be taken captive, when I have broken their Huring heart that departed from me, and their Huring eyes that looked after their idols: and they shall repent of the wickedness which they have committed by all their abominations.

And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not spoken in vain to do them this evil.

Thus saith the LORD GOD; Smite thy hands together, and stamp thy feet, and say, Woe unto all the abominations of wickedness that are in the house of Israel, because they fall by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence!

He that is far off shall die of the pestilence, and he that is near shall fall by the sword: but he that remaineth, and is kept from it, shall die of hunger. So will I perfect my wrath among them,

That ye may know that I am the LORD, when their slain shall lie under their idols round about their altars, upon every hill, and upon every mountain, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, wherein they offered sweet incense unto all manner of idols.

I will stretch out mine hand against them, and make the land desolate and waste, from the wilderness even unto Diblath, where they dwell: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 7
Prophecy of the fall of the kingdom of Judah.

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

Son of man, thus saith the LORD of the land of Israel, The end cometh, the end upon all the four places of the land.

Now the end is come upon thee: for I will send my wrath upon thee, and will judge thee according to thine own deserts, and will give thee according to all thine abominations.

Mine eye shall not spare thee, nor overlook thee: but I will give thee according to thy deserts, and thine abominations shall come among thee, that ye may know that I am the LORD.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, one calamity cometh upon another!

The end cometh, the end cometh, it is awakened upon thee; behold, it cometh!

It riseth up and breaketh upon thee, O inhabitant of the land: the time cometh, the day of mourning is at hand, when there shall be no singing in the mountains.

Now soon will I pour out my fury upon thee, and execute my wrath upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy deserts, and give thee according to all thine abominations.

Mine eye shall not pity thee, neither will I have mercy upon thee: but I will give thee according to thy due, and thine abominations shall come among thee, and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth you.

Behold, the day, behold, it cometh, it breaketh forth! The rod flourisheth, and the proud is green.

The tyrant hath risen up a rod against the wicked, that none of them, nor of their people, nor of their multitude, shall have comfort.

Therefore the time cometh, the day draweth nigh. The buyer shall not rejoice, neither shall the seller mourn: for wrath cometh upon all their multitude.

Therefore the seller shall not seek again his goods that are sold: for he that liveth shall have them. For the prophecy of all their multitude shall not return: no man shall preserve his life for his iniquity.

Let them sound the trumpet, and prepare all things. No man shall go forth to war: for my wrath is upon all their multitude.

In the streets goeth the sword; in the houses goeth pestilence and famine. He that is in the field shall die by the sword: but he that is in the city shall be devoured with pestilence and famine.

And they that escape among them shall be in the mountains, and shall be as doves in the valley, all gyrating among themselves, every one for his iniquity.

Every hand shall sink, and every knee shall stand as the waters.

And they shall gird themselves with sackcloth, and be overwhelmed with fear; and every man’s face shall be desolate, and every man’s head shall be bald.

They shall cast their silver into the streets, and shall count their gold as filth: for their silver and their gold shall not save them in the day of the LORD’S wrath. Yet shall not their soul be satisfied with it, nor their belly filled with it: for it hath been a stumblingblock unto their iniquity.

They have made images of their abominations and abominations out of their precious jewels, that they might be proud: therefore will I make them filthy.

And I will give it into the hands of strangers, that they may spoil it; and to the wicked of the earth for a prey, that they may desecrate it.

I will turn my face from it, that they may profane my treasure: yea, robbers shall come upon it, and profane it.

Make chains; for the land is full of bloodshed, and the city full of iniquity.

Then will I send for the most wicked of the heathen, and they shall take their houses: and I will put an end to the proud, and desecrate their churches.

The destroyer cometh; and they shall seek peace, and shall not be there.

One accident shall come upon another, one rumour upon another. Then shall they seek a vision from the prophets: but there shall be no more law with the priests, nor counsel with the
ancients.

The king shall be grieved, and the princes shall be arrayed in mourning, and the hands of the people of the land shall be despondent. I will deal with them as they have dealt, and will judge them as they have deserved, that they may know that I am the LORD.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 8
Idolatry a cause of future punishment.

And it came to pass in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, that I sat in mine house, and the ancients of Judah sat before me: and there the hand of the LORD God fell upon me.

And, behold, I saw that from his loins downward was as it were fire; but above his loins was light.

And he reached out as it were a hand, and took me by the hair of my head. Then a wind led me between heaven and earth, and brought me to Jerusalem in a divine vision unto the inner gate that standeth toward the north, where an image sat in vexation to the master of the house.

And, behold, there was the glory of the God of Israel, as I had seen it before in the field.

And he said unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes toward the north. And when I lifted up mine eyes toward the north, behold, toward the north sat the fretful image at the gate of the altar, even as one goeth in.

And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou also what these do, which are great abominations, which the house of Israel doeth here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But thou shalt see yet greater abominations.

And he brought me to the door of the court: and I looked, and, behold, there was a hole in the wall.

And he said unto me, Son of man, dig through the wall. And when I had digged through the wall, behold, there was a door.

And he said unto me, Go in, and see the wicked abominations which they do in all these places.

And when I was come in, and looked, behold, there were all manner of graven images, and all manner of beasts, and all manner of abominations, and all manner of idols of the house of Israel, made round about upon the wall,

Before whom stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel: and Jazaniah the son of Shaphan stood also among them; and every man had his incense in his hand. And there arose a thick mist from the incense.

And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou what the elders of the house of Israel do in darkness, every man in his goodliest chamber? For they say, The LORD seeth us not: but the LORD hath forsaken the land.

And he said unto me, Thou shalt see yet greater abominations that they do.

And he brought me in unto the gate of the LORD’S house, which is toward the north: and, behold, there sat women weeping over the Thamus.

And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou this? But thou shalt see greater abominations than these.

And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD: and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the hall and the altar, there were twenty and five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, praying toward the rising of the sun.

And he said unto me, Son of man, seest thou this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah, that they all do such abominations here? for they do violence and wrong throughout all the land, and go about and provoke me also: and, behold, they hold the vines to their noses.

Therefore will I deal fiercely with them, and mine eye shall not spare them, neither will I be gracious unto them. Though they cry with a loud voice in mine ears, yet will I not hear them.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 9
Punishment of the idolatrous.

And he cried with a loud voice in mine ears, saying, Let the visitation of the city come near, and let every man have a murderous weapon in his hand.

And, behold, there came six men by the way from the upper gate, which is toward the