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Chapter 23
The word of the Lord came unto
me, saying: Thou son of man, there were two women, that had one
mother: These ( when they were young ) began to play the harlots in
Egypt. there were their breasts *brosed, and the pappes of their
maidenhead destroyed. The eldest of them was called Oholah and her
younger sister Oholibah. These two were mine, and they bare sons and
daughters. Their names were, Samaria, and that was Oholah: and
Jerusalem, that was Oholibah: As for Oholah she began to go a
whoring, when I had taken her to me. She was set on fire upon her
lovers the Assirians, which had to do with her: even the princes and
lords, that were decked in costly array: fair young men lusty riders
of horses.
Thus through her whoredom, she cleaved unto all the young men
of Assyria: yee she was mad upon them, and defiled herself with all
their Idols. Neither ceased she from the fornication, that she used
with the Egyptians: for in her youth they lay with her, they brosed
the breasts of her maidenhead and poured their whoredom upon her.
Wherefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, even the
Assyrians, whom she so loved. These discovered her shame, took her
sons and daughters, and slew her with the sword: An evil name gat
she of all the people, and they punished her.
Her sister Aholibah saw this, and destroyed herself with
inordinate love, more than she, and exceeded her sister in whoredom
she loved the Assyrians, ( which also lay with her ) namely, the
princes and great lords, that were clothed with all manner of
gorgeous apparel, all lusty horsemen and fair young persons. Then I
saw, that they both were defiled a like. But she increased her
whoredom: for when she saw men painted upon the wall, the images of
the Chaldees set forth with fresh colors, with fair girdles about
them, and goodly bonnets upon their heads, looking all like Princes
( after the manner of the Babylonians and Chaldees in their own
land, where they be born ) immediatley, as soon as she saw them, she
burnt in love upon them, and sent messengers for them into the land
of the Chaldees.
Now when the Babylonians came to her, they lay with her, and
defiled her with their whoredom, and so was she polluted with them.
And when her lust was abated from them, her whoredom and shame was
discovered and seen: then my heart forsook her, like as my heart was
gone from her sister also. Nevertheless, she used her whoredome ever
the longer the more, and remembered the days of her youth, wherein
she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt: she burnt in lust
upon them, whose flesh was like the flesh of Asses, and their seed
like the seed of horses. Thus thou hast renewed the filthiness of
thy youth, when thy lovers *bresed thy paps, and marred thy breasts
in Egypt.
Therefore ( O Aholibah ) thus saith the Lord God. I will raise
up thy lovers (with whom thou hast satisfied thy lust ) against
thee, and gather them together round about thee: namely the
Babylonians, and all the Chaldees: Pecod, Schoa, and Coa, with all
the Assyrians: all young and fair lovers: princes and lords, knights
and gentlemen, which be all good horsemen: These shall come upon
thee with horses, chariots, and a great multitude of people: which
shall be harnessed about thee on every side, with breastplates,
shields and helmets. I will punish thee before them, yee they
themselves shall punish thee, according to their own judgement. I
will put my jealousy upon thee, so that they shall deal cruelly with
thee. They shall cut off thy nose and thine ears, and the remnant
shall fall through the sword. They shall carry away thy sons and thy
daughters, and the residue shall be burnt in the fire. They shall
strip thee out of thy clothes, and carry thy costly jewels away with
them.
Thus I will make an end of thy filthiness and whoredom, which
thou hast brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt turn
thine eyes no more after them, and cast thy mind no more upon Egypt.
For thus saith the Lord: behold, I will deliver thee into the hands
of them, whom thou hatest: yee even into the hands of them, with
whom thou hast fulfilled thy lust, which shall deal cruelly with
thee, and shall take away all thy labor, and thus the shame of thy
filthy whoredom shall come to light. All these things shall happen
unto thee, because of thy whoredom, which thou hast used among the
Gentiles, with whos Idols thou hast defiled thy self. Thou hast
walked in the way of thy sister, therefore will I give thee her cup
in thine hand.
