Ezekiel 8:1-18 The Hand of the Lord God Comes Upon Ezekiel in Judah

 

The Hand of the Lord God Comes Upon Ezekiel in Judah

Ezekiel 8:1-18             The Book of Ezekiel [in Smaller Chunks]

And it [happened on] the 5th day, [of] the 6th month, [during] the 6th year, as I sat in [my] house & the elders of Judah sat [in front of] me, that the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.

Then, I [saw & looked at] [what] [looked like] the appearance of fire; from His [waist] downward, [that appeared like] the brightness [of] the [color] of amber. [Ezekiel 1:26-28 And above the firmament that was over their heads, was the [resemblance] of a throne, [similar to] sapphire stones.

And upon the [resemblance] of the throne, was [like] the appearance of a Man, above, upon [the throne.] And I saw [what appeared to be] fire, the color of amber [around] & within it. And the appearance of His [waist] & upward & even downward, I saw as [if] it were the appearance of fire, [with its] brightness [all around it.]

[Like] the appearance of the [rainbow] that is in [a] cloud [on a rainy] day. [Also,] was the appearance of the brightness [all around it.] This appearance was the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face & I heard a voice of [the] One, [Who spoke.]

And He put [out] the [shape] of a hand & took me by a lock of [hair from] [my] head & the Spirit lifted me up, [a.k.a. transported me] between the earth & the heaven.

And brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the inner [gate's] door, [facing] North; where the seat of the image of jealousy was, [that] provokes to jealousy. [Exodus 20:4-5 You shall not make [yourself] any [carved] image, or any likeness of anything that is in: heaven above, or is in earth [below,] or is in the water under the earth.

You shall not bow [yourself] down to them, nor serve them; for I, the Lord your God, Am a jealous God, visiting the [sin] of the fathers upon the children [until] the 3rd & 4th [generations] of [those who] hate Me.]

And I saw, the glory of the God of Israel was there, [like] the vision I saw [on] the plain. Then, He said to me, Son of man, now lift up your eyes toward the North. So, I [raised my] eyes toward the [road facing] North & [looked] Northward at the gate of the altar.

This image of jealousy [was] in the [gate's] [entrance.] Furthermore, He said to me, Son of man, [do] you see what they do? Even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, that I should go far [away] from My sanctuary? But turn [yourself still] again & you shall see greater abominations.

[2 Kings 21:4-7 And he built altars in the [Lord's] house, of which the Lord said, I will put My Name in Jerusalem. And he built altars for all the [stars & constellations] of heaven in the 2 [courts] of the [Lord's] house.

And he made his son pass through the fire; observed times, [a.k.a. astrology & horoscopes;] used enchantments; dealt with familiar spirits, [a.k.a. talking to the dead,] & wizards. He [brought about] much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

And he [put from] the grove, [a carved] image [that] he made, into the house, of which the Lord said to David & to Solomon, his son, I will put My Name in this house forever & in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.]

And He brought me to the door of the court & when I looked, [I] [saw] a hole in the wall. Then, He said to me, Son of man, now dig in the wall. And when I had [dug] in the wall, [I] [saw] a door. And He said to me, Go in & [see] the wicked abominations that they do here.

So, I went in & saw. And [saw] every [type] of creeping things & abominable [animals] & all the idols of the house of Israel, [drawn] upon the wall [all around it.] And there stood [in front of] them, 70 men of the [elders from] the house of Israel.

And Jaazaniah, [Shaphan's] son, stood in the midst of them & every man with his censer in his hand. And a thick cloud of incense went up. Then, He said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the [elders] of the house of Israel do in the dark? Every man in the [rooms] of his [images.]

For they say, The Lord [doesn't] see us. The Lord has [abandoned] the earth. He also said to me, [Still,] turn [yourself] again & you shall see [even] greater abominations that they do.

Then, He brought me to the [gate's] door of the [Lord's] house [facing] North & [saw] women weeping for Tammuz, [a.k.a. a Babylonian fertility goddess,] there. Then, He said to me, [Have] you seen this, O Son of man? Turn [yourself, still] again & you shall see greater abominations than these.

