and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

But if a deceived prophet speak any thing, I the LORD will again cause him to be deceived, and will stretch out mine hand upon him, and cut him off from among my people Israel.

So shall they both bear their iniquity: as the iniquity of the questioner, so shall be the iniquity of the prophet,

That they deceive not the house of Israel from me, neither defile themselves any more in all their transgressions: but they shall be my people, and I will be their God, saith the LORD
GOD.

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

Son of man, if a land sin against me, and spurn me, I will stretch out mine hand upon it, and will take away the store of bread, and will send a plague therein, and will destroy both man and beast within.

And if the three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they alone would save their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

And if I should bring evil beasts into the land, and they should cleanse the people, and make it desolate, that no man should walk therein before the beasts,

And these three men were in it: as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall save neither sons nor daughters, but themselves only; and the land shall be desolate.

Or if I bring the sword upon the land, and say, Sword, pass through the land, and cut off both man and beast,

And the three men were within: as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall save neither sons nor daughters, but they alone shall be saved.

Or if I send pestilence upon the land, and pour out my fury upon it, and bring down blood, to cut off both man and beast,

And Noah, and Daniel, and Job, were in it: as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they would save neither sons nor daughters, but their own souls only by their righteousness.

For thus saith the LORD GOD; If I send my four evil judgments, the sword, and the famine, and the beasts, and the pestilence, upon Jerusalem, to cut off both man and beast from therein,

And, behold, some of the remnant that are within shall come forth, and shall bring forth sons and daughters, and shall come unto you, and ye shall see how they fare, and comfort yourselves concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and all that I have brought upon her.

They shall be your consolation, when ye shall see how they fare, and shall know that I have not done without a cause what I have done within, saith the LORD GOD.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 15
Extermination of the people of Jerusalem prefigured.

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

Son of man, what is the wood of the vine above other wood, or a branch above other wood in the forest?
Do you also take it and make something out of it? Or does one also make a nail out of it, on which one may hang something?

Behold, they cast it into the fire, and it was consumed: both the places thereof were consumed by the fire, and the midst thereof was burned up. What is it good for? Is it good for anything?

Behold, when it was whole, nothing could be made of it: how much less can anything be made of it now, that the fire hath consumed and burned it?

Therefore thus saith the LORD GOD; As I give the wood of the vine before the wood of the forest to be consumed by fire, so will I deal with the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And I will set my face against them, and they shall not escape the fire, but the fire shall devour them. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

And make the land desolate, because they spurn me, saith the LORD GOD.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 16
Punishment of ingratitude. Establishment of the new covenant.

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

Son of man, shew the city of Jerusalem her abominations, and say: 3. Thus saith the LORD GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy seed and thy birth are of the land of the Canaanites; thy father of the Amorites, and thy mother of the Hittites.

Thy birth was thus: Thy navel, when thou wast born, was not cut: neither wast thou bathed with water to make thee clean, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling clothes.

For no man had compassion on thee, neither did he show thee pieces; but thou wast cast into the field. So was thy soul despised when thou wast born.

And I passed over before thee, and saw thee lying in thy blood, and said unto thee, As thou layest in thy blood, Thou shalt live. Yea, I said unto thee, as thou layest in thy blood, Thou shalt live.

And I brought thee up, and caused thee to grow as a plant of the field; and thou wast grown, and become great and fair. Thy breasts were grown, and thou hadst grown long hair; but thou wast yet naked and ashamed.

And I passed over before thee, and looked upon thee; and, behold, it was time to woo thee.
And I spread my sheath over thee, and covered thy shame. And I pledged thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, that thou shouldest be mine.

And I bathed thee in water, and washed thee in thy blood, and anointed thee with balm.

And I clothed thee with embroidered garments, and put on thee shoes of seed; and I gave thee fine linen garments, and silken veils.

And adorned thee with jewels, and put jewels upon thine ear, and chains upon thy neck.

And gave thee a hairband upon thy forehead, and earrings upon thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

Summa, thou wast adorned with fine gold and silver, and clothed with fine linen, and silk, and embroidery. Thou didst also eat vain bread, and honey, and oil, and wast exceeding fair, and received the kingdom.

And thy fame went up among the nations because of thy beauty, which was made perfect by the ornament that I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.

But thou trustedst in thy beauty, and because thou wast so renowned, thou didst fornicate, so as to make thyself common to every one that passed by, and didst his will.

And thou hast taken of thy garments, and hast made thee multicolored altars, and hast committed thy whoredom thereon, as never was, nor ever shall be.

Thou hast also taken thy goodly vessels, which I gave thee of my gold and of my silver, and hast made thee manly likenesses of them, and hast committed whoredom with them.

And thou tookst thy embroidered garments, and coveredst them therewith; and thou puttest my oil and my incense before them.

My meat which I gave thee to eat, the bread, and the oil, and the honey, thou puttest before them for a sweet savour. Yea, it came to pass, saith the Lord GOD, 20. Because thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, which thou begotst me, and hast offered them for food. Thinkest thou then that thy fornication is a small thing?

That thou shouldest slay my children, and let them burn the same?

Nor hast thou in all thine abominations and thy fornications remembered the days of thy youth, how naked and bare thou wast, and layest in thy blood.

Over all this thy wickedness (alas, woe, woe unto thee!) saith the LORD GOD, 24. thou buildest thee churches of the mountains, and makest thee altars of the mountains in every street.

And in the front of every street thou hast built thy mountain altars, and hast made thy beauty a vile abomination. Thou hast attacked with thy legs all that passed by, and hast committed great whoredom.

First, thou didst commit whoredom with the children of Egypt thy neighbours, which had great flesh, and didst great whoredom to provoke me.

And I stretched out mine hand against thee, and turned thee in such a way as thine, and delivered thee into the will of thine enemies, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of thy wickedness.

Afterward thou didst commit fornication with the children of Assyria, and couldst not be satisfied: for thou hadst committed fornication with them, and couldst not be satisfied, 29. Thou didst make more fornication in the land of Canaan, even unto Chaldea; neither couldst thou be satisfied therewith.

How shall I circumcise thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, because thou doest these works of a great archwhore?

That thou mightest build thy mountain churches in the front of every street, and make thine
altars in every lane? For this thou wast not as another harlot, which must be bought with money,

Nor like the adulteress, which suffereth others instead of her husband.

For to all other whores they give money: but thou givest money to all thy whoredoms, and givest them to come unto thee everywhere, and to commit whoredom with thee.

And in thee there is a contradiction in the sight of other women with thy whoredoms, because they go not after thee, but thou givest money, and they give thee no money. So thou doest the adultery.

Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD.

Thus saith the LORD GOD; Because thou hast given money so bountifully, and hast uncovered thy shame by thy fornication against thy lovers, and against all the idols of thine abominations, and hast shed the blood of thy children, which thou sacrificest unto them, 37. Therefore, behold, I will gather unto thine enemies all thy lovers, with whom thou hast