Ezekiel 24:13 Cross References - Rotherham

¹³ In thine uncleanness, is lewdness; because I purified thee. and thou wast not purified, from thine uncleanness, thou shalt not be purified any more, until I have let mine indignation rest upon thee.

¹⁴ Also, all the rulers of the priests and of the people, abounded in committing treachery, according to all the abominable ways of the nations,––and polluted the house of Yahweh, which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And, though Yahweh God of their fathers sent unto them through his messengers, zealously sending them,––because he had compassion upon his people and upon his habitation, ¹⁶ yet became they mockers of the messengers of God, and despisers of his words, and mimics of his prophets,––until the mounting up of the wrath of Yahweh against his people, until there was no healing.

⁴ What could have been done further, to my vineyard, That I had not done in it? Why then––When I had waited that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild, grapes? ⁵ Now, therefore, I pray you, let me tell, you, what I, am about to do to my vineyard,––To take away the fence thereof, And it shall be eaten up, To destroy the wall thereof, And it shall be trodden down; ⁶ And I will make it a waste; ––It shall be neither pruned nor hoed, But there shall come up briars and thorns,––And, upon the clouds, will I lay a charge, That they rain thereon no rain.

¹³ Yet, the people, have not turned unto him that smote them,––And, Yahweh of hosts, have they not sought. ¹⁴ Therefore hath Yahweh cut off from Israel––Head and tail, Palm–top and rush, In one day. ¹⁵ The elder and favourite, he, is the head,––And, the prophet teaching falsehood, he, is the tail; ¹⁶ And, they who should have led this people forward, have been causing them to stray,––And, they who are led of them, are destroyed, ¹⁷ For this cause, over their choice young men, will My Lord not rejoice, And, on their fatherless and their widows, will he not have compassion, For, every one of them, is profane and an evildoer, And, every mouth, is speaking baseness,––For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But, still, is his hand outstretched.

²⁸ They all, are rebels of rebels, Slander–walkers, [They are] bronze and iron! As for them all, corrupters, they are! ²⁹ Scorched, are the bellows, By fire, is lead, [wont to be], consumed,––In vain, hath he gone on refining, For, the wicked, have not been drawn out: ³⁰ Rejected silver, are they called, For, Yahweh, hath rejected them.

³ From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, even until this day, the which is the twenty–third year, hath the word of Yahweh come, unto me; and I have spoken unto you, betimes, speaking, yet have ye not hearkened. ⁴ And Yahweh sent, unto you, all his servants the prophets, betimes, sending, though ye hearkened not, neither inclined ye your ear, to hear: ⁵ saying,––Return, I pray you, every one from his wicked, way and from the wickedness of your doings, So shall ye remain on the soil which Yahweh hath given, to you and to your fathers,––even from age to age; ⁶ But do not go away after other, gods, to serve them, and to bow down to them,––So shall ye not provoke me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will not bring calamity upon you; ⁷ Howbeit ye hearkened not unto me, Declareth Yahweh,––that ye might provoke me to anger with the work of your hands, unto your own hurt.

¹⁸ I have, heard, Ephraim, bemoaning himself, Thou hast chastised me, and I have been chastised, Like a bullock, not broken in, Suffer me to return, that I may, return, For, thou, art Yahweh my God.

¹³ So shall mine anger, have an end, And, I will cause mine indignation, to find rest, upon them, and will console myself,––And they shall know that, I, Yahweh, have spoken in my jealousy, when mine indignation, hath come to an end, upon them.

¹⁸ Therefore, even I, will act with indignation, Mine eye, shall not shield, Neither will I pity,––Though they have cried in mine ears, with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

⁴² So will I let mine indignation find rest in thee, And my jealousy shall depart, from thee,––And I will be quiet, and not be provoked any more.

²⁴ Son of man, say to her, Thou, art a land, that is, not to be rained upon, nor to receive fruitful showers, in the day of indignation.

³⁶ And Yahweh said unto me, Son of man, Wilt thou judge Oholah, and Oholibah? Then declare thou unto them, their abominations. ³⁷ For they have committed adultery, And, blood, is one their hands, Yea, with their manufactured gods, have they committed adultery. And, even their own children whom they bare unto me, have they set apart for them, to be devoured. ³⁸ Yet more, this, have they done to me,––They have defiled my sanctuary, on the same day, And, my sabbaths, have they profaned. ³⁹ Yea, when they had slaughtered their children, to their manufactured gods, then entered they into my sanctuary, on the same day, to profane it,––And lo! thus, have they done, in the midst of mine own house. ⁴⁰ Yea verily, that ye must needs send for men, ready to come in, from afar,––in that, a messenger, was sent unto them, and lo! they came, For whom thou didst bathe thyself, Paint thine eyes, And deck thyself with ornaments. ⁴¹ Then satest thou upon a glorious couch, With a table prepared, before it,––And, mine incense and mine oil, didst thou set thereon. ⁴² The noise of careless throng also, was with her, And, besides men out of the mass of mankind, there were brought in drunkards, out of the desert; And they put bracelets upon the hands of both women, And crowns of adorning upon their heads. ⁴³ Then said I, of her that was worn out with adulteries, Will they, now, join in her unchaste doings, even hers? ⁴⁴ Yet came they in unto her, as men go in unto a woman that is a harlot,––So, came they in unto Oholah, and unto Oholibah––the lewd, women! ⁴⁵ But, righteous men, they, shall judge them, With the judgment of adulteresses, and, With the judgment of women that shed blood,––Because, adulteresses, they are, And, blood, is on their hands. ⁴⁶ For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––There shall be brought up against them a gathered host, Then shall they be delivered up, for a terror and for a prey, ⁴⁷ Yea a gathered host, shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords, Their sons and their daughters, shall they slay, And, their houses––in the fire, shall they consume. ⁴⁸ So will I make an end of lewdness, out of the land,––And all women, shall be disciplined, and shall not do according to your lewdness.