And He brought me into the inner court of the Lord's house & [I] [saw] at the door of the [Lord's] temple, between the porch & the altar, [there] were about 25 men with their backs toward the [Lord's] temple [facing] East & they worshiped the sun toward the East.

[2 Kings 23:11 And he took away the horses that [Judah's] kings had [offered] to the sun & burned the chariots of the sun with fire, at the [entrance] of the [Lord's] house, by the [room] of [the officer,] Nathan Melech, which was in the suburbs.]

Then, He said to me, Have you seen this, O Son of man? Is it a [little] thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations, [that] they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence & have returned to provoke Me to anger.

And [look,] they [thumb] their nose [at Me.] Therefore, I will also [respond with] fury & [My] eye shall not spare & neither will I have pity. And [although] they cry [out] in [My] ears with a loud voice, [still] I won't hear them.

[Ezekiel 5:11 The Lord God says, As I live, [for this reason,] because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things & with all your abominations, therefore, I will also [reduce] you & neither shall [My] eyes spare, [nor] will I have pity.]

Ezekiel 7:1-27 The Day Has Come for Repayment for Their Worshiping false gods

 

The Day Has Come for Repayment for Their Worshiping false gods

Ezekiel 7:1-27           The Book of  Ezekiel [in Smaller Chunks]

[Additionally,] the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, You, Son of man, also say [this;] The Lord God [says this] to the land of Israel; An end! The end has come upon the 4 corners of the land. Now, the end [has] come upon you. And I will send [My] anger upon you & will judge you according to your ways.

And will [repay] you [for] all your abominations. [Revelation 22:12-15 And, [watch,] I come quickly & My reward is with Me & shall be to give every man, according to his [deeds.] I Am [the] Alpha & [the] Omega, the Beginning & the End, the First & the Last.

Blessed are [those who] do His commandments, [so] that they may have right to the Tree of Life & may enter in through the gates into the city. For [outside] are: dogs; sorcerers; [sexual traffickers;] murderers; idolaters & [whoever] loves [to tell] & [makes up lies.]

And [My] eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity. But I will [repay] your ways upon you & your abominations shall be in the midst of you. And you shall know that I Am the Lord.

[2 Kings 22:16-17 The Lord says [this, Watch,] I will bring [calamity] upon this place & [its] inhabitants, even all the Words of the Book, which the king of Judah has read:

Because they have [abandoned] Me & have burned incense to other gods, [so] that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works [made by] their hands. Therefore, My wrath shall [grow] against this place & shall not be [put out.]

The Lord God says [this; A calamity has] come. The end [has] come & it [looks] for you. [See,] it [has] come. O you, [who] dwell in the land, the morning [has] come to you. The time [has] come &  the day of trouble is near & [you shall] not [hear] the sounds [on] the mountains again.

[Revelation 18:22-24 And the [sound] of harpers; musicians; pipers & trumpeters shall no [longer] be heard at all in you. And no [longer shall any] craftsman, of [any kind,] be found in you.

And the sound of a millstone [grinding grain,] shall no [longer] be heard at all in you. And the light of candle shall no [longer be] in you, at all. And the [voices] of the bridegroom & the bride, shall no [longer] be heard at all in you.

For your merchants were great men of the earth; [but] by your sorceries, all nations were deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets & saints & all, [who] were [killed] upon the earth.]

Now, I will shortly pour out My fury upon you & accomplish [My] anger upon you. And I will judge you according to your ways & will [repay] you for all your abominations. [Ezekiel 20:8 But they rebelled against Me & wouldn't [pay attention] to Me.

Every man didn't [throw] away the abominations of their eyes & neither did they [abandon] the idols of Egypt. Then, I said, I will pour out My fury upon them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.]

And [My] eye shall not spare & neither will I have pity. I will [repay] you according to your ways & your abominations that are in the midst of you. And you shall know that I Am the Lord, [Who strikes.]

[See,] the day, it [has] come. The morning [has] gone [forward & watch, their] rod [has] blossomed & [arrogant] pride has budded. [Proverbs 6:17-19 These 6 things the Lord [hates, yes] 7 are an abomination to Him:

A proud look; a lying tongue & hands that shed [the] blood [of the] innocent; A heart that [plots] wicked imaginations; feet that [are speedy] to [run] to mischief; a false witness [who] speaks lies & he, [who] sows discord among brethren.]

