Ezekiel 24-25

English Standard Version

The Siege of Jerusalem

24 ^(A)In the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ^2 (B)“Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. ³ And ^(C)utter a parable to ^(D)the rebellious house and say to them, Thus says the Lord God:

⁶ “Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(G)Woe to the bloody city, to ^(H)the pot whose corrosion is in it, and whose corrosion has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, without making any choice.^{[b] 7} For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on ^(I)the bare rock; ^(J)she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust. ⁸ To rouse my wrath, to take vengeance, I have set on the bare rock the blood she has shed, that it may not be covered. ⁹ Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city! ^(K)I also will make the pile great. ¹⁰ Heap on the logs, kindle the fire, boil the meat well, mix in the spices,^[c] and let the bones be burned up. ¹¹ Then set it empty upon the coals, that it may become hot, and its copper may burn, ^(L)that its uncleanness may be melted in it, its corrosion consumed. ^12 (M)She has wearied herself with toil;^[d] its abundant corrosion does not go out of it. Into the fire with its corrosion! ¹³ On account of your unclean lewdness, because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed from your uncleanness, ^(N)you shall not be cleansed anymore till ^(O)I have satisfied my fury upon you. ^14 (P)I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; ^(Q)I will not spare; ^(R)I will not relent; ^(S)according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God.”

Ezekiel's Wife Dies

¹⁵ The word of the Lord came to me: ^16 (T)“Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. ¹⁷ Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. ^(U)Bind on your turban, and ^(V)put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, ^(W)nor eat the bread of men.” ¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning, and ^(X)at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did ^(Y)as I was commanded.

¹⁹ And ^(Z)the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?” ²⁰ Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me: ²¹ ‘Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^(AA)Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and ^(AB)your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. ²² And ^(AC)you shall do as I have done; ^(AD)you shall not cover your lips, ^(AE)nor eat the bread of men. ^23 (AF)Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but ^(AG)you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another. ²⁴ Thus shall Ezekiel be to you ^(AH)a sign; ^(AI)according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then ^(AJ)you will know that I am the Lord God.’

²⁵ “As for you, ^(AK)son of man, surely on the day when I take from them ^(AL)their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes and their soul's desire, and also their sons and daughters, ^26 (AM)on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news. ²⁷ On that day your mouth ^(AN)will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. ^(AO)So you will be a sign to them, and ^(AP)they will know that I am the Lord.”

Prophecy Against Ammon

25 The word of the Lord came to me: ^2 (AQ)“Son of man, ^(AR)set your face toward ^(AS)the Ammonites and prophesy against them. ³ Say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God: ^(AT)Thus says the Lord God, Because you said, ^(AU)‘Aha!’ over my ^(AV)sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and over the house of Judah when they went into exile, ⁴ therefore behold, I am handing you over to ^(AW)the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. ⁵ I will make ^(AX)Rabbah a ^(AY)pasture for camels and Ammon^{[e] (AZ)}a fold for flocks. ^(BA)Then you will know that I am the Lord. ⁶ For thus says the Lord God: Because ^(BB)you have clapped your hands ^(BC)and stamped your feet and ^(BD)rejoiced with all the ^(BE)malice within your soul against the land of Israel, ⁷ therefore, behold, ^(BF)I have stretched out my hand against you, and ^(BG)will hand you over as plunder to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and will make you perish out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Moab and Seir

⁸ “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^(BH)Moab and ^(BI)Seir^[f] said, ‘Behold, the ^(BJ)house of Judah is like all the other nations,’ ⁹ therefore ^(BK)I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontier, the glory of the country, ^(BL)Beth-jeshimoth, ^(BM)Baal-meon, and ^(BN)Kiriathaim. ¹⁰ I will give it ^(BO)along with the Ammonites ^(BP)to the people of the East as a possession, ^(BQ)that the Ammonites may be remembered no more among the nations, ^11 (BR)and I will execute judgments upon Moab. ^(BS)Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Prophecy Against Edom

¹² “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^(BT)Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended ^(BU)in taking vengeance on them, ¹³ therefore thus says the Lord God, ^(BV)I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. And I will make it desolate; from ^(BW)Teman even to ^(BX)Dedan they shall fall by the sword. ¹⁴ And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom ^(BY)by the hand of my people Israel, and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath, and ^(BZ)they shall know my vengeance, declares the Lord God.

Prophecy Against Philistia

¹⁵ “Thus says the Lord God: Because ^(CA)the Philistines ^(CB)acted revengefully and took vengeance ^(CC)with malice of soul to destroy in never-ending enmity, ¹⁶ therefore thus says the Lord God, ^(CD)Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off ^(CE)the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast. ¹⁷ I will execute great vengeance on them ^(CF)with wrathful rebukes. ^(CG)Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”