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The Books ofВ the Prophets Ezekiel and Daniel. Scientific line-by-line explanation ofВ the Bible
Andrey Tikhomirov
Scientific line-by-line analysis of the Biblical books of the prophets Ezekiel and Daniel. In English. Научный построчный разбор библейских РєРЅРёРі РїСЂРѕСЂРѕРєРѕРІ Р?езекииля Рё Даниила. РќР° английском языке.
The Books ofВ the Prophets Ezekiel and Daniel
Scientific line-by-line explanation ofВ the Bible
Translator Andrey Tikhomirov
Editor Andrey Tikhomirov
© Andrey Tikhomirov, translation, 2022
ISBNВ 978-5-0059-1519-1
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The Book ofВ the Prophet Ezekiel
ChapterВ 1
1В And it came toВ pass inВ the thirtieth year, inВ the fourth month, on the fifth day ofВ the month, when IВ was among the emigrants byВ the river Khovar, the heavens were opened, and IВ saw visions ofВ God. (The show is aВ performance staged byВ the priests ofВ Judaism toВ influence Ezekiel (from Hebrew В«the Lord will strengthenВ», one ofВ the first settlers).
2В On the fifth day ofВ the month (it was the fifth year after the captivity ofВ King Joachim), (At the age ofВ 25, Ezekiel was taken captive toВ Babylon and settled inВ Chaldea).
3В The word ofВ the LORD came toВ Ezekiel, the son ofВ Buzi, the priest, inВ the land ofВ the Chaldeans, byВ the river Khovar; and the hand ofВ the LORD was there upon him. (Ezekiel, like Jeremiah and Zechariah, belonged toВ the priestly family ofВ the Sadokids and may have been on the staff ofВ the Jerusalem temple, so the priests-hypnotists influenced them inВ order for them toВ influence their flock, and the flock toВ return toВ the bosom ofВ Judaism).
4В And IВ saw, and behold, aВ stormy wind was coming from the north, aВ great cloud and aВ swirling fire, and aВ radiance around it, (the north wind, aВ cloud ofВ smoke from the fire and the radiance produced byВ the fire).
5В and from the middle ofВ it, as it were, the light ofВ aВ flame from the middle ofВ the fire; and from the middle ofВ it, the likeness ofВ four animals was visible, and this was their appearance: their appearance was like that ofВ aВ man; (AВ complex construction on aВ chariot with the use ofВ torches and all kinds ofВ devices with images ofВ animals and man, whose task is toВ frighten and influence on В«the prophet).
6В and each has four faces, and each ofВ them has four wings; (The design had images ofВ faces with wings).
7 But their feet were straight legs, and the soles of their feet were like the soles of a calf’s foot, and they shone like shining brass. (The design had images or carved figures of legs with hooves of «sacred» animals).
8В And the hands ofВ men were under their wings, on their four sides; (The human hands held the figures ofВ the wings).
9В and their faces and their wings were all four; their wings touched one another; during their march they did not turn around, but walked each inВ the direction ofВ their face. (The structure was moving and the wings were moving).
10В The likeness ofВ their faces is the face ofВ aВ man and the face ofВ aВ lion on the right side ofВ all four ofВ them; and on the left side the face ofВ aВ bull on all four and the face ofВ an eagle on all four. (The design had В«sacredВ» images ofВ certain human faces, lions, calves, eagles).
11В And their faces and their wings were separated from above, but each had two wings touching one another, and two covered their bodies. (The structure was moving and the wings were moving).
12В And they went, each one inВ the direction that was before him; wherever the spirit wanted toВ go, they went there; during their procession they did not turn around. (The structure was moving and the wings were moving).
13В And the appearance ofВ these animals was like the appearance ofВ burning coals, like the appearance ofВ lamps; [fire] went among the animals, and the radiance from the fire and lightning came out ofВ the fire. (This is aВ kind ofВ scarecrow for gullible fearful people).
14В And the animals moved quickly toВ and fro, like lightning flashing. (The structure was moving and the animals were moving inВ different directions, apparently intending toВ break out ofВ the fetters).
15В And IВ looked at the animals, and, behold, on the ground beside these animals, one wheel inВ front ofВ their four faces. (The design also had wheels that were positioned inВ front ofВ images ofВ animal faces).
16В The appearance ofВ the wheels and their arrangement is like the appearance ofВ topaz, and the likeness ofВ all four is the same; and byВ their appearance and arrangement it seemed as if the wheel was inВ the wheel. (Topaz is aВ mineral ofВ the subclass ofВ insular silicates, it can be ofВ various colors: yellow, blue, pink or colorless. Complex wheel designs).
17 As they walked, they walked on their four sides; during the procession they did not turn around. (Between 593 and 591 BC, this event was repeated twice more in the same form, and about 20 years later – about 572 BC – for the fourth time. Three times Ezekiel took part in the flights of the «firmament». For the third and fourth time, that is, in 591 and 572 BC, as he claims, he was taken on a «divine» chariot from Khabur to Jerusalem. In 587 BC, that is, in the period between these two «flights», Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple erected by Solomon).
18 But their rims were high and terrible; their rims were full of eyes around all four of them. (Already in the Uruk period (chariots-carts were invented in the Southern Urals more than 4 thousand years ago) the Sumerians had wheeled carts, and since the third millennium BC, wheels, in order to reduce wear, began to be upholstered on the rim with nails with convex caps – such, for example, copper nails about 5 centimeters long).
19 And when the animals went, the wheels also went by [them]; and when the animals rose from the ground, then the wheels also rose. (American psychologists who studied this text found in Ezekiel symptoms of catalepsy – a painful numbness observed in a number of mental illnesses. The philosopher Karl Jaspers, a psychiatrist by training, published in 1947 a work devoted to an attempt to investigate the visions of the prophets from the point of view of psychopathology; he believes that they should be considered as hallucinations of paranoids prone to schizophrenia, that is, mentally ill with obsessive ideas. According to psychiatrists, the image of wheel rims dotted with «eyes» is a typical symptom of the disease. Many paranoids suffering from persecution mania claim that they constantly feel the gaze of many eyes on themselves just like Ezekiel).
20 Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they also went; wherever the spirit went, and the wheels rose up along with them, for the spirit of the animals was in the wheels. (The chariot of a complex design moved with great difficulty, since there were also living beings in it – people, animals, as well as their models – the «spirit of animals»).
21 When they walked, they walked; and when they stood, they stood; and when they rose from the ground, then the wheels also rose with them, for the spirit of the animals was in the wheels. (The chariot of a complex design moved with great difficulty, since there were also living beings in it – people, animals, as well as their models – the «spirit of animals»).
22В Above the heads ofВ the animals was aВ kind ofВ vault, like aВ kind ofВ amazing crystal stretched out above their heads. (Ezekiel saw В«the likeness ofВ aВ vaultВ» descending inВ aВ fiery cloud (Luther wrote at this point inВ his translation ofВ the Bible: В«Shaped like the firmamentВ»), carried byВ four winged beings. The creatures had metal legs and one wheel each. On the upper side ofВ the vault, which Ezekiel calls В«the likeness ofВ the throne,В» the prophet saw В«as if the likeness ofВ aВ man,В» and this В«likenessВ» spoke toВ him).
23В And under the arch their wings stretched straight one toВ the other, and each had two wings that covered them, each had two wings that covered their bodies. (Apparently, Ezekiel imagined something like aВ battle chariot with sickles (aВ chariot from the wheels ofВ which sickles or curved swords protruded), known even from Greek testimonies about the East. InВ addition, not only inВ India, but also inВ Mesopotamia, and since very ancient times, along with war chariots, cult ones with statues ofВ gods were also used. Such carts were quite common for the equipment ofВ that time).
24В And as they went, IВ heard the noise ofВ their wings, like the sound ofВ many waters, like the voice ofВ the Almighty, aВ great noise, like aВ noise inВ aВ military camp; [and] when they stopped, they lowered their wings. (The people inВ this structure made aВ lot ofВ noise, including using homemade wings, inВ order toВ influence their victim inВ this way, inВ this case Ezekiel).
25В And the voice came from the vault that was over their heads; when they stopped, then they lowered their wings. (The voice was reproduced byВ aВ man hiding inВ aВ chariot).
26В And over the vault that was above their heads, there was aВ likeness ofВ aВ throne inВ appearance, as if made ofВ aВ sapphire stone; and over the likeness ofВ the throne there was aВ likeness ofВ aВ man above on it. (This man stood on aВ certain throne inВ order toВ intimidate Ezekiel so that he would believe that God himself was В«broadcastingВ» toВ him. Sapphire is aВ mineral, aВ blue or blue variety ofВ corundum).
27В And IВ saw, as it were, aВ flaming metal, as it were, aВ kind ofВ fire within it around; from the sight ofВ its loins and above, and from the sight ofВ its loins and below, IВ saw, as it were, aВ kind ofВ fire, and aВ radiance [was] around it. (All kinds ofВ tricks, including torches with fire, the glow from mirrors, etc., are used toВ impress the hypnotized).
28В InВ what form does aВ rainbow appear on clouds during rain, such was the appearance ofВ this radiance around. (All kinds ofВ tricks are used toВ impress the hypnotized).
ChapterВ 2
1В Such was the vision ofВ the likeness ofВ the glory ofВ the LORD. When IВ saw this, IВ fell on my face, and IВ heard the voice ofВ the Speaker, and He said toВ me: Son ofВ man! Stand on your feet, and IВ will speak toВ you. (Ezekiel understood the words В«the voice ofВ the Speaker,В» which means he was speaking inВ aВ language known toВ Ezekiel).
2В And while he was speaking toВ me, the spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and IВ heard him who was speaking toВ me. (The suggestion began toВ take effect).
3 And he said to me, Son of man! I am sending you to the children of Israel, to the rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers are traitors before me to this very day. (Lord God, that is, persons interested in spreading Judaism, gave Ezekiel instructions on the transformation of Ezekiel’s native society; thanks to these instructions, the local Judaic religion turned into one of the world religions. God. Yahweh becomes the «judge of the world.» The political background of the «Ezekiel revolt» was the subjugation and subsequent destruction of the kingdom of Solomon by the Egyptian and Babylonian empires and the beginning of the dispersion of Jews outside of what was then Palestine. Ezekiel himself, at the age of about 30, was hijacked from Jerusalem to Babylon. He was among the first to be expelled from his homeland. The place of his imprisonment was located on the bank of a tributary of the Euphrates – Khabur, also called Khovar. There, five years later, his first vision of the «divine chariot» took place).
4В And these sons with aВ callous face and aВ hard heart; IВ am sending you toВ them, and you will say toВ them: В«Thus saith the Lord God!В» (The priests ofВ Judaism, using aВ stage show, influenced their priest toВ become aВ В«herald ofВ GodВ»).
5В Whether they will listen or not, for they are aВ rebellious house; but let them know that there was aВ prophet among them. (Ezekiel is В«appointedВ» as aВ prophet).
6 But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them and do not be afraid of their speeches, if they are wolves and thorns for you, and you will live with scorpions; do not be afraid of their speeches and do not be afraid of their faces, for they are a rebellious house; (The suggestion of fearlessness, that is how hypnotists would act, that is theater and verbal suggestion. «Rebellious House» – those who have departed from Judaism).
7В And speak toВ them my words, whether they will listen or not, for they are stubborn. (The stubborn ones who stopped feeding the priests ofВ Judaism).
8 But you, son of man, listen to what I will say to you; don’t be stubborn like this rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you. (The suggestion was to convince Ezekiel to give up stubbornness, only listen and eat what the priests would give, most likely some «sacred» object).
9В And IВ saw, and, behold, aВ hand was stretched out toВ me, and, behold, aВ scroll ofВ books was inВ it. (Using aВ book scroll toВ В«confirmВ» the truth ofВ events).
10В And he unfolded it before me, and behold, the scroll was written inside and out, and it was written on it, В«Weeping, and groaning, and woe.В» (Ezekiel could read.)
ChapterВ 3
1В And he said toВ me, Son ofВ man! Eat what is inВ front ofВ you, eat this scroll, and go, speak toВ the house ofВ Israel. (An offer toВ eat aВ book scroll and then go toВ the В«rebellious houseВ» ofВ Israel).
2В Then IВ opened my mouth, and he gave me toВ eat this scroll; (Ezekiel obediently fulfills the will ofВ the hypnotist).
3В And he said toВ me, В«Son ofВ man! Fill your belly and fill your insides with this scroll that IВ am giving you; and IВ ate it, and it was sweet as honey inВ my mouth. (Eating aВ В«sacredВ» object, inВ this case aВ book scroll, perhaps the scroll was soaked inВ some sweetness).
4В And he said toВ me, Son ofВ man! Get up and go toВ the house ofВ Israel, and speak toВ them inВ My words; (The Prophet refers toВ the Israelites so that they perceive the information beneficial toВ the priest-hypnotist).
5 For you are not sent to the people with an inarticulate speech and an incomprehensible language, but to the house of Israel («The House of Israel» – «the chosen ones»).
6В not toВ many nations with slurred speech and incomprehensible language, whose words you would not understand; yes, if IВ had sent you toВ them, they would have obeyed you; (You can also send toВ the В«unelectedВ»).
7В But the house ofВ Israel will not listen toВ you; for they will not listen toВ me, because the whole house ofВ Israel is with aВ strong forehead and aВ hard heart. (The Israelites have stopped bringing food toВ the priests ofВ Judaism, and they send hypnotized prophets).
