Ezekiel 22:1-31 God Asked Ezekiel to Judge Their Many Abominations

 

God Asked Ezekiel to Judge Their Many Abominations

Ezekiel 22:1-31             The Book of Ezekiel [in Smaller Chunks]

[Also,] the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city now? [Yes,] you shall [declare] all her abominations to her. [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 [idols.] [Additionally,] they have done this to Me. They have defiled My sanctuary [on] the same day & have [defiled] 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.]

Then say, The Lord God says [this;] The city sheds blood in [its] midst & makes idols against [her best interests,] [so] that her time may come. [Psalm 106:34-39 They didn't destroy the nations, [about] whom the Lord commanded them, but were [mixed] among the heathen & learned their works.

And they served their idols, which were a snare to them. [Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & daughters to [demons,] and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan & the land was [defiled] with blood. [Like this,] they were defiled with their own works & went with their own inventions, [like unfaithful harlots.]

You [have] become guilty [by] your [bloodshed,] & have defiled yourself [with] your idols, [that] you have made. And you have caused your days to draw near & even [have] come to [the end of] your years. Therefore, I have made you a [disgrace] to the heathen & [mocked] [by] all countries.

Those, [who are] near & those, [who are] far from you, shall mock you, [who is] infamous, [a.k.a. notorious,] & [very troubled.] [Look,] the princes of Israel & everyone [who] were in you, shed blood to [the best of] their [abilities.] [Isaiah 1:21 How the faithful city [has] become an [unfaithful] harlot! It was full of [justice] & righteousness [stayed] in it, but now murderers.]

[Within] you, they have set [a] light by [their] father & mother. They have [treated] the stranger [with] oppression in the midst of you. In you, they have [troubled] the fatherless & the widow. [Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you [for] judgment.

And I will be a swift witness against the: sorcerers; adulterers; [those who swear false oaths, a.k.a. slanderers;] & against those [who] oppress the: [hired worker with] his wages, the widow & the fatherless. And [those, who] turn aside the stranger from his [rights] & [don't] fear [respect] Me, says the Lord of Hosts.]

You have despised [My] holy things & have [defiled] My Sabbaths. [2 Kings 18:16 At that time, Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the [Lord's] temple & from the pillars [that] king Hezekiah had overlaid & gave it to [Assyria's] king.]

In you, are men, [who] carry [false] tales to shed blood. And [within] you, they eat upon the mountains. They commit [what is] lewdness. [Isaiah 65:7 The Lord says, Therefore I will measure their former [deeds] into their [chest.] [Because of] your [sins] & the [sins] of your [forefathers] together, [who] have burned incense upon the mountains & blasphemed Me upon the hills.]

In you, they have discovered their fathers' nakedness. In you they have humbled her, [who] was set apart for [being defiled.] And [someone] has committed [adultery] with his neighbor's wife. And another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law.

And another in you has [violated] his sister, his father's daughter. In you, they have taken gifts, [a.k.a. bribes,] to shed blood. You have taken interest & [increased] [profit] & you have greedily gained [from] your neighbors by extortion & have forgotten Me, says the Lord God.

Therefore, [watch,] I have [struck My hands,] at your dishonest gain, [that] you have made, & at your [bloodshed that] has been in the midst of you. [Ezekiel 21:17 I will also [strike My] hands together & I will cause My fury to rest. I, the Lord, have said it.]

Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, [during] the days that I shall deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken it & will do it. And I will scatter you among the heathen & [distribute] you in the countries & will [remove] your filthiness [from] you.

And you shall take your inheritance [for] yourself in the sight of the heathen & you shall know that I Am the Lord. [Exodus 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I Am the Lord, when I stretch [out My] hand upon Egypt & bring out the children [people] of Israel from among them.]

And the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, the house of Israel [has] become [sludge] to Me. They are all brass; tin; iron & lead, in the midst of the furnace. They are even the [sludge] of silver. [Jeremiah 6:28-30 They are all grievous revolters, [following] with [those who slander.]

They are brass & iron & they are all corrupters. The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed [by] the fire. The founder melts in vain; for the wicked are not [pulled] away. Men shall call them [refused] silver, because the Lord has rejected them.]

