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

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4 and your altars will be laid waste, your pillars in honor of the sun will be broken, and I will throw down your slain before your idols; (Traitors worship the wrong idols).

5 And I will lay the corpses of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars. (The promise of misfortunes and troubles).

6 In 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 of misfortunes and troubles).

7 And the slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD. (Thus, it is «proved» that God is the Lord (lord), that is, by endless murders).

8 But I will save the remnant, so that you will have survivors of the sword among the nations when you are scattered over the lands. (The Jews were becoming scattered).

9 And your survivors among the nations will remember me, where they will be taken captive, when I 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 in all their abominations; (The Jewish priests, acting through their prophets, they inspired favorable attitudes to them).

10 And they will know that I am the LORD; it was not in vain that I said that I would bring such a calamity upon them. (God can speak!).

11 Thus saith the LORD God: Throw up your hands, and stamp with your foot, and say, Woe for all the abominable wickedness of the house of Israel! they will fall by the sword, famine and pestilence. (Ancient customs: splashing with hands, stomping with feet. Sorcerer priests often used this to influence the public so that the public would return to the bosom of the «true» 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).

13 And you will know that I am the LORD, when the slain will be among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every branching oak, in the place where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols. (For the priests of Judaism, other cults were rivals, which was expressed in the withdrawal of part of the flock from the Jews to other cults, this naturally caused them fits of anger and indignation, as can be seen from the above words).

14 And I will stretch out my hand against them, and make the land a wilderness and a wilderness, from the wilderness of Divlath, in all their places of residence, and they will know that I am the LORD. (The promise of all sorts of misfortunes that the vengeful god supposedly «produces», in fact, all these misfortunes are completely ordinary events during the endless wars).

Chapter 7

1 And the word of the Lord came to me: (Suggestion by 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).

3 This is the end of you; and I will send my wrath upon you, and I will judge you according to your ways, and I will lay all your abominations on you. (The wrath of God, that is, the hungry Jewish priesthood, is connected with the fact that the «chosen people» stopped feeding the priests).

4 And my eye will not spare you, and I will not have mercy, and I will repay you according to your ways, and your abominations will be with you, and you will know that I am the LORD. (The Jewish priests, acting through their prophets, inspired favorable attitudes to them).

5 Thus saith the LORD God: the only trouble is, behold, trouble is coming. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

6 The end has come, the end has come, it has risen on you; here it has come, (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

7 the attack has reached you, inhabitant of the earth! the time is coming, the day of confusion is approaching, and not cheerful exclamations on the mountains. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

8 Behold, I will soon pour out my wrath upon you, and I will do my wrath upon you, and I will judge you according to your ways, and I will lay all your abominations on you. (The promise of 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).

10 Here is the day! here came the attack! the rod has grown, the pride has grown. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

11 Power rises up against the rod of wickedness; nothing will remain of them, and of their wealth, and of their noise, and of their pomp. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

12 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 of troubles and misfortunes).

13 For he who sold will not return to the sold, even if they remain alive; for the prophetic vision of all their multitude will not be canceled, and no one will strengthen his life by his iniquity. («Visions» 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).

15 There is a sword outside the house, but pestilence and famine are in the house. Whoever is in the field will die by the sword; and whoever is in the city will be devoured by famine and pestilence. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

16 But the survivors of them will flee and will be on the mountains like the doves of the valleys; they will all groan, each for his iniquity. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

17 Everyone’s hands will fall, and everyone’s knees will tremble, [like] water. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

18 Then they will be girded with sackcloth, and trembling will overtake them; and all will have shame on their faces, and all will have a bald spot on their heads. (Baldness, baldness, sackcloth symbolized the presence of any disaster, misfortune).

19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be neglected. Their silver and their gold will not be strong enough to save them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They will not sate their souls with it, nor will they fill their wombs; for it was a reason for their iniquity. (The promise of 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).