8В Behold, IВ have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. (This maxim can be understood as follows, Ezekiel is well bombed and coded (enchanted and hypnotized), so he will be able toВ convince the stubborn В«chosen onesВ» toВ return toВ the bosom ofВ Judaism).
9В IВ have made your forehead like aВ diamond, which is stronger than aВ stone; do not be afraid ofВ them, and do not be afraid before them, for they are aВ rebellious house. (The diamond is the third precious stone inВ the second row ofВ stones ofВ the judgment breastplate ofВ the high priest. According toВ some interpreters, there may be an inaccuracy ofВ translation here: the Hebrew word В«yahalomВ» does not mean diamond, but perhaps jasper).
10В And he said toВ me, В«Son ofВ man! all My words that IВ will speak toВ you, accept with your heart and listen with your ears; (Installation ofВ aВ hypnotist).
11В Arise and go toВ the emigrants, toВ the sons ofВ your people, and speak toВ them, and say toВ them, В«Thus saith the LORD God!В» whether they will listen or not. (Installation ofВ aВ hypnotist).
12 And the spirit lifted me up; and I heard a great thunderous voice behind me: «Blessed is the glory of the Lord from his place!» («Lifted up the spirit» —that is, Ezekiel fell into a hypnotic trance, the thunderous voice of the hypnotist gave the last setting).
13В and also the noise ofВ the wings ofВ animals touching one another, and the sound ofВ wheels beside them, and the sound ofВ aВ great thunder. (The helpers helped toВ influence the prophet).
14 And the spirit lifted me up, and took me. And I went in sorrow, with an anxious spirit; and the hand of the Lord was firmly on me. («Raised the spirit» – that is, Ezekiel fell into a hypnotic trance, Ezekiel, however, did not fly, but «walked» in a hypnotic state, «the hand of the Lord was firmly on me» – hypnosis worked perfectly, the session worked, Ezekiel became a slave of a priest-hypnotist, who allegedly was god).
15В And IВ came toВ those who had been moved toВ Tel Aviv, who lived byВ the river Khovar, and IВ stayed where they lived, and spent seven days among them inВ amazement. (The Prophet ofВ 7В days (the В«sacredВ» seven) propagandized maxims beneficial toВ the Jewish priests, where the Jewish settlers lived).
16В After seven days, the word ofВ the Lord came toВ me: (However, the spell (hypnosis) gradually disappeared, so aВ new verbal suggestion became necessary).
17В son ofВ man! IВ have made you aВ guardian ofВ the house ofВ Israel, and you will listen toВ the word from my mouth, and you will instruct them from Me. (InВ its purest form, verbal hypnotic influence).
18В When IВ say toВ the wicked, В«You will die byВ death,В» and you will not admonish him or speak toВ warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he may live, that wicked man will die inВ his iniquity, and IВ will seek his blood at your hands. (The wrongdoer is the one who does not admire Yahweh and does not comply with the laws ofВ Judaism, ofВ course, if he does not come toВ his senses, then death awaits him, the prophet must contribute toВ the fact that the wrongdoer realized his В«mistakesВ» and embarked on the path ofВ correction, otherwise the prophet becomes an instrument ofВ killing the wrongdoer).
19В But if you have admonished the wicked, and he has not turned from his iniquity and from his iniquitous way, then he will die inВ his iniquity, but you have saved your soul. (The prophet saves his soul inВ the event ofВ the death ofВ the wrongdoer, this is aВ very advantageous interpretation for the priests, who seem toВ have nothing toВ do with it, the priests remain behind the Scenes).
20 And if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and acts wickedly, when I put a stumbling block before him and he dies, then if you did not admonish him, he will die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he did will not be remembered to him; and I will seek his blood at your hands. (In any case, the prophet will be extreme, God, that is, the scheming priest, will «seek the blood of the wrongdoer» and will find out through the «sacred» substance – blood about what the prophet undertook in order to return the «rebellious house» to the bosom of Judaism. It is not profitable for the priests to kill the «chosen ones», it is profitable for them to constantly «milk» them, that is, so that the «chosen ones» bring more and more often food (without a flaw) for the priests-schemers).
21В But if you admonish the righteous, so that the righteous does not sin, and he does not sin, then he will also live, because he was admonished, and you saved your soul. (It is not profitable for the priests toВ kill the В«chosen onesВ», it is profitable for them toВ constantly В«milkВ» them, that is, so that the В«chosen onesВ» bring more and more often food (without aВ flaw) for the priests-schemers).
22В And the hand ofВ the LORD was upon me there, and he said toВ me, Arise and go out into the field, and IВ will speak with you there. (В«The Hand ofВ the LordВ» is aВ hypnotic obsession caused byВ the passes ofВ the hands. The priest-hypnotist commands his hypnotized slave).
23В And IВ arose, and went out into the field; and, behold, the glory ofВ the LORD stood there, like the glory that IВ had seen byВ the river Khovar; and IВ fell on my face. (InВ the field, the prophet fell into aВ hypnotic trance, which is shown byВ the phrase В«IВ fell on my faceВ»).
24 And the spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet, and he spoke to me, and said to me, Go and shut yourself up in your house. («And the spirit entered me» – the hypnotic trance continues, the person becomes a slave to the hypnotist and fulfills all his instructions. From that time on, Ezekiel’s behavior became the behavior of the prophet).
25В And you, son ofВ man, behold, they will lay bonds on you, and bind you with them, and you will not walk among them. (Verbal suggestion, the general meaning ofВ which is not toВ obey the rebels, even if they exert influence).
26В And IВ will stick your tongue toВ your throat, and you will be numb, and you will not be their reprover, for they are aВ rebellious house. (The priest-hypnotist shows his power over the hypnotized, that he can stick his tongue toВ the larynx, the person becomes mute. This is quite possible with the help ofВ hypnosis).
27В And when IВ speak toВ you, then IВ will open your mouth, and you will say toВ them, В«Thus saith the LORD God!В» whoever wants toВ listen, listen; and whoever does not want toВ listen, do not listen: for they are aВ rebellious house. (Setting up how toВ act and talk toВ the rebels).
ChapterВ 4
1В And you, son ofВ man, take aВ brick for yourself and put it before you, and draw the city ofВ Jerusalem on it; (Jerusalem inВ the form ofВ aВ brick. The ancient prophets had В«visionsВ», received В«revelationsВ» and gave В«signsВ» thanks toВ the hypnotic influence ofВ the priests-hypnotists. Ezekiel assures that after the first В«visionВ» already described, he also had aВ number ofВ similar ones, with the participation ofВ all the same winged bull-shaped cherubim carrying the throne and Yahweh on it (inВ places the name ofВ God is replaced byВ the respectful expression В«glory toВ YahwehВ». At the same time, God, that is, the hypnotist priests, each time turns toВ the prophet his В«wordВ», reveals toВ him his plans for the future ofВ Israel and, as aВ rule, prescribes Ezekiel toВ carry out the corresponding sign, describing inВ detail how toВ performВ it).
2В and lay aВ siege against it, and make aВ fortification against it, and build aВ rampart around it, and set up aВ camp against it, and set up battering machines around it; (Plan for the siege ofВ the city).
3В and take for yourself an iron plank, and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city, and turn your face towards it, and it will be besieged, and you will besiege it. This will be aВ sign toВ the house ofВ Israel. (The plan ofВ the siege ofВ the city as aВ portent, aВ method ofВ imitative magic).
4В But you lie down on your left side and put the iniquity ofВ the house ofВ Israel on it: according toВ the number ofВ days that you lie on it, you will bear their iniquity. (Iniquity is aВ rejection ofВ faith inВ Yahweh; lying motionless on one side for many days was catalepsy, but some researchers today attribute all these manifestations toВ the ecstatic state ofВ the prophet and do not consider them as symptoms ofВ aВ nervous illness. Naturally, these are primarily religious researchers).
5 And I have appointed unto thee the years of their iniquity by the number of days: three hundred and ninety days shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. (390 days – the magic of numbers, for the iniquities of the Israelites).
6 And when you have done this, lie down on your right side a second time, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah on you for forty days, a day for a year, a day for a year I have appointed for you. (40 days – the magic of numbers, for the iniquities of the Jews).
7В And turn your face and your naked right hand toВ the siege ofВ Jerusalem, and prophesy against it. (The plan ofВ the siege ofВ the city as aВ portent, aВ method ofВ imitative magic).
8В Behold, IВ have laid aВ bond upon you, and you will not turn from one side toВ the other until you have fulfilled the days ofВ your siege. (Suggestion ofВ the priest-hypnotist).
9В Take for yourself wheat and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and pour them into one vessel, and make yourself loaves ofВ them, according toВ the number ofВ days inВ which you will lie on your side; three hundred and ninety days you will eat them. (Without nutrition, however, even the В«almightyВ» God will not work).
10В And your food, which you will eat, you will eat byВ the weight ofВ twenty shekels aВ day; from time toВ time you will eat it. (Regulation ofВ food intake).
11В And you shall drink water byВ measure, you shall drink the sixth part ofВ aВ gin; from time toВ time you shall drink like this. (Gin is an ancient Hebrew measure ofВ the volume ofВ liquids, the sixth part ofВ aВ baht is presumably about 3.5В liters).
12В And eat like barley cakes, and bake them inВ their sight on human feces. (Use ofВ human feces as fuel, animal excrement).
13В And the LORD said: So the children ofВ Israel will eat their unclean bread among the nations toВ which IВ will drive them out. (God expels, inВ fact, as aВ result ofВ endless wars, the В«chosen peopleВ» were resettled).
14В Then IВ said, OВ Lord God! my soul has never been defiled, and IВ have not eaten dead meat or torn byВ aВ beast from my youth until now; and no unclean meat has entered my mouth. (The В«uncleanВ» products included: dead meat, meat torn toВ pieces byВ animals, since it was possible toВ get infected with any infectious disease, the priests reached this experimentally).
15В And he said toВ me, В«Behold, IВ allow you, instead ofВ human feces, cow dung, and on it you cook your bread. (Dung, cow dung, is allowed toВ be used).
16В And he said toВ me, В«Son ofВ man! Behold, IВ will break the bread support inВ Jerusalem, and they will eat bread byВ weight and inВ sorrow, and they will drink water byВ measure and inВ despondency, (God allegedly breaks the bread and water support, which leads toВ hunger and thirst among the population).
17В for they will lack bread and water, and they will look at each other with horror, and they will wither away inВ their iniquity. (The main misfortune for priests is toВ lose food from fooled people, for them this is the main lawlessness).
ChapterВ 5
1 But you, son of man, take for yourself a sharp knife, take for yourself a barber’s razor, and run it over your head and over your beard, and take for yourself a scale, and divide the hair into parts. (Manipulation of «sacred» hair).
2В Burn the third part with fire inВ the midst ofВ the city, when the days ofВ the siege are fulfilled; take the third part and cut it with aВ knife inВ its vicinity; and scatter the third part toВ the wind; and IВ will draw my sword after them. (Manipulation ofВ В«sacredВ» hair).
3В And take aВ small number from this, and tie them inВ your floors. (Manipulation ofВ В«sacredВ» hair).
4В But take some ofВ this also, and throw it into the fire, and burn it inВ the fire. From there, fire will come out on the whole house ofВ Israel. (Manipulation with hair was supposed toВ mean В«the exit ofВ fire toВ the whole house ofВ IsraelВ», this sorcery is very beneficial toВ the priests ofВ Judaism, since this or that event will inevitably lead inВ an allegorical sense toВ the В«exitВ» ofВ aВ certain fire, that is, trouble for В«disobedientВ» Jewish Israelis who have stopped feeding the manipulative priests).
5В Thus saith the LORD God: This is Jerusalem! IВ have placed him among the nations, and around him are the lands. (Again, aВ very streamlined phrase, which is very beneficial toВ the Jewish priests, God В«placedВ» Jerusalem among the peoples and the lands surroundingВ it).
6В But he has done more wickedly against my ordinances than the Gentiles, and worse against my ordinances than the lands around him; for they have rejected my ordinances and do not act according toВ my ordinances. (The Jews do not obey).
7В Therefore thus saith the LORD God: because you have multiplied your iniquities more than the Gentiles who are around you, you do not act according toВ my statutes and do not fulfill my ordinances, and you do not even act according toВ the ordinances ofВ the Gentiles who are around you, (the Jews do not obey).
8В Therefore thus saith the LORD God: Behold, IВ am also against thee, IВ myself, and IВ will bring judgment among thee before the eyes ofВ the Gentiles. (God will punish you).
9В And IВ will do toВ you what IВ have never done, and what IВ will never do again, for all your abominations. (The promise ofВ all sorts ofВ misfortunes).
10В Therefore the fathers will eat the sons among you, and the sons will eat their fathers; and IВ will judge you, and IВ will scatter all your remnant toВ all the winds. (The promise ofВ all kinds ofВ misfortunes, including cannibalism).
11В Therefore, as IВ live, says the LORD God, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your abominations and all your abominations, IВ will belittle you, and my eye will not regret, and IВ will not have mercy on you. (The promise ofВ all sorts ofВ misfortunes).
12В The third part ofВ you will die ofВ the plague and perish ofВ hunger inВ your midst; the third part will fall byВ the sword inВ your neighborhood; and the third part IВ will scatter toВ all winds, and IВ will draw the sword after them. (The promise ofВ all sorts ofВ misfortunes).
