Chronological
The Boiling Pot and the Death of Ezekiel’s Wife
24 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, saying,[b] 2 “Son of man,[c] write for yourself the name of the day, this very day.[d] The king of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem on exactly this day! 3 And deliver a proverb[e] to the rebellious house,[f] and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Place the pot! Place it and also pour water into it. 4 Gather its pieces to it, every good piece, thigh and shoulder, fill it with choice bones; 5 take the choicest of the flock, and also pile the bones[g] under it; boil it vigorously;[h] indeed,[i] its bones boiled in the midst of it.”’”
6 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Woe to the city of bloodguilt! A pot that has its rust in it; its rust did not go out from it.[j] Bring it out piece by piece;[k] one is as good as another.[l] 7 For her blood was in the midst of her; she put it on a bare rock;[m] she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.[n] 8 To stir up rage, to avenge myself through vengeance, I placed its blood on the barrenness of a rock, so that it may not be covered.”[o]
9 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Woe to the city of bloodguilt! I, even I, will make the pile of wood great! 10 Pile up the logs; kindle the fire; finish cooking the meat, and mix in the spices, and let the bones be burned.[p] 11 And make it stand[q] empty upon its burning coals so that it may become hot, and its copper may become molten and be melted in the midst of it,[r] so that its uncleanness and its rust be consumed. 12 Through effort she has caused weariness; its thick rust[s] went not out of it. Its rust! Into the fire with its rust! 13 In your uncleanness is obscene conduct, because I cleansed you, but you were not clean from your uncleanness; you will not be clean again until I fully vent my rage[t] on you. 14 I, Yahweh, I have spoken. It is coming, and I did it; I will not disregard, and I will not take pity, and I will not reconsider. According to your ways and according to your deeds they will judge you!”[u] declares[v] the Lord Yahweh.
15 And the word of Yahweh came[w] to me, saying,[x] 16 “Son of man,[y] look! I am taking from you what is pleasing to your eyes with a plague,[z] but you shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not run down. 17 Sigh in silence for the dead; you shall not make a mourning ceremony. Bind your turban on you, and you must put your sandals on your feet. You must not cover your upper lip,[aa] and the bread of mourners[ab] you shall not eat.” 18 And I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening, and I did in the morning just as[ac] I was commanded. 19 And the people said to me, “Will you not make known to us what these things that you are doing mean for us?” 20 And I said to them that the word of Yahweh came[ad] to me, saying,[ae] 21 “Say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I will be profaning my sanctuary, the pride of your strength and the delight of your eyes and the object of your own[af] affection; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword, 22 and you shall do just as[ag] I did: You shall not cover your upper lip,[ah] and you shall not eat the bread of mourners.[ai] 23 And your turban must be on your heads, and your sandals must be on your feet. You shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, but you shall waste away because of your iniquities, and you shall groan to one another.[aj] 24 And Ezekiel will be to you as a sign; everything that he did[ak] you shall do; and when it comes you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
25 “And you, son of man,[al] will it not be that on the day when I take from them[am] their stronghold, the joy of their glory, the delight of their eyes, and the longing of their inner self,[an] their sons and daughters— 26 on that day a survivor will come to you with the news.[ao] 27 On that day your mouth shall be opened at the arrival of the fugitive,[ap] and you shall speak, and you shall not be silent any longer, and you shall be to them as a sign, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”
Judgment upon Various Gentile Nations
25 And the word of Yahweh came[aq] to me, saying,[ar] 2 “Son of man,[as] set your face toward the Ammonites[at] and prophesy against them, 3 and you must say to the Ammonites,[au] ‘Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh! Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because of your saying, ‘Ah!’ to my sanctuary when it was profaned, and to the land of Israel when it was[av] desolate, and to the house of Judah when they went into the exile, 4 therefore look! I am giving you to the people[aw] of the East as a possession, and they will set up their encampments in you, and they will make in you their dwelling places; they themselves[ax] will eat your fruit and they themselves[ay] will drink your milk. 5 And I will make Rabbah as a pasture of camels and the Ammonites[az] as a haunt of flocks, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”’” 6 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because of clapping your hand and stamping with your foot, and because you rejoiced in[ba] yourself with all of your malice over the land of Israel, 7 therefore look! I stretched out my hand against you, and I will give you as plunder[bb] to the nations, and I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will destroy you from the countries, and I will wipe you out, and you will know that I am Yahweh.”
