(New American Standard, 1995):

Ezek. 33:1 ∂ And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezek. 33:2 "Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, 'If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman,

Ezek. 33:3 and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people,

Ezek. 33:4 then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

Ezek. 33:5 'He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have delivered his life.

Ezek. 33:6 'But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman's hand.'

Ezek. 33:7 ∂ "Now as for you, son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a message from My mouth and give them warning from Me.

Ezek. 33:8 "When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you will surely die,' and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require from your hand.

Ezek. 33:9 "But if you on your part warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your life.

Ezek. 33:10 ∂ "Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'Thus you have spoken, saying, "Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we survive?"'

Ezek. 33:11 "Say to them, 'As I live!' declares the Lord GOD, 'I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?'

Ezek. 33:12 "And you, son of man, say to your fellow citizens, 'The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will not be able to live by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.'

Ezek. 33:13 "When I say to the righteous he will surely live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but in that same iniquity of his which he has committed he will die.

Ezek. 33:14 "But when I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness,

Ezek. 33:15 if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes which ensure life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Ezek. 33:16 "None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he shall surely live.

Ezek. 33:17 ∂ "Yet your fellow citizens say, 'The way of the Lord is not right,' when it is their own way that is not right.

Ezek. 33:18 "When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, then he shall die in it.

Ezek. 33:19 "But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and practices justice and righteousness, he will live by them.

Ezek. 33:20 "Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways."

Ezek. 33:21 ∂ Now in the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the refugees from Jerusalem came to me, saying, "The city has been taken."

Ezek. 33:22 Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me in the evening, before the refugees came. And He opened my mouth at the time they came to me in the morning; so my mouth was opened and I was no longer speechless.

Ezek. 33:23 ∂ Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Ezek. 33:24 "Son of man, they who live in these waste places in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one, yet he possessed the land; so to us who are many the land has been given as a possession.'

Ezek. 33:25 "Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols as you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

Ezek. 33:26 "You rely on your sword, you commit abominations and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Should you then possess the land?"'

Ezek. 33:27 "Thus you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of pestilence.

Ezek. 33:28 "I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and the pride of her power will cease; and the mountains of Israel will be desolate so that no one will pass through.

Ezek. 33:29 "Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I make the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have committed."'

Ezek. 33:30 ∂ "But as for you, son of man, your fellow citizens who talk about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, speak to one another, each to his brother, saying, 'Come now and hear what the message is which comes forth from the LORD.'

Ezek. 33:31 "They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their gain.

Ezek. 33:32 "Behold, you are to them like a sensual song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them.

Ezek. 33:33 "So when it comes to passãas surely it willãthen they will know that a prophet has been in their midst."

Ezek. 34:1 ∂ Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Ezek. 34:2 "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock?

Ezek. 34:3 "You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock.

Ezek. 34:4 "Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.

Ezek. 34:5 "They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered.

Ezek. 34:6 "My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them."'"

Ezek. 34:7 ∂ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Ezek. 34:8 "As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock;

Ezek. 34:9 therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

Ezek. 34:10 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My sheep from them and make them cease from feeding sheep. So the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them."'"

Ezek. 34:11 ∂ For thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.

Ezek. 34:12 "As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for My sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.

Ezek. 34:13 "I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land.

Ezek. 34:14 "I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

Ezek. 34:15 "I will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest," declares the Lord GOD.

Ezek. 34:16 "I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.

Ezek. 34:17 ∂ "As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.

Ezek. 34:18 'Is it too slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet?

Ezek. 34:19 'As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!'"

Ezek. 34:20 ∂ Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them, "Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Ezek. 34:21 "Because you push with side and with shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,

Ezek. 34:22 therefore, I will deliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another.

Ezek. 34:23 ∂ "Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.

Ezek. 34:24 "And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the LORD have spoken.

Ezek. 34:25 ∂ "I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

Ezek. 34:26 "I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing.

Ezek. 34:27 "Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure on their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

Ezek. 34:28 "They will no longer be a prey to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them; but they will live securely, and no one will make them afraid.

Ezek. 34:29 "I will establish for them a renowned planting place, and they will not again be victims of famine in the land, and they will not endure the insults of the nations anymore.

Ezek. 34:30 "Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people," declares the Lord GOD.

Ezek. 34:31 "As for you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God," declares the Lord GOD.

Ezek. 35:1 ∂ Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Ezek. 35:2 "Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it

Ezek. 35:3 and say to it, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,

              "Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir,

              And I will stretch out My hand against you

              And make you a desolation and a waste.

Ezek. 35:4    "I will lay waste your cities

              And you will become a desolation.

              Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezek. 35:5 "Because you have had everlasting enmity and have delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the punishment of the end,

Ezek. 35:6 therefore as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will give you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you.

Ezek. 35:7 "I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will cut off from it the one who passes through and returns.

Ezek. 35:8 "I will fill its mountains with its slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain by the sword will fall.

Ezek. 35:9 "I will make you an everlasting desolation and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezek. 35:10 ∂ "Because you have said, 'These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,' although the LORD was there,

Ezek. 35:11 therefore as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will deal with you according to your anger and according to your envy which you showed because of your hatred against them; so I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

Ezek. 35:12 "Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard all your revilings which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel saying, 'They are laid desolate; they are given to us for food.'

Ezek. 35:13 "And you have spoken arrogantly against Me and have multiplied your words against Me; I have heard it."

Ezek. 35:14 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "As all the earth rejoices, I will make you a desolation.

Ezek. 35:15 "As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be a desolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD."'

Ezek. 36:1 ∂ "And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

Ezek. 36:2 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the enemy has spoken against you, 'Aha!' and, 'The everlasting heights have become our possession,'

Ezek. 36:3 therefore prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "For good reason they have made you desolate and crushed you from every side, that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have been taken up in the talk and the whispering of the people."'"

Ezek. 36:4 'Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become a prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about,

Ezek. 36:5 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey."

Ezek. 36:6 'Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, "Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have endured the insults of the nations.'

Ezek. 36:7 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults.

Ezek. 36:8 'But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come.

Ezek. 36:9 'For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown.

Ezek. 36:10 'I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be rebuilt.

Ezek. 36:11 'I will multiply on you man and beast; and they will increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly and will treat you better than at the first. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.

Ezek. 36:12 'Yes, I will cause menãMy people Israelãto walk on you and possess you, so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.'

Ezek. 36:13 ∂ "Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because they say to you, "You are a devourer of men and have bereaved your nation of children,"

Ezek. 36:14 therefore you will no longer devour men and no longer bereave your nation of children,' declares the Lord GOD.

Ezek. 36:15 "I will not let you hear insults from the nations anymore, nor will you bear disgrace from the peoples any longer, nor will you cause your nation to stumble any longer," declares the Lord GOD.'"

Ezek. 36:16 ∂ Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Ezek. 36:17 "Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.

Ezek. 36:18 "Therefore I poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols.

Ezek. 36:19 "Also I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the lands. According to their ways and their deeds I judged them.

Ezek. 36:20 "When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD; yet they have come out of His land.'

Ezek. 36:21 "But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

Ezek. 36:22 ∂ "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.

Ezek. 36:23 "I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD," declares the Lord GOD, "when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight.

Ezek. 36:24 "For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land.

Ezek. 36:25 "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.

Ezek. 36:26 "Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

Ezek. 36:27 "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.

Ezek. 36:28 "You will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God.

Ezek. 36:29 "Moreover, I will save you from all your uncleanness; and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and I will not bring a famine on you.

Ezek. 36:30 "I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, so that you will not receive again the disgrace of famine among the nations.

Ezek. 36:31 "Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations.

Ezek. 36:32 "I am not doing this for your sake," declares the Lord GOD, "let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel!"

Ezek. 36:33 ∂ 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt.

Ezek. 36:34 "The desolate land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by.

Ezek. 36:35 "They will say, 'This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.'

Ezek. 36:36 "Then the nations that are left round about you will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that which was desolate; I, the LORD, have spoken and will do it."

Ezek. 36:37 ∂ 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "This also I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock.

Ezek. 36:38 "Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am the LORD."'"

Ezek. 37:1 ∂ The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.

Ezek. 37:2 He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry.

Ezek. 37:3 He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know."

Ezek. 37:4 Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.'

Ezek. 37:5 "Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.

Ezek. 37:6 'I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the LORD.'"

Ezek. 37:7 ∂ So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

Ezek. 37:8 And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

Ezek. 37:9 Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life."'"

Ezek. 37:10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Ezek. 37:11 ∂ Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.'

Ezek. 37:12 "Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.

Ezek. 37:13 "Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people.

Ezek. 37:14 "I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken and done it," declares the LORD.'"

Ezek. 37:15 ∂ The word of the LORD came again to me saying,

Ezek. 37:16 "And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it, 'For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.'

Ezek. 37:17 "Then join them for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

Ezek. 37:18 "When the sons of your people speak to you saying, 'Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?'

Ezek. 37:19 say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand."'

Ezek. 37:20 "The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.

Ezek. 37:21 "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land;

Ezek. 37:22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms.

Ezek. 37:23 "They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God.

Ezek. 37:24 ∂ "My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them.

Ezek. 37:25 "They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons' sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince forever.

Ezek. 37:26 "I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever.

Ezek. 37:27 "My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Ezek. 37:28 "And the nations will know that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever."'"

Ezek. 38:1 ∂ And the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Ezek. 38:2 "Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him

Ezek. 38:3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal.

Ezek. 38:4 "I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords;

Ezek. 38:5 Persia, Ethiopia and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet;

Ezek. 38:6 Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troopsãmany peoples with you.

Ezek. 38:7 ∂ "Be prepared, and prepare yourself, you and all your companies that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them.

Ezek. 38:8 "After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them.

Ezek. 38:9 "You will go up, you will come like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you."

Ezek. 38:10 ∂ 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan,

Ezek. 38:11 and you will say, 'I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest, that live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates,

Ezek. 38:12 to capture spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the center of the world.'

Ezek. 38:13 "Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will say to you, 'Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your company to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great spoil?'"'

Ezek. 38:14 ∂ "Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On that day when My people Israel are living securely, will you not know it?

Ezek. 38:15 "You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army;

Ezek. 38:16 and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog."

Ezek. 38:17 ∂ 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them?

Ezek. 38:18 "It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," declares the Lord GOD, "that My fury will mount up in My anger.

Ezek. 38:19 "In My zeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will surely be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

Ezek. 38:20 "The fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; the mountains also will be thrown down, the steep pathways will collapse and every wall will fall to the ground.

Ezek. 38:21 "I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains," declares the Lord GOD. "Every man's sword will be against his brother.

Ezek. 38:22 "With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone.

Ezek. 38:23 "I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD."'

Ezek. 39:1 ∂ "And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal;

Ezek. 39:2 and I will turn you around, drive you on, take you up from the remotest parts of the north and bring you against the mountains of Israel.

Ezek. 39:3 "I will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your right hand.

Ezek. 39:4 "You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and beast of the field.

Ezek. 39:5 "You will fall on the open field; for it is I who have spoken," declares the Lord GOD.

Ezek. 39:6 "And I will send fire upon Magog and those who inhabit the coastlands in safety; and they will know that I am the LORD.

Ezek. 39:7 ∂ "My holy name I will make known in the midst of My people Israel; and I will not let My holy name be profaned anymore. And the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

Ezek. 39:8 "Behold, it is coming and it shall be done," declares the Lord GOD. "That is the day of which I have spoken.

Ezek. 39:9 ∂ "Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them.

Ezek. 39:10 "They will not take wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests, for they will make fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoil of those who despoiled them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them," declares the Lord GOD.

Ezek. 39:11 ∂ "On that day I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea, and it will block off those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his horde, and they will call it the valley of Hamon-gog.

Ezek. 39:12 "For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land.

Ezek. 39:13 "Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify Myself," declares the Lord GOD.

Ezek. 39:14 "They will set apart men who will constantly pass through the land, burying those who were passing through, even those left on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search.

Ezek. 39:15 "As those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a man's bone, then he will set up a marker by it until the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.

Ezek. 39:16 "And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land."'

Ezek. 39:17 ∂ "As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Speak to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field, "Assemble and come, gather from every side to My sacrifice which I am going to sacrifice for you, as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.

Ezek. 39:18 "You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats and bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

Ezek. 39:19 "So you will eat fat until you are glutted, and drink blood until you are drunk, from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

Ezek. 39:20 "You will be glutted at My table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all the men of war," declares the Lord GOD.

Ezek. 39:21 ∂ "And I will set My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them.

Ezek. 39:22 "And the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God from that day onward.

Ezek. 39:23 "The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity because they acted treacherously against Me, and I hid My face from them; so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and all of them fell by the sword.

Ezek. 39:24 "According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them."'"

Ezek. 39:25 ∂ Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name.

Ezek. 39:26 "They will forget their disgrace and all their treachery which they perpetrated against Me, when they live securely on their own land with no one to make them afraid.

Ezek. 39:27 "When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall be sanctified through them in the sight of the many nations.

Ezek. 39:28 "Then they will know that I am the LORD their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then gathered them again to their own land; and I will leave none of them there any longer.

Ezek. 39:29 "I will not hide My face from them any longer, for I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel," declares the Lord GOD.

 

(Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, with Groves-Wheeler Westminster Hebrew Morphology)

:r·OmaEl y∂AlEa hÅDwh◊y_rAbàd y∂Ih◊y≈w Ezek. 33:1

M$RhyElSa ÉD;tàrAmDa◊w –‘KV;mAo_y`EnV;b_lRa rßE;bÂ;d M#èdDa_NR;b Ezek. 33:2

–dDjRa vyßIa XÆr%DaDh_MAo äw∞jVqDl◊w bÆr°Dj DhyÅRlDo ay∂IbDa_y`I;k XÆrRa

:h`RpOxVl MÅRhDl wˆ¯tOa äwÒnVtŒn◊w M$RhyExVqIm

oÒÂqDt◊w XÆr°DaDh_lAo hÉDaD;b bÆrÅRjAh_tRa h∂Daèr◊w Ezek. 33:3

:M`DoDh_tRa ry∂Ih◊zIh◊w rÅDpw¯⁄vA;b

r$Dh◊zñn a‚¯l◊w –rDpw¯⁄vAh lw˚¯q_tRa Ao%EmO⁄vAh o∞AmDv◊w Ezek. 33:4

:h`RyVh`Iy w‰¯va¯rVb wÒ¯mè;d äwh°Ejè;qI;t≈w bÆrÅRj aw¯b∂D;t≈w

h°RyVh`Iy w‚¯;b w‰¯mè;d r$Dh◊zñn a‚¯l◊w –oAmDv rßDpw¯⁄vAh lw∞¯q ∑tEa Ezek. 33:5

:f`E;lIm wÒ¯vVp≈n rÅDh◊zñn aäwÒh◊w

oÙÂqDt_a·¯l◊w h#DaD;b bÆr%RjAh_tRa h∞Raàrñy_y`I;k hRpOäxAh◊w˛ Ezek. 33:6

vRp°Dn MÅRhEm jÒÂ;qI;t≈w bÆr$Rj aw‚¯bD;t≈w r$Dh◊zñn_a·¯l MÉDoDh◊w –rDpw¯⁄vA;b

s :vÌOràdRa h∂RpOäxAh_d`A•yIm w‰¯mèd◊w j$èqVlñn w‚¯nOwSoA;b aäwh£

l°EaèrVcñy tyÉEbVl ‘KyÅI;tAt◊n h∂RpOx M$èdDa_NRb hÉD;tAa◊w Ezek. 33:7

:yñän`R;mIm MÅDtOa ∂D;tàrAh◊zIh◊w r$Dbè;d –yI⁄pIm ßD;tVoAmDv◊w

D;tàr$A;bÓd a‚¯l◊w täw$mD;t tw‚¯m –oDvèr o#DvèrDl y‚ÓrVmDaV;b Ezek. 33:8

Ò‘KàdŒ•yIm w‰¯mèd◊w täw$mŒy w‚¯nOwSoA;b –oDvèr aäwÙh wÛ¯;kàrÂ;dIm oÅDvèr ry∂Ih◊zAhVl

:v·È;qAbSa

hŒän$R;mIm bäw‚vDl –w¯;kàrÂ;dIm oßDvèr D;tàr∞Ah◊zIh_y`I;k hD;tAa◊w˛ Ezek. 33:9

s :D;tVl`AäxIh Ò‘KVvVp≈n hÅD;tAa◊w täw$mŒy w‚¯nOwSoA;b aäwh£ wÛ¯;kàrÂ;dIm bÅDv_a¯l◊w

NßE;k l$EaèrVcñy tyÉE;b_lRa –rOmTa M#èdDa_NRb hÉD;tAa◊w Ezek. 33:10

äwnVj∂AnSa M¢Dbäw äwny°ElDo äwnyÅEta¯⁄fAj◊w äwny∂EoDvVp_y`I;k r$OmaEl –MR;tàrAmSa

:h`RyVj`In JKy∂Ea◊w My‰Ó;qAm◊n

hGñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa ãMÉUa◊n ãyñnÉDa_yAj M%RhyElSa r∞OmTa Ezek. 33:11

h°DyDj◊w w‰¯;kàrÂ;dIm o¢Dvèr bäwÒvV;b_MIa yÉI;k o$DvèrDh tw‚¯mV;b –XO⁄pVjRa_MIa

:l`EaèrVcñy ty∂E;b äwtäw‰mDt hD;m∂Dl◊w My¢IoèrDh M™RkyEkàrÂ;dIm äwbäw%v äwbäw‚v

p

t‚ÂqàdIx –‘KV;mAo_y`EnV;b_lRa rÙOmTa M#èdDa_NRb hÉD;tAa◊w Ezek. 33:12

lRvÉD;kñy_a·¯l –oDvèr`Dh tßAoVvÓr◊w w$¯oVvI⁄p Mw‚¯yV;b –äwän–RlyIäxAt aÙ¯l qy#Ó;dAäxAh

MwÒ¯yV;b ;hÅD;b twÒ¯yVj`Il l¢Akäwy aÒ¯l qy#Ó;dAx◊w wÛ¯oVvÓr`Em w‚¯bäwv Mw‰¯yV;b ;h$D;b

:w·¯ta¯fSj

j∂AfDb_aäw·h◊w hYîyVj`Iy h‚OyDj –qyÓ;dAäxAl yÙÓrVmDaV;b Ezek. 33:13

a‚¯l [–wyDtOqàdIx] w¯tèqàdIx_lD;k lîw°Do hDcÉDo◊w w‰¯tèqàdIx_lAo

:täw·mŒy wÒ¯;b hÅDcDo_rRvSa wÒ¯l◊wAoVbäw hŒnàr$AkŒázIt

w$¯taD⁄fAj`Em –bDv◊w täwÛmD;t tw‚¯m oÅDvèr`Dl yÒÓrVmDaVbäw Ezek. 33:14

:h·èqèdVxäw fÅD⁄pVvIm h∂DcDo◊w

–Myñ•yAj`Ah tw˚¯;qUjV;b M$E;lAv◊y hÉDl¥z◊äg –oDvèr byßIvŒy l∞ObSj Ezek. 33:15

:täw·mŒy aÒ¯l hÅRyVj`Iy wÒ¯yDj lîw°Do tw‚¯cSo yÅI;tVlIbVl JK$AlDh

hŒnàrÅAkŒázIt aÒ¯l a$DfDj rÉRvSa [–wyDta¯⁄fAj] w¯taD⁄fAj_lD;k Ezek. 33:16

:h`RyVj`Iy wÒ¯yDj hÅDcDo hˆèqèdVxäw f™D⁄pVvIm wÛ¯l

hD;mÅEh◊w y°DnOdSa JKÆr‚Æ;d NÅEkD;tñy aÒ¯l $‘KV;mAo yÉEnV;b –äwrVmDa◊w Ezek. 33:17

:N`EkD;tñy_a·¯l M∂D;kàrÂ;d

:M`RhD;b tÅEmäw lîw°Do hDcÉDo◊w w‰¯tèqàdIäxIm qyÒÓ;dAx_bäwvV;b Ezek. 33:18

hÛèqèdVxäw fÅD⁄pVvIm h∂DcDo◊w w$¯tDoVvÓr`Em –oDvèr bäwÙvVbäw Ezek. 33:19

:h`RyVj`Iy aäwÒh MÅRhyElSo

wy¢DkèràdI;k vy™Ia y°DnOdSa JKÆr‚Æ;d NÅEkD;tñy aÒ¯l MR;tàrAmSa≈w Ezek. 33:20

p :l`EaèrVcñy ty∂E;b MÅRkVtRa fwÒ¯⁄pVvRa

h∂D⁄vImSjA;b yˆÓrIcSoD;b hGŒnDv h‚ÈrVcRo y™E;tVvI;b yfiIh◊y≈w Ezek. 33:21

h∂DtV;kUh r‰OmaEl M ¢AlDväwryIm fy™IlD⁄pAh y∞AlEa_aD;b äwn°EtäwlŒgVl vÆd‰OjAl

:ry`IoDh

fy$IlD⁄pAh aw‚¯;b –y¥nVpIl bÆr#RoD;b y%AlEa h∞Dt◊yDh ∑hŒwh◊y_d≈y◊w Ezek. 33:22

aÒ¯l◊w y$I⁄p jAtÉD⁄pñ•y≈w rÆqÛO;bA;b yÅAlEa awÒ¯;b_dAo y$I⁄p_tRa jÉA;tVpñ•y≈w

p :dw·¯o yI;tVmÅAlTaîn

:r·OmaEl y∂AlEa hÅDwh◊y_rAbàd y∂Ih◊y≈w Ezek. 33:23

tßAmàdAa_lAo hR;l%EaDh tw∞¯bèrFjRh yEbVvOy˛ M#èdDa_NR;b Ezek. 33:24

v‰Âryñ•y≈w M$DhèrVbAa hÉDyDh –dDjRa r$OmaEl My‚ÓrVmOa – lEaèrVcñy

s :h`Dvèrw¯mVl XÆrÅDaDh h∂DnV;tñn äwn¢Dl My$I;bÂr äwnVjÉAnSa≈w XÆr°DaDh_tRa

hGñwOh◊y yÉDnOdSa ãrÉAmDa_h·O;k M%RhyElSa r∞OmTa ∑NEkDl Ezek. 33:25

M‚èd◊w MÅRkyEläw;lñäg_lRa äwÒaVcI;t M¢Rk¥nyEo◊w äwl¢Eka¯;t ãM¨è;dAh_lAo

:äwv·èryI;t XÆrÅDaDh◊w äwkÛO⁄pVvI;t

vy¢Ia◊w h$DbEow¯;t NÉRtyIcSo –MRkV;bàrAj_l`Ao MßR;tàdAmSo Ezek. 33:26

s :äwv·èryI;t XÆrÅDaDh◊w M°RtaE;mIf äwhÅEoÈr tRv∂Ea_tRa

§hñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa r∞AmDa_hO;k M%RhElSa r∞Ama¯t_h·O;k Ezek. 33:27