Violence [has] risen up [like] a rod of wickedness & none of them; their multitude; nor any of [their wealth,] shall remain. [Here] there shall be wailing, [a.k.a. grief stricken crying,] for them. The time [has] come & the day draws near.

[Don't] let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn. For wrath is upon all the multitude. [Hosea 4:6-9 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you, [so] that you shall [not] be a priest to Me.

[Since,] you have forgotten the Law of your God, I will also forget your children. As they were increased, [a.k.a. multiplied,] so [were their sins multiplied] against Me. Therefore, I will change their glory into shame.

They eat up the sin [offerings] of My people & they set their heart on their [sinfulness.] And I will punish them for their ways & reward them [for] their [actions,] & [it] shall be like [for] the people; [also] like [for] the priest.]

For the seller shall not return to [what was] sold, although they were [still] alive. For the vision is [about] the whole multitude [of it,] which shall not return. Neither shall any strengthen himself [by] the [sinfulness] of his life. [Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.]

They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none [go] to the battle: for My wrath is upon all the multitude [of it.] The sword is [outside] & the pestilence & famine [are inside.] He, [who] is in the field shall die [by] the sword.

And famine & pestilence shall devour he, [who] is in the city. But [those who] escape of them, shall escape & be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, everyone for his [sins.]

[Ezekiel 20:43 And you shall remember your ways there & all your [actions in which] you have been defiled. And you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your [evil] that you have committed.]

All hands shall be feeble & all knees shall be weak [like] water. [Ezekiel 12:18 Son of man, eat your bread [carefully] with [shaking] & drink your water with trembling.]

They shall also [clothe] themselves with sackcloth & horror shall cover them & shame shall be on their faces & baldness upon all their heads. [Deuteronomy 29:17 And you have seen their abominations & their idols: wood; stone; silver & gold, [that] are among them.]

They shall [throw] their silver in the streets & their gold shall be removed. And their silver & gold shall not be able to deliver them [on] the day of the [Lord's] wrath. [Silver & gold] shall not satisfy their souls & neither [fill] their [stomachs:] because it is the stumbling block of their [sinfulness.]

[Like] the beauty of [its] ornaments, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations & their detestable things [from them.] Therefore, I have [put] it far [away] from them. [Jeremiah 7:30-31 The Lord says, For the children [people] of Judah have done evil in My sight.

They have [put] their abominations in the house, which is called by My Name, to [defile] it. And they have built the high places of Tophet, [that] is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons & daughters in the fire, which I [didn't] command them & neither [did] it [come] into My heart.]

And I will give it into the hand of strangers for [a prize] & to the wicked of the earth for [plunder.] And they shall [defile] it. I will also turn My face from them & they shall [defile] My secret place. For robbers shall enter into it & defile it. [Jeremiah 7:4-11 [Don't] trust in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, These are: The temple of the Lord.

For if you: thoroughly [change] your ways & [actions;] & thoroughly [deliver justice] between a man & his neighbor; & you [don't] oppress the: stranger; the fatherless & the widow; & [don't] shed [the] blood [of the] innocent in this place; & neither [follow] after other gods to your [harm:] then, I will cause you to dwell in this place in the land that I gave to your [forefathers] forever & ever.

[Look,] you trust in lying words that can't [benefit.] Will you steal, murder & commit adultery [unfaithfully,] swear falsely; & burn incense to Baal & [follow] after other gods, whom you [don't] know & come & stand before Me in this house, which is called by My Name, & say, We are [called] to do these abominations? [Has] this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? [Look,] even I have seen it, says the Lord.]

Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes & the city is full of violence. [Ezekiel 23:37-39 They have committed adultery & blood is [on] their hands & they have committed adultery with their idols & have also cased their sons, whom they [bore] to Me, to pass through the fire, to devour them, for [idols.]

[Additionally,] they have done this to Me. They have defiled My sanctuary & [on] the same day, have profaned My Sabbaths. For when they had [sacrificed] their children to their idols, then they came the same day into My sanctuary to [defile] it. And, [look,] they have done [this] in the midst of [My] house.]

