26:033:018 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness,
and
committeth
iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
26:033:019 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness,
and do that which
is
lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
26:033:020 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not
equal. O ye house of
Israel,
I will judge you every one after his ways.
26:033:021 And it came to pass in the twelfth year
of our captivity, in
the
tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one
that
had
escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The
city is
smitten.
26:033:022 Now the hand of the lord was upon
me in the evening, afore he
that
was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he
came
to
me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was
no
more
dumb.
26:033:023 Then the word of the lord came unto me, saying,
26:033:024 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes
of the land of
Israel
speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the
land:
but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
26:033:025 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the
Lord god; Ye eat with
the
blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and
shed
blood:
and shall ye possess the land?
26:033:026 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination,
and ye defile
every
one his neighbour’s wife: and shall ye possess
the land?
26:033:027 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the
Lord god; As I live,
surely
they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword,
and
him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts
to
be
devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the
caves
shall
die of the pestilence.
26:033:028 For I will lay the land most desolate,
and the pomp of her
strength
shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be
desolate,
that none shall pass through.
26:033:029 Then shall they know that I am the lord,
when I have laid the
land
most desolate because of all their abominations which
they
have committed.
26:033:030 Also, thou son of man, the children of
thy people still are
talking
against thee by the walls and in the doors of the
houses,
and speak one to another, every one to his brother,
saying,
Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that
cometh
forth from the lord.
26:033:031 And they come unto thee as the people cometh,
and they sit
before
thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they
will
not do them: for with their mouth they shew much
love,
but
their heart goeth after their covetousness.