13В And my wrath will be fulfilled, and IВ will quench my wrath against them, and IВ will be satisfied; and they will know that I, the LORD, have spoken inВ my zeal, when my wrath is fulfilled over them. (God expresses his emotions like an ordinary crook-charlatan who is ready toВ mercilessly take revenge for being left without food).
14В And IВ will make you aВ desolation and aВ reproach among the nations that are around you, before the eyes ofВ everyone passing by. (The promise ofВ all sorts ofВ misfortunes).
15 And you will be a mockery and a reproach, an example and a terror among the nations that are around you, when I will judge you in anger and fury, and in furious executions; – I, the Lord, have spoken this; – (The promise of all kinds of misfortunes).
16В and when IВ send upon them the fierce arrows ofВ famine, which will destroy, when IВ send them toВ your destruction, and IВ will increase the famine among you, and IВ will break the bread support among you, (the promise ofВ all kinds ofВ misfortunes).
17В And IВ will send famine and fierce beasts upon you, and they will defile you; and pestilence and blood will pass over you, and IВ will bring aВ sword upon you; I, the LORD, have spoken this. (The promise ofВ all sorts ofВ misfortunes).
ChapterВ 6
1В And the word ofВ the LORD came toВ me: (Suggestion byВ words).
2В son ofВ man! turn your face toВ the mountains ofВ Israel and prophesy against them, (An indication toВ the prophecy, beneficial toВ the Jewish priests).
3В And say, The mountains ofВ Israel! Listen toВ the word ofВ the Lord God. Thus saith the LORD God toВ the mountains and hills, valleys and valleys: Behold, IВ will bring the sword upon you, and IВ will destroy your heights; (Appeal toВ the Jews who have betrayed Yahweh).
4В and your altars will be laid waste, your pillars inВ honor ofВ the sun will be broken, and IВ will throw down your slain before your idols; (Traitors worship the wrong idols).
5В And IВ will lay the corpses ofВ the children ofВ Israel before their idols, and IВ will scatter your bones around your altars. (The promise ofВ misfortunes and troubles).
6В InВ all the places where you live, the cities will be desolated and the high places will be destroyed, so that your altars will be desolated and destroyed, so that your idols will be crushed and destroyed, and your sun pillars will be broken, and your works will be blotted out. (The promise ofВ misfortunes and troubles).
7В And the slain will fall among you, and you will know that IВ am the LORD. (Thus, it is В«provedВ» that God is the Lord (lord), that is, byВ endless murders).
8В But IВ will save the remnant, so that you will have survivors ofВ the sword among the nations when you are scattered over the lands. (The Jews were becoming scattered).
9В And your survivors among the nations will remember me, where they will be taken captive, when IВ will bring their prodigal heart, which has fallen away from me, and their eyes, which have fornicated after idols, into contrition; and they will feel disgust for themselves for the evil that they have done inВ all their abominations; (The Jewish priests, acting through their prophets, they inspired favorable attitudes toВ them).
10В And they will know that IВ am the LORD; it was not inВ vain that IВ said that IВ would bring such aВ calamity upon them. (God can speak!).
11В Thus saith the LORD God: Throw up your hands, and stamp with your foot, and say, Woe for all the abominable wickedness ofВ the house ofВ Israel! they will fall byВ the sword, famine and pestilence. (Ancient customs: splashing with hands, stomping with feet. Sorcerer priests often used this toВ influence the public so that the public would return toВ the bosom ofВ the В«trueВ» religion).
12 He who is far away will die of the pestilence; but he who is near will fall by the sword; and he who remains and survives will die of hunger; so will I bring my wrath upon them. (This is how God expresses his anger – with the promise of murder, death from illness, from hunger, just like an ordinary vindictive person).
13В And you will know that IВ am the LORD, when the slain will be among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops ofВ the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every branching oak, inВ the place where they offered fragrant incense toВ all their idols. (For the priests ofВ Judaism, other cults were rivals, which was expressed inВ the withdrawal ofВ part ofВ the flock from the Jews toВ other cults, this naturally caused them fits ofВ anger and indignation, as can be seen from the above words).
14В And IВ will stretch out my hand against them, and make the land aВ wilderness and aВ wilderness, from the wilderness ofВ Divlath, inВ all their places ofВ residence, and they will know that IВ am the LORD. (The promise ofВ all sorts ofВ misfortunes that the vengeful god supposedly В«producesВ», inВ fact, all these misfortunes are completely ordinary events during the endless wars).
ChapterВ 7
1В And the word ofВ the Lord came toВ me: (Suggestion byВ words).
2 and you, son of man, [say]: Thus saith the LORD God; the land of Israel is at an end, – the end has come to the four ends of the earth. (The suggestion through the prophet of beneficial Jewish priesthood attitudes).
3В This is the end ofВ you; and IВ will send my wrath upon you, and IВ will judge you according toВ your ways, and IВ will lay all your abominations on you. (The wrath ofВ God, that is, the hungry Jewish priesthood, is connected with the fact that the В«chosen peopleВ» stopped feeding the priests).
4В And my eye will not spare you, and IВ will not have mercy, and IВ will repay you according toВ your ways, and your abominations will be with you, and you will know that IВ am the LORD. (The Jewish priests, acting through their prophets, inspired favorable attitudes toВ them).
5В Thus saith the LORD God: the only trouble is, behold, trouble is coming. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
6В The end has come, the end has come, it has risen on you; here it has come, (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
7В the attack has reached you, inhabitant ofВ the earth! the time is coming, the day ofВ confusion is approaching, and not cheerful exclamations on the mountains. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
8В Behold, IВ will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and IВ will do my wrath upon you, and IВ will judge you according toВ your ways, and IВ will lay all your abominations on you. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
9 And my eye will not spare you, and I will not have mercy. I will reward you according to your ways, and your abominations will be with you; and you will know that I am the Lord the chastiser. (God is a punisher, that’s for sure, the priests are extremely aggressive and dangerous).
10В Here is the day! here came the attack! the rod has grown, the pride has grown. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
11В Power rises up against the rod ofВ wickedness; nothing will remain ofВ them, and ofВ their wealth, and ofВ their noise, and ofВ their pomp. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
12В The time has come, the day has come; he who has bought, do not rejoice, and he who has sold, do not weep; for wrath is upon all their multitude. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
13В For he who sold will not return toВ the sold, even if they remain alive; for the prophetic vision ofВ all their multitude will not be canceled, and no one will strengthen his life byВ his iniquity. (В«VisionsВ» are hypnotic influences).
14 The trumpet will be blown, and everything is being prepared, but no one goes to war: for my wrath is upon all their multitude. (God, that is, the priests of Judaism are angry – they are hungry and cold! Their «chosen ones» stopped carrying sacrifices and offerings to them).
15В There is aВ sword outside the house, but pestilence and famine are inВ the house. Whoever is inВ the field will die byВ the sword; and whoever is inВ the city will be devoured byВ famine and pestilence. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
16В But the survivors ofВ them will flee and will be on the mountains like the doves ofВ the valleys; they will all groan, each for his iniquity. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
17 Everyone’s hands will fall, and everyone’s knees will tremble, [like] water. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).
18В Then they will be girded with sackcloth, and trembling will overtake them; and all will have shame on their faces, and all will have aВ bald spot on their heads. (Baldness, baldness, sackcloth symbolized the presence ofВ any disaster, misfortune).
19В They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be neglected. Their silver and their gold will not be strong enough toВ save them inВ the day ofВ the wrath ofВ the Lord. They will not sate their souls with it, nor will they fill their wombs; for it was aВ reason for their iniquity. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
20 And in their red robes they turned him into pride, and made images of their vile idols out of him; therefore I will make him unclean to them; (The Jewish elite especially do not like other people’s idols).
21В And IВ will give it into the hands ofВ strangers for plunder, and toВ the wicked ofВ the land for plunder, and they will defile it. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
22В And IВ will turn my face away from them, and they will defile my secret; and robbers will come there and defile it. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
23В Make aВ chain, for this land is filled with bloody atrocities, and the city is full ofВ violence. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
24В IВ will bring the worst ofВ the nations, and they will take possession ofВ their houses. And IВ will put an end toВ the arrogance ofВ the strong, and their shrines will be desecrated. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
25В Destruction is coming; they will seek peace, and they will not find it. (The promise ofВ troubles and misfortunes).
26В Trouble will follow trouble, and news after news; and they will ask the prophet for visions, and there will be no teaching from the priest and advice from the elders. (В«VisionsВ» are hypnotic influences).
27 The king will lament, and the prince will be clothed with terror, and the hands of the people of the earth will tremble. I will deal with them according to their ways, and I will judge them according to their judgments; and they will know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel’s story is a common allegory for the ancient culture of that time (about 580 BC). If a certain «heavenly carriage» had really appeared then, not only Ezekiel would surely have seen it, not to mention that even at that time this event could have been described more precisely than the prophet did. The chariot —cart was invented in the steppes of the Southern Urals).
ChapterВ 8
1В And it came toВ pass inВ the sixth year, inВ the sixth [month], on the fifth day ofВ the month, IВ was sitting inВ my house, and the elders ofВ Judah were sitting before me, and the hand ofВ the LORD God fell upon me there. (В«The hand ofВ the Lord God has descended upon meВ» 0В Ezekiel was hypnotized with the help ofВ hand passes).
2 And I saw, and behold, the likeness [of a man], as it were, of fire, and from his loins and below – fire, and from his loins and above – as it were a radiance, as it were the light of a flame. (The hypnotist was all in flames, it was necessary for a better hypnotic effect).
3 And he stretched out his hand, as it were, and took me by the hair of my head, and the spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem to the entrance of the inner gate facing north, where the idol of jealousy was set up, stirring up jealousy. («Visions» – hypnotic effects, «stretched out his hand» – a pass with the hand of a hypnotist, «took me by the hair» – the use of «sacred» hair, after these actions the hypnotized fell into a trance, it began to seem to him that he was in Jerusalem, at a pagan idol, which arouses the Jerusalem priests jealousy. It is also possible that Ezekiel in a hypnotic state came together with the hypnotist to the Jerusalem temple).
4В And behold, there was the glory ofВ the God ofВ Israel, like that which IВ saw inВ the field. (В«The glory ofВ the God ofВ IsraelВ» is aВ hypnotic state).
5 And he said to me, «Son of man! lift up your eyes to the north. And I lifted up my eyes to the north, and behold, on the north side at the gate of the altar – that idol of jealousy at the entrance. (The voice of the hypnotist inspires any «visions», there was a pagan idol at the altar).
6 And he said to me, Son of man! Do you see what they are doing? What great abominations does the house of Israel do here, that I should depart from My sanctuary? but turn around and you’ll see even bigger abominations. (The hypnotist’s voice. Ezekiel thus becomes a witness to the outrageous facts of the Jews’ betrayal of their god, and moreover in the very «house of Yahweh», in the Jerusalem temple).
7В And he brought me toВ the entrance ofВ the courtyard, and IВ looked, and behold, there was aВ hole inВ the wall. (The hypnotist leads the hypnotized toВ the well).
8В And he said toВ me, В«Son ofВ man! dig through the wall; and IВ dug through the wall, and here is some kind ofВ door. (The instruction toВ dig through the wall, the hypnotized obediently performs).
9В And he said toВ me, В«Come inВ and see the disgusting abominations that they are doing here.В» (An indication ofВ В«disgusting abominationsВ»).
10В And IВ went in, and IВ saw, and behold, all kinds ofВ images ofВ reptiles and unclean animals, and all kinds ofВ idols ofВ the house ofВ Israel, painted on the walls all around. (The temple is covered with images ofВ reptiles, unclean animals and idols. Ezekiel, before his captivity, probably observed something similar inВ the Jerusalem temple. Obviously, there was aВ place for pagan cults inВ the В«house ofВ YahwehВ», perhaps these were the figures ofВ the beast-headed Egyptian gods. InВ any case, inВ these frescoes, inВ front ofВ which incense and libations were performed, one can reasonably see remnants ofВ ancient totemism and the cult ofВ animals).
11 And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel stand before them, and Jezaniah the son of Safan is among them; and each one has his censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense is lifted up. (Smoking, creating a cloud – using smoke for God).
12В And he said toВ me, В«Do you see, son ofВ man, what the elders ofВ the house ofВ Israel are doing inВ the dark, each inВ his own painted room? for they say: В«The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken this land.В» (The elders ofВ the Israelites left В«theirВ» god, according toВ the rule ofВ Talion, since Yahweh В«forgotВ» them).
13В And he said toВ me, Turn around, and you will see even greater abominations, which they do. (Referring toВ other В«abominationsВ», worshipping the wrong gods).
14В And he brought me toВ the entrance ofВ the gate ofВ the house ofВ the Lord, which is toВ the north, and behold, there are women sitting weeping for Tammuz (Tammuz-Tammuz was the dying and resurrecting Babylonian god ofВ the vegetable power ofВ nature, whose worshippers on certain days ofВ the year mourned the death ofВ their god, and then celebrated his resurrection).
15 And he said to me, «Do you see, son of man? turn around, and you’ll see big abominations. (Referring to other «abominations», worshipping the wrong gods).
16В And he brought me into the inner court ofВ the house ofВ the LORD, and behold, at the door ofВ the temple ofВ the LORD, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men [stand] with their backs toВ the temple ofВ the LORD, and their faces toВ the east, and bow toВ the east toВ the sun. (Sun worship, Sun worship was also performed inВ the temple ofВ Yahweh).