Thus saith the Lord God: Thou shalt drink of thy sisters cup,
how deep and *tarre so ever it be to the bottom. Thou shalt be
laughed to scorn, and had as greatly in derision, as possible. Thou
shalt be full of drunkenness and sorrow, for the cup of thy sister
Samaria is a cup of destruction and wasting: The same shalt thou
drink, and sup it out even to the dregs, Yee thou shalt eat up the
broken pieces of it, and so tear thine own breasts: for even I have
spoken it, saith the Lord God.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: For so much as thou hast
forgotten me, and cast me aside, so bear now thy own filthiness and
whoredom. The Lord said moreover unto me: Thou son of man, wilt thou
not reprove Oholah and Oholibah? Show them their abominations:
namely, That they have broken their wedlock, and stained their hands
with blood: Yee even with their idols have they committed *advoutry,
and offered them their own children ( to be devoured ) whom they
have born unto me. Yee and this have they done unto me also: they
have defiled my Sanctuary in that same day, and have unhallowed my
sabbaths. For when they had slain their children for their idols,
they came the same day into my Sanctuary to defile it. Lo, this have
they done in my house. Beside all this, thou has sent thy messengers
for men out of far countries: and when they came, thou hast bathed,
trimmed and set forth thy self of the best fashion: thou satest upon
a goodly bed, and a table spread before thee: whereupon thou hast
set mine incense and mine oil.
Then there was great cheer with her: and the men that were
sent from far countries over the desert, unto these they gave
bracelets upon their hands, and set glorious crowns upon their
heads: Then thought I: no doubt, these will use their harlotry also
with yonder old whore. And they went into her, as unto a common
harlot: Even so went they also to Oholah and Oholibah those filthy
women.
O ye all that love virtue and righteousness, judge them,
punish them: as *advoutrers and murderers ought to be judged and
punished. For they are breakers of wed lock, and the blood is in
their hands. Wherefore thus saith the Lord God: bring a great
multitude of people upon them, and make them be scattered and
spoiled: these shall stone them and gore them with their swords.
They shall slay their sons and daughters and burn up their houses
with fire.
Thus I will destroy all such filthiness out of the land, that
all women may learn, not to do after your uncleanness. And so they
shall lay your filthiness upon your own selves, and ye shall be
punished for the sins, that ye have committed with your Idols: and
ye shall know that I am the Lord.
*brosed= perhaps brused RN *bresed=cooked in fat (old French). *tarre=detestable.
*advoutry: prefix "a" meaning not or without, devout: devotion to
God our father, Jesu his son, love, truth, spirit. In most cases; in
the KJV and other bibles of man this word was replaced with
"adultery". see the children are offered up to the same advoutry.
see James 2 for adultery.
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Chapter 24
In the ninth year, in the tenth
month, the tenth day of the month, came the word of the Lord came
unto me, saying: O thou son of man, write up the name of this day,
yee even the hour of this present day: when the king of Babylon set
himself against Jerusalem. Show that obstinate household a parable,
and speak unto them: Thus saith the Lord God: Get thee a pot, set it
on, and pour water into it: put all the pieces together in it, all
the good pieces: the loin and the shoulder, and fill it with the
best bones. Take one of the best sheep, and an heap of bones withal:
let it boil well, and let the seethe well therein.
With that said the Lord God on this manner: Woe be unto the
bloody city of the pot, where upon the rustiness hangeth, and is not
yet scoured away. Take out the pieces that are in it, one after
another: there need not lots be cast therefore, for the blood is yet
in it. Upon a plain dry stone hath she poured it, and not upon the
ground, that it might be covered with dust. And therefore have I
letten her pour her blood upon a plain dry stony rock, because it
should not be hid, and that I might bring my wrothfull indignation
and vengeance upon her.