Therefore, the Lord God says [this;] Because you all [have] become [sludge,] therefore [watch,] I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. [Like] they gather silver; brass; iron; lead; & tin, into the midst of the furnace to blow fire upon it, to melt it.

I will [also] gather you in [My] anger & My fury & I will leave you there & melt you. [Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore, the Lord of Hosts says [this; Watch,] I will melt them & [test] them. For [what] [more] shall I do for the daughter of My people?]

[Yes,] I will gather you & blow upon you in the fire of My [anger] & you shall be melted in the midst [of it.] [Like] silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in the midst [of it.] And you shall know that I, the Lord, have poured out My furry upon you.

[Ezekiel 20:8-9 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 [carry out] My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

But I [worked] [miracles,] for My Name's sake, [so] that [they wouldn't] be [defiled, in front of] the heathen they were among & in whose sight I made Myself known to them, [by] bringing them out of the land of Egypt.]

And the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, say to her, You are the land that isn't cleansed, nor rained upon [on] the day of indignation. [Zephaniah 3:1-2 Woe to her, the oppressing city, [who] is filthy & [defiled!] She [didn't obey] [His] voice & she [didn't receive] correction. She [didn't trust] in the Lord & she [didn't draw] near to her God.]

There is a conspiracy of her prophets, like a roaring lion [raveging] the prey, in the midst [of it.] They have devoured the souls, [a.k.a. lives] & they have taken the treasure & precious things. They have made many widows in the midst of her there.

[2 Kings 16:8 And Ahaz took the silver & gold that was found in the [Lord's] house & in the treasures of the king's house & sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.]

Her priests have violated My Law & have [defiled My] holy things. They have put no difference between the holy & [wicked.] Neither have they [shown a] difference between the unclean & the clean & have [hidden] their eyes from My Sabbaths & I Am [defiled] among them.

In the midst of it, her princes are like [ravenous] wolves, [ravaging] the prey, to shed blood; & to destroy [lives,] to get dishonest gain. [Micah 3:11 The [leaders of it,] judge for reward, [a.k.a. bribes; its] priests teach for [pay;] & the prophets [of it] divine for money. [Still,] they will lean upon the Lord & say, Isn't the Lord among us? [No calamity] can come upon us.]

And her prophets have [plastered] them with [uncured mortar,] seeing [what is] vanity & diving lies to them, saying, The Lord Gods says [this;] when the Lord hasn't spoken. [Ezekiel 13:10-11 Because, even because they have seduced My people, saying, Peace & there wasn't [any] peace.

And one built up a wall, & [look,] others [plastered] it with [uncured mortar.] Say to [those, who plaster] it with [uncured mortar,] O you, a stormy wind shall [break] it, [so] that it shall fall. There shall be an overflowing shower & shall fall [like] [large] hailstones.]

The people of the land have used oppression & [utilized] robbery & have [troubled] the poor & needy. [Yes,] they have wrongfully oppressed the stranger. And I sought for a man among them, [who would tear down] the hedge & stand in the gap, for the land, before Me, so I [wouldn't] destroy it: but I found none.

[Psalm 106:23-25] Therefore, He said that He would destroy them, hadn't Moses, His chosen, stood before Him in the breach, [a.k.a. gap,] to turn away His [anger,] lest He should destroy them. [Yet,] they despised the pleasant land & they [didn't] believe His Word: but [grumbled] in their tents & [didn't pay attention] to His voice.]

Therefore, I have poured out [My] indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath. I have [repaid] them, [according to] their own [ways,] upon their heads, says the Lord God.

[Revelation 22:12-15 *And, [watch,] I come quickly & My reward shall be to give to every man according as 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 & makes [up lies.]

Ezekiel 21:1-32 The Lord God Is Going to Draw His Sword Out of its Sheath

 

The Lord God Is Going to Draw His Sword Out of its Sheath

Ezekiel 21:1-32            The Book of Ezekiel [in Smaller Chunks]

And the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, [turn] your face toward Jerusalem, & [preach] your Word toward the Holy places & prophesy against the land of Israel. [Amos 7:16-17 Therefore, you, hear the Word of the Lord now: You say, [Don't] prophesy against Israel & [don't preach] your Word against the house of Isaac.