17В And he said toВ me, Do you see, son ofВ man? is it not enough for the house ofВ Judah toВ do such abominations as they do here? but they have also filled the earth with wickedness, and they are especially angering Me; and behold, they bring branches toВ their noses. (They worship the wrong gods).
18В Therefore will IВ also act with fury; my eye will not spare, and IВ will not have mercy; and though they cry inВ my ears with aВ loud voice, IВ will not hear them. (Yahweh will В«take revengeВ» as an offended, vindictive person. This is not surprising, when the Jews got toВ Babylon, the religion ofВ Yahweh experienced aВ powerful onslaught from paganism, and the prophets and priests ofВ Yahweh really became the В«guardiansВ» ofВ their religion).
ChapterВ 9
1В And he cried inВ my ears with aВ great voice, saying, Let the chastisers ofВ the city come near, each with his own destructive instrument inВ his hand. (Punishers are coming).
2 And behold, six men were coming from the upper gate facing north, and each had in his hand his destructive instrument, and among them one dressed in linen, who had a scribe’s device on his belt. And they came and stood by the brazen altar. (Punishers are coming).
3 And the glory of the God of Israel came down from the cherub on which it was, to the threshold of the house. And He called a man dressed in linen clothes, who had a scribe’s device on His belt. (The show continues).
4В And the LORD said toВ him, В«Go through the middle ofВ the city, inВ the middle ofВ Jerusalem, and make aВ sign on the foreheads ofВ the people who are grieving and sighing for all the abominations that are committed inВ the midst ofВ it. (The indication ofВ the В«secretВ» priest about the sign).
5В And he said toВ them inВ my hearing: Follow him through the city and strike; let not your eye spare, and spare not; (Permission toВ kill).
6В Beat the old man, the young man, and the maiden, and the baby, and the wives toВ death, but do not touch any person on whom the mark is, and start from my sanctuary. And they began with those elders who were inВ front ofВ the house. (It is allowed toВ kill those who do not have aВ sign).
7В And he said toВ them, Defile the house, and fill the courtyards with the slain, and go out. And they went out and began toВ kill inВ the city. (Mass killings ofВ those who do not obey the Jewish priests).
8В And when they had killed them, and IВ remained, then IВ fell on my face and cried out, and said, OВ Lord God! Will You destroy the rest ofВ Israel byВ pouring out Your anger on Jerusalem? (The Prophet asks about the necessity ofВ killing the В«chosen onesВ» who В«betrayedВ» their god).
9В And he said toВ me, The wickedness ofВ the house ofВ Israel and Judah is great, very great; and this land is full ofВ blood, and the city is full ofВ unrighteousness; for they say, В«The LORD has forsaken this land, and the LORD does not see.В» (The В«chosen onesВ» have departed from the religion ofВ Yahweh, for this the vengeful Jewish priests send the В«chosen onesВ» toВ kill).
10В Therefore my eye will not spare, and IВ will not have mercy; IВ will turn their behavior on their head. (God has an eye-eye).
11 And behold, a man clothed in linen, who had a scribe’s device on his belt, answered and said, I have done as you commanded me. (The order of the vengeful priest is fulfilled!).
ChapterВ 10
1В And IВ saw, and behold, on the vault that was above the heads ofВ the Cherubim, as if aВ sapphire stone, as if something resembling aВ throne, was apparently above them. (The show continues).
2В And he spake unto the man clothed inВ linen, and said, Enter between the wheels under the cherubim, and take handfuls ofВ burning coals between the cherubim, and cast them upon the city; and he entered inВ my sight. (Order toВ the assistant).
3В The cherubim were standing on the right side ofВ the house when the man entered, and aВ cloud filled the courtyard. (The show is connected with burning coals, which create clouds, as well as with assistants who were inВ the form ofВ cherubs).
4В And the glory ofВ the LORD went up from the cherubim toВ the threshold ofВ the house, and the house was filled with aВ cloud, and the courtyard was filled with the radiance ofВ the glory ofВ the LORD. (The show continues).
5В And the noise ofВ the wings ofВ the cherubim was heard even inВ the outer court, as if the voice ofВ God Almighty when he speaks. (The show continues).
6В And when he commanded the man clothed inВ linen, saying, В«Take fire between the wheels, between the cherubim,В» and when he entered and stood byВ the wheel, (An order toВ the assistant).
7В Then from among the cherubim, one cherub stretched out his hand toВ the fire that was among the cherubim, and took and gave handfuls toВ the one clothed inВ linen. He took it and left. (The show is performed byВ several assistants).
8В And the cherubim were seen toВ have the likeness ofВ human hands under their wings. (This phrase proves that these are actors, assistants ofВ the main showman, acting under the name ofВ Mr. God).
9В And IВ saw, and behold, there were four wheels beside the Cherubim, one wheel beside each Cherub, and the wheels looked as if they were made ofВ topaz stone. (Wheels are used inВ the show).
10В And inВ appearance all four are similar, as if the wheel were inВ the wheel. (The design ofВ the wheels is such that it seems that the wheel is inВ the wheel, it is technically easy toВ do this).
11В When they went, they went on their four sides; during their procession they did not turn around, but toВ the place where the head was turned, and they went there; during their procession they did not turn around. (Wheels are used inВ the show).
12В And their whole body, and their back, and their arms, and their wings, and the wheels all around were full ofВ eyes, all four ofВ their wheels. (Wheels are used inВ the show).
13В ToВ these wheels, as IВ have heard, it was said, В«Gilgal.В» (В«GalgalВ» is aВ whirlwind).
14В And each ofВ the animals has four faces: the first face is the face ofВ aВ cherub, the second face is the face ofВ aВ man, the third is the face ofВ aВ lion, and the fourth is the face ofВ an eagle. (The same chariot as before was used toВ better influence the prophet).
15В The cherubim rose up. These were the same animals that IВ saw at the Khovar River. (The cherubic actors wore masks and animal costumes).
16В And when the cherubim went, then the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings toВ rise from the earth, and the wheels were not separated, but were with them. (Wheels are used inВ the show).
17В When they stood, they also stood; when they rose, they also rose; for the spirit ofВ the animals was inВ them. (This show worked flawlessly on the prophet, he believed that it was aВ certain god В«broadcastingВ» with aВ host ofВ his angels).
18 And the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim. («Glory of the Lord» is an element of the performance with scenery, smoke—cloud and skillful actors).
19В And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and rose up from the earth inВ my sight; when they went away, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the entrance toВ the east gate ofВ the house ofВ the LORD, and the glory ofВ the God ofВ Israel was above them. (The procession began toВ move away).
20В These were the same animals that IВ saw at the foot ofВ the God ofВ Israel byВ the river Khovar. And IВ found out that they were Cherubs. (The cherubic actors wore masks and animal costumes).
21В Each has four faces, and each has four wings, and under their wings is the likeness ofВ human hands. (The cherubic actors wore masks and animal costumes).
22 But the likeness of their faces is the same as the faces I saw at the river Khovar, both their appearance and themselves. Everyone was walking straight in the direction that was in front of him. (The cherubic actors wore animal masks and costumes. The etymology of the word «cherub» is controversial. Once this word was derived from the Aramaic root «harab» – to plow, but now it is believed that it comes from the Assyrian karibu – «blessing». «Cherub» is a singular form, in Hebrew the plural is formed by adding the suffix «im», thus the word «cherub», and this despite the fact that in the Russian translation it looks like paradise is guarded by a single being, denotes a certain number of guards).
ChapterВ 11
1В And the spirit lifted me up, and brought me toВ the east gate ofВ the house ofВ the LORD, which faces east. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance ofВ the gate; and among them IВ saw Jazaniah the son ofВ Azur, and Faltiah the son ofВ Benaiah, the princes ofВ the people. (Naturally, after what he saw, the prophet fell into aВ hypnotic ecstasy).
2В And he said toВ me, Son ofВ man! these are the people who have iniquity inВ mind and who give bad advice inВ this city (Anointing points toВ the wrongdoers).
3 saying, «It’s not close yet; we’ll build houses; he’s a cauldron, and we’re meat.» (Allegorical statement that the city is a cauldron).
4В Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son ofВ man. (Prophecies are beneficial toВ the priesthood for demonstrating their supposedly superpowers).
5В And the Spirit ofВ the LORD came upon me and said toВ me, В«Say, thus saith the LORD.В»: What you say, house ofВ Israel, and what comes toВ your mind, IВ know. (The Prophet broadcasts inВ aВ hypnotic state, declaring that God is aware ofВ all events).
6В You have laid many ofВ your slain inВ this city, and you have filled its streets with corpses. (There was aВ mass murder inВ the city).
7В Therefore thus saith the LORD God: Your slain, whom you have laid inВ the midst ofВ him, are meat, and he is aВ cauldron; but IВ will bring you out ofВ him. (The dead are meat, and the cauldron is the city).
8В You are afraid ofВ the sword, and IВ will bring the sword against you, says the LORD God. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).
9В And IВ will bring you out ofВ it, and IВ will deliver you into the hand ofВ strangers, and IВ will judge you. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).
10В You will fall byВ the sword; they will judge you inВ the borders ofВ Israel, and you will know that IВ am the LORD. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).
11В It will not be aВ cauldron for you, and you will not be meat inВ it; IВ will judge you inВ the borders ofВ Israel. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).
12В And you will know that IВ am the LORD; for you have not walked according toВ my commandments, nor have you kept my statutes, but have acted according toВ the statutes ofВ the nations around you. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).
13В And it came toВ pass when IВ prophesied, Faltiah the son ofВ Benaiah died. And IВ fell on my face, and cried with aВ loud voice, and said, OВ Lord God! Do You really want toВ destroy the rest ofВ Israel toВ the end? (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).
14В And the word ofВ the LORD came toВ me: (Suggestion byВ words).
15В son ofВ man! ToВ your brothers, your brothers, your half-brothers, and toВ the whole house ofВ Israel, those who live inВ Jerusalem say toВ all ofВ them: В«Live far from the Lord; this land has been given toВ us for possession.В» (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).
16В Then say, Thus saith the LORD God: Though IВ have removed them toВ the nations, and though IВ have scattered them over the lands, yet IВ will be toВ them aВ certain sanctuary inВ the lands where they have gone. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).
17В Then say, Thus saith the LORD God, IВ will gather you from the nations, and will bring you back from the lands toВ which you are scattered; and IВ will give you the land ofВ Israel. (However, if you are obedient and faithful toВ the В«trueВ» religion, then God will return the land ofВ Israel toВ you).
18 And they will come there and cast out of her all her abominations and all her abominations. (Abominations-abominations – idols of other religions).
19В And IВ will give them one heart, and IВ will put aВ new spirit into them, and IВ will take from their flesh aВ heart ofВ stone, and IВ will give them aВ heart ofВ flesh, (This is beneficial toВ the priests ofВ Judaism. who, having inspired the В«chosen onesВ» with aВ sense ofВ guilt, will constantly В«milkВ» them).
20В That they may walk inВ my commandments, and keep my statutes, and do them; and they will be my people, and IВ will be their God. (This is beneficial toВ the priests ofВ Judaism. who, having inspired the В«chosen onesВ» with aВ sense ofВ guilt, will constantly В«milkВ» them).
21 But whose heart is carried away after their abominations and their abominations, I will turn their behavior on their head, says the LORD God. (Those who again rush to other people’s idols, I will punish).
22В Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory ofВ the God ofВ Israel is above them. (The show continued).
23В And the glory ofВ the LORD arose out ofВ the midst ofВ the city, and stood over the mountain that is east ofВ the city. (The circus showmen moved toВ the mountain).
24В And the spirit lifted me up and carried me toВ Chaldea, toВ the emigrants, inВ aВ vision, byВ the Spirit ofВ God. And the vision that IВ had seen departed from me. (В«VisionsВ» are hypnotic influences).
25В And IВ told the emigrants all the words ofВ the LORD that he had revealed toВ me. (The Prophet began toВ В«prophesyВ» after the show performance performed on him).
ChapterВ 12
1В And the word ofВ the Lord came toВ me: (Suggestion byВ words).
2 son of man! you live in the midst of a rebellious house; they have eyes to see, and do not see; they have ears to hear, and do not hear; because they are a rebellious house. («Rebellious House» – «the chosen ones» who stopped obeying and feeding the idle priests).
3В But you, son ofВ man, prepare for yourself what is necessary for migration, and inВ the middle ofВ the day move before their eyes, and move from your place toВ another place before their eyes; perhaps they will understand, although they are aВ rebellious house; (An indication ofВ how toВ act so that the В«chosenВ» will behave В«correctlyВ»).
4В and take out your things, as things necessary for the migration, inВ the daytime, before their eyes, and go out yourself inВ the evening before their eyes, as they go out for the migration. (An indication ofВ how toВ act so that the В«chosen onesВ» begin toВ behave В«correctlyВ»).
5В Break aВ hole inВ the wall before their eyes, and take it out through it. (An indication ofВ how toВ act so that the В«chosen onesВ» begin toВ behave В«correctlyВ»).
6В Take the burden on your shoulder before their eyes, carry it out inВ the dark, cover your face so that you do not see the earth; for IВ have made you aВ sign toВ the house ofВ Israel. (An indication ofВ how toВ act so that the В«chosen onesВ» begin toВ behave В«correctlyВ»).
7В And IВ did as IВ was commanded; IВ carried out my things, as things needed during the migration, during the day, and inВ the evening IВ broke aВ hole inВ the wall with my hand, carried out the burden inВ the dark and lifted it on my shoulder before their eyes. (Being inВ aВ certain house and wanting toВ get out ofВ it, Ezekiel, instead ofВ going through the door like all people, once again remembered the sins ofВ Israel and Judah and, inВ atonement for them, made aВ hole inВ the wall and pushed his clothes and his supplies throughВ it).