Wherefore, thus saith the Lord God: O woe be unto that blood
thirsty city, For whom I will prepare a heap of wood: beare thou the
bones together, kindle thou the fire, seeth the flesh, let all be
well sodden {boiled}, that the bones might be sucked out. Moreover,
set the pot empty upon the coals, that it may be warm and all the
metal hot: that the filth and the rustiness may be consumed. But it
will not go off, there is so much of it: the rustiness must be burnt
out. Thy filthiness is abominable, for I would have cleansed thee,
but thou wouldest not be cleansed. Thou canest be purged from thine
sickness, till I have poured my wrothfull indignation upon thee.
Even I the Lord have so devised: Yee it is come there to already,
that I will do it. I will not go back, I will not spare, I will not
be entreated: but according to thy ways and imaginations, thou shalt
be punished, saith the Lord God. And the word of the lord came unto
me saying: Thou son of man, behold, I take away the pleasure of
thine eyes with a plague: yet shalt thou neither mourn, nor weep,
nor water thy cheeks therefore: thou mayest mourn by thy self alone,
but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy
shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourners bread.
So I spake unto the people by times in the morning, and at even my
wife died: then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded. And
the people said unto me: Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth,
which thou doest? I answered them, the word of the Lord came unto
me, saying: Tell the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God:
behold, I will suspend my sanctuary: even the glory of your power,
that pleasure of your eyes, and the thing that ye love: your sons
and your daughters whom ye have left, shall fall through the sword.
Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide
your faces, ye shall eat no mourners bread: your bonnets shall ye
have upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet. Ye shall nether
mourn nor weep, but in your sins ye shall be sorrowful, and one
repent with another. Thus Ezekiel is your showtoken. For look as he
hath done, so ( when this cometh ) ye shall do also: that ye may
learn to know that I am the Lord God. But behold, O thou son of man:
In the day when I take from them their power, their joy and honor,
the lust of their eyes, the burthen of their bodies: namely , their
sons and daughters: Then shall there one escape, and come unto thee,
for to show thee. In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him,
which is escaped, that thou mayest speak, and be no more dumb: Yee
and thou shalt be their showtoken, that they may know, how that I am
the Lord.
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Chapter 25
The word of the Lord came again
unto me, saying: Thou son of man, set thy face against the
Ammonites, prophesy upon them, and say unto the Ammonites: hear the
word of the Lord God: Thus saith the Lord God: For so much as thou
speakest over my Sanctuary. A ha, I *trow it be now suspended: and
over the land of Israel, I *trow it be now desolate: and over the
house of Judah, I think they be led away prisoners: Behold, I will
deliver thee to the people of the east, that they may have thee in
possession: these shall set their castles and houses in thee. They
shall eat thy fruit, and drink up thy milk. As for Rabbah, I will
make of it a stall for camels, and Ammon a sheepfold: and ye shall
know that I am the Lord.
For thus saith the Lord God; In so much as thou hast clapped
with thine hands, and stamped with thy feet, yee rejoiced in thine
heart over the land of Israel with despite: behold, I will stretch
out mine hand over thee also, and deliver thee, to be spoiled of the
Heathen, and root thee out from among the people, and cause thee to
be destroyed out of all lands: yee I will make thee be layed waste,
that thou mayest know, that I am the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord God: For so much as Moab and Seir do say:
As for the house of Judah, it is but like as all other Gentiles be:
Therefore, behold, I will make the cities of Moab weaponless, and
taken away their strength: their cities and chief coasts of their
land, which are the pleasures of the country: As namely.
Bethiesimoth, Baalmeon, and Cariathaim: These I will open unto them
of the east, that they might fall upon the Ammonites: and will give
it them in possession: so that the Ammonites shall no more be had in
remembrance among the Heathen. Even thus will I punish Moab also,
that they may know that I am the Lord.
Moreover, thus saith the Lord God: Because that Edom hath
avenged and eased himself upon the house of Judah, therefore thus
saith the Lord: I will reach out my hand upon Edom, and take away
man and beast out of it. From Theman unto Dedan I will make it
desolate, they shall be slain with the sword. Through my people of
Israel will I avenge me again upon Edom: they shall handle him,
according to my wrath and indignation, so that they shall know my
vengeance, saith the Lord God.