Therefore, the Lord says [this;] Your wife shall be an [unfaithful] harlot in the city & your sons & daughters shall fall by the sword. And your land shall be divided [with a] line, & you shall die in a [defiled] land. And Israel shall surely go into captivity [from] his land.]

And say to the land of Israel, The Lord says [this; Look,] I Am against you & will draw out My sword [from its] sheath & will cut you off from the righteous & the wicked.

[Since,] I will cut off the righteous & the wicked from you, therefore, shall My sword go out of [its] sheath against all flesh from the South to the North. [Deuteronomy 12:2-3 You shall [totally] destroy all places you shall possess, [in which]  the nations served their gods, upon the: high mountains; hills; & under every green tree.

And you shall [throw over] their altars & break their pillars & burn their groves with fire. And you shall [cut] down the [carved] images & destroy the names of them out of that place.]

[So,] that all [humans] may know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword out of [its] sheath & it shall not return anymore. [Isaiah 45:23-25 *I have sworn by Myself, the Word [has] gone out of My mouth in righteousness & shall not return, That every knee shall bow to Me & every tongue shall swear.

Surely, one shall say, I have righteousness & strength in the Lord. Men shall even come to Him & all, [who] are [irate] against Him, shall be ashamed. All the seed, [a.k.a. descendants] of Israel shall be justified & [give] glory.]

Therefore, you, Son of man, sigh with the breaking of your loins, & sigh with bitterness [in front of] their eyes. [Jeremiah 4:18-19 Your [ways & actions] have [acquired] these things [for] you.

This is because your wickedness is bitter, [since] it reaches to your heart. My [stomach,] my [stomach!] I am very pained [in] my heart. My heart makes a [sound within] me. O my soul, I can't hold my peace, because you have heard the sound of the trumpet alarm of war.]

And it shall be when they say to you, [Why] [do] you sigh? You shall answer, [Because of the news; ] because it comes & every heart shall melt; all hands shall be feeble; every spirit shall faint; & all knees shall be weak [like] water. [Look,] it comes & shall [happen,] says the Lord God.

[Ezekiel 7:18-19 They shall also [strap] themselves with sackcloth & horror shall cover them. And shame shall be upon all faces & baldness upon all their heads. They shall [throw] their silver in the streets & their gold shall be removed.

Their silver & their gold shall not be able to deliver them [on] the day of the wrath of the Lord. [Silver & gold] shall not satisfy their souls, [nor] their [stomachs,] because it [became] the stumbling block of their [sinfulness.]

Again, the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, prophesy & say, The Lord says [this,] say, A sword, a sword is sharpened & also [polished.] It is sharpened to make a [severe] slaughter. It is [polished, so] it may glitter. Should we then [be happy?]

It condemns the rod, [a.k.a. sword] of My Son, [like] every tree. [Isaiah 11:1-4 *And there shall come a rod out of the stem of Jesse & a Branch shall grow out of his roots. *And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him: the Spirit of wisdom & understanding; the Spirit of counsel & [strength; &] the Spirit of knowledge & of the fear [respect] of the Lord.

And shall make Him of quick understanding in the fear [respect] of the Lord. And He shall not judge, [according to what] His eyes [see,] neither [reprimand, according to what] His ears [hear.]

But He shall judge the poor with righteousness & [repay] the meek of the earth with equity. And He shall [strike] the earth with the rod, [a.k.a sword, from] His mouth & with the breath of His lips, He shall slay the wicked.]

And He has given it to be [polished, so] that it may be handled. This sword is sharpened & [polished] to [be] [given] into the hand of the slayer. Son of man, cry [out] & howl. For [the sword] shall be upon: My people & all the princes of Israel.

Terrors shall be upon My people, [because] of the sword. Therefore, [strike] your thigh, because it is a [test.] [Jeremiah 31:19 Surely, after I was returned, I repented. And after that, I was instructed & [struck] my thigh & I was ashamed. [Yes,] even [confused,] because I [carried] the [disgrace] of my youth.]