21 And I will give it into the hands of strangers for plunder, and to the wicked of the land for plunder, and they will defile it. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

22 And I will turn my face away from them, and they will defile my secret; and robbers will come there and defile it. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

23 Make a chain, for this land is filled with bloody atrocities, and the city is full of violence. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

24 I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will take possession of their houses. And I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their shrines will be desecrated. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

25 Destruction is coming; they will seek peace, and they will not find it. (The promise of troubles and misfortunes).

26 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. («Visions» 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).

Chapter 8

1 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, and the hand of the LORD God fell upon me there. («The hand of the Lord God has descended upon me» 0 Ezekiel was hypnotized with the help of 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).

 

4 And behold, there was the glory of the God of Israel, like that which I saw in the field. («The glory of the God of Israel» is a 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).

7 And he brought me to the entrance of the courtyard, and I looked, and behold, there was a hole in the wall. (The hypnotist leads the hypnotized to the well).

8 And he said to me, «Son of man! dig through the wall; and I dug through the wall, and here is some kind of door. (The instruction to dig through the wall, the hypnotized obediently performs).

9 And he said to me, «Come in and see the disgusting abominations that they are doing here.» (An indication of «disgusting abominations»).

10 And I went in, and I saw, and behold, all kinds of images of reptiles and unclean animals, and all kinds of idols of the house of Israel, painted on the walls all around. (The temple is covered with images of reptiles, unclean animals and idols. Ezekiel, before his captivity, probably observed something similar in the Jerusalem temple. Obviously, there was a place for pagan cults in the «house of Yahweh», perhaps these were the figures of the beast-headed Egyptian gods. In any case, in these frescoes, in front of which incense and libations were performed, one can reasonably see remnants of ancient totemism and the cult of 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).

12 And he said to me, «Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his own painted room? for they say: «The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken this land.» (The elders of the Israelites left «their» god, according to the rule of Talion, since Yahweh «forgot» them).

13 And he said to me, Turn around, and you will see even greater abominations, which they do. (Referring to other «abominations», worshipping the wrong gods).

14 And he brought me to the entrance of the gate of the house of the Lord, which is to the north, and behold, there are women sitting weeping for Tammuz (Tammuz-Tammuz was the dying and resurrecting Babylonian god of the vegetable power of nature, whose worshippers on certain days of the year mourned the death of 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).

16 And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD, and behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, about twenty-five men [stand] with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces to the east, and bow to the east to the sun. (Sun worship, Sun worship was also performed in the temple of Yahweh).

17 And he said to me, Do you see, son of man? is it not enough for the house of Judah to 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 to their noses. (They worship the wrong gods).

18 Therefore will I also act with fury; my eye will not spare, and I will not have mercy; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them. (Yahweh will «take revenge» as an offended, vindictive person. This is not surprising, when the Jews got to Babylon, the religion of Yahweh experienced a powerful onslaught from paganism, and the prophets and priests of Yahweh really became the «guardians» of their religion).

Chapter 9

1 And he cried in my ears with a great voice, saying, Let the chastisers of the city come near, each with his own destructive instrument in 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).

4 And the LORD said to him, «Go through the middle of the city, in the middle of Jerusalem, and make a sign on the foreheads of the people who are grieving and sighing for all the abominations that are committed in the midst of it. (The indication of the «secret» priest about the sign).

5 And he said to them in my hearing: Follow him through the city and strike; let not your eye spare, and spare not; (Permission to kill).

6 Beat the old man, the young man, and the maiden, and the baby, and the wives to 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 in front of the house. (It is allowed to kill those who do not have a sign).

7 And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courtyards with the slain, and go out. And they went out and began to kill in the city. (Mass killings of those who do not obey the Jewish priests).

8 And when they had killed them, and I remained, then I fell on my face and cried out, and said, O Lord God! Will You destroy the rest of Israel by pouring out Your anger on Jerusalem? (The Prophet asks about the necessity of killing the «chosen ones» who «betrayed» their god).

9 And he said to me, The wickedness of the house of Israel and Judah is great, very great; and this land is full of blood, and the city is full of unrighteousness; for they say, «The LORD has forsaken this land, and the LORD does not see.» (The «chosen ones» have departed from the religion of Yahweh, for this the vengeful Jewish priests send the «chosen ones» to kill).