Thus saith the Lord God: For so much as the Philistines have
done this: namely taken vengeance with despiteful stomachs, and of
an old evil will set themselves to destroy: Therefore thus saith the
Lord God: Behold, I will stretch out mine hand over the Philistines,
and destroy the destroyer, and cause all the remnant of the sea
coast to perish. A great vengeance will I take upon them, and punish
them cruelly: that they may know, how that I am the Lord, which have
avenged me of them.
*trow (think)
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Chapter 26
It happened, that in the
eleventh year, And the first day of the Month, the word of the Lord
came unto me, saying: Thou son of man, because that Tyre hath spoken
upon Jerusalem: Aha, now I *trow the ports of the people be broken,
and she turned unto me, for I have destroyed my belly full. Yee
therefore saith the Lord God: Behold O Tyre, I will upon thee, I
will bring a great multitude against thee, like as the sea ariseth
with his waves: These shall break the walls of Tyre, and cast down
her towers: I will scrape the ground from her, and make her a bare
stone: Yee as the drying place, where the fishers hang up their nets
by the sea side. Even I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. The
Gentiles shall spoil her: her daughters upon the field shall perish
with the sword, that they may know that I am the Lord.
For thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will bring hither
Nabuchodonosor ( which is the king of Babylon and a king of kings )
from the north upon Tyre, with horses, chariots, horsemen, and with
a great multitude of people. Thy daughters that are in the land,
shall he slay with the sword: but against thee, he shall make
bulwarks and grave up ditches about thee, and lift up his shield
against thee. His slings and battlerams shall he prepare for thy
wails, and with his weapons break down thy towers. The dust of his
horses shall cover thee, they have so many: thy walls shall shake at
the noise of the horsemen, chariots and wheels: when he cometh to
thy ports, as men do into an open city. With the hoofs of his horses
feet, shall he tread down all thy streets.
He shall slay thy people with the sword, and break down the
pillars of thy strength. They shall waste away thy riches, and spoil
thy merchandise. Thy walls shall they break down, and destroy thy
houses of pleasure. Thy stones, thy timber and foundations shall
they cast in the water. Thus will I bring the melody of thy songs,
and the voice of thy minstrelsy to an end, so they shall be no more
heard. I will a bare stone of thee, yee a drying place for nets, an
shall never be builded again: Forever I the Lord have spoken it,
saith the Lord God: Thus hath the Lord God spoken concerning Tyre,
The isles shall be moved at the noise of thy fall, and at the cry of
the slain, that shall be murdered in thee. All Kings of the sea
shall come down from their seats regal: they shall lay away their
robes, and put off their costly clothing: Yee with trembling shall
they be clothed, they shall sit upon the ground: they shall be
afraid at thy sudden fall, and be abashed at thee.
They shall mourn for thee, and say unto thee: O thou noble
city, that hast been so greatly occupied of old, Thou that hast been
the strongest upon the sea with thine inhabitors of whom all men
stood in fear: How art thou now so utterly destroyed? Now at the
time of thy fall the inhabitors of the Isles, Yee and the men
themselves, shall stand in fear at thine end. For thus saith the
Lord God: when I make thee a desolate city, ( as other cities be,
that no man dwell in ) and when I bring the deep upon thee, that
great waters may cover thee: Then will I cast thee down unto them,
that descend into the pit, unto a people that hath been long dead,
and set thee in a land that is beneath, like the old wilderness,
with them that go down to their graves, so that no man shall dwell
more in thee. And I will make thee to be no more in honor, in the
land of the living. I will make an end of thee, and thou shalt be
gone. Though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou not be found for
evermore, sayeth the Lord God.
*trow ( think )
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Chapter 27
The word of the Lord came unto
me, saying: O thou son of man, make lamentable complaint upon Tyre,
and say upon Tyre, which is a port of the sea, that occupieth with
much people, and many Isles: Thus saith the Lord God: O Tyrus, thou
hast said: what, I am a noble city: thy borders are in the midst of
the seas, and thy builders have made thy marvelous goodly. All thy
tables have they made of Cypress trees of the mount Sanir. From
Libanus have they taken Cedar trees, to make the masts: and the Oaks
of Basan to make the rowers.