[For this reason,] I will bring the worst of the heathen & they shall possess their houses. I will also make the [arrogance] of the strong to cease & their holy places shall be defiled. [Ezekiel 21:31 And I will pour out [My] indignation upon you. I will blow against you in the fire of My wrath & deliver you into the hand of [savage] men, skillful to destroy.]

Destruction comes & they shall seek peace & there shall be none. [Destruction] shall come upon [destruction] & rumor shall [come] upon rumor. Then, they shall seek a vision [from] the prophet; but the Law shall perish from the priest & [advice] from the [elders.]

The king shall mourn & the prince shall be clothed with desolation & the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled. I will do to them, [according to] their [ways.] And I will judge them according to [what they deserve.] And they shall know that I Am the Lord.

[Isaiah 10:10-11 As My hand has found the kingdoms of the idols & whose [carved] images [exceeded those] of Jerusalem & Samaria; [shouldn't] I do [like] I have done to Samaria & her idols, [also] to Jerusalem & her idols?]

Ezekiel 6:1-14 Ezekiel is to Prophesy About the Destruction of Their Altars & false gods

 

Ezekiel is to Prophesy About the Destruction of Their Altars & false gods

Ezekiel 6:1-14             The Book of Ezekiel [in Smaller Chunks]

And the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, [put] your face toward the mountains of Israel & prophesy against them. [Jeremiah 23:10-11 For the land is full of [unfaithful] adulterers & the land mourns, because of swearing [false oaths,] & the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up.

And their [path] is evil & their [forcefulness] isn't right. For both: [prophets & priests] are profane. [Yes,] I have found their wickedness in My house, says the Lord.]

And You mountains of Israel, say & hear the Word of the Lord God. The Lord God says [this] to the: mountains; hills; rivers & valleys. [Watch,] I, even I, will bring a sword upon you & I will destroy your high places. [Leviticus 26:30 And I will destroy your high places & cut down your images & [throw] your [corpses] upon the carcases of your idols. And My soul shall [loathe] you.]

And your altars shall be desolate & your images shall be broken. And I will [throw] down you slain men [in front of] your idols. And I will lay the dead [corpses] of the children [people] of Israel [in front of] their idols. And I will scatter your bones [all around] your altars.

[Wherever you live,] the cities shall be [wastelands] & made desolate; [so] that your altars may be [ruined] & desolate & [so] your idols may be broken & cease. And [so] your images may be cut down & your works may be abolished. And the slain shall fall in the midst of you & you shall know that I Am the Lord.

[Still,] I will leave [some remaining so] you may have some, [who] shall escape the sword, among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries.

And [those who] escape of you, shall remember Me among the nations, [where] they shall be carried [captive,] because I Am broken with their [unfaithful, adulterous] heart, [that] has departed from Me & with their eyes, [that] go [like unfaithful harlots,] after their idols.

And they shall [loathe] themselves for the evils, [that] they have committed [by] all their abominations. And they shall know that I Am the Lord & that I haven't said in vain that I would do this [calamity] to them.

The Lord God says [this; Hit] with your hand & [stomp] with your foot & say, [Woe to us,] for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the: sword; famine & by pestilence. He, [who] is far [away,] shall die [by] pestilence & he, [who] is near shall fall by the sword.

And he, [who remains] & is [surrounded,] shall die by famine. [Like this,] I will [carry out] My fury upon them.

Then, you shall know that I Am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols [all around] their altars in the [places] where they offered sweet [incense] to all their idols: upon every high hill & in all the tops of the mountains; under every green tree; under every [large] oak.

[Jeremiah 3:6 The Lord also said to me, [during] the days of king Josiah, Have you seen [what] backsliding Israel has done? She [has] gone up upon every high mountain & under every green tree & has played the [unfaithful] harlot.]

So, I will stretch out My hand upon them & make the land desolate, [Yes,] more desolate than in all their [places they lived,] [in] all the wilderness toward Diblath. And they shall know that I Am the Lord.

Ezekiel 5:1-17 The Lord God Has Ezekiel Shave His Head & Beard

 

The Lord God Has Ezekiel Shave His Head & Beard

Ezekiel 5:1-17             The Book of Ezekiel [in Smaller Chunks]

And you, Son of man, take [yourself] a sharp knife & a barber's razor & shave your head & beard. Then, take [yourself] three balances, [a.k.a. scales,] & divide the hair to weigh.