What if the sword condemns the rod? It shall be no more, says the Lord God. [Revelation 5:5 And one of the elders said to me, [Don't] weep. [Look,] the Lion of the Tribe of [Judah,] the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book & to [loosen its] 7 seals.]

Therefore, Son of man, you prophesy & [strike] your hands together. And let the sword be doubled a 3rd time. The sword of the slain, is the sword of the great men, [who] are [killed, who] [hid themselves when they] entered into their [private rooms.]

[Ezekiel 6:11-13 The Lord God says [this; Strike] your [hands] & stamp with your foot & say, Alas 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 of pestilence. And he, [who] is near, shall fall by the sword. And he, [who] remains & is [surrounded,] shall die by famine. I will [carry out] My fury on them [like this.]

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

I have [aimed] the point of the sword against all their gates, [so] that their heart may faint & their [ruin] [may] be multiplied. Ah! [The sword] is made bright & it's wrapped up, for the slaughter. You, go one way or [the] other, either on the right hand [side,] or on the left, [whatever way,] you face.

I will also [strike My] hands together & I will [make] My fury rest. I, the Lord, have said it. The Word of the Lord came to me again, saying, Son of man, you also appoint [yourself] 2 ways, [for] the sword of [Babylon's] king [to] come. Both [of the] 2, shall come out of one land.

[From both of the 2 ways,] choose a place [for yourself] & choose it at the [top] of the [road] to the city. [Designate] a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites & to Judah in Jerusalem, [which is] [fortified.]

For [Babylon's] king stood at the [dividing] of the 2 [roads,] at the [top] of the 2 [roads,] to use divination. He made his arrows [shiny] & consulted with images & he looked in the liver.

[Leviticus 19:26 You shall not eat anything with [its] blood. Neither shall you use enchantment, [a.k.a. divination,] nor observe times, [a.k.a. astrology, horoscopes, or soothsaying.]

At his right hand was the divination [to go to] Jerusalem, to appoint captains; to open [their] mouth & lift up [their] voices with shouting [orders] in the slaughter; to appoint battering rams against the gates; [throw] up [embankments] & to build a fort.

And it shall be [like] false divination to them, in [the] sight [of] [those who] have sworn oaths. But [Nebuchadnezzar] will [remind] [them of their] [sinfulness, so] that they may be [captured.]

Therefore the Lord God says [this;] Because you have made your [sin] to be remembered, in that your [sins] are [uncovered] & all your [actions] & sins [are apparent.] I say, Because you [have] come to [remember,] you shall be taken [by] the hand.

And you, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day [has] come, when [your] [sinfulness] shall [come to] an end. [Jeremiah 52:8-11 But the [Chaldean] army, pursued after the king & overtook Zedekiah, in the Plains of Jericho. And all his army was scattered from him.

Then, they took king [Zedekiah,] & carried him up to [Babylon's] king, [at] Riblah, in the land of Hamath; where he [passed] judgment on [Zedekiah.] And [Babylon's] king [killed Zedekiah's] sons, [in front of] his eyes.

He also [killed] all the princes of Judah in Riblah. Then, he put out the eyes of Zedekiah. And [Babylon's] king bound [Zedekiah] in chains & carried him to Babylon & put him in prison [until] the day of his death.]

The Lord God says [this;] Remove the [royal wreath] & take off the crown. This shall not be the same. Exalt him, [who] is [lowly] & [humble] him, [who] is [arrogant.] I will [overthrow & overthrow & overthrow it, & it [a.k.a. Judah] shall [no longer] be, until He [comes] Whose right it is & I will give it [to] Him.

[Luke 1:32-33 He shall be called the Son of the Highest & the Lord God shall give to Him the throne of His [forefather,] David. *And He shall [rule] over the house of Jacob forever. And there shall be no end of His Kingdom.]

And you, Son of man, prophesy & say, The Lord God says [this; about] the Ammonites & their [disgrace.] You shall even say, The sword, the sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is [polished] to [destroy,] because of [its] glittering.

[While] they divine & see [what is:] vanity & a lie to you, to [add] you upon the necks of [those] of the wicked [who] are slain. Whose day [has] come, when [sinfulness] shall have an end.