8 And the word of the LORD came to me in the morning: (Hypnotist’s voice).
9 son of man! Didn’t the house of Israel, the rebellious house, say to you, «What are you doing?» (The hypnotist asks like an ordinary person).
10В Say toВ them, Thus saith the LORD God: This is aВ foretaste for the ruler ofВ Jerusalem and for all the house ofВ Israel that is there. (The hypnotist gives instructions, claiming that it is В«broadcastingВ» allegedly byВ Mr. God himself).
11 Say, I am a sign for you; whatever I do, it will be with them – they will go into exile, into captivity. (Thus, the cunning manipulative priests wanted to return their «chosen people» back under their care).
12В And the ruler who is among them will lift [the burden] on his shoulder inВ the dark and go out. They will break down the wall toВ send [him] through it; he will cover his face, so that he will not see this land with his eyes. (An indication ofВ how toВ act so that the В«chosen onesВ» begin toВ behave В«correctlyВ»).
13В And IВ will spread my net over him, and he will be caught inВ my snare, and IВ will take him toВ Babylon, toВ the land ofВ the Chaldeans, but he will not see it, and there he will die. (The Assyrians called the province ofВ Babylonia В«the land ofВ the ChaldeansВ»).
14 But I will scatter all those around him, his companions, and all his army to all winds, and I will draw their sword after them. (Spobornik (slav.) – assistant).
15В And they will know that IВ am the LORD when IВ have scattered them among the nations and scattered them over the lands. (Everything is supposedly done byВ Mr. God).
16В But IВ will keep aВ small number ofВ them from the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they will tell the nations toВ which they will go about all their abominations; and they will know that IВ am the LORD. (Everything is supposedly done byВ Mr. God).
17 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Hypnotist’s voice).
18В son ofВ man! eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with trembling and sadness. (Suggestion is beneficial toВ the hypnotist, so that aВ person is always his slave).
19В And tell the people ofВ the earth: Thus saith the LORD God concerning the inhabitants ofВ Jerusalem, concerning the land ofВ Israel: they shall eat their bread with sorrow, and drink their water inВ despondency, because his land shall be deprived ofВ all its abundance because ofВ the iniquities ofВ all who dwell therein. (Clever manipulative priests В«broadcastВ» through their prophets, afraid toВ appear inВ front ofВ their own eyes, so that they would not be exposed).
20В And the inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become desolate, and you will know that IВ am the LORD. (Everything is supposedly done byВ Mr. God).
21В And the word ofВ the LORD came toВ me: (Suggestion byВ words).
22 Son of man! What is the saying you have in the land of Israel: «many days will pass, and every prophetic vision will disappear»? («Vision» – hypnotic influence passes over time).
23В Therefore say toВ them, Thus saith the LORD God, IВ will destroy this saying, and they will no longer use such aВ saying inВ Israel; but tell them, The days are near, and the fulfillment ofВ every prophetic vision. (The Lord God, that is, the Jewish priests, do not benefit from such sayings, therefore they must be destroyed).
24В For no prophetic vision will remain inВ vain, and no foreshadowing will be false inВ the house ofВ Israel. (В«VisionsВ» are hypnotic influences).
25В For IВ am the LORD, IВ speak; and the word that IВ speak will be fulfilled, and will not be delayed; inВ your days, rebellious house, IВ have spoken the word, and IВ will fulfill it, says the LORD God. (The suggestion ofВ what God has once said, he will fulfill!).
26 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Hypnotist’s voice).
27В Son ofВ man! Behold, the house ofВ Israel says, В«The prophetic vision that he saw will come true after many days, and he prophesies ofВ distant times.В» (В«VisionsВ» are hypnotic influences).
28 Therefore say to them, Thus saith the LORD God: None of my words will be delayed any more, but the word that I will speak will come to pass, saith the LORD God. (Apparently, even those Jews who trusted the prophet’s stories about his «visions» and «revelations», at the same time said about Ezekiel that, they say, it will inevitably come true, but in distant times).
ChapterВ 13
1 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Hypnotist’s voice).
2В son ofВ man! prophesy against the prophets ofВ Israel prophesying, and tell the prophets from your own heart: listen toВ the word ofВ the Lord! (The prophecies influenced the flock, exerting an influence beneficial toВ the priesthood).
3В Thus saith the LORD God: Woe toВ the mad prophets who are led byВ their own spirit and have seen nothing! (There were also prophets who did not obey the Jewish elite).
4В Your prophets, Israel, are like foxes inВ ruins. (Comparison with animals).
5В You do not enter into the breaches, and you do not fence the house ofВ Israel with aВ wall, so that you can stand firm inВ the battle inВ the day ofВ the LORD. (Condemnation ofВ the В«wrongВ» prophets).
6В They see nothing and foreshadow aВ lie, saying: В«The Lord saidВ»; but the Lord did not send them; and they are hopeful that the word will come true. (Condemnation ofВ the В«wrongВ» prophets).
7 Have you not seen an empty vision? and are you not uttering a false foreshadowing, saying: «The Lord said,» and I didn’t say? («Visions» are hypnotic influences, generalized Jewish priests act under the name of the lord God).
8В Therefore thus saith the LORD God: Since you speak empty words and see lies inВ your visions, therefore, behold, IВ am against you, saith the LORD God. (В«VisionsВ» are hypnotic influences).
9В And my hand will be against these prophets who see nothing and foretell lies; they will not be inВ the council ofВ my people, and they will not be included inВ the list ofВ the house ofВ Israel, and they will not enter the land ofВ Israel; and you will know that IВ am the Lord God. (Condemnation ofВ В«wrongВ» prophets).
10В Because they mislead my people byВ saying, В«Peace,В» when there is no peace; and when they build aВ wall, they smear it with mud, (Condemnation ofВ the В«wrongВ» prophets).
11В tell those who smear the wall with mud that it will fall. AВ torrential rain will fall, and you, stone hailstones, will fall, and aВ stormy wind will tear it apart. (Comparison with the construction ofВ walls).
12В And behold, the wall will fall; then will they not say toВ you, В«Where is the coating with which you smeared?В» (Comparison with the construction ofВ walls).
13В Therefore thus saith the LORD God: IВ will send aВ tempestuous wind inВ my anger, and it will rain inВ my fury, and hail stones inВ my indignation, toВ destroy. (Expressing the anger ofВ the Jewish elite through the В«rightВ» prophet).
14В And IВ will break down the wall that you have smeared with mud, and IВ will throw it toВ the ground, and its foundation will be opened, and it will fall, and you will perish with it; and you will know that IВ am the LORD. (Expressing the anger ofВ the Jewish elite through the В«rightВ» prophet).
15В And IВ will exhaust my rage on the wall and on those who smear it with dirt, and IВ will tell you: there is no wall, and there are no those who smeared it, (The utterance ofВ the anger ofВ the Jewish elite through the В«rightВ» prophet).
16В The prophets ofВ Israel, who prophesied toВ Jerusalem and proclaimed visions ofВ peace toВ it, while there is no peace, says the LORD God. (В«VisionsВ» are hypnotic influences).
17В But you, son ofВ man, turn your face toВ the daughters ofВ your people, prophesying from your own heart, and prophesy against them, (The prophecy meant supposedly the inevitability ofВ fulfillment inВ the future, inВ fact it was aВ simple suggestion ofВ what is beneficial toВ the Jewish priesthood).
18В And say, Thus saith the LORD God: Woe toВ them that sew magic pouches under their armpits, and make veils for the head ofВ every height, toВ catch souls! Will you really save your souls byВ catching the souls ofВ My people? (Expressing the anger ofВ the Jewish elite through the В«rightВ» prophet).
19В And dishonor me before my people for handfuls ofВ barley and for pieces ofВ bread, killing souls who should not die, and giving life toВ souls who should not live, deceiving the people who listen toВ lies. (Expressing the anger ofВ the Jewish elite through the В«rightВ» prophet).
20В Therefore thus saith the LORD God: Behold, IВ am on your magic bags, with which you catch souls there, so that they may come, and IВ will tear them out from under your muscles, and IВ will set free the souls that you catch, so that they may come toВ you. (Sorcerers-sorcerers wore some kind ofВ magic pouches under their muscles).
21В And IВ will tear your veils, and IВ will deliver my people from your hands, and they will no longer be aВ prey inВ your hands, and you will know that IВ am the LORD. (Condemnation ofВ the В«wrongВ» prophets).
22 Because by lying you grieve the heart of the righteous, which I did not want to grieve, and you support the hands of the wrongdoer, so that he does not turn from his evil way and does not save his life – (Condemnation of the «wrong» prophets).
23В For this you will no longer have empty visions, and you will no longer foresee; and IВ will deliver my people from your hands, and you will know that IВ am the LORD. (В«VisionsВ» are hypnotic influences).
ChapterВ 14
1В And some ofВ the elders ofВ Israel came toВ me and sat down before me. (Several elders came toВ Ezekiel).
2 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Hypnotist’s voice).
3В son ofВ man! These people have allowed their idols into their hearts and have set the temptation ofВ their wickedness before their face: can IВ answer them? (Secret Jewish priests В«broadcastВ» through their prophet against the elders ofВ Israel).
4В Therefore speak toВ them, and say toВ them, Thus saith the LORD God: If any man ofВ the house ofВ Israel puts his idols inВ his heart, and sets the temptation ofВ his wickedness before his face, and comes toВ the prophet, can I, the LORD, with his many idols, give him an answer? (It is advantageous for the Jewish priesthood toВ remove the elders from power and lead the Israelites themselves).
5 Let the house of Israel understand in its heart that they have all become strangers to me through their idols. (Other people’s idols are the main obstacle for the Jewish priesthood to control the Israelites).
6 Therefore tell the house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD God: Turn and turn away from your idols, and turn away your face from all your abominations. (Other people’s idols are the main obstacle for the Jewish priesthood to control the Israelites).
7 For if any one of the house of Israel and of the strangers who dwell with Israel turns away from me, and lets his idols into his heart, and sets the temptation of his wickedness before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire of me through him, then I, the LORD, will I give him an answer from myself? (Other people’s idols are the main obstacle for the Jewish priesthood to control the Israelites).
8В IВ will turn my face against that man, and IВ will break him into aВ sign and aВ parable, and IВ will destroy him from among my people, and you will know that IВ am the LORD. (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
9В But if the prophet allows himself toВ be deceived and speaks the word as I, the LORD, would teach this prophet, then IВ will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from my people Israel. (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
10В And they will bear the guilt ofВ their iniquity: what is the fault ofВ the questioner, so will be the fault ofВ the prophet, (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
11В That the house ofВ Israel may no longer turn away from me, and that they may no longer defile themselves with all their iniquities, but that they may be my people, and IВ will be their God, says the LORD God. (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
12 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Hypnotist’s voice).
13В Son ofВ man! if any land had sinned against Me, treacherously retreating from Me, and IВ stretched out My hand on it, and destroyed the grain support inВ it, and sent famine on it, and began toВ destroy people and cattle on it; (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
14В And if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, had been found inВ her, they would have saved only their own souls byВ their righteousness, says the Lord God. (InВ the book ofВ Ezekiel, Job is mentioned along with Noah and Daniel. Daniel (the judge ofВ God, that is, who reveals His will on behalf ofВ God) is the fourth ofВ the great prophets; according toВ some, he was aВ descendant ofВ David, or at least descended from aВ royal family. He was at the court ofВ the Babylonian kings Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar).
15В Or if IВ had sent fierce beasts toВ this land, who would have orphaned it, and it became empty and impassable because ofВ the beasts: (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
16В Then these three men inВ her midst, as IВ live, saith the LORD God, would not have saved either sons or daughters, but they, only they, would have been saved, and the land would have become aВ desert. (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
17В Or if IВ had brought aВ sword toВ that land and said, В«Sword, pass through the land!В» and began toВ destroy people and cattle on it, (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
18В These three men inВ her midst, as IВ live, saith the LORD God, would not have saved either sons or daughters, but they would only have been saved. (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
19В Or if IВ had sent aВ pestilence toВ that land and poured out my fury on it inВ bloodshed toВ destroy people and cattle on it: (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
20В Then Noah, Daniel, and Job inВ her midst, as IВ live, saith the LORD God, would have saved neither sons nor daughters; byВ their righteousness they would have saved only their own souls. (InВ the book ofВ Ezekiel, Job is mentioned along with Noah and Daniel).
21В For thus saith the LORD God: If IВ also send my four grievous plagues: the sword, and famine, and fierce beasts, and pestilence toВ Jerusalem toВ destroy people and cattle inВ it, (the Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
22В And then there will remain inВ it aВ remnant, sons and daughters, who will be brought out from there; behold, they will come out toВ you, and you will see their conduct and their deeds, and you will be comforted for the evil that IВ have brought upon Jerusalem, for all that IВ have brought upon it. (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
23В They will comfort you when you see their conduct and their deeds; and you will know that IВ have not done inВ vain all that IВ have done inВ him, says the Lord God. (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
ChapterВ 15
1 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Hypnotist’s voice).
2 son of man! what advantage does the vine tree have over any other tree and the branches of the vine – between the trees in the forest? (Comparison with plants and trees).
3В Do they take aВ piece from him for any product? Do they take at least aВ nail from him toВ hang any thing on it? (Comparison with plants and trees).