–rRvSa`Aw äwl$O⁄pñy bÆrÉRjA;b –tw¯bèrFj`R;b rßRvSa afi¯l_MIa ~yñnDa_yAj

twı¯dDxV;mA;b r¢RvSa≈w wÛ¯lVkDaVl wyÅI;tAt◊n h∂D•yAjAl h$ÆdD⁄cAh yÉEnV⁄p_lAo

:äwtäw·mŒy rRbÒÆ;dA;b twίrDoV;mAbäw

Nw‚¯a◊äg tÅA;bVvñn◊w h$D;mAvVmäw hÉDmDmVv –XÆr–DaDh_tRa yßI;tAtŒn◊w Ezek. 33:28

:r`Ebw¯o Ny∂EaEm lÅEaèrVcñy yÒÈrDh äwˆmVm`Dv◊w ;h°DázUo

hÉDmDmVv –XÆr–DaDh_tRa yßI;tItV;b h°Dwh◊y yÉInSa_y`I;k äw‰oàdŒy◊w Ezek. 33:29

s :äw·cDo r∂RvSa MÅDtObSow¯;t_lD;k l∂Ao h$D;mAvVmäw

lRxÉEa –‘KV;b MyÙÓrD;bàdñänAh #‘KV;mAo yÉEnV;b M$èdDa_NRb hÉD;tAa◊w Ezek. 33:30

vyßIa d#AjAa_tRa dÉAj_rR;bÓd◊w My°I;tD;bAh yÅEjVtIpVbäw tw$¯ryI;qAh

t∂EaEm aÅExw¯•yAh r$Dbè;dAh hÉDm äw$oVmIv◊w aÉDn_äwa·¯;b r$OmaEl –wyIjDa_tRa

:h`Dwh◊y

y$I;mAo –‘Ky–înDpVl äwÙbVv¥y◊w MfiDo_aw¯bVmI;k ‘KyRlEa˛ äwaw‚¯bŒy◊w Ezek. 33:31

–MRhyIpV;b MyßIbŒgSo_y`I;k äwÛcSo`Ay a‚¯l MÅDtw¯a◊w ‘Ky$ÆrDbà;d_tRa –äwoVm`Dv◊w

:JK`ElOh M∂D;bIl MÅDoVxIb yÒÈrSjAa My$IcOo hD;mÉEh

N°Eäg≈n bÉIfEmäw lwίq h∂Ep◊y My$IbŒgSo ryÉIvV;k –MRhDl Ù‘K◊änIh◊w Ezek. 33:32

:M`Dtw¯a MÅDnyEa My∂IcOo◊w ‘Ky$ÆrDbà;d_tRa –äwoVm`Dv◊w

h∂DyDh ayÅIbŒn y∂I;k äw$oàdÉDy◊w h$DaDb hÉEänIh ;h°Da¯bVbäw Ezek. 33:33

s :M`Dkw¯tVb

:r·OmaEl y∂AlEa hÅDwh◊y_rAbàd y∂Ih◊y≈w Ezek. 34:1

∑D;tàrAmDa◊w aÉEbŒänIh l°EaèrVcñy yÉEow¯r_lAo aÅEbŒänIh MèdDa_NR;b Ezek. 34:2

– lEaèrVcñy_y`EoOr ywÙ¯h hGñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa ãrÉAmDa hÒO;k My%IoOrDl M∞RhyElSa

:My`IoOrDh äw‰oàrñy Na$¯äxAh aw‚¯lSh M$Dtw¯a MyÉIoOr –äwyDh rßRvSa

äwv$D;bVlI;t rRmÉRäxAh_tRa◊w –äwl–Eka¯;t bRlßEjAh_tRa Ezek. 34:3

:äw·oàrIt aÒ¯l Na‰¯äxAh äwj°D;b◊zI;t hÅDayÓrV;bAh

hÉDlw¯jAh_tRa◊w M%R;tVq≈ázIj a∞¯l ∑tw¯lVj≈änAh_t`Ra Ezek. 34:4

a‚¯l –tAj–Â;dñänAh_tRa◊w M$R;tVvAbSj a‚¯l –tÆr–R;bVvñänAl◊w M#RtaE⁄pÓr_a·¯l

MÅDtOa M∂RtyÓdàr hˆèq◊zDjVbäw M°R;tVvÂ;qIb a‚¯l tÆdÅRbOaDh_tRa◊w M$RtObEvSh

:JKÆr`DpVbäw

h¢DlVkDaVl hŒny™RyVhI;t≈w h°RoOr yÉIlV;bIm hŒnyÅRxäwpV;t≈w Ezek. 34:5

:hŒny`RxäwpV;t≈w h‰ÆdD⁄cAh t∂A•yAj_lDkVl

h°Dmèr hÉDoVbñäg_lD;k lÅAo◊w My$ÓrDhÉRh_lDkV;b –yñna¯x äwÙägVvñy Ezek. 34:6

:v·È;qAbVm Ny∂Ea◊w v‰Èrw¯;d Ny∂Ea◊w yYñna¯x äwx‚OpŒn –XÆr–DaDh yßEnV⁄p_lD;k l∞Ao◊w

:h`Dwh◊y r∂Abà;d_tRa äw‰oVmIv My$IoOr NÉEkDl Ezek. 34:7

NAoÉAy a‚¯l_MIa hGñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa ãMÉUa◊n yñn%Da_yAj Ezek. 34:8

tßA•yAj_lDkVl h%DlVkDaVl yΩñna¯x ∑hŒnyîyVh`I;t≈w z&AbDl ãyÉIna¯x_tw·¯yTh

äwÙoàrñ•y≈w y°Ina¯x_tRa yÅAoOr äwÒvàrèd_a·¯l◊w h$RoOr NyÉEaEm –hÆdD⁄cAh

s :äw·oèr aÒ¯l yÅIna¯x_tRa◊w M$Dtw¯a –MyIoOr`Dh

:h`Dwh◊y_rAbà;d äw‰oVmIv My$IoOr`Dh –NEkDl Ezek. 34:9

My%IoOrDh_l`Ra yΩñn◊nIh hGñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa rfiAmDa_hO;k Ezek. 34:10

Na$¯x tw‚¯oàrEm –MyI;tA;bVvIh◊w M#èdŒ•yIm yÉIna¯x_tRa y™I;tVvÂrèd`Vw

M$RhyI⁄pIm –yñna¯x yßI;tVlAäxIh◊w M°Dtw¯a MyÅIoOrDh dwˆ¯o äwÒoàrñy_a¯l◊w

s :h`DlVkDaVl MÅRhDl Œ  Ny∂RyVhIt_a·¯l◊w

y∂I;tVvÂrèd◊w yñnDa_yñn◊nIh h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa rÅAmDa hÒO;k y¢I;k Ezek. 34:11

:My`I;tàrÂ;qIbäw yÅIna¯x_tRa

–w¯na¯x_JKw¯tVb wÙ¯tw¯yTh_Mw¯yV;b w%¯ràdRo h∞RoOr ∑tÂrè;qAbV;k Ezek. 34:12

M#RhVtRa yÉI;tVlAäxIh◊w y°Ina¯x_tRa r‚È;qAbSa NÅE;k tw$¯vèrVpñn

:l`RpèrSo≈w NÅDnDo MwÒ¯yV;b M$Dv äwx‚OpŒn rÉRvSa –tOmw¯qV;mAh_lD;kIm

tw$¯xèrSaÉDh_NIm –MyI;tVxA;bIq◊w My#I;mAoDh_NIm MyÉItaExw¯h◊w Ezek. 34:13

l$EaèrVcñy y‚ÈrDh_lRa –MyItyIoàräw M°DtDmàdAa_lRa MyÅItOayIbSh≈w

:XÆr`DaDh y∂EbVvw¯m l‰OkVbäw MyIqyIpSaD;b

yÒÈrDhVbäw M$DtOa hÉRoàrRa –bw¯⁄f_hRoàrImV;b Ezek. 34:14

bw$¯⁄f hîwÉDnV;b –hŒnVx–A;bàrI;t MßDv M°Rh¥w◊n hÉRyVhñy lÅEaèrVcñy_Mw̯rVm

:l`EaèrVcñy yÒÈrDh_lRa hŒnyÅRoàrI;t N¢EmDv h∂RoàrImäw

y∂DnOdSa MÅUa◊n M$ExyI;bàrAa yÉInSa≈w –yñna¯x hßRoàrRa yΩñnSa Ezek. 34:15

:h`Iwh◊y

by$IvDa tAj‚Â;dñänAh_tRa◊w –vÈ;qAbSa tÆdßRbOaDh_tRa Ezek. 34:16

h™DnEmV⁄vAh_tRa◊w q°EázAjSa hÅDlw¯jAh_tRa◊w v$ObTjRa tÆrÉR;bVvñänAl◊w

:f`D⁄pVvImVb hŒän∂RoàrRa dyÅImVvAa hˆèqŒzSjAh_tRa◊w

–fEpOv yßIn◊nIh h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa rÅAmDa hÒO;k yYñna¯x hŒnÉE;tAa◊w Ezek. 34:17

:My·Ódäw;tAoDl◊w MyÅIlyEaDl h$RcDl hÉRc_Ny`E;b

–rRt–îy◊w äw$oàrI;t –bw¯⁄fAh hßRoàrI;mAh M#R;kIm fÉAoVmAh Ezek. 34:18

–tEa◊w äw$;tVvI;t MñyÉAm_oÂqVvImäw M°RkyEl◊gÂrV;b äw‰sVmàrI;t M$RkyEoàrIm

:Näw·cO⁄pàrI;t MÅRkyEl◊gÂrV;b My$ÓrDtw‚¯änAh

c∂A⁄pàrImäw hŒny$RoàrI;t –MRkyEl◊gÂr sßAmàrIm y°Ina¯x◊w Ezek. 34:19

s :hŒny`R;tVvI;t MÅRkyEl◊gÂr

yñnDa_yñn◊nIh M°RhyElSa hÅIwh◊y y∂DnOdSa r¢AmDa hÒO;k N#EkDl Ezek. 34:20

:h`Dzèr hÅRc Ny∂Ebäw hYŒyàrIb hÉRc_Ny`E;b –yI;tVfAp`Dv◊w

äw‰j◊äg≈nV;t M∂Rky¥nàrÂqVbäw äwp$O;dVhR;t –PEtDkVbäw dßAxV;b NAoG≈y Ezek. 34:21

:hDxäw·jAh_lRa hŒnÅDtw¯a M¢Rtw¯xyIpSh r™RvSa dÉAo twÛ¯lVj≈änAh_lD;k

z°AbDl dw‰¯o hŒny∂RyVhIt_a·¯l◊w yYñna¯xVl yÉI;tVoAvw¯h◊w Ezek. 34:22

:h`RcDl hÅRc Ny∂E;b y$I;tVfApÉDv◊w

tÅEa N$RhVtRa hÉDoèr◊w –dDjRa hßRoOr M%RhyElSo y∞ItOmIqSh≈w Ezek. 34:23

:h`RoOrVl NÅRhDl h∂RyVhñy_aäw·h◊w M$DtOa hÉRoàrñy aäwh£ dy°Iwèd y‚Ó;dVbAo

dÅIwèd yÒÓ;dVbAo◊w My$Ih¯la`El –MRhDl hßRyVhRa hGŒwh◊y yÉInSa≈w Ezek. 34:24

:yI;tàr`A;bÓ;d hÅDwh◊y y∂InSa M°Dkw¯tVb ayÉIcŒn

hÅDoèr_h`D•yAj y∂I;tA;bVvIh◊w Mw$¯lDv ty‚ÓrV;b –MRhDl yßI;tÂrDk◊w Ezek. 34:25

:My·ÓrDo◊•yA;b äw‰nVvŒy◊w jAf$RbDl –rD;bàdI;mAb äwÙbVvŒy◊w XÆr°DaDh_NIm

yßI;tàdÂrw¯h◊w h°DkèrV;b yÅItDoVbñäg twÒ¯byIbVsäw M¢Dtw¯a y∂I;tAtŒn◊w Ezek. 34:26

:äw·yVh`Iy hÅDkèrVb y∂EmVvñäg w$¯;tIoV;b –MRv–îägAh

;h$Dläwb◊y NÉE;tI;t –XÆr–DaDh◊w wG¯yàrI⁄p_tRa h%ÆdD⁄cAh X∞Eo ∑NAtŒn◊w Ezek. 34:27

–yÓrVbIvV;b hGŒwh◊y yÉInSa_yI;k äwfioàdŒy`Vw jAf°RbDl MÅDtDmàdAa_lAo äwÒyDh◊w

:M`RhD;b MyÒÓdVbOoDh dÅA•yIm My$I;tVlAäx∞Ih◊w M$D;lUo tw‚¯fOm_tRa

a‚¯l XÆrÅDaDh t∂A•yAj◊w MYñyw¯ägAl –zA;b dwÒ¯o äwΩyVhñy_a¯l◊w Ezek. 34:28

:dy·ÓrSjAm Ny∂Ea◊w jAfÅRbDl äwÒbVvŒy◊w M°ElVka¯t

yßEpUsSa dw%¯o äwΩyVhñy_a·¯l◊w M°EvVl oÅD⁄fAm M¢RhDl y∂ItOmIqSh≈w Ezek. 34:29

:M`Iyw¯ägAh t∂A;mIlV;k dw‰¯o äwÒaVcñy_a·¯l◊w XÆr$DaD;b –bDoèr

–yI;mAo hD;m#Eh◊w M°D;tIa MÅRhyEh¯lTa h¢Dwh◊y y™InSa yÉI;k äw#oàdŒy◊w Ezek. 34:30

:h`Iwh◊y y∂DnOdSa MÅUa◊n l$EaèrVcñy tyÉE;b

–yñnSa M°R;tAa M‚èdDa yÅItyIoàrAm NaÒ¯x y¢Ina¯x N∂E;tAa◊w Ezek. 34:31

p :h`Iwh◊y y∂DnOdSa MÅUa◊n M$RkyEh‚¯lTa

:r·OmaEl y∂AlEa hÅDwh◊y_rAbàd y∂Ih◊y≈w Ezek. 35:1

:wy`DlDo aÅEbŒänIh◊w ry°IoEc rÉAh_lAo ‘KyÅRnD⁄p My∂Ic MèdDa_NR;b Ezek. 35:2

‘KyÅRlEa y∂In◊nIh hYñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa –rAmDa hÙO;k w#¯;l D;tàrÉAmDa◊w Ezek. 35:3

:h`D;mAvVmäw h∂DmDmVv ‘KyÅI;tAt◊näw ‘Ky$RlDo –yÓdŒy yItyßIfŒn◊w ry°IoEc_rAh

ÅD;tVoÂdŒy◊w h°RyVh`It hÉDmDmVv hÅD;tAa◊w My$IcDa hÉD;bàrDj –‘Ky–ÆrDo Ezek. 35:4

:h`Dwh◊y y∂InSa_y`I;k

r∂EägA;t≈w M$Dlw¯o tÉAbyEa –‘KVl twÙ¯yTh NAoG≈y Ezek. 35:5

:X·Èq NÒOwSo tÅEoV;b M$èdyEa tÉEoV;b bÆr°Dj_yÈd◊y_lAo lÅEaèrVcñy_y`EnV;b_tRa

‰‘KVcRoRa MÒèdVl_y`I;k hYñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa –MUa◊n yñn#Da_yAj NÉEkDl Ezek. 35:6

:‘K`Rpfl;dàrñy MÒèd◊w DtaÅEnDc Mˆèd aÒ¯l_MIa ‘K°Rpfl;dàrñy M‚èd◊w

y∂I;tÂrVkIh◊w h°DmDmVväw hÅDmVm`IvVl ry$IoEc rÉAh_tRa –yI;tAt`Dn◊w Ezek. 35:7

:b`DvŒw r∂EbOo äwänÅR;mIm

–‘Ky–Rtw¯a¥g◊w ‘KyßRtw¯oVbñäg wy°DlDlSj wy‰èrDh_tRa y∂ItaE;lImäw Ezek. 35:8

:M`RhDb äwÒlV⁄pñy bÆrÅRj_yElVlAj ‘Ky$ÆqyIpSa_lDk◊w

hŒnVbAvyEt a‚¯l ‘Ky‰ÆrDo◊w $‘K◊nR;tRa –MDlw¯o twÙ¯mVm`Iv Ezek. 35:9

:h`Dwh◊y y∂InSa_y`I;k MÅR;tVoÂdy`Iw [hŒnVbÛOvDt]

twˆ¯xèrSaDh y™E;tVv_tRa◊w Mõñyw¯ägAh yΩ¥nVv_tRa ‘KàrDmSa˛ NAoÉAy Ezek. 35:10

:h`DyDh M∂Dv hÅDwhy`Aw DhäwÛnVvÂry`Iw hŒnyÅRyVhIt y∂Il

–‘KV⁄pAaV;k yIty#IcDo◊w ~hñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa §MUa◊n yñn#Da_yAj NÉEkDl Ezek. 35:11

MÅDb yI;tVoÒÂdw¯n◊w M°D;b ‘KyÅRtDa◊nI⁄cIm hDty$IcDo rÉRvSa $‘KVtÉDa◊nIqVkäw

:‘K`RfV⁄pVvRa r∂RvSaA;k

ãyI;tVoÉAmDv ~hŒwh◊y yÉInSa_y`I;k §D;tVoÂdŒy`Vw Ezek. 35:12

ãr‚OmaEl lÅEaèrVcñy yÒÈrDh_lAo D;tàr¢AmDa r∂RvSa ‘Ky#Rtw¯x`DaŒn_lD;k_tRa

:h`DlVkDaVl äw‰nV;tñn äwn∂Dl [äwm°EmDv] hDmEmDv

M°RkyÈrVbÓ;d yÅAlDo M∂R;tàrA;tVoAh◊w M$RkyIpV;b –yAlDo äwlyÙÓ;d◊gA;t≈w Ezek. 35:13

s :yI;tVo`DmDv yÅInSa

hÅDmDmVv XÆr$DaDh_lD;k –AjíOmVcI;k h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa rÅAmDa hÒO;k Ezek. 35:14

:JK`D;l_hRcToRa

l∂Ao l¢EaèrVcñy_ty`E;b t™AlVj≈nVl %‘KVt∞DjVmIcV;k Ezek. 35:15

–ryIoEc_rAh hßRyVh`It h∞DmDmVv JK°D;l_hRcToRa NÉE;k hDmÅEmDv_rRvSa

p :h`Dwh◊y y∂InSa_y`I;k äw‰oàdŒy◊w ;h$D;lU;k MwͯdTa_lDk◊w

$D;tàrAmÉDa◊w l°EaèrVcñy y‚ÈrDh_lRa aÅEbŒänIh M$èdDa_NRb hÉD;tAa◊w Ezek. 36:1

:h`Dwh◊y_rAbà;d äw‰oVmIv l$EaèrVcñy –yÈrDh

MÅRkyElSo b¢Eyw¯aDh r™AmDa NAoÉAy hYñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa –rAmDa hÙO;k Ezek. 36:2

:äwn`D;l hDt◊y∂Dh hÅDvèrw·¯mVl M$Dlw¯o tw‚¯mDbäw j°DaRh

NAoÉAy h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa rÅAmDa hÒO;k $D;tàrAmDa◊w aÉEbŒänIh –NEkDl Ezek. 36:3

–hDvèrw·¯m MßRkVtw¯yVh`Il by#IbD;sIm M%RkVtRa P∞OaDv◊w ∑tw¯;mAv NAo”≈yV;b

:M`Do_tA;bÓd◊w Nw‰¯vDl t∂ApVc_lAo äwˆlSo`E;t≈w MYñyw¯ägAh ty‚ÓrEaVvIl

h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa_rAbà;d äw‰oVmIv l$EaèrVcñy y‚ÈrDh –NEkDl Ezek. 36:4