8 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because of Moab and Seir saying, ‘The house of Judah is like all of the nations,’ 9 therefore, look! I am opening the side of[bc] Moab from the cities on its frontier, the glory of the land: Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim. 10 I will give it to the people[bd] of the East in addition to the Ammonites[be] as a possession, so that the Ammonites[bf] will not be remembered among the nations. 11 And on Moab I will execute punishments, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”
12 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because of the doings of Edom in avenging himself with vengeance for[bg] the house of Judah, and so they became very guilty and[bh] they avenged themselves on them,” 13 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “so[bi] I will stretch out my hand against Edom and I will cut off from it both human and animal, and I will make it a ruin from Teman and Dedan; they will fall by the sword. 14 And I will exact my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel, and they will do in Edom according to my anger and according to my rage, and they will know my vengeance,” declares[bj] the Lord Yahweh.
15 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because of the acting[bk] of the Philistines in vengeance, so that they avenged themselves relentlessly with malice in themselves for destruction with everlasting hostility,[bl] 16 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Look! I am stretching out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Kerethites, and I will destroy the remainder of the seacoast.[bm] 17 And I will execute on them great vengeance with punishments of rage, and they will know that I am Yahweh when I exact my vengeance on them!”
Ezekiel Prophesies Against Tyre
26 And it was in the eleventh[bn] year, on the first day of the month, the word of Yahweh came[bo] to me, saying,[bp] 2 “Son of man,[bq] because[br] Tyre said concerning Jerusalem, ‘Ah! The gates of the peoples are broken; it has swung open to me; I shall be filled, for it lies in ruins!’ 3 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Look! I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up against you many nations like the stirring up of the sea stirring up its waves.[bs] 4 And I will destroy the walls of Tyre, and they will demolish its towers, and I will scrape away its earthen dirt from it, and I will make it into a bare rock.[bt] 5 It will become a place for spreading out dragnets in the midst of the sea; for I have spoken,’ declares[bu] the Lord Yahweh. ‘And it will become as plunder for the nations, 6 and its daughters who are in the field with the sword, they will be killed; and they will know that I am Yahweh.’”
7 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am bringing to Tyre Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, from the north, the king of kings, with horse and with chariot and with horsemen and his assembly and many people. 8 Your daughters he will kill in the field with the sword, and he will place[bv] against you siege works, and he will build against you a siege ramp, and he will raise against you a shield, 9 and the thrust of his battering ram he will direct against your walls, and your towers he will break down with his weapons. 10 From the abundance of his horses he will cover you with their fine dust; at the sound of horseman and wheel and chariot your walls will shake, at his coming into your gates like the entrance of a city that is being broken through. 11 With the hooves of his horses he will trample all of your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong stone pillars[bw] will tumble down to the earth. 12 And they will plunder your wealth, and they will loot your merchandise, and they will break down your walls, and the houses of your delight they will break down, and your stones and your timbers and your earthen dirt they will cast into the midst of the water. 13 And, I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will not be heard any longer. 14 And I will make you into a bare rock,[bx] a place for the spreading out of dragnets. You will not be built again, for I, Yahweh, I have spoken,” declares[by] the Lord Yahweh.
15 Thus says the Lord Yahweh to Tyre, “Will not the coastlands shake from the sound of your downfall, at the groaning of the wounded, at people being killed[bz] in the midst of you? 16 And all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, and they will remove their robes, and their beautiful garments[ca] of finished cloth they will take off. With terror they will be clothed, and on the ground they will sit, and they will tremble continually,[cb] and they will be appalled over you. 17 And they will raise a lament over you, and they will say to you,
‘How you have been lost who was inhabited from[cc] the seas;
the city that was praised, that was strong.
It is located on the sea,
and its inhabitants imposed their terror on all of its inhabitants.[cd]
18 Now the coastlands will tremble
at the day of your downfall,
and the islands that are in the sea
will be horrified because of your departure.’”
19 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when bringing up over you the deep, the great surging waters[ce] will cover you. 20 And I will bring you down with those who are going down to the grave,[cf] an ancient people,[cg] and I will cause you to dwell in the world[ch] of the depths, in the ruins from of old with those who are going down to the grave,[ci] so that you will not be inhabited and have a place[cj] in the land of the living. 21 Sudden terrors I will bring on you, and you shall no longer exist; and you will be sought, and you will not be found again forever,”[ck] declares[cl] the Lord Yahweh.
A Lament for Doomed Tyre
27 And the word of Yahweh came[cm] to me, saying,[cn] 2 “And you, son of man,[co] raise a lament against Tyre. 3 And you must say to Tyre, the one who sits at the entrance of the sea as the merchant of the peoples to the many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
Tyre, you yourself said[cp]
“I am perfect in beauty!”[cq]
4 In the heart of the seas are your boundaries;
your builders perfected your beauty.