You shall burn a 1/3 [portion] with fire in the [middle] of the city, when the days of [its battle are finished.] And you shall take a 1/3 [portion & cut around in] it with the knife. And a 1/3 [portion,] you shall scatter in the wind & I will draw out a sword after them.

You shall also take, a few in number [of the hairs,] & [tie] them in [the bottom of your garments.] Then, take [some] of them again & [throw] them into the midst of the fire & burn them in the fire. For a fire shall come [out, into] all the house of Israel.

The Lord God says [this;] This is Jerusalem & I have [put] it in the midst of the nations & countries that  are [all around] her. And she has [revised:] My judgments into wickedness more than the nations & My [mandates] more than all the countries that are [around] her.

For they have refused My judgments & My [mandates] & they haven't [followed] in them. Therefore, the Lord God says [this;] Because you [have] multiplied [yourselves] more than the nations that are [all around] you & haven't [followed] in My [mandates] & neither have you kept My judgments, [nor] done according to the judgments of the nations that are [all around] you;

Therefore, the Lord God says [this; Watch,] I, even I, Am against you & will [carry out] judgments in the midst of you, in the sight of the nations. And I will do in you, [what] I haven't done, because of all your abominations & I won't do [similarly] any more.

[Matthew 24:21-22 For then shall be great tribulation, such as [didn't exist] since the beginning of the world, [until] this time, no, nor ever shall be. And there [would] be no flesh saved, [unless] those days [would] be shortened. But for the sake [of the elect,] those days shall be shortened.]

Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of you & the sons shall eat their fathers. And I will [carry out] judgments [on] you & I will scatter [those remaining] of you into all the winds.

[Ezekiel 26:7-10 For the Lord God says [this; Look,] upon Tyrus, I will bring Nebuchadrezzar, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, a king of kings, from the North, with: horses; chariots; horsemen; [troops;] & [many] people.

He shall slay your daughters in the field with the sword. And he shall make a fort against you; [throw an embankment] against you & lift up the shield against you.]

The Lord God says, Surely, as I Live, [for this reason, since] you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things & with all your abominations, therefore, I will also [reduce] you & neither shall My eye spare, [nor] will I have any pity.

[Ezekiel 23:37-39 They have committed adultery & blood is [on] their hands. And they have committed adultery with their idols. And have also caused their sons, whom they [bore] to Me, to pass through the fire, to devour them, for [their idols.]

[Additionally,] they have done this to Me. They have defiled My sanctuary [on] the same day & have profaned My Sabbaths. For when they had [sacrificed] their children to their idols, they came the same day into My sanctuary to [defile] it. And [look,] they have done [this] in the midst of My house.]

A 1/3 [portion] of you shall die [by] pestilence & they shall be consumed [by] famine in the midst of you. And a 1/3 [portion] shall fall by the sword [all around] you. And I will scatter a 1/3 [portion] into all the winds. And I will draw out a sword after them.

[Like this,] My anger shall be [carried out] & I will [make] My fury to rest upon them & I will be comforted. And they shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it in My zeal, when I have accomplished My fury [upon] them.

[Also,] I will make you [wastelands & a disgrace] in the sight of all, [who] pass by & among the nations that are [all around] you. So, it shall be a [disgrace] [& a song for taunting with a lesson.]

And all the nations that are [all around] you [shall be astonished,] when I shall [carry out] judgments [on] you in anger; fury & in furious [scoldings.] I, the Lord, have spoken it. When I shall send the evil arrows of famine upon them, which shall be for their destruction.

Which I will send to destroy you & I will increase the famine upon you & will break your [supply] of bread. So, I will send a famine upon you & [wild animals] & they shall [deprive] you [of your loved ones.] And pestilence & [bloodshed] shall pass through you.  And I will bring the sword upon you. I, the Lord, have spoken it.

[Revelation 6:8] And I looked & [saw] a pale horse. And the name of [him, who] sat upon him was Death & Hell followed with him. And power was given to them over 1/4 [portion] of the earth, to kill with [the:] sword; hunger; death & with the [wild animals] of the earth.]