[Ezekiel 13:6-9 They have seen [what is] vanity & lying divination, saying, The Lord says. And the Lord hasn't sent them & they made others hope that they would confirm [their words.]

Haven't you seen a vain, [a.k.a. worthless] vision & haven't you spoken a [false] divination, [since] you say, The Lord says it; [but] I haven't spoken? Therefore, the Lord God says [this;] Because you have spoken vanity & seen lies, therefore, [watch,] I Am against you, says the Lord God.

And [My] hand shall be upon the prophets, [who] see vanity & divine lies. They shall not be in the assembly of My people & neither shall they be written in the [records] of the house of Israel. Neither shall they enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I Am the Lord God.]

Shall I cause [the sword] to return into [its] sheath? I will judge you in the place where you [were] created, in the land of your [birth.] And I will pour out [My] indignation upon you.

I will blow against you in the fire of My [fury] & deliver you into the hand of the [savage] men, skillful to destroy. Your blood shall be in the midst of the land & you shall be for fuel [for] the fire & you shall be no [longer] remembered. For I, the Lord, have spoken it.

[Ezekiel 25:4-5 Therefore, [look;] I will deliver you to the men of the East for a possession & they shall [put] their palaces [within] you & make their dwellings in you.

They shall eat your fruit & they shall drink your milk. And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels & the Ammonites, a [resting place] for flocks & you shall know that I Am the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:1-49 The Continued Rebellion of the House of Israel

 

The Continued Rebellion of the House of Israel

Ezekiel 20:1-49             The Book of Ezekiel [in Smaller Chunks]

And it [happened on] the 10th day, [of] the 5th month, [during] the 7th year, that [some] of the elders of Israel came to [inquire from] the Lord & sat [in front of] me.

Then, the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel & say, The Lord God says [this; Have] you come to [inquire] of Me? The Lord God says,] As I Live, I won't be [inquired] of by you.

[Ezekiel 14:3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols [within] their [hearts] & put the stumbling block of their [sin in front of] their [faces.] Should I, at all, be [inquired] of by them?]

Will you judge them, Son of man, will you judge them? [Make] them know the abominations of their [forefathers.] [2 Kings 21:21-22 And he [followed] in all the [ways] that his father [followed] & served the idols that his father served & worshiped them. And he [abandoned] the Lord God of his [forefathers] & [didn't follow] in the way of the Lord.]

And say to them, The Lord God says [this; On] the day when I chose Israel & lifted up [My] hand to the seed, [a.k.a. offspring or descendants,] of the house of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] & made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up [My] hand to them, saying, I Am the Lord your God.

[Exodus 6:6-8 [For this reason] say to the children [people] of Israel, I Am the Lord & I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will rid you [from] their bondage. And I will redeem you with an [outstretched] arm & with great judgments. And I will take you to Me for a people.

And I will be to you a God & you shall know that I Am the Lord your God, [Who] brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you in to the land, [about] which I did swear to give it to: Abraham, Isaac & to Jacob. And I will give it to you for an heritage. I Am the Lord.]

[On] the day that I lifted up [My] hand to them, to bring them [out] of the land of Egypt, into a land, which is the glory of all lands, that I had [picked out] for them, flowing with milk & honey. Then, I said to them, Every man, [throw] away the abominations of his eyes & [don't] defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt.

I Am the Lord your God. 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 [carry out] My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

But I [worked] [miracles] for My Name's sake, in whose sight I made Myself known to them, [by] bringing them out of the land of Egypt, [so] that [they] shouldn't be [defiled in front of] the heathen, whom they were among.

[For this reason,] I caused them to go out of the land of Egypt & brought them into the wilderness. [Exodus 13:20-22 And they took their journey from Succoth & [pitched tents] in Etham, [at] the edge of the wilderness.

And the Lord went [in front of] them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead the way [for] them & by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light & to go by day & night. He [didn't take] away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from [in front of] the people.]

And I gave them My [mandates] & [showed] them My judgments, which if a man [does,] he shall even live in them. Also, I gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between Me & them, [so] that they might know that I Am the Lord, [Who sanctifies] them.

