Sep 17 - Ezekiel 39-40
Ezekiel
1"But as for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and you shall say: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am above you, O Gog, prince of the head of Meshech and Tubal2And I will turn you around, and I will lead you away, and I will cause you to rise up from the parts of the north. And I will bring you over the mountains of Israel3And I will strike your bow in your left hand, and I will cast away your arrows from your right hand4You will fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your companies, and your peoples who are with you. I have given you over to the wild animals, to the birds, and to every flying thing, and to the beasts of the earth, in order to be devoured5You will fall upon the face of the field. For I have spoken, says the Lord God6And I will send a fire upon Magog, and upon those who are living confidently in the islands. And they shall know that I am the Lord7And I will make known my holy name in the midst of my people, Israel, and my holy name will no longer be defiled. And the Gentiles shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel8Behold, it approaches, and it is done, says the Lord God. This is the day, about which I have spoken9And the inhabitants from the cities of Israel will go forth, and they will kindle and burn the weapons, the shields and the spears, the bows and the arrows, and the staff and the lance. And they will kindle fires with them for seven years10And they will not carry wood from the countryside, and they will not cut from the forests. For they will kindle the weapons with fire. And they will prey upon those who had preyed upon them, and they will plunder those who had plundered them, says the Lord God11And this shall be in that day: I will give Gog a renown place as a sepulcher in Israel, the valley of the wayfarers to the east of the sea, which will cause astonishment in those who pass by. And in that place, they will bury Gog and all his multitude, and it will be called the valley of the multitude of Gog12And the house of Israel will bury them, so that they may cleanse the land, for seven months13Then all the people of the earth will bury them, and this shall be for them a renown day, on which I have been glorified, says the Lord God14And they shall appoint men to continually examine the earth, so that they may seek out and bury those who have remained on the surface of the earth, so that they may cleanse it. Then, after seven months, they will begin to seek15And they will go around, traveling the earth. And when they will have seen the bone of a man, they will station a marker beside it, until the undertakers may bury it in the valley of the multitude of Gog16And the name of the city will be: the Multitude. And they shall cleanse the earth17As for you, then, son of man, thus says the Lord God: Say to every flying thing, and to all the birds, and to all the beasts of the field: Assemble! Hurry! Rush together from every side to my victim, which I have immolated for you, a great victim upon the mountains of Israel, so that you may consume flesh, and drink blood18You shall eat the flesh of the powerful, and you shall drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams and lambs and he-goats and bulls, and of fattened birds and all that is fat19And you shall consume the fat unto satiation, and you shall drink the blood unto inebriation, from the victim that I will immolate for you20And you shall be satiated, upon my table, from horses and powerful horsemen, and from all the men of war, says the Lord God21And I will set my glory among the Gentiles. And all the nations shall see my judgment, which I have accomplished, and my hand, which I have laid upon them22And the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord, their God, from that day and thereafter23And the Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel was taken captive because of their own iniquity, because they abandoned me. And so I concealed my face from them, and I delivered them into the hands of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword24I have acted toward them in accord with their uncleanness and wickedness, and so I concealed my face from them25Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Now I will lead back the captivity of Jacob, and I will take pity upon the entire house of Israel. And I will act with zeal on behalf of my holy name26And they shall bear their shame and all their transgression, by which they betrayed me, though they were living in their own land confidently, dreading no one27And I will lead them back from among the peoples, and I will gather them together from the lands of their enemies, and I will be sanctified in them, in the sight of the many nations28And they shall know that I am the Lord, their God, because I carried them away to the nations, and I gathered them upon their own land, and I did not abandon any of them there29And I will no longer conceal my face from them, for I have poured out my Spirit upon the entire house of Israel, says the Lord God.
