thee a watchman over the house of Israel: thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and warn them from me.

If I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou warn him not, nor tell him, that the wicked may beware of his wickedness, that he may live: then the wicked shall die for his sin, but his blood will I require at thine hand.

But if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wicked ways, he shall die for his sin: but thou hast saved thy soul.

And if a righteous man turn from his righteousness, and do evil, then will I cause him to run, and he shall die. For because thou hast not warned him, he shall die for his sin; and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be regarded: but his blood will I require at thine hand.

But if thou warn the righteous, that he sin not, and he sin not, he shall live, because he hath been warned: and thou hast saved thy soul.

And there the hand of the LORD came upon me, and said unto me, Arise, and go forth into the field, and I will speak unto thee.

And I arose, and went out into the field; and, behold, the glory of the LORD was there, as I had seen it by the river Chebar. And I fell down on my face.

And I was refreshed, and stood upon my feet. And he spake unto me, and said unto me, Go, hide thyself in thine house.

And thou, son of man, behold, they shall put ropes upon thee, and bind thee therewith, that thou shalt not escape them.

And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt be ashamed, and shalt punish them no more: for it is a rebellious house.

And when I shall speak unto thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD GOD. He that heareth, let him hear; and he that letteth, let him alone: for it is a rebellious house.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 4
Siege of the city of Jerusalem prefigured.

And thou, son of man, take a brick, and lay it before thee, and design thereon the city of Jerusalem.

And make a siege about it, and build a bulwark about it, and dig a debris about it, and make an army about it, and set goats round about it.

And take for thee an iron pan, and let it be an iron wall between thee and the city; and set thy face against it, and besiege it. This shall be a sign unto the house of Israel.

Thou shalt also lie upon thy left side, and put the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: as many days as thou shalt lie thereon, so long shalt thou bear their iniquity.

And I will make the years of their iniquity the number of days unto thee, even three hundred and ninety days: so long shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

And it shall come to pass, when thou hast finished these things, that thou shalt lie on thy right
side afterward, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: for I will give thee here also a day for a year.

And set thy face and thy bare arm against Jerusalem that is besieged, and prophesy against her.

And, behold, I will put ropes upon thee, that thou shalt not turn from side to side, till thou hast finished the days of thy siege.

Now therefore take thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them all in a barrel, and make thee as many loaves of them as thou shalt lie on thy side three hundred and ninety days to eat,

And thy meat, which thou shalt eat daily, shall be twenty shekels. And thou shalt eat it from time to time.

The water also thou shalt drink according to the measure, even the sixth part of the hin; and thou shalt drink it from time to time.

Barley cakes shalt thou eat, which thou shalt bake with manure before their eyes.

And the LORD said, So must the children of Israel eat their unclean bread among the heathen, whither I have driven them.

And I said, O Lord GOD, behold, my soul hath never been defiled: for from my youth even unto this time I have eaten no carcase, neither have I torn any flesh; neither hath any unclean flesh entered into my mouth.

And he said unto me, Behold, I will let thee have cow dung for man dung, that thou mayest make thy bread.

And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will take away the store of bread from Jerusalem, that they may eat the bread by weight with sorrow, and drink the water by measure with sorrow,

Because there shall be a lack of bread and water, and they shall mourn one with another, and be consumed in their iniquity.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 5
Plagues proclaimed to the Jews.

And thou, son of man, take a sword sharp as a clipper’s knife, and run it over thy head and beard; and take a pair of balances, and divide them therewith.

The one third part thou shalt burn with fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are expired; the other third part take, and smite it round about with the sword; the last third part scatter in the wind, that I may draw out the sword after them.

but take a little of it and tie it in your coat-tail.

And take again some of it, and cast it into a fire, and burn it with fire: and there shall be a fire of it upon all the house of Israel.

Thus saith the LORD GOD; This is Jerusalem, which I have set among the nations, and round about her lands.

But she hath turned my law into ungodly doctrine more than the heathen, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her. For they reject my law, and will not walk after my statutes.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye do more than the heathen that are round about you, and do not walk in my statutes, nor do my judgments, but do after the manner of the heathen that are round about you,

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will also remember thee, and will execute judgment upon thee, that the heathen may see.

And I will deal so with thee, as I never have done, nor will do henceforth, because of all thine abominations.

And in thee shall the fathers devour their children, and the children their fathers: and I will execute such judgment upon thee, that all thy remnant shall be scattered abroad.

Therefore, as surely as I live, saith the LORD GOD, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy abominations and thy idols, I will also smite thee: mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have mercy upon thee.

The third part of thee shall die of pestilence, and be consumed with famine; and the other third part of thee shall fall by the sword round about thee: and the last third part will I scatter abroad, and will draw out the sword after them.

So shall my wrath be accomplished, and my fury be turned upon them, to cool my courage: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken in my zeal, when I have turned my fury upon them.

I will make thee a desolation and a reproach in the sight of the heathen that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

And thou shalt be a reproach, and a scorn, and an example, and a wonder, unto all the heathen that are round about thee, when I execute judgment upon thee with wrath, and with fury, and with wrathful reproach, saith the LORD,

And when I shall shoot wicked arrows of hunger among them, which shall be hurtful, and I shall shoot them out to destroy you, and cause the hunger to increase upon you, and take away the supply of bread.

Yea, I will send famine and evil beasts among you, and they shall make you childless: and pestilence and flood shall pass among you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I the LORD
have spoken it.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 6
Of desolation of the Jewish land.

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

Son of man, turn thy face against the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them.

And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD GOD. Thus saith the LORD
GOD both to the mountains, and to the hills, both to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will destroy your high places,

And your altars shall be laid waste, and your idols shall be broken: and I will cause your dead bodies to be slain before the images.

Yea, I will cut down the dead bodies of the children of Israel before your images, and will scatter your bones round about your altars.

Where ye dwell, the cities shall be desolate, and the high places shall be made waste. For they shall make your altars desolate and waste, and break your idols, and destroy them, and break your images, and destroy your graven images,

And they that are slain shall lie down among you, that ye may know that I am the LORD.

But I will leave some of you to escape the sword among the heathen, when I have scattered you abroad.

These your remnant shall then remember me among the heathen, when they shall