young men, and all the princes, and lords, and knights, and nobles, and all manner of horsemen.

And they shall come upon thee armed with chariots, and with wheels, and with a great multitude of people, and shall besiege thee with shields, and with bucklers, and with helmets round about. And I will give them judgment, and they shall judge thee according to their judgment.

I will bring my zeal upon thee, and they shall deal unmercifully with thee. They shall cut off thy noses and ears; and that which remaineth shall fall by the sword. They shall take away thy sons and thy daughters, and burn the remnant with fire.

And they shall strip thee of thy garments, and take away thy jewels.

So will I make an end of thy fornication and thy whoredom with the land of Egypt, and thou
shalt lift up thine eyes unto them no more, neither shalt thou remember Egypt any more.

For thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee up to them of whom thou art an enemy, and of whom thou art weary.

They shall deal with thee as enemies, and take away all that thou hast gotten, and leave thee naked and bare, that thy shame may be exposed, with thy fornication and thy whoredom.

This shall be done unto thee for thy whoredom, which thou hast committed with the heathen, in whose idols thou hast defiled thyself.

Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister: therefore I also give thee the same cup in thine hand.

Thus saith the LORD GOD; Thou shalt drink thy sister’s cup, deep and wide; thou shalt become such a mockery and a scorn, that it shall be unbearable.

Thou must drink thyself full of strong drink and mourning: for the cup of thy sister Samaria is a cup of mourning and grief.

Thou shalt drink the same clean, and afterward shalt cast the fragments thereof, and rend thy breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the LORD GOD.

Therefore thus saith the LORD GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and hast cast me behind thy back, bear now thy fornication and thy whoredom.

And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, if thou wilt punish Ahalah and Ahalibah, shew them their abominations,

How they have committed adultery, and shed blood, and committed adultery with idols, and burned their children, which they begat of me, for a sacrifice unto them.

For these things have they done unto me: they have polluted my sanctuaries at that time, and have profaned my sabbaths.

For when they had slain their children to idols, they entered into my sanctuary the same day to profane it. Behold, they have done this in my house.

They also sent messengers for men that should come from far countries: and, behold, when they were come, thou wast bathed, and made up, and adornedst thyself with jewels, in honour of them,

And thou satest upon a glorious bed, before which was a table prepared: thereon thou didst burn incense, and didst offer my oil thereon.

And there was a great shout of joy: and they gave to the people that were come from every part of the great people, and from the wilderness, jewels for their arms, and beautiful crowns for their heads.

And I said, She is accustomed to adultery of old, she cannot leave off her fornication.

For one goeth in unto her, as one goeth in unto a harlot: so goeth one in unto Ahalah and Ahalibah, the lewd women.

Therefore they shall punish the men that execute judgment, as adulteresses and bloodshedters shall be punished: for they are adulteresses, and their hands are full of blood.

Thus saith the LORD GOD; Bring up a great multitude upon them, and give them into rapine and robbery,

Who stone them, and stab them with their swords, and slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.

So will I make an end of fornication in the land, and all the women shall be offended at it, and shall not do after such fornication.

And they shall lay your fornication upon you, and ye shall bear the sin of your idols, that ye may know that I am the LORD GOD.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 24
Destruction of Jerusalem, by a boiling pot and quick death of Ezekiel’s wife pictured.

And the word of the LORD came unto me in the ninth year, in the tenth day of the tenth month, saying:

Son of man, mark this day, even this very day: for the king of Babylon hath arrayed himself against Jerusalem this very day.

And give a parable unto the disobedient people, and say unto them, Thus saith the LORD
GOD; Put in a pot; put in a pot, and pour water into it.

Put therein the pieces together that are to go in, and the best pieces, the loins and the shoulders, and fill it with the best marrow.

Take the best of the hearth, and make a fire under it to boil marrow, and let it boil safely, and let the marrow boil well therein.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; O that murderous city, which is such a pot, where the burnt things are stuck in it, and will not come out! Put out one piece at a time, and let not the pieces be divided as to which shall come out first.

For her blood is within, which she spilled upon a rock, and not upon the ground, when it might have been covered with earth.

And for this cause also have I caused them to pour out the same blood upon a rock, that it should not be covered, that wrath should come upon them, and be smelled.

Therefore thus saith the LORD GOD; O thou murderous city, which I will make a great fire!

Only bring plenty of wood, and kindle the fire, that the meat may be cooked, and season it well, that the marrow may be burned.

Put also the pot empty upon the fire, that it may be hot, and that the brass thereof may burn, whether the uncleanness thereof be melted, and the burning thereof be removed.

But that which is burned, how nearly it burneth, will not depart, because it is too much burned; it must be melted in the fire.

Thine uncleanness is so hardened, that though I would gladly cleanse thee, yet thou wilt not be cleansed from thine uncleanness. Therefore thou shalt not be clean again until my wrath be cooled in thee.

I the LORD have spoken it; it shall come. I will do it, and will not tarry: I will not spare, neither will I be sorry: but they shall judge thee, as thou hast lived, and as thou hast done, saith the LORD GOD.

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

Son of man, behold, I will take away the lust of thine eyes by a plague. But thou shalt not mourn, nor weep, nor shed a tear.

Thou mayest sigh in secret, but thou shalt not mourn: thou shalt put on thy ornaments, and shalt put on thy shoes. Thou shalt not cover thy mouth, nor eat the bread of mourning.

And it came to pass, when I spake early in the morning unto the people, that at even my wife died. And I did on the morrow as I was commanded.

And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not shew us what these things are that thou doest?

And I said unto them: The LORD spake unto me, saying:

Tell the house of Israel, that thus saith the LORD GOD; Behold, I will desecrate my sanctuary, which is your chief comfort, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart; and your sons and your daughters, whom ye shall leave, shall fall by the sword; 22. And ye must do as I have done: ye must not cover your mouth, neither eat the mourning bread,

But put your jewels upon your heads, and put on your shoes. Ye shall not mourn, nor weep, but shall pine away for your sins, and groan among yourselves.

And Ezekiel shall be a wonder unto you, that ye should do as he hath done, when it shall come to pass, that ye may know that I am the LORD GOD.

And thou, son of man, in that day when I shall take away from them their power and their comfort, the delight of their eyes and the desire of their heart, their sons and their daughters, 26. And in that day shall one that escaped come to thee, and tell thee.

In that day thy mouth shall be opened, and he that escapeth, that thou shalt speak, and shalt no more hold thy peace: for thou shalt be their wonder, that they may know that I am the LORD.
(Ezekial)
Chapter 25
Threatened punishment against the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites and Philistines.

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 2. Son of man, set thy face against the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them.

And say unto the children of Ammon, Hear ye the word of the LORD GOD. Thus saith the LORD GOD; Because ye have said of my sanctuary, It is polluted; and of the land of Israel, It is desolate; and of the house of Judah, It is carried away captive.

Therefore, behold, I will give thee to the children toward the east, and they shall build their castles within, and make their habitation therein: they shall eat thy fruit, and drink thy milk.

And I will make Rabbath a sheepfold for camels, and the children of Ammon a fold for sheep: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thy hands, and shaved thy feet, and rejoiced in the land