5 They built with pine trees from Senir
all of your boards for you;
they took cedars from Lebanon
to make a sailing mast for you.[cr]
6 They made your oars
with oaks from Bashan;
your deck they made with inlaid ivory,
with cypress trees from the coastlands of Cyprus.[cs]
7 Your sail was fine linen with colorful weaving from Egypt
to serve as a banner for you;[ct]
blue and purple cloth from the coastlands of Cyprus[cu]
was your awning.
8 The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvan
were your rowers;
your skilled men,[cv] O Tyre, were from your own people,[cw]
and they were your seamen.
9 The elders of Gebal and its skilled men[cx] were among you[cy]
as the repairers of the seam of your boat;
all of the ships of the sea and their mariners were among you[cz]
to barter your wares.
10 Persia and Lud and Put
were among your soldiers;[da]
small shield and helmet hung among you[db]
and gave to you your adornment.
11 The people[dc] of Arvan and Helech
were on your walls all around,
and Gammadites
were in your towers.
They hung their quivers[dd] on your walls all around;
they perfected your beauty.
12 “‘Tarshish was your trader; from the abundance of all of their wealth, with silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your merchandise. 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders; in exchange for people[de] and an object of bronze they gave you your wares. 14 From Beth Togarmah they exchanged horses and war horses and mules for your wares. 15 The people[df] of Dedan were trading with you, many coastlands composed the region of your influence;[dg] they brought back horns of ivory and ebony as your payment. 16 Edom[dh] was trading with you because of the abundance of your products, trading with malachite, purple wool yarn and colorful weaving, and fine white fabric and black corals and rubies; all these they exchange for your merchandise. 17 Judah and the land of Israel were trading with you with wheat from Minnith and millet and honey and olive oil and balm; all these they gave for your wares. 18 Damascus was trading with you because of[di] the abundance of your products, because of the abundance of all of your wealth, trading with the wine of Helbon and white wool. 19 Vedan and Javan from Uzal, they exchanged wrought iron, cinnamon,[dj] and reed spice for your merchandise; all this was for your wares. 20 Dedan was trading with you, with garments of woven material for riding. 21 Arabia and all of the leaders of Kedar were your customers;[dk] with young rams and adult rams and goats they were trading with them with you. 22 The traders of Sheba and Raamah were trading with you, with the finest of every spice and with every precious stone and gold; they exchanged all these for your merchandise. 23 Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Sheba, Assyria, and Kilmad were trading with you. 24 They were trading with you in finery, in mantles of blue cloth and colorful embroidered work and with rugs of variegated cloth in twisted cords and knotted tightly; these were among your merchandise.[dl] 25 The ships of Tarshish were carrying for you your wares, and you were filled, and you became very heavy in the heart of the seas.
26 “‘Into many waters
the rowers brought you;
but the east wind[dm] wrecked you
in the heart of the seas.
27 Your wealth and your merchandise, your wares,
your mariners, and your seamen,
your shipwrights[dn] and the barterers of your wares
and all of your soldiers[do] who are in you,
along[dp] with all of your crew who are in the midst of you,
they will fall in the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.
28 At the sound of the shout[dq] of your seamen,
the pasturelands will shake.
29 And they will go down from their ships,
all of those holding an oar,
mariners, all of the seamen of the sea
will stand on the land,
30 and they will lament[dr] over you with their voice,
and they will cry out[ds] bitterly,
and they will throw[dt] dust on their heads,
and they will roll[du] in the dust.
31 They will shave themselves bald for your sake,[dv]
and they will dress[dw] themselves in sackcloth,
and they will weep[dx] over you with a bitterness of soul[dy]
and with bitter wailing.
32 And they will raise[dz] over you with their wailing a lament,
and they will chant[ea] a lament over you:
‘Who is like Tyre,
like this destruction in the midst of the sea?’
33 When your merchandise went out from the seas,
you satisfied many peoples with the abundance of your wealth,
and by your wares
you made rich the kings of the world.
34 Now you are broken by seas
in the depths of waters;
your wares and all of your crew
in the midst of you have sunk.
35 All of the inhabitants of the coastlands
are appalled over you,
and their kings shudder[eb] in horror;
they distort their faces![ec]
36 The traders among the peoples hiss over you;
you have become a horror,
and you shall be no more forever!’”[ed]
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