But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They [didn't follow] My [mandates] & despised My judgments, [that] if a man [does them,] he shall even live in them. And they greatly [defiled] My Sabbaths. Then, I said, I would pour out My fury upon them in the wilderness to consume them.

[Exodus 32:7-10 And the Lord said to Moses, Go, get [yourself] down; for your people, which you brought out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have quickly [gone astray from] the [path that] I commanded them.

They have made [themselves] a [molded] calf & have worshiped it & sacrificed [to it] & said, These [are] your gods, O Israel, [that] have brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

And the Lord said to Moses, I have seen this people & [look,] it's a stiff necked, [a.k.a. stubborn,] people. Therefore, now, let Me alone, [so] that My wrath may [grow] hot against them & I may consume them. And I will make [from] you a great nation.]

But I [worked] [miracles] for My Name's sake, [so] that it shouldn't be [defiled in front of] the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.

[Joshua 5:1 And it [happened,] their hearts melted, when all the [Amorites'] kings, [that] were on the [West] side of Jordan & all the [Canaanites'] kings, [that] were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan, from [in front of] the children [people] of Israel, until we [had crossed] over. Neither was there [any] spirit left in them anymore, because of the children [people] of Israel.]

Also, I lifted up My hand to them in the wilderness, [so] that I wouldn't bring them into the land, [that] I had given [to] them, flowing with milk & honey, which is the glory of all [the] lands.

[Numbers 14:22-24 Because all those men, [who] have seen My glory & My miracles, [that] I did in Egypt & in the wilderness, & have [tested] me these 10 times & haven't [paid attention] to My voice.

Surely, they shall not see the land [that] I [swore] to their [forefathers,] & neither shall any of [those, who] provoked Me, see it. But [only] My servant, Caleb, because he had another spirit [within] him & has [totally] followed Me. I will bring him into the land, [where] he went & his seed, [a.k.a. offspring or descendants] shall [own] it.]

Because they despised My judgments & [didn't follow] My [mandates,] but [defiled] My Sabbaths: for their heart [followed] after their idols. [Acts 7:41-43 And they made a calf in those days & offered [sacrifices] to the idol & rejoiced in the works [made by] their own hands.

Then, God turned & gave them up to worship the host of heaven, [a.k.a. stars or constellations;] as it is written in the book of the prophets, O you house of Israel, have you offered to Me [slaughtered animals] & sacrifices [over] the space of 40 years in the wilderness?

[Yes,] & you took up the [tent] of Moloch & the star of your god, Remphan, figures [that] you made to worship them. And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.]

[Still, My eyes] spared them from destroying them & neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. [Psalm 78:38-43 But He, being full of compassion, forgave their [sin] & [didn't] destroy them. [Yes,] & many [times] He turned His anger away & didn't stir up all His [fury.]

For He remembered that they were [just] flesh; [like] wind that passes away & [doesn't] come back again. How [often] they [provoked] Him in the wilderness & [grieved] Him in the desert! [Yes,] they turned back & [tested] God & limited the Holy One of Israel.

They [didn't remember] His hand, nor the day when He delivered them from the enemy & how He had [worked] His signs in Egypt & His wonders, [a.k.a. miracles] in Zoan.]

But I said to their children in the wilderness, [Don't you follow] the [mandates] of your [forefathers] & neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols. [Psalm 106:34-39 They didn't destroy the nations, [about] whom the Lord commanded them.

But were [mixed] among the heathen & learned their works. And they served their idols, [that] were a snare to them. [Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & daughters to [demons] & shed [the] blood [of the] innocent, even the blood of their sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan.

And the land was [defiled] with blood. [Like this,] they were defiled with their own works & went [like an unfaithful harlot,] with their own inventions.]

I Am the Lord your God; [follow] in My [mandates] & keep My judgments & do them. And [keep holy] My Sabbaths & they shall be a sign between Me & you, [so] that you may know that I Am the Lord your God.

[However,] the children [people] rebelled against Me & they [didn't follow] in My [mandates,] & neither [did they keep] My judgments to do them. If a man [does them,] he shall even live in them. They [defiled] My Sabbaths.

