Ezekiel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 563

EZEKIEL. 17--—x4 16 Royal Family, and made a treaty with it, and brought it to the oath, and took the nobles from the country, so that the kingdom might be depressed, and unable to rise, and be kept standing by the treaty. It, however, revolted from it by sending ambassadors to Mitzer to give it cavalry and a great army. Having done this, will it prosper and escape? And having broken the treaty, can it escape? By My life} in the house of the king who made him king, in which he is a captive, and where he has broken the treaty,~·-in the country of Babel, he shall die! Nor shall Pharoh succeed with him in the war by his great force, or numerous army, by heaping up embankments, or building ramparts, and destroying many lives, although he despised. the oath, and broke the treaty! Be sure although he has given his hand, and done all this, he shall not escape}

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I will bring My oaths that he has despised, and My treaty that he has broken, on his own head, and spread My net over him. Yes! I will lay My snare, and bring him to Babel, and condemn him there for all that he has wronged Me. And all his flying troops shall fall by the sword;-~·—and the remnants be scattered to the winds-·—~then you will learn that I am the EVER·LIV1NG Who has I

also will take a branch of atall cedar, and plant it,·——from the top of its twigs I will pluck a tender shoot, and plant it on a high and noble hill,--1 will plant it on the highest hill of Israel where it will shoot up boughs and produce fruit, and become a glorious cedar, and birds of every kind will fix their homes in the shadow of its branches. Then all the trees of the field will learn that I, the E.vaa—r.1v1r~zG, have depressed the lofty tree,~—and exalted the lowly tree,-·-have exhausted the vigorous tree, and made the dry tree iiourish,——that I, the EvEa—L1v1Nr;, have promised, and done it.* 18--17

TM5: yruhrrlr nf Sour (Brains. The command of the Evan-Livmo 18 again came to me to ask: ‘ What do you mean quoting this

proverb in the land of Israel, which I`he fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are says the you need never again quote that proverb in Israel! ‘ Look! all persons are Mine! both

the person of the father and the person of the son, are mine :—-—there- fore the sinning person shall die! So the man who may be good, and practise justice and goodness,—-who does not sacrifice on the hills, and does not lift up his eyes to the idols of the House of Israel, and does not corrupt the wife of his neighbour, and has not approached a woman under a vow,—·-who has not oppressed anyone by extortion,-···has returned the debtor his pled_ge,—-has not robbed, has given the hungry his bread, and clothed the naked,—·-who has not lent on usury, and has not enacted exorbitant interest,—·—who has turned his hand from evil,-—and has prac— tised justly and truly between man and man,—-who has followed My insti~ tutions and kept My decrees,——~and done truly and rightly,-—he shall says the MIGHTY LORD. ‘ But should he beget a. son, who

is a bloodshedder, or does exactly contrary to the above, or does not practise any of them,·-—but who sacrii fices on the hills,-·—and corrupts the wife of his neighbour,-——who oppresses the poor and wretched,——steals as a thief,—-·—does not restore the pledge to his debtor,—-·and_ lifts up his eyes to idols to practise depravity,—·who lends on usury, and exacts exorbitant in- terest;-he, then, shall not live; having practised the whole of these villainies, he shall die,~—his blood shall be upon him. But should he beget a son, who

sees all the sins that his father has practised, and reflects and does not do like them,—··who does not sacrifice on the hills,~—does not raise up his eyes to the idols of the House of Israel,~—does not corrupt his neigh- bour’s wife,——-who oppresses no one, has not withheld a pledge;-—has not stolen like thieves,——~has given his bread to the hungry,—·-—and covered the naked with clothes, and turned his .303 IO II I2 16