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27 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.
28 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.
29 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.
30 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,
30 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,
The word of the Lord came to Ezechiel..
And I saw, and behold a whirlwind came out of the north: and a great cloud, and a fire infolding it, and brightness was about it: and out of the midst thereof, that is, out of the midst of the fire..(Ez1:2-5.24-28 #HolyMass #Aug10) #Bible
And I saw, and behold a whirlwind came out of the north: and a great cloud, and a fire infolding it, and brightness was about it: and out of the midst thereof, that is, out of the midst of the fire..(Ez1:2-5.24-28 #HolyMass #Aug10) #Bible
2. as it were the resemblance of an amber:
And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.
And I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters(Ezk1)
#Bible #Ezekiel #vision
And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the likeness of a man in them.
And I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters(Ezk1)
#Bible #Ezekiel #vision
3. as it were the voice of the most high God: when they walked, it was like the voice of a multitude, like the noise of an army, and when they stood, their wings were let down.
And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber as the appearance of fire within it round about (Ezk1)
And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber as the appearance of fire within it round about (Ezk1)
In their zeal to preserve EVERY detail of the biblical text accurately, the #Masoretes sometimes make up little ditties, in #Aramaic, to help remember some textual feature or another. I've just come across one I'd not seen before, & which has instantly become my favourite. (1/5)
Remember #Ezekiel 18? The righteous man and the unrighteous man. The righteous man does not eat on the mountains (i.e. at the idol shrines), but the unrighteous man does eat on the mountains 
In both cases, the verb 'eat' happens to be marked w/ Zaqef. Zaqef is quite a strong disjunctive accent. S/times it causes the word it marks to be written as a pausal form (ie vowel change), s/times not. Here: 'does not eat' is pausal, but 'does eat' is written non-pausally.