My‚ÓqyIpSaDl tw%¯oDb◊ägAl◊w My∞ÓrDhRl hñwh◊y˛ yÉDnOdSa rÉAmDa_h·O;k

äwÙyDh r∞RvSa tw$¯bŒzToîänAh My‚ÓrDoRl◊w –tw¯mVm·O⁄vAh twÙ¯bèrFjRl◊w twG¯yDa¥ägAl◊w

s :by`IbD;sIm r∂RvSa MÅIyw¯ägAh tyÒÓrEaVvIl gAo$AlVläw –zAbVl

y∂ItDa◊nIq v∞EaV;b a¯l˛_MIa ~hñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa §rAmDa_h·O;k N#EkDl Ezek. 36:5

rÉRvSa a°D;lU;k MwͯdTa_lAo◊w MÅIyw¯ägAh tyÒÓrEaVv_lAo yI;tàr¢A;bÓd

fÉDaVvI;b –bDbEl_lD;k tßAjVmIcV;b h%Dvèrw∞¯mVl MRhDl˛ ãyÉIxàrAa_tRa_äw·nVtŒn

:z`AbDl ;hÅDvèr◊gIm NAo∂AmVl vRpYîn

My‚ÓrDhRl &D;tàrAmDa◊w l°EaèrVcñy tÉAmàdAa_lAo aÅEbŒänIh NEkDl Ezek. 36:6

yΩñn◊nIh hGñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa ãrÉAmDa_h·O;k twõ¯yDa¥ägAl◊w My∞IqyIpSaDl tw¯oDb◊ägAl◊w˛

:M`RtaDc◊n MÅIyw¯äg t∂A;mIlV;k NAo¢Ay yI;tàr$A;bÓ;d –yItDmSjAbäw yßItDa◊nIqVb

yÛÓdŒy_tRa yItaÉDcŒn yÅInSa hYñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa –rAmDa hÙO;k N#EkDl Ezek. 36:7

:äwa`D⁄cñy MÅDtD;mIlV;k hD;mÅEh by$IbD;sIm MÉRkDl rÉRvSa –Mñyw¯ägAh aÙ¯l_MIa

M∂Rk◊yàrRpäw äwn$E;tI;t MÉRkV⁄p◊nAo – lEaèrVcñy yÙÈrDh MfiR;tAa◊w Ezek. 36:8

:aw·¯bDl äw‰bàrÈq y∂I;k l°EaèrVcñy yÉI;mAoVl äw‰aVcI;t

MÅR;tàdAbToîn◊w M$RkyElSa yItyÉInDpäw M°RkyElSa yÉIn◊nIh yÅI;k Ezek. 36:9

:M`R;tVoÂr◊zñn◊w

hÛ¯;lU;k lÅEaèrVcñy ty∂E;b_lD;k M$èdDa –MRkyElSo yßItyE;bàrIh◊w Ezek. 36:10

:hŒny`RnD;bI;t tw‰¯bèrFjRh◊w My$ÓrDo`Rh –äwbVv·On◊w

äw˙rDpäw äw‚bèr◊w hÅDmEhVbäw MÒèdDa M¢RkyElSo y™ItyE;bàrIh◊w Ezek. 36:11

M$RkyEt‚OvaÓrEm –yItOb`IfEh◊w M#RkyEtw·¯màdÂqV;k M%RkVtRa y∞I;tVbAvw¯h◊w

:h`Dwh◊y y∂InSa_y`I;k MÅR;tVoÂdy`Iw

– lEaèrVcñy yßI;mAo_tRa M%èdDa M∞RkyElSo ∑yI;tVkAlw¯h◊w Ezek. 36:12

s :M`DlV;kAvVl dw‰¯o P∂Isw¯t_a¯l◊w h°DlSj≈nVl MÅRhDl Dty∂IyDh◊w ‘Käw$vÈry`Iw

tRl∂RkOa M$RkDl My‚ÓrVmOa NAo≈yÔ hYñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa –rAmDa hÙO;k Ezek. 36:13

:ty`IyDh [JKñyÅAyw¯äg] JK¥yw¯äg tRl∂R;kAvVmäw [V;t°Da] yI;tDa M‰èdDa

[JKñyÅAyw¯g][◊w] JK¥yw¯g◊w dw$¯o yIlVka‚¯t_a¯l –MèdDa N#EkDl Ezek. 36:14

:h`Iwh◊y y∂DnOdSa MÅUa◊n dwÛ¯o_[yIlV;kAvVt]_yIlV⁄vAkVt a‚¯l

t∂A⁄pàrRj◊w MYñyw¯ägAh tÉA;mIlV;k –dw¯o JKñyßAlEa Aoy∞ImVvAa_a¯l◊w Ezek. 36:15

dw$¯o yIlÉIvVkAt_a¯l [–JKñy–≈yw¯g][◊w] JK¥yw¯g◊w dwÛ¯o_yIaVcIt a‚¯l MyÅI;mAo

s :h`Iwh◊y y∂DnOdSa MÅUa◊n

:r·OmaEl y∂AlEa hÅDwh◊y_rAbàd y∂Ih◊y≈w Ezek. 36:16

M$DtDmàdAa_lAo MyÉIbVvOy – lEaèrVcñy tyßE;b M#èdDa_NR;b Ezek. 36:17

h∂Dt◊yDh h$è;dñänAh –tAaVmUfV;k M°Dtw¯ly`IlSoAbäw MÅD;kàrÂdV;b ;h$Dtw¯a äw‚aV;mAf◊y≈w

:y`DnDpVl MÅD;kàrÂd

äw‚kVpDv_rRvSa M‰è;dAh_lAo M$RhyElSo –yItDmSj JKÙO⁄pVvRaŒw Ezek. 36:18

:Dhäw·aV;mIf MÅRhyEläw;lñgVbäw XÆr°DaDh_lAo

M∂D;kàrÂdV;k twÛ¯xèrSaD;b äwÎrŒázñ•y≈w MYñyw¯ägA;b –MDtOa XyßIpDaŒw Ezek. 36:19

:My`I;tVfApVv MÅDtw¯lyIlSoAk◊w

äw‰lV;lAj◊y`Aw M$Dv äwaÉD;b_rRvSa –Mñyw¯ägAh_lRa aw#¯bŒ•y≈w Ezek. 36:20

:äwa`DxŒy w‰¯xàrAaEmäw hR;l$Ea hÉDwh◊y_MAo –MRhDl rÙOmTaR;b y°Ivàdèq MÉEv_tRa

tyÉE;b –äwhäw–lV;lIj rßRvSa y°Ivàdèq MÉEv_lAo l‰OmVjRaŒw Ezek. 36:21

s :hD;m`Dv äwa∂D;b_rRvSa MÅIyw¯ägA;b l$EaèrVcñy

hYñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa –rAmDa hÙO;k l#EaèrVcñy_ty`EbVl r‚OmTa NfiEkDl Ezek. 36:22

–yIvàdèq_MEvVl_MIa yßI;k l°EaèrVcñy tyÉE;b hÅRcOo y∂InSa M¢Rk◊nAoAmVl a¨¯l

:M`Dv MRta∂D;b_rRvSa MÅIyw¯ägA;b M$R;tVlA;lIj rÉRvSa

r∂RvSa MYñyw¯ägA;b – lD;lUjVm`Ah lw#¯dŒägAh yÉImVv_tRa yfiI;tVvÂ;dIq◊w Ezek. 36:23

yÉDnOdSa –MUa◊n hGŒwh◊y yÉInSa_yI;k Mõñyw¯ägAh äw∞oàdŒy◊w M°Dkw¯tV;b MÅR;tVlA;lIj

:M`Rhy¥nyEoVl MÅRkDb y∂Ivàdè;qIhV;b hYñwh◊y

MÅRkVtRa y∂I;tVxA;bIq◊w MYñyw¯ägAh_NIm –MRkVtRa yßI;tVjÂqDl◊w Ezek. 36:24

:M`RkVtAmàdAa_lRa MÅRkVtRa y∂ItaEbEh◊w twÛ¯xèrSaDh_lD;kIm

l¨O;kIm M°R;tàrAhVfäw My‰Órw¯hVf Mñy∂Am M¢RkyElSo y™I;tVqÂrŒz◊w Ezek. 36:25

:M`RkVtRa r∂EhAfSa MÅRkyEläwÒ;lñäg_lD;kImäw M¢RkyEtw¯aVmUf

NÉE;tRa hÅDvèdSj Ajäwır◊w v$èdDj bÉEl –MRkDl yßI;tAtŒn◊w Ezek. 36:26

MÅRkDl y∂I;tAtŒn◊w M$RkàrAcV;bIm –NRb–RaDh bßEl_tRa y%ItOr∞IsSh≈w M°RkV;bàrIqV;b

:r`DcD;b b∂El

tßEa yIty#IcDo◊w M°RkV;bàrIqV;b NÉE;tRa yÅIjäwr_tRa◊w Ezek. 36:27

:M`RtyIcSo≈w äwÎrVmVvI;t y∂AfD⁄pVvImäw äwk$ElE;t –yÂ;qUjV;b_rRvSa

MRtyßIyVhñw M°RkyEt·ObSaAl yI;tÅAtŒn r∂RvSa XÆr$DaD;b MÉR;tVbAvyñw Ezek. 36:28

:My`Ih¯laEl MÅRkDl h∂RyVhRa y$IkOnÉDa◊w M$DoVl –yIl

yItaÙèrèq◊w M°RkyEtw·¯aVmUf l‰O;kIm M$RkVtRa yÉI;tVoAvw¯h◊w Ezek. 36:29

:b`Doèr MÅRkyElSo N∂E;tRa_a¯l◊w w$¯tOa yÉItyE;bàrIh◊w –NŒgè;dAh_lRa

NAo#AmVl hÛÆdD⁄cAh tÅAbäwnVtäw X$EoDh y‚ÓrV⁄p_tRa –yItyE;bàrIh◊w Ezek. 36:30

:M`Iyw¯ägA;b bÅDoèr t∂A⁄pàrRj dwˆ¯o äwÒjVqIt a‚¯l rRvSa˛

MÅRkyElVlAoAmäw My$IoèrDh MÉRkyEkàrÂ;d_tRa –MR;tàrAk◊zäw Ezek. 36:31

lÅAo◊w M$RkyEt‚OnOwSo lAo£ M$Rky¥nVpI;b –MRtOfÌOq◊näw My°Ibw¯f_a·¯l rÉRvSa

:M`RkyEtw·¯bSow¯;t

o‰ÂdŒäwñy hYñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa –MUa◊n h#RcOo_y`InSa MÉRk◊nAoAmVl a¨¯l Ezek. 36:32

s :l`EaèrVcñy ty∂E;b MÅRkyEkàrÂ;dIm äwˆmVlD;kIh◊w äwvw¨¯;b M°RkDl

l‰O;kIm M$RkVtRa y‚ÓrShAf –Mw¯yV;b hYñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa –rAmDa hÙO;k Ezek. 36:33

:tw·¯bèrFjRh äw‰nVbñn◊w My$ÓrDoÉRh_tRa –yI;tVbAvw·¯h◊w M°RkyEtw·¯nOwSo

hÉDt◊yDh rÉRvSa tAjA;t£ d°EbDo`E;t hÅD;mAv◊änAh XÆr∂DaDh◊w Ezek. 36:34

:r`Ebw¯o_lD;k yÅEnyEoVl h$DmDmVv

NÆd°Eo_N≈gV;k hÅDt◊yDh h$D;mAv◊änAh –äwz–E;lAh XÆrßDaDh äw#rVmDa◊w Ezek. 36:35

:äwb`DvŒy twı¯räwxV;b tw‰¯sèrThîänAh◊w twÒ¯;mAv◊n`Ah◊w twˆ¯bÈrFjRh My¨ÓrDoRh◊w

yÉInSa ãyÉI;k ~MRkyEtw¯byIbVs §äwrSaD⁄v`Iy rÉRvSa MGñyw¯ägAh äw‚oàdŒy◊w Ezek. 36:36

yI;tàr∂A;bÓ;d hÅDwh◊y y∂InSa h°D;mAv◊änAh yI;tVoÅAfŒn tw$¯sèrThÉRänAh –yIty–ñnD;b hGŒwh◊y

s :yIty`IcDo◊w

vÒÈrè;dIa taˆ¯z dw#¯o hYñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa –rAmDa hÙO;k Ezek. 36:37

:M·èdDa Na‰¯äxA;k M¢DtOa h∂R;bàrAa M°RhDl tw‚¯cSoAl lÅEaèrVcñy_ty`EbVl

NßE;k Dhy$ÆdSow‚¯mV;b –M –AlDväwr◊y NaÙ¯xV;k My#Ivèd·èq Na‚¯xV;k Ezek. 36:38

äw‰oàdŒy◊w MÛèdDa Na‚¯x tw‰¯aElVm tw$¯bÈrFjRh My‚ÓrDoRh –hŒny–îyVhI;t

s :h`Dwh◊y y∂InSa_y`I;k

hYŒwh◊y –Ajäw–rVb yñnßEaIxw¯•y≈w ~hŒwh◊y_d≈y §yAlDo hÉDt◊yDh Ezek. 37:1

:tw·¯mDxSo h∂DaElVm ayÅIh◊w h°DoVqI;bAh JKw‚¯tV;b yñnÅEjyñn◊y≈w

twÙ¯;bÂr hΩ¥änIh◊w by°IbDs ãbyÉIbDs MÅRhyElSo yñnÒÂryIbToRh◊w Ezek. 37:2

:d·OaVm twÒ¯vEb◊y hÅEänIh◊w h$DoVqI;bAh yÉEnV⁄p_lAo –dOaVm

hR;l°EaDh tw‚¯mDxSoDh hŒnyÅRyVjItSh MèdDa_NR;b y$AlEa rRma‚¯•y≈w Ezek. 37:3

:D;tVo·èdŒy h∂D;tAa hÅIwh◊y y∂DnOdSa rAmOaŒw

ÉD;tàrAmDa◊w hR;l°EaDh tw‚¯mDxSoDh_lAo aÅEbŒänIh y$AlEa rRma‚¯•y≈w Ezek. 37:4

:h`Dwh◊y_rAbà;d äw‰oVmIv tw$¯vEb◊yAh –tw¯mDxSoDh M$RhyElSa

yõñnSa hΩ¥änIh hR;l°EaDh tw‰¯mDxSoDl hYñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa –rAmDa hÙO;k Ezek. 37:5

:M`RtyñyVjñw AjäwÎr M¢RkDb ay∂IbEm

r#DcD;b MÉRkyElSo y™ItElSoAh`Vw My%Ódñäg M∞RkyElSo ∑yI;tAtŒn◊w Ezek. 37:6

MÅR;tVoÂdyñw M°RtyñyVjñw AjäwÎr M¢RkDb y∂I;tAtŒn◊w rw$¯o –MRkyElSo yßI;tVmÂrèq◊w

:h`Dwh◊y y∂InSa_y`I;k

–yIaVb`DänIhV;k lw˚¯q_yIh◊y`Aw yIty°EäwUx rÉRvSaA;k yItaÅE;bñn◊w Ezek. 37:7

:w·¯mVxAo_lRa MRxÅRo tw$¯mDxSo äw‚bàrVqI;t≈w vAo$Âr_h¥änIh◊w

M¨ÂrVqñ•y≈w h$DlDo rÉDcDbäw –MyÓdñäg MßRhyElSo_h`EänIh◊w yIty%Iaèr◊w Ezek. 37:8

:M`RhD;b Ny∂Ea AjäwÎr◊w hDlVo°DmVlIm rw‰¯o M¢RhyElSo

MèdDa˛_NRb aÉEbŒänIh Ajäw˙rDh_lRa aÅEbŒänIh y$AlEa rRma‚¯•y≈w Ezek. 37:9

–tw¯jäwr oßA;bàrAaEm hGñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa ãrÉAmDa_h·O;k Ajäw%rDh_lRa –D;tàrAmDa◊w

:äw·yVj`Iy◊w hR;lÅEaDh My∂IgäwrShA;b y¢IjVpäw Ajäw$rDh yIa‚¯;b

äwGyVj`I•y≈w Ajäw%rDh M∞RhDb ∑aw¯bD;t≈w yñn°DäwIx rÉRvSaA;k yItaÅE;b≈änIh◊w Ezek. 37:10

s :d·OaVm_dOaVm lwı¯dŒäg lñyÅAj M$RhyEl◊gÂr_lAo –äwdVmAo`A•y≈w

ty∂E;b_lD;k hR;l$EaDh tw‚¯mDxSoDh MèdDa_NR;b ~yAlEa §rRma¯•y≈w Ezek. 37:11

hÒèdVbDa◊w äwny¢Etw¯mVxAo äw¨vVbŒy My#ÓrVmOa hÉEänIh hD;m°Eh lÅEaèrVcñy

:äwn`Dl äwnàr∂Az◊gñn äwnÅEtŒwVqIt

yÉDnOdSa §rAmDa_h·O;k M#RhyElSa %D;tàrAmDa◊w a∞EbŒänIh ∑NEkDl Ezek. 37:12

M¢RkVtRa y∂ItyElSoAh◊w M#RkyEtw̯rVbIq_tRa Aj%EtOp yΩñnSa ∑h¥änIh ~hñwh◊y

s :l`EaèrVcñy t∂AmàdAa_lRa MÅRkVtRa y∂ItaEbEh◊w y°I;mAo MÅRkyEtw¯rVbI;qIm

M#RkyEtw̯rVbIq_tRa yÉIjVtIpV;b h°Dwh◊y yÉInSa_y`I;k MÅR;tVoÂdy`Iw Ezek. 37:13

:y`I;mAo MÅRkyEtw¯rVbI;qIm M¢RkVtRa y∂Itw¯lSoAhVbäw

MÅRkVtRa y∂I;tVj≈änIh◊w M$RtyñyVjñw –MRkDb yßIjäwr y∞I;tAtŒn◊w Ezek. 37:14

yItyÅIcDo◊w yI;tàr∂A;bÓ;d h¢Dwh◊y y™InSa_yI;k MfiR;tVoÂdyñw M°RkVtAmàdAa_lAo

p :h`Dwh◊y_MUa◊n

:r·OmaEl y∂AlEa hÅDwh◊y_rAbàd y∂Ih◊y≈w Ezek. 37:15

–wyDlDo bÙOtVkäw d$DjRa XÉEo –‘KVl_jÂq M#èdDa_NRb hÉD;tAa◊w Ezek. 37:16

d$DjRa XÉEo –jÂqVläw [wyÛèrEbSj] w¯rEbSj lÅEaèrVcñy y∂EnVbIl◊w h$èdäwhy`Il

w¯rEbSj lÅEaèrVcñy ty∂E;b_lDk◊w Mñy$ÂrVpRa XÉEo –PEsw¯yVl wy#DlDo bw‚¯tVkäw

[:wy·èrEbSj]

äwÒyDh◊w d°DjRa XÉEoVl ‰‘KVl d¢DjRa_lRa d™DjRa M%DtOa b∞Ârèq◊w Ezek. 37:17

:‘K·ÆdŒyV;b My‰ÓdDjSaAl

rÛOmaEl ‰‘KV;mAo y∂EnV;b ‘Ky$RlEa äwÍrVma¯y –rRvSa`Ak◊w Ezek. 37:18

:JK`D;l hR;l∂Ea_hDm äwnÅDl dy∂IägAt_aw·¯lSh

yΩñnSa ∑h¥änIh ~hñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa §rAmDa_h·O;k M#RhElSa rÉE;bÂ;d Ezek. 37:19

lÅEaèrVcñy y∂EfVbIv◊w Mñy$ÂrVpRa_d≈yV;b rÉRvSa –PEsw¯y XßEo_tRa Aj%Èq¯l

h#èdäwh◊y XÉEo_tRa wy%DlDo M∞Dtw¯a ∑yI;tAtŒn◊w [wyÛèrEbSj] w¯rEbSj

:y·ÓdŒyV;b dÅDjRa äwÒyDh◊w d$DjRa XÉEoVl –MItyIcSo`Aw

‰‘KàdŒyV;b M¢RhyElSo b¨O;tVkI;t_rRv‡âa My%IxEoDh äwΩyDh◊w Ezek. 37:20

:M`Rhy¥nyEoVl

yßInSa hΩ¥änIh ~hñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa §rAmDa_h·O;k M#RhyElSa rÉE;bÂd◊w Ezek. 37:21

M°Dv_äwkVl`Dh rÉRvSa MÅIyw¯ägAh Ny∂E;bIm l$EaèrVcñy yÉEnV;b_tRa –Aj–Èq¯l

:M`DtDmàdAa_lRa MÅDtw¯a y∂ItaEbEh◊w by$IbD;sIm –MDtOa yßI;tVxA;bIq◊w

l$EaèrVcñy y‚ÈrDhV;b –XÆr–DaD;b dßDjRa ywΩ¯gVl MDtOa˛ yItyÉIcDo◊w Ezek. 37:22

–dw¯o_[äwyVh`Iy]_hîyVhñy aÙ¯l◊w JKRl°RmVl MÅD;lUkVl h∂RyVh`Iy d¢DjRa JKRl™Rmäw

:dw·¯o tw‰¯kDlVmAm y∂E;tVvIl dwˆ¯o äwx∂Dj¥y a∞¯l◊w MYñyw¯g yÉEnVvIl

l‰OkVbäw M$RhyExäwÍ;qIvVbäw –MRhyEläw·;lñgV;b dw#¯o äw‚aV;mAf`Iy a¨¯l◊w Ezek. 37:23

äw‚aVfDj rÉRvSa –MRhyEt·ObVvw¯m lÙO;kIm M#DtOa yÉI;tVoAvw¯h◊w M°RhyEoVvI⁄p

MÅRhDl h∂RyVhRa y¡ñnSa≈w M$DoVl yÉIl_äwyDh◊w –MDtw¯a yßI;tàrAhIf◊w M$RhDb

:My`Ih¯laEl

hÉRyVhñy dÅDjRa h∂Row¯r◊w M$RhyElSo JKRlÉRm –dñwèd yÙÓ;dVbAo◊w Ezek. 37:24

:M`Dtw¯a äwÒcDo◊w äwÎrVmVvñy y∂AtO;qUj◊w äwk$El¥y yÉAfD⁄pVvImVbäw M°D;lUkVl

b$OqSo`AyVl y‚Ó;dVbAoVl –yI;t–AtŒn rßRvSa XÆr#DaDh_lAo äw‚bVvŒy◊w Ezek. 37:25

yßEnVbäw MfiRhy¥nVbäw hD;mEh˛ Dhy&RlDo äw‚bVvŒy◊w M°RkyEtw·¯bSa ;hÅDb_äwbVv`Dy r∂RvSa