¹¹ Then set it upon the live coals thereof, empty,––that the copper of it, may be scorched and burn, So that the impurity thereof, may be annihilated within it, The scum thereof, be consumed.

¹ When I would have brought healing to Israel, then was disclosed the iniquity of Ephraim, and the wicked doings of Samaria, for they have wrought falsehood,––when, a thief, would enter, a band roamed about, outside,

⁹ Foreigners have, eaten up, his strength, and, he, knoweth it not,––even gray hairs, are sprinkled upon him, and, he, knoweth it not. ¹⁰ Therefore doth the Excellency of Israel, answer, to his face; yet have they not returned unto Yahweh their God, nor have they sought him, in spite of all this! ¹¹ So then, Ephraim, hath become, like a simple dove, having no understanding, on Egypt, have they called, to Assyria, have they gone, ¹² Whithersoever they go, I will spread over them my net, like a bird of the heavens, will I bring them down, I will chastise them, by the time the report can reach the flock of them. ¹³ Woe to them! for they have taken flight from me, destruction to them! for they have transgressed against me,––when, I, would have ransomed them, then, they, spake––concerning me––falsehoods. ¹⁴ Neither made they outcry unto me, in their heart, although they kept on howling upon their beds, over corn and new wine, they gathered themselves together, they rebelled against me. ¹⁵ When, I, had warned them, I strengthened their arm,––yet, against me, kept they on devising wickedness. ¹⁶ They would return––not to him who is on high! They have become like a deceitful bow, their rulers, shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue, this, [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.

⁶ Moreover also, I, have given you cleanness of teeth throughout all your cities, and want of bread throughout all your dwelling–places,––Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh. ⁷ Moreover also, I, have withholden from you the abundant rain, when yet there were only three mouths to the harvest, Or I might rain upon one city, and, on another city, might not rain,––One portion, would be rained upon, and, the portion whereupon it should not rain, would be dried up; ⁸ Then would two or three cities totter to one city to drink water, without being satisfied,––Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh. ⁹ I have smitten you with blight and with mildew, When your gardens and your vineyards and your fig–trees and your olive–trees have increased, the creeping locust would devour them,––Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh. ¹⁰ I have sent among you pestilence, in the manner of Egypt, I have slain, with the sword, your young men, and therewith have been taken captive your horses, And I have caused to ascend––the stench of your camps, even into your own nostrils, Yet ye have not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh. ¹¹ I have made an overthrew among you, like the divine overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye have become like a brand snatched out of the burning,––Yet hate ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh. ¹² Therefore, thus, will I do unto thee, O Israel,––Because this thing I will do unto thee, Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

² She hath hearkened to no voice, accepted no correction; in Yahweh, hath not trusted, to her God, hath not drawn near:

⁷ I said, Surely thou wilt reverence, Me, wilt accept correction, lest her abode, should be cut of, howsoever I had punished her; but, in truth, they soon corrupted all their deeds.

³⁷ Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that slayeth the prophets, and stoneth them that have been sent unto her,––how often, would I have gathered thy children, like as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings,––and ye would not! ³⁸ Lo! your house is left to you;

⁷ And he said unto the vine–dresser––Lo! three years, I come, seeking fruit in this fig–tree, and find none. Cut it down! Why doth it make, even the round useless? ⁸ And, he, answering, saith unto him––Sir! let it alone this year also, until such time as I dig about it, and throw in manure,–– ⁹ and if it may bear fruit for the future; . . . but, otherwise, certainly, thou shalt cut it down.

⁸ Unto them, on the other hand, who are of contention, and are not yielding unto the truth, but are yielding unto unrighteousness, anger and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish––against every soul of man who worketh out what is base, both of Jew first and of Greek,––

¹ Having therefore, these, promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from all pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.

¹¹ He that is doing unjustly, let him do unjustly, still, and, he that is filthy, let him be made filthy, still; and, he that is righteous, let him do righteousness, still, and, he that is holy, let him be hallowed, still:––