Thy boards have they made of ivory, and of costly wood out of
the Isle of Cethim. Thy sail was of white small needle work out of
the land of Egypt, to hang upon thy mast: and thy hangings of yellow
silk purple, out of the Isles of Elisah. They of Sidon and Arnad
were thy mariners, and the wisest in Tyre were thy shipmasters. The
eldest and wisest at Gebal were they, that mended and stopped thy
ships. All ships of the sea with their shipment occupied their
merchandise in thee. The Perses, Lidians and the Libians were in
thine host, and helped thee to fight: these hanged up their shields
and helmets with thee, these set forth thy beauty. They of Arnad
were with thine host round about thy walls, and were thy watchmen
upon thy towers, they hanged their shields round about thy walls,
and made thee marvelous goodly. Tharsis occupied with thee in all
manner of wares, in silver, iron, tin, and lead, and made thy market
great. Javan, Tubal and Mesech were thy merchants, which brought the
men, and ornaments of metal, for thy occupying. They of the house of
Thogarma brought unto thee at the time of thy mart, horse, horsemen
and mules. They of Dedan were thy merchants: and many other Isles
that occupied with thee, brought thee *wethers, elephant bones and
Paycockes for a present. The Syrians occupied with thee, because of
thy diverse works, and increased thy merchandise, with *Smaragdes,
with scarlet, with needle work, with white linen cloth, with silk
and with Crystal.
Judah and the land of Israel occupied with thee, and brought
unto thy markets, wheat, balm, honey, oil and *triacle. Damascus
also used merchandises with thee, in the best wine and white wool:
because thy occupying was so great, and thy wares so many. Dan,
Javan, and Mevsall have brought unto thy markets, iron ready made,
with Casia, and Calamus, according to thine occupying. Dedan
occupied with thee, in fair tapestry work and *quishins. Aribia and
all the princes of Cedar have occupied with thee, in sheep, wethers,
and goats.
The merchants of Sheba and *Rema, have occupied with also with
thee, in all costly spices, in all precious stones and gold, which
they brought unto thy markets. Haran, Chenne, and Eden, the
merchants of Saba, Assiria, and Chelmad, were all doers with thee
and occupied with thee: In costly raiment, of yellow silk and needle
work ( very precious, and therefore packed and bound together with
ropes ) Yee and in Cedar wood, at the time of thy markets. The ships
of Tharsis were the chief of thy occupying.
Thus thou art full, and in great worship, even in the midst of
the sea. Thy mariners were ever bringing unto thee out of many
waters. But the east wind shall over bear thee into the midest of
the sea: so that thy wares, thy merchandise, thy riches, thy
mariners, thy shipmasters, thy helpers, thy occupiers ( that brought
the things necessary ) the men of war that, are in thee: Yee and all
thy *comens shall perish in the midst of the sea, in the day of thy
fall. The suburbs shall shake at the loud cry of thy shipmen. All
whirry men, and all mariners upon the sea, shall leap out of their
boats, and set themselves upon the land. They shall lift up their
voice because of thee, and make a lamentable cry. They shall cast up
dust upon their heads, and lay down in the ashes. They shall shave
themselves, and put sackcloth upon them for thy sake.
They shall mourn for thee with heartfull sorrow, and heavy
lamentation, yee their children also will weep for thee. Alas, what
city hath been so destroyed in the sea, as Tyre is? When thy wares
and merchants came from the seas, thou gavest all people enough. The
kings of the earth hast thou made rich, through the multitude of thy
wares and occupying: But thou art now cast down in to the deep of
the sea, all thy resort of people is perished with thee. All they
that dwell in the Isles are abashed at thee, and all their kings are
afraid, yee their faces have changed color. The merchants of the
nations wonder at thee. In that thee are so clean brought to naught,
and comest no more up.
*wethers=a castrated male sheep:ram. *Smaragdes=may be "samara"
winged seeds, also called "key fruit" like unto ash, elm, or maple.