1In the twenty-fifth year of our transmigration, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck, on this very day, the hand of the Lord was placed upon me, and he brought me to that place2In the visions of God, he brought me into the land of Israel, and he released me on an exceedingly high mountain, on which there was something like the edifice of a city, verging toward the south3And he led me into that place. And behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a linen rope in his hand, and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing at the gate4And the same man said to me: "Son of man, look with your eyes, and listen with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I will reveal to you. For you have been brought to this place, so that these things may be revealed to you. Announce all that you see to the house of Israel.5And behold, there was a wall outside of the house, encircling it all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring reed of six cubits and a palm. And he measured the width of the edifice with one reed; likewise, the height with one reed6And he went to the gate which looked toward the east, and he ascended by its steps. And he measured the width of the threshold of the gate as one reed, that is, one threshold was one reed in width7And a chamber was one reed in length and one reed in width. And between the chambers, there were five cubits8And the threshold of the gate, next to the inner vestibule of the gate, was one reed9And he measured the vestibule of the gate as eight cubits, and its front as two cubits. But the vestibule of the gate was inside10Moreover, the chambers of the gate, toward the way of the east, were three from one side to the other. The three were of one measure, and the fronts were of one measure, on both sides11And he measured the width of the threshold of the gate as ten cubits, and the length of the gate as thirteen cubits12And before the chambers, the border was one cubit. And on both sides, the border was one cubit. But the chambers were six cubits, from one side to the other13And he measured the gate, from the roof of one chamber to the roof of another, twenty-five cubits in width, from door to door14And he found the fronts to be sixty cubits. And at the front, there was a court for the gate on every side all around15And before the face of the gate, which extended even to the face of the vestibule of the gate of the interior, there were fifty cubits16And there were slanting windows in the chambers and at their fronts, which were within the gate on every side all around. And similarly, there were also windows in the vestibules all around the interior, and there were images of palm trees before the fronts17And he led me away to the outer court, and behold, there were storerooms and a layer of pavement stones throughout the court. Thirty storerooms encircled the pavement18And the pavement in front of the gates, along the length of the gates, was lower19And he measured the width, from the face of the lower gate to the front of the outer part of the inner court, to be one hundred cubits, to the east and to the north20Likewise, he measured the gate of the outer court, which looked to the way of the north, to be as much in length as in width21And its chambers were three from one side to the other. And its front and its vestibule, in accord with the measure of the former gate, were fifty cubits in its length and twenty-five cubits in width22Now its windows, and the vestibule, and the engravings were in accord with the measure of the gate which looked to the east. And its ascent was by seven steps, and a vestibule was before it23And the gate of the inner court was opposite the gate of the north, and that of the east. And he measured from gate to gate as one hundred cubits24And he led me to the way of the south, and behold, there was a gate which looked toward the south. And he measured its front and its vestibule to be the same as the measures above25And its windows and the vestibule all around were like the other windows: fifty cubits in length and twenty-five cubits in width26And there were seven steps to ascend to it, and a vestibule before its doors. And there were engraved palm trees, one on each side, at its front27And there was a gate at the inner court, on the way to the south. And he measured from one gate to another, on the way to the south, to be one hundred cubits28And he led me into the inner court, to the south gate. And he measured the gate to be in accord with the measures above29Its chamber, and its front, and its vestibule had the same measures. And its windows and its vestibule all around were fifty cubits in length, and twenty-five cubits in width30And the vestibule all around was twenty-five cubits in length, and five cubits in width31And its vestibule was toward the outer court, and its palm trees were at the front. And there were eight steps to ascend to it32And he led me into the inner court, along the way of the east. And he measured the gate to be in accord with the measures above33Its chamber, and its front, and its vestibule were as above. And its windows and its vestibules all around were fifty cubits in length, and twenty-five cubits in width34And it had a vestibule, that is, at the outer court. And the engraved palm trees at its front were on one side and the other. And its ascent was by eight steps35And he led me to the gate which looked toward the north. And he measured it to be in accord with the measures above36Its chamber, and its front, and its vestibule, and its windows all around were fifty cubits in length, and twenty-five cubits in width37And its vestibule looked toward the outer court. And an engraving of palm trees at its front was on one side and the other. And its ascent was by eight steps38And at each one of the storerooms, there was a door at the front of the gates. There, they washed the holocaust39And at the vestibule of the gate, there were two tables on one side, and two tables on the other side, so that the holocaust, and the offering for sin, and the offering for transgression could be immolated upon them40And at the outer side, which ascends to the door of the gate that goes toward the north, there were two tables. And at the other side, before the vestibule of the gate, there were two tables41Four tables were on one side, and four tables were on the other side; along the sides of the gate, there were eight tables, upon which they immolated42Now the four tables for the holocausts were constructed of square stones: one and a half cubit in length, and one and a half cubits in width, and one cubit in height. Upon these, they placed the vessels, in which the holocaust and the victim were immolated43And their edges were one palm in width, turned inward all around. And the flesh of the oblation was on the tables44And outside the interior gate, there were storerooms for the cantors, in the inner court, which was beside the gate that looks toward the north. And their face was opposite the way to the south; one was beside the east gate, which looked toward the way of the north45And he said to me: "This is the storeroom that looks toward the south; it shall be for the priests who keep watch for the protection of the temple46Moreover, the storeroom that looks toward the north will be for the priests who keep watch over the ministry of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, those among the sons of Levi who may draw near to the Lord, so that they may minister to him.47And he measured the court to be one hundred cubits in length, and one hundred cubits in width, with four equal sides. And the altar was before the face of the temple48And he led me into the vestibule of the temple. And he measured the vestibule to be five cubits on one side, and five cubits on the other side. And the width of the gate was three cubits on one side, and three cubits on the other side49Now the length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the width was eleven cubits, and there were eight steps to ascend to it. And there were pillars at the front, one on this side and another on that side