:M`Dlw¯oVl MÅRhDl ay∂IcŒn y$Ó;dVbAo dÉIwèd◊w M$Dlw¯o_dAo –MRhy¥nVb

hÉRyVhñy MÅDlw¯o tyÒÓrV;b Mw$¯lDv ty‚ÓrV;b –MRhDl yßI;tÂrDk◊w Ezek. 37:26

MÅDkw¯tV;b y¢Ivè;dVqIm_tRa y™I;tAtŒn◊w M$Dtw¯a yÉItyE;bàrIh◊w –MyI;tAt◊näw M°Dtw¯a

:M`Dlw¯oVl

My°Ih¯la`El MÅRhDl yIty∂IyDh◊w M$RhyElSo –yñnD;kVvIm hßDyDh◊w Ezek. 37:27

:M`DoVl y∂Il_äwyVh`Iy hD;mÅEh◊w

l°EaèrVcñy_tRa v‰È;dÂqVm hYŒwh◊y yÉInSa yI;k£ MYñyw¯ägAh –äwoàd`Dy◊w Ezek. 37:28

s :M`Dlw¯oVl MÅDkw¯tV;b y¢Ivè;dVqIm tw¨¯yVhI;b

:r·OmaEl y∂AlEa hÅDwh◊y_rAbàd y∂Ih◊y≈w Ezek. 38:1

ayIc◊n gwY¯gD;mAh XÆrÉRa –gw¯äg_lRa –‘Ky–înD⁄p MyßIc M#èdDa_NR;b Ezek. 38:2

:wy`DlDo aÅEbŒänIh◊w l°DbUt◊w JKRvÉRm vaίr

gwY¯äg –‘Ky–RlEa yßIn◊nIh h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa rÅAmDa hÒO;k $D;tàrAmÉDa◊w Ezek. 38:3

:l`DbUt◊w JKRv∂Rm vaίr ayIc◊n

∑yItaExw¯h◊w ‘Ky°RyDjVlI;b MyÅIjAj y∂I;tAtŒn◊w ‘Ky$I;tVbAbw‚¯v◊w Ezek. 38:4

M$D;lU;k – lw¯lVkIm yßEvUbVl My#IvèrDpäw MyÉIsäws ‘K%RlyEj_lD;k_tRa◊w –‘KVtw¯a

:M`D;lU;k tw‰¯bèrSj y∂EcVpO;t NY¥gDmäw hÉDänIx –bèr l∂Dhèq

:o`Dbw¯k◊w N∂EgDm MÅD;lU;k M°D;tIa fäw‰päw väwÒ;k sˆÂrD⁄p Ezek. 38:5

Nw‰¯pDx y∂EtV;kàr≈y h$Dmàr≈gw·¯;t tyE;b£ Dhy$R⁄p≈gSa_lDk◊w rRmOäg£ Ezek. 38:6

:JK`D;tIa MyÅI;bÂr My∂I;mAo wy°D⁄p≈gSa_lD;k_tRa◊w

MyÉIlDhVqñänAh ‘KÅRlDhVq_lDk◊w hD;tAa $‘KVl NÉEkDh◊w –NO;kIh Ezek. 38:7

:r`DmVvImVl MÅRhDl Dty∂IyDh◊w ‘Ky°RlDo

ãaw‚¯bD;t MyõñnD⁄vAh ty∞ÓrSjAaV;b ~dÈqD⁄pI;t §MyI;bÂr MyÉImŒ•yIm Ezek. 38:8

lAo£ My$I;bÂr MyÉI;mAoEm –tRx–R;b¸qVm bÆr#RjEm tRbÉRbw¯vVm ãXÆrÉRa_lRa

MyÉI;mAoEm –ayIh◊w dy°ImD;t hÅD;bàrDjVl äwÒyDh_rRvSa l$EaèrVcñy y‚ÈrDh

:M`D;lU;k jAfÅRbDl äwÒbVvŒy◊w hDa$Dxäwh

h°RyVh`I;t XÆrÅDaDh twÒ¯;sAkVl N¢DnDoR;k aw$¯bDt hÉDa¯⁄vA;k –Dty–IlDo◊w Ezek. 38:9

s :JK`Dtw¯a MyÅI;bÂr My∂I;mAo◊w ‘Ky$R⁄p≈gSa_lDk◊w –hD;tAa

äwÙlSo≈y aäw#hAh Mw‚¯•yA;b ãhÉDyDh◊w h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa rÅAmDa hÒO;k Ezek. 38:10

:h`Doèr tRb∂RvSjAm ÅD;tVbAvDj◊w ‘K$RbDbVl_lAo –MyÓrDbàd

–aw¯bDa twY¯zèrV⁄p XÆrÉRa_lAo –hRlTo`Ra #D;tàrAmDa◊w Ezek. 38:11

AjyÒÓrVbäw h$Dmw¯j NyÉEaV;b –MyIbVv·Oy M#D;lU;k jAf°RbDl yÅEbVvOy My$IfVq‚O⁄vAh

:M`RhDl Ny∂Ea MñyÅAtDlàdäw

tw‚¯bèrFj_lAo %‘KàdŒy by∞IvDhVl z°A;b z‚ObDl◊w lÅDlDv lÒ¯lVvIl Ezek. 38:12

yÅEbVvOy NYŒy◊nIq◊w hÉRnVqIm –hRcOo MYñyw¯ägIm PÉD;sUaVm –MAo_lRa◊w t#ObDvw¯n

:XÆr`DaDh räwÒ;bAf_lAo

äwÍrVma¯y –Dhy–ÆrIpV;k_lDk◊w vyßIvàrAt y∞ÈrSjOs◊w Nèdàdäw˛ a&DbVv Ezek. 38:13

‘K°RlDhVq D;tVlÉAhVqIh zÅA;b zÒObDlSh a$Db hÉD;tAa – lDlDv lÙ¯lVvIlSh $‘KVl

:lw̯dŒäg l∂DlDv l‰¯lVvIl NYŒy◊nIq◊w hÉRnVqIm –tAj–ÂqDl b#DhŒz◊w PRsÉR;k ãtaÉEcDl

s

rÅAmDa hÒO;k gwY¯gVl ÉD;tàrAmDa◊w M$èdDa_NRb aÉEbŒänIh –NEkDl Ezek. 38:14

jAfÅRbDl l¢EaèrVcñy y™I;mAo tRb∞RvV;b aäw#hAh Mw‚¯•yA;b ãaw‚¯lSh h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa

:o·èdE;t

My∂I;mAo◊w hD;tAa Nw$¯pDx yÉEtV;kàr≈•yIm –‘KVmw̯qV;mIm DtaßDbäw Ezek. 38:15

:b·èr lñy∂Aj◊w lwίdŒäg l∂Dhèq M$D;lU;k –MyIsäws yßEbVkOr JK°D;tIa MyÅI;bÂr

XÆr°DaDh tw‚¯;sAkVl NÅDnDo`R;k l$EaèrVcñy yÉI;mAo_lAo –Dty–IlDo◊w Ezek. 38:16

tAo∞Â;d ∑NAoAmVl y$IxàrAa_lAo –‘Ky–Itw¯aIbSh≈w hGîyVh`I;t My%ImŒ•yAh ty∞ÓrSjAaV;b

s :gw·¯äg MÅRhy¥nyEoVl ˆ‘KVb y∂Ivàdè;qIhV;b y#ItOa Mõñyw¯ägAh

aäw∞h_hD;tAa`Ah hGñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa rfiAmDa_h·O;k Ezek. 38:17

l$EaèrVcñy yÉEayIb◊n –yÂdDbSo –d≈yV;b MyGñnw¯màdÂq MyÉImŒyV;b yI;tàr%A;bÓ;d_rRvSa

s :M`RhyElSo ‰‘KVtOa ay∂IbDhVl My°InDv MÅEhDh My∂ImŒ•yA;b My¢IaV;bñän`Ah

tÉAmàdAa_lAo –gw¯g awÒ¯;b MwΩ¯yV;b aäw#hAh Mw‚¯•yA;b ãhÉDyDh◊w Ezek. 38:18

:y`I⁄pAaV;b yÅItDmSj h∂RlSoA;t h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa MÅUa◊n l$EaèrVcñy

Mw‚¯•yA;b ãa‚¯l_MIa yI;tàr°A;bÓ;d yÅItèrVbRo_vEaVb y∂ItDa◊nIqVbäw Ezek. 38:19

:l`EaèrVcñy t∂AmàdAa lÅAo lw$¯dŒäg vAo‚Âr –hîyVh`Iy aäw#hAh

tÉA•yAj◊w Mñy%AmD⁄vAh Pw∞¯o◊w ∑MŒ•yAh yÉEgà;d y”≈nD⁄pIm äw‚vSoèr◊w Ezek. 38:20

rÅRvSa M$èdDa`Dh – lOk◊w h$DmèdSa`Dh_lAo cÉEmOrDh – cRm–ÆrDh_lDk◊w h#ÆdD⁄cAh

twY¯gÈràdA;mAh –äwlVp`Dn◊w My#ÓrDhRh äw‚sàrRhîn◊w h°DmèdSaDh yÉEnV⁄p_lAo

:lw·¯⁄pI;t XÆr∂DaDl hÅDmw¯j_lDk◊w

h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa MÅUa◊n bÆr$Rj –yÂrDh_lDkVl wyßDlDo yIta∞èrèq◊w Ezek. 38:21

:h`RyVh`I;t wy∂IjDaV;b vyÅIa bÆr∂Rj

yΩ¥nVbAa◊w ∑PEfw¯v MRvÉRg◊w MÛèdVbäw rRb‚ÆdV;b w‰¯;tIa y∂I;tVfA⁄pVvñn◊w Ezek. 38:22

My∂I;mAo_lAo◊w wy$D⁄p≈gSa_lAo◊w –wyDlDo ryßIfVmAa ty#ÓrVpŒg◊w vÉEa vy%IbŒägVlRa

:w·¯;tIa r∂RvSa MyÅI;bÂr

MÉIyw¯äg yÅEnyEoVl y$I;tVoÂdw‚¯n◊w y$I;tVvÓ;dÂqVtIh◊w –yI;tVlÓ;d≈ägVtIh◊w Ezek. 38:23

s :h`Dwh◊y y∂InSa_y`I;k äw‰oàdŒy◊w My°I;bÂr

rÅAmDa hÒO;k $D;tàrAmÉDa◊w gwY¯äg_lAo aÉEbŒänIh –MèdDa_NRb hßD;tAa◊w Ezek. 39:1

:l`DbUt◊w JKRv∂Rm vaίr ayIc◊n gwY¯äg –‘Ky–RlEa yßIn◊nIh h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa

NwÛ¯pDx yÉEtV;kàr≈•yIm ‘KyÅItyIlSoAh◊w ‘Ky$ItaE⁄vIv◊w –‘Ky–I;tVbAbOv◊w Ezek. 39:2

:l`EaèrVcñy yÒÈrDh_lAo ‘KÅItw¯aIbSh≈w

d∂A•yIm ‘KyRäxIj◊w ‘K°Rlwa¯mVc dÉA•yIm ‰‘KV;tVvÂq y∂ItyE;kIh◊w Ezek. 39:3

:ly`I⁄pAa ‰‘K◊nyIm◊y

‘Ky$R⁄p≈gSa_lDk◊w –hD;tAa lw#¯⁄pI;t l%EaèrVcñy y∞ÈrDh_lAo Ezek. 39:4

h‰ÆdD⁄cAh t∂A•yAj◊w P¢DnD;k_lD;k rw¨¯⁄pIx fy∞EoVl JK°D;tIa rÉRvSa MyÅI;mAo◊w

:h`DlVkDaVl ‘Ky∂I;tAt◊n

MÅUa◊n yI;tàr$A;bÓd yÉInSa yI;k£ lwÛ¯⁄pI;t h‰ÆdD⁄cAh y∂EnV⁄p_lAo Ezek. 39:5

:h`Iwh◊y y∂DnOdSa

jAf°RbDl MyÅI•yIaDh y∂EbVvOyVbäw gwY¯gDmV;b vÉEa_yI;tVjA;lIv◊w Ezek. 39:6

:h`Dwh◊y y∂InSa_yI;k äw‰oàdŒy◊w

l$EaèrVcñy yÉI;mAo –JKw¯tV;b Aoy#Ódw¯a y%Ivàdèq M∞Ev_tRa◊w Ezek. 39:7

hYŒwh◊y yÉInSa_yI;k –Mñyw¯ägAh äwÙoàdŒy◊w dwÛ¯o yÅIvàdèq_MEv_tRa l∂EjAa_a·¯l◊w

:l`EaèrVcñyV;b vwίdèq

Mw‰¯•yAh aäwÒh h°Iwh◊y yÉDnOdSa MÅUa◊n hDtYŒyVh`In◊w –hDaDb hßEänIh Ezek. 39:8

:yI;tàr`A;bÓ;d r∂RvSa

qRvΩînV;b äwqyI⁄cIh◊w˛ äw&rSoIbäw l#EaèrVcñy y‚ÈrDo ãyÉEbVvOy äwfiaVxŒy`Vw Ezek. 39:9

M¢RhDb äwırSoIbäw jAm˙OrVbäw dÅDy lÒÈ;qAmVbäw My$IäxIjVbäw tRv‚ÆqV;b –hŒänIx◊w NßEgDmäw

:My`InDv oAb∂Rv vÅEa

–äwbVfVj≈y aÙ¯l◊w h#ÆdD⁄cAh_NIm My%IxEo äw∞aVcñy_a·¯l◊w Ezek. 39:10

M#RhyElVlOv_tRa äw‚lVlDv◊w v°Ea_äwrSo`Ab◊y qRvÅRänAb y∂I;k My$ÓrDo◊•yAh_NIm

s :h`Iwh◊y y∂DnOdSa MÅUa◊n M$Rhy¥z◊z‚O;b_tRa –äwz◊z`Dbäw

rRb%Æq M∞Dv_Mw̯qVm ã∑gw¯gVl NÉE;tRa aäw&hAh Mw‚¯•yAb hÉDyDh◊w Ezek. 39:11

ayÅIh tRm∂RsOj◊w MYŒ•yAh tÉAmàdIq –MyÓrVb·OoDh yßEäg l#EaèrVcñyV;b

äw$aàr‚èq◊w h$Onw¯mSh_lD;k_tRa◊w –gw¯äg_tRa M#Dv äwrVb‚èq◊w MyÛÓrVb·OoDh_tRa

:gw·¯äg NwÒ¯mSh ayÅEäg

XÆr°DaDh_tRa rÉEhAf NAoÅAmVl l$EaèrVcñy tyÉE;b –MäwrDbVqäw Ezek. 39:12

:My`IvèdFj hÅDoVbIv

Mw¯y£ M°EvVl MÅRhDl h∂DyDh◊w XÆr$DaDh MÉAo_lD;k –äwrVb·èq◊w Ezek. 39:13

:h`Iwh◊y y∂DnOdSa MÅUa◊n y$ÓdVbÉD;kIh

My‚ÓrV;bÂqVm XÆr$DaD;b My‚ÓrVbOo –äwly–Ó;dVb≈y dyßImDt y∞Ev◊nAa◊w Ezek. 39:14

;hÛèrSh`AfVl XÆrÅDaDh y∂EnV⁄p_lAo MyˆÓrDtw¯änAh_tRa My#ÓrVbOoDh_tRa

:äwrÌOqVj≈y MyÅIvèdFj_h`DoVbIv h∂ExVqIm

h∂DnDbäw M$èdDa MRxÉRo –hDaèr◊w XÆr$DaD;b –MyÓrVb·OoDh äw˚rVbDo◊w Ezek. 39:15

:gw·¯äg NwÒ¯mSh ayÅEäg_lRa My$ÓrV;bÂqVm`Ah –w¯tOa äw˚rVbèq dÉAo NäwÛ•yIx w‰¯lVxRa

s :XÆr`DaDh äwırShIf◊w hÅDnw¯mSh ry¢Io_MRv M∂Ag◊w Ezek. 39:16

∑rOmTa hGñwOh◊y yÉDnOdSa ãrÉAmDa_h·O;k M%èdDa_NRb h∞D;tAa◊w Ezek. 39:17

äw‚pVsDaEh –äwa–¯bŒw äwÙxVbè;qIh h#ÆdD⁄cAh tÉA•yAj ã l‚OkVläw PõŒnD;k_lD;k rw∞¯⁄pIxVl

y‚ÈrDh lÅAo lw$¯dŒäg jAbÉRz –MRkDl AjßEbOz yõñnSa r∞RvSa y#IjVbñz_lAo by$IbD;sIm

:M·è;d MRty∂ItVväw rÅDcD;b M∂R;tVlAkSa≈w l°EaèrVcñy

äwÛ;tVvI;t XÆrÅDaDh y∂EayIc◊n_MÂd◊w äwl$Eka¯;t –MyÓrw¯;bñäg rßAcV;b Ezek. 39:18

:M`D;lU;k NÅDvDb y∂EayÓrVm My$ÓrD⁄p –MyÓdäw;tAo◊w MyÙÓrD;k My∞IlyEa

Nw˙¯rD;kIvVl M‰è;d MRty∂ItVväw h$DoVbDcVl bRlÉEj_MR;tVlAkSa≈w Ezek. 39:19

:M`RkDl yI;tVj∂AbŒz_rRvSa yÅIjVbñázIm

rw‰¯;bñäg bRk$ÆrŒw säw‚s –yñnDjVlUv_lAo MßR;tVoAbVcäw Ezek. 39:20

:h`Iwh◊y y∂DnOdSa MÅUa◊n h°DmDjVlIm vyÉIa_lDk◊w

MGñyw¯ägAh_lDk äw‚aèr◊w M°Iyw¯ägA;b y‰Ódw¯bV;k_tRa y∂I;tAtŒn◊w Ezek. 39:21

:M`RhDb yI;tVm∂Ac_rRvSa y‰ÓdŒy_tRa◊w yIty$IcDo rÉRvSa –yIfD⁄pVvIm_tRa

M°RhyEh·¯lTa hÅDwh◊y y∂InSa y¢I;k l$EaèrVcñy tyÉE;b –äwoàd`Dy◊w Ezek. 39:22

:hDaVl`DhŒw aäw‰hAh MwÒ¯•yAh_NIm

lAo£ l#EaèrVcñy_ty`Eb äw‚lŒäg MHŒnOwSoAb yÉI;k Mñyw¯ägAh˛ äw‚oàdŒy◊w Ezek. 39:23

M$RhyÈrDx dÉAyV;b –M¥nV;tRa`Dw M°RhEm yÅAnD⁄p r∂I;tVsAaŒw y$Ib_äwlSo`Dm rÉRvSa

:M`D;lU;k bÆrÅRjAb äwÒlV⁄pñ•y≈w

yÅAnD⁄p r∂I;tVsAaŒw M°DtOa yItyÉIcDo MÅRhyEoVvIpVkäw M∂DtDaVmUfV;k Ezek. 39:24

s :M`RhEm

–byIvDa h#D;tAo hYñwh◊y yÉDnOdSa –rAmDa hÙO;k N#EkDl Ezek. 39:25

l°EaèrVcñy tyÉE;b_lD;k yÅI;tVmAj·Ór◊w b$OqSo`Ay [täw‚bVv] tyIbVv_tRa

:y`Ivàdèq M∂EvVl yÅIta¥änIq◊w

rÉRvSa MÅDlSoAm_lD;k_tRa◊w M$DtD;mIlV;k_tRa –äwcŒn◊w Ezek. 39:26

:dy·ÓrSjAm Ny∂Ea◊w jAfÅRbDl M¢DtDmàdAa_lAo M™D;tVbIvV;b y°Ib_äwlSoDm

M$DtOa yÉI;tVxA;bIq◊w My$I;mAoÉDh_NIm –MDtw¯a yßIbVbw¯vV;b Ezek. 39:27

:My`I;bÂr M∂Iyw¯ägAh yÅEnyEoVl M$Db yI;tVv‚Â;dVqñn◊w M°RhyEb◊y·Oa tw‰¯xàrAa`Em

–MDtOa yßItw¯l◊gAhV;b M$RhyEh‚¯lTa –hŒwh◊y yßInSa yÉI;k äw#oàdŒy◊w Ezek. 39:28

MÅRhEm dwˆ¯o ry∂Itw¯a_a·¯l◊w M°DtDmàdAa_lAo MyÅI;tVs≈änIk◊w MYñyw¯ägAh_lRa

:M`Dv

yI;tVkßApDv r∞RvSa M°RhEm yÅAnD⁄p dwˆ¯o ry∂I;tVsAa_a·¯l◊w Ezek. 39:29

p :h`Iwh◊y y∂DnOdSa MÅUa◊n l$EaèrVcñy tyÉE;b_lAo –yIjäwr_tRa

 

Lesson Outline

 

Oracles of Restoration for Judah (33:1-39:29)

A. Fall and Restoration (33:1-39:29)

1. Ezekiel a Watchman (33:1-20)

2. Jerusalem's Fall (33:21-33)

3. Woe to the Shepherds of Israel (34:1-31)

4. Oracle Against Edom (35:1-15)

5. Restoration for Israel and its Mountains (36:1-38)

6. The Valley of Dry Bones (37:1-14)

7. Judah and Israel Reunited (37:15-28)

8. Oracle Against Gog and Magog (38:1-39:29)

 

 

 

McKay's Notes

 

This section contains both condemnation and hope for God's people.

