The Books of the Prophets Ezekiel and Daniel. Scientific line-by-line explanation of the Bible

5 And when, after waiting, she saw that her hope was gone, then she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. (Comparison with lions).

6 And when he became a young lion, he began to walk among the lions and learned to catch prey, ate people (Comparison with lions).

7 And he defiled their widows, and laid waste their cities; and the land and all its villages were desolate because of his roaring. (Comparison with lions).

8 Then the nations of the surrounding regions rose up against him and spread their net over him; he was caught in their pit. (Comparison with lions).

9 And they put him in a cage with chains, and took him to the king of Babylon; they took him to a fortress, so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel. (The lion symbolizes the «infidel» people of the Jews).

10 Your mother was like a vine planted by the water; she was fruitful and branched from the abundance of water. (Comparison with a vine).

11 And she had strong branches for the sceptres of the rulers, and her trunk rose high among the thick branches; and she stood out her height with her many branches. (Comparison with a vine).

12 But in anger she was plucked out, thrown to 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 a vine).

13 And now she is transplanted into the wilderness, into a dry and thirsty land. (Comparison with a 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).

Chapter 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»).

2 And the word of the LORD came to me: (Suggestion by 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).

4 Do you want to sue them, do you want to sue, son of man? express to them the abominations of their fathers (The judgment, beneficial to the Jewish priesthood, consisted in declaring that earlier the Israelites and Jews worshipped «abominations», that is, idols of 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).

6 On that day, lifting up my hand, I swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into the land that I had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, the beauty of all lands, (God has a hand that he raises, this is the pass of a hypnotist, swears, brings Jewish vagabonds out of Egypt and leads them for decades in the Sinai desert, and «sees» for the «chosen ones» the land supposedly «flowing with milk and honey, the beauty of all lands», which is little true, Canaan-Israel is an unproductive land. In fact, the top of the Jewish priesthood «liked» the profitable trade routes of Canaan, which can be controlled and get huge profits from this).

7 And he said to them, «Cast away every abomination from your eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. (The main task of the prophets is to attract to the side of Yahweh, that is, the Jewish priesthood, as many supporters as possible, especially the nobility of the Jewish tribes, in particular the elders, who, in turn, would help attract to the «true» god as many «chosen ones» 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).

10 And I brought them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness, (A constant reference to the withdrawal from Egypt and «driving» 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).

12 I also gave them my sabbaths, that they might be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. (The Sabbaths serve as a kind of omen-foreshadowing).

13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they did not act according to my commandments, and rejected my ordinances, which a man would live by them, and they violated my sabbaths, and I said, I will pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness to destroy them. (The «chosen ones» behaved badly. God, that is, the priest expresses very human qualities, like rage and is ready to kill the «chosen» Jews by 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).

15 Even when I raised my hand against them in the wilderness, I swore that I would not bring them into the land that I had appointed, flowing with milk and honey, the beauty of all lands (God has a hand!).

16 Because they rejected my ordinances, and did not walk according to my commandments, and broke my sabbaths; for their heart longed for their idols. (The «Chosen ones» constantly violated their obligations).

17 But my eye was sorry to destroy them, and I did not destroy them in the wilderness. (God has an eye-eye!).

18 And I said to their sons in the wilderness, Do not walk according to the rules of your fathers, and do not keep their statutes, and do not defile yourself with their idols. (God spoke!).

19 I am the LORD your God: do according to my commandments, and keep my statutes, and do them. (The statement that the priest is the master-slaveholder over his slaves).

20 And hallow my sabbaths, that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God. (The Sabbaths serve as a kind of omen-foreshadowing).

21 But my sons also rebelled against me: they did not act according to my commandments and did not keep my statutes, they did not do what a person would live if they did, they violated my sabbaths, and I said: I will pour out my anger on them, I will exhaust my fury over them in the wilderness; (The «chosen ones» 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!).

23 Also, having lifted up my hand in the wilderness, I [swore] to scatter them among the nations and scatter them over the lands (God has a hand!).

24 Because they did not fulfill my decrees and rejected my commandments, and violated my Sabbaths, and their eyes turned to the idols of their fathers. (For the zealots of Yahweh, that is, the Jewish priests, it was important not to lose their flock. In Babylonia, the Jews did not have such a unifying religious center as the Jerusalem temple was, the more important the rite had to play. That is why for Ezekiel, unlike the ancient prophets, religious duties are no less important than moral ones; circumcision for him is a symbol of holiness, and the Sabbath is a sign between Yahweh and the «chosen people»).

25 And he permitted them unkind institutions and ordinances, from which they could not be alive, (God is taking revenge).

26 And he permitted them to be defiled by their sacrifices, when they began to pass through the fire every first fruit of the womb, to destroy them, so that they might know that I am the LORD. (God is taking revenge).

27 Therefore speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and say to them: Thus saith the LORD God: this is what your fathers blasphemed me with, treacherously acting against me: (These maxims are beneficial to the Jewish priestly elite, which acts through its prophet, instilling in the elders what is important for the Jewish priestly elite).

28 I brought them to the land that I had sworn to give them, lifting up my hand, and they, having looked for every high hill and every branching tree, began to 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).

29 And I said to them, What is this height, where do you go? therefore, it is called by the name of Bam to this day. (Worship of the heights).

30 Therefore tell the house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD God: Do you not defile yourselves after the example of your fathers, and commit fornication after their abominations? (The trick of Judaism was that God is invisible, but he speaks through his prophets, that is, people who are under the hypnotic influence of the top of the Jewish priesthood).

31 When you bring your gifts and lead your sons through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day, and you want to question me, house of Israel? I live, says the Lord God, I will not give you an answer. (The passage through fire existed among many peoples, this supposedly «cleansed» the wiring objects, goes back to the ancient worship of fire, as well as the use of fire as a 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).

34 And I will bring you out of the nations and out of the countries where you are scattered, and I will gather you with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with an outpouring of wrath. (Yahweh can do anything).

35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will judge you face to face. (God will judge, that is, the Jewish priests performed judicial functions).

36 As I judged your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I judge you, says the LORD God. (God will judge, that is, the Jewish priests performed judicial functions).

37 And I will lead you under the rod and bring you into the bonds of the covenant. (A covenant, that is, an agreement, an alliance, is beneficial to the priesthood in order to influence it in the same way in the right relation to the priesthood).

38 And I will single out from among you those who are rebellious and disobedient to me. I will bring them out of the land of their sojourn, but they will not enter the land of Israel, and you will know that I 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).