Then, I said, I would pour out My fury upon them, to [carry out] My anger against them in the wilderness. [Still,] I withdrew [My] hand & [worked] [miracles] for My Name's sake, [so] that it should be [defiled] in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them [out.]

[Psalm 106:16-18 In the camp, they also envied Moses & Aaron, the [Lord's] saint. The earth opened & swallowed up Dathan & covered [Abiram's group.] And a fire was kindled in their company & the flame burned up the wicked.]

I lifted up [My] hand to them, also in the wilderness, [so] that I would scatter them among the heathen & [distribute] them through the countries. [Deuteronomy 28:64 And the Lord shall scatter you among all people, from one end of the earth even to the other. And there you shall serve other gods, which neither you, nor you [forefathers] have known, even [of:] wood & stone.]

Because: they hadn't [carried out] My judgments, but had despised My [mandates] & had [defiled] My Sabbaths] & their eyes [followed] after their [forefathers'] idols. [For this reason,] I also gave them [mandates] & judgments that weren't good, [that] they shouldn't live [by.]

[2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 And for this [reason,] God shall send them [a] strong delusion, [so] that they should believe a lie. [So,] that all, who [don't believe] the Truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness, might be [condemned.]

And I [defiled] them [by] their own [sacrificial] gifts, that they caused all, [who] opens the womb, [a.k.a. the first born,] to pass through the fire, [so] that I might make them desolate, [in order] that they might know that I Am the Lord.

[Ezekiel 23:37-39 They have committed adultery & blood is [on] their hands. And they have committed adultery with their idols. And they have also caused 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, they came the same day into My sanctuary to [defile] it. And, [look,] they have done [this,] in the midst of [My] house.

Therefore, Son of man, speak to the house of Israel & say to them, The Lord God says [this; Still] in this, your fathers have blasphemed Me, in that they have committed a trespass against Me. [Isaiah 65:6-7 [Look,] it is written before Me; I won't keep [silent,] but will [repay,] even [pay them back] into their [chest.]

The Lord says, [For] your [sins] & the [sins] of your fathers together, [who] have burned incense upon the mountains & blasphemed Me upon the hills. Therefore I will measure [for] their [previous deeds] into their [chest.]

For when I had brought them into the land, [that] I lifted up [My] hand to give it to them, then, they saw every high hill & all the thick trees & they offered their sacrifices & their offering [that provoked] there.

Also, they made their sweet [aroma] & poured out their drink offerings there. [Psalm 78:58 For they provoked Him to anger with their high places & moved Him to jealousy with their [carved] images.]

Then, I said to them, What is [the name of] the high place, [to which] you go? And the name [of it] is called Bamah, [until] this day. [For this reason,] say to the house of Israel, The Lord God says [this;] Are you [defiled like the customs] of your [forefathers?] And [do] you commit their [unfaithful harlotry, like] their abominations.

[Judges 3:5-7 And the children [people] of Israel, dwelt among the: Canaanites; Hittites; Amorites; Perizzites; Hivites; & Jebusites. And they took their daughters to be their wives & gave their daughters to their sons & served their gods. And the children [people] of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord & [forgot] the Lord their God & served Baalim, [a.k.a. Baal,] & the groves.]

For when you offer your gifts & you make your sons pass through the fire, you [defile] yourselves with all your idols, even [until] this day. And shall I be [inquired] of by you, O house of Israel? The Lord God says, As I Live, I will not be [inquired] of by you.

And [what] comes into your mind, shall not at all be, [what] you say, We will be [like] the heathen & the families of the countries to serve wood & stone.  [2 Kings 19:17-18 [Truthfully,] Lord, [Assyria's] kings have destroyed the nations & their lands & have [thrown] their gods into the fire. For they weren't god's but the work of men's hands, [from] wood & stone. Therefore, they have destroyed them.]

The Lord God says, Surely as I Live, I will rule over you with a mighty hand & [an outstretched] arm, with fury poured out. And I will bring you out from the people & will gather you out of the countries, [in which] you are scattered, with a mighty hand & an [outstretched] arm, with fury poured out.