 

In Ch 33, Ezekiel is described as a "watchman," the important person who watches out for danger and sounds the alarm. The people are to heed his warning at their own peril, and admonished once again to turn from their evil ways.

 

On January 8, 585 BC, news arrived in Babylon of the destruction of Jerusalem. (this date is in some dispute, as Jerusalem had fallen a year and a half before ≠ news traveled slowly in those days, but not that slowly!). This vindicated Ezekiel's earlier prophecies of destruction.

 

Ch 34 is a warning to the "false shepherds" of Israel, those leaders who were more interested in profit than righteousness. A look at the kings of the Northern Kingdom (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17) will show that they were, for the most part, a pretty sorry lot:

 

A. The first period of antagonism 12:1ã16:28

1. The division of the kingdom 12:1-24

2. Jeroboam's evil reign in Israel 12:25ã14:20

3. Rehoboam's evil reign in Judah 14:21-31

4. Abijam's evil reign in Judah 15:1-8

5. Asa's good reign in Judah 15:9-24

6. Nadab's evil reign in Israel 15:25-32

7. Baasha's evil reign in Israel 15:33ã16:7

8. Elah's evil reign in Israel 16:8-14

9. Zimri's evil reign in Israel 16:15-20

10. Omri's evil reign in Israel 16:21-28

B. The period of alliance 1 Kings 16:29ã2 Kings 9:29

1. Ahab's evil reign in Israel 16:29ã22:40

2. Jehoshaphat's good reign in Judah 22:41-50

3. Ahaziah's evil reign in Israel 1 Kings 22:51ã2 Kings 1:18

 

Ch 35 is another warning against a foreign nation who had taken pleasure in Israel's agonies; this time, the hill country to the east, Edom. It is meant as another sober, direct warning against those who would abuse God or His chosen people.

 

Ch 36 carries a promise of Israel's restoration and expansion, detailing the extent of the land God intends for them to occupy. "Land for peace," indeed!

 

The famous ch 37 is, quite simply, an apocalyptic prophecy of the restoration of Israel:

"Few other passages have suffered more from the extremes of interpreters

who see either too much or too little in both meaning and application of

the figures, symbols, and types."

"The New Covenant involves a new heart and a new spirit, to be sure, but

it is deeply rooted in history and land. The promise to Abraham was

unconditional and included in its benefits a geographical inheritanceã

indeed, not just any territory but specifically the land of Canaan (Gen.

12:1, 7; 13:15-17; 15:18-19; 17:8). It is that land that is in view throughout

Ezekiel's historical and eschatological purview, for unless that land is the

focus of God's covenant fulfillment the ancient promises lose their

intended significance.

"The coalescence of the New Covenant and the renewed land is nowhere

in the Old Testament better explicated than in Ezekiel 37."

"On the surface, New Testament references to the realization of the new

covenant in the present era are problematic, for Jeremiah and Ezekiel

spoke of this covenant being made with Israel, not the Gentiles. Some

argue that the church is the new 'Israel' through which the Old Testament

promise is fulfilled. Others, insisting on a sharp distinction between Israel

and the church, propose that the new covenant mentioned in the New

Testament is distinct from the one promised in the Old Testament. A

better solution is to propose an 'already/not yet' model, which sees a

present realization of the promises in the church and a future fulfillment

for ethnic Israel. Only this mediating view does justice to the language of

both the Hebrew prophets and the New Testament. Just because the

Hebrew prophets mention only Israel as the recipient of the covenant does

not mean that others could not be recipients as well; just because the New

Testament focuses on a present realization through the church does not

preclude a future fulfillment for Israel." (Constable's Notes)

 

Ch 38 & 39 are sometimes referred to as "Ezekiel's War." Briefly, the newly restored and united nation of Israel will be attacked at some point in the future, suddenly, by a host of allied nations, brought together by no less than God Himself for their own ultimate destruction. Instead of using the military power of the Israelites to carry out their destruction, God clearly intends to defeat this vast army arrayed against His people personally, using His own sword to strike them down in a spectacular way.

 

It is very clear that this will not be a conventional battle between conventional forces, e.g. the IDF versus the Chinese People's Army. It will be something that is unmistakably of God Himself.

 

Through this action, God will reveal himself as the One True God, and be seen as such by all the nations.

 

There are at least eight possible ways to understand Ezekiel's War:

1.       It is merely symbolic of the attempts of evil to overcome God's chosen people, and in such, does not describe an actual, physical battle. This is similar to how some Muslims claim that "jihad" means an internal struggle, not blowing up children in pizza parlors.

2.       This describes a post-Tribunal event, before, at or after the time of the Rapture. The text is clear, however, that Israel's restoration is both a physical and spiritual one; merely the establishment of the nation of Israel in 1948 does not completely satisfy this prophecy.

3.       This event happens during the Tribulation, at the midpoint, after the Antichrist has broken his peace treaty with Israel. This is a problematic view, because of the "seven years" that they will clean up the battlefield. It is very clear from scripture that Jews will be suffering unprecedented persecution during the last half of the Tribulation; not an ideal time for them to be concerned about straightening up the place!

4.       This is actually the battle of Armageddon, taking place at the end of the Tribulation period. This, also, is problematic, as Rev. 20:7-19 states that at the end of the Millennium, Israel is secure in their, while the last three years of the Tribulation will have them living under intense attack.

5.       It will happen between the end of the Tribulation and the beginning of the Millennium. The same passage in Revelation seems to indicate it will happen later than this, and since the second advent of Christ occurs at the end of the Tribulation, it seems unlikely there will be a massive military attack at that time.

6.       It will happen at the beginning of the Millennium. Unlikely, as all who enter the Millennium will be believers in Christ who upheld the nation of Israel. Also, all weapons of war will be destroyed at this time (Micah 4:1-4).

7.       It will occur at the end of the Millennium.

"Revelation 20:8 refers specifically to Gog and Magog in a context describing the end of the Millennium. Israel dwelling in safety in her land, the situation described repeatedly in Ezekiel 33ã39, fits conditions at the end of the Millennium. Rabbinic writers identified Gog and Magog as the final enemy that will attack Israel in the messianic age.585 Critics of this view say, Why bury the dead for seven months following the battle when the resurrection of the unsaved will follow immediately (cf. Rev. 20:11-13)? This objection assumes that these events will follow one another immediately, but the text does not say so explicitly. Why would the Israelites burn the weapons for seven years since it appears that God will create a new earth immediately after He quells the rebellion described in Revelation 20:7-10 (cf. Rev. 21:1-4)? Again, there may be time between these events that the Bible does not reveal anywhere but here. Another problem with this view is the description of the Lord calling the birds to a great feast in Revelation 19:17-21, which occurs at the end of the Tribulation." (Constable's Notes)

8.       It is actually some sort of extended event, that does not all take place at the same time.

Apparently the fulfillment will take place in two phases, first at the end of the Tribulation and then at the end of the Millennium, when Israel is dwelling securely (cf. Rev. 19:17-21; 20:7-8).586 Ezekiel evidently described the invasion of Israel's enemies into the Promised Land as a single event, but later revelation clarifies that it will happen on two separate occasions. Part of Ezekiel's prophecy describes one of these invasions, part the other, and some of it describes both incidents. Gog then does not describe a single individual but two people both of whom share similar plans.

 

It seems unnatural for God to describe as one battle one that will have two parts separated by 1,000 years, and there is certainly no indication in Ezekiel that Gog's invasion will have two phases. However, in view of later clarification in the Book of Revelation, we apparently have another instance of two events widely separated in time viewed by a prophet as one. The prophets' descriptions of the near and far destructions of Babylon (Isa. 21; Jer. 51), the two advents of Messiah (Isa. 61:1-2), and the coming of two persecutors of the Jews (Antiochus Epiphanes and Antichrist; Dan. 11:21-35, 36-44) are other examples of this "foreshortened view." (Constable's Notes)

(NIV)

 

Ezek. 33:8

"for" ã Or in; also in verse 9

 

Ezek. 33:10

"away because of" ã Or away in

 

Ezek. 34:26

"I will bless them and the places surrounding my hill" ã Or I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing

 

Ezek. 37:5

"breath" ã The Hebrew for this word can also mean wind or spirit (see verses 6-14).

 

Ezek. 37:23

"all their sinful backsliding" ã Many Hebrew manuscripts (see also Septuagint); most Hebrew manuscripts all their dwelling places where they sinned

 

Ezek. 38:2

"the chief prince of" ã Or the prince of Rosh,

 

Ezek. 38:3

"Gog, chief prince of" ã Or Gog, prince of Rosh,

 

Ezek. 38:5

"Cush" ã That is, the upper Nile region

 

Ezek. 38:13

"her villages" ã Or her strong lions

 

Ezek. 39:1

"Gog, chief prince of" ã Or Gog, prince of Rosh,

 

Ezek. 39:11

"toward" ã Or of

"the Sea" ã That is, the Dead Sea

"Hamon Gog" ã Hamon Gog means hordes of Gog.

 

Ezek. 39:16

"Hamonah" ã Hamonah means horde.

 

Ezek. 39:25

"now bring Jacob back from captivity" ã Or now restore the fortunes of Jacob

 

 

(HCSB)

 

Ezekiel 33:2

a 33:2 Ezk 21:8≠12

 

Ezekiel 33:5

a 33:5 Lit on him

 

Ezekiel 33:8

a 33:8 Ezk 18:4

 

Ezekiel 33:9

a 33:7≠9 Ezk 3:17≠19

 

Ezekiel 33:10

a 33:10 Ezk 4:17; 24:23; Lv 26:39

b 33:10 Ezk 37:11

 

Ezekiel 33:11

a 33:11 Ezk 18:23,30≠32

 

Ezekiel 33:13

a 33:13 Ezk 3:20

 

Ezekiel 33:16

a 33:15≠16 Ezk 18:21≠22

 

Ezekiel 33:20

a 33:17≠20 Ezk 18:25≠30

 

Ezekiel 33:22

a 33:22 Ezk 3:26≠27; 24:26≠27

 

Ezekiel 33:24

a 33:24 Lit these

b 33:24 Is 51:2

c 33:24 Gn 15:7; 28:4

d 33:24 Ezk 36:2

 

Ezekiel 33:25

a 33:25 Lv 19:26

b 33:24≠25 Ezk 11:15

 

Ezekiel 33:26

a 33:25≠26 Ezk 18:6,10≠11,15

 

Ezekiel 33:27

a 33:27 Ezk 34:5

b 33:27 Ezk 5:12; 6:12

 

Ezekiel 33:28

a 33:28 Ezk 35:3

b 33:28 Ezk 7:24

c 33:28 Ezk 6:2

 

Ezekiel 33:31

a 33:31 Lit you like the coming of a people

 

Ezekiel 33:33

a 33:33 Ezk 7:6

 

Ezekiel 34:2

a 34:2 Jr 23:1

 

Ezekiel 34:4

a 34:4 Zch 11:16

 

Ezekiel 34:5

a 34:5 Zch 13:7

b 34:5 Ezk 33:27

 

Ezekiel 34:6

a 34:6 Dt 12:2

 

Ezekiel 34:10

a 34:10 Jr 23:1

b 34:10 Lit their hand

 

Ezekiel 34:12

a 34:12 Jr 23:3

 

Ezekiel 34:15

a 34:14≠15 Ps 23:2; 100:3

 

Ezekiel 34:16

a 34:16 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Vg read watch over

 

Ezekiel 34:17

a 34:17 Mt 25:31≠33

 

Ezekiel 34:23

a 34:23 Ps 78:70≠71; Jn 10:16

 

Ezekiel 34:24

a 34:24 Ezk 37:24; Jr 23:5; 30:9

b 34:24 Ex 6:7; Lv 26:12

 

Ezekiel 34:25

a 34:25 Ezk 37:26; Lv 26:9; Is 54:10

b 34:25 Lv 26:6; Is 11:6≠9

c 34:25 Ezk 28:26

d 34:25 Ezk 14:15; Lv 26:6

 

Ezekiel 34:26

a 34:26 Dt 11:13≠14; 28:12

b 34:26 Lit season; they will be showers

 

Ezekiel 34:27

a 34:27 Lv 26:13; Dt 7:8; Lm 5:8

 

Ezekiel 34:29

a 34:29 LXX, Syr read a plant of peace

b 34:29 Ezk 36:6,15

 

Ezekiel 34:31

a 34:25≠31 Hs 2:18≠23

 

Ezekiel 35:2

a 35:2 Ezk 25:12; 36:5

 

Ezekiel 35:3

a 35:3 Ezk 33:28≠29

 

Ezekiel 35:4

a 35:4 Ezk 25:13

b 35:4 Ezk 29:9

 

Ezekiel 35:5

a 35:5 Ezk 25:15; Ps 137:7

b 35:5 Ezk 7:2; 21:25,29

 

Ezekiel 35:6

a 35:6 Ob 14≠15

 

Ezekiel 35:7

a 35:7 Ezk 33:28

 

Ezekiel 35:8

a 35:8 Ezk 6:3

 

Ezekiel 35:10

a 35:10 Ezk 48:35; Ps 48:1≠3

 

Ezekiel 35:11

a 35:11 LXX reads you

 

Ezekiel 35:13

a 35:13 Jr 48:26,42; Ob 12; Zph 2:8

 

Ezekiel 36:1

a 36:1≠15 Ezk 6:1≠7

 

Ezekiel 36:2

a 36:2 Ezk 26:2

 

Ezekiel 36:5

a 36:5 Lit gave

b 36:5 Ezk 35:10,15

c 36:5 Or contempt, to empty it of; Hb obscure

 

Ezekiel 36:6

a 36:6 Ezk 38:19

 

Ezekiel 36:7

a 36:7 Lit lift up My hand

 

Ezekiel 36:9

a 36:9 Nm 6:25

 

Ezekiel 36:10

a 36:10 Gn 1:28

 

Ezekiel 36:11

a 36:9≠11 Lv 26:9

 

Ezekiel 36:12

a 36:12 Ezk 5:17; 14:15; Lv 26:22

 

Ezekiel 36:13

a 36:13 Nm 13:32

 

Ezekiel 36:14

a 36:14 Alt Hb tradition reads and cause your nation to stumble

 

Ezekiel 36:15

a 36:15 Some Hb mss, Tg read no longer bereave your nation of children

 

Ezekiel 36:17

a 36:17 Lv 12:2

 

Ezekiel 36:18

a 36:18 Ezk 22:4

 

Ezekiel 36:19

a 36:19 Ezk 22:15

 

Ezekiel 36:22

a 36:22 Ezk 20:44

 

Ezekiel 36:24

a 36:24 Ezk 34:13

 

Ezekiel 36:25

a 36:25 Lv 14:7

 

Ezekiel 36:26

a 36:26 Jr 24:7

b 36:26 Ezk 18:31

c 36:26 Lit stone from your flesh

d 36:26 Ezk 11:19; 2 Co 3:3

 

Ezekiel 36:27

a 36:27 Ezk 37:14; 39:29; Jn 3:5

b 36:27 Ezk 37:24

 

Ezekiel 36:30

a 36:30 Lv 26:4

 

Ezekiel 36:31

a 36:31 Ezk 20:25

 

Ezekiel 36:32

a 36:32 Ezk 16:61

 

Ezekiel 36:37

a 36:37 Lit flock of people

 

Ezekiel 36:38

a 36:38 Lit the flock of consecrated things, as the flock

 

Ezekiel 37:7

a 37:7 Ezk 11:13

 

Ezekiel 37:9

a 37:9 Or wind, or spirit

 

Ezekiel 37:10

a 37:10 Or wind, or spirit

 

Ezekiel 37:14

a 37:14 Ezk 36:27; 39:29

 

Ezekiel 37:18

a 37:18 Ezk 24:19

 

Ezekiel 37:23

a 37:23 Ezk 11:18

b 37:23 Some Hb mss, LXX, Sym; other Hb mss read their settlements where; Ezk 6:6,13≠14

 

Ezekiel 37:24

a 37:24 Ezk 34:23≠24

b 37:24 Ezk 36:27

 

Ezekiel 37:26

a 37:26 Ezk 34:25; Nm 25:12

b 37:26 Ezk 16:60

c 37:26 Lv 26:11

 

Ezekiel 37:27

a 37:27 Ezk 40:2; Is 2:2≠3; Mc 4:1≠2

 

Ezekiel 38:2

a 38:2 Gn 10:2

b 38:2 Or the prince of Rosh,

c 38:2 Ezk 27:13

 

Ezekiel 38:4

a 38:4 Ezk 19:4,9; 29:4; 2 Kg 19:28

 

Ezekiel 38:5

a 38:5 Ezk 27:10

 

Ezekiel 38:6

a 38:6 Gn 10:2

b 38:6 Gn 10:3

 

Ezekiel 38:8

a 38:8 Lit from the sword

b 38:8 Ezk 36:8≠11

 

Ezekiel 38:11

a 38:11 Jr 49:31

 

Ezekiel 38:12

a 38:12 Ezk 5:5

 

Ezekiel 38:13

a 38:13 Ezk 27:22

b 38:13 Ezk 27:20

c 38:13 Ezk 27:12

d 38:13 Lit young lions, or villages

 

Ezekiel 38:18

a 38:18 Lit up in My anger

 

Ezekiel 38:19

a 38:19 Ezk 36:6

 

Ezekiel 38:21

a 38:21 Jr 25:29

 

Ezekiel 38:22

a 38:19≠22 Rv 16:18≠21

 

Ezekiel 38:23

a 38:23 Ezk 39:27

 

Ezekiel 39:1

a 39:1 Or Gog, prince of Rosh,

b 39:1 Ezk 38:2≠3

 

Ezekiel 39:2

a 39:2 Ezk 38:4

 

Ezekiel 39:5

a 39:5 Ezk 32:4

 

Ezekiel 39:6

a 39:6 Rv 20:9

 

Ezekiel 39:7

a 39:7 Ezk 36:23

 

Ezekiel 39:10

a 39:10 Ezk 38:13

 

Ezekiel 39:11

a 39:11 Hb obscure

b 39:11 = Hordes of Gog

 

Ezekiel 39:14

a 39:14 Or basis, some to pass through the land, and with them some to bury those

 

Ezekiel 39:16

a 39:16 Hamonah is related to the Hb word for "horde."

 

Ezekiel 39:17

a 39:17 Rv 19:17≠18

 

Ezekiel 39:19

a 39:19 Rv 19:21

 

Ezekiel 39:23

a 39:23 Ezk 17:20; 20:27

 

Ezekiel 39:26

a 39:26 Some emend to will forget

b 39:26 Lit will bear

c 39:25≠26 Ezk 16:53≠54,63

 

Ezekiel 39:27

a 39:27 Ezk 20:41; 38:23

 

Ezekiel 39:28

a 39:28 Lit behind there any longer

 

Ezekiel 39:29

a 39:29 Ezk 36:27; 37:14

 

 

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Ezekiel 33:2

"sons of your peopleä" ã Ezek 3:11; 33:12, 17, 30; 37:18

 

Ezekiel 33:3

"blows on the trumpetä" ã Neh 4:18-20; Is 58:1; Ezek 33:9; Hos 8:1; Joel 2:1

 

Ezekiel 33:4

"does not take warning" ã 2Chr 25:16; Jer 6:17; Zech 1:4

"blood will be onä" ã Ezek 18:13; 33:5, 9; Acts 18:6

 

Ezekiel 33:5

"delivered his life" ã Ex 9:19-21; Heb 11:7

 

Ezekiel 33:6

"in his iniquity" ã Or for, and so throughout the chapter

"taken away in hisä" ã Ezek 18:20, 24; 33:8, 9

"blood I will requireä" ã Ezek 3:18, 20

 

Ezekiel 33:7

"appointed you a watchmanä" ã Or given

"message from My mouthä" ã Lit word

"appointed you a watchmanä" ã Is 62:6; Ezek 3:17-21

"warning from Me" ã Jer 1:17; 26:2; Ezek 2:7, 8; Acts 5:20

 

Ezekiel 33:8

"surely die" ã Is 3:11; Ezek 18:4, 13, 18, 20; 33:14

 

Ezekiel 33:9

"does not turn fromä" ã Acts 13:40, 41, 46

"delivered your life" ã Ezek 3:19, 21; Acts 20:26

 

Ezekiel 33:10

"survive" ã Lit live

"rotting away in them" ã Lev 26:39; Ezek 4:17; 24:23

"how then can weä" ã Is 49:14; Ezek 37:11

 

Ezekiel 33:11

"GOD" ã Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chapter

"As I live" ã Is 49:18; Ezek 5:11

"no pleasure in theä" ã Ezek 18:23, 32; Hos 11:8

"turn from his wayä" ã Jer 31:20; 1Tim 2:4; 2Pet 3:9

"Turn back" ã Is 55:6, 7; Jer 3:22; Ezek 18:30, 31; Hos 14:1; Acts 3:19

 

Ezekiel 33:12

"your fellow citizens" ã Lit the sons of your people

"by his righteousness onä" ã Lit by it

"righteousness of a righteousä" ã Ezek 3:18; 18:24; 33:20

"not stumble because ofä" ã 2Chr 7:14; Ezek 18:21; 33:19

 

Ezekiel 33:13

"commits iniquity" ã Ezek 18:26; Heb 10:38; 2Pet 2:20, 21

 

Ezekiel 33:14

"turns from his sinä" ã Is 55:7; Jer 18:7, 8; Ezek 18:27; 33:8, 19; Hos 14:1, 4

"justice and righteousness" ã Mic 6:8

 

Ezekiel 33:15

"which ensure life withoutä" ã Lit of life

"pays back what heä" ã Ex 22:1-4; Lev 6:4, 5; Luke 19:8

"statutes which ensure lifeä" ã Ps 119:59; 143:8; Ezek 20:11

 