*quishins; unknown maybe cushions *triacle=treaAcle 1. Cloying
speech or sentiment. 2. Molasses. 3. A medicinal compound formerly
used as an antidote for poison. Middle English triacle, antidote for
poison. *Rema (Raamah). *comens (commons) *wreck=letters of the word
were difficult to decipher, under high magnification; this is the
best effort.
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Chapter 28
The word of the Lord came unto
me saying: Thou son of man, Tell the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the
Lord God, because thou hast a proud heart and hast said: I am a God,
I have my seat in the midst sea like a God: where as thou art but a
man, and not God, and yet standest thou in thine own conceit, that
thou art God: Behold, thou thinkest thyself wiser than Daniel, that
there is no secrets hid from thee. With thy wisdom and thy
understanding, thou hast gotten thee great wealthiness, and gathered
treasure of silver and gold. With thy great wisdom and occupying,
hast thou increased thy power, and because of thy great riches, thy
heart is proud.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: For so much as thou hast
lift up thine heart, as though thou were God: behold, I will bring
enemies upon thee, even the tyrants of the Heathen: These shall draw
out their swords upon thy beauty and thy wisdom, and shall defile
thy glory. They shall cast thee down to the pit, so that thou shalt
die in the midst of the sea, as they that have been slain. Let see
if thou wilt say then ( before them that slay thee ) I am God: where
as thou art but a man and not God, in the hands of them that slayeth
thee. Die shalt thou, even as the uncircumcised in the hands of the
enemies: for I myself have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying: Thou son
of man, make a lamentable complaint over the king of Tyre, and tell
him: Thus saith the Lord God: Thou art a seal of a likeness, full of
wisdom and excellent beauty. Thou hast been in the pleasure garden
of God: thou art decked with all manner of precious stones: with
Ruby, Topas, Crystal, Jacinete, Onyx, Jaspis, Sapphire, *Smaragde,
carbuncle, and gold. Thy beauty and the *holes that be in thee were
set forth in the day of thy creation. Thou art a fair Cherub,
stretched wide out for to cover.
I have set thee upon the holy mount of God, there hast thou
been, and walked among the fair glittering stones. From the time of
thy creation thou hast been right excellent, till wickedness was
found in thee. Because of thy great merchandise, thy heart is full
of wickedness, and thou hast offended. Therefore will I cast thee
from the mountain of God ( O thou covering Cherub ) and destroy thee
among the glittering stones. Thy heart was proud in thy fair beauty,
and through thy beauty thou hast destroyed thy wisdom. I will cast
thee down to the ground, and that in the sight of kings. Thou hast
defiled thy Sanctuary, with the great wickedness of thy unrighteous
occupying. I will bring a fire from the midst of thee, to consume
thee: and will make thee to ashes, in the sight of all them that
look upon thee. All they that have been acquainted with thee among
the Heathen shall be abashed at thee: seeing thou art so clean
brought to naught, and comest no more up.
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying: Thou son of
man, set thy face against Sidon. Prophesy upon it, and speak. Thus
saith the Lord God: Behold O Sidon, I will upon thee, and get me
honor in thee: that it may be known, how that I am the Lord, when I
punish her, and get me honor in her. For I will send pestilence and
blood shedding into her streets, so that those which be slain with
the sword, shall lay round about in the midst of her: and they shall
know, that I am the Lord. She shall no more be a pricking thorn, and
an hurting brier unto the house of Israel, nor unto them that lie
round about her and hate her: and they shall know, that I am the
Lord.
Thus saith the Lord God: When I gather the household of Israel
together again from the nations among whom they be scattered: then
shall I be sanctified in them in the sight of the Gentiles, and they
shall dwell in land, that I gave to my servant Jacob. They shall
dwell safely therein, build houses, and plant vineyards: yee safely
shall they dwell therein, when I have punished all those, that
despise them round about: and then shall they know, that I am the
Lord their God.
*holes (hosts?) *Smaragde=emeralds.
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