10 Therefore my eye will not spare, and I will not have mercy; I 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!).

Chapter 10

1 And I saw, and behold, on the vault that was above the heads of the Cherubim, as if a sapphire stone, as if something resembling a throne, was apparently above them. (The show continues).

2 And he spake unto the man clothed in linen, and said, Enter between the wheels under the cherubim, and take handfuls of burning coals between the cherubim, and cast them upon the city; and he entered in my sight. (Order to the assistant).

3 The cherubim were standing on the right side of the house when the man entered, and a cloud filled the courtyard. (The show is connected with burning coals, which create clouds, as well as with assistants who were in the form of cherubs).

4 And the glory of the LORD went up from the cherubim to the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with a cloud, and the courtyard was filled with the radiance of the glory of the LORD. (The show continues).

5 And the noise of the wings of the cherubim was heard even in the outer court, as if the voice of God Almighty when he speaks. (The show continues).

6 And when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, «Take fire between the wheels, between the cherubim,» and when he entered and stood by the wheel, (An order to the assistant).

7 Then from among the cherubim, one cherub stretched out his hand to the fire that was among the cherubim, and took and gave handfuls to the one clothed in linen. He took it and left. (The show is performed by several assistants).

8 And the cherubim were seen to have the likeness of human hands under their wings. (This phrase proves that these are actors, assistants of the main showman, acting under the name of Mr. God).

9 And I saw, and behold, there were four wheels beside the Cherubim, one wheel beside each Cherub, and the wheels looked as if they were made of topaz stone. (Wheels are used in the show).

10 And in appearance all four are similar, as if the wheel were in the wheel. (The design of the wheels is such that it seems that the wheel is in the wheel, it is technically easy to do this).

11 When they went, they went on their four sides; during their procession they did not turn around, but to the place where the head was turned, and they went there; during their procession they did not turn around. (Wheels are used in the show).

12 And their whole body, and their back, and their arms, and their wings, and the wheels all around were full of eyes, all four of their wheels. (Wheels are used in the show).

13 To these wheels, as I have heard, it was said, «Gilgal.» («Galgal» is a whirlwind).

14 And each of the animals has four faces: the first face is the face of a cherub, the second face is the face of a man, the third is the face of a lion, and the fourth is the face of an eagle. (The same chariot as before was used to better influence the prophet).

15 The cherubim rose up. These were the same animals that I saw at the Khovar River. (The cherubic actors wore masks and animal costumes).

16 And when the cherubim went, then the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the earth, and the wheels were not separated, but were with them. (Wheels are used in the show).

17 When they stood, they also stood; when they rose, they also rose; for the spirit of the animals was in them. (This show worked flawlessly on the prophet, he believed that it was a certain god «broadcasting» with a host of 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).

19 And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and rose up from the earth in my sight; when they went away, the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the entrance to the east gate of the house of the LORD, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them. (The procession began to move away).

20 These were the same animals that I saw at the foot of the God of Israel by the river Khovar. And I found out that they were Cherubs. (The cherubic actors wore masks and animal costumes).

21 Each has four faces, and each has four wings, and under their wings is the likeness of 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).

Chapter 11

1 And the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the house of the LORD, which faces east. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate; and among them I saw Jazaniah the son of Azur, and Faltiah the son of Benaiah, the princes of the people. (Naturally, after what he saw, the prophet fell into a hypnotic ecstasy).

 

2 And he said to me, Son of man! these are the people who have iniquity in mind and who give bad advice in this city (Anointing points to 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).

4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man. (Prophecies are beneficial to the priesthood for demonstrating their supposedly superpowers).

5 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon me and said to me, «Say, thus saith the LORD.»: What you say, house of Israel, and what comes to your mind, I know. (The Prophet broadcasts in a hypnotic state, declaring that God is aware of all events).

6 You have laid many of your slain in this city, and you have filled its streets with corpses. (There was a mass murder in the city).

7 Therefore thus saith the LORD God: Your slain, whom you have laid in the midst of him, are meat, and he is a cauldron; but I will bring you out of him. (The dead are meat, and the cauldron is the city).