Ezekiel 33:16

"None of his sinsä" ã Is 1:18; 43:25; Ezek 18:22

 

Ezekiel 33:17

"your fellow citizens say" ã Lit the sons of your people

 

Ezekiel 33:18

"it" ã Lit them

"commits iniquity" ã Ezek 3:20; 18:24; 33:12, 13

 

Ezekiel 33:20

"The way of theä" ã Ezek 18:25

 

Ezekiel 33:21

"refugees from Jerusalem cameä" ã Or refugee

"taken." ã Lit smitten

"in the" ã Ezek 31:1; 32:1, 17

"twelfth year of ourä" ã Jer 39:1, 2; 40:1; 52:4-7; Ezek 24:1, 2

"The city has beenä" ã 2Kin 25:10; Jer 39:8

 

Ezekiel 33:22

"refugees came" ã Lit refugee

"at the time theyä" ã Lit until he came

"speechless" ã Or mute

"hand of the LORDä" ã Ezek 1:3; 8:1; 37:1

"opened my mouth atä" ã Ezek 3:26, 27; 24:27

"opened and I wasä" ã Luke 1:64

 

Ezekiel 33:24

"live in these wasteä" ã Jer 39:10; 40:7; Ezek 33:27

"Abraham was only one" ã Is 51:2; Luke 3:8; Acts 7:5; Rom 4:12

"us who are manyä" ã Ezek 11:15

 

Ezekiel 33:25

"blood in it" ã Lev 17:10, 12, 14; Deut 12:16, 23; 15:23

"Should you then possessä" ã Jer 7:9, 10

 

Ezekiel 33:26

"rely on your sword" ã Lit stand

"rely on your sword" ã Mic 2:1, 2; Zeph 3:3

 

Ezekiel 33:27

"open field I willä" ã Lit surface of the field

"fall by the sword" ã Jer 15:2, 3; 42:22; Ezek 5:12

"caves will die ofä" ã 1Sam 13:6; Is 2:19

 

Ezekiel 33:28

"make the land aä" ã Ezek 5:14; 6:14; Mic 7:13

"pride of her powerä" ã Ezek 7:24; 24:21; 30:6

 

Ezekiel 33:30

"your fellow citizens whoä" ã Lit the sons of your people

"message is which comesä" ã Lit word

"Come now and hearä" ã Is 29:13; 58:2; Ezek 14:3; 20:3, 31

 

Ezekiel 33:31

"mouth" ã Ps 78:36, 37; Is 29:13; 1John 3:18

"gain" ã Ezek 22:13, 27; Luke 12:15

 

Ezekiel 33:32

"beautiful voice and playsä" ã Mark 6:20

 

Ezekiel 33:33

"as surely it willãthenä" ã Lit behold, it is coming

"comes to passãas surelyä" ã Jer 28:9; Ezek 33:29

 

Ezekiel 34:2

"those shepherds" ã Lit them, the shepherds

"GOD" ã Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chapter

"feeding themselves" ã Lit pasturing, pasture

"shepherds of Israel" ã Jer 2:8; 3:15; 10:21; 12:10

"feeding themselves" ã Jer 23:1; Ezek 22:25; 34:8-10; Mic 3:1-3, 11

"feed the flock" ã Ps 78:71, 72; Is 40:11; Ezek 34:14, 15; John 10:11; 21:15-17

 

Ezekiel 34:3

"feeding the flock" ã Lit pasturing

"eat the fat andä" ã Zech 11:16

"slaughter the fat sheepä" ã Ezek 22:25, 27

 

Ezekiel 34:4

"diseased you have notä" ã Lit sick

"the broken you haveä" ã Zech 11:16

"sought for the lost" ã Matt 9:36; 10:6; 18:12, 13; Luke 15:4

 

Ezekiel 34:5

"scattered for lack ofä" ã Num 27:17; 2Chr 18:16; Jer 10:21; 23:2; 50:6, 7; Matt 9:36; Mark 6:34

"food for every beastä" ã Ezek 34:8, 28

 

Ezekiel 34:6

"wandered through all theä" ã Jer 40:11, 12; Ezek 7:16; 1Pet 2:25

"My flock was scatteredä" ã John 10:16

"no one to searchä" ã Ps 142:4

 

Ezekiel 34:8

"prey" ã Acts 20:29

 

Ezekiel 34:10

"sheep" ã Or (a) flock

"from them and makeä" ã Lit from their hand

"feed themselves anymore" ã Lit pasture, and so throughout the chapter

"against the shepherds" ã Jer 21:13; Ezek 5:8; 13:8; 34:2; Zech 10:3

"cease from feeding sheep" ã 1Sam 2:29, 30; Jer 52:24-27

"deliver My flock fromä" ã Ps 72:12-14; Ezek 13:23

 

Ezekiel 34:11

"search for My sheepä" ã Ezek 11:17; 20:41

 

Ezekiel 34:12

"care for My" ã Or seek(s) out

"sheep and will deliverä" ã Or flock

"As a shepherd caresä" ã Jer 31:10

"care for My sheepä" ã Is 40:11; 56:8; Jer 23:3; 31:8; Luke 19:10; John 10:16

"cloudy and gloomy dayä" ã Jer 13:16; Ezek 30:3; Joel 2:2

 

Ezekiel 34:13

"feed them on theä" ã Ezek 34:23; 36:29, 30; Mic 7:14

"streams" ã Is 30:25

 

Ezekiel 34:14

"rich pasture on theä" ã Lit fat

"good pasture" ã Ps 23:2; Jer 31:12-14, 25; John 10:9

"rich pasture on theä" ã Ezek 28:25, 26; 36:29, 30

 

Ezekiel 34:15

"lead them to rest" ã Lit cause them to lie down

"feed My flock andä" ã Ps 23:1, 2; Ezek 34:23

 

Ezekiel 34:16

"fat and the strongä" ã Is 10:16

"feed them with judgmentä" ã Is 49:26

 

Ezekiel 34:17

"sheep and another" ã Or lamb

"judge between one sheepä" ã Ezek 20:38; 34:20-22; Mal 4:1; Matt 25:32

 

Ezekiel 34:18

"foul the rest withä" ã Lit foul by trampling

"slight a thing forä" ã Num 16:9, 13; 2Sam 7:19; Is 7:13

 

Ezekiel 34:19

"foul with your feet" ã Lit foul by trampling

 

Ezekiel 34:21

"weak with your hornsä" ã Or sick

"abroad" ã Lit to the outside

"thrust at all theä" ã Deut 33:17; Dan 8:4; Luke 13:14-16

 

Ezekiel 34:22

"deliver My flock" ã Ps 72:12-14; Jer 23:3; Ezek 34:10

 

Ezekiel 34:23

"set over them oneä" ã Rev 7:17

"shepherd" ã Is 40:11; John 10:11

"David" ã Jer 30:9; Ezek 37:24

 

Ezekiel 34:24

"David will be princeä" ã Is 55:3; Jer 30:9; Ezek 37:24, 25; Hos 3:5

 

Ezekiel 34:25

"covenant of peace withä" ã Ezek 16:60; 20:37; 37:26

"eliminate harmful beasts fromä" ã Job 5:22, 23; Is 11:6-9

"live securely in theä" ã Jer 33:16; Ezek 28:26; 34:27, 28

 

Ezekiel 34:26

"blessing" ã Gen 12:2; Ezek 34:14

"showers to come downä" ã Deut 11:13-15; 28:12

"blessing" ã Lev 25:21; Is 44:3

 

Ezekiel 34:27

"secure on their land" ã Ezek 38:8, 11

"broken the bars ofä" ã Lev 26:13; Is 52:2, 3; Jer 30:8

 

Ezekiel 34:28

"live securely" ã Jer 30:10; Ezek 39:26

 

Ezekiel 34:29

"victims of famine inä" ã Lit those gathered

"renowned planting place" ã Is 4:2; 60:21; 61:3

"not again be victimsä" ã Ezek 34:26, 27; 36:29

"endure the insults ofä" ã Ezek 36:6, 15

 

Ezekiel 34:30

"I" ã Ps 46:7, 11; Ezek 14:11; 36:28

 

Ezekiel 34:31

"sheep" ã Ps 78:52; 80:1; Ezek 36:38

"sheep of My pasture" ã Ps 100:3; Jer 23:1

 

Ezekiel 35:2

"Mount Seir" ã Gen 36:8; Ezek 25:12; 36:5

 

Ezekiel 35:3

"GOD" ã Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chapter

"stretch out My handä" ã Jer 6:12; 15:6; Ezek 25:13

"desolation and a wasteä" ã Jer 49:13, 17, 18; Ezek 35:7

 

Ezekiel 35:4

"lay waste your citiesä" ã Ezek 6:6; 35:9; Mal 1:3, 4

 

Ezekiel 35:5

"delivered the sons ofä" ã Lit poured

"punishment of the endä" ã Or iniquity

"enmity and have deliveredä" ã Ps 137:7; Ezek 25:12, 15; 36:5; Amos 1:11; Obad 10

"punishment of the endä" ã Ezek 7:2; 21:25, 29

 

Ezekiel 35:6

"give you over toä" ã Lit prepare you for

"bloodshed" ã Is 63:2-6; Ezek 16:38; 32:6

 

Ezekiel 35:8

"fall" ã Lit fall in them

"fill its mountains withä" ã Is 34:5, 6; Ezek 31:12; 32:4, 5; 39:4, 5

 

Ezekiel 35:9

"desolation and your citiesä" ã Jer 49:13; Ezek 25:13

 

Ezekiel 35:10

"them" ã Lit it

"said" ã Ps 83:4-12; Ezek 36:2, 5

"LORD was there" ã Ps 48:1-3; 132:13, 14; Is 12:6; Ezek 48:35; Zeph 3:15

 

Ezekiel 35:11

"according to your angerä" ã Ps 137:7; Ezek 25:14; Amos 1:11

"make Myself known amongä" ã Ps 9:16; 73:17, 18

 

Ezekiel 35:12

"that I" ã Or that I am the LORD: I have heard

"given to us forä" ã Jer 50:7; Ezek 36:2

 

Ezekiel 35:13

"spoken arrogantly against Meä" ã Lit made great with your mouth

"spoken arrogantly against Meä" ã Is 10:13, 14; 36:20; Jer 48:26, 42; Dan 11:36

"I have heard it" ã Jer 7:11; 29:23

 

Ezekiel 35:14

"earth rejoices" ã Is 44:23; 49:13; Jer 51:48

 

Ezekiel 35:15

"rejoiced over the inheritanceä" ã Jer 50:11; Lam 4:21

"so I will doä" ã Obad 15

"desolation" ã Is 34:5, 6; Ezek 35:3, 4

 

Ezekiel 36:2

"GOD" ã Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chapter

"heights have become ourä" ã Heb Bamoth

"heights have become ourä" ã Deut 32:13; Ps 78:69; Is 58:14; Hab 3:19

 

Ezekiel 36:3

"For good reason theyä" ã Lit Because; or By the cause

"talk and the whisperingä" ã Lit lip of the tongue

"desolate and crushed youä" ã Jer 2:15

"talk and the whisperingä" ã Ps 44:13, 14; Jer 18:16; Ezek 35:13

 

Ezekiel 36:4

"mountains of Israel" ã Deut 11:11; Ezek 36:1, 6, 8

"prey and a derisionä" ã Ezek 34:8, 28

 

Ezekiel 36:5

"appropriated My land forä" ã Lit gave

"jealousy I have spokenä" ã Ezek 5:13; 36:6; 38:19

"rest of the nations" ã Jer 25:9, 15-29; Ezek 36:3

"joy and with scornä" ã Jer 50:11; Ezek 35:15; Mic 7:8

 

Ezekiel 36:6

"endured the insults ofä" ã Ps 74:10; 123:3, 4; Ezek 34:29

 

Ezekiel 36:7

"sworn that surely theä" ã Lit lifted up My hand

 

Ezekiel 36:8

"put forth your branchesä" ã Is 4:2; 27:6; Ezek 17:23; 34:26-29

 

Ezekiel 36:9

"turn to you" ã Lev 26:9

"cultivated and sown" ã Ezek 28:26; 34:14; 36:34

 

Ezekiel 36:10

"all the house ofä" ã Is 27:6; 49:17-23; Ezek 37:21, 22

"cities will be inhabitedä" ã Jer 31:27, 28; 33:12; Ezek 36:33

 

Ezekiel 36:11

"treat you better thanä" ã Lit cause good

"formerly and will treatä" ã Jer 30:18; Ezek 16:55; Mic 7:14

"better than at theä" ã Job 42:12; Is 51:3

 

Ezekiel 36:12

"menãMy people Israelãto walkä" ã Ezek 34:13, 14

"inheritance and never againä" ã Ezek 47:14

"bereave them of children" ã Jer 15:7; Ezek 22:12, 27

 

Ezekiel 36:13

"nation of children," ã Or nations, and so throughout the chapter

"devourer of men andä" ã Num 13:32

 

Ezekiel 36:15

"insults from the nationsä" ã Is 60:14; Ezek 34:29; 36:7

"disgrace from the peoplesä" ã Ps 89:50; Is 54:4; Ezek 22:4

"stumble any longer" ã Is 63:13; Jer 13:16; 18:15

 

Ezekiel 36:17

"defiled it by theirä" ã Jer 2:7

"the uncleanness of aä" ã Lev 15:19

 

Ezekiel 36:18

"poured out My wrathä" ã 2Chr 34:21, 25; Lam 2:4; 4:11; Ezek 22:20, 22

 

Ezekiel 36:19

"scattered them among theä" ã Deut 28:64; Ezek 5:12; 22:15; Amos 9:9

"According to their waysä" ã Ezek 24:14; 39:24; Rom 2:6

 

Ezekiel 36:20

"profaned My holy name" ã Is 52:5; Ezek 12:16; Rom 2:24

"people of the LORD" ã Jer 33:24

 

Ezekiel 36:21

"concern for My holyä" ã Lit compassion

"holy name" ã Ps 74:18; Is 48:9; Ezek 20:44

 

Ezekiel 36:22

"not for your sake" ã Deut 7:7, 8; 9:5, 6; Ezek 36:32

 

Ezekiel 36:23

"vindicate the holiness ofä" ã Is 5:16; Ezek 20:41; 38:23; 39:7, 25

"nations will know thatä" ã Ps 102:15; 126:2

 

Ezekiel 36:24

"take you from theä" ã Is 43:5, 6; Ezek 34:13; 37:21

 

Ezekiel 36:25

"sprinkle clean water onä" ã Num 19:17-19; Ps 51:7; Titus 3:5, 6; Heb 9:13, 19; 10:22

"filthiness and from allä" ã Is 4:4; Zech 13:1

"idols" ã Is 2:18, 20; Hos 14:3, 8

 

Ezekiel 36:26

"new heart and putä" ã Ps 51:10; Ezek 11:19; 18:31; John 3:3, 5; 2Cor 5:17

"heart of stone fromä" ã Ezek 11:19; Zech 7:12

 

Ezekiel 36:27

"put My Spirit withinä" ã Is 44:3; 59:21; Ezek 37:14; 39:29; Joel 2:28, 29

 

Ezekiel 36:28

"My people" ã Ezek 14:11; 37:23, 27

 

Ezekiel 36:29

"bring a famine onä" ã Lit put

"will not bring aä" ã Ezek 34:27, 29; Hos 2:21-23

 

Ezekiel 36:30

"multiply the fruit ofä" ã Lev 26:4; Ezek 34:27

 

Ezekiel 36:31

"remember your evil waysä" ã Ezek 16:61-63; 20:43

 

Ezekiel 36:32

"for your sake" ã Deut 9:5

 

Ezekiel 36:33

"cities to be inhabited" ã Ezek 36:10; Zech 8:7, 8

"waste places will beä" ã Is 58:12

 

Ezekiel 36:35

"garden of Eden" ã Is 51:3; Ezek 31:9; Joel 2:3

 

Ezekiel 36:36

"will do it." ã Ezek 17:24; 22:14; 37:14; Hos 14:4-9

 

Ezekiel 36:38

"for sacrifices" ã Lit of holy things

"flock for sacrifices" ã 1Kin 8:63; 2Chr 35:7-9; John 2:14

"flocks of men" ã Ps 74:1; 100:3; Jer 23:1; John 10:7, 9, 16

 

Ezekiel 37:1

"by the Spirit ofä" ã Or in

"hand of the LORDä" ã Ezek 1:3; 33:22; 40:1

"brought me out byä" ã Ezek 8:3; 11:24; 43:5; Acts 8:39

"valley" ã Jer 7:32-8:2

 

Ezekiel 37:3

"GOD" ã Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chapter

"can these bones live" ã Ezek 26:19

"You know." ã Deut 32:39; 1Sam 2:6

 

Ezekiel 37:4

"Prophesy over these bonesä" ã Ezek 37:9, 12

"hear the word ofä" ã Jer 22:29; Ezek 36:1

 

Ezekiel 37:5

"breath to enter youä" ã Or spirit, and so throughout the chapter

"breath to enter youä" ã Gen 2:7; Ps 104:29, 30; Ezek 37:9, 10, 14

 

Ezekiel 37:6

"know that I amä" ã Is 49:23; Ezek 35:9; 38:23; 39:6; Joel 2:27; 3:17

 

Ezekiel 37:7

"noise" ã Lit voice; or thunder

"as I was commanded" ã Jer 13:5-7

 

Ezekiel 37:9

"breathe on these slain" ã Ps 104:30

"come to life" ã Hos 13:14

 

Ezekiel 37:10

"breath came into them" ã Rev 11:11

"exceedingly great army" ã Jer 30:19; 33:22

 

Ezekiel 37:11

"completely cut off." ã Lit cut off to ourselves

"whole house of Israel" ã Jer 33:24; Ezek 36:10; 39:25

"bones are dried upä" ã Ps 141:7

"cut off." ã Ps 88:5; Lam 3:54

 

Ezekiel 37:12

"cause you to comeä" ã Deut 32:39; 1Sam 2:6; Is 26:19; 66:14; Hos 13:14

 

Ezekiel 37:14

"Spirit within you andä" ã Or breath

"put My Spirit withinä" ã Is 32:15; Ezek 11:19; 36:27; 37:6, 9; 39:29; Joel 2:28, 29; Zech 12:10

 

Ezekiel 37:16

"one stick and writeä" ã Num 17:2, 3

"Judah and for theä" ã 2Chr 10:17; 11:11-17; 15:9

"Joseph" ã 1Kin 12:16-20; 2Chr 10:19

 

Ezekiel 37:17

"join them for yourselfä" ã Is 11:13; Jer 50:4; Ezek 37:22-24; Hos 1:11; Zeph 3:9

 

Ezekiel 37:18

"what you mean byä" ã Ezek 12:9; 17:12; 20:49; 24:19

 

Ezekiel 37:21

"take the sons ofä" ã Is 43:5, 6; Jer 29:14; Ezek 36:24; 39:27; Amos 9:14, 15

 

Ezekiel 37:22

"one nation in theä" ã Jer 3:18; 50:4, 5; Ezek 36:10

"one king will beä" ã Ezek 34:23, 24; 37:24

 

Ezekiel 37:23

"dwelling places in whichä" ã Another reading is backslidings

"no longer defile themselvesä" ã Ezek 36:25

"I will deliver themä" ã Ezek 36:28, 29

 

Ezekiel 37:24

"David will be kingä" ã Jer 30:9; Ezek 34:24; 37:25; Hos 3:5

"one shepherd" ã Ps 78:71; Is 40:11; Ezek 34:23

 

Ezekiel 37:25

"David My servant willä" ã Is 11:1; Ezek 37:24; Zech 6:12

 

Ezekiel 37:26

"place them and multiplyä" ã Lit give

"covenant of peace withä" ã Ezek 16:62; 20:37; 34:25

"everlasting covenant with them" ã Ps 89:3, 4; Is 55:3; 59:21; Ezek 16:60

"multiply them" ã Jer 30:19; Ezek 36:10, 11, 37

"sanctuary in their midstä" ã Ezek 20:40; 43:7

 

Ezekiel 37:27

"dwelling place also willä" ã John 1:14; Rev 21:3

"I will be theirä" ã Ezek 37:23; 2Cor 6:16

 

Ezekiel 37:28

"who sanctifies Israel" ã Ex 31:13; Ezek 20:12

 

Ezekiel 38:2

"prince of Rosh" ã Or chief prince of Meshech

"Gog of the landä" ã Ezek 38:3, 14, 16, 18; 39:1, 11; Rev 20:8

"Magog" ã Gen 10:2; Ezek 39:6; Rev 20:8

"Rosh" ã Ezek 38:3; 39:1

"Meshech and Tubal" ã Ezek 27:13; 38:3; 39:1

 

Ezekiel 38:3

"GOD" ã Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chapter

"prince of Rosh" ã Or chief prince of Meshech

 

Ezekiel 38:4

"splendidly attired" ã Or clothed in full armor

"bring you out" ã Is 43:17

"horses and horsemen" ã Ezek 38:15; Dan 11:40

 

Ezekiel 38:5

"Ethiopia and Put withä" ã Lit Cush

"Persia" ã 2Chr 36:20; Ezra 1:1; Ezek 27:10; Dan 8:20

"Ethiopia and" ã Gen 10:6-8; Ezek 30:4, 5

"Put with them" ã Ezek 27:10; 30:5

 

Ezekiel 38:6

"Gomer with all itsä" ã Gen 10:2, 3

"Beth-togarmah from the remoteä" ã Gen 10:3; Ezek 27:14

 

Ezekiel 38:7

"Be prepared" ã Is 8:9

 