4В Behold, it is given toВ the fire toВ be eaten; the fire has eaten both ends ofВ it, and the middle ofВ it is burnt: is it fit for any article? (Comparison with plants and trees).
5В And then, as it was whole, it was not suitable for any product; moreover, when the fire ate it, and it was burned, is it suitable for any product? (Comparison with plants and trees).
6В Therefore thus saith the LORD God: As the tree ofВ the vine among the trees ofВ the forest IВ have given toВ the fire toВ be eaten, so will IВ give toВ it the inhabitants ofВ Jerusalem. (Comparison with plants and trees).
7В And IВ will turn my face against them; they will come out ofВ one fire, and another fire will devour them, and you will know that IВ am the LORD when IВ turn my face against them. (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
8В And IВ will make this land desolate because they have treacherously acted, says the LORD God. (The Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
ChapterВ 16
1 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Hypnotist’s voice).
2В son ofВ man! express its abominations toВ Jerusalem (the Jewish priests threaten the wicked through their prophet).
3 And say: Thus saith the LORD God of Jerusalem: your root and your homeland are in the land of Canaan; your father is an Amorite, and your mother is a Hittite; (The Amorites are one of the groups of nomadic Semitic tribes that invaded Mesopotamia and Canaan around 2000 BC. They conquered Sumer (Sennaar), Akkad and Assyria and founded their dynasties in the city-states of Canaan. In 1792 BC, Hammurabi ascended the throne in the small Amorite state of Babylon, who later conquered all of Sumer and Akkad. Under the rule of the dynasty of kings founded by the Amorites, a powerful empire of antiquity was created – the Assyrian power. The Hittites (or Hittites) are ancient tribes belonging to the Indo-European group of peoples; according to Biblical history, the Hittites descend from Heth, the son of Canaan (Gen. 15:20; 23:3, etc.). The Hittites appeared on the territory of modern Turkey in the 2nd millennium BC. Their unification into a single kingdom occurred ca. 1740 BC. The highest heyday of the Hittite empire occurred in the XV – XIV centuries BC. The Hittites occupied Syria and conquered Babylon (c. 1595 BC). During the period of the New Hittite Kingdom (1450—1200 BC) there were clashes with the Egyptians. After the battle of Kadesh in 1286, a peace treaty was concluded between the two empires, establishing the southern border of the Hittite empire approximately along the northern border of Palestine. Around 1200 BC, the Hittite empire collapsed under the blows of the «peoples of the sea» (see: Philistines), but the Hittite culture survived in certain areas, including in Northern Syria. The Hittites are mentioned in the time of Solomon, and later, in the time of the prophet Elisha (3 Kings 10.29; 11:1; 4 Kings 7:6).).
4В at your birth, on the day you were born, your navel was not cut off, and you were not washed with water for purification, and you were not salted with salt, and you were not wrapped inВ swaddling clothes. (Comparison with the birth ofВ aВ child with bad parents).
5 No one’s eye took pity on you to do any of these things out of mercy for you; but you were thrown out into the field, out of contempt for your life, on the day of your birth. (Comparison with the birth of a child with bad parents).
6В And IВ was passing byВ you, and IВ saw you being trampled on inВ your blood, and IВ said toВ you, В«Live inВ your blood!В» So IВ said toВ you, В«live inВ your blood!В» (Comparison with the birth ofВ aВ child with bad parents).
7В He multiplied you like the plants ofВ the field; you grew up and became large, and achieved excellent beauty: your breasts were lifted up, and your hair grew; but you were naked and uncovered. (Comparison with field plants).
8В And IВ passed byВ you, and saw you, and, behold, it was your time, the time ofВ love; and IВ stretched out the resurrection And he swore toВ you and made aВ covenant with you, says the LORD God, and you became mine. (Comparison with the birth ofВ aВ child with good parents).
9В IВ have washed you with water, and washed your blood from you, and anointed you with oil. (Comparison with the birth ofВ aВ child with good parents).
10В And he put aВ patterned dress on you, and shod you inВ morocco sandals, and girded you with linen, and covered you with aВ silk veil. (Comparison with the birth ofВ aВ child with good parents).
11В And he dressed you inВ finery, and put your wrists on your hands and aВ necklace on your neck. (Wrists or bracelets are jewelry inВ the form ofВ rings or ribbons worn on the hand byВ both women and men).
12В And he gave you aВ ring on your nose, and earrings for your ears, and aВ beautiful crown on your head. (Comparison with the birth ofВ aВ child with good parents).
13В So you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothes were fine linen and silk and patterned fabrics; you ate bread made ofВ the best wheat flour, honey and oil, and you were extremely beautiful, and achieved royal greatness. (Comparison with the birth ofВ aВ child with good parents).
14В And your glory spread among the nations for the sake ofВ your beauty, because it was completely perfect with the magnificent outfit that IВ put on you, says the Lord God. (Comparison with the birth ofВ aВ child with good parents).
15В But you trusted inВ your beauty, and taking advantage ofВ your glory, you began toВ fornicate and lavished your fornication on everyone passing by, giving yourself toВ him. (Comparison with aВ wayward daughter-daughter).
16В And she took out ofВ your garments, and made for herself many-colored heights, and committed fornication on them, as it will never happen and will never happen. (Comparison with aВ wayward daughter-daughter).
17В And she took your fine things ofВ my gold and ofВ my silver, which IВ had given you, and made for herself male images, and fornicated with them. (Comparison with aВ wayward daughter-daughter).
18В And she took your patterned dresses, and clothed them with them, and set my oil and my incense before them, (AВ comparison with aВ wayward daughter-daughter).
19В And my bread, which IВ gave you, wheat flour, and oil, and honey, with which IВ fed you, you set before them inВ aВ pleasant fragrance; and it was, says the LORD God. (Comparison with aВ wayward daughter-daughter).
20В And she took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore toВ me, and sacrificed them for food. Was it not enough for you toВ commit fornication? (Comparison with aВ wayward daughter-daughter).
21В But you also killed my sons and gave them toВ them, leading them through [fire]. (Comparison with aВ wayward daughter-daughter).
22В And with all your abominations and your fornications, you have not remembered the days ofВ your youth, when you were naked and uncovered, and cast inВ your blood toВ be trampled on. (Comparison with aВ wayward daughter-daughter).
23 And after all your evil deeds, woe, woe to you! says the Lord God, – (The promise of all kinds of troubles and misfortunes).
24В you have built fornications for yourself and made yourself high places inВ every square; (Comparison with aВ wayward daughter-daughter).
25В at the beginning ofВ every road, she made herself exalted, disgraced your beauty, and spread out your feet for everyone passing by, and multiplied your fornications. (Comparison with aВ wayward daughter-daughter).
26В You have fornicated with the sons ofВ Egypt, your neighbors, men ofВ great stature, and you have multiplied your fornications, angering me. (Comparison with aВ wayward daughter-daughter).
27В And, behold, IВ have stretched out my hand against you, and have reduced what was appointed for you, and have given you toВ the mercy ofВ the daughters ofВ the Philistines who hate you, who are ashamed ofВ your shameful behavior. (God allegedly punished the wayward daughter byВ giving her toВ various foreign peoples).
28В And you fornicated with the sons ofВ Assyria and were not satisfied; you fornicated with them, but you were not satisfied; (God allegedly punished the wayward daughter byВ giving her toВ various foreign peoples).
29В And she multiplied your fornications inВ the land ofВ Canaan toВ Chaldea, but she was not satisfied with that either. (God allegedly punished the wayward daughter byВ giving her toВ various foreign peoples).
30В How weary your heart must be, says the LORD God, when you did all these things like an unbridled harlot! (God allegedly punished the wayward daughter byВ giving her toВ various foreign peoples).
31В When you built fornications for yourself at the beginning ofВ every road and made elevations for yourself inВ every square, you were not like aВ harlot, because you rejected gifts (Elevations, aВ wire through fire was considered aВ sin byВ the Jews, as it reminded ofВ the most ancient pagan customs that were previously among the Jews).
32В but like an adulterous wife who accepts strangers instead ofВ her husband. (Comparison with aВ harlot).
33В They give gifts toВ all harlots, but you yourself gave gifts toВ all your lovers and bribed them so that they would come toВ you from all sides toВ fornicate with you. (Comparison with aВ harlot).
34В Your fornications were contrary toВ what happens toВ women: they did not chase you, but you gave gifts, and they did not give you gifts; therefore, you acted contrary toВ others. (Comparison with aВ harlot).
35В Therefore, harlot, hear the word ofВ the LORD! (Suggestion with words).
36 Thus saith the LORD God: because you poured out your money in this way, and in your fornications your nakedness was revealed before your lovers and before all your vile idols, and for the blood of your sons whom you gave to them – (Comparison with a harlot).
37В Therefore, behold, IВ will gather all your lovers, whom you have enjoyed and whom you have loved, with all those whom you have hated, and IВ will gather them from everywhere against you, and IВ will uncover your nakedness before them, and they will see all your shame. (Punishment ofВ the harlot).
38В IВ will judge you byВ the judgment ofВ adulterers and those who shed blood, and IВ will betray you toВ bloody rage and jealousy; (The punishment ofВ the harlot).
39В IВ will deliver you into their hands, and they will destroy your fornications, and scatter your high places, and tear off your clothes, and take your garments, and leave you naked and uncovered. (Punishment ofВ the harlot).
40В And they will call an assembly upon you, and stone you, and cut you with their swords. (Punishment ofВ the harlot).
41В They will burn your houses with fire and execute judgment on you before the eyes ofВ many wives; and IВ will put an end toВ your fornication, and you will no longer give gifts. (Punishment ofВ the harlot).
42В And IВ will quench my anger against you, and my indignation will depart from you, and IВ will be at peace, and IВ will no longer be angry. (Punishment ofВ the harlot).
43В Because you did not remember the days ofВ your youth and irritated me with all these things, behold, IВ will turn your behavior on your head, says the LORD God, so that you will no longer indulge inВ debauchery after all your abominations. (Punishment ofВ the harlot).
44В Behold, anyone who speaks inВ parables can say ofВ you, В«Like the mother, so is the daughter.В» (The use ofВ parables-fables).
45В You are aВ daughter like your mother, who abandoned her husband and her children, and you are aВ sister like your sisters, who abandoned their husbands and their children. Your mother is aВ Hittite, and your father is an Amorite. (Comparison with aВ harlot).
46В But your big sister is Samaria, who lives on your left with her daughters; and your little sister, who lives on your right, is Sodom with her daughters. (Sodom and Gomorrah: InВ many places ofВ the Bible, the names ofВ these cities are mentioned as aВ terrible lesson toВ all who lead an ungodly life).
47В But you did not walk inВ their ways, nor did you walk inВ their abominations; that was not enough: you have acted more depraved than them inВ all your ways. (Comparison with aВ harlot).
48В As IВ live, saith the LORD God, Sodom, thy sister, hath not done that which thou and thy daughters have done. (Sodom and Gomorrah: InВ many places ofВ the Bible, the names ofВ these cities are mentioned as aВ terrible lesson toВ all who lead an ungodly life).
49В This was the iniquity ofВ your sister Sodom and her daughters: inВ pride, satiety, and idleness, and she did not support the hands ofВ the poor and the needy. (Sodom and Gomorrah: InВ many places ofВ the Bible, the names ofВ these cities are mentioned as aВ terrible lesson toВ all who lead an ungodly life).
50В And they were proud, and did abominations before me, and when IВ saw it, IВ rejected them. (Ezekiel, like the ancient prophets, examines inВ detail the past ofВ his people and shows all their ingratitude and grave sins before God. Jerusalem was worse than Sodom).
51В And Samaria has not sinned half ofВ your sins; you have surpassed them with your abominations, and through your abominations, which you have done, your sisters have been more right than you. (Following the example ofВ Hosea, Ezekiel personifies Samaria and Jerusalem inВ the form ofВ two harlots, constantly cheating on their lawful spouse, Yahweh, with lovers Assyrian, Egyptian, Babylonian).
52В Bear your shame, and you, who have condemned your sisters; according toВ your sins, byВ which you have disgraced yourself more than them, they are more right than you. Blush with shame and you, and bear your shame, thus justifying your sisters. (Ezekiel personifies Samaria and Jerusalem inВ the form ofВ two harlots, constantly cheating on their lawful spouse, Yahweh, with lovers Assyrian, Egyptian, Babylonian).
53В But IВ will bring back their captivity, the captivity ofВ Sodom and her daughters, the captivity ofВ Samaria and her daughters, and between them the captivity ofВ your captives (Sodom and Gomorrah: inВ many places ofВ the Bible, the names ofВ these cities are mentioned as aВ terrible lesson toВ all who lead an ungodly life).
54 That you may bear your shame and be ashamed of all that you have done, serving as a consolation for them. (Samaria, that is, the kingdom of Israel, justly suffered for its crimes before God, and Jerusalem – Judah – turned out to be twice as sinful).
55В And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will return toВ their former state; and Samaria and her daughters will return toВ their former state, and you and your daughters will return toВ your former state. (Sodom and Gomorrah: InВ many places ofВ the Bible, the names ofВ these cities are mentioned as aВ terrible lesson toВ all who lead an ungodly life).
56В There was no mention ofВ your sister Sodom inВ your mouth inВ the days ofВ your pride (Sodom and Gomorrah: inВ many places ofВ the Bible, the names ofВ these cities are mentioned as aВ terrible lesson toВ all who lead an ungodly life).
