Masada
Ezekiel
Language:
Hebrew
Date:
Before 73 A.D.
Location:
Masada
Contents:
Ezekiel 35:11-15; 36:1-10, 13-14, 17-35; 37:1-14, 16, 23, 28;
38:1-4, 7-8
Ezekiel
35
11 therefore, as I
live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I will do according to your anger, and according
to your envy which you have shown out of your hatred against them; and I
will make myself known
among them when I judge you. 12 You will know that I, Yahweh, have heard
all your insults which you have spoken against the
mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They have been laid desolate. They have been given
us to devour.’ 13 You have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and
have multiplied your words against me. I have
heard it.” 14 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “When the whole earth rejoices,
I will make you desolate. 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 desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, even all of it. Then they will
know that I am Yahweh.’ ”
Ezekiel
36
1 You,
son of man, prophesy to the
mountains of Israel, and say, “You
mountains of Israel, hear Yahweh’s word.
2 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Because the enemy has said against
you, “Aha!” and, “The ancient high places are ours in possession!” ’
3 therefore prophesy, and say,
‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because, even because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side,
that you might be a possession to the
residue of the nations, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and the evil report of the people;”
4 therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord Yahweh:
Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the mountains and to the hills, to the
watercourses and to the valleys, to
the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which have become a prey and derision to the residue
of the nations that are all around; 5 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Surely in the fire of my jealousy I have spoken against the residue of the nations, and against
all Edom, that have appointed my land to themselves for a
possession with the joy of all their heart, with despite of soul, to cast it out for a prey.” ’ 6 Therefore
prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell the
mountains, the hills, the
watercourses and the valleys, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Behold, I have spoken in
my jealousy and in my wrath,
because you have borne the shame of the nations.” 7 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “I have sworn, ‘Surely the nations that are
around you will bear their
shame.’
8 “ ‘ “But you, mountains of Israel,
you shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel;
for they are at hand to come. 9 For,
behold, I am for you, and I will come to you, and
you will be tilled and sown. 10 I will multiply men on you, all
the house of Israel, even all of it. The cities will be inhabited, and the waste places will be built.
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13 “ ‘Thus says
the Lord Yahweh: “Because they say to you, ‘You are a devourer of men, and have
been a bereaver of your nation;’ 14 therefore you shall devour men no more, and not bereave your nation any
more,” says the Lord Yahweh.
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17 “Son of man, when the house of Israel
lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and by their
deeds. Their way before me was
as the uncleanness of a woman in her
impurity. 18 Therefore I poured out my
wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and
because they had defiled it with their idols.
19 I scattered them among the
nations, and they were dispersed through the
countries. I judged them according to
their way and according to their deeds. 20 When they came to the nations where they went, they
profaned my holy name; in that
men said of them, ‘These are
Yahweh’s people, and have left his land.’
21 But I had respect for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.
22 “Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“I don’t do this for
your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned
among the nations, a house where you
went. 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which
you have profaned among them. Then
the nations will know that I am
Yahweh,” says the Lord Yahweh, “when I am
proven holy in you before their eyes.
24 “ ‘ “For
I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25 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. 26 I will also give you a
new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I
will take away the stony heart out of your
flesh, and I will give you a heart of
flesh. 27 I will put my Spirit within you, and
cause you to walk in my statutes. You will
keep my ordinances and do them. 28 You will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. You will be my people, and
I will be your God. 29 I will save you from
all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain, and will
multiply it, and lay no famine on
you. 30 I will multiply the fruit
of the tree and the increase of the field,
that you may receive no more the
reproach of famine among the nations.
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 for your abominations. 32 I don’t do this for your sake,” says the
Lord Yahweh. “Let it be known to you: be ashamed and
confounded for your ways, house of Israel.”
33 “ ‘Thus
says the Lord Yahweh: “In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the
cities to be inhabited and the waste places
will be built. 34 The land that was desolate will be tilled instead of being a desolation in the sight of all who
passed by. 35 They will say, ‘This
land that was desolate has become
like the garden of Eden. The waste, desolate, and
ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’
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Ezekiel
37
1 Yahweh’s hand was
on me, and he brought me out in
Yahweh’s Spirit, and set me down in the middle of the
valley; and it was full of
bones. 2 He caused me to pass by
them all around: and behold, there were
very many in the open valley; and behold, they were very dry.
3 He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
I
answered, “Lord Yahweh, you know.”
4 Again
he said to me,
“Prophesy over these bones, and tell them, ‘You
dry bones, hear Yahweh’s word. 5 Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these
bones: “Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you will live. 6 I will lay sinews on
you, and will bring up flesh on you,
and cover you with skin, and put breath
in you, and you will live. Then you will
know that I am Yahweh.” ’ ”
7 So I prophesied as I
was commanded. As I prophesied, there was
a noise, and behold, there was an earthquake. Then The bones came together, bone
to its bone. 8 I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and
flesh came up, and
skin covered them above; but there
was no breath in them.
9 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son
of man, and tell the wind, ‘Thus says the
Lord Yahweh: “Come from the four winds,
breath, and breathe on these slain, that
they may live.” ’ ”
10 So I prophesied as he
commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and
stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
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 is lost. We are completely cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy, and
tell them, ‘Thus says says the Lord Yahweh: “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. 13 You will know that I am Yahweh, when I have
opened your graves, and caused you
to come up out of your graves, my people. 14 I will put my Spirit in
you, and you will live. Then I will place
you in your own land; and you will know that I, Yahweh, have
spoken it and performed it,” says
Yahweh.’ ”
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16 “You, son of man, take one
stick, and write on it, ‘For Judah, and for the
children of Israel his companions.’
Then take another stick, and write on it, ‘For
Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and
for all the house of Israel his companions.’
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23 They won’t defile
themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor
with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their
dwelling places, in
which they have sinned, and will cleanse
them. So they will be my people, and I will be
their God.
[..]
28 The nations will know
that I
am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is among them forever
more.” ’ ”
Ezekiel
38
1 Yahweh’s word came to me,
saying, 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, 3 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Behold, I
am against you, Gog, prince of Rosh,
Meshech, and Tubal. 4 I will turn you around, and
put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring
you out, with all your army, horses
and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor,
a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;
[..]
7 “ ‘ “Be
prepared, yes, prepare yourself, you, and all your companies who are assembled
to you, and be a guard to them. 8 After many days you will be visited. In the latter years
you will come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is
gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a
continual waste; but it is brought out of the
peoples, and they will dwell securely, all of them.