Ezekiel 38:8

"nations" ã Lit peoples

"its people were broughtä" ã Lit it was

"After many days youä" ã Is 24:22

"gathered from many nationsä" ã Is 11:11; Ezek 36:24; 37:21; 38:12; 39:27, 28

"mountains of Israel whichä" ã Ezek 34:13; 36:1-8

"living securely" ã Ezek 38:11, 14; 39:26

 

Ezekiel 38:9

"like a storm" ã Is 5:28; 21:1; 25:4; 28:2; Jer 4:13

"cloud covering the land" ã Ezek 30:18; 38:16; Joel 2:2

 

Ezekiel 38:10

"thoughts will come intoä" ã Lit words

"devise an evil planä" ã Ps 36:4; Mic 2:1

 

Ezekiel 38:11

"unwalled villages" ã Or open country

"unwalled villages" ã Zech 2:4

"at rest" ã Jer 49:31

 

Ezekiel 38:12

"center of the world" ã Lit navel

"capture spoil and toä" ã Is 10:6; Ezek 29:19

 

Ezekiel 38:13

"villages will say toä" ã Or young lions

"Sheba and" ã Ezek 27:22, 23

"Dedan and the merchantsä" ã Ezek 25:13; 27:15, 20

"Tarshish with all itsä" ã Ezek 27:12

"spoil" ã Is 10:6; 33:23; Jer 15:13

 

Ezekiel 38:14

"living securely" ã Jer 23:6; Ezek 38:8, 11; Zech 2:5, 8

 

Ezekiel 38:15

"You will come fromä" ã Ezek 39:2

 

Ezekiel 38:16

"know Me when Iä" ã Ps 83:18; Ezek 36:23; 38:23

"sanctified through you beforeä" ã Is 5:16; 8:13; 29:23; Ezek 28:22

 

Ezekiel 38:17

"prophesied in those daysä" ã Is 5:26-29; 34:1-6; 63:1-6; 66:15, 16; Joel 3:9-14

 

Ezekiel 38:18

"anger" ã Ps 18:8, 15

 

Ezekiel 38:19

"earthquake in the landä" ã Or shaking

"zeal and in Myä" ã Deut 32:22; Ps 18:7, 8; Ezek 5:13; 36:5, 6; Nah 1:2; Heb 12:29

"earthquake in the landä" ã Joel 3:16; Hag 2:6, 7, 21

 

Ezekiel 38:20

"collapse and every wallä" ã Lit fall

"The fish of theä" ã Jer 4:24, 25; Hos 4:3; Nah 1:4-6

"mountains also will beä" ã Zech 14:4

 

Ezekiel 38:21

"him on all Myä" ã I.e. Gog

"sword against him onä" ã Ezek 14:17

"Every man's sword willä" ã Judg 7:22; 1Sam 14:20; 2Chr 20:23; Hag 2:22

 

Ezekiel 38:22

"a torrential rain" ã Lit an overflowing

"judgment with him" ã Is 66:16; Jer 25:31

"hailstones" ã Ps 11:6; 18:12-14; Is 28:17

 

Ezekiel 38:23

"make Myself known inä" ã Ps 9:16; Ezek 37:28; 38:16

 

Ezekiel 39:1

"GOD" ã Heb YHWH, usually rendered LORD, and so throughout the chapter

"prince of Rosh" ã Or chief prince of Meshech

"you" ã Ezek 38:2

 

Ezekiel 39:3

"strike your bow fromä" ã Ps 76:3; Jer 21:4, 5; Ezek 30:21-24; Hos 1:5

 

Ezekiel 39:4

"kind of predatory birdä" ã Lit wing

"fall on the mountainsä" ã Is 14:24, 25; Ezek 39:17-20

"food to every kindä" ã Ezek 29:5; 32:4, 5; 33:27

 

Ezekiel 39:5

"open field" ã Lit face of the

 

Ezekiel 39:6

"fire upon Magog andä" ã Ezek 30:8, 16; 38:19, 22; Amos 1:4, 7, 10; Nah 1:6

"coastlands in safety" ã Ps 72:10; Is 66:19; Jer 25:22

 

Ezekiel 39:7

"holy name I willä" ã Ezek 36:20-22; 39:25

"profaned anymore" ã Ex 20:7; Ezek 20:9, 14, 39

"nations will know thatä" ã Ezek 38:16, 23

"Holy One in Israelä" ã Is 12:6; 43:3, 14; 55:5; 60:9, 14

 

Ezekiel 39:9

"go out and makeä" ã Is 66:24; Mal 1:5

"fires with the weaponsä" ã Josh 11:6; Ps 46:9

 

Ezekiel 39:10

"plunder of those whoä" ã Is 14:2; 33:1; Mic 5:8; Hab 2:8

 

Ezekiel 39:11

"horde" ã Lit crowd

"Hamon-gog" ã Or the multitude of Gog

 

Ezekiel 39:12

"cleanse the land" ã Deut 21:23; Ezek 39:14, 16

 

Ezekiel 39:13

"to their renown onä" ã Or a memorial for them

"renown on the dayä" ã Jer 33:9; Zeph 3:19, 20

"glorify Myself" ã Ezek 28:22

 

Ezekiel 39:14

"burying those who wereä" ã Jer 14:16

 

Ezekiel 39:15

"set up a markerä" ã Lit build

"Hamon-gog" ã Or the multitude of Gog

 

Ezekiel 39:17

"kind of bird andä" ã Lit wing

"bird and to everyä" ã Is 56:9; Jer 12:9; Ezek 39:4; Rev 19:17, 18

"sacrifice for you" ã Is 34:6, 7; Jer 46:10; Zeph 1:7

 

Ezekiel 39:18

"eat the flesh ofä" ã Ezek 29:5; Rev 19:18

"rams" ã Jer 51:40

"bulls" ã Jer 50:27

"Bashan" ã Ps 22:12; Amos 4:1

 

Ezekiel 39:20

"horses and charioteers" ã Ps 76:5, 6; Ezek 38:4; Hag 2:22; Rev 19:18

 

Ezekiel 39:21

"glory among the nations" ã Ex 9:16; Is 37:20; Ezek 36:23; 38:16, 23; 39:13

 

Ezekiel 39:22

"know that I amä" ã Jer 24:7

 

Ezekiel 39:23

"iniquity because they actedä" ã Jer 22:8, 9; 44:22; Ezek 36:18, 19

"hid My face fromä" ã Is 1:15; 59:2; Ezek 39:29

 

Ezekiel 39:24

"According to their uncleannessä" ã 2Kin 17:7; Jer 2:17, 19; 4:18; Ezek 36:19

 

Ezekiel 39:25

"restore the fortunes ofä" ã Or return the captivity

"restore the fortunes ofä" ã Is 27:12, 13; Jer 33:7; Ezek 34:13

"house of Israel" ã Jer 31:1; Ezek 36:10; 37:21, 22; Hos 1:11

"jealous for My holyä" ã Ex 20:5; Nah 1:2

 

Ezekiel 39:26

"forget their disgrace andä" ã Another reading is bear

"perpetrated against Me" ã Lit did treacherously

"forget their disgrace andä" ã Ezek 16:63; 20:43; 36:31

"live securely on theirä" ã 1Kin 4:25; Ezek 34:25-28

"no one to makeä" ã Is 17:2; Mic 4:4

 

Ezekiel 39:27

"through them in theä" ã Lit in

"bring them back fromä" ã Ezek 36:24; 37:21

"sanctified through them inä" ã Ezek 36:23; 38:16, 23

 

Ezekiel 39:29

"poured out My Spiritä" ã Is 32:15; Ezek 36:27; 37:14; Joel 2:28

 

 

(NLT)

 

Ezek 33:21

 

              On January 8, ã Hebrew On the fifth day of the tenth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This event occurred on January 8, 585 B.C.; also see note on 1:1.

 

Ezek 33:25

 

              you worship idols, ã The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung.

 

Ezek 35:11

 

              known to Israel ã Hebrew to them; Greek version reads to you.

 

Ezek 36:18

 

              worship of idols, ã The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung; also in 36:25.

 

Ezek 36:26

 

              tender, responsive heart. ã Hebrew a heart of flesh.

 

Ezek 37:16

 

              tribes of Israel.' ã Hebrew This is Ephraim's wood, representing Joseph and all the house of Israel.

 

Ezek 37:23

 

              with their idols ã The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung.

 

Ezek 38:5

 

              Ethiopia, and Libya ã Hebrew Paras, Cush, and Put.

 

Ezek 38:14

 

              will rouse yourself. ã As in Greek version; Hebrew reads then you will know.

 

Ezek 39:11

 

              the Dead Sea. ã Hebrew the sea.

 

Ezek 39:25

 

              of my people ã Hebrew of Jacob.

IVP-New Bible Commentary

 

                  1-6 Ezekiel must proclaim to his countrymen: 'Suppose a country is threatened by war, and that a certain individual is called to the job of giving advance warning of any attack (2). If that person sounds the alarm when attack is near, then any responsibility for casualties will rest with the citizens themselves (3-5). But if the alarm is not sounded when attack is near, that person will be held responsible for the death of any of the citizens' (6).

                  7-9 Ezekiel has been given that job for the Israelites. He is to convey to them the warnings God sends (7). If he does not convey those warnings to anyone he will be held responsible for that person's fate. But if he does, he will have saved himself (8-9).

                  10-20 Ezekiel is further to proclaim to Israel: 'You say that you are burdened to death by your sins. I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked (10-11). If a righteous man turns from his former ways and starts to do evil, none of the righteous things he has done will count; he will die for his sins (12-13). If a wicked man turns from his ways and starts to do what is just and right, his previous misdeeds will be forgotten; he will live (14-16). Although you, Israel, say [p. 737] that my way is unjust, it is your way that is unjust. Each of you will be judged accordingly' (17-20).

                  Note. 2 'Watchman'ãsee note on 3:16-21.

 

33:21-22 Ezekiel regains his speech

                  This incident is unique in the book of Ezekiel in that his prophetic experience ('the hand of the LORD was upon me') did not result in a vision or oracle. Instead, Ezekiel was given back the power of speech that had been taken from him at the start of his ministry (3:26-27).

                  The timing of this event was significant. On the next day the news arrived that Jerusalem had fallen. Ezekiel's warnings had come true.

                  Note. 21 'Twelfth year'ãJerusalem fell in 587 BC. A number of versions and manuscripts read 'eleventh year'. If this reading is correct, and the year refers to the reign of Zedekiah, then the time interval between the fall of the city and the fugitive's visit to Ezekiel was about six months. Cf. Ezr. 7:9, where a straight journey from Babylon to Jerusalem took a full four months.

 

33:23-33 Israel's illegal possessions

                  The siege was over. Jerusalem had fallen and the land had been laid waste. Many had been killed and others had been deported or forced to flee. Yet there were some survivors.

                  Calamity does not always bring out the best in people. After the first siege of 597 one group of survivors in the city gloated as they planned to rise to the top (11:2-12). After the second siege the land had been depopulated. Those who were left, far from turning to God, maintained their idolatry. Furthermore, they took it upon themselves to annex their neighbours' possessions and land, even to abusing the wives that were left (24-26). Ezekiel's oracle warns that further desolation of the land would ensue because of what was being done.

                  At the end of the oracle Ezekiel is warned of a problem which many preachers experience. The people liked to listen to him but did not put into practice what he said. A preacher may have entertainment value, but that does not mean he is heeded.

                  Deprivation, like calamity, does not always bring out the best in people either. Desperate circumstances sometimes evoke desperate actions, and we must have understanding in such cases. However, there are times, as with this oracle, when chaos and ruination are simply treated as moments of opportunity by greedy and ruthless people.

                  23-29 The word of the Lord to Ezekiel is: 'The people inhabiting the ruins in the land of Israel think that they now are its owners (24-25). Proclaim to them: ''You carry out pagan and violent practicesãshould the land fall into your possession? (25-26). Because of what you do, the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord'' ' (27-29).

                  30-33 Again to Ezekiel: 'You are a topic of conversation among your compatriots. They gather to hear you, but pay only lip≠service to what you say. You are like an entertainer to them. However, when your proclamations come true, they will know that a prophet has been among them.'

                  Notes. 24 'Abraham was only one'ãtheir reasoning was that if Abraham, a single individual, could take possession of the land, then it would be no problem for them, who were much more numerous, to do it.

33 The mark of a true prophet was that what he predicted indeed came true.

 

34:1-48:35 Prophecies of restoration

                  The prophecies in chs. 34-48 have an entirely different theme from the earlier ones. Whereas the oracles of chs. 1-33 consist primarily of warnings of disaster that would befall the people of Israel or their neighbours, the emphasis in 34-48 is on restoration and hope. Jerusalem and the temple had been destroyed. The people had been driven into exile. But yet there is hope.

                  Modern readers find these chapters difficult to interpret, partly because of the unfamiliar imagery and partly out of a tendency to look for a specific modern event which relates to what the prophecies describe. It is important to remember that these oracles are essentially similar in character to those in earlier parts of the book. Many of the features of the later chapters have counterparts in earlier ones e.g. the promise of a new covenant (16:60), the return to the land (28:25), the symbolic use of numbers (4:5-6; 14:21; 29:13) and identification of a nation by its ruler (29:1-6; 31:2-18). There are references which seem deliberately vague or symbolic, e.g. David and Gog, or which point to an end≠time e.g. 'David will be their prince for ever' (37:25). Such references have led commentators to class Ezekiel as 'protoApocalyptic'.

                  For us the images can be distant and hard to picture. Yet they must have had painful associations for the exiles. The detailed description of the temple (40-48) is difficult for us to follow, but it would have brought memories flooding back to those who had known the temple and worshipped there. The images of the valley of dry bones (37), of scattered sheep (34), of ruined buildings and wastes (35, 36), of a land strewn with fallen weapons (39), and of wild animals feasting on dead soldiers (39) are all images of war. They are pictures of a land so [p. 738] ravaged that the dead lay unburied, their corpses rotting and their weapons rusting. These images would have been painfully real to those who had witnessed Israel's military destruction.

                  These prophecies were in the first place for the people of Ezekiel's day. Their content was expressed in terms that the people of then knew and understood. The resolution of the prophecies should not be seen as one≠off events but as a process. Their purpose was to bring hope when all hope was gone and to bring guidance when the very reason for living was unclear. Their fulfilment started the day they were delivered. The people of God would never be abandoned no matter what calamity might confront them.

                  This is not to conclude that such prophecies have no meaning for us today. As we have seen, the fall of nations and the devastations of war are as familiar items of news on our TV screens as they were for Ezekiel's prophecies. Yet overall the same God holds out to us the same hope of future restoration.

 

34:1-31 Israel's shepherds denounced

The image of the people of God as a flock of sheep occurs several times throughout the Bible. In this oracle, the current shepherdsãi.e. the rulers of Israelãare rebuked for their self≠interest and lack of care for their subjects. Furthermore, some sheep had grown fat at the expense of others i.e. some people had acquired wealth and power by oppressing others who were poorer and weaker. Ezekiel warns that justice will be restored.

                  The warning turns into a promise for the future (21-24). Not only will the Lord save his sheep, he will also appoint his servant David to be shepherd over them, and make a covenant of peace with them. As in other oracles, the name is symbolic. The reference to David does not mean that the ancient king David will be literally resurrected and set up as ruler. Its primary force is that the coming ruler will have the exemplary attributes of Davidãsomeone in whom the Lord delighted and who triumphed over the foes of Israel. David is also referred to in 37:24-26, where his rule is described as lasting for ever. The same passage also refers to the everlasting covenant of peace which the Lord will make with his people, a theme almost identical to that in 34:25-30.

                  Both passages clearly are looking forward not just to Israel's immediate future but also to her long term future. God would make peace with the people, and he would appoint a shepherd to rule them.

                  The oracle brings a promise of hope. Even if God's people were scattered and oppressed they would one day receive justice. Readers of the NT will see that day as the time of the return of Jesus Christ, a promise sealed by his first coming, death and resurrection.

                  1-31 Ezekiel is to proclaim to the shepherds of Israel: 'Woe to you shepherds of Israel. You did not look after the flock. They have become scattered over the lands. You only took care of yourselves (2, 5-8). I am against the shepherds. They will be held responsible for the flock, but will be discharged from their jobs. They will no longer feed off my flock (10). I will rescue my scattered flock. I will gather them from the nations and bring them to good pasture in the land of Israel. I myself will tend to them and be a just shepherd (11-15). I will judge between one sheep and another. Some have grown fat at the expense of others. The flock will no longer be plundered (17-22). I will appoint my servant David to be their only shepherd. I will be their God, and David will be their prince (23-24). I will make a covenant of peace with them. They will dwell in safety in a fertile land. They will be rescued from enslavement. Then they shall know that I their God am with them and that they are my people' (25-31).

                  Notes. 13 'Bring them... gather them'ãthe promise of restoration gets special emphasis in chs. 34-48. However, it occurs in earlier oracles too: 11:17; 16:60; 20:34, 42; 28:25.

25 'Covenant of peace'ãthe promised new covenant (cf. Je. 31:31-34).

 

35:1-36:15 Prophecies and mountains: warnings to Edom and encouragement for Israel

It is important to note that ch. 35 and ch. 36:1-15 form one single oracle. The imagery running throughout is that of mountains. The mountain of Edom, Mount Seir, will be laid waste (35:7, 14), whereas the mountains of Israel will become fruitful (36:8-9) and repopulated (36:10-12).

                  Edom was Israel's neighbour and ancient rival. The two nations were ethnically close, yet maintained ancient enmities. The land of Edom lay on Israel's eastern border, running south from the Dead Sea. The mountain associated with EdomãMount Seirãwould have overlooked Israel's eastern flank. The Edomites could monitor Israel's misery when it befell her.

                  Edom is condemned on several counts. First, she had apparently betrayed Israel in Israel's hour of need (35:5). Second the Edomites had gloated, even rejoiced at Israel's destruction (35:12, 15; 36:5). Third, they had taken the opportunity to plunder some of Israel's land during this time of turmoil (35:12; 36:2, 5). Longstanding feuds between neighbours are often difficult to erase. It is easy to take delight in or even take advantage of the misfortunes of a [p. 739] disliked neighbour. Yet our dealings should be just, even when we find them difficult.

                  Edom may be taken as a symbol of the ceaseless hostility between God's people and the 'world'. Whereas David was the king who conquered and held Edom (see Commentary on 34:21-24 and 2 Sa. 8:12-14), and David is symbolic of the triumph of Israel, so the downfall of Edom symbolizes the beginning of the new order. The return of 'David' will remind us of the coming of the Messiah and the establishment of the new order, the kingdom of heaven, which Jesus Christ came to proclaim.

35:1-15 Ezekiel must proclaim against Edom: 'I am against you Edom. When I make you desolate, you will know that I am the Lord (3-4). Your longstanding hostility led you to betray Israel in their final hour (5). Bloodshed shall therefore pursue you, and you shall become a wasteland. Then you will know that I am the Lord (6-9). You thought you would take possession of the territory of Israel and Judah when they were laid waste. You also boasted against me. Because you rejoiced when Israel became a desert, you will become a desert (10-15). Then you shall know that I am the Lord' (4, 9, 15).

36:1-15 But to the mountains of Israel Ezekiel is to proclaim: 'The enemy thought they would take possession of and plunder you (36:1-4). You have suffered the scorn of nations, but nations around you will suffer scorn too (36:5-7). Yet you will become fertile and prosperous, with many settlements. Then you will know that I am the Lord. My people will come to possess you as inheritance (36:8-12). No longer will the mountains of Israel rob the nation of its people' (36:12-15).

                  Notes. 35:10 'Two nations'ãi.e. Israel and Judah.

36:2 'The ancient heights'ãmuch of Israel and Judah lay in the mountainous region between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean.

36:12-13 'You... deprive them of their children'; 'you devour men'ãhere the mountains are portrayed as contributing to the destruction of the people. The expression may be purely poetic; no doubt many did perish in battle skirmishes in the mountain areas.

 

36:16-38 The restoration of Israel

This oracle forms the core of the book of Ezekiel. Its message is a summary of the book. Israel had offended God through bloodshed and idolatry (18). Her punishment meant dispersal among the nationsãexile (19). Yet the Lord would not leave them there. They would return to their land (24). He would cleanse them and transform them and they would follow him (25-28). The land and its people would flourish again (29-38). The surrounding nations would know that the Lord had acted (36).

                  The reason why the Lord would bring his people out of their exile is clearly expressed. It had nothing to do with any innate goodness or desirability in the people themselves. Rather, it had to do with God's desire that his name should not be profaned. The very fact that Israel was in exile led others to think that the God of Israel was either incapable or unwilling to look after his own people. This situation was denigrating the character of God, and for this reason, God would restore his people (20-23).

                  This oracle brings hope to all of us. God acts to save, not on the basis of our worthiness, but out of the richness of his mercy.

                  16-38 To Ezekiel God says: 'When Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it with their iniquity. So I scattered them among other lands. Yet their dispersal profaned my name, which is of concern to me (16-21). Therefore, God's word to Israel is: ''For the sake of my name I will show myself holy through you to the nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord (22-23). I will bring you back to your own land and cleanse you. Your heart of stone will be replaced with a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit in you and make you follow my laws. The land will be plentiful [and] you will come to detest and be ashamed of your past conduct. It is not for your sake that I do this (24-32). When I cleanse you from all your sins, the towns will be rebuilt and the land recultivated. The nations left around will then know that I have restored it all (33-36). The people of Israel will become as numerous as sheep. Then they will know that I am the Lord'' ' (37-38).

                  Notes. 25 'Sprinkle clean water'ãa ceremonial act of cleansing.

26 'Heart of flesh'ãthe use of the term 'flesh' here should not be confused with its use in other parts of the Bible, where it often denotes frailty or corruption. In this passage 'heart of flesh' is contrasted with 'heart of stone', the implication being that the stony cold, hard≠hearted nature of the people of Israel would be replaced with a warm, living spirituality.