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people & I will plead with you face to face there. [Jeremiah 2:34-35 Also, in your skirts is found the [bloodshed] of the souls of the poor innocents. I haven't found it by [secretly, searching about] all these. [Still,] you say, Because I'm innocent, surely His anger shall turn [away] from me. [Look,] I will plead with you, because you say, I haven't sinned.]

Like I [pled] with your [forefathers] in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, I will [also] plead with you, says the Lord God. And I will cause you to [cross] under the rod & I will bring you into the bond, [a.k.a. union] of the covenant [contract.] [Leviticus 27:32 And [about] the tithe of the flock, even of [whatever] passes under the rod, the 10th shall be holy to the Lord.]

And I will purge the rebels out from among you & [those who] transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the country where they [temporarily stay,] & they shall not enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I Am the Lord.

[Matthew 25:31-33 When the Son of Man shall come in His glory & all His Holy Angels with Him, then He shall sit upon the throne of His glory. And before Him shall be gathered all nations. And He shall separate them one from another, [like] a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He shall [put] the sheep on His right hand [side,] but the goats on the left.]

The Lord God says [this;] As for you, O house of Israel, everyone of you go & serve his idols & [in the future,] also, if you won't [pay attention] to Me. But you will no [longer defile] My Holy Name with your gifts & with your idols.

[Isaiah 1:13-15 Bring no more vain, [a.k.a. worthless,] oblations, [a.k.a. offerings.] Incense is an abomination to Me. I can't [endure:] the New Moons; Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies & even your solemn meeting. It is [sinful.]

My Soul hates your New Moons & your appointed feasts. They are [troublesome] to Me. I am [tired of putting up with] them. Your hands are full of [bloodshed] & when you spread [out] your hands, I will hide [My] eyes from you. [Yes,] when you make many prayers, I won't [listen.]

The Lord God says, For in [My] Holy Mountain, in the mountain [heights] of Israel, there shall all the house of Israel & all [those] in the land shall serve Me. I will require your offerings there & I will accept them there & the first fruits of your [sacrifices,] with all your holy things.

[Zechariah 8:20-22 The Lord of Hosts says [this;] It shall [still happen] that people & inhabitants of many cities shall come there. And the inhabitants of one city, shall go to another, saying, Let's go [quickly,] to pray before the Lord & seek the Lord of Hosts. I will also go. [Yes,] many people & strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem & pray before the Lord.]

I will accept you with your sweet [aroma,] when I bring you out from the people & gather you out of the countries, [in which] you have been scattered. And I will be sanctified in you, before the heathen.

[Ephesians 5:1-2 Therefore, you be followers of God, [like] dear children. And [follow] in love, [like] Christ also has loved us, & has given Himself for us, [as] an offering & a sacrifice to God, for a sweet smelling [aroma.]

And you shall know that I Am the Lord, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country, [that] I lifted up [My hands] to give it to your [forefathers.] And there you shall remember your ways & all your [actions in which,] you have been defiled.

And you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight, for all your evils that you have committed. And you shall know that I Am the Lord, when I have [worked] [miracles] for you, O you house of Israel, not according to your wicked ways, nor to your corrupt [actions,] [but,] for My Name's sake, says the Lord God.

[Also,] the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, [turn] your face toward the South & [preach] your word toward the South & prophesy against the Forest of the South Field, And say to the forest of the South, Hear the Word of the Lord.

The Lord God says [this; Watch,] I will [start] a fire in you & it shall devour every green tree & every dry tree [within] you. The flaming [fire] shall not be [put out] & all places from the South to the North shall be burned [by it.] And all flesh shall see that I, the Lord, have kindled it.

It shall not be [put out.] Then, I said, Ah, Lord God! They say to me, [Doesn't] He speak [in] parables? [Matthew 13:13-15 Therefore, I speak to them in parables: because seeing, they [don't] see, & hearing, they [don't] hear & neither do they understand.

And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of [Isaiah, who] said, By hearing, you shall hear & shall not understand & seeing, you shall see & shall not [recognize.]

For this people's heart [has grown coarse] & their ears are [hard] of hearing & they have closed their eyes, lest at any time, they should see with their eyes & hear with their ears & should understand with their heart & should be converted & and I should heal them.]