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CHAPTER 34
Ezekiel 34:1
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ezekiel 34:2
2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say
unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the
shepherds  of Israel  that do feed  themselves! should not the shepherds
feed  the flocks?
Ezekiel 34:3
3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are
fed: but ye feed not the flock.
Ezekiel 34:4
4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which
was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye
brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which
was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled  them. Ezekiel 34:5
5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became
meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. Ezekiel 34:6
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill:
yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did
search or seek after them.
Ezekiel 34:7
7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; Ezekiel 34:8
8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and
my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no
shepherd, neither did my shepherds search  for my flock,  but the shepherds
fed  themselves, and fed  not my flock; Ezekiel 34:9
9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; Ezekiel 34:10
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will
require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the
flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will
deliver  my flock  from their mouth,  that they may not be meat  for them.
Ezekiel 34:11
11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my
sheep, and seek them out.
Ezekiel 34:12
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his
sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver
them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy  and
dark  day. Ezekiel 34:13
13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the
countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the
mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the
country.
Ezekiel 34:14
14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of
Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a
fat pasture shall they feed  upon the mountains  of Israel. Ezekiel 34:15
15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 34:16
16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven
away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that
which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them
with judgment.
Ezekiel 34:17
17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge
between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. Ezekiel 34:18
18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but
ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have
drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue  with your feet?
Ezekiel 34:19
19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet;
and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. Ezekiel 34:20
20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will
judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. Ezekiel 34:21
21 Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the
diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; Ezekiel 34:22
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I
will judge between cattle and cattle. Ezekiel 34:23
23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even
my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Ezekiel 34:24
24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among
them; I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel 34:25
25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil
beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the
wilderness, and sleep in the woods. Ezekiel 34:26
26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and
I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers
of blessing.
Ezekiel 34:27
27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall
yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know
that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands  of their yoke,  and
delivered  them out of the hand  of those that served  themselves of them.
Ezekiel 34:28
28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast
of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make
them afraid.
Ezekiel 34:29
29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no
more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the
heathen any more.
Ezekiel 34:30
30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that
they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD. Ezekiel
34:31
31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God,
saith the Lord GOD.
CHAPTER 35
Ezekiel 35:1
1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ezekiel 35:2
2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, Ezekiel 35:3
3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am
against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will
make thee most desolate.
Ezekiel 35:4
4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt
know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 35:5
5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the
children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity,
in the time that their iniquity had an end: Ezekiel 35:6
6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood,
and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood
shall pursue  thee.
Ezekiel 35:7
7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that
passeth out and him that returneth. Ezekiel 35:8
8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in
thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the
sword.
Ezekiel 35:9
9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return:
and ye shall know that I am the LORD. Ezekiel 35:10
10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall
be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there: Ezekiel 35:11
11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to
thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy
hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have
judged thee.
Ezekiel 35:12
12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy
blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying,
They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. Ezekiel 35:13
13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied
your words against me: I have heard them. Ezekiel 35:14
14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make
thee desolate.
Ezekiel 35:15
15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because
it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount
Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the
LORD.
CHAPTER 36
Ezekiel 36:1
1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye
mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: Ezekiel 36:2
2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha,
even the ancient high places are ours in possession: Ezekiel 36:3
3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have
made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a
possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips
of talkers,  and are an infamy  of the people: Ezekiel 36:4
4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus
saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and
to the valleys,  to the desolate  wastes,  and to the cities  that are
forsaken,  which became a prey  and derision  to the residue  of the
heathen that are round about;
Ezekiel 36:5
5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have
I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which
have appointed my land into their possession with the joy  of all their
heart,  with despiteful  minds,  to cast it out  for a prey. Ezekiel 36:6
6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the
mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy  and in my fury, 
because ye have borne  the shame  of the heathen: Ezekiel 36:7
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the
heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. Ezekiel 36:8
8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and
yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
Ezekiel 36:9
9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be
tilled and sown:
Ezekiel 36:10
10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of
it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
Ezekiel 36:11
11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and
bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do
better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.
Ezekiel 36:12
12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they
shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no
more henceforth bereave them of men. Ezekiel 36:13
13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest
up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; Ezekiel 36:14
14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any
more, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 36:15
15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any
more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither
shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD. Ezekiel
36:16
16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Ezekiel 36:17
17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they
defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as
the uncleanness of a removed woman. Ezekiel 36:18
18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed
upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: Ezekiel
36:19
19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through
the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I
judged them.
Ezekiel 36:20
20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned
my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and
are gone forth out of his land.
Ezekiel 36:21
21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had
profaned among the heathen, whither they went. Ezekiel 36:22
22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do
not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake,
which ye have profaned among the heathen,  whither ye went. Ezekiel 36:23
23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen,
which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know
that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD,  when I shall be sanctified  in you
before their eyes.
Ezekiel 36:24
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all
countries, and will bring you into your own land. Ezekiel 36:25
25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from
all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. Ezekiel
36:26
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within
you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will
give you an heart  of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:27
27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my
statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. Ezekiel 36:28
28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall
be my people, and I will be your God. Ezekiel 36:29
29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for
the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. Ezekiel 36:30
30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the
field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
Ezekiel 36:31
31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not
good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and
for your abominations.
Ezekiel 36:32
32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you:
be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. Ezekiel
36:33
33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from
all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the
wastes shall be builded.
Ezekiel 36:34
34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the
sight of all that passed by.
Ezekiel 36:35
35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the
garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become
fenced, and are inhabited.
Ezekiel 36:36
36 Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the
LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD
have spoken it, and I will do it.
Ezekiel 36:37
37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house
of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Ezekiel 36:38
38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so
shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know
that I am the LORD.
CHAPTER 37
Ezekiel 37:1
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the
LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
Ezekiel 37:2
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very
many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. Ezekiel 37:3
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O
Lord GOD, thou knowest.
Ezekiel 37:4
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye
dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Ezekiel 37:5
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to
enter into you, and ye shall live:
Ezekiel 37:6
6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and
cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall
know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 37:7
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a
noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
Ezekiel 37:8
8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and
the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. Ezekiel 37:9
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and
say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four  winds,  O
breath,  and breathe  upon these slain,  that they may live. Ezekiel 37:10
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and
they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. Ezekiel
37:11
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of
Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are
cut off for our parts.
Ezekiel 37:12
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O
my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your
graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. Ezekiel 37:13
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O
my people, and brought you up out of your graves, Ezekiel 37:14
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you
in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and
performed it, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 37:15
15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, Ezekiel 37:16
16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For
Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another
stick,  and write  upon it, For Joseph,  the stick  of Ephraim,  and for
all the house  of Israel  his companions: Ezekiel 37:17
17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one
in thine hand.
Ezekiel 37:18
18 And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt
thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? Ezekiel 37:19
19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of
Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his
fellows, and will put  them with him, even with the stick  of Judah,  and
make  them one  stick,  and they shall be one  in mine hand. Ezekiel 37:20
20 And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
Ezekiel 37:21
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the
children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will
gather them on every side, and bring  them into their own land: Ezekiel
37:22
22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of
Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more
two nations, neither shall they be divided  into two  kingdoms  any more at
all: Ezekiel 37:23
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with
their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will
save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and
will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 37:24
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have
one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my
statutes, and do them.
Ezekiel 37:25
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my
servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein,
even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and
my servant David  shall be their prince  for  ever. Ezekiel 37:26
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an
everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them,
and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. Ezekiel 37:27
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and
they shall be my people.
Ezekiel 37:28
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my
sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.


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