 

37:1-14 The valley of dry bones

After the fall of Jerusalem the people would have been scattered and dispirited. The oracle had a simple message: that the dead nation of Israel would one day be revived and return to their own land. The dry bones became living warriors. An equally powerful transformation would one day be applied to Israel.

                  The force of this vision has brought hope to many down the centuries. The power of God can change even the most hopeless of lives and situations.

                  1-11 Ezekiel has a vision in which he is [p. 740] transported to the middle of a valley full of dry bones. The Lord tells him to prophesy to the bones and to tell them they would become covered with flesh and come to life. He does so, and while he is prophesying, the bones come together with a rattle. Flesh, sinews and skin cover them, but they are still dead (1-8). He is then told to command the wind to blow on the bodies. When he does so, breath enters them and they become aliveãan immense army (9-10). The Lord explains to him: 'These bones represent Israel, who say that their hope has dried up' (11).

                  12-14 Ezekiel is to proclaim to all the people of Israel: 'I will bring you out of your graves to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord (12-13), I will put my Spirit in you and settle you in your land. Then you will know that I am the Lord, I have said it and will do it' (14).

                  Notes. 1 'The hand of the Lord'ãthis expression indicates that Ezekiel was about to experience an intense vision rather than the usual more 'verbal' message.

5, 14 'Breath'ãthe Hebrew for this word can also mean 'spirit' or 'Spirit'.

 

37:15-28 The reunion of Israel

The people of Israel had been separated into two kingdomsãIsrael and Judahãsince the end of Solomon's reign almost three centuries earlier. Not only would they be restored, as promised in the preceding oracle, they would also become one nation again.

                  They would have one ruler, who is described here as 'my servant David'. (See the comment to 34:1-31 where the term is also used.) By calling the new ruler 'David', the prophecy implies that the new ruler will have all the worthy attributes of king David and all his privileges of ancestry, right to the throne and standing before God in the light of his promises. Israel's future is depicted as an idealised version of her past. Even the deepest wounds of history can be healed through the power of God.

                  15-23 Ezekiel is instructed to: 'Take two sticks. Write on one: ''Belonging to Judah and his associates'', and write on the other: ''Belonging to Israel and his associates''. Join both sticks together in your hand so that they become one (16-17). When anyone asks you, explain the significance of this act, which is: ''I the Lord will join Israel's and Judah's sticks together so that they become one'' (18-19). Show them the sticks (20), and proclaim: ''I will gather Israel from the nations back to their own land. They will have one king and will never again be divided into two kingdoms. They will no longer defile themselvesãI will cleanse them. They will be my people, and I will be their God''' (21-23).  

24-28 'My servant David will be king over them for ever. They will observe my statutes. They and their descendants shall dwell in their ancestral land for ever (24-25). I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Their number shall increase (26). My sanctuary will be placed among them for ever. I will be their God, and they will be my people. The nations shall then know that I the Lord make Israel holy, because my sanctuary will be ever with them' (27-28).

                  Notes. 16 'Ephraim's stick'ãthe name 'Ephraim' was less ambiguous than 'Israel'. Ephraim clearly was of the northern kingdom, whereas the name 'Israel' could have applied to the people of both kingdoms.

26 'My sanctuary'ãthis promise concerning the sanctuary is expanded in chs. 40-48.

 

38:1-39:29 Prophecies against those who oppose Israel

We do not know for certain of a historical ruler called Gog. The lands that he ruledãMagog, Meshech and Tubalãare probably to be located in the region of Asia Minor and the Black Seaãsee note to v 1. These lands would thus lie at the farthest reaches of the world of the Middle East. It may well be that Gog and his nations are symbolic of the people of the world who are arraigned against the people of God. (The book of Revelation refers to Gog and Magog in this sense in Rev. 20:8). Viewed in this way, the oracle becomes a warning that, even after their return from exile, the people of Israel would at the same time experience immense forces against them. Yet these forces would be routed, and their destruction would be great.

                  The intensity of the imagery in the oracleãthe great armies and the huge numbers of fallenãhas led some interpreters to see this oracle as predicting a specific final battle. However, if we compare this oracle with e.g. those against Egypt in 32:1-16 and Tyre in 28:11-19, we find a similar extravagance of symbolism.

                  The implication of the oracle is that in future days the people of God would experience the massed forces of evil ranged against them. The odds would seem insurmountable, but the power of God would protect his people. The enemy would be routed. This victory still lies in the future for us, but the crucial blow has been struck at the cross of Calvary.

38:1-23 The Lord tells Ezekiel to proclaim to Gog: 'I am against you, Gog. You and your allies will suffer a rout (38:2-5). Get ready, for in years to come you and your hordes will invade the land of Israel (38:7-9). At that time you will scheme to plunder and pillage a rich, peaceful land (10-13). You and your numerous allies will advance from the far north. I will [p. 741] bring you so that nations may know me (14-16). I spoke of you in the past through my servants the prophets (17). When you attack Israel, there shall be a terrifying earthquake with accompanying violent storms. In afficting you with these I shall make myself known to many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord' (18-23).

39:1-16 'On the mountains of Israel I will knock your weapons from your hands. There you will fall and provide food for the birds and beasts of prey (39:1-5). I will make my holy name known to Israel. The nations will know that I am the Lord, holy in Israel. This shall surely happen (6-8). It will take the inhabitants of Israel seven years to use up the fallen weapons as fuel for their fires (8-10). The burial ground of Gog will be called the Valley of Hamon≠Gog. It will take the people of Israel seven months to bury them all and cleanse the land' (11-16).

39:17-29 Ezekiel is also to proclaim and call to all the birds and animals: 'Prepare for the great sacrifice. You will eat flesh and drink the blood of these armies till you are glutted (17-20). Nations shall see what I have done. Israel will know that I am the Lord their God, and the nations will know that they (Israel) had gone into exile because of their sins (21-24). I will restore Israel from captivity and thus show myself holy. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God. I will pour out my Spirit upon them' (25-29).

                  Notes. 38:1 Meshech and Tubal were probably situated in Asia Minor (cf. v 6). The name 'Magog' appears as one of the sons of Japheth in Gn. 10:2; 1 Ch. 1:5 and is thus the name of a people. The word 'Magog' may simply mean 'land of Gog'.

38.5 'Cush'ãUpper Egypt. 'Put'ãLibya.

38:6 'Gomer'ãa land in Asia Minor. 'Beth Togarmah'ãArmenia. It can be noted that the sons of Japheth in Gn. 10:2 included Gomer, Magog, Tubal and Meshech.

38:12 'the centre of the land'ãJerusalem (c.f 5:5).

38:17 'Are you not the one I spoke of...?'ãThis question could be taken as another indication that Gog is symbolic. The implication here is that Israel had already been warned of such an event.

39:9 'Seven years'ãthe number seven (also in 39:12ã'seven months') symbolizes the completeness of the event.

39:12 'Burying them in order to cleanse the land'ãanyone who touched a corpse was rendered ceremonially unclean (Nu. 19:11).

39:18 'Bashan'ãa region east of Galilee renowed for the quality of its cattle and oak≠trees.

39:25-29 This section does not denote yet another gathering of Israel. It can be seen as summing up God's intentions for his people.

 

 

 

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33:1-20

Ezekiel's Role as a Watchman

 

33:2-6. role of watchman. The watchman stood at the place in the city where he would have the most strategic view of the surroundings and watched for any approaching enemy army. He reported either by word of mouth or by trumpet. His task was simply to sound the alarm of the approaching enemy. He was absolved of responsibility if the city dwellers refused to heed his call. The watchman is found throughout the ancient Near East. The spiritual sense used here is not found in the ancient Near East but is picked up (probably from Ezekiel) in the Dead Sea Scrolls sectarian documents, where the leader of the community is on the lookout for the judgment of God.

33:3. trumpet signal. The trumpet here is the ram's horn, which had a limited musical range. The term (Hebrew, shopar) is likely be related to Akkadian shapparu, which is in turn a loan word from Sumerian denoting a wild goat or ibex. It was significant not only for its use in war (to proclaim victory, announce the disbanding of the army and call troops to arms) but also for the cultic rites of Israel (see Ps 81:4 and Lev 25:9). In fact, it is the most frequently named musical instrument in the Old Testament. For more information see comment on Joshua 6:4≠5.

33:7. prophet as watchman. Ezekiel's portrayal of himself as prophetic watchman is similar to the charge given to Isaiah (21:6≠9) and Jeremiah (6:17). Though no similar label has been found attached to prophets in the ancient Near East, the concept is familiar enough. The prophets were expected to warn the king of impending situations (in military or cultic realms) that might jeopardize his person or the stability of his kingdom.

33:15. pledge for loan. Pledges for loans were customary throughout the ancient Near East. Thousands of loan contracts uncovered from Mesopotamia show that it was quite an ordinary procedure. For example, at Terqa in Middle Bronze Age Syria, a certain Puzurum made a loan at the local temple of the sun god Shamash. He retained one-half of a cuneiform contract, while the temple (functioning in this case as a bank) retained the other. Thus the two halves functioned as a receipt. When Puzurum paid off the loan, the temple returned to him the remaining portion of the contract. The return of a pledge by a repentant wicked person suggests that an oppressive debt situation was resolved with the debt being forgiven.

 

 

33:21-33

Jerusalem's Fate

 

33:21. chronology. The date is January 19, 585 B.C. It is about five months after the fall of Jerusalem. Most commentaries agree that this is not a fugitive or even a refugee, but one of the survivors who has been brought captive to Babylon with the first wave of exiles from the destruction.

33:25. eating meat with blood. The phrase literally is "eating over blood." Leviticus 19:26 associates this with banned forms of divination. Medieval rabbinical texts identified this with a practice of the Sabians, a north Arabian sect that had a communal meal in which humans ate meat whose blood was poured on the ground to attract spirit beings. Similar practices were done throughout the entire Near East. The land of Israel was understood theologically as the camp that surrounded the temple. The violations listed are the sort that would result in the person being sent outside the camp.

33:27. wild animals as punishment. Wild beasts were a constant source of fear for city dwellers throughout the ancient Near East. In Assyrian texts and reliefs of this period the kings are seen hunting lions to symbolically rid the city of the scourge of wild beasts. It has been suggested that the killing of eighteen lions represents the eighteen gates of Nineveh and the roads leading out of them. See comment on 5:17.

33:32. love songs for entertainment. Love (or erotic) songs had long been sources of entertainment for city dwellers. The itinerant singer of songs traveled from town to town, entertaining the people. Many of these songs were written down in the cuneiform record. For example, portions of the Epic of Gilgamesh may well have been sung to the city dwellers in Sumer in much the same way that Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were sung by traveling poets before being written down centuries later. Love songs are connected to Ritual Marriage texts (the Tammuz liturgy) in Sumerian times and were popular in Egypt during the second half of the second millennium (Eighteenth and Nineteenth Dynasties). It is a severe indictment that the people have reduced the role of the messenger of God to mere entertainment.

 

 

34:1-31

Oracle to the Shepherds

 

34:3. perquisites of leaders. The three staple byproducts of sheep and goats (goats' milk/ curds, sheep's wool, meat) are used here to extend the metaphor of the leaders gleaning all the benefits but not fulfilling their responsibilities. Royal and priestly administrations were of necessity supported by the population through taxations of various sorts, but it was expected that the population would in turn benefit rather than be exploited.

34:3-4. shepherd tasks. As the previous metaphor concerned the privileges of the shepherd, attention now turns to the neglected responsibilities. The metaphor goes beyond the normal responsibilities of making sure that the sheep were protected and fed. Instead it focuses on the remedial duties, caring for the sick and finding the lost. These would equate to the need for kings to bring about justice for alienated and disenfranchised people (such as the widow and orphan).

34:7-16. shepherd/king metaphor in ancient Near East. The ideology of the king as a shepherd to his people is found with Lugalzagessi of Sumer as early as around 2450 B.C. The contemporary king Urukagina of Lagash claimed that the god Ningirsu owned his state and that the king had been chosen as a shepherd to administer the city on behalf of the gods and the people. Gods responsible for maintaining justice (Shamash in Mesopotamia, Amun in Egypt) are likewise represented in this way. This ideology continued in the ancient Near East into the monarchy period, occurring in reference to Ashurbanipal of Assyria (seventh century) and Nebuchadnezzar (sixth century).

 

 

35:1-15

Oracle Concerning Edom

 

35:2. Mount Seir. Mount Seir was the ancient name of the mountainous region south of the Dead Sea on both sides of the Rift Valley running south to the Gulf of Aqaba. The name Seir is found in the Amarna texts from Egypt in the fourteenth century B.C. According to Scripture the mountains of Seir were occupied first by the Horites (Deut 2:12, 22), who were later displaced by the Edomites. Seir became synonymous with the entire country of Edom.

35:5. Edom's role in fall of Jerusalem. This verse addresses the long-standing dissension between Edom and Israel. We are told elsewhere in Scripture that the Edomites cheered when Nebuchadnezzar II destroyed Jerusalem (e.g., Ps 137; Joel 3:19; Obad 1≠14). This is the only text that implies that they played an active role in the conquest.

 

 

36:1-38

Oracle of Restoration

 

36:5. Edom's conduct. See comment on 35:5.

36:25. sprinkled with clean water. While sprinkling with water for purification was a part of the ritual ablutions used by the priests, the term "clean water" is not used anywhere else in the Old Testament.

36:26. metaphors. The heart was considered the seat of the mind and its will, or inclinations. For more information concerning a heart of stone or a heavy heart see comments on 11:19; Isaiah 6:9≠10; and Exodus 8:11.

 

 

37:1-28

Valley of Dry Bones

 

37:1. transported in visions. See comment on 8:3.

37:2. valley full of bones. The large amount of bones described here implies that this was the scene of a major catastrophe. The depiction of a large number of corpses that had been denied a proper burial is reminiscent of many battle scenes and descriptions of battle scenes found in the earliest periods of Mesopotamian and Egyptian history. Furthermore, the Assyrian annals describe the destruction of their enemies in similar terms. A typical ancient Near Eastern curse has the corpse of the cursed victim exposed to the elements.

37:12-13. resurrection in ancient Near East. The concept of resurrection was known in some parts of the ancient Near East. The Egyptians believed that some of the deceased rose as stars and took their place in the heavens. However, in general the only awakening that was part of the ancient worldview was the calling up of spirits of the dead (which is not permanent and not a bodily presence) or the awakening of the fertility gods of nature cycles. These died annually when the agricultural cycle came to an end and "wintered" in the netherworld. Then they were ritually awakened in the spring. None of this bears any resemblance to a theological doctrine of resurrection. Occasional revivifications or indications of national return to life as found in this passage are not representative of a doctrine of resurrection. See comment on Isaiah 26:19. Some have suggested that there is a greater likelihood that Ezekiel is transported east this time. Zoroastrian practice was to leave bodies unburied with the hope that they would someday be reassembled and revived. A drawback to this is that the spread of Persian culture and ideas dates to some decades after Ezekiel, and Zoroastrianism does not take hold in the Persian empire until the end of the sixth century.

38:15-16. writing on wood. It is likely, since this wood is being written on, that Ezekiel is using two wooden tablets. It was a common practice to use wooden boards coated with a beeswax concoction for the writing of messages that were formal but did not need to be archived and preserved.

 

 

38:1-39:29

Gog and Magog

 

38:2. Gog. The identification of Gog has perplexed commentators for centuries. The most likely explanation is that the name is a derivative of Gyges, who was a Lydian king mentioned in Assyrian and Greek sources. In the former he is called Gugu and he rules over mat Gugu, which is Akkadian for the "land of Gugu." His reign, however, is fifty or more years prior to the time of Ezekiel, so some have argued that the name became a dynastic title used by his royal descendants. The king of Lydia at the time of Ezekiel is Alyattes. There is no evidence that Lydia ever threatened Judah, but the Lydians were involved in a serious war against Cyaxares and the Medes in 585. Gog looks similar to the names Agag and Og, two famous enemies of Israel.

38:2. Magog. Magog is likely a Hebrew form of Akkadian Mat Gugu, "the land of Gog," which Josephus identified as Lydia in western Anatolia.

38:2. Meschech and Tubal. At the end of the eighth century, these two Anatolian kingdoms were ravaged by internal warfare, conquered by Sargon II of Assyria and invaded by the Cimmerians from southern Russia. Unfortunately, little of their history survives from the seventh and early sixth centuries. It is thought that they were incorporated under Lydian control after the conclusion of the Cimmerian wars. In the spring of 585 the Lydians were at war with the Medes. They are mentioned again in the Persian period as separate ethnic identities. They are known to the Assyrians as Mushku (central Anatolia) and Tabal (eastern Anatolia), and to Herodotus as the Moschi and Tibarenoi (subject states of the Persian empire). At the end of the eighth century the king of Mushku was Mita, known to the Greeks as Midas, the king with the golden touch. His tomb has been identified at Gordion and excavated.

38:4. hooks in your jaws. The Assyrians typically put hooks in the jaws of defeated enemies, either for the purposes of humiliation or to deport them to other lands. This practice is often described in their annals and graphically depicted in their wall reliefs. Esarhaddon is depicted on a stele from Zinjirli in Syria as leading Baal of Tyre and Tirhakah of Egypt by a rope tied to a ring through their lips. Ashurbanipal claims to have pierced the cheeks of Uate' (king of Ishmael) with a sharp-edged tool and put a ring in his jaw.

38:4. large and small shields. These were body shields and hand shields respectively. See comment on 23:24.

38:5. Persia, Cush and Put. See comment on 27:10.

38:6. Gomer. Gomer has been equated with the Gimirrai of the Assyrian annals and the Cimmerians of Greek sources. In Homer's Odyssey they lived on the north shore of the Black Sea. They attacked the kingdom of Urartu from the north and caused problems for the Assyrians in the eighth century. Sargon died in battle against them in Tubal. They appear to have been driven through the Caucasus mountains into Anatolia according to Herodotus. They came to be involved with the Anatolian kingdom of Lydia in the seventh century B.C. They overran the Phrygians and sacked the capital at Gordion, the royal seat of the famous King Midas, in 676. In 644 they overthrew Sardis, the capital of the Lydian state. This was when Gyges met his death. During Ezekiel's time the Cimmerians had been driven out of Lydia by Alyattes. They later came under the control of the Medes.

38:6. Beth Togarmah. Beth Togarmah was most likely the capital city of Kammanu, a central Anatolian kingdom. It was known in Hittite sources as Tegaramara and in Assyrian sources as Til-Garimmu.

38:11. unwalled villages. The unwalled villages (mentioned here and in Zech 2:8 and Esther 9:19) have normally been defined as rural settlements without walls, bars or gates, in contrast to fortified cities. They were defenseless and vulnerable.

38:13. Sheba and Dedan. The kingdom of Sheba was a great trading center in southwestern Arabia that exported precious stones, gold and incense. This kingdom is known as Saba in native sources and in the Assyrian annals. It had a very advanced urban civilization in the first millennium B.C. For more information see 2 Chronicles 9:1. Dedan was a central Arabian oasis where Tyre received its special riding gear. It is identified with the modern site of al-Ula, which is situated on the frankincense road from Yemen to Palestine.

38:13. merchants of Tarshish. In this context the merchants of Tarshish appear to represent merchant peoples who did their trade on the overland routes across the Arabian Desert to Sheba and Dedan, and on to the Mediterranean Sea.

38:14. Gog. See comment on 38:2

38:19. earthquakes in Israel. This appears to be a cosmic earthquake, similar to ones described in Exodus 19; Judges 5:4≠5; Isaiah 30:27≠28; Habakkuk 3:3≠7; and Psalms 68:8≠9 and 114 (see comment on 1 Sam 14:15). This type of imagery is also found in the annals of Esarhaddon of Assyria. The Levant was prone to earthquakes, but Israel is on the edge of the zone that has its center in Anatolia. The well-known historical quakes occurred in 760 and 31 B.C. In the Christian era the region has averaged about one major quake per century.

38:22. hailstones and burning sulfur. The occurrence of hailstones as divine judgment in conquest accounts is not unique. In a letter to his god (Ashur), Sargon of Assyria reports that in his campaign against Urartu (714 B.C.) the god Adad stormed against his enemies with "stones from heaven" and so annihilated them. This battle included a coalition that fled through the passes and valleys pursued by Sargon, with the enemy king hiding at last in the clefts of his mountain. Burning sulfur ("brimstone") is a yellow crystalline substance that ignites in air, often found in volcanic regions. It has no connection with hailstones except they were both calamities that would befall the area.

39:1. Gog. See comment on 38:1.

39:4. food to the birds and wild animals. To be left unburied, vulnerable to the elements and beasts, was the worst curse imaginable. Furthermore, as there was no clear distinction between body and soul in the Hebrew mentality, death was not regarded as the separation of those two elements. Thus one who had no burial was still believed to be conscious (in some form) of his fate. In the ancient Near East those who were left unburied were thought restless until a proper burial had been performed.

39:6. Magog. See comment on 38:2.

39:9. weapons used for fuel. Passages that speak of the destruction of weapons of war usually focus on using them for practical and beneficial purposes. The wooden parts could be burned in place of firewood as here (this sometimes extended even to the clothing, as in Is 9:5), and the metal parts could be recycled into agricultural use (Is 2:4 and Mic 4:3).

39:11. burial place. The burial place (}oberim) has defied an absolute identification. Scholars have identified it as the "Valley of Travelers" or, based upon an Ugaritic parallel, "those who have passed on." The latter makes more sense. Gog has desired to be identified with the great kings of old, and now he is, since they are all dead. Ugaritic texts refer to a group called the Rephaim, who are beings of the netherworld

 

 

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