They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
They
will bring a
mob against you, who
will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and
execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I
will cause thee to cease from playing the
harlot, and thou also shalt give no
hire any more.
Then they
will burn down your houses and
execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I
will put an end to your
prostitution, and you
will never again pay your lovers.
So
will I make my
fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I
will be quiet, and
will be no more
angry.
So I
will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy
will turn away from you. Then I
will be calm and no longer
angry.
Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast
fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also
will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this
lewdness above all thine abominations.
Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but
enraged Me with all these things, I
will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this
lewdness on top of all your other abominations?
Behold, every one that useth
proverbs shall use this
proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of
Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then
will I bring again the captivity of thy
captives in the midst of them:
But I
will restore
Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I
will restore you along with them.
That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them.
So you
will bear your disgrace and be
ashamed of all you did to comfort them.
When thy sisters,
Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
And your sisters,
Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters,
will return to their former state. You and your daughters
will also return to your former state.
Thou hast borne thy
lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.
You
will bear the consequences of your
lewdness and your abominations, declares the LORD.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I
will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast
despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
For this is what the Lord GOD says: I
will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have
despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
Nevertheless I
will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I
will establish unto thee an
everlasting covenant.
But I
will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I
will establish an
everlasting covenant with you.
Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be
ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I
will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
Then you
will remember your ways and be
ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I
will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.
And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:
So I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD,
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am
pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
so that when I make
atonement for all you have done, you
will remember and be
ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a
willow tree.
He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a
willow.
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it
prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to
pluck it up by the roots thereof.
So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘
Will it
flourish?
Will it not be uprooted and
stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage
will wither! It
will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.
Yea, behold, being planted, shall it
prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
Even if it is
transplanted,
will it
flourish?
Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It
will wither on the bed where it
sprouted.’”
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he
prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army.
Will he
flourish?
Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he
despised, and whose covenant he
brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he
will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he
despised and whose covenant he broke.
Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons:
Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast
horde will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.
Seeing he
despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
He
despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in
pledge yet did all these things, he
will not escape!’
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath
despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it
will I
recompense upon his own head.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I
will bring down upon his head My oath that he
despised and My covenant that he broke.
And I
will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my
snare, and I
will bring him to Babylon, and
will plead with him there for his
trespass that he hath
trespassed against me.
I
will spread My net over him and catch him in My
snare. I
will bring him to Babylon and
execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
All his choice troops
will fall by the sword, and those who
survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you
will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I
will also take of the highest branch of the high
cedar, and
will set it; I
will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and
will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I
will take a shoot from the lofty top of the
cedar, and I
will set it out. I
will pluck a tender
sprig from its
topmost shoots, and I
will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.