57В Until your wickedness was revealed, as at the time ofВ the disgrace from the daughters ofВ Syria and all those around her, from the daughters ofВ the Philistines, who looked at you with contempt from all sides. (Comparison with aВ harlot).
58В Because ofВ your debauchery and because ofВ your abominations, you suffer, says the LORD. (Comparison with aВ harlot).
59В For thus saith the LORD God, IВ will do unto thee as thou hast done, despising the oath ofВ breaking the covenant. (The promise ofВ all sorts ofВ troubles).
60В But IВ will remember my union with you inВ the days ofВ your youth, and IВ will restore an everlasting union with you. (But, having shamed the traitor, Yahweh, that is, manipulative priests, just like Hosea, promises her forgiveness).
61В And you will remember your ways, and you will be ashamed when you receive your sisters, your big ones, as well as your little ones, and when IВ give them toВ you as daughters, but not from your union. (Priests need constant offerings and sacrifices, and this is possible only from people who are besotted with religious nonsense).
62В IВ will restore my union with you, and you will know that IВ am the Lord (the Lord is the master slaveholder, hypnotist and schemer).
63В inВ order for you toВ remember and be ashamed, and so that you cannot open your mouth inВ shame when IВ forgive you everything you have done, says the Lord God. (Priests need constant offerings and sacrifices, and this is possible only from people who are besotted with religious nonsense).
ChapterВ 17
1 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Hypnotist’s voice).
2В son ofВ man! Offer aВ riddle and tell aВ parable toВ the house ofВ Israel. (Secret priests will not calm down inВ any way, coming up with all sorts ofВ options for seducing the В«chosen onesВ»).
3В Say: Thus saith the LORD God: aВ great eagle with great wings, with long feathers, fluffy, mottled, flew toВ Lebanon and took off the top ofВ the cedar, (AВ parable-riddle).
4В He plucked the topmost ofВ its young shoots and brought it toВ the land ofВ Canaan, and laid it inВ the city ofВ merchants; (AВ parable-riddle).
5В and he took ofВ the seed ofВ the land, and planted the seed on the land, and placed it byВ the great waters, as they plant aВ willow tree. (AВ parable-riddle).
6В And it grew, and became aВ vine, wide, low inВ stature, whose branches bent towards it, and its roots were under it, and became aВ vine, and gave branches, and put forth branches. (AВ parable-riddle).
7В And there was also an eagle with large wings and fluffy; and, behold, this vine reached out toВ him with its roots and stretched out its branches toВ him, so that he watered it from the furrows ofВ his seedling. (AВ parable-riddle).
8В She was planted inВ aВ good field, byВ great waters, so that she could put out branches and bear fruit, and become aВ magnificent vine. (AВ parable-riddle).
9В Say, Thus saith the LORD God, Will she succeed? Will not its roots be torn out, and will not its fruits be torn off, so that it withers? all the young branches that have grown from it will wither. And not with great force and not with many people will they pluck it from its roots. (AВ parable-riddle).
10В And behold, though she is planted, will there be success? Will it dry up as soon as the east wind touches it? it will dry up on the ridges where it grew up. (AВ parable-riddle).
11В And the word ofВ the LORD came toВ me: (Suggestion byВ words).
12 Tell the rebellious house: Don’t you know what this means?«Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took his king and his princes, and brought them to him to Babylon. (The Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem, the capture of the Jewish king and his entourage).
13 And he took [another] from the royal family, and made an alliance with him, and bound him by an oath, and took the strong of that land with him, (The Babylonian king planted his puppet in Jerusalem, the nobility was taken to Babylonia-Chaldea. The 4th Book of Kings, 24:17 «And the king of Babylon reigned Matthias, the uncle of [Jehonia], instead of him, and changed his name to Zedekiah,» the new king of Judea is a protege of Babylon, the change of the king’s name meant a change of cult, ideology).
14В that the kingdom may be submissive, that it may not rise, that we may keep the union and stand firm. (The main thing for the Babylonians is that Judea should be aВ submissive country).
15 But he rebelled against him, sending his messengers to Egypt to give him horses and many men. Will he succeed? Will the one who does it survive? Has he broken the alliance and will he survive? (King Zedekiah of Judah contacted the king of Egypt. The 4th Book of Kings, chapter 24, «19 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD in all things as Joachim did.» The king did not support Yahweh’s priests. «20 The wrath of the LORD was upon Jerusalem and upon Judah, to the extent that he rejected them from his presence. And Zedekiah was rebelled against the king of Babylon.» The king of Judah ceased to obey Babylon).
16В IВ live, says the LORD God, inВ the abode ofВ the king who made him king, and toВ whom he has despised his oath, and has broken his covenant with him, he will die with him inВ Babylon. (God lives inВ Jerusalem, on Mount Zion).
17В With great power and with aВ large people, Pharaoh will do nothing for him inВ this war, when the rampart will be built and siege towers will be built for the destruction ofВ many souls. (The Egyptians did not support the Jews, Jerusalem was under siege).
18В He despised the oath toВ break the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he will not survive. (Zedekiah found himself inВ aВ difficult position.)
19В Therefore thus saith the LORD God: IВ live! My oath, which he has despised, and My union, which he has broken, IВ will turn on his head. (Due toВ the fact that Zedekiah did not support the priests ofВ Judaism, he lost).
20В And IВ will cast my net upon him, and he will be caught inВ my snare; and IВ will bring him toВ Babylon, and there IВ will sue him for his treachery against me. (4В Kings, chapter 25, В«5В And the army ofВ the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him inВ the plains ofВ Jericho, and all his army fled from him.В» Arrest ofВ the tsar. В«6В And they took the king, and brought him toВ the king ofВ Babylon at Riblah, and judged him, В«The judgment ofВ Zedekiah. В«7В And the sons ofВ Zedekiah were slaughtered before his eyes, but [himself] Zedekiah blinded his eyes and bound him with fetters, and took him toВ Babylon.В» The В«princes ofВ the bloodВ» were killed, the king himself was blinded and taken toВ Babylon inВ chains).
21В But all his fugitives from all his regiments will fall byВ the sword, and the rest will be scattered toВ all winds; and you will know that I, the LORD, have said this. (And all, they say, because they stopped honoring the В«rightВ» god).
22В Thus saith the LORD God: And IВ will take from the top ofВ aВ tall cedar, and plant it; from its upper shoots IВ will tear off aВ tender branch, and plant it on aВ high and majestic mountain. (Analogy with the eagle and cedar from Lebanon).
23В IВ will plant it on the high mountain ofВ Israel, and it will put forth branches, and bring forth fruit, and it will become aВ majestic cedar, and all kinds ofВ birds will dwell under it, all kinds ofВ birds will dwell inВ the shade ofВ its branches. (Analogy with the eagle and cedar from Lebanon).
24В And all the trees ofВ the field will know that I, the LORD, am lowering aВ tall tree, raising aВ low tree, drying up aВ green tree, and making aВ dry tree flourish: I, the LORD, have said, and IВ will do it. (Analogy with the eagle and cedar from Lebanon).
ChapterВ 18
1 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Hypnotist’s voice).
2 Why do you use this proverb in the land of Israel, saying, «The fathers ate sour grapes, but the children’s teeth are set on edge»? (Using a quote from Jeremiah: 31:29 In those days, it will no longer be said: «the fathers ate sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge»; a happy life for the people as a whole in the indefinite distant future was little consolation for an individual Jew, a contemporary of Ezekiel).
3 I Live! Says the Lord God, – they will not speak this proverb in Israel. (The Jewish priesthood does not benefit from this proverb, since it rejects «sinful» Jews, since, they say, they bear the constant «seal of sin»).
4В For behold, all souls are mine: both the soul ofВ the father and the soul ofВ the son are Mine: the soul that sins will die. (Everything, they say, depends on Yahweh).
5В If anyone is righteous and does justice and righteousness, (the righteous who observe all the ordinances ofВ the priesthood).
6 He does not eat on the mountains of sacrifice, and does not turn his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, and does not approach his wife during the purification of her uncleanness (the righteous who observe all the ordinances of the priesthood).
7В he oppresses no one, returns his pledge toВ the debtor, does not commit embezzlement, gives his bread toВ the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, (The righteous who observe all the ordinances ofВ the priesthood).
8В he does not give up and does not take interest, he keeps his hand from unrighteousness, he makes aВ right judgment toВ man with man, (The righteous who observe all the ordinances ofВ the priesthood).
9В He acts according toВ my commandments and keeps my ordinances sincerely: then he is aВ righteous man, he will surely live, says the Lord God. (The righteous who keep all the ordinances ofВ the priesthood are alive!).
10В But if aВ robber son is born toВ him, shedding blood, and doing any ofВ these things, (Definition ofВ iniquity).
11 Which he himself did not do at all, and eats sacrificial food on the mountains, and defiles his neighbor’s wife, (Definition of iniquity).
12В He oppresses the poor and the needy, forcibly takes away, does not return the pledge, and turns his eyes toВ idols, does an abomination (Definition ofВ iniquity).
13 He gives in increase, and takes in excess; then will he live? [No], he won’t be alive. Whoever does all such abominations will surely die, his blood will be on him. (The wrongdoers will be put to death).
14В But if aВ son is born toВ someone who, seeing all the sins ofВ his father, which he does, sees and does not do like them: (Definition ofВ the righteous).
15 He does not eat on the mountains of sacrifice, does not turn his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, (Definition of the righteous).
16В and he does not oppress aВ man, does not take aВ pledge, and does not forcibly take away, he gives his bread toВ the hungry, and covers the naked with clothes, (Definition ofВ the righteous).
17В He withholds his hand from [offending] the poor, he does not take any increase or interest, he fulfills my commands and acts according toВ my commandments, then this one will not die for the iniquity ofВ his father; he will live. (The righteous one remains alive!).
18В But his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did evil among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity. (The wrongdoers will be put toВ death).
19В You say, В«Why does the son not bear the guilt ofВ his father?В» Because the son acts lawfully and justly, keeps all my statutes and fulfills them; he will live. (The righteous one remains alive!).
20 The soul that sins, it will die; the son will not bear the guilt of the father, and the father will not bear the guilt of the son, the righteousness of the righteous remains with him, and the iniquity of the lawless remains with him. (To the wrongdoer – death, to the righteous – life!).
21В And the wicked, if he turns from all his sins, which he has done, and keeps all my statutes, and acts lawfully and justly, he will live, he will not die. (The wrongdoer can correct himself, then he will be alive).
22В All his transgressions that he has done will not be remembered toВ him; inВ his righteousness that he will do, he will live. (The wrongdoer can correct himself, then he will be alive).
23В Do IВ want the death ofВ the wrongdoer? Says the Lord God. Is it not that he should turn from his ways and be alive? (It is advantageous for manipulative priests not toВ kill the sinner, but toВ force him again, with the help ofВ religious tricks, toВ work for them).
24В And the righteous man, if he turns away from his righteousness and acts unrighteously, will do all the abominations that the wrongdoer does, will he live? all his good deeds, which he did, will not be remembered; for his iniquity, which he does, and for his sins, inВ which he has sinned, he will die. (Ezekiel introduced aВ substantially new word inВ defense ofВ Yahweh. God does not want the sinner toВ die, he wants him toВ repent and live, that is, toВ feed the priests-schemers).
25 But you say, «The way of the LORD is wrong!» Listen, House of Israel! Is my path wrong? aren’t your ways wrong? (A dispute between Jewish priests and ordinary Israelis).
26В If aВ righteous man turns away from his righteousness and does iniquity and dies for it, then he dies for his iniquity that he has done. (Iniquity is aВ deviation from the statutes ofВ Moses, which is unprofitable for the Jewish priesthood).
27В And the wicked, if he turns from his iniquity, which he has done, and does justice and righteousness, he will restore his soul toВ life. (The main thing for the Jewish priesthood is toВ inspire the В«chosen onesВ» that, they say, all their sins are from the fact that they stopped feeding Yahweh, inВ fact, hiding behind the name ofВ God, the Jewish priesthood sought toВ establish its theocratic power over the Jews).
28 For he has seen and turned from all his transgressions that he has done; he will live, he will not die. (This is beneficial to the Jewish priesthood, the wrongdoer became a lawyer – he began to feed the scheming priests again).
29 But the house of Israel says, «The way of the LORD is wrong!» Are my ways wrong, house of Israel? aren’t your ways wrong? (Ordinary Israelis opposed the theocracy).
30 Therefore, I will judge you, the house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the LORD God; repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that wickedness will not be a stumbling block to you. (This is beneficial to the Jewish priesthood, the wrongdoer became a lawyer – he began to feed the scheming priests again).
31В Cast away from you all your sins with which you have sinned, and create for yourself aВ new heart and aВ new spirit; and why should you die, house ofВ Israel? (The vengeful Jewish priesthood put toВ death its opponents).
32 For I do not want the death of a dying man, says the LORD God; but turn and live! (This is beneficial to the Jewish priesthood, the wrongdoer became a lawyer – he began to feed the scheming priests again).
ChapterВ 19
1В And you raise aВ lament about the princes ofВ Israel (If inВ his early speeches Ezekiel predicted that the new Israel would have aВ king from the descendants ofВ David, then inВ these chapters it is no longer said about the king, it is only about the В«princeВ» (Heb. В«nasiВ»). The prince must make sacrifices for the people, take care ofВ the temple and worship, and only for this purpose collect taxes from the people inВ favor ofВ the temple with animals and other products for sacrifices. So that the В«princeВ» does not crowd the people, he is given his domain inВ hereditary possession, the income from which he will use).