8 You are afraid of the sword, and I will bring the sword against you, says the LORD God. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).

9 And I will bring you out of it, and I will deliver you into the hand of strangers, and I will judge you. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).

10 You will fall by the sword; they will judge you in the borders of Israel, and you will know that I am the LORD. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).

11 It will not be a cauldron for you, and you will not be meat in it; I will judge you in the borders of Israel. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).

12 And you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked according to my commandments, nor have you kept my statutes, but have acted according to the statutes of the nations around you. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).

13 And it came to pass when I prophesied, Faltiah the son of Benaiah died. And I fell on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, O Lord God! Do You really want to destroy the rest of Israel to the end? (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).

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

15 son of man! To your brothers, your brothers, your half-brothers, and to the whole house of Israel, those who live in Jerusalem say to all of them: «Live far from the Lord; this land has been given to us for possession.» (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).

16 Then say, Thus saith the LORD God: Though I have removed them to the nations, and though I have scattered them over the lands, yet I will be to them a certain sanctuary in the lands where they have gone. (God, that is, the vengeful Jewish priest, threatens through the prophet).

17 Then say, Thus saith the LORD God, I will gather you from the nations, and will bring you back from the lands to which you are scattered; and I will give you the land of Israel. (However, if you are obedient and faithful to the «true» religion, then God will return the land of Israel to 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).

19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit into them, and I will take from their flesh a heart of stone, and I will give them a heart of flesh, (This is beneficial to the priests of Judaism. who, having inspired the «chosen ones» with a sense of guilt, will constantly «milk» them).

20 That they may walk in my commandments, and keep my statutes, and do them; and they will be my people, and I will be their God. (This is beneficial to the priests of Judaism. who, having inspired the «chosen ones» with a sense of guilt, will constantly «milk» 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).

22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel is above them. (The show continued).

23 And the glory of the LORD arose out of the midst of the city, and stood over the mountain that is east of the city. (The circus showmen moved to the mountain).

24 And the spirit lifted me up and carried me to Chaldea, to the emigrants, in a vision, by the Spirit of God. And the vision that I had seen departed from me. («Visions» are hypnotic influences).

25 And I told the emigrants all the words of the LORD that he had revealed to me. (The Prophet began to «prophesy» after the show performance performed on him).

Chapter 12

1 And the word of the Lord came to me: (Suggestion by 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).

3 But you, son of man, prepare for yourself what is necessary for migration, and in the middle of the day move before their eyes, and move from your place to another place before their eyes; perhaps they will understand, although they are a rebellious house; (An indication of how to act so that the «chosen» will behave «correctly»).

4 and take out your things, as things necessary for the migration, in the daytime, before their eyes, and go out yourself in the evening before their eyes, as they go out for the migration. (An indication of how to act so that the «chosen ones» begin to behave «correctly»).

5 Break a hole in the wall before their eyes, and take it out through it. (An indication of how to act so that the «chosen ones» begin to behave «correctly»).

6 Take the burden on your shoulder before their eyes, carry it out in the dark, cover your face so that you do not see the earth; for I have made you a sign to the house of Israel. (An indication of how to act so that the «chosen ones» begin to behave «correctly»).

7 And I did as I was commanded; I carried out my things, as things needed during the migration, during the day, and in the evening I broke a hole in the wall with my hand, carried out the burden in the dark and lifted it on my shoulder before their eyes. (Being in a certain house and wanting to get out of it, Ezekiel, instead of going through the door like all people, once again remembered the sins of Israel and Judah and, in atonement for them, made a hole in the wall and pushed his clothes and his supplies through 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).

10 Say to them, Thus saith the LORD God: This is a foretaste for the ruler of Jerusalem and for all the house of Israel that is there. (The hypnotist gives instructions, claiming that it is «broadcasting» allegedly by 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).

12 And the ruler who is among them will lift [the burden] on his shoulder in the dark and go out. They will break down the wall to send [him] through it; he will cover his face, so that he will not see this land with his eyes. (An indication of how to act so that the «chosen ones» begin to behave «correctly»).