2В And say, What kind ofВ lioness is your mother? she settled down among the lions, raised her cubs between the young lions. (Comparison with lions).
3В And she nursed one ofВ her cubs; he became aВ young lion and learned toВ catch prey, ate people. (Comparison with lions).
4В And the nations heard ofВ him; he was caught inВ their pit, and they brought him inВ chains toВ the land ofВ Egypt. (Comparison with lions).
5В And when, after waiting, she saw that her hope was gone, then she took another ofВ her cubs and made him aВ young lion. (Comparison with lions).
6В And when he became aВ young lion, he began toВ walk among the lions and learned toВ catch prey, ate people (Comparison with lions).
7В And he defiled their widows, and laid waste their cities; and the land and all its villages were desolate because ofВ his roaring. (Comparison with lions).
8В Then the nations ofВ the surrounding regions rose up against him and spread their net over him; he was caught inВ their pit. (Comparison with lions).
9В And they put him inВ aВ cage with chains, and took him toВ the king ofВ Babylon; they took him toВ aВ fortress, so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains ofВ Israel. (The lion symbolizes the В«infidelВ» people ofВ the Jews).
10В Your mother was like aВ vine planted byВ the water; she was fruitful and branched from the abundance ofВ water. (Comparison with aВ vine).
11В And she had strong branches for the sceptres ofВ the rulers, and her trunk rose high among the thick branches; and she stood out her height with her many branches. (Comparison with aВ vine).
12В But inВ anger she was plucked out, thrown toВ the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit; her strong branches were torn off and dried up, the fire devoured them. (Comparison with aВ vine).
13В And now she is transplanted into the wilderness, into aВ dry and thirsty land. (Comparison with aВ vine).
14 And fire came out of the trunk of her branches, devoured her fruits, and there were no strong branches left on her for the ruler’s sceptre. This is a lamentable song, and will remain for crying. (The vine symbolizes the «infidel» people of the Jews).
ChapterВ 20
1 In the seventh year, in the fifth [month], on the tenth day of the month, men from the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD and sat down before me. (The elders of Israel at the prophet’s «reception»).
2В And the word ofВ the LORD came toВ me: (Suggestion byВ words).
3 son of man! Speak to the elders of Israel and say to them: Thus saith the LORD God: Have you come to inquire of me? I live, I will not give you an answer, says the Lord God. (Interested persons – secret Jewish priests «broadcast» through the prophet).
4В Do you want toВ sue them, do you want toВ sue, son ofВ man? express toВ them the abominations ofВ their fathers (The judgment, beneficial toВ the Jewish priesthood, consisted inВ declaring that earlier the Israelites and Jews worshipped В«abominationsВ», that is, idols ofВ foreign gods).
5 And say to them, Thus saith the LORD God: On the day that I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand, and swore to the tribe of the house of Jacob, and revealed myself to them in the land of Egypt, and lifted up my hand, and said to them, «I am the LORD your God!» – (Endless references to the Egyptian captivity. God has a hand, he can swear, choose, claim that he is supposedly God. All this, of course, has been done for many centuries by interested persons – secret Jewish priests).
6В On that day, lifting up my hand, IВ swore toВ them toВ bring them out ofВ the land ofВ Egypt into the land that IВ had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, the beauty ofВ all lands, (God has aВ hand that he raises, this is the pass ofВ aВ hypnotist, swears, brings Jewish vagabonds out ofВ Egypt and leads them for decades inВ the Sinai desert, and В«seesВ» for the В«chosen onesВ» the land supposedly В«flowing with milk and honey, the beauty ofВ all landsВ», which is little true, Canaan-Israel is an unproductive land. InВ fact, the top ofВ the Jewish priesthood В«likedВ» the profitable trade routes ofВ Canaan, which can be controlled and get huge profits from this).
7В And he said toВ them, В«Cast away every abomination from your eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols ofВ Egypt: IВ am the LORD your God. (The main task ofВ the prophets is toВ attract toВ the side ofВ Yahweh, that is, the Jewish priesthood, as many supporters as possible, especially the nobility ofВ the Jewish tribes, inВ particular the elders, who, inВ turn, would help attract toВ the В«trueВ» god as many В«chosen onesВ» as possible).
8 But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; no one rejected abominations from their eyes, nor forsook the idols of Egypt. And I said, I will pour out my wrath upon them, I will exhaust my wrath upon them in the midst of the land of Egypt. (The «chosen ones», that is, those whom the god Yahweh himself «chose» for himself as a «chosen people», based on Jewish statements, were constantly indignant against their god, did not obey, did not obey, did not abandon the idols of other gods. And as an ordinary man – god, that is, interested persons – the Jewish priesthood, expressed his discontent: anger and rage. And that he did not know in advance that this would happen? Why should God express human emotions? There is only one answer: only vengeful Jewish priests who were left without a flock, that is, hungry and cold, could do this).
9 But I have acted for my name’s sake, that it should not be blasphemed before the nations among whom they were, and before whose eyes I revealed myself to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. (God acted in such a way that his name was not blasphemed by the peoples among whom he «led» the «chosen ones», «before whose eyes I revealed Myself to them in order to bring them out of the land of Egypt» – demonstrating to the naive public of vagabonds his hocus—pocus and «miracles», which turned out to be ordinary trickery and knowledge of desert life).
10В And IВ brought them out ofВ the land ofВ Egypt and brought them into the wilderness, (AВ constant reference toВ the withdrawal from Egypt and В«drivingВ» through the Sinai desert).
11 and I gave them my commandments, and announced to them my ordinances, by fulfilling which a person would live through them; (All these commandments, ordinances were beneficial to the slave—owning system of the power of the priests – hierocracy).
12В IВ also gave them my sabbaths, that they might be aВ sign between me and them, that they might know that IВ am the LORD who sanctifies them. (The Sabbaths serve as aВ kind ofВ omen-foreshadowing).
13В But the house ofВ Israel rebelled against me inВ the wilderness: they did not act according toВ my commandments, and rejected my ordinances, which aВ man would live byВ them, and they violated my sabbaths, and IВ said, IВ will pour out my wrath on them inВ the wilderness toВ destroy them. (The В«chosen onesВ» behaved badly. God, that is, the priest expresses very human qualities, like rage and is ready toВ kill the В«chosenВ» Jews byВ him).
14 But I did it for my name’s sake, so that it would not be blasphemed before the nations in whose eyes I brought them out. (So would the priests, who did not want to hear condemnation and blasphemy from various nations).
15В Even when IВ raised my hand against them inВ the wilderness, IВ swore that IВ would not bring them into the land that IВ had appointed, flowing with milk and honey, the beauty ofВ all lands (God has aВ hand!).
16В Because they rejected my ordinances, and did not walk according toВ my commandments, and broke my sabbaths; for their heart longed for their idols. (The В«Chosen onesВ» constantly violated their obligations).
17В But my eye was sorry toВ destroy them, and IВ did not destroy them inВ the wilderness. (God has an eye-eye!).
18В And IВ said toВ their sons inВ the wilderness, Do not walk according toВ the rules ofВ your fathers, and do not keep their statutes, and do not defile yourself with their idols. (God spoke!).
19В IВ am the LORD your God: do according toВ my commandments, and keep my statutes, and do them. (The statement that the priest is the master-slaveholder over his slaves).
20В And hallow my sabbaths, that they may be aВ sign between me and you, that you may know that IВ am the LORD your God. (The Sabbaths serve as aВ kind ofВ omen-foreshadowing).
21В But my sons also rebelled against me: they did not act according toВ my commandments and did not keep my statutes, they did not do what aВ person would live if they did, they violated my sabbaths, and IВ said: IВ will pour out my anger on them, IВ will exhaust my fury over them inВ the wilderness; (The В«chosen onesВ» constantly violated their obligations).
22 But I turned away my hand and acted for my name’s sake, so that it would not be blasphemed before the nations, before whose eyes I brought them out. (God has a hand!).
23В Also, having lifted up my hand inВ the wilderness, IВ [swore] toВ scatter them among the nations and scatter them over the lands (God has aВ hand!).
24В Because they did not fulfill my decrees and rejected my commandments, and violated my Sabbaths, and their eyes turned toВ the idols ofВ their fathers. (For the zealots ofВ Yahweh, that is, the Jewish priests, it was important not toВ lose their flock. InВ Babylonia, the Jews did not have such aВ unifying religious center as the Jerusalem temple was, the more important the rite had toВ play. That is why for Ezekiel, unlike the ancient prophets, religious duties are no less important than moral ones; circumcision for him is aВ symbol ofВ holiness, and the Sabbath is aВ sign between Yahweh and the В«chosen peopleВ»).
25В And he permitted them unkind institutions and ordinances, from which they could not be alive, (God is taking revenge).
26В And he permitted them toВ be defiled byВ their sacrifices, when they began toВ pass through the fire every first fruit ofВ the womb, toВ destroy them, so that they might know that IВ am the LORD. (God is taking revenge).
27В Therefore speak toВ the house ofВ Israel, son ofВ man, and say toВ them: Thus saith the LORD God: this is what your fathers blasphemed me with, treacherously acting against me: (These maxims are beneficial toВ the Jewish priestly elite, which acts through its prophet, instilling inВ the elders what is important for the Jewish priestly elite).
28В IВ brought them toВ the land that IВ had sworn toВ give them, lifting up my hand, and they, having looked for every high hill and every branching tree, began toВ kill their sacrifices there, and set up their offending offerings and their fragrant incense there, and poured out their libations there. (The ancient Jews, like other peoples, worshipped heights and trees, offering sacrifices there).
29В And IВ said toВ them, What is this height, where do you go? therefore, it is called byВ the name ofВ Bam toВ this day. (Worship ofВ the heights).
30В Therefore tell the house ofВ Israel: Thus saith the LORD God: Do you not defile yourselves after the example ofВ your fathers, and commit fornication after their abominations? (The trick ofВ Judaism was that God is invisible, but he speaks through his prophets, that is, people who are under the hypnotic influence ofВ the top ofВ the Jewish priesthood).
31В When you bring your gifts and lead your sons through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols toВ this day, and you want toВ question me, house ofВ Israel? IВ live, says the Lord God, IВ will not give you an answer. (The passage through fire existed among many peoples, this supposedly В«cleansedВ» the wiring objects, goes back toВ the ancient worship ofВ fire, as well as the use ofВ fire as aВ wound healer).
32 And what comes to your mind will not come true at all. You say: «Let us, like pagans, like foreign tribes, serve wood and stone.» (As a prophet, Ezekiel, who himself was captured in Babylon, had to consider it his direct duty to maintain faith in Yahweh in his countrymen and hope for an improvement in their lot, if God wanted it. He also made prophecies about other peoples: Ammon and Moab, Edom, Tyre and Egypt, predicting them revenge from Yahweh for having treated Israel and Judah badly in the past and gloating about his disasters in the present – for this they will perish, and Israel will be reborn).
33 As I live, saith the LORD God, with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with an outpouring of wrath, I will rule over you. (But when, after the fall of Jerusalem, the second and third parties of exiles appeared in Babylon, the prophets of Yahweh obviously had to face new tasks. During these years, among the captive Jews in Babylon, there were many who, losing faith not only in the power of Yahweh, but also in the immutability of his love for Israel, began to worship the gods of the land on which they found themselves settled. Ezekiel meant exactly that when he put a stern warning into Yahweh’s mouth to these faint-hearted).
34В And IВ will bring you out ofВ the nations and out ofВ the countries where you are scattered, and IВ will gather you with aВ strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with an outpouring ofВ wrath. (Yahweh can do anything).
35В And IВ will bring you into the wilderness ofВ the nations, and there IВ will judge you face toВ face. (God will judge, that is, the Jewish priests performed judicial functions).
36В As IВ judged your fathers inВ the wilderness ofВ the land ofВ Egypt, so will IВ judge you, says the LORD God. (God will judge, that is, the Jewish priests performed judicial functions).
37В And IВ will lead you under the rod and bring you into the bonds ofВ the covenant. (AВ covenant, that is, an agreement, an alliance, is beneficial toВ the priesthood inВ order toВ influence it inВ the same way inВ the right relation toВ the priesthood).
38В And IВ will single out from among you those who are rebellious and disobedient toВ me. IВ will bring them out ofВ the land ofВ their sojourn, but they will not enter the land ofВ Israel, and you will know that IВ am the Lord. (All rebels will be destroyed, because only submissive and obedient slaves are needed).
39 But you, house of Israel, – thus saith the LORD God, – go each to your idols and serve them, if you do not listen to me, but do not defile my holy name with your gifts and your idols, (Like an offended child, an outcast God refuses to «play» with his «chosen ones», sending them away to other people’s «toys» – idols).
40 For on my holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,“ says the LORD God, „all the house of Israel will serve me there, as many as there are on earth; there I will receive them with pleasure, and there I will demand your offerings and your firstfruits with all your holy things. (It is possible to serve «My holy mountain» – Zion, although the so-called god himself forbade worshipping heights, but this is the «right» height, the main thing is to drag offerings and rudiments more often, and that would be without a flaw!).
41В IВ will receive you as aВ fragrant incense when IВ bring you out ofВ the nations and gather you from the countries where you are scattered, and IВ will be hallowed inВ you before the eyes ofВ the nations. (Smoking is also allowed, but smoking is forbidden toВ other gods-idols, the main thing is toВ drag more and more often offerings and rudiments, and that would be